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Includes Longuemare's Sunangel

Sub-adult Male
Photo by edenwatcher
Tapichalaca, Ecuador, March 2006

Heliangelus amethysticollis

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America. Found in: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• H. a. violiceps :

• Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)

• H. a. spencei:

• Andes of north-western Venezuela (Mérida)

• H. a. clarisse:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia and adjacent western Venezuela

• H. a. laticlavius:

• Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru

• H. a. decolor:

• Eastern Andes of central Peru (south of Río Marañón)

• H. a. amethysticollis:

• Andes of southern Peru to north-western Bolivia

Three of these subspecies are not recognised by all authors, namely: violiceps, spencei and clarisse^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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