Longuemare's Sunangel - BirdForum Opus

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Heliangelus clarisse

Identification

9.4 cm. Dark green above, dusky crown with emerald green frontlet, black ear coverts, bold white spot behind the eye, glittering pinkish-purple throat, breast and belly iridescent green mixed with grey. Females resemble males but are duller.

Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela

Taxonomy

Formerly included in Amethyst-throated Sunangel.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

• H. c. violiceps

• Sierra de Perijá (Colombia/Venezuela border)

• H. c. clarisse

• Eastern Andes of Colombia and adjacent western Venezuela

Habitat

Cloud forest edges and sometimes more open areas in humid mountains at elevations of 1800-3600 m asl.

Behaviour

Diet includes nectar and insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. del Hoyo, J., I. Heynen, N. Collar, P. F. D. Boesman, G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2022). Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.amtsun2.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Longuemare's Sunangel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Longuemare%27s_Sunangel

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