Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis) - HBW 5, p. 636
French: Héliange à gorge améthyste
German: Amethystsonnennymphe
Spanish: Colibrí Gorgiamatista
Taxonomy: Ornismya amethysticollis d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1838, Yuracares, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Forms a superspecies with H. clarisse, with which formerly considered conspecific; however, subtle morphological differences and markedly disjunct range support their treatment as separate species; H. strophianus may also belong in this superspecies. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- laticlavius Salvin, 1891 - S Ecuador and N Peru.
- decolor Zimmer, 1951 - E Andes in C Peru (S of R Marañón).
- amethysticollis (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) - E Andes in S Peru and NW Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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This male was working the feeders at Casa Simpson. Locality Casa Simpson, Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Ron Hoff 17 November 2008 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A male perched and resting while working the feeders at Casa Simpson, Fundacion Jocotoco's lodge in the Tapichilaca Forest Reser Locality Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Ron Hoff 17 November 2008 3 years ago 37 sec 3.8 -
A bird at a feeder Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp laticlavius)
Peter Nash 29 April 2004 6 years ago 18 sec 3.7 -
A male on a branch, looking around Locality Cotapata National Park, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp amethysticollis)
Frank Witebsky 2004 4 years ago 27 sec 3.6 -
A bird feeding around a bush Locality Carpish Pass, Huánuco Department, Peru (ssp decolor)
Keith Blomerley 20 May 2003 4 years ago 11 sec 3.5
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Subspecies amethysticollis or decolor.
Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp amethysticollis)
Cock Reijnders 15 September 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
on a twig
Locality Carpish Pass, Huánuco Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 28 November 2009 14 weeks ago 3.7 -
Amethyst-throated Sunangel at hummingbird feeder, Tapichalaca Reserve, Ecuador
Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 20 September 2008 3 years ago 2.8
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calls of a foraging bird Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
(ssp laticlavius)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 6 February 2010 2 years ago 4
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