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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Purple-throated Sunangel* |
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Heliangelus viola |
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Description (10)
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Purple-throated Sunangel
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Size
11 - 12 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1853)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, high altitude shrubland. From 2,150 - 3,000 m, occasionally up to 3,050 m.
Ecuador, Peru.
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Western slope of Andes in southern Ecuador and northern Peru (southern in west to Cajamarca, in east to Amazonas).
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)
Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola) [XC77071]
by Willem-Pier Vellinga from Bosque Cachil, Peru (?)
Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola) [XC238362]
by Bob Planqu\u00e9 from Loja: above Jimbura, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
Relationships with congeners poorly known.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
- viola (Gould, 1853) - Ecuador, Peru.
- pyropus Weller, 2011 - Andes of southern Ecuador and north-western Peru (Piura).
- splendidus Weller, 2011 - Andes of northern Peru (west of Río Marañón in Cajamarca. Also very locally east of Marañón in Amazonas?).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Purple-throated Sunangel see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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