Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola) [XC257844]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Loja: Bosque de Hanne, 2 km WSW Utuana, Ecuador (wing flap)
Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola) [XC238363]
by Niels Krabbe 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?).