Flame-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster) [XC238357]
by Mitch Lysinger from Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador (call, call at feeder)
Flame-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster) [XC260514]
by Manuel Sanchez-Nivicela from Loja: Cajanuma, Ecuador (call, foraging calls)
Subspecies
Heliangelus exortis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) and Little Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster) following SACC (2005).
Closely related to Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) and often regarded as conspecific.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
micraster Gould, 1872 - Eastern Andean slope of south-eastern Ecuador and adjacent northern Peru.
cutervensis (Simon, 1921) - North-western Peru (Cajamarca).