Flame-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster) [XC524578]
by id from Reserva Tapichalaca (Casa Simpson), Palanda, Provincia de Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador (call)
Flame-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster) [XC61409]
by Niels Krabbe from Bosque Protegido Huashapamba, Loja, Ecuador (call)
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).