Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Cusco, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. San Martin, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Females | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Females | Loc. Southeast, Peru
Status: The Amethyst-throated Sunangel is the most common and widespread sunangel on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1100-3700 m. It ranges at lower elevations on the eastern Andes north and west of the Marañon Valley. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Angel-del-Sol de Garganta Amatista.
Sub-species: Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis laticlavius), Salvin, 1891. Andes in S Ecuador and N Peru (to N Cajamarca).
(Heliangelus amethysticollis decolor), J. T. Zimmer, 1951. E slope in C Peru (S of R Marañón, to Junín).
(Heliangelus amethysticollis apurimacensis), Weller, 2009. E slope in S Peru (Ayacucho to Cuzco)
(Heliamgelus amethysticollis amethysticollis) (d”Orbigny and Lafresnaye) 1838. E slope of Andes in S Peru and NW Bolivia (to Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Heliangelus: Gr. Hēlios= sun, angelos= angel. amethysticollis: L. amethystus= amethyst and collis= -necked, throated.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.