Amethyst-throated sunangel

Amethyst-throated sunangel
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Heliangelus
Species:	H. amethysticollis
Binomial name
	Heliangelus amethysticollis; d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838
Synonyms
	Heliangelus laticlavius;

The amethyst-throated sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis) is a species of hummingbird.

It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest.

The taxonomy of this species is uncertain. The subspecies spencei is recognised by the IOC as a full species, the Mérida sunangel, H. spencei (Bourcier 1847), but other authorities lump it with Longuemare's sunangel, H. clarisse of Colombia and Venezuela or consider both spencei and clarisse as subspecies of amethyst-throated sunangel.

References

BirdLife International (2016). "Heliangelus amethysticollis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T60859997A95164192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60859997A95164192.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

Peru, 2013

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[1] BirdLife International (2016). "Heliangelus amethysticollis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T60859997A95164192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60859997A95164192.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.