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What the Amethyst-throated Sunangel sounds like
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The amethyst-throated sunangel, as defined by the IOC, is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 3.8 to 7.7 g (0.13 to 0.27 oz). The species has a straight, rather short, black bill. The adult male of nominate subspecies H. a. amethysticollis has shiny dark green upperparts with a bright green frontlet just above the bill. Its throat and upper breast gorget is rosy amethyst. That area has a narrow black border on the neck and a broader cinnamon band below it. The lower breast is glittery green and the rest of the underparts buff with green discs. Voice: The amethyst-throated sunangel's call is "a short, buzzy, dry trill...repeated at intervals."
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When to see the Amethyst-throated Sunangel
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Amethyst-throated Sunangel
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Venezuela.
About the Amethyst-throated Sunangel
The amethyst-throated sunangel is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisseLonguemare's sunangel is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 5.0 to 6.0 g (0.18 to 0.21 oz).
Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianusThe gorgeted sunangel is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs about 5.3 g (0.19 oz).
Purple-throated SunangelHeliangelus violaThe purple-throated sunangel is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 5.1 to 6.6 g (0.18 to 0.23 oz).
Side by side: Amethyst-throated Sunangel vs Tourmaline Sunangel · Amethyst-throated Sunangel vs Longuemare's Sunangel · Amethyst-throated Sunangel vs Gorgeted Sunangel
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