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Heliangelus micraster (Flame-throated Sunangel)

Synonyms: Heliangelus micrastur

Wikipedia Abstract

The flame-throated sunangel or little sunangel (Heliangelus micraster) is a species of hummingbird.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Heliangelus micraster

Infraspecies

Heliangelus micraster cutervensis
Heliangelus micraster micraster

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
13
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.03156
EDGE Score: 1.61573
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.8 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  90 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  40 %
Forages - Understory [2]  60 %
Clutch Size [1]  2

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Podocarpus National Park II 364096 Ecuador  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cordillera del Cóndor Ecuador A1, A2, A3
Montañas de Zapote-Najda Ecuador A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Sangay Ecuador A1, A2, A3

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0