Description
Habitat
Vegetation: montaine evergreen forests • Zoogeographic Region: Eastern Slope Andes • Foraging Strata: ? • Center of Abundance: Middle montane: mountains, middle range, 1,600-2,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: H?
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: Heliangelus spp.
typically occur in cloud-forest and shrubbery at elevations
of 1,200-3,400 m
, mostly at 1,400-2,200 m.
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List of Habitats
:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
()
- Order:
Trochiliformes
()
- Hummingbirds
- Family:
Trochilidae
()
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
()
- Genus:
Heliangelus
()
- Graves, 1993
- Specific name:
zusii
- G. R. Graves, 1993
- Scientific name: - Heliangelus zusii G. R. Graves, 1993
- Specific name:
zusii
- G. R. Graves, 1993
- Genus:
Heliangelus
(
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
(
- Family:
Trochilidae
(
- Order:
Trochiliformes
(
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Heliangelus zusii Graves, Gr 1993
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Heliangelus
There are approximately 27 species in this genus:
H. amethysticollis (Amethyst-Throated Sunangel) · H. amethysticollis amethysticollis (Amethyst-Throated Sunangel) · H. amethysticollis clarisse · H. amethysticollis decolor · H. amethysticollis laticlavius · H. amethysticollis spencei · H. clarissae · H. clarisse · H. clarisse clarisse · H. clarisse spencei · H. exortis (Tourmaline Sunangel) · H. exortis exortis (Tourmaline Sunangel) · H. mavors (Orange-Throated Sunangel) · H. micraster · H. micraster cutervensis · H. micraster micraster · H. micrastur · H. regalis (Royal Sunangel) · H. rothschildi · H. sp · H. speciosa · H. spencei · H. squamigularis · H. strophianus (Gorgeted Sunangel) · H. viola (Purple-Throated Sunangel) · H. violicollis · H. zusii
More Info
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 06, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, Hawk Migration Association of North America - HawkCount
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853013
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-555248
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555248
- IUCN ID: 9785
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5789
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
