Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (3)
Iris Heynen, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Arnau Bonan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 27, 2019
Text last updated February 27, 2019
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí àngel violaci |
| Czech | kolibřík tikavý |
| Dutch | Violetkeelzonnekolibrie |
| English | Purple-throated Sunangel |
| English (United States) | Purple-throated Sunangel |
| French | Héliange viola |
| French (France) | Héliange viola |
| German | Purpurkehl-Sonnennymphe |
| Japanese | フジノドテンシハチドリ |
| Norwegian | purpurstrupesolengel |
| Polish | lordzik widłosterny |
| Russian | Пурпурногорлый феб |
| Serbian | Sunčev anđeo ljubičastog grla |
| Slovak | nymfárik záhradný |
| Spanish | Colibrí Violeta |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Solángel Gorgipúrpura |
| Spanish (Peru) | Angel-del-Sol de Garganta Púrpura |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí violeta |
| Swedish | purpurstrupig solängel |
| Turkish | Mor Gerdanlı Günmeleği |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-німфа пурпуровогорлий |
Heliangelus viola (Gould, 1853)
PROTONYM:
Heliotrypha viola
Gould, 1853. A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-birds pt5, pl.1,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Banks of the Maranon.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HELIANGELUS
- viola
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Purple-throated Sunangel
