Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel
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Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel

Heliangelus clarisse

Silhouette: PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Chingaza National Natural Park

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

176 Verified sightings at Chingaza National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
176 In 1 park
May Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel

Longuemare's sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Longuemare's sunangel was formally described in 1841 by the French ornithologist Agathe François Gouÿe de Longuemare under the binomial name Ornismya clarrisse. He chose the specific epithet to honour Clarisse Parzudaki née Moreuil (1807-1884) wife of French naturalist Charles Parzudaki. Longuemare's sunangel is now one of nine species placed in the genus Heliangelus that was introduced in 1848 by the English ornithologist John Gould. It has sometimes been considered as a subspecies of the amethyst-throated sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis).

Three subspecies are recognised: Longuemare'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... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:25

Colombia · 2022

© Frank Lambert · XC772180 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song1:03

Colombia · 2003

© Sergio Córdoba Córdoba (Colección de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) · XC117783 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Call0:06

Colombia · 2011

© Andrew Spencer · XC84234 · CC BY-NC-ND 2.5

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bogota 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Closest Relatives at Chingaza National Natural Park

Tourmaline Sunangel
LC

Tourmaline Sunangel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Heliangelus exortis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Tyrian Metaltail
LC

Tyrian Metaltail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Metallura tyrianthina

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely
Glowing Puffleg
LC

Glowing Puffleg

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eriocnemis vestita

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Bronze-tailed Thornbill
LC

Bronze-tailed Thornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chalcostigma heteropogon

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Coppery-bellied Puffleg
LC

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Eriocnemis cupreoventris

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible
Great Sapphirewing
LC

Great Sapphirewing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pterophanes cyanopterus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Sparkling Violetear
LC

Sparkling Violetear

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Colibri coruscans

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Purple-backed Thornbill
LC

Purple-backed Thornbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ramphomicron microrhynchum

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
Blue-throated Starfrontlet
LC

Blue-throated Starfrontlet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coeligena helianthea

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Green-bearded Helmetcrest
LC Endemic

Green-bearded Helmetcrest

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oxypogon guerinii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Lesser Violetear

Lesser Violetear

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Colibri cyanotus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Black-tailed Trainbearer
LC

Black-tailed Trainbearer

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lesbia victoriae

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel in Chingaza National Natural Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 176 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 48th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel in Chingaza National Natural Park?

May and June

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–April, July and September–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel?

Only Chingaza National Natural Park, in our data

Chingaza National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Longuemare's Amethyst-throated Sunangel is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (176 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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