EN — Endangered

Heliangelus spencei

Local name: Mérida Sunangel

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae

Genus

Heliangelus

Heliangelus spencei belongs to the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, within the Aves class.

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Heliangelus spencei (Heliangelus spencei). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/merida-sunangel

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