Heliangelus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”), a calque of English sunangel
Proper noun edit
Heliangelus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – sunangels, hummingbirds of South America.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Heliangelus amethysticollis (amethyst-throated sunangel), Heliangelus clarisse (Longuemare's sunangel), Heliangelus spencei (Mérida sunangel), Heliangelus exortis (tourmaline sunangel), Heliangelus mavors (orange-throated sunangel), Heliangelus micraster (flame-throated sunangel), Heliangelus regalis (royal sunangel), Heliangelus viola (purple-throated sunangel), Heliangelus zusii (Bogotá sunangel), Heliangelus strophianus (gorgeted sunangel) - species
References edit
Heliangelus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Heliangelus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Heliangelus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN
