The sunangels are a genus of hummingbirds, Heliangelus, found in montane South America. The genus contains the following nine species:

• Orange-throated sunangel, Heliangelus mavors – Colombia and Venezuela
• Amethyst-throated sunangel, Heliangelus amethysticollis – south Ecuador to northwest Bolivia
• Longuemare's sunangel, Heliangelus clarisse – east Colombia and west Venezuela
• Merida sunangel, Heliangelus spencei – Mérida (northwest Venezuela)
• Gorgeted sunangel, Heliangelus strophianus – southwest Colombia and northwest Ecuador
• Tourmaline sunangel, Heliangelus exortis – Colombia and northwest Ecuador
• Flame-throated sunangel, Heliangelus micraster – Ecuador and Peru
• Purple-throated sunangel, Heliangelus viola – Ecuador and Peru
• Royal sunangel, Heliangelus regalis – north Peru

The Bogotá sunangel was formerly placed in this genus. It is regarded as a hybrid specimen by the International Ornithologists' Union based on a study published in 2018 by Jorge Pérez-Emán and colleagues.

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