Metaltail

Metaltails
Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lesbiini
Genus: Metallura
Gould, 1847
Type species
Trochilus cupricauda[1] = Ornismya phoebe
Gould, 1846

The metaltails are a group of hummingbirds in the genus Metallura. The species are distributed along the Andes.[2][3]

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Metallura was introduced by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1847.[4] The type species was subsequently designated as the black metaltail.[5][6]

The genus contains nine species:[7]

Genus Metallura – Gould, 1847 – nine species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Scaled metaltail


Metallura aeneocauda
(Gould, 1846)

Two subspecies
  • M. a. aeneocauda
  • M. a. malagae
Bolivia and Peru
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Diet: 		 LC 


Violet-throated metaltail

Metallura baroni
Salvin, 1893 		Ecuador
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Diet: 		 EN 


Fiery-throated metaltail

Metallura eupogon
(Cabanis, 1874) 		Peru
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Diet: 		 LC 


Perija metaltail

Metallura iracunda
Wetmore, 1946 		Colombia and Venezuela
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Diet: 		 EN 


Neblina metaltail

Metallura odomae
Graves, 1980 		Ecuador and Peru
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Diet: 		 LC 


Black metaltail

Metallura phoebe
(Lesson & Delattre, 1839) 		Peru
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Diet: 		 LC 


Coppery metaltail

Metallura theresiae
Simon, 1902

Two subspecies
  • M. t. theresiae
  • M. t. parkeri
Peru
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Diet: 		 LC 


Tyrian metaltail

Metallura tyrianthina
(Loddiges, 1832)

Seven subspecies
 Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Diet: 		 LC 



Viridian metaltail

Metallura williami
(Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)

Four subspecies
 Colombia and Ecuador
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Diet: 		 LC 


References

  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Jaime García-Moreno, Peter Arctander and Jon Fjeldså (1999). "Strong diversification at the treeline among Metallura hummingbirds" (PDF). The Auk. 116 (3): 702–711. doi:10.2307/4089331. JSTOR 4089331.
  3. ^ Heindl, Martin; Schuchmann, Karl-L. (1998). "Biogeography, geographical variation and taxonomy of the Andean hummingbird genus Metallura Gould, 1847". Journal für Ornithologie. 139 (4): 425–473. doi:10.1007/BF01653470. S2CID 2517854.
  4. ^ Gould, John (1847). "Drafts for a new arrangement of the Trochilidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part 15 (175): 94–96 [94].
  5. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 22.
  6. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 118.
  7. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.


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