Biology:Metaltail

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Short description: Genus of birds

Metaltails
Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina).jpg
Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Scientific classification e
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]

References

  1. "Trochilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80. 
  2. Jaime García-Moreno, Peter Arctander and Jon Fjeldså (1999). "Strong diversification at the treeline among Metallura hummingbirds". The Auk 116 (3): 702–711. doi:10.2307/4089331. https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v116n03/p0702-p0711.pdf. 
  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. 
  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]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862878. 
  5. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 22. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17136642. 
  6. Peters, James Lee, ed (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 118. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480129. 
  7. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. Retrieved 2 January 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q541709 entry