Biology:Metaltail
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Short description: Genus of birds
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| Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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]
- Scaled metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda)
- Violet-throated metaltail (Metallura baroni)
- Fiery-throated metaltail (Metallura eupogon)
- Perija metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
- Neblina metaltail (Metallura odomae)
- Black metaltail (Metallura phoebe)
- Coppery metaltail (Metallura theresiae)
- Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
- Viridian metaltail (Metallura williami)
References
- ↑ "Trochilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
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