Biology:Metaltail

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The metaltails are a group of hummingbirds in the genus Metallura. The species are distributed along the Andes.[1][2]

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Metallura was introduced by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1847.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the black metaltail.[4][5]

The genus contains nine species:[6]

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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Violet-throated metaltail

Metallura baroni
Salvin, 1893 		Ecuador
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Fiery-throated metaltail

Metallura eupogon
(Cabanis, 1874) 		Peru
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Perija metaltail

Metallura iracunda
Wetmore, 1946 		Colombia and Venezuela
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Neblina metaltail

Metallura odomae
Graves, 1980 		Ecuador and Peru
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Black metaltail

Metallura phoebe
(Lesson & Delattre, 1839) 		Peru
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Coppery metaltail

Metallura theresiae
Simon, 1902

Two subspecies
  • M. t. theresiae
  • M. t. parkeri
Peru
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Tyrian metaltail

Metallura tyrianthina
(Loddiges, 1832)

Seven subspecies
  • M. t. districta Bangs (1899)
  • M. t. chloropogon Cabanis & Heine (1860)
  • M. t. oreopola Todd (1913)
  • M. t. tyrianthina Loddiges (1832)
  • M. t. quitensis Gould (1861)
  • M. t. septentrionalis Hartert, E. (1899)
  • M. t. smaragdinicollis d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye (1838)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Viridian metaltail

Metallura williami
(Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)

Four subspecies
  • M. w. recisa Wetmore, 1970
  • M. w. williami (Delattre & Bourcier), 1846
  • M. w. primolina Bourcier, 1853
  • M. w. atrigularis Salvin, 1893
Colombia and Ecuador
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References

  1. ↑ 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. 
  2. ↑ 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. 
  3. ↑ 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. 
  4. ↑ 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. 
  5. ↑ 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. 
  6. ↑ 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. 

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