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Metaltails
Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Scientific 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 = Ornismya phoebe Gould, 1846

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

Taxonomy and species list

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

The genus contains nine species:

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	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Violet-throated metaltail	Metallura baroni Salvin, 1893	Ecuador	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Fiery-throated metaltail	Metallura eupogon (Cabanis, 1874)	Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Perija metaltail	Metallura iracunda Wetmore, 1946	Colombia and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Neblina metaltail	Metallura odomae Graves, 1980	Ecuador and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black metaltail	Metallura phoebe (Lesson & Delattre, 1839)	Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Coppery metaltail	Metallura theresiae Simon, 1902 Two subspecies M. t. theresiae M. t. parkeri	Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
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.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
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	Size: Habitat: 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 .
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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