Metaltail
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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[1] |
The metaltails are a group of hummingbirds in the genus Metallura. It contains nine species distributed along the Andes:[2][3]
- 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
- ^ Gould, John (1847). "Drafts for a new arrangement of the Trochilidæ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 94. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1847.tb00159.x.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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