Metallura

Metallura

Metallura tyrianthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Metallura Gould, 1847

Metallura is a genus of hummingbird, containing nine species distributed along the Andes:^[1]

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

↑ Jaime García-Moreno, Peter Arctander and Jon Fjeldså (1999). "Strong diversification at the treeline among Metallura hummingbirds" (PDF). The Auk 116 (3): 702–711. JSTOR 4089331.

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