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Metaltails
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Metaltails

Metallura

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

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Tyrian Metaltail

speciesMetallura tyrianthina

Viridian Metaltail

speciesMetallura williami

Black Metaltail

speciesMetallura phoebe

Violet-throated Metaltail

speciesMetallura baroni

Scaled Metaltail

speciesMetallura aeneocauda

Coppery Metaltail

speciesMetallura theresiae

Perijá Metaltail

speciesMetallura iracunda

Fire-throated Metaltail

speciesMetallura eupogon

Neblina Metaltail

speciesMetallura odomae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5563.