Metaltail

The metaltails are a group of hummingbirds in the genus Metallura. It contains nine species distributed along the Andes:[2][3]

Metaltails
Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Genus: Metallura
Gould, 1847[1]

References

  1. 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.
  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.


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