The genus Metallura was introduced by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1847.[4] The type species was subsequently designated as the black metaltail.[5][6]
The genus contains nine species:[7]
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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)
- M. a. aeneocauda
- M. a. malagae
|
Bolivia and Peru
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LC
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| Violet-throated metaltail
|
Metallura baroni
Salvin, 1893 |
Ecuador
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EN
|
| Fiery-throated metaltail
|
Metallura eupogon
(Cabanis, 1874) |
Peru
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LC
|
| Perija metaltail
|
Metallura iracunda
Wetmore, 1946 |
Colombia and Venezuela
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EN
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| Neblina metaltail
|
Metallura odomae
Graves, 1980 |
Ecuador and Peru
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LC
|
| Black metaltail
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Metallura phoebe
(Lesson & Delattre, 1839) |
Peru
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LC
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| Coppery metaltail
|
Metallura theresiae
Simon, 1902
- M. t. theresiae
- M. t. parkeri
|
Peru
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LC
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| Tyrian metaltail
|
Metallura tyrianthina
(Loddiges, 1832)
|
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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LC
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| Viridian metaltail
|
Metallura williami
(Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
|
Colombia and Ecuador
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LC
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