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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Fire-throated Metaltail* |
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Metallura eupogon |
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Description (10)
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Fire-throated Metaltail
© perubirds.org
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Size
10 - 10.50 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1874)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest, high altitude grassland. From 2,900 - 4,000 m.
Peru.
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Eastern slope of Andes in central Peru, from immediately south of R Huallaga in Huánuco to R Apurímac.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
Fiery-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon) [XC189606]
by id from Maraynioc, Satipo Road, Junin, Peru (call)
Fiery-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon) [XC62896]
by Andrew Spencer from Above Chilifruta, Junin dept., Peru (call, chase calls)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda), Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami), Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae), Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae) and Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni). Sometimes considered to include Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae) and (in past) Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni) as subspecies, but differences in coloration, together with geographical separation, justify their treatment as separate species.
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Fire-throated Metaltail see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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