Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda)

Other Names (World)
Scaled Metaltail, Andean Metaltail, Brassy Metaltail (aeneocauda), Reddish Metaltail (malagae)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,500 - 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda) [XC22993]
by id from Jocha, Marcapata, Cusco, Peru (call, call(?))

Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda) [XC3385]
by David Geale from Old rd Cochabamba - V. Tunari, Camp 1; Carrasco NP, Cochabamba, Bolivia (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami), Fire-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon), Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae), Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae) and Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni). Subspecies malagae formerly considered to be distinct species, but in context of typical infraspecific variation within present genus morphological differences justify only subspecific separation.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

aeneocauda (Gould, 1846) - Eastern Andean slopes from south-eastern Peru (Cordillera Vilcabamba) to north-western Bolivia (Yungas of La Paz).
malagae von Berlepsch, 1897 - Incachaca in Yungas of Cochabamba (central Bolivia).

References
See References.

Files:

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