Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Graves, 1980

Habitat
Humid tree-line pajonal with forested ravines, on p�ramo and in patches of mossy elfin forest above the tree-line. From 2,850 - 3,350 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador (B), Peru (B).

Southern Ecuador (southern Loja) and adjacent extreme northern Peru (northern Piura).

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae) [XC238498]
by Andrew Spencer from Zamora-Chinchipe: e-slope Cerro Toledo, Ecuador (call, calls)

Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae) [XC251108]
by id from Zamora-Chinchipe: p\u00e1ramo of Cordillera Las Lagunillas, Ecuador (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda), Fire-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon), Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae), Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami) and Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni). Recently recorded as occurring sympatrically with subspecies atrigularis of Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami) in Podocarpus National Park (southern Ecuador), indicating that this part of superspecies may not hold good. Sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Fire-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon), but differences in coloration, together with geographical separation, justify their treatment as separate species.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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