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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
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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) [XC62896]
by Andrew Spencer from Above Chilifruta, Junin dept., Peru (call, chase calls)
Fiery-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon) [XC189606]
by id from Maraynioc, Satipo Road, Junin, Peru (call)
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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