Species factsheet

Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)

Order: Metallura tyrianthina
Family: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Danish name: Smaragdstrubet Metalhale

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Subspecies and Distribution

districta

Santa Marta Mts. (ne Colombia}

chloropogon

n Venezuela

oreopola

w Venezuela

tyrianthina

c Colombia and Táchira (nw Venezuela) to e and s Ecuador and n Peru

quitensis

nw Ecuador

septentrionalis

w of the Rio Marañón (n Peru)

smaragdinicollis

c and s Peru, nw Bolivia

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