Violet-throated Metaltail
Metallura baroniSalvin, O, 1893
English (US) Violet-throated Metaltail
The Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: páramo of Andes of south-central Ecuador (Azuay)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Metallura baroni
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Violet-throated Metaltail
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1893
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1893
- Type locality
- Mountains near Cuenca, 12,000 ft., Ecuador.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1, no.9 p.49
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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