Fiery-throated Metaltail
Metallura eupogon(Cabanis, JL, 1874)
English (US) Fiery-throated Metaltail
The Fiery-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon) 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: eastern Andes of Peru (Huánuco, JunĂn, ApurĂmac, and Ayacucho)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Metallura eupogon
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fiery-throated Metaltail
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1874)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Urolampra eupogon
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1874)
- Type locality
- Maraynioc, Junin, Peru.
- Original description
- Journal fĂĽr Ornithologie 22, no.125 p.97
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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