Black Metaltail
Metallura phoebe(Lesson, RP; Delattre, PA, 1839)
English (US) Black Metaltail
The Black Metaltail (Metallura phoebe) 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: Andes of northern Peru (Cajamarca) to far northern ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Metallura phoebe
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Metaltail
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP; Delattre, PA, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya Phoebe
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP; Delattre, PA, 1839)
- Type locality
- Andes of Peru.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 2 p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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