Metaltail

Metaltails
Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lesbiini
Genus: Metallura
Gould, 1847
Type species
Trochilus cupricauda[1] = Ornismya phoebe
Gould, 1846

The metaltails are a group of hummingbirds in the genus Metallura. The species are distributed along the Andes.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ Jaime García-Moreno, Peter Arctander and Jon Fjeldså (1999). "Strong diversification at the treeline among Metallura hummingbirds" (PDF). The Auk. 116 (3): 702–711. doi:10.2307/4089331. JSTOR 4089331.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Heindl et al., 1998 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).