Perija Metaltail

Metallura iracunda Wetmore, 1946

Spanish: Metalura Iracunda

The Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 3.9 g and its bill is 14.4 mm long. It lives in Colombia and Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Near threatened, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.9 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

14.4 mm

Lives in

Grassland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Near threatened, stable

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
4. Genus Metallura metaltails

What Metallura share: Tails glossed with metallic color.

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Colombia
• Venezuela

Others in the genus Metallura

• Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
• Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami
• Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni
• Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae
• Coppery Metaltail Metallura theresiae
• Fire-throated Metaltail Metallura eupogon
• Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda
• Black Metaltail Metallura phoebe

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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