Viridian Metaltail
Metallura williami (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846)
Spanish: Metalura Verde
The Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 4.5 g and its bill is 16.2 mm long. It lives in Colombia and Ecuador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 4.5 g, about 4 paperclips
- Bill
- 16.2 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
- Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
- Genus Metallura metaltails
What Metallura share: Tails glossed with metallic color.
Where it lives · 2 countries
Others in the genus Metallura
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni
- Perija Metaltail Metallura iracunda
- 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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