Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda) - HBW 5, p. 651
French: Métallure à queue d'airain
German: Schuppenbauch-Glanzschwänzchen
Spanish: Metalura Escamosa
Other common names: Andean Metaltail; Brassy Metaltail (aeneocauda); Reddish Metaltail (malagae)
Taxonomy: Trochilus (——?) æneocauda Gould, 1846, Bolivia.
Forms superspecies with M. eupogon, M. theresiae, M. odomae, M. baroni and M. williami. Race malagae formerly considered to be distinct species, but in context of typical infraspecific variation within present genus morphological differences justify only subspecific separation. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aeneocauda (Gould, 1846) - E Andean slopes from SE Peru (Cordillera Vilcabamba) to NW Bolivia (Yungas of La Paz).
- malagae Berlepsch, 1897 - Incachaca in Yungas of Cochabamba (C Bolivia).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female perched on a flower.
Locality Cotapata National Park, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp aeneocauda)
Joe Tobias 1 January 2005 1 year ago 3.4 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Cotapata National Park, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp aeneocauda)
Joe Tobias 1 January 2005 1 year ago 3 -
A male on the ground.
Locality Munyamachay, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Joe Tobias 2 February 2005 1 year ago 2.7 -
A female feeding on flight, showing underparts.
Locality Canchayllo, Junín Department, Peru (ssp malagae)
Joe Tobias 1 December 2004 1 year ago 2
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