Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami) - HBW 5, p. 653
French: Métallure verte
German: Grünes Glanzschwänzchen
Spanish: Metalura Verde
Other common names: Colombian Metaltail (recisa); Ecuadorian Metaltail (primolinus); Black-throated Metaltail (atrigularis)
Taxonomy: Trochilus Williami DeLattre and Bourcier, 1846, vicinity of Popayán, Colombia.
Forms superspecies with M. aeneocauda, M. eupogon, M. theresiae, M. odomae and M. baroni; recently recorded as occurring sympatrically with M. odomae in Podocarpus National Park (S Ecuador), indicating that this part of superspecies may not hold good; also recently found to be sympatric with M. baroni at R Mazan in Azuay (S Ecuador), though altitudinally segregated, occurring at lower elevations. Some authors have considered the races to constitute four distinct species. Races primolinus and atrigularis form a zone of intergradati.. View all taxonomy...
Forms superspecies with M. aeneocauda, M. eupogon, M. theresiae, M. odomae and M. baroni; recently recorded as occurring sympatrically with M. odomae in Podocarpus National Park (S Ecuador), indicating that this part of superspecies may not hold good; also recently found to be sympatric with M. baroni at R Mazan in Azuay (S Ecuador), though altitudinally segregated, occurring at lower elevations. Some authors have considered the races to constitute four distinct species. Races primolinus and atrigularis form a zone of intergradation in C Ecuador (Chimborazo). Race primolinus sometimes misspelt as primolina, but is masculine noun based on name of Prince Primoli, grandson of C. L. Bonaparte. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- recisa Wetmore, 1970 - Páramo de Frontino in Antioquia (NC Colombia).
- williami (DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846) - both slopes of C Andes in Colombia.
- primolinus Bourcier, 1853 - E Andes of S Colombia (Nariño) and N Ecuador.
- atrigularis Salvin, 1893 - S Ecuador, in Azuay and Loja (Cordillera de Chilla).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female arriving to the nest, with two eggs, and incubating Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp primolinus)
Paul R Martin 21 October 2006 5 years ago 48 sec 4.2 -
A female in the nest, moving excitedly in response to an unknown disturbance Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp primolinus)
Paul R Martin 21 October 2006 5 years ago 34 sec 3.6
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Adult male, seen from the side, perched on top of a bush along the Gualaceo-Limón Rd.
Locality Gualaceo, Azuay Province, Ecuador (ssp atrigularis)
Pia Öberg 15 February 2007 1 year ago 4 -
Bird in hand.
Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador
Paul R Martin 3 February 2007 4 years ago 4 -
A bird perching on a busch
Locality Papallacta Pass, Napo Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 3 October 2009 3 years ago 3
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