Birds of Peru - Metallura


Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda) Female Manu, Peru
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.

The Scaled Metailtail overlaps with the Tyrian Metaltail where the Tyrian has a blue tail (although that blue tail may appear red). The Scaled has a 'bronzy-green' tail (Birds of Peru) and is 25% larger at 13 cm.


Fiery-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon) ENDEMIC Carretera Satipo, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae) Male Peru
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae) Female Peru
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Black Metaltail (Metallura phoebe) Female ENDEMIC Rio Chonta, Cajamarca, Peru The male has a green gorget and bronzy metal tail.
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae) Male ENDEMIC Unchog, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae) Female ENDEMIC Barros Negro, Peru
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis) Wayqecha, Peru A photo of southern Peru blue-tailed race with red tail with just some touches of blue.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina quitensis) Male Guango Lodge, Ecuador Note red back of tail distinctive for this species.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina tyrianthina) Female Manizales, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A small hummingbird with a short bill. The Tyrian Metaltail has a coppery-red tail in most of its range, but in south Peru and Boliva has a blue tail.
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