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Coppery Metaltail
Metallura theresiae Simon, 1902
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Coppery Metaltail, Metallura theresiae, is a hummingbird found in northern and central Peru, where it is endemic. It was described by Simon in 1902 and belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes. The species has two subspecies, with one on the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes and the other known only from the Cordillera de Colán in Amazonas Department. It lives along the edges of elfin forest and páramo in moist, shrubby highland country, and is recorded from 2,800 to 3,550 m.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: n, c Peru
