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Neblina Metaltail
Metallura odomae Graves, GR, 1980
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Neblina Metaltail, Metallura odomae, is a hummingbird of southern Ecuador and northern Peru, where it occurs in the Andes. It was described in 1980. The bird is resident across its range and is found along the margins of elfin forest and páramo in moist, shrubby country with small trees. Its breeding range runs from Loja Province in Ecuador south into Piura and Cajamarca in Peru. The species has a medium-length straight black bill, and the adult male shows iridescent dark green upperparts with a slightly forked tail and a reddish purple to rosy red gorget.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: s Ecuador and n Peru
