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Scaled Metaltail
Metallura aeneocauda (Gould, 1846)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Scaled Metaltail, Metallura aeneocauda, is a hummingbird that breeds in Peru and Bolivia, in the Andes on the eastern side of the range. It lives in cloudforest and elfin forest openings and along rocky slopes with herbs and shrubs, mostly above 3,000 m and between 2,500 and 3,600 m. It has a medium-length straight black bill. The nominate form has bottle green upperparts, a slightly forked tail with iridescent blue and green tones, a bright green gorget, and green underparts with a scaly look. A second form has a longer bill and a red tail.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Peru and Bolivia
