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Coppery metaltail - Wikipedia

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Coppery metaltail

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Metallura
Species:	M. theresiae
Binomial name
*Metallura theresiae* Simon, 1902

The coppery metaltail (Metallura theresiae) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Peru.^[3]^[4]

Taxonomy and systematics

The coppery metaltail has two subspecies, the nominate M. t. theresiae and M. t. parkeri.^[3]

Description

The coppery metaltail is 10 to 10.5 cm (3.9 to 4.1 in) long and weighs about 5 g (0.18 oz). It has a medium length, straight, black bill. The adult male of the nominate subspecies has reddish bronze to reddish coppery upperparts with a greenish tone to the rump and uppertail coverts. Its slightly forked tail is bronze green with violet reflections on its upper side and shining bronze green on its underside. The sides of its head and neck are reddish bronze and its narrow gorget is glittering golden green. The rest of its underparts are a somewhat less reddish bronze green than the upperparts. The adult female is a duller version of the male and its gorget is smaller. Juveniles do not have gorget. Subspecies M. t. parkeri is similar to the nominate but its uppersides are not as reddish and the underside of its tail is a brighter golden green.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

The nominate subspecies of coppery metaltail is found on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes from east of the Marañón River south into Huánuco Department. M. t. parkeri is known only from the Cordillera de Colán in Peru's Amazonas Department. Like most of the metaltails, the species inhabits the edges of elfin forest and páramo, moist landscapes characterized by shrubby growth and small trees. In elevation it ranges between 2,800 and 3,550 m (9,200 and 12,000 ft).^[5]

Behavior

Movement

The coppery metaltail is believed to be resident throughout its range.^[5]

Feeding

The coppery metaltail feeds mostly on nectar but details of its diet are lacking. Males defend feeding territories. In addition to nectaring, it catches small arthropods by sallies from a perch.^[5]

Breeding

The coppery metaltail's breeding phenology and nest have not been documented. Its breeding season appears to include August and September.^[5]

Songs and calls

Listen to coppery metaltail on xeno-canto

Vocalization

The coppery metaltail's vocalizations have been described as a "series of frail zeee calls, often alternating with ttrrrt notes" and also as "a jerky, wiry chatter similar to [that of] Tyrian Metaltail [Metallura tyrianthina], but perhaps lower, less emphatic, with buzzier notes."^[5]

Status

The IUCN has assessed the coppery metaltail as being of Least Concern. Its population size is not known and is believed to be decreasing.^[1] It is deemed fairly common to locally very common. Though human density in its high elevation habitat is low, burning of páramo to create grazing pasture is a threat.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b BirdLife International (2016). "Coppery Metaltail Metallura theresiae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22688002A93179402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22688002A93179402.en. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ ^a ^b Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2022). "IOC World Bird List (v 12.1) - Hummingbirds". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
^ HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Schulenberg, T. S. (2020). Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.copmet1.01 retrieved March 5, 2022

Taxon identifiers
Metallura theresiae	Wikidata: Q1268508 Wikispecies: Metallura theresiae Avibase: CD38DC4DB60DC171 BioLib: 23960 BirdLife: 22688002 BOW: copmet1 CoL: 42B2P eBird: copmet1 GBIF: 2476872 iNaturalist: 5569 IRMNG: 10212638 ITIS: 555273 IUCN: 22688002 NCBI: 66411 Neotropical: copmet1 Observation.org: 72024 Open Tree of Life: 91930 Species+: 6308 Xeno-canto: Metallura-theresiae

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