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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Metallura

Scaled Metaltail

Metallura aeneocauda

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (scamet1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Metallura

Subspecies (2)

Metallura aeneocauda aeneocauda

Andes of southeastern Peru (Cusco and Puno) to northwestern Bolivia (La Paz)
Metallura aeneocauda malagae

Yungas of Bolivia (Cochabamba and western Santa Cruz)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (scamet1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.