Viridian Metaltail
Metallura williami
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Genus
- Metallura
- eBird Code
- virmet1
Subspecies (4)
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Metallura williami atrigularis
Andes of southern Ecuador (Cordillera de Chilla in Azuay and Loja)
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Metallura williami primolina
eastern Andes of southern Colombia (Nariño) and northern Ecuador
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Metallura williami recisa
Andes of north-central Colombia (Páramo de Frontino in Antioquia)
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Metallura williami williami
central Andes of Colombia
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.