Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae > Metallura > Metallura williamiMetallura williami (Viridian Metaltail)Synonyms: Trochilus williami The viridian metaltail (Metallura williami) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. There is no cause for concern with this hummingbird. It resides in the Trochilidae family. Loving moisture, this bird enjoys its habitat of subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.23319 EDGE Score: 1.17347 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 4.5 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Nectarivore | | Diet - Nectar [2] | 100 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 60 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 30 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Alto Quindío |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cajas-Mazán |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cuenca del Río Toche |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Ángel-Cerro Golondrinas |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Estación Biológica Guandera-Cerro Mongus |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lagunas Bombona y Vancouver |
Colombia |
A1, A2 |
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Montañas de Zapote-Najda |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Llanganates |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Natural Munchique |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Natural Puracé |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Podocarpus |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Sangay |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Ecológica Los Illinizas y alrededores |
Ecuador |
A1, A3 |
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Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Natural Ibanasca |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Natural Semillas de Agua |
Colombia |
A1, A2 |
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Reserva Natural Tambito |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reservas Comunitarias de Roncesvalles |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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