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Metallura baroni (Violet-throated Metaltail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The violet-throated metaltail (Metallura baroni) — also called métallure de baron, metalura de azuay, and metalura gorjivioleta — is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.it is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Metallura baroni

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Metallura baroni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
0
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
38
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 2.23304
EDGE Score: 3.25287
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.5 grams
Diet [2]  Nectarivore
Diet - Nectar [2]  100 %
Forages - Canopy [2]  10 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  70 %
Forages - Understory [2]  20 %
Clutch Size [3]  2

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Northwestern Andean montane forests Colombia, Ecuador Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cajas National Park II 71186 Azuay, Ecuador  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Bosque Protector Dudas-Mazar Ecuador A1, A2
Cajas-Mazán Ecuador A1, A2, A3
Yanuncay-Yanasacha Ecuador A1, A2

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Prey / Diet

Barnadesia wurdackii[4]
Castilleja fissifolia[3]
Ribes lehmannii[4]
Saracha quitensis[4]
Tristerix longebracteatus[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chalcostigma heteropogon (Bronze-tailed Thornbill)1
Lesbia nuna (Green-tailed Trainbearer)1

Range Map

External References

Citations

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.
♦ 4BirdLife International (2012) Species factsheet: Metallura baroni. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/09/2012.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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