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Metallura iracunda (Perija Metaltail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Perijá metaltail (Metallura iracunda) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to páramo and elfin forest at high altitudes of the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Metallura iracunda

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Metallura iracunda

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
45
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.9004
EDGE Score: 3.66876
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.8 grams
Forages - Canopy [2]  30 %
Forages - Mid-High [2]  60 %
Forages - Understory [2]  10 %

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cordillera Oriental montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Perijá National Park II 729673 Venezuela  
San Rafael de Guasare Protective Zone 746258 Venezuela  

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Cerro Pintado Colombia A1, A2, A3
Parque Nacional Perijá Venezuela A1, A2, A3, A4ii
Zona Protectora San Rafael de Guasare Venezuela A1, A2, A3

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Serranía de Perijá Colombia; Venezuela

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 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
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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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