Species profile
Black Metaltail
Metallura phoebe
Quick answer
Andes of n Peru (Cajamarca) to extreme n Chile
- Scientific name
- Metallura phoebe
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Metallura
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black Metaltail in your journal
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- Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella)