Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)

Tyrian Metaltail

Metallura tyrianthina

(Loddiges, G, 1832)
Metalura Colirroja

Family: Trochilidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Synonyms: Trochilus tyrianthinus.

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Number of Photography: 36

Photography ID: 664179
Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station--canopy Trail
Cuzco
Peru
09/22/2025
Julian Uriel Collado

Photography ID: 664178
Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station--picaflor Trail
Cuzco
Peru
09/23/2025
Julian Uriel Collado

Photography ID: 650746
Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
07/19/2025
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 650590
Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 650589
Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 647185
♀ Adult
Cruz Conga
Cajamarca
Peru
05/21/2025
Pablo Serur

Photography ID: 646016
♀ Adult
Cruz Conga
Cajamarca
Peru
05/21/2025
Federico J. Villegas

Photography ID: 610316
♀ Adult
Trocha Cresta de San Lorenzo
Amazonas
Peru
07/14/2024
Jorge Schlemmer

Photography ID: 609560
♀ Adult
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Magdalena
Colombia
03/27/2010
Eduardo Militello

Photography ID: 601447
Adult
La calera
Cundinamarca
Colombia
09/21/2024
Glauco Oliveira

Photography ID: 601327
♀ Adult
Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza
Bogotá
Colombia
09/09/2024
Glauco Oliveira

Photography ID: 573609
♀ Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/19/2019
Nino A. Grangetto

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Number of Records: 106

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2402498

23/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station--picaflor Trail

Silvina Collado

2401697

23/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station--picaflor Trail

Julian Uriel Collado

2402483

22/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station--canopy Trail

Silvina Collado

2402477

22/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Carretera a Manú--paso Acjanaco (valqui A1.1)

Silvina Collado

2401682

22/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station--canopy Trail

Julian Uriel Collado

2401675

22/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Carretera a Manú--paso Acjanaco (valqui A1.1)

Julian Uriel Collado

2402312

20/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Peñas Pe

Silvina Collado

2401502

20/09/2025

Peru

Cuzco

Peñas Pe

Julian Uriel Collado

2354247

21/07/2025

Colombia

Caldas

Hotel Termales del Ruiz, Villamaria

Pablo Eguia

2331037

21/07/2025

Colombia

Caldas

Hotel Termales del Ruiz, Villamaria

Nino A. Grangetto

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