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Tyrian Metaltail

Metallura tyrianthina
(Loddiges, G, 1832)
Metalura Colirroja
Family: Trochilidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Ecuador

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Trochilus tyrianthinus.

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Foto
Photography ID: 573609
♀  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/19/2019
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 496964
♂  Adult
Reserva Biológica Yanacocha
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/12/2022
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 496413
♂  Adult
Mindo
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/12/2022
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 163433
♀  Adult
Parque Nacional Podocarpus
Loja
Ecuador
10/19/2014
Carmelo López Abad
Foto
Photography ID: 80782
♀  Adult
Parque Guápulo
Pichincha
Ecuador
02/04/2015
Julián Alfredo Pérez Correa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
159691912/05/2022EcuadorPichinchaReserva Biológica YanacochaCarlos Schmidt
159397812/05/2022EcuadorPichinchaSachatamia Lodge, MindoCarlos Schmidt
200530819/05/2019EcuadorPichinchaMindoNino A. Grangetto
213455318/05/2019EcuadorPichinchaAlambi cloud forest - Mindo2Nino A. Grangetto
67536713/01/2018EcuadorImbaburaCuicocha, Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi CayapasDiego Chulde
67533506/01/2018EcuadorImbaburaTimbuyacu, Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi CayapasDiego Chulde
51835701/10/2016EcuadorPichinchaTandayapa, MindoJose Luis Fernandez Guaraz
40460127/01/2016EcuadorPichinchaMindoUlises Balza
30316311/07/2015EcuadorPichinchaReserva Geobotánica PululahuaWilliam Arteaga Chávez
24219216/02/2015EcuadorPichinchaParque Metropolitano Guangüiltagua, QuitoWilliam Arteaga Chávez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.