Fiery-throated Metaltail

Fiery-throated Metaltail
Fiery-throated Metaltail
A Fiery-throated Metaltail (below) and a Rufous-webbed Brilliant (above)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Metallura
Species: M. eupogon
Binomial name
Metallura eupogon
Cabanis, 1874

The Fiery-throated Metaltail or Fire-Throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

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