Fiery-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon)
About the Fiery-throated Metaltail
The fiery-throated metaltail or fire-throated metaltail (Metallura eupogon) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Peru. The fiery-throated metaltail is monotypic. However, what are now the violet-throated metaltail (M. baroni) and neblina metaltail (M. odomae) were at times treated as subspecies of the fiery-throated.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 4 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Neblina MetaltailMetallura odomaerecording
- Tyrian MetaltailMetallura tyrianthinarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.