Fêmea © Rob Felix
Macho © Andres Vasquez Noboa
Macho © Nick Athanas
Fêmea © Scott Olmstead
+ 3
Fêmea © Eric Carpenter
Macho © Jay McGowan

viridian metaltail Metallura williami

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Identificação

FORNECIDA POR MERLIN

Short-billed hummingbird found near tree line in the high Andes. Male is deep green with a dark and sometimes glittering throat patch; female is similar but lacks throat patch and is scaled buff or rufous below. Tail color varies geographically; it can be green or blue, and it can even show a bit of rufous on top, though never as much as the tail of Tyrian Metaltail. Feeds on small flowers in páramo and at the edge of elfin forest.

FORNECIDA POR MERLIN