Métallure à queue d'airain vs Métallure émeraude

Metallura aeneocauda compared with Metallura tyrianthina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Métallure à queue d'airain Métallure émeraude
Kingdom same Animalia (animal) Animalia (animal)
Phylum same Chordata (Chordates) Chordata (Chordates)
Class same Aves (oiseau) Aves (oiseau)
Order same Apodiformes (Apodiformes) Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family same Trochilidae Trochilidae
Genus same Metallura Metallura
Species Metallura aeneocauda Metallura tyrianthina

Evolutionary Relationship

Métallure à queue d'airain and Métallure émeraude share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Metallura.

Conservation Status

Métallure à queue d'airain

LC — Least Concern

Métallure émeraude

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Métallure à queue d'airain Métallure émeraude
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Métallure à queue d'airain

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Métallure émeraude

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Métallure à queue d'airain

No description available.

Métallure émeraude

A small, brilliantly colored hummingbird of Andean cloud forests and páramo from Venezuela south to Bolivia, tyrian metaltails have deep purple-magenta gorgets and metallic reddish-purple tails. They inhabit elevations from 2,500 to 4,500 meters, hovering at flowering shrubs and herbs of the páramo. Males defend territories around nectar-rich flower patches. Among the highest-altitude hummingbirds, they are physiologically adapted to thin, cold high-Andean air.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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