Violet-throated Metaltail
- Scientific name
- Metallura baroni
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Conservation status
- Near threatened
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Pointed
- Tail shape
- Notched
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Why it matters
The Violet-throated Metaltail is a rare hummingbird species endemic to a highly restricted range in the high-altitude páramo of the Ecuadorian Andes. Collectors and ornithologists prize this bird for its distinct iridescent throat patch and its unique evolutionary adaptation to harsh, treeless alpine environments.
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