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Metallura tyrianthina  (Loddiges, 1832)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 555277

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Trochilus tyrianthinus Loddiges, 1832
  
  Common Name(s): Tyrian Metaltail [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderApodiformes  – Swifts, Hummingbirds  
                            FamilyTrochilidae  – Hummingbirds, oiseaux-mouches  
                               SubfamilyTrochilinae   
                                  GenusMetallura Gould, 1847  
                                     SpeciesMetallura tyrianthina (Loddiges, 1832) – Tyrian Metaltail  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SubspeciesMetallura tyrianthina chloropogon (Cabanis & Heine, 1860)  
                                        SubspeciesMetallura tyrianthina districta Bangs, 1899  
                                        SubspeciesMetallura tyrianthina oreopola Todd, 1913  
                                        SubspeciesMetallura tyrianthina quitensis Gould, 1861  
                                        SubspeciesMetallura tyrianthina septentrionalis Hartert, 1899  
                                        SubspeciesMetallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)  
                                        SubspeciesMetallura tyrianthina tyrianthina (Loddiges, 1832)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Metallura tyrianthina    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 11.1), website (version 11.1)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2021. IOC World Bird List (v 11.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 May, 2021]   
  Reference for: Metallura tyrianthina, Tyrian Metaltail [English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2020.04.03, website (version 03-Apr-20)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Metallura tyrianthina   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Metallura tyrianthina, Tyrian Metaltail [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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