Black Metaltail

Black Metaltail
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Biological classification
Kingdom:	Animalia;
Phylum:	Chordata;
Class:	Aves;
Order:	Trochiliformes;
Family:	Trochilidae;
Genus:	Metallura;
Species:	M. phoebe;
Binomial name
	Metallura phoebe; Lesson & DeLattre, 1839

The Black Metaltail (Metallura phoebe) is a species of hummingbird. It can be found in Bolivia and Peru. It lives in subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

[change] References

BirdLife International 2004. Metallura phoebe. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.

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