Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Loja, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Chinguela, Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Loja, Ecuador | Chinguela, Cajamarca
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Chinguela, Cajamarca
Status: The Neblina Metaltail is uncommon at humid forest edges and associated shrubbery on the east slope in far northern Peru. It ranges at elevations between 2600-3000 m in northern Peru and adjacent Ecuador.
Name in Spanish: Colibrí de Neblina.
Sub-species: Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae), Graves, 1980.
Meaning of Name: Metallura: Gr. Metallon= metal and oura= tail. odomae: In honor of Babette Moore Odom (1911-1984) US businesswoman, conservationist, sponsor of field programmes in Peru.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.