Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Metallura
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae

Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published May 8, 2015

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

There is little information on the vocalizations of Neblina Metaltail. Descriptions of its vocalizations include "a rather loud seet-seet-seet-ti-tttt" (Parker et al. 1985), and "a jerky, wiry chatter" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).

For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio

There are few available recordings of vocalizations of Neblina Metaltail; additional audio recordings can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. (2015). Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.nebmet1.01
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