Giant Hummingbird

Patagona gigas - Colibri géant

Colibri géant
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Trochilidés

  • Genus
    :

    Patagona

  • Species
    :

    gigas

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1824

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 23 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 18 à 23 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Colibri géant
juvenile
Colibri géant
♀ adult

Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Patagona gigas gigas (c and s Chile, wc Argentina)
  • Patagona gigas peruviana (sw Colombia to n Chile and nw Argentina)

Foreign names

  • Colibri géant,
  • Colibrí gigante,
  • beija-flor-gigante,
  • Riesenkolibri,
  • óriáskolibri,
  • Reuzenkolibrie,
  • Colibrì gigante,
  • jättekolibri,
  • Kjempekolibri,
  • patagónčan veľký,
  • kolibřík velký,
  • Kæmpekolibri,
  • jättikolibri,
  • colibrí gegant,
  • gigancik,
  • Исполинский колибри,
  • オオハチドリ,
  • 巨蜂鸟,
  • 巨蜂鳥,

Voice song and cries

Colibri géant

Habitat

Colibri géant
♂ adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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published: - Updated: 06-01-2016
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