Patagona gigas
Also known as Southern giant hummingbird, Giant Hummingbird
species of bird
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
Observations recorded53,178
Chile Central
via GBIF · IUCN
Bird sounds
- call· Ecuador· quality A
- call, duet, flight call, song· Chile· quality A
- · Ecuador· quality A
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The southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is one of two species in the genus Patagona and the second largest hummingbird species, after its close relative the northern giant hummingbird.
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Birds described in 1824Birds of ChileBirds of the AndesBirds of the Puna grasslandCite IUCN without doiFauna listed on CITES Appendix IIHummingbird species of South AmericaIUCN Red List least concern speciesNazca cultureTaxa named by Louis Pierre VieillotTaxonbars with automatically added original combinationsTrochilinae