Giant Hummingbird

Giant Hummingbird

Taxobox
name = Giant Hummingbird
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1


image_caption = "Patagona gigas" print by John Gould
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Trochiliformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Patagona"
genus_authority = Gray, 1840
species = "P. gigas"
binomial = "Patagona gigas"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1824)

The Giant Hummingbird ("Patagona gigas") is the largest member of the hummingbird family, weighing 18-20 g (6/10 - 7/10 of an ounce). It measures eight and a half inches in length (~23cm), which is about the length of a European Starling or a Gray Catbird. It is the only member of the genus "Patagona".

The Giant Hummingbird is found between 2,000 and 3,800 meters (6,500-11,000 feet) above sea level in the Andes of South America, from northern Ecuador to central Chile and Argentina.

In Bolivia, the Giant Hummingbird is known in Quechua as "burro q'enti". The Spanish word "burro" refers to its dull, relatively unattractive plumage compared to other locally occurring hummingbirds (e.g. Red-tailed Comet).

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

* Fjeldsa, Jon, and Niels Krabbe. 1990. Birds of the High Andes. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 876 pp.

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=3204 Giant Hummingbird videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.birdlife.net/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2001&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
* [http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/photogallery - photographs of this and other hummingbird species]
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=giant+hummingbird&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Giant Hummingbird photo gallery] VIREO
* [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/images/stories/borderland/photo/giant_hummingbird.jpgPhoto-Med Res] ; [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/content/view/21/40/ Article] borderland-tours


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