Giant Hummingbird
Patagona gigas(Vieillot, LJP, 1824)
English (US) Giant Hummingbird
The Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Patagona gigas
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Giant Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1824)
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Patagona gigas peruviana
- Patagona gigas gigas
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus gigas
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1824)
- Type locality
- Brazil, error = Chile, restricted to Valparaiso by Hellmayr, antea, p. 230.
- Original description
- La Galerie des Oiseaux du Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle du Jardin du Roi (etc.) 1 p.296 pl.180
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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