Giant Hummingbird

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Giant Hummingbird | status = Conservation status: Lower risk (lc) | 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 starling or an American catbird. It is the only member of the genus Patagona.

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

External links

• BirdLife Species Factsheet
• - photographs of this and other hummingbird species

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References

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