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Patagona gigas
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species of bird
OverviewAI-generated
Patagona gigas, commonly known as the Giant Hummingbird, is a species of bird within the family Trochilidae. It belongs to the genus Patagona and is classified under the order Apodiformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The species was described by Vieillot in 1824.
This diurnal bird has a mass of 1.78 and a litter size of 2, with an egg incubation period of 12. Its taxon range is South America, with specific records from Peru and Chile. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2024.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
Chile Central
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 506
- With media
- 99
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Collections
- MSB
- Recorded in
- Peru, Chile
Bird sounds
- call· Ecuador· quality A
- call, duet, flight call, song· Chile· quality A
- · Ecuador· quality A
- call· Chile· quality A
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Patagona gigas
- Commons category
- Patagona gigas
- Commons gallery
- Patagona gigas
- taxon common name
- colibri-gigante
- litter size
- 2
- egg incubation period
- 12
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- P. gigas
- taxon range
- South America
- taxon author citation
- (Vieillot, 1824)
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Patagona gigas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.