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Giant Hummingbird

Patagona gigas

Classification

Class
Aves

The giant hummingbirds are hummingbirds of the genus Patagona. The genus includes two species, the sedentary giant hummingbird and the migratory giant hummingbird, which are the largest and second largest species of hummingbird respectively. Taxonomy The giant hummingbird was described and illustrated in 1824 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot based on a specimen that Vieillot mistakenly believed had been collected in Brazil.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 10,948