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Giant Hummingbird

Patagona gigas
(Vieillot, LJP, 1824)
Picaflor Gigante
Family: Trochilidae
Order: Apodiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Synonyms: Trochilus gigas.

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Number of Photography: 202

Foto
Photography ID: 664212
 San salvador
Cuzco
Peru
09/22/2025
Julian Uriel Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 664211
 San salvador
Cuzco
Peru
09/22/2025
Julian Uriel Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 664210
 San salvador
Cuzco
Peru
09/22/2025
Julian Uriel Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 664209
 San salvador
Cuzco
Peru
09/22/2025
Julian Uriel Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 661750
  Adult
Yavi
Jujuy
Argentina
11/13/2025
Pablo Serur
Foto
Photography ID: 661749
  Adult
Yavi
Jujuy
Argentina
11/13/2025
Pablo Serur
Foto
Photography ID: 658140
♀  Adult
Ruta 5
Jujuy
Argentina
09/22/2025
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 658139
♀  Adult
Ruta 5
Jujuy
Argentina
09/22/2025
Ramon Moller Jensen



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Number of Recorded Vocalizations: 2



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Viviana Fuentes02/18/2023ArgentinaTucumánTucumánIndistinguishableSeveralNoNo
Diego Oscar02/21/2015ChileRegión de ValparaísoJardin Botanico, Viña del MarIndistinguishableAdultYesNo


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Number of Films: 4


Video ID: 3730
  Adult
Tilcara
Jujuy
Argentina
03/16/2019
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Video ID: 2718
  Adult
Ruta 33
Salta
Argentina
10/04/2017
Claudia Mora



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Number of Records: 360



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241924818/01/2026ArgentinaMendozaQuebrada de la virgen1Pablo Moreno
241962412/01/2026ChileRegión de ValparaísoPapudo7José Aparicio
240662813/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánAcceso los Cardones, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesMaria Belén Dri
240618413/12/2025ArgentinaTucumánAcceso los Cardones, Parque Provincial Cumbres CalchaquíesDiego Carus
240057811/12/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Pampa de la Viuda AgustinaCarlos De Biagi
239583613/11/2025ArgentinaJujuyYaviPablo Serur
238615513/11/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Pampa de la Viuda AgustinaCarlos De Biagi
237517213/10/2025ArgentinaLa RiojaReserva Natural Pampa de la Viuda AgustinaCarlos De Biagi
240243422/09/2025PeruCuzcoSacred garden, San salvador3Silvina Collado
240163022/09/2025PeruCuzcoSacred garden, San salvador3Julian Uriel Collado
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.