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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

Synonyms: Trochilus gigas.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 72869
  Adult
Ruta 13, Las Heras
Mendoza
Argentina
12/20/2014
Silvio Montani
Foto
Photography ID: 66368
♂  Adult
Huacalera
Jujuy
Argentina
10/12/2014
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 66162
♂  Adult
Juella
Jujuy
Argentina
10/19/2014
Santiago M. Carrillo
Foto
Photography ID: 32537
  Immature
Ucn
Región de Coquimbo
Chile
01/06/2014
Ximena Olivares



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
21165020/12/2014ArgentinaMendozaRuta 13, Las HerasSilvio Montani
21267907/11/2014ArgentinaMendozaRuta 13, Las HerasValentín González Feltrup
19399320/10/2014ArgentinaJujuyYaviMarcelo Gavensky
19389919/10/2014ArgentinaJujuyLaguna del Huancar, Abra PampaMarcelo Gavensky
19018419/10/2014ArgentinaJujuyPucará de Juella, JuellaSantiago M. Carrillo
19052812/10/2014ArgentinaJujuyHuacaleraAlec Earnshaw
18249227/09/2014ArgentinaJujuyHumahuacaEmiliano Garcia Loyola
18357724/09/2014ChileRegión del Libertador Bernardo O´HigginsCahuil y camino a SalinasAstrid Wessels
18219923/09/2014ChileRegión del Libertador Bernardo O´HigginsPichilemuAstrid Wessels
18173020/09/2014ChileRegión MetropolitanaCuesta Lo PradoAstrid Wessels
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 25/03/2026.