Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)

Great Sapphirewing

Pterophanes cyanopterus

(Fraser, L, 1840)
Alizafiro Grande

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 cyanopterus.

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Number of Photography: 15

Photography ID: 666423
♂ Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Jorge Schlemmer

Photography ID: 650578
Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 650577
Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 650576
Adult
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Pablo Eguia

Photography ID: 646679
Villamaria
Caldas
Colombia
07/21/2025
Nino A. Grangetto

Photography ID: 639172
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
05/26/2025
Carlos Schmidt

Photography ID: 522559
♂ Adult
Manizales
Caldas
Colombia
01/09/2023
Carlos Schmidt

Photography ID: 496340
♂ Adult
Reserva Biológica Yanacocha
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/12/2022
Carlos Schmidt

Photography ID: 335333
♀ Adult
Reserva Yanacocha
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/14/2019
Nino A. Grangetto

Photography ID: 335332
♂ Adult
Reserva Yanacocha
Pichincha
Ecuador
05/14/2019
Nino A. Grangetto

Photography ID: 270438
Adult
Ollantaytambo
Cuzco
Peru
05/20/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini

Photography ID: 270238
♂ Adult
Carretera 28b--peñas
Cuzco
Peru
05/20/2018
Adriana Bellotti

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Number of Records: 33

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2412272

21/07/2025

Colombia

Caldas

Hotel Termales del Ruiz, Villamaria

Jorge Schlemmer

2354251

21/07/2025

Colombia

Caldas

Hotel Termales del Ruiz, Villamaria

Pablo Eguia

2331041

21/07/2025

Colombia

Caldas

Hotel Termales del Ruiz, Villamaria

Nino A. Grangetto

2304335

26/05/2025

Colombia

Caldas

Parque Nacional Natural los Nevados, Manizales

Carlos Schmidt

1714380

09/01/2023

Colombia

Caldas

Parque Nacional Natural los Nevados, Manizales

Carlos Schmidt

1593673

12/05/2022

Ecuador

Pichincha

Reserva Biológica Yanacocha

Carlos Schmidt

1578640

08/04/2022

Peru

Cuzco

Abra Málaga--Upper Temperate Forest (3400-3200m)

Marcos Augusto Lartigau

1051471

05/08/2019

Peru

Huánuco

Bosque Unchog (Valqui D5.3)

Julian Quillen Vidoz

1051484

30/07/2019

Peru

Amazonas

Trocha Cresta de San Lorenzo

Julian Quillen Vidoz

1290711

13/09/2018

Bolivia

Departamento de La Paz

Unduavi

Marcelo Gavensky

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