Patagona gigas

Patagona gigas, Chile

Patagona gigas - Distribution map

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae Ordo: Apodiformes

Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Trochilinae
Genus: Patagona
Species: Patagona gigas

Name

Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824)

• Type locality: Brazil, error = restricted to Valparaiso, Chile.

Synonyms

• Trochilus gigas (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Vieillot, L.P. 1822–1825. La galerie des oiseaux: dédiée à Son Altesse Royale Madame, duchesse de Berri. Tome 1, Parties 1–2. Constant-Chantpie: Paris. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.161301 BHL Reference page.  pl. 180

Additional references

• Williamson, J.L., Gyllenhaal, E.F., Bauerfeind, S.M., Bautista, E., Baumann, M.J., Gadek, C.R., Marra, P.P., Ricote, N., Valqui H., T.H., Bozinovic, F., Singh, N.D. & Witt, C.C. 2024. Extreme elevational migration spurred cryptic speciation in giant hummingbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS 121 (21): e2313599121 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313599121 Reference page. 
• Areta, J.I., Halley, M.R., Kirwan, G.M., Norambuena, H.V., Krabbe, N. & Piacentini, V.de Q. 2024. The world's largest hummingbird was described 131 years ago. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 144 (3): 328–332. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v144i3.2024.a14 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

dansk: Kæmpekolibri
Deutsch: Riesenkolibri
English: Giant Hummingbird
español: Colibrí gigante sureño
suomi: Jättikolibri
français: Colibri géant
magyar: Óriáskolibri
日本語: オオハチドリ
polski: Gigancik
Runa Simi: Wasqar q'inti
Türkçe: Dev sinek kuşu

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