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Patagona

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Patagona
A migratory giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) in Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Patagoninae
Genus: Patagona
G.R. Gray, 1840
Species

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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Juan I. Areta; Matthew R. Halley; Guy M. Kirwan; Heraldo V. Norambuena; Niels K. Krabbe; Vítor Q. Piacentini (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.
  2. ^ Williamson, Jessie L.; Gyllenhaal, Ethan F.; Bauernfeind, Selina M.; Bautista, Emil; Baumann, Matthew J.; Gadek, Chauncey R.; Marra, Peter P.; Ricote, Natalia; Valqui, Thomas; Bozinovic, Francisco; Singh, Nadia D.; Witt, Christopher C. (2024-05-21). "Extreme elevational migration spurred cryptic speciation in giant hummingbirds". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121 (21): e2313599121. Bibcode:2024PNAS..12113599W. doi:10.1073/pnas.2313599121. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 11126955. PMID 38739790.