Great sapphirewing
| Great sapphirewing | |
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| female in Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Pterophanes Gould, 1849 |
| Species: | P. cyanopterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophanes cyanopterus Fraser, 1839 | |
The great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. At 15.5-17.5 cm (6–7 in) in length and weighing about 10 grams, this is one of the largest species of hummingbird, though slightly smaller than the Topaza hummingbirds and the giant hummingbird.
Female- Above Termas de Papallacta
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pterophanes cyanopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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