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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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Records from Lujan de Cuyo

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Trochilus gigas.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 628418
  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
03/27/2025
Damián Carnevale
Foto
Photography ID: 628417
♂  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
03/27/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 305980
  Adult
Lujan de Cuyo
Mendoza
Argentina
05/22/2008
Manuel Godoy



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
226691927/03/2025ArgentinaMendozaDique Cipolletti, Lujan de CuyoDamián Carnevale
226691827/03/2025ArgentinaMendozaDique Cipolletti, Lujan de CuyoManuel Godoy
126428322/05/2008ArgentinaMendozaLas Vegas, Lujan de CuyoManuel Godoy
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.