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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Trochilus gigas.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 466331
  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
10/08/2021
Andres Espindola
Foto
Photography ID: 356526
  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
10/08/2019
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 262010
  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
12/12/2017
Federico Carlos Izasa
Foto
Photography ID: 184765
  Adult
Famatina
La Rioja
Argentina
12/22/2016
Pablo Sanchez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
202780621/04/2024ArgentinaLa RiojaDique de Chañarmuyo, Famatina1Carlos De Biagi
147986308/10/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaCamino a Cañon del Ocre, Famatina1Andres Espindola
196161517/02/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaCamino a La Mejicana 2, Famatina3Miguel Ansenuza
137155217/02/2021ArgentinaLa RiojaCamino a La Mejicana 2, Famatina3Hugo Caverzasi
111827208/10/2019ArgentinaLa RiojaFamatinaMaria Belén Dri
111050108/10/2019ArgentinaLa RiojaFamatinaDiego Carus
75006012/12/2017ArgentinaLa RiojaQuebradita del Infiernillo, FamatinaFederico Carlos Izasa
75112622/12/2016ArgentinaLa RiojaQuebradita del Infiernillo, FamatinaPablo Sanchez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 18/03/2026.