Southern giant hummingbird

Southern giant hummingbird
Patagona gigas in Chile
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Patagona
Species:
P. gigas
Binomial name
Patagona gigas
(Vieillot, 1824)

The southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is one of two species in the genus Patagona and the second largest hummingbird species, after its close relative the northern giant hummingbird.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Patagona gigas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687785A93168933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687785A93168933.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

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