Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí gegant |
| Czech | kolibřík velký |
| Dutch | Reuzenkolibrie |
| English | Giant Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Giant Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri géant |
| French (France) | Colibri géant |
| German | Riesenkolibri |
| Icelandic | Risabríi |
| Japanese | オオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | kjempekolibri |
| Polish | gigancik |
| Russian | Исполинский колибри |
| Serbian | Džinovski kolibri |
| Slovak | patagónčan veľký |
| Slovenian | Orjaški kolibri |
| Spanish | Colibrí Gigante |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Picaflor Gigante |
| Spanish (Chile) | Picaflor gigante |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Colibrí Gigante |
| Spanish (Peru) | Colibrí Gigante |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí gigante |
| Swedish | jättekolibri |
| Turkish | Koca Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі велетенський |
Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus gigas
Vieillot, 1824. Gal.Ois. 1, p.296 pl.180.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil, error = Chile, restricted to Valparaiso by Hellmayr, antea, p. 230.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PATAGONA
- gigas
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Scientific name definitions
Iris Heynen, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 11, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 11, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
Authors
Iris Heynen, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Heynen, I., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.giahum1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 11, 2017
- Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
Authors
Iris Heynen, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Heynen, I., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2017). Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
