Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (2)
Iris Heynen, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 11, 2017
Text last updated April 11, 2017
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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
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Giant Hummingbird
