Patagona gigas (Giant Hummingbird)

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Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824)
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Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
  Patagona

Scientific:
Patagona gigas

Citation:
(Vieillot, 1824)

Reference:
Gal.Ois. 1 p.296 pl.180

Protonym:
Trochilus gigas

Avibase ID:
59067C71DACB05F6

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/59067C71

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555217

Geographic range:

Patagona gigas gigas: Central and s Chile to w-central Argentina
Patagona gigas peruviana: Andes of sw Colombia to n Chile and nw Argentina

Source: Clements checklist

English:
  Giant Hummingbird
Czech:
  kolibřík velký
German:
  Riesenkolibri
Danish:
  Kæmpekolibri
Spanish:
  Colibrí Gigante
Finnish:
  jättikolibri
French:
  Colibri géant
Icelandic:
  Risabríi
Italian:
  Colibrì gigante
Japanese:
  oohachidori
Japanese:
  オオハチドリ
Dutch:
  Reuzenkolibrie
Norwegian:
  Kjempekolibri
Polish:
  gigancik
Portuguese:
  Beija-flor-gigante
Russian:
  Исполинский колибри
Slovak:
  patagónčan veľký
Swedish:
  jättekolibri
Chinese:
  巨蜂鸟

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
   Colibri géant ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
   Colibri géant ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
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eBird version 2015:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
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   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
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   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
James Lee Peters:
    Patagona gigas [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original):
    Patagona gigas [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition):
    Patagona gigas [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
   Giant Hummingbird ( Patagona gigas) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Patagona gigas [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
    Patagona gigas [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Other synonyms
Catalan: Colibrí gegant
Czech: Kolibrík velký, kolibřík velký
Danish: Kæmpekolibri
German: Riesenkolibri
English: Giant Hummingbird
English (IOC): Giant Hummingbird
Spanish: Colibrí Gigante, Picaflor gigante
Spanish (Argentine): Picaflor gigante
Spanish (Bolivia): Picaflor gigante
Spanish (Chile): Picaflor gigante
Spanish (Colombia): Colibrí Gigante
Spanish (Ecuador): Colibrí Gigante
Spanish (Spain): Colibrí Gigante
Spanish (HBW): Giant Hummingbird
Spanish (Peru): Colibrí Gigante
Estonian: suurkoolibri
Finnish: Jättikolibri
French: Colibri géant, Oiseau-mouche géant
Hungarian: óriáskolibri
Icelandic: Risabríi
Italian: Colibrì gigante
Japanese: oohachidori
Japanese: オオハチドリ
Scientific: Patagona gigas, Patagona gigas gigas, Trochilus gigas
Lithuanian: Patagana, patagona
Dutch: Reuzenkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjempekolibri
Norwegian: Kjempekolibri
Polish: gigancik, Koliber wielki
Portuguese: Beija-flor-gigante
Russian: Гигантский колибри, исполинский колибри
Slovak: kolibrík veľký, patagóncan velký, patagónčan veľký
Serbian: Džinovski kolibri
Swedish: Jättekolibri
Ukrainian: Колібрі велетенський
Chinese: 巨蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 巨蜂鳥