Great sapphirewing
| Great sapphirewing | |
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| female in Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheini |
| Genus: | Pterophanes Gould, 1849 |
| Species: | P. cyanopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840)
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The great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. At 15.5-17.5 cm (6–7 in) in length and weighing about 10 grams, this is one of the largest species of hummingbird, though slightly smaller than the Topaza hummingbirds and the giant hummingbird.
Female- Above Termas de Papallacta
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pterophanes cyanopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687804A93170160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687804A93170160.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Trochilinae
- Hummingbird species of South America
- Birds of the Northern Andes
- Birds described in 1839
- Taxa named by Louis Fraser
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