Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Giant Hummingbird
Common Names in French:
Colibri Géant
Common Names in German:
Riesenkolibri
Description
Habitat
Vegetation: arid montane scrubs • Minimum Elevation: 2,100 meters • Maximum Elevation: 3,700 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper montaine: mountains, upper range, above 3,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,107 meters (0 to 16,755 feet).Mean = 2,535.670 meters (8,319.127 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,647.600 based on 73 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:3.7Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
()
- Order:
Trochiliformes
()
- Hummingbirds
- Family:
Trochilidae
()
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
()
- Genus:
Patagona
()
- (Vieillot, 1824)
- Specific name:
gigas
- (Vieillot, 1824)
- Scientific name: - Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824)
- Specific name:
gigas
- (Vieillot, 1824)
- Genus:
Patagona
(
- Subfamily:
Trochilinae
(
- Family:
Trochilidae
(
- Order:
Trochiliformes
(
- Superorder:
Apodimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Patagona
There are approximately 3 species in this genus:
P. gigas (Giant Hummingbird) · P. gigas gigas · P. gigas peruviana
Bibliography
- Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
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Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- GBIF-Spain, Estacion Biologica Donana - CSIC, Aves
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Ornithology Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- Senckenberg, Collection Aves
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852983
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-555217
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13848811
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555217
- IUCN ID: 48376
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132503
