World Species : Patagona gigas (Giant Hummingbird)

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Patagona gigas (Giant Hummingbird)

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Synonyms: Trochilus gigas

Wikipedia Abstract

The giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is the largest member of the hummingbird family, weighing 18–24 g (0.63–0.85 oz) with a wingspan measuring approximately 21.5 cm (8.5 in) in length, and length of 23 cm (9.1 in). This is approximately the same length as a European starling or a northern cardinal, though the giant hummingbird is considerably lighter due to its more slender build and fairly long bill. It is the only member of the genus Patagona. This weight is almost twice that of the next heaviest recorded species, and ten times that of the smallest humming bird, Calypte helenae, the "bee hummingbird."

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Infraspecies

Patagona gigas gigas (Giant hummingbird)
Patagona gigas peruviana (Giant hummingbird)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 17.0521

EDGE Score: 2.89326

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Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	21 grams
Birth Weight ^[2]	1.8 grams
Female Weight ^[1]	20 grams
Male Weight ^[1]	22 grams
Weight Dimorphism ^[1]	10 %

Diet ^[3]	Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore
Diet - Invertibrates ^[3]	10 %
Diet - Nectar ^[3]	90 %
Forages - Aerial ^[3]	10 %
Forages - Mid-High ^[3]	30 %
Forages - Understory ^[3]	60 %

Clutch Size ^[5]	2
Incubation ^[4]	12 days
Migration ^[6]	Intracontinental

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Atacama desert	Chile	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Central Andean dry puna	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile	Neotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Central Andean puna	Argentina, Bolivia, Peru	Neotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Central Andean wet puna	Peru, Bolivia	Neotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Chilean matorral	Chile	Neotropic	Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Cordillera Central páramo	Ecuador, Peru	Neotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Dry Chaco	Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
High Monte	Argentina	Neotropic	Deserts and Xeric Shrublands
Low Monte	Argentina	Neotropic	Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Northern Andean páramo	Ecuador, Colombia	Neotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Northwestern Andean montane forests	Colombia, Ecuador	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Patagonian steppe	Chile, Argentina	Neotropic	Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Southern Andean steppe	Argentina, Chile	Neotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Southern Andean Yungas	Bolivia, Argentina	Neotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Valdivian temperate forests	Chile, Argentina	Neotropic	Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location
Reserva de Huascarán National Park	II	844711	Ancash, Peru
Reserva de la Biosfera de Pozuelos Biosphere Reserve		988422	Argentina
Reserva Nacional de Fauna Ulla Ulla National Fauna Reserve		559837	Bolivia
Reserva Nacional Lauca National Park	II	349990	Chile
Santuario de la Naturaleza Pumalín Sanctuary		713364	Chile

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests	Chile	No
Tropical Andes	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela	No

Prey / Diet

Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica	^[4]
Puya raimondii (Queen of the Andes)	^[7]
Puya rauhii	^[7]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ ²Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ ³Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ ⁴del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ ⁵Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ ⁶Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ ⁷El néctar de especies de Puya como recurso para picaflores Altoandinos de Ancash, Perú, Letty Salinas, César Arana, Mery Suni, Rev. peru biol. v.14 n.1 Lima ago. 2007 pp. 129-134

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0