Patagona peruviana

Patagona peruviana, Antisana Ecological Reserve, Ecuador

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae Ordo: Apodiformes

Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Patagoninae
Genus: Patagona
Species: Patagona peruviana

Name

Patagona peruviana Boucard, 1893

• Holotype: MNHN
• Type locality: Tinta, Cuzco, Peru

Synonymy

• Patagona boliviana Boucard, 1893
• Patagona gigas peruviana Boucard, 1893
• Patagona chaski Williamson et al., 2024
  • Type locality: PERU: dept. Cusco, Prov. Urubamba, district Ollantaytambo, loc. Choquechaca, 13°11.620′S, 72°13.972′W, elev. 4,030 m
  • Holotype: MSB. male ♂, 8 March 2009. Parts saved: skin, blood, heart, muscle, liver, lung, pancreas. Prepared by Emil Bautista; personal catalog number EBO 1108.

References

Primary references

• Boucard, A. 1892-1895. Genera of Humming Birds. The Humming Bird. A quarterly, scientific, artistic and industrial review. London. v.2 (1892): 1–56 BHL; v.3 (1893): 55–106 BHL; v.4 (1894): 107–202 BHL; v.5 (1895): 203–412 BHL Reference page.  3: p. 61

Additional references

• Williamson, J.L., Gyllenhaal, E.F., Bauerfeind, S.M., Bautista, E., Baumann, M.J., Gadek, C.R., Marra, P.P., Ricote, N., Valqui H., T.H., Bozinovic, F., Singh, N.D. & Witt, C.C. 2024. Extreme elevational migration spurred cryptic speciation in giant hummingbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS 121 (21): e2313599121 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313599121 Reference page. 
• Areta, J.I., Halley, M.R., Kirwan, G.M., Norambuena, H.V., Krabbe, N. & Piacentini, V.de Q. 2024. The world's largest hummingbird was described 131 years ago. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 144 (3): 328–332. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v144i3.2024.a14 Reference page. 

Links

• ZooBank: D2D498B7-1427-4A56-81F9-BFEA8C9CB6F5

Vernacular names

English: Northern Giant Hummingbird
español: Colibrí gigante norteño

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