Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) [XC211065]
by Charlie Vogt from Santuario Se\u00f1or de la Piedra Sop\u00f3, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)
Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) [XC124012]
by Niels Krabbe from Presa Corani, KM65 Villa Tunari road, dpto. Cochabamba, Bolivia (call)
Subspecies
Genus closely related to Coeligena, and should perhaps be merged therein.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
cyanopterus (Fraser, 1839) - Eastern Andes of north-central Colombia (Santander, Cundinamarca).
caeruleus Zimmer, JT, 1951 - Colombia, in central Andes (southern from Tolima) and extreme south-western Andes (Nariño).
peruvianus Boucard, 1895 - Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia.