Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) [XC382312]
by Rolf A. de By from Cementerio Aculeo, Maipo, Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (song)
Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) [XC296348]
by Cristian Pinto from Quillacollo, Cochabamba, Bolivia (call)
Subspecies
Genus is apparently closely related to Coeligena, and the two should perhaps be united.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
peruviana Boucard, 1893 - Andes of south-western Colombia (Nariño) through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia to extreme northern Chile (Tarapacá) and north-western Argentina (south to northern Catamarca and Tucumán).
gigas (Vieillot, 1824) - Central and southern Chile (Atacama to Concepción and Valdivia, occasionally south to Aisén) and central-western Argentina (south to Mendoza); southern populations winter north to north-western Argentina (Catamarca, Tucumán).