Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)

Other Names (World)
Great Sapphirewing, Sapphirewing, Paramo Sapphirewing, Temminck's Sapphirewing

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
19.30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fraser, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 2,600 - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) [XC257834]
by Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Giraldo Arango from Pichincha: Yanacocha, Volc\u00e1n Pichincha, Ecuador (wing noise at take-off)

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.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) - 10 files

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