Pgigas

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Patagona gigas

(Vieillot, 1824)

Family: Trochilidae

Order: Apodiformes

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Giant hummingbird

Riesenkolibri

Colibri géant

Colibrí gigante

CMS NL

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES II

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: intracontinental

Patagona gigas

Populations of nominate race breeding in Chile and CW Argentina in spring and summer migrate across the Andes to adjacent Tucuman and Catamarca (NW Argentina) in autumn and winter. For the northern race peruviana there are so far only comparatively few breeding records from Ecuador, so it is still unclear whether the species breeds there regularly; after mid-Sept there is an increase in the population which is probably due to a migrant influx that might be correlated with Agave flowering. Apparently occurs only during Dec-Jan in SW (Narino).
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: South America