Male © Daniel Orozco Montoya eBird S30414465 Macaulay Library ML 31312141
Female © Jorge Muñoz García CAQUETA BIRDING
Male © Robert Lewis
Male © Michael Todd
Male © Michael McCloy
+ 2
Male © Ty Sharrow

Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus

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Identification

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A huge, spectacular hummingbird. Males are bright shimmering emerald with blue wings. Females are greenish above with cinnamon underparts. The bill is medium-length and slightly upturned. Larger than almost all other hummingbirds, with slower wingbeats compared with the typical hummingbird blur. Occurs in montane forest and edges in the Andes from northern Colombia to Bolivia, typically from around 2,800 m to around treeline. Visits feeders.

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