The southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is one of two species in the genus Patagona and the second largest hummingbird species, after its close...
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It and the sympatric southern giant hummingbird (P. gigas) were once considered the same species, i.e., the giant hummingbird, though some researchers...
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Patagona (redirect from Giant Hummingbird)
The giant hummingbirds are hummingbirds of the genus Patagona. The genus includes two species, the sedentary giant hummingbird and the migratory giant hummingbird...
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Agastache (redirect from Hummingbird mint)
confusing "hyssops" and "mints"; as a whole the genus is known as giant hyssops or hummingbird mints. Most species are very upright, 0.5–3 m (20-118 in.) tall...
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the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g (0.07 oz), and the largest is the 23 cm (9 in) giant hummingbird, weighing 18–24 grams...
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The hummingbird hawk-moth is distributed throughout the northern Old World from Portugal to Japan, but it breeds mainly in warmer climates (southern Europe...
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peacock-pheasant Giant antpitta Giant antshrike Giant babax Giant conebill Giant coot Giant coua Giant cowbird Giant grey shrike Giant hummingbird Giant ibis Giant kingbird...
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18th-century copper engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian that shows one eating a hummingbird. Despite the spider's name, it rarely preys on birds. These spiders can...
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honeycreeper Giant hummingbird Green-bellied hummingbird Indigo-capped hummingbird Ruby-topaz hummingbird Rufous-tailed hummingbird Snowy-breasted hummingbird Speckled...
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Retrieved 4 May 2024. They saw a monkey, a parrot, a flower, a hummingbird, a giant figure that's been dubbed the astronaut and a series of spirals and...
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Basin. Males are by far the largest hummingbirds in their range – the giant hummingbird of the Andes is the only larger species in the family. Males have...
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height. Birds range from a tiny bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), which is only 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in), to the giant African ostrich (Struthio camelus)...
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largest hummingbird species is the giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) of the Andes Mountains. "Giant" is a relative term among the hummingbirds, the smallest-bodied...
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extreme variations in size of any land animal group, ranging from tiny hummingbirds, which can weigh as little as two grams, to the extinct titanosaurs,...
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spiders, grasshoppers, katydids, small reptiles, amphibians, and even hummingbirds. Like most mantids, they are known to be cannibalistic. One study found...
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List of least concern birds (section Hummingbirds)
hillstar Antillean crested hummingbird Green-bearded helmetcrest White-bearded helmetcrest Fiery-throated hummingbird Giant hummingbird Pale-bellied hermit Black-throated...
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curiquinga, a large black and white raptor, and the largest hummingbird of the world, the giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas), which lives only on agave flowers[citation...
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the island in the Arawaks' language was Iëre which meant "Land of the Hummingbird". Christopher Columbus renamed it La Isla de la Trinidad ('The Island...
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marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds), as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes. His painting style...
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sunbirds have counterparts in two very distantly related groups: the hummingbirds of the Americas and the honeyeaters of Australia. The resemblances are...
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Verreaux's eagle-owl (redirect from Giant Eagle-owl)
eagle-owl (Ketupa lactea), also commonly known as the milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl, is a member of the family Strigidae. This species is widespread...
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List of birds of Chile (section Hummingbirds)
Oreotrochilus leucopleurus Giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas Chilean woodstar, Eulidia yarrellii (E) Oasis hummingbird, Rhodopis vesper Peruvian sheartail...
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List of birds of South America (section Hummingbirds)
Glittering-bellied emerald Swallow-tailed hummingbird Giant hummingbird Tufted coquette Violet-tailed sylph Sword-billed hummingbird Purple-throated woodstar Versicolored...
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List of birds of Peru (section Hummingbirds)
Heliodoxa rubinoides Violet-fronted brilliant, Heliodoxa leadbeateri Giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas Long-billed starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris Blue-tufted...
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Saguaro (redirect from Giant Saguaro)
pollinators are birds such as Costa's hummingbird, the black-chinned hummingbird, the broad-billed hummingbird, the hooded oriole, Scott's oriole, the...
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List of birds of North America (section Hummingbirds)
Beautiful hummingbird, Calothorax pulcher LC Bee hummingbird, Mellisuga helenae NT Berylline hummingbird, Saucerottia beryllina LC Black-bellied hummingbird, Eupherusa...
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Green and Little Blue Herons American White Pelican Many varieties of Hummingbirds Many other species of birds, such as fiery-billed aracaris, collared...
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2024. Kreps, Daniel (March 1, 2024). "Carly Pearce Announces New Album Hummingbird by Dropping the Swooning Title Track". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March...
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Huitzilopochtli, "hummingbird's south" or "hummingbird's left"; Aztec god of the sun and war who was often depicted as either a hummingbird or an eagle. Iris...
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bird species present in the Colca include the giant hummingbird, the largest member of the hummingbird family, as well as the Andean goose, Chilean flamingo...
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