Great sapphirewing

Great sapphirewing
Male Pterophanes cyanopterus caeruleus, Caldas Department, Colombia
Female in Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Heliantheini
Genus: Pterophanes
Gould, 1849
Species:
P. cyanopterus
Binomial name
Pterophanes cyanopterus
(Fraser, 1840)
Synonyms

Temminck's sapphirewing Pterophanes temmincki[3]

P. c. cyanopterus, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia

The great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[4][5]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687804A93170160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687804A93170160.en. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 31 January 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved February 1, 2022
  4. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.1. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  5. ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021