Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) - HBW 5, p. 631

French: Colibri à ailes saphir German: Blauflügelkolibri Spanish: Colibrí Aliazul
Other common names: Sapphirewing, Paramo/Temminck’s Sapphirewing

Taxonomy: Trochilus cyanopterus Fraser, 1840, Bogotá, Colombia.
Genus closely related to Coeligena, and should perhaps be merged therein. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840) - E Andes of NC Colombia (Santander, Cundinamarca).
  • caeruleus Zimmer, 1951 - Colombia, in C Andes (S from Tolima) and extreme SW Andes (Nariño).
  • peruvianus Boucard, 1895 - Ecuador, Peru and N Bolivia.

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