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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male feeding at a hummingbird feeder Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Anna Motis 15 August 2006 5 years ago 16 sec 4.4 -
A female at a feeder Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2005 8 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A female resting on a branch Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2005 8 years ago 29 sec 4.2 -
Various views of a male at a feeder Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Greg Baker 20 September 2004 10 weeks ago 35 sec 4 -
A female feeding at a hummingbird feeder Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Anna Motis 15 August 2006 5 years ago 19 sec 3.5 -
A male at a feeder Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 February 2005 8 years ago 22 sec 3.4
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Male - flying and feeding on flowers.
Locality Bogotá, Colombia
Blair Wainman 19 July 2008 4 years ago 4.5 -
Male feeding and showing his long blue wings
Locality Guasca, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 6 May 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
An immature male perched in a tree.
Locality Pelechuco, La Paz Department, Bolivia (ssp peruvianus)
Joe Tobias 29 September 2006 22 weeks ago 4 -
On a branch
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 24 October 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A female perching on the branch
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Libor Vaicenbacher 28 August 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Perched on branch.
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 23 September 2011 43 weeks ago 3.8
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