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Southern giant hummingbird
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The southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is one of two species in the genus Patagona and the second largest hummingbird species, after its close relative the northern giant hummingbird.
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Southern giant hummingbird | |
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Patagona gigas in Chile | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Patagona |
Species: | P. gigas |
Binomial name | |
Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824) | |
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