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title: "Giant Hummingbird"
description: "Patagona gigas — Vogels. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/giant-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Hummingbird

> Patagona gigas — Vogels. 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.

- Scientific name: *Patagona gigas*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 2805
- Wikidata: [Q282973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282973)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6255](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6255)

## Names

- en: Giant Hummingbird
- de: Riesenkolibri
- es: Picaflor gigante
- fr: Colibri géant
- pt: Beija-flor-gigante
- pl: Gigancik

## Countries with the most observations

CL (994), PE (651), BO (496), EC (355), AR (130)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_giant_hummingbird

## Photo

![Giant Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37368644

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-hummingbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).