Least ConcernSword-billed Hummingbird
Ensifera ensifera
One of the 11 hummingbirds on WAnimals
Birds · Apodiformes · Trochilidae
Patagona gigas
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The giant hummingbird is by some way the largest hummingbird in the world: it measures more than twenty centimetres and weighs as much as eight ordinary hummingbirds. Its size forces it into a wingbeat that is slow for a hummingbird, about fifteen beats a second, which gives it a flight that from a distance is more reminiscent of a swift. It lives in the arid Andes, from Ecuador to Chile and Argentina, and feeds above all on the nectar of columnar cacti and agaves.
Weight
18 g – 24 g
Size
21 cm – 23 cm
Life expectancy
8 years
Diet
Nectarivore
Feeds mainly on flower nectar.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Patagona gigas
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 26.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Giant Hummingbird — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about giant hummingbird.
