Birds of Ecuador

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)   →
Genus: Pterophanes (1 species, 1 worldwide)


Great Sapphirewing
Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus caeruleus) Male
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Great Sapphirewing
Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus caeruleus) Female
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Second largest hummingbird, found at over 3000m in the Andes.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba