Great Sapphirewing
Pterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840)
Spanish: Colibrí Aliazul
The Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Heliantheini (brilliants). It weighs about 9.3 g and its bill is 37.9 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 9.3 g, about 9 paperclips
- Bill
- 37.9 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
- Tribe Heliantheini brilliants
- Genus Pterophanes sapphirewings
Where it lives · 4 countries
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Heliantheini (brilliants)
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
- Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Blue-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena helianthea
- Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
- Merida Starfrontlet Coeligena eos
- White-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
- Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei
- Peruvian Racket-tail Ocreatus peruanus
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.
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