Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Pterophanes (1 species, 1 worldwide)


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


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