Great sapphirewing
| Great sapphirewing | |
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| Male Pterophanes cyanopterus caeruleus, Caldas Department, Colombia | |
| Female in Yanacocha Reserve, Ecuador | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheini |
| Genus: | Pterophanes Gould, 1849 |
| Species: | P. cyanopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840)
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| Synonyms | |
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Temminck's sapphirewing Pterophanes temmincki | |
The great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.