Northern giant hummingbird

Northern giant hummingbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Patagona
Species:
P. peruviana
Binomial name
Patagona peruviana
Boucard, 1893
Synonyms
  • Patagona gigas peruviana (Boucard, 1893)
  • Patagona boliviana Boucard, 1893
  • Patagona chaski Williamson et al., 2024

The northern giant hummingbird (Patagona peruviana) is the largest species of hummingbird and one of two species of the genus Patagona.

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