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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Pterophanes

Great Sapphirewing

Pterophanes cyanopterus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gresap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Pterophanes

Subspecies (3)

Pterophanes cyanopterus caeruleus

central Andes of Colombia (Tolima) to far southwestern Andes (Nariño)
Pterophanes cyanopterus cyanopterus

eastern Andes of north-central Colombia (Santander and Cundinamarca)
Pterophanes cyanopterus peruvianus

Andes of Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gresap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.