| Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus |
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Peru and Ecuador October 2018 The Great Sapphirewing is distributed in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in elfin forest, cloud forest and forest borders. |
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It is a very large hummingbird with noticeably slow wing beats. These photos are of male birds. The female is rufous below. | |||
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