Giant Hummingbird, Patagona Gigas Peruviana
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Giant Hummingbird, Patagona Gigas Peruviana
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Venetia Featherstone-Witty
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Photograph - Photographs
Description
The giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is the largest member of the hummingbird family, weighing 18–24 g (0.63–0.85 oz) with a wingspan measuring approximately 21.5 cm (8.5 in) in length, and length of 23 cm (9.1 in) This is approximately the same length as a European starling or a northern cardinal, though the giant hummingbird is considerably lighter due to its more slender build and fairly long bill. It is the only member of the genus Patagona.This weight is almost twice that of the next heaviest recorded species, and ten times that of the smallest humming bird, the bee hummingbird.
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June 12th, 2018
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Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Thank you Dora for the feature in "Visions of Spring - Glimpses of Summer"
Anita Faye
Venetia, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Don Columbus
Congratulations Venetia, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Kelley Freel-Ebner
Congratulations! Your extraordinary work has been Featured in the Fine Art America group “The Earth Is Art”! You are invited to archive your featured image for permanent storage and for viewing on the Discussions Page in: “2018 Member's Extraordinary Features Images Archive 3.0!” theme. Simply copy your image’s Embed URL on your image’s profile page, and paste it into the Discussion Topic site: https://fineartamerica.com/groups/the-earth-is-art-.html?showmessage=true&messageid=4138611
William Tasker
That is HUGE for a hummingbird. And this is a fabulous capture, Venetia! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much William for the wonderful comments and the feature and L/F :)
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