Southern giant hummingbird
| Southern giant hummingbird | |
|---|---|
| Patagona gigas in Chile | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Patagona |
| Species: | P. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824) | |
The southern giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is one of two species in the genus Patagona and the second largest hummingbird species, after its close relative the northern giant hummingbird.