The giant hummingbirds are hummingbirds of the genus Patagona. The genus includes two species, the northern giant hummingbird and the southern giant hummingbird, which are the largest and second largest species of hummingbird respectively.[1]
| Patagona | |
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| A giant hummingbird in Chile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Subfamily: | Patagoninae |
| Genus: | Patagona G.R. Gray, 1840 |
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