The search helicopter swept near, blades pounding the air like the wings of a giant hummingbird.

Males are by far the largest hummingbirds in their range - the Giant Hummingbird of the Andes is the only larger species in the family.

In Bolivia, the Giant Hummingbird is known in Quechua as "burro q'enti".

The place is known as "Huinchus", and the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is often spotted here.

The hummingbirds are also traditionally included in this order, the largest species of which is easily the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) of the Andes Mountains.

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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.

Arnobius cried out in alarm, then groaned in a different tone when he saw her not falling, but hovering in midair like a giant hummingbird, her Sandals shimmering like a dancer's shoes.

The males of this extreme species are 18-25 cm (7-10 in) long and are the same or even greater overall length as the largest hummingbird (the Giant Hummingbird) but most of that length is comprised by their very long tail streamers.

The Giant Hummingbird's wings beat is as low as 12 beats per second, the wings of medium-sized hummingbirds beat about 20 to 30 beats per second and the smallest can reach 100 beats per second during courtship displays.

Among the most prominent are the South American Condor, of which only 80 remain throughout all Ecuador; the Curiquinga, a large black and white raptor, and the largest hummingbird of the world, the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), which lives only on agave flowers.

However, recent phylogenetic analyses suggest that this division is slightly inaccurate, and that there are nine major clades of hummingbirds: the topazes and jacobins, the hermits, the mangoes, the coquettes, the brilliants, the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), the mountain-gems, the bees, and the emeralds.

The place is known as "Huinchus", and the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) is often spotted here.

The hummingbirds are also traditionally included in this order, the largest species of which is easily the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas) of the Andes Mountains.

Among the most prominent are the South American Condor, of which only 80 remain throughout all Ecuador; the Curiquinga, a large black and white raptor, and the largest hummingbird of the world, the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), which lives only on agave flowers.

However, recent phylogenetic analyses suggest that this division is slightly inaccurate, and that there are nine major clades of hummingbirds: the topazes and jacobins, the hermits, the mangoes, the coquettes, the brilliants, the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), the mountain-gems, the bees, and the emeralds.