Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (3)
Christopher M. Fernández, David Luther, Iris Heynen, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 2.0 — Published February 12, 2021
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí d'ales safir |
| Czech | kolibřík modrokřídlý |
| Dutch | Saffiervleugelkolibrie |
| English | Great Sapphirewing |
| English (United States) | Great Sapphirewing |
| French | Colibri à ailes saphir |
| French (France) | Colibri à ailes saphir |
| German | Blauflügelkolibri |
| Icelandic | Safírbríi |
| Japanese | ルリバネハチドリ |
| Norwegian | safirvingekolibri |
| Polish | szafirolotek |
| Russian | Сапфирокрыл |
| Serbian | Kolibri safirnih krila |
| Slovak | zafíroletka andská |
| Spanish | Colibrí Aliazul |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Alazafiro Grande |
| Spanish (Peru) | Ala-Zafiro Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí aliazul |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Alizafiro Grande |
| Swedish | safirvinge |
| Turkish | Safir Kanatlı Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі блакитнокрилий |
Pterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus cyanopterus
Fraser, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt8 no.86, p. 17.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bogota, Colombia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PTEROPHANES
- cyanoptera / cyanopterus
- Cyanopterus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Great Sapphirewing
