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Great sapphirewing

Pterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.1 g to 10.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
Photo: Michael Woodruff from Spokane, Washington, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the great sapphirewing

Weight
9.1 g – 10.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the great sapphirewing

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Great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the great sapphirewing live?

Not recorded

What is the great sapphirewing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Great sapphirewing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_sapphirewing&oldid=1313839231), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the great sapphirewing sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the great sapphirewing endangered?

The great sapphirewing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the great sapphirewing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusPterophanes
  7. SpeciesPterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840)

Synonyms Ornismya temminckii, Trochilus cyanopterus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • ياقوتي الجناح الكبيرArabic
  • colibrí d'ales safirCatalan
  • kolibřík modrokřídlýCzech
  • sïedn asgell saffirWelsh
  • SafirvingeDanish
  • BlauflügelkolibriGerman
  • bluflugila kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí aliazulSpanish
  • Ala-Zafiro GrandeSpanish
  • sinisiipikolibriFinnish
  • Colibri à ailes saphirFrench
  • Brillant à ailes saphirFrench
  • Ptérophane à ailes saphirFrench
  • plavokrili kolibrićCroatian
  • AlazaffiroItalian
  • ルリバネハチドリJapanese
  • mėlynsparnis kolibrisLithuanian
  • SaffiervleugelkolibrieDutch
  • safirvingekolibriNorwegian
  • szafirolotekPolish
  • asa-safiraPortuguese
  • colibri-d'asa-azulPortuguese
  • СапфирокрылRussian
  • Голубокрылый колибриRussian
  • zafíroletka andskáSlovak
  • Kolibri safirnih krilaSerbian
  • Safir Kanatlı KolibriTurkish
  • колібрі блакитнокрилийUkrainian
  • 大藍翅蜂鳥Chinese
  • 蓝翅大蜂鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the great sapphirewing

Other species in the same family Trochilidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the great sapphirewing?

An adult great sapphirewing weighs 9.1 g – 10.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the great sapphirewing endangered?

The great sapphirewing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the great sapphirewing?

The great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/great-sapphirewing

MLA

“Great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/great-sapphirewing.

BibTeX
@misc{great_sapphirewing_2026,
  title = {Great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/great-sapphirewing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}