The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant species after attaching tiny backpacks ...
Scientists have discovered not one, but two different kinds of giant hummingbirds in South America. U.S. National Science ...
A new study led by Cornell University has found that the giant hummingbird, previously thought to be a single species across western South America, is actually comprised of two distinct species.
The Giant Hummingbird of western South America is not one species but two, according to an international group of researchers. The northern population stays in the high Andes year-round while the ...
Now, new research has revealed that there are two distinct species of giant hummingbird in South America — the northern giant hummingbird that lives year-round in the Andes, and the migratory ...
Until now, there had been only one known species on this branch of the hummingbird family tree, while the Giant Hummingbird's closest relatives––the world's smallest hummingbirds ...