Researchers strapped tiny backpacks to hummingbirds to study migration and discovered the world’s largest hummingbird species is distinct from another type of giant hummingbird.

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 ...

In fact, the new species is the northern giant hummingbird, and the bird in the photo is a southern giant hummingbird, which looks almost identical. Jan 03, 2025 8:16 AM EST.

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 ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers from the University of New Mexico documented the world’s largest hummingbird’s extreme long-distance migration for the first time and found a new ...

A newly-discovered hummingbird species was found high up in Ecuador’s Andes Mountains, but it has such a small population that is threatened by human activities so it is already recognized as ...

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 ...

Giant hummingbirds differ from hundreds of other hummingbird species in many other ways. “Everything about the giants is anomalous — they are not only far larger (two times or more) than the ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s largest hummingbird has been hiding in plain sight for centuries — and scientists only discovered the species is distinct from another giant ...