Cyril Ruoso / Giant humming bird (Patagona gigas) feeding from Queen of the Andes (Puya raymondii) flowers, Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru, November.

Oscar Dewhurst / Giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) perched. Cusco, Peru. February. Cropped

Doug Wechsler / Giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) Antisanilla Ecological Reserve, Ecuador,

Tui De Roy / Giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas) feeding on cactus flowers, Tilgo Island, La Serena, Chile, December.

Glenn Bartley / Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus) hummingbird feeding on flower, multi-flash image

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) male perched on flower of Giant Thistle (Cirsium subcoriaceum), Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica

Claudio Gonzales Rodriguez/ BIA / Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas), O'Higgins Region, Chile

Barrie Britton / Giant hummingbird {Patagona gigas} feeds chick at prickly pear cactus nest, Rio Bamba near Quito, Ecuador, South America

Barrie Britton / Giant hummingbird {Patagona gigas} chick in nest on prickly pear cactus. Ecuador

Maxime Aliaga / Giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas), female, feeding on flower (Datura) with another species of hummingbird in flight. Sacred Valley, Peru.

Maxime Aliaga / Giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas), female, in flight. Sacred Valley, Peru.