Pterophanes cyanopterus (Great Sapphirewing)
Pterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840)
15-17 cmBill long (3 cm) and straight. Large, mainly bright green, very long wings metallic sapphire blue. Tail long and forked, bronzy green. Female green above, deep rufous-cinnamon below, greenish blue restricted to the wing coverts. Unmistakable by its size, wing color and slow, elaborate…
