White-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
13 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1822)

Habitat
Mature montane forest, edges of clearings, shaded coffee and abandoned plantations and regenerating forest less than 15 m tall.

Range (Guide)

Trinidad and Tobago (B) (NB), Venezuela (B) (NB).

North-eastern Venezuela, in Cordillera de Caripe and mountains of Paria Peninsula, Tobago.

Occurrence on Trinidad questionable. At present no definite records. Specimens collected in 1860, labelled �Trinidad� without exact locality data, may simply represent trade skins obtained on the island.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Habitat clearance for agriculture and pasture, repeated burning and understorey removal for coffee are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A repeated chirp.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

(Campylopterus ensipennis) [XC220184]
by id from Cerro Negro, Monagas, Venezuela (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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