Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)

Other Names (World)
Grey-breasted Sabrewing, Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Bronze-shafted Sabrewing, Tail-coated Sabrewing

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
15.50 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, heavily degraded former forest, plantations. From 100 - 400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) [XC771331]
by Alexander Schlatmann from Waqanki Lodge, Peru (flight call)

Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) [XC260466]
by Caio Brito from Napo: Archidona, Ecuador (call, feeding call)

Subspecies
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

largipennis (Boddaert, 1783) - Eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and R Negro region of north-western Brazil.
aequatorialis Gould, 1861 - Eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and northern Bolivia to north-western Brazil.
obscurus Gould, 1848 - Eastern Par� and Maranh�o (north-eastern Brazil).
diamantinensis Ruschi, 1963 - Serra Espinha�o in Minas Gerais (south-eastern Brazil).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) - 10 files

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