Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, heavily degraded former forest, plantations. From 100 - 400 m.
Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) [XC768959]
by Guilherme Melo Becher from Cidel\u00e2ndia, Reserva da Suzano, Maranh\u00e3o: BR, Brazil (flight call, song)
Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) [XC67840]
by Tayler Brooks from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (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 Pará and Maranhão (north-eastern Brazil).