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) [XC793781]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Urania, Mit\u00fa, Colombia (call)
Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) [XC607126]
by Richard E. Webster from Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia (flight 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).