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) [XC830682]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Trilha de \u00e1guas claras - Serra dos Caraj\u00e1s, Par\u00e1, Brazil (flight call)
Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) [XC771331]
by Alexander Schlatmann from Waqanki Lodge, Peru (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).