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) [XC427150]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Mata do Polo - MD, Porto Velho-RO, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (canto de voo)
Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) [XC387831]
by Brice de la Croix from Atures, Amazonas, Venezuela (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).