Gray-breasted Sabrewing
Campylopterus largipennis (Boddaert, 1783)
Spanish: Colibrí Pechigrís · IOC: Grey-breasted sabrewing
The Gray-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 8.3 g and its bill is 30.2 mm long. It lives in 9 countries, including Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Guyana. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 8.3 g, about 8 paperclips
- Bill
- 30.2 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Trochilini emeralds
- Genus Campylopterus sabrewings
What Campylopterus share: Males have thickened, bent shafts on their outer wing feathers (the 'sabres').
Where it lives · 9 countries
Others in the genus Campylopterus
- Outcrop Sabrewing Campylopterus calcirupicola
- Diamantina Sabrewing Campylopterus diamantinensis
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Rufous-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus hyperythrus
- Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae
- Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
- Lazuline Sabrewing Campylopterus falcatus
- Santa Marta Sabrewing Campylopterus phainopeplus
- White-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus ensipennis
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), IOC World Bird List. Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.
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