Lazuline Sabrewing

Campylopterus falcatus (Swainson, 1821)

Spanish: Colibrí Lazulita

The Lazuline Sabrewing (Campylopterus falcatus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 7.2 g and its bill is 27.0 mm long. It lives in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

7.2 g, about 7 paperclips

Bill

27.0 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Campylopterus sabrewings

What Campylopterus share: Males have thickened, bent shafts on their outer wing feathers (the 'sabres').

Where it lives · 3 countries

• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Ecuador

Others in the genus Campylopterus

• Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
• Santa Marta Sabrewing Campylopterus phainopeplus
• Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae
• White-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus ensipennis
• Rufous-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus hyperythrus
• Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
• Diamantina Sabrewing Campylopterus diamantinensis
• Outcrop Sabrewing Campylopterus calcirupicola
• Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). 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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