Rufous-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus hyperythrus Cabanis, 1849

Spanish: Colibrí Rojizo Venezolano

The Rufous-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus hyperythrus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 6.4 g and its bill is 22.9 mm long. It lives in Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

6.4 g, about 6 paperclips

Bill

22.9 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

• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Brazil

Others in the genus Campylopterus

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

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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