Santa Marta Sabrewing

Campylopterus phainopeplus Salvin & Godman, 1879

Spanish: Colibrí de Santa Marta

The Santa Marta Sabrewing (Campylopterus phainopeplus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 7.7 g and its bill is 28.5 mm long. It is found only in Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically endangered, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

7.7 g, about 8 paperclips

Bill

28.5 mm

Lives in

Grassland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Critically endangered, decreasing

Endemic

Found only in Colombia

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 · 1 country

• Colombia

Others in the genus Campylopterus

• Lazuline Sabrewing Campylopterus falcatus
• White-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus ensipennis
• Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
• Buff-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus duidae
• 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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