Grey-breasted sabrewing
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Grey-breasted sabrewing in Ecuador. | |
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Species: | C. largipennis
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Campylopterus largipennis Boddaert, 1783
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The grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.
It is found in humid forest in the Guianas and the Amazon Basin with a smaller disjunct population (subspecies diamantinensis) in forest and woodland in Bahia and Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil.
A relatively large hummingbird with grey underparts and broad white tail-tips, it is generally common.
References
External links
- Grey-breasted sabrewing videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (with RangeMap)-for Suriname
- photo; Article Colombia Curiosa and Oiseaux.net
- Grey-breasted sabrewing photo; RangeMap & synopsis InfoNatura NatureServe
- "Gray-breasted sabrewing" photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res