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Typical Sabrewings
Campylopterus
The sabrewings are relatively large Neotropical hummingbirds in the genus Campylopterus. They are species of the understory and edges of forests, mostly in mountains, and often near streams. The female Sabrewing lays its two white eggs in a relatively large cup nest on a low horizontal branch, usually over a stream.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Violet Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus hemileucurus
Gray-breasted Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus largipennis
Lazuline Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus falcatus
White-tailed Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus ensipennis
Napo Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus villaviscensio
Dry-forest Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus calcirupicola
Rufous-breasted Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus hyperythrus
Diamantina Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus diamantinensis
Santa Marta Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus phainopeplus
Buff-breasted Sabrewing
speciesCampylopterus duidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5986.