Gray-breasted Sabrewing - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies obscurus (aequatorialis)
Photo by Luis R
Moyobamba, San Martin, Peru, March 2018

Campylopterus largipennis

Identification

Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Amazonas, Brazil, March, 2014

12·4–14·9 cm (4¾-5¾ in)
Sexes very similar
Male

• Slightly de-curved bill
• Black upper mandible
• Black-tipped pinkish lower mandible

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Outcrop Sabrewing and Diamantina Sabrewing were formerly included in this species.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies^[1]:

• C. l. largipennis:

• Eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and Rio Negro region of norfth-western Brazil

• C. l. obscurus:

• East Colombia to Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil

Subspecies aequatorialis is included under C.l. obscurus.

Habitat

Humid lowland, river-edge forests east of Andes, observed at heights between 488 m (1,600 ft) and 860 m asl (2,822 ft).

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of nectar.

Breeding

They build a cup-shaped nest from moss.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014 & April 2018)
4. Birdforum Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Gray-breasted Sabrewing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray-breasted_Sabrewing

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