Includes: Curve-winged Sabrewing, Long-tailed Sabrewing
- Pampa curvipennis
Campylopterus curvipennis
Identification
Long wedge-shaped tail, green upperparts, blue to violet-blue crown, green nape, white spot behind its eyes, dark grey cheek, pale gray to white underparts, often slightly darker laterally, long bill which is straight or slightly decurved, lower mandible is pink at base. Male is slightly larger, sexes are similar. Juveniles are duller.
Distribution
North America, Central America and Mexico.
Taxonomy
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 3 subspecies.
Subspecies
- P. c. curvipennis in southern Mexico (southeast San Luis Potosí and southwest Tamaulipas to northern Oaxaca)
- P. c. pampa on the Yucatán Peninsula to northern Guatemala, Belize and northern Honduras
- P. c. excellens in Sierra de Tuxtla (southeastern Mexico)
pampa is sometimes split with the name Wedge-tailed Sabrewing, and excellens with the name of Long-tailed Sabrewing, leaving the rest of the species with the English name Curve-winged Sabrewing.
Habitat
Moist lowland and foothill forests, humid tropical forests, woodlands, and dense second growth up to 1400 m asl.
Behaviour
It breeds from March to July; its nest is a camouflaged cup attached to a horizontal branch.
Feeds on nectar and arthropods. Forages in low to high strata of forest.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/B9B1648A]. Retrieved 8 December 2021
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Wedge-tailed Sabrewing. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Wedge-tailed_Sabrewing
External Links
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