Birds of Brazil

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Campylopterus (5 species, 10 worldwide)


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Outcrop Sabrewing (Campylopterus calcirupicola) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
   


A new species with only subtle tail differences to the Grey-breasted Sabrewing. Only found in dry forest in eastern Brazil, and also called Dry-forest Sabrewing.

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Diamantina Sabrewing (Campylopterus diamantinensis) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
   



Buff-breasted Sabrewing
Buff-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus duidae)
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-breasted Sabrewing
Rufous-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus hyperythrus) Male
La Escalera, Canaima NP, Venesuel  
   
Photograph by Brendan Ryan     Copyright and usage info

Found in tepuis. Male and female alike.

Grey-breasted Sabrewing
Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
Manu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal   © All Rights Reserved.

A large agressive hummingbird. Male and female alike.
Front view showing white on inside of tail.


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