Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Campylopterus (4 species, 10 worldwide)


Lazuline Sabrewing
Lazuline Sabrewing (Campylopterus falcatus) Male
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Lazuline Sabrewing
Lazuline Sabrewing (Campylopterus falcatus) Female/Immature
La Azulita, Venezuela   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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.

Santa Marta Sabrewing
Santa Marta Sabrewing (Campylopterus phainopeplus) Critically Endangered ENDEMIC
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Jaider Carrillo Tarazona   © All Rights Reserved.
Rare. Believed to migrate between altitudes. Female similar to female White-vented Plumeleteer but with a more curved bill. Male has a blue throat.

Napo Sabrewing
Napo Sabrewing (Campylopterus villaviscensio) Male
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Napo Sabrewing
Napo Sabrewing (Campylopterus villaviscensio) Female
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Female similar to Grey-breasted Sabrewing, but bill longer and straighter, and only the very tail tips might have white.

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