Birds of Ecuador

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)   →
Genus: Campylopterus (3 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.

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.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba