Grey-breasted sabrewing | |
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Grey-breasted sabrewing in Ecuador. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Campylopterus |
Species: | C. largipennis |
Binomial name | |
Campylopterus largipennis Boddaert, 1783 |
The grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
It is found in humid forest in the Guianas and the Amazon Basin with a smaller disjunct population (subspecies diamantinensis) in forest and woodland in Bahia and Minas Gerais in eastern Brazil.
A relatively large hummingbird with grey underparts and broad white tail-tips, it is generally common.