| Grey-breasted
Sabrewing Campylopterus
largipennis Brazilian name: asa-de-sabre-cinza |
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Brazil The Grey-breasted Sabrewing is found east of the Andes in tropical South America. It prefers forest borders and clearings, usually at low to mid levels where it often perches conspicuously. |
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It is a fairly large and dull hummingbird whose main identification features are the broad white tips to its dark blue tail and the prominent white spot behind its eye. The upperparts are a metallic green while its underparts are uniform grey. The bill is slightly decurved. There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 5, Page 548; Hilty & Brown, Plate 14; and Ridgely & Greenfield, Plate 43. |
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There is a recording and a distribution map on xeno-canto. | |||
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