Birds of Venezuela

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


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


White-tailed Sabrewing
White-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) Near Threatened
Tobago  
   
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


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.


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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