Campylopterus largipennis
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, and Venezuela.
The grey-breasted sabrewing was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Trochilus largipennis in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The grey-breasted sabrewing is now placed in the genus Campylopterus that was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek kampulos meaning "curved" or "bent" and -pteros meaning "-winged". The specific epithet largipennis combines the... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Sabrewing sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 1,490 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May, July and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Sabrewing in Manu National Park on a given day, against about 20% in November to February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gray-breasted Sabrewing sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Gray-breasted Sabrewing sightings, Manu National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-breasted Sabrewing that you can see in Manu National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Golden-tailed Sapphire (about 30%), White-necked Jacobin (about 30%) and Sapphire-spangled Emerald (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gray-breasted Sabrewing is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (1,490 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
