Campylopterus largipennis
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Sabrewing sighting in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 299th most-seen of the 418 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Gray-breasted Sabrewing in Sierra de la Macarena National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to January, the lowest months. That is one of Sierra de la Macarena National Park's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 430 mm in May.
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.
5th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Gray-breasted Sabrewing sightings, Sierra de la Macarena National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 30%), Manu National Park (Peru, about 30%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, under 5%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Gray-breasted Sabrewing that you can see in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Sooty-capped Hermit (about 10%), Glittering-throated Emerald (about 10%) and White-vented Plumeleteer (about 10%), 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 Sierra de la Macarena National Park (15 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.
