Avibase: Campylopterus largipennis (Grey-breasted Sabrewing)

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus largipennis (Boddaert, P 1783)

The grey-breasted sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
   Campylopterus
Scientific:
  Campylopterus largipennis

Original description

Citation:
(Boddaert, P 1783)

Reference:
Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton

Protonym:
Trochilus largipennis

Type locality:
Cayenne, ex d'Aubenton, pl. 672, f. 2.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/63/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
6EF5884B9784F9F9

Avibase ID:
avibase-6EF5884B

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6EF5884B

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555060

Geographic range:

Campylopterus largipennis: humid forest in the Río Orinoco drainage and Amazon River basin from eastern Venezuela and the Guianas west and southward across most Amazonia in eastern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to central-south Bolivia, in Santa Cruz and adjacent Chuquisaca; in Brazil eastward to eastern Maranhão and southward to south-central Mato Grosso
Campylopterus largipennis largipennis: eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and Rio Negro region of northwestern Brazil
Campylopterus largipennis [obscurus or aequatorialis]: eastern Colombia southward to northern Bolivia and eastward, mostly south of the Amazon River, to eastern Amazonian Brazil (eastern Pará and Maranhão)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Grey-breasted Sabrewing
Afrikaans:
Grysborssabelvlerkie
Bulgarian:
Сивогърдо сърпокрило колибри
Catalan:
colibrí pitgrís
Czech:
kolibřík šedoprsý
Danish:
Gråbrystet Sabelvinge
German:
Graubrust-Degenflügel
Esperanto:
grizbrusta kolibro
Spanish:
Colibrí pechigrís
Spanish (Spain):
Colibrí pechigrís
Estonian:
amasoonia saabelkoolibri
Finnish:
harmaasapelikolibri
French:
Campyloptère à ventre gris
Croatian:
sivotrbi kolibrić
Indonesian:
Kepak-sabel dada-kelabu
Italian:
Sciabolatore pettogrigio
Japanese:
ハイバラケンバネハチドリ
Lithuanian:
pilkapilvis kardasparnis kolibris
Dutch:
Grijsborstsabelvleugel
Norwegian:
Gråbrystsabelvinge
Polish:
zapylak szary
Portuguese:
asa-de-sabre-cinza
Portuguese (Brazil):
asa-de-sabre-cinza
Portuguese (Portugal):
asa-de-sabre-cinzento
Russian:
Серогрудый саблекрыл
Slovak:
kolibrík sivý
Serbian:
Sivogrudi sabljokrili kolibri
Swedish:
gråbröstad sabelvinge
Turkish:
Gri Karınlı Kılıçkanat
Ukrainian:
колібрі-шаблекрил сірогрудий
Chinese:
灰胸刀翅蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
灰胸刀翅蜂鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Avilist 2025: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Grey-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (31/07/2025): Gray-breasted Sabrewing ( Campylopterus largipennis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Campylopterus [largipennis or diamantinensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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