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Grey-breasted sabrewing

Campylopterus largipennis (Boddaert, 1783)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 7.5 g to 9.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grey-breasted sabrewing

Weight
7.5 g – 9.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the grey-breasted sabrewing live?

Not recorded

What is the grey-breasted sabrewing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Grey-breasted sabrewing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grey-breasted_sabrewing&oldid=1326897625), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the grey-breasted sabrewing endangered?

The grey-breasted sabrewing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the grey-breasted sabrewing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusCampylopterus
  7. SpeciesCampylopterus largipennis (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms Trochilus largipennis

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Gray-breasted sabrewingEnglish
  • Gray-breasted sabrewingEnglish
  • colibrí pitgrísCatalan
  • kolibřík šedoprsýCzech
  • cleddasgell fronllwydWelsh
  • Gråbrystet SabelvingeDanish
  • Graubrust-DegenflügelGerman
  • Graubrust-SäbelflügelGerman
  • grizbrusta kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí pechigrísSpanish
  • Ala-de-Sable de Pecho GrisSpanish
  • harmaasapelikolibriFinnish
  • Campyloptère à ventre grisFrench
  • sivotrbi kolibrićCroatian
  • Sciabolatore pettogrigioItalian
  • ハイバラケンバネハチドリJapanese
  • pilkapilvis kardasparnis kolibrisLithuanian
  • GrijsborstsabelvleugelDutch
  • gråbrystsabelvingeNorwegian
  • zapylak szaryPolish
  • asa-de-sabre-cinzaPortuguese
  • asa-de-sabre-cinzentoPortuguese
  • asa-de-sabre-da-guianaPortuguese
  • Beija-flor-asa-de-sabrePortuguese
  • Серогрудый саблекрылRussian
  • kolibrík sivýSlovak
  • Sivogrudi sabljokrili kolibriSerbian
  • gråbröstad sabelvingeSwedish
  • Gri Karınlı KılıçkanatTurkish
  • колібрі-шаблекрил сірогрудийUkrainian
  • 灰胸刀翅蜂鳥Chinese
  • 灰胸刀翅蜂鸟Chinese

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Relatives of the grey-breasted sabrewing

Other species in the same genus Campylopterus.

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Common questions

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How big is the grey-breasted sabrewing?

An adult grey-breasted sabrewing weighs 7.5 g – 9.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grey-breasted sabrewing endangered?

The grey-breasted sabrewing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the grey-breasted sabrewing?

The grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-breasted-sabrewing

MLA

“Grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-breasted-sabrewing.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_breasted_sabrewing_2026,
  title = {Grey-breasted sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-breasted-sabrewing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}