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White-tailed sabrewing

Campylopterus ensipennis (Swainson, 1822)

NTNear Threatenedbirds

The white-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 9.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

White-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis)
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-tailed sabrewing

Weight
9.6 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
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-tailed sabrewing live?

Not recorded

What is the white-tailed sabrewing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) is a Near Threatened species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found on Tobago and in Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “White-tailed sabrewing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-tailed_sabrewing&oldid=1322635903), 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 white-tailed sabrewing endangered?

The white-tailed sabrewing is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-tailed sabrewing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusCampylopterus
  7. SpeciesCampylopterus ensipennis (Swainson, 1822)

Synonyms Campylopterus splendens, Trochilus ensipennis

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • colibrí cuablancCatalan
  • kolibřík běloocasýCzech
  • cleddasgell gynffonwenWelsh
  • Blåstrubet SabelvingeDanish
  • Weißschwanz-DegenflügelGerman
  • Weißschwanz-SäbelflügelGerman
  • blankvosta kolibroEsperanto
  • Ala de Sable VerdeSpanish
  • Colibrí coliblancoSpanish
  • muurahaissapelikolibriFinnish
  • Campyloptère à queue blancheFrench
  • parijski kolibrićCroatian
  • Sciabolatore codabiancaItalian
  • オジロケンバネハチドリJapanese
  • baltauodegis kardasparnis kolibrisLithuanian
  • hvithalesabelvingeNorwegian Bokmål
  • WitstaartsabelvleugelDutch
  • WitstaartsabelvleugelkolibrieDutch
  • hvitstjertsabelvingeNorwegian
  • zapylak białosternyPolish
  • asa-de-sabre-de-cauda-brancaPortuguese
  • Белохвостый саблекрылRussian
  • kolibrík lesklýSlovak
  • vitstjärtad sabelvingeSwedish
  • vitstjärtad sabelvingskolibriSwedish
  • Ak Kuyruklu KılıçkanatTurkish
  • колібрі-шаблекрил білохвостийUkrainian
  • 白尾刀翅蜂鳥Chinese
  • 白尾刀翅蜂鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-tailed sabrewing

Other species in the same genus Campylopterus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-tailed sabrewing?

An adult white-tailed sabrewing weighs 9.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-tailed sabrewing endangered?

The white-tailed sabrewing is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the white-tailed sabrewing?

The white-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-tailed-sabrewing

MLA

“White-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-tailed-sabrewing.

BibTeX
@misc{white_tailed_sabrewing_2026,
  title = {White-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-tailed-sabrewing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}