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The lazuline sabrewing is about 11.5 to 13 cm (4.5 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 6.4 to 8 g (0.23 to 0.28 oz). Both sexes have a black decurved bill and a white spot behind the eye. Males' upperparts are glittering green that is bluer on the crown. Their throat and breast are glittering dark violet-blue that becomes glittering blue towards the green belly. Their tail is chestnut with wide bronze-green tips on the central pair of feathers. Females' upperparts are like the male's. They have a glittering bluish throat and the rest of their underparts are pale gray with green spots on the flanks. Voice: The male lazuline sabrewing sings "chik, it, chik, it splek, chat, seet, chik, seet, chik, it, chik, it..., etc., with many variations", usually from a somewhat exposed perch at medium height.
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When to see the Lazuline Sabrewing
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Lazuline Sabrewing
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Lazuline Sabrewing
The lazuline sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Napo SabrewingCampylopterus villaviscensioThe Napo sabrewing is about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long.
White-tailed SabrewingCampylopterus ensipennisThe white-tailed sabrewing is about 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long.
Outcrop SabrewingCampylopterus calcirupicolaThe outcrop sabrewing is very similar to its "parents", the grey-breasted and especially the Diamantina sabrewings.
Side by side: Lazuline Sabrewing vs Violet Sabrewing · Grey-breasted Sabrewing vs Lazuline Sabrewing · Lazuline Sabrewing vs Napo Sabrewing
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