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ForestTiny · 7 gID tip
The outcrop sabrewing is very similar to its "parents", the grey-breasted and especially the Diamantina sabrewings. Males weigh about 7.0 g (0.25 oz) and females 5.9 g (0.21 oz). The sexes have almost identical plumage. Their bill is long and slightly decurved. Their upperparts are bright bronze green with coppery reflections on the darker crown. They have a white spot behind the eye. Their underparts are pale gray that lightens to whitish on the abdomen and light gray on the undertail coverts. Voice: The outcrop sabrewing's vocalizations have not been put into words, but recordings are available in xeno-canto and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library.
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When to see the Outcrop Sabrewing
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Outcrop Sabrewing
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About the Outcrop Sabrewing
The outcrop sabrewing or dry-forest sabrewing is a vulnerable species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Rufous-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus hyperythrusThe rufous-breasted sabrewing is 10.4 to 12 cm (4.1 to 4.7 in) long.
Diamantina SabrewingCampylopterus diamantinensisThe Diamantina sabrewing is a large hummingbird, about 13.4 cm (5.3 in) long.
Buff-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus duidaeThe buff-breasted sabrewing is about 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 5 to 7 g (0.18 to 0.25 oz).
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