About the White-tailed Sabrewing
The white-tailed sabrewing is a Near Threatened species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found on Tobago and in Venezuela.
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The white-tailed sabrewing is about 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long. Males weigh 9.5 to 10.5 g (0.34 to 0.37 oz) and females are assumed to be lighter. Both sexes have a black decurved bill and a white spot behind the eye. Males have glittering green upperparts, an iridescent blue to dark violet throat, and glittering green underparts. Their inner two pairs of tail feathers are dark bronzy green; the inner third of the length of the outer three pairs is black and the outer two thirds white. Voice: The male white-tailed sabrewing sings "a persistently given, comparatively loud and slightly bisyllabic 'tzchink'", typically from a perch within the forest and 2 to 6 m (7 to 20 ft) above the ground.
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Where the White-tailed Sabrewing lives
When to see the White-tailed Sabrewing
Peak activity in January · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Napo SabrewingCampylopterus villaviscensioThe Napo sabrewing is about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) long.
Outcrop SabrewingCampylopterus calcirupicolaThe outcrop sabrewing is very similar to its "parents", the grey-breasted and especially the Diamantina sabrewings.
Rufous-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus hyperythrusThe rufous-breasted sabrewing is 10.4 to 12 cm (4.1 to 4.7 in) long.
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