Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Rufous Sabrewing (Campylopterus rufus) - HBW 5, p. 551
French: Campyloptère roux
German: Buntschwanz-Degenflügel
Spanish: Colibrí Rojizo Mexicano
Taxonomy: Campylopterus rufus Lesson, 1840, no locality = Guatemala.
In past, sometimes separated in genus Platystylopterus. Possibly forms superspecies with C. hyperythrus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pacific slope of Mexico (E Oaxaca, Chiapas), S Guatemala and El Salvador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding from a heliconia flower, first at normal speed, then at slow motion (25%). Locality Limonar, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 April 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 2.5
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Perched on a branch in a coffee plantation.
Locality Finca El Pilar, Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala (Monotypic species)
Knut Eisermann 3 October 2008 2 years ago 4.4
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Calls while foraging Locality Limonar, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(Monotypic species)
monicayhector 2 April 2009 2 years ago 1.5
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