Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) - HBW 5, p. 551
French: Campyloptère violet
German: Violettdegenflügel
Spanish: Colibrí Morado
Other common names: De Lattre’s Sabrewing
Taxonomy: Trochilus hemileucurus Lichtenstein, 1830, Mexico.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hemileucurus (Lichtenstein, 1830) - S Mexico patchily to SC Nicaragua.
- mellitus Bangs, 1902 - Costa Rica and W Panama.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched on a plant, continously calling and defecating once. Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp hemileucurus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 August 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 4.7 -
A male flying from perch to perch Locality Poás region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp mellitus)
Max Roth 31 January 2004 6 years ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A male preening itself on a branch Locality Costa Rica (ssp mellitus)
Cagan H Sekercioglu 2004 7 years ago 41 sec 4.1 -
A male perched on a twig and flying away. Locality Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp hemileucurus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 August 2005 4 years ago 10 sec 3.9 -
A male perched on a wire and flying away Locality Bosque de Paz, Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp mellitus)
Richard Garrigues 16 October 2006 4 years ago 31 sec 3.4 -
Male flying among the artificial feeders Locality Monteverde, Costa Rica
Ferran Vaquero 28 August 2009 45 weeks ago 14 sec 3.3
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On a branch
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 2 January 2009 1 year ago 4.7 -
On a branch
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 4 January 2009 1 year ago 4.6 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Cinchona, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp mellitus)
Nick Athanas 17 November 2005 3 years ago 4.6 -
bird attempting to drink
Locality Costa Rica (ssp mellitus)
Georges Olioso 9 December 2004 2 years ago 4.2 -
At feeder
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 2 January 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A close view
Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 1 January 2009 1 year ago 3.8
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Song from a male perched in the understory. Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
(ssp mellitus)
Scott Olmstead 20 February 2010 1 year ago 4.5
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