Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
White-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) - HBW 5, p. 553
French: Campyloptère à queue blanche
German: Weißschwanz-Degenflügel
Spanish: Colibrí Coliblanco
Taxonomy: Trochilus ensipennis Swainson, 1822, no type locality given.
Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Venezuela, in Cordillera de Caripe and mountains of Paria Peninsula; Tobago. Occurrence on Trinidad questionable; at present no definite records, and specimens collected in 1860, labelled “Trinidad” without exact locality data, may simply represent trade skins obtained on the island.
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a male scratching while perched Locality Gilpin Trace, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
DAVID ASCANIO 25 February 2011 2 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
A male perched close to a a flowering coffee scrub, probably defending the source of nectar Locality Paria National Park, Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
DAVID ASCANIO 19 April 2008 2 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
A male showing comfort behaviour on a branch Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 22 April 2005 7 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
female in a nest Locality Gilpin Trace, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Keith and Lynn Youngs 21 April 2008 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 17 sec 3.8 -
Male perched on a branch, twice descending to a stream to bathe Locality Gilpin Trace, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
Joe Angseesing 28 October 2006 4 years ago 25 sec 3.8
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Male perched.
Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 1 September 2012 35 weeks ago 4.4 -
adult perched at Cuffie River Nature Reserve
Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 26 August 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Paria National Park, Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 28 May 2007 25 weeks ago 4 -
Male.
Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Stanisław Czyz 16 February 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
Hiding in the bushes next to the Cuffie River Lodge.
Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Todd Boland 30 November 2007 4 years ago 3.5 -
Bird perching at 3m above the ground
Locality Cerro Humo, Paria National Park, Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela
Caliban 21 November 2012 21 weeks ago 3.3
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Flight calls. Locality Cerro Negro, Monagas State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 3 November 2005 3 years ago 4
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