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 44 weeks ago 39 sec 4.3 -
A male showing comfort behaviour on a branch Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 22 April 2005 6 years ago 24 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 2 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
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 45 weeks ago 17 sec 3.6 -
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 45 weeks ago 17 sec 3.6
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adult perched at Cuffie River Nature Reserve
Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 26 August 2011 23 weeks ago 4.2 -
Hiding in the bushes next to the Cuffie River Lodge.
Locality Cuffie River, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Todd Boland 30 November 2007 3 years ago 3.5 -
Adult bird perched on branch
Locality Tobago Rain Forest Reserve, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Cedric Prys-Roberts 26 April 2006 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.1 -
Lateral view of perched male
Locality Paria National Park, Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 2 April 2010 1 year ago 2 -
Frontal view of perched male
Locality Cerro Humo, Paria National Park, Península de Paria, Sucre State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 31 March 2009 1 year ago 1
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Flight calls. Locality Cerro Negro, Monagas State, Venezuela
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 3 November 2005 2 years ago 4
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