Biology:Long-tailed sabrewing

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Short description: Species of bird

Long-tailed sabrewing
File:Campylopterus excellens.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Campylopterus
Species:
C. excellens
Binomial name
Campylopterus excellens
Wetmore, 1941

The long-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus excellens) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is often considered a subspecies of the wedge-tailed sabrewing, but is larger and longer-tailed. It is endemic to humid forest in the region around the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1264058 entry