Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí de capell blau |
| Czech | kolibřík klínoocasý |
| Dutch | Wigsaartsabelvleugel |
| English | Wedge-tailed Sabrewing |
| English (United States) | Wedge-tailed Sabrewing |
| French | Campyloptère pampa |
| French (France) | Campyloptère pampa |
| German | Blaukron-Degenflügel |
| Icelandic | Sveigbríi |
| Japanese | クサビオケンバネハチドリ |
| Polish | klinosterek krzywodzioby |
| Slovak | kolibrík klinochvostý |
| Spanish | Colibrí Ruiseñor |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Colibrí Cola de Cuña |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Fandanguero Mexicano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí ruiseñor |
| Swedish | sierramadresabelvinge/yucatánsabelvinge |
| Turkish | Kama Kuyruklu Kılıçkanat |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-шаблекрил юкатанський |
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis
Version: 1.0 — Published November 20, 2012
Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing occurs from southeastern Mexico south to northern Honduras. It is distributed continuously on the Atlantic slope of Mexico from southern Tamaulipas south to northern Oaxaca (Howell and Webb 1995). There is a separate population in the Yucatan Peninsula, northeastern Chiapas, the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, northern Guatemala, and northeastern Honduras (Monroe 1968, Land 1970, Howell and Webb 1995). In Mexico it occurs from sea level up to 1400 m (Howell and Webb 1995).
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing primarily is resident, but some of the population may move to lower elevations when not breeding (Binford 1989).
Distribution outside the Americas
Endemic to the Americas.
Habitat
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing inhabits humid evergreen and semideciduous forest and edges (Russell 1964, Smithe 1966, Howell and Webb 1995).
Historical changes
None reported.
Fossil history
None reported.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
