Sabrewing

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Sabrewings are relatively large Neotropical hummingbirds in the genus Campylopterus. They are species of the understory and edges of forests, mostly in mountains, and often near streams. The female Sabrewing lays its two white eggs in a relatively large cup nest on a low horizontal branch, usually over a stream. The sabrewings are very large for hummingbirds, typically 12-15 cm long. The black bill is strong and slightly decurved. The shafts of the male's two outermost primary flight feathers are thickened, flattened and bent at an angle to give the distinctive feature which gives the sabrewings their English and scientific names (Greek ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ kampylos, "bent", and ¿¿¿¿¿¿ pteron, "wing").