Long-tailed sabrewing

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Long-tailed sabrewing

Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Pampa
Species:
P. excellens
Binomial name
Pampa excellens
Wetmore, 1941

The long-tailed sabrewing (Pampa 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[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Campylopterus excellens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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