White-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis)

White-tailed Sabrewing, a reference photo — Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

The white-tailed sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis) is a Near Threatened species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found on Tobago and in Venezuela.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of White-tailed Sabrewing being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Anthracothorax viridis
Campylopterus falcatus
Colibri cyanotus
Chalybura buffonii
Heliodoxa schreibersii
Urochroa leucura

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Campylopterus
Species: Campylopterus ensipennis

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