Santa Marta sabrewing

Santa Marta sabrewing
A male, from the rediscovery site January 2023 (Andrés M. Cuervo)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Campylopterus
Species:
C. phainopeplus
Binomial name
Campylopterus phainopeplus
Salvin & Godman, 1879

The Santa Marta sabrewing (Campylopterus phainopeplus) is a Critically Endangered species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to the Guatapurí dry enclave on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, department of Cesar, northern Colombia.[3][4][5] It is one of 24 bird species that are endemic to the Santa Marta highlands.[6]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Santa Marta Sabrewing Campylopterus phainopeplus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22687086A181107620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22687086A181107620.en. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  4. ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip retrieved August 7, 2022
  5. ^ Botero-Delgadillo, Esteban; Lara, Carlos Esteban; Vega, Yurgen; Santos, María Paula; Zárrate, Diego; Cuervo, Andrés M.; Mittermeier, John C. (2024-03-19), Distribution, ecology, and natural history of the recently rediscovered and critically endangered Santa Marta Sabrewing, doi:10.1101/2024.03.18.581190, retrieved 2024-06-15
  6. ^ Garg, Moohita Kaur (5 August 2022). "Rare hummingbird believed to be extinct spotted after ten years". wionews.com. WION. Retrieved 7 August 2022.