Long-tailed Sabrewing

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Long-Tailed Sabrewing
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Campylopterus
Species: C. excellens
Binomial name
Campylopterus excellens
Wetmore, 1941

The Long-Tailed Sabrewing, Campyloptère de Wetmore, or Fandangero Colilargo (Campylopterus excellens) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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