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Violet Sabrewing

Campylopterus hemileucurus (Deppe, 1830)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Campylopterus hemileucurus (Deppe, 1830)
Name authority
(Deppe, 1830)
Common name
Violet Sabrewing
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Apodiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Campylopterus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderApodiformes
  10. familyTrochilidae
  11. subfamilyTrochilinae
  12. genusCampylopterus Swainson, 1827
  13. speciesCampylopterus hemileucurus (Deppe, 1830)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Campylopterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Diamantina SabrewingCampylopterus diamantinensis Ruschi, 1963TrochilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Buff-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus duidae Chapman, 1929TrochilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-tailed SabrewingCampylopterus ensipennis (Swainson, 1822)TrochilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gray-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus largipennis (Boddaert, 1783)TrochilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Santa Marta SabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplus Salvin & Godman, 1879TrochilidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Trochilus hemileucurus Deppe, 1830 Deppe, 1830synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=555064 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:QHJR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.