Campylopterus phainopeplus
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
The Santa Marta Sabrewing faces severe threats from ongoing deforestation and agricultural expansion within its extremely restricted range in Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Coffee cultivation and cattle ranching have fragmented the remaining cloud forest habitat, while climate change is causing upslope shifts in suitable temperature and humidity conditions. The species' dependence on specific flowering plants for nectar makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat degradation that disrupts these ecological relationships.
Habitat
This hummingbird inhabits humid montane cloud forests and forest edges between 1,200-2,000 meters elevation in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It requires dense canopy cover with abundant epiphytes and native flowering plants that provide nectar sources throughout the year.
