Blue-throated Sapphire | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Hylocharis |
Species: | H. eliciae |
Binomial name | |
Hylocharis eliciae Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846 |
The Blue-throated Sapphire (Hylocharis eliciae), also known as the Blue-Throated Goldentail, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.