Hylocharis
| Hylocharis | |
|---|---|
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| Gilded sapphire photographed in São Paulo, Brazil. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Hylocharis F. Boie, 1831 |
Hylocharis is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It contains the following species:
- Gilded sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura)
- White-chinned sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus)
- Blue-throated sapphire (Hylocharis eliciae)
- Blue-headed sapphire (Hylocharis grayi)
- Humboldt's sapphire (Hylocharis humboldtii)
- Flame-rumped sapphire (Hylocharis pyropygia) - validity questionable.
- (Rufous-throated sapphire (Amazilia sapphirina) previously belonged to Hylocharis.)
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