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