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Hylocharis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Hylocharis

Higher classification
  
Trochilinae

Order
  
Apodiformes

Family
  
Trochilidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Gilded sapphire, White‑eared hummingbird, White‑chinned sapphire, Blue‑throated sapphire, Xantus's hummingbird

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.)

    • References

    Hylocharis Wikipedia
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