Hylocharis

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Hylocharis Higher classification Trochilinae Order Apodiformes		Family Trochilidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

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.)

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