Gilded Sapphire
Hylocharis chrysura(Shaw, G, 1812)
English (US) Gilded Sapphire
The Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Bolivia to Paraguay, Uruguay, southeastern Brazil, and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hylocharis chrysura
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gilded Sapphire
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1812)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus chrysurus
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1812)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara.
- Original description
- General Zoology, or systematic natural history 8, pt1 p.335
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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