Gilded sapphire

Gilded sapphire
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Hylocharis
Species:
H. chrysura
Binomial name
Hylocharis chrysura
(Shaw, 1812)
Synonyms
  • Hylocharis ruficollis
  • Amazilia chrysura

The gilded sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura), also known as the gilded hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.