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Hylocharis

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Hylocharis
Gilded sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) photographed in São Paulo, Brazil.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Hylocharis
Boie, F, 1831
Type species
Trochilus sapphirinus (rufous-throated sapphire)
Species

2, see text

Hylocharis is a genus of hummingbirds, in the family Trochilidae. It contains two species that are both found in South America.

Taxonomy

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The genus Hylocharis was introduced in 1831 by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie.[1] The type species was designated by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 as the rufous-throated sapphire.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hulē meaning "woodland" or "forest" with kharis meaning "beauty".[4]

This genus formerly included additional species. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Hylocharis was polyphyletic.[5] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, species were moved to Chrysuronia and Chlorestes.[6][7]

The genus now contains the following two species:[6]

Genus Hylocharis Boie, F, 1831 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Rufous-throated sapphire

Hylocharis sapphirina
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Venezuela and possibly Argentina and Paraguay
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Gilded sapphire

Hylocharis chrysura
(Shaw, 1812)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
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References

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  1. ^ Boie, Friedrich (1831). "Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen". Isis von Oken (in German). Cols 538–548 [546].
  2. ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 14.
  3. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 52.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016.
  6. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ^ Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3.