| Hylocharis | |
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| Gilded sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) photographed in São Paulo, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) Gmelin, JF, 1788
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| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Hylocharis is a genus of hummingbirds, in the family Trochilidae. It contains two species that are both found in South America.