Heliothryx

Heliothryx
Purple-crowned fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Polytminae
Genus: Heliothryx
F. Boie, 1831
Type species
Trochilus auritus (black-eared fairy)
Species

2, see text

Heliothryx is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The genus is assigned to the subfamily Polytminae which is sometimes referred to by the informal name "mangoes".