Gilded Hummingbird

Hylocharis chrysura (Shaw, 1812)

Spanish: Zafiro Bronceado · IOC: Gilded sapphire

The Gilded Hummingbird (Hylocharis chrysura) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.5 g and its bill is 22.8 mm long. It lives in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a increasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.5 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

22.8 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, increasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Hylocharis sapphires

Where it lives · 5 countries

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Uruguay
• Paraguay
• Bolivia

Others in the genus Hylocharis

• Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), IOC World Bird List. Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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