Rufous-throated Sapphire

Hylocharis sapphirina (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Spanish: Amazilia Gorjirroja

The Rufous-throated Sapphire (Hylocharis sapphirina) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.4 g and its bill is 20.5 mm long. It lives in 11 countries, including Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador, Suriname and French Guiana. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.4 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

20.5 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

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 · 11 countries

• Brazil
• Guyana
• Ecuador
• Suriname
• French Guiana
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Peru
• Bolivia
• Paraguay
• Argentina

Others in the genus Hylocharis

• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). 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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