Gilded Hummingbird (Hylocharis chrysura)

Other Names (World)
Gilded Hummingbird, Sapphire Hummingbird, Gilded Sapphire

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shaw, 1812)

Habitat
Savanna-like areas, grassland, forests, rural gardens, plantations. Mainly below 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (B).

North-eastern and south-central Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca, Tarija), Paraguay and central and south-eastern Brazil (Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais to S�o Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul) to Uruguay and northern Argentina (south to Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft, dry, rattle 'trru trr-trr-trr'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (43)...)

Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) [XC686665]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Bag\u00e9, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (song)

Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura) [XC313648]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Estancia El cachape, Chaco, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
Some authors recognize a subspecies platensis (southern Brazil), but size differences and more intense coppery gold on underparts appear to refer to clinal variation.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Gilded Hummingbird (Hylocharis chrysura) - 10 files

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