Genus of birds
Hylocharis is a genus of hummingbirds, in the family Trochilidae. It contains two species that are both found in South America.
Taxonomy.
The genus "Hylocharis" was introduced in 1831 by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie. The type species was designated by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1840 as the rufous-throated sapphire. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek "hulē" meaning "woodland" or "forest" with "kharis" meaning "beauty".
This genus formerly included additional species. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus "Hylocharis" was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, species were moved to "Chrysuronia" and "Chlorestes".
The genus now contains the following two species:
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!scope="row"|Rufous-throated sapphire 
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