Species profile
Rufous-Throated Sapphire
Hylocharis sapphirina
Quick answer
E Colombia to Guianas, s Venezuela, se Brazil and ne Argentina
- Scientific name
- Hylocharis sapphirina
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Hylocharis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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