Genus Sapphironia

Next to Hylocharis I place the two species of the genus Sapphironia; for although one of them has a glittering green breast, I consider it to be more nearly allied to that form than to the Chlorostilbones and their allies. They are very elegant in form; and I believe that the females of both species differ very considerably from the males. I consider this genus to be a very natural one; yet, strange to say, one of the species (S. cæruleigularis) has a blue breast, while the other is wholly green.

Both are natives of the Andes—one in Central America, the other in New Granada.

• 388.

  Sapphironia Goudoti

  Habitat: New Granada

  Plate 345 Sapphironia Goudoti Green-breasted Sapphironia

  • Agyriria Goudoti, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pl. 763. figs. 4765–66.
  • Lepidopyga Goudoti, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 40, note.
• 389.

  Sapphironia cæruleigularis (Gould)

  Habitat: Costa Rica and Panama

  Plate 346 Sapphironia cæruleigularis Blue-throated Sapphironia

  • Agyrtria cæruleigularis, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 7, pl. 764. figs. 4768–69.
  • Trochilus cyanomelas, Licht. in Mus. of Berlin.
  • Cyanophaia caerulescens, “Lodd.,” Reichenb. in Mus. Heinean.
  • Hylocharis caerulescens, Reichenb. Troch. Enum. p. 8, pl. 770. fig. 4785.
  • Lepidopyga caeruleigularis, Cab. et Hein. Mus. Hein. Theil iii. p. 40.

Supplemental

• Sapphironia luminosa Lawrence’s Sapphironia