see text Amazilia is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.

The genus Amazilia was introduced in 1843 by the French naturalist René Lesson.

[5][6] The type species was subsequently designated as the cinnamon hummingbird.

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the large genus was polyphyletic.

[9] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, species were moved to Leucolia, Saucerottia, Amazilis, Uranomitra, Chrysuronia, Polyerata, Chionomesa, Elliotomyia and Chlorestes.