Glaucis
Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Phaethornithinae
Genus: Glaucis
Boie, F, 1831
Type species
Trochilus brasiliensis = Trochilus hirsutus
Latham, 1790
Species

3, see text

Glaucis is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Glaucis was introduced in 1831 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie.[1] The type species was designated as the rufous-breasted hermit by George Robert Gray in 1840.[2][3] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek glaukos meaning "blue-grey", "glaucous" or "pale green".[4]

The genus contains the following three species:[5]

ImageNameCommon nameDistribution
Glaucis aeneusBronzy hermiteastern Honduras south to western Panama, and in the Chocó of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador
Glaucis dohrniiHook-billed hermiteastern Brazil
Glaucis hirsutusRufous-breasted hermit or hairy hermitPanama south to Bolivia, and on Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada

References

  1. ↑ Boie, Friedrich (1831). "Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen". Isis von Oken (in German). Cols 538–548 [545].
  2. ↑ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 13.
  3. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 July 2022.


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