Glaucis is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
| Glaucis | |
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| Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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3, see text | |
Taxonomy
editThe 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]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Bronzy hermit
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Glaucis aeneus (Lawrence, 1868) |
Eastern Honduras south to western Panama, and in the Chocó of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Hook-billed hermit
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Glaucis dohrnii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) |
eastern Brazil
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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| Rufous-breasted hermit or hairy hermit
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Glaucis hirsutus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
Panama south to Bolivia, and on Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
edit- ^ Boie, Friedrich (1831). "Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen". Isis von Oken (in German). 1831. Cols 538–548 [545].
- ^ 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.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 4.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 174. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ 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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