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The genus ''Glaucis'' was introduced in 1831 by the German zoologist [[Friedrich Boie]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Boie | first=Friedrich | author-link=Friedrich Boie | year=1831 | title=Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen | journal=Isis von Oken | language=German | at=Cols 538–548 [545]| url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512960 }}</ref> The [[type species]] was designated as the [[rufous-breasted hermit]] by [[George Robert Gray]] in 1840.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1840 | title=A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus | location=London | publisher=R. and J.E. Taylor | page=13 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668907 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1945 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=5 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=4 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480015 }}</ref> |
The genus ''Glaucis'' was introduced in 1831 by the German zoologist [[Friedrich Boie]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Boie | first=Friedrich | author-link=Friedrich Boie | year=1831 | title=Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen | journal=Isis von Oken | language=German | at=Cols 538–548 [545]| url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512960 }}</ref> The [[type species]] was designated as the [[rufous-breasted hermit]] by [[George Robert Gray]] in 1840.<ref>{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1840 | title=A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus | location=London | publisher=R. and J.E. Taylor | page=13 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668907 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1945 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=5 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=4 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480015 }}</ref> The genus name is from the [[Ancient Greek]] ''glaukos'' meaning "blue-grey", "glaucous" or "pale green".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=174 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n174/mode/1up }}</ref> |
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The genus contains the following three species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2022 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=11 July 2022 }}</ref> |
The genus contains the following three species:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2022 | title=Hummingbirds | work=IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=11 July 2022 }}</ref> |
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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 |
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| Trochilus hirsutus (rufous-breasted hermit) Gmelin, SF, 1788
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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]
| Image | Name | Common name | Distribution |
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Glaucis aeneus | Bronzy hermit | eastern Honduras south to western Panama, and in the Chocó of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador |
| Glaucis dohrnii | Hook-billed hermit | eastern Brazil | |
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Glaucis hirsutus | Rufous-breasted hermit or hairy hermit | Panama south to Bolivia, and on Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada |
References
- ^ Boie, Friedrich (1831). "Bemerkungen über Species und einige ornithologische Familien und Sippen". Isis von Oken (in German). 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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