Glaucis

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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 hirsutus (rufous-breasted hermit)
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 contains the following three species:[4]

Image Name Common name Distribution
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
Glaucis hirsutus Rufous-breasted hermit or hairy hermit Panama 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. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 12.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 July 2022.