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Glaucis

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Glaucis is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

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]

^ 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.