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Glaucis
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderApodiformes
- FamilyTrochilidae
Observations recorded70,241
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 851
- With media
- 55
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, ROM, CUMV, INMA, DMNH
- Recorded in
- France, Brazil, Guyana, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Brasil
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- Glaucis
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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. The type species was designated as the rufous-breasted hermit by George Robert Gray in 1840. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek glaukos meaning "blue-grey", "glaucous" or "pale green".
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