3, see text 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".

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