Birds of Costa Rica

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Genus: Glaucis (1 species, 3 worldwide)

Genus Glaucis includes three species of hermits (brown forest-dwelling hummingbirds) that unlike most don't have a long central tail feathers.


Bronzy Hermit
Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus)
Puerto Quito, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.
Genus 'glaucis' does not have a long central tail feather.

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