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Aglaiocercus
Aglaiocercus
Translingual
Proper noun
Aglaiocercus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae – some hummingbirds, called sylphs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Chordata - phylum; Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Apodiformes - order; Trochilidae - family; Trochilinae - subfamily
References
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276