隐鹮属

隐鹮属; 化石时期：中新世中期至今，13–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	秃鹮
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	鸟纲 Aves
目：	鹈形目 Pelecaniformes
科：	鹮科 Threskiornithidae
亚科：	朱鹭亚科 Threskiornithinae
属：	隐鹮属 Geronticus; Wagler, 1832
模式种
	秃鹮; Geronticus calvus; (Boddaert, 1783)
种
	秃鹮 G. calvus; 隐鹮 G. eremita;

隐鹮属（属名：Geronticus）是朱鹭科朱鹭亚科的一个属，其学名来自希腊语“γέρωντος”（gérontos），意思是“老人”，以指其秃头^[3]。其模式种为秃鹮^[1]^[2]。

除去现存的两个种隐鹮和秃鹮之外，该属还包括三个化石种，即迷鹮（Geronticus perplexus，中中新世）、无嵴鹮（Geronticus apelex，早上新世）与巴尔干鹮（Geronticus balcanicus，晚上新世）^[4]

参考文献[编辑]

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Gray, George Robert. A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. 1840: 67 [2020-03-16]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-24）.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mayr, Ernst; Cottrell, G. William (编). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 1 2nd. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1979: 264 [2020-03-16]. （原始内容存档于2020-10-29）.
^ Brookes (2006) p.507
^ del Hoyo et al. (1992), Boev (1998, 2002), Mlíkovský (2002)

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