Which family of birds has species called Little, Common and Glaucous?
Glaucous of some species of birds and sea and land animals causes their appearance to blend with their surroundings, making their detection by predators or prey difficult. Glaucous Glaucous (from the Latin "glaucus", meaning "bluish-grey or green", from the Greek "glaukós") is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull ("Larus hyperboreus"), glaucous-winged gull ("Larus glaucescens"), glaucous macaw ("Anodorhynchus glaucus"), and glaucous tanager ("Thraupis glaucocolpa"). The term "glaucous" is also used botanically as an adjective to mean "covered with a greyish,
Glaucous English was in the year 1671. The epicuticular wax coating on mature plum fruit gives them a glaucous appearance. Another familiar example is found in the common grape genus ("Vitis vinifera"). Some cacti have a glaucous coating on their stem(s). Glaucous coatings are hydrophobic so as to prevent wetting by rain. Their waxy character serves to hinder climbing of leaves, stem or fruit by insects. On fruits, glaucous coatings may function as a deterrent to climbing and feeding by small insects in favor of increased seed dispersal offered by larger animals such as mammals and birds. The blue-grey camouflage coloring