Crowned Woodnymph

Thalurania colombica

The crowned woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Crowned woodnymph -4, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador Feeder shots. It may appear like I pushed the saturation slider to +100, but this is the actual appearance of this bird under the correct angle of light. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127896/crowned_woodnymph_-1_milpe_bird_sanctuary_ecuador.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127895/crowned_woodnymph_-2_milpe_bird_sanctuary_ecuador.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127894/crowned_woodnymph_-3_milpe_bird_sanctuary_ecuador.html Crowned woodnymph,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Milpe Bird Sanctuary,South America,Thalurania colombica,World

Naming

Taxonomically, the species is confusing. The AOU currently lumps the violet-crowned woodnymph and the green-crowned woodnymph together here. It also includes the taxon ''hypochlora'' from south-western Ecuador and adjacent Peru here. All are sometimes considered distinct by other taxonomists.

It also formerly included the Mexican woodnymph as subspecies.
Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania_colombica) female a shot from last year from high up in the cordillera central, by the roadside. Costa Rica,Crowned woodnymph,Geotagged,Thalurania colombica,Thalurania_colombica,Violet-crowned Woodnymph,Winter,colibri,hummingbird

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae
GenusThalurania
SpeciesT. colombica
Photographed in
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador