Woodnymph

Taxobox
name = Woodnymph

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image_caption = male Violet-capped Woodnymph
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Thalurania"
genus_authority = Gould, 1848
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text"

Woodnymphs are hummingbird in the genus "Thalurania". Males are green and violet-blue, while females are green with white-tipped tails and at least partially whitish underparts. Both sexes have an almost straight, entirely black bill and little or no white post-ocular spot. They are found in forest (primarily humid) and tall second growth. The species in this genus are almost entirely allo- or parapatric, and a species is present virtually everywhere in the tropical humid Neotropics.

pecies

* Violet-crowned (or Purple-crowned) Woodnymph ("Thalurania colombica")
* Green-crowned Woodnymph ("Thalurania fannyi")
** Emerald-bellied Woodnymph ("Thalurania (fannyi) hypochlora")
* Fork-tailed Woodnymph ("Thalurania furcata")
* Violet-capped Woodnymph ("Thalurania glaucopis")
* Mexican Woodnymph ("Thalurania ridgwayi")
* Long-tailed Woodnymph ("Thalurania watertonii")

References

* Peterson, A. T., Stiles, F. G., and Schuchmann, K. L. 1999. Woodnymphs (Thalurania). Pp. 585-586 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., and Sargatal, J. eds. 1999. "Handbook of the Birds of the World." Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3