Mexican Woodnymph

Mexican Woodnymph
Mexican Woodnymph
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Thalurania
Species: T. ridgwayi
Binomial name
Thalurania ridgwayi
Nelson, 1900

The Mexican Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family and is endemic to western Mexico. Its habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland/foothill forests and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss. It has been considered conspecific with the Violet-crowned Woodnymph of Central and northern South America.

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