Green-crowned woodnymph

Green-crowned woodnymph
	A male in NW Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Thalurania
Species:	T. colombica
Subspecies:	T. c. fannyi
Trinomial name
	Thalurania colombica fannyi; Delattre & Bourcier, 1846

The green-crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica fannyi) is a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in humid forest and tall second growth from eastern Panama, south through western Colombia (incl. Cauca Valley) and Ecuador, to far north-western Peru.

The taxonomy of this species is confusing. The AOU considers the green-crowned woodnymph to be a subspecies of the crowned woodnymph, while other taxonomists split the species into two or more groups.

male, Milpe Bird Sanctuary, NW Ecuador

Female, Milpe Reserve, NW Ecuador

Males have a green head and back, and a violet-blue "shoulder", forked tail and belly (underparts entirely green in males of the taxon hypochlora). Females have a green upperparts, blue or green "shoulder", a white-tipped dark blue tail, whitish throat, chest and vent, and dark grey to green belly (underparts entirely whitish in females of the taxon hypochlora).

Distribution

References

Stiles, G. 2004. Recognize Thalurania hypochlora as a species distinct from T. colombica (or fannyi). South American Classification Committee.

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