Birds of Nicaragua BETA

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Thalurania (1 species, 4 worldwide)


Crowned Woodnymph
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) Male
Queremal, Colombia
  A Green-crowned Woodnymph.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Crowned Woodnymph
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica colombica) Male
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia
  A Violet-crowned Woodnymph.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Crowned Woodnymph
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) Female
Soberania National Park, Panama
  Note the distinctive curve on the chest where the colors change.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The Violet-crowned and Green-crowned Woodnymph were lumped into the Crowned Woodnymph.


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