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Green crowned woodnymph

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Genus
  
Thalurania

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Trochilidae

Scientific name
  
Thalurania fannyi

Higher classification
  
Woodnymph

Order
  
Apodiformes

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Similar
  
Woodnymph, Hummingbird, Bird, Crowned woodnymph, Violet‑crowned woodnymph

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The green-crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica fannyi) is a hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. 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.

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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.

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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).

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References

Green-crowned woodnymph Wikipedia


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