Fork-tailed woodnymph

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Fork-tailed woodnymph
Thalurania furcata -near Amazonia Lodge, Manu National Park, Peru-8.jpg
A male fork-tailed woodnymph at Manu National Park, Peru
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A female fork-tailed woodnymph at Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Thalurania
Species:
T. furcata
Binomial name
Thalurania furcata
Gmelin, 1788
Thalurania furcata map.svg

The fork-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Thalurania furcata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687399A93149797. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687399A93149797.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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