Violet-capped woodnymph
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| A male violet-capped woodnymph at Campo Limpo Paulista, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
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| A female violet-capped woodnymph at Ilhabela, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Thalurania |
| Species: | T. glaucopis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thalurania glaucopis Gmelin, 1788
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The violet-capped woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in forest (primarily humid), dense woodland, gardens and parks in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, and far north-eastern Argentina (primarily Misiones Province). It is widespread and generally common, and therefore considered to be of Least Concern by BirdLife International (and consequently the IUCN).
Description[]
The male is distinctive, being overall green with a blue cap and deeply forked dark blue tail. It is occasionally confused with the swallow-tailed hummingbird. The female lacks the blue crown, has entirely greyish-white underparts, and a shorter, white-tipped tail.
Male
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Thalurania glaucopis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687405A93150314. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687405A93150314.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Thalurania
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of the Atlantic Forest
- Birds of the South Region
- Birds of the Selva Misionera
- Hummingbird species of South America
- Birds described in 1788
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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