Fork-tailed woodnymph
Appearance
Fork-tailed woodnymph | |
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A male fork-tailed woodnymph at Manu National Park, Peru | |
A female fork-tailed woodnymph at Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Thalurania |
Species: | T. furcata
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Binomial name | |
Thalurania furcata Gmelin, 1788
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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
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Thalurania furcata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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