Fork-tailed woodnymph
Appearance
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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 | |
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Species: | T. furcata
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Thalurania furcata Gmelin, 1788
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The fork-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. 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 forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
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