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Crowned Woodnymph

Thalurania colombica

Classification

Class
Aves

The crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) or violet-crowned woodnymph, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from Belize and Guatemala to far-northern Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The crowned woodnymph was formally described in 1843 by the French ornithologist Jules Bourcier from a specimen collected in Colombia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 4