Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) - HBW 5, p. 585
French: Dryade de Fanny
German: Grünkronennymphe
Spanish: Zafiro Coroniverde
Other common names: Emerald-bellied Woodnymph (hypochlora)
Taxonomy: Trochilus Fannyi DeLattre and Bourcier, 1846, Río Dagua, near Buenaventura, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with T. ridgwayi, T. colombica and T. furcata; species limits unclear, and all four have been considered conspecific. Alternatively, green-crowned present species sometimes considered conspecific with blue-crowned T. ridgwayi and purple-crowned T. colombica; this lump supported by great similarity of these forms, apart from crown colour of male, and indeed male of present species shows some blue feathering at rear of glittering green crown which decreases with distance from adjacent purple-crowned forms; also female plumages of present s.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with T. ridgwayi, T. colombica and T. furcata; species limits unclear, and all four have been considered conspecific. Alternatively, green-crowned present species sometimes considered conspecific with blue-crowned T. ridgwayi and purple-crowned T. colombica; this lump supported by great similarity of these forms, apart from crown colour of male, and indeed male of present species shows some blue feathering at rear of glittering green crown which decreases with distance from adjacent purple-crowned forms; also female plumages of present species and T. colombica very similar. Distinctive race hypochlora may be a separate species, or possibly referable to T. colombica. Race subtropicalis may not be distinguishable from verticeps. Four subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fannyi (DeLattre & Bourcier, 1846) - E Panama and extreme NW to SW Colombia.
- subtropicalis Griscom, 1932 - WC Colombia, in Cauca Valley and along adjacent W & C Andes.
- verticeps (Gould, 1851) - Pacific slope of W Andes of extreme SW Colombia and NW Ecuador.
- hypochlora Gould, 1871 - Pacific lowlands of Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male catching a minute insect Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp verticeps)
Robert Schaefer 16 February 2007 5 years ago 16 sec 5 -
Frontal and back views of a male perched on a branch Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp verticeps)
Anna Motis 17 August 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.8 -
side view of moulting male Locality Arrierito Antioqueño Natural Reserve, Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp subtropicalis)
Martin Kennewell 20 May 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 35 sec 4.8 -
At feeder Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Pascal Vagner 20 May 2012 24 weeks ago 31 sec 4.8 -
A male at a feeder, with a Green Thorntail taking advantage of him to reach food Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp verticeps)
Josep del Hoyo 31 January 2005 7 years ago 29 sec 4.7 -
A male on a branch Locality Los Colibríes, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp verticeps)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2005 7 years ago 21 sec 4.7
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On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 1 year ago 4.8 -
Frontal view of adult male of ssp hypochlora (Emerald-bellied Woodnymph) at Umbrellabird Lodge.
Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp hypochlora)
Pia Öberg 31 January 2007 1 year ago 4.6 -
On a branh
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
male taking a rain bath
Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp verticeps)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 16 September 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
On a branch
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 23 October 1994 1 year ago 4.4 -
A young male
Locality Alambi Cloud Forest Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Guy Poisson 25 October 2011 1 year ago 4.4
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Calls from a perched female. Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
(ssp hypochlora)
Nick Athanas 19 February 2003 3 years ago 4
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