Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Purple-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) - HBW 5, p. 585
French: Dryade couronnée
German: Violettkronennymphe
Spanish: Zafiro Coroniazul
Other common names: Violet-crowned/Crowned Woodnymph; Colombian Woodnymph (colombica); Blue-crowned Woodnymph (townsendi)
Taxonomy: Ornismya colombica Bourcier, 1843, San Agustín, Magdalena Valley, Colombia.
Forms a superspecies with T. ridgwayi, T. fannyi and T. furcata; species limits unclear, and all four have been considered conspecific. Alternatively, purple-crowned present species often treated as conspecific with blue-crowned T. ridgwayi, and sometimes also with green-crowned T. fannyi, forming a group with glittering crowns and more violet on back, as opposed to mostly dull-crowned, green-backed forms of T. furcata. Lump of present species with T. fannyi supported by their close similarity, and also by blue feathering at rear of crown in
Forms a superspecies with T. ridgwayi, T. fannyi and T. furcata; species limits unclear, and all four have been considered conspecific. Alternatively, purple-crowned present species often treated as conspecific with blue-crowned T. ridgwayi, and sometimes also with green-crowned T. fannyi, forming a group with glittering crowns and more violet on back, as opposed to mostly dull-crowned, green-backed forms of T. furcata. Lump of present species with T. fannyi supported by their close similarity, and also by blue feathering at rear of crown in T. fannyi, a feature decreasing with distance from adjacent purple-crowned forms of present species; females too are very similar. Race hypochlora of T. fannyi may belong in present species. Race rostrifera may be inseparable from nominate. Race townsendi (with venusta) might be approaching separate species status. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- townsendi Ridgway, 1888 - E Guatemala to SE Honduras.
- venusta (Gould, 1851) - E Nicaragua to C Panama.
- colombica (Bourcier, 1843) - N Colombia (S to head of Magdalena Valley) and NW Venezuela.
- rostrifera Phelps & Phelps, Jr., 1956 - NW Venezuela (SW Táchira).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male perched after a rain shower Locality Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama (ssp venusta)
Dave Jackson 11 April 2007 5 years ago 24 sec 4.7 -
an individual perched next to a garden where other Trochilidae were also observed Locality Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 16 July 2010 2 years ago 17 sec 4.5 -
A male perched and flying away Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp venusta)
Guus van Duin 12 February 2008 5 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
A male bathing Locality Rancho Naturalista, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp venusta)
Guus van Duin 2008 5 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
at feeder Locality Minca, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp colombica)
Martin Kennewell 16 May 2012 6 weeks ago 25 sec 4.3 -
A male on a branch. Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp colombica)
herve jacob 22 January 2013 8 weeks ago 13 sec 4.3
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Brilliant male.
Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Miriam Bauman 9 November 2010 2 years ago 4.6 -
Female Purple-crowned Woodnymph.
Locality Rara Avis Lodge, Las Horquetas, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
Hans Hillewaert 10 August 2009 3 years ago 4.4 -
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Locality San Luis, San Ramón, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Jorge Chinchilla 24 September 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Male
Locality Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica
Marc FASOL 11 November 2011 23 weeks ago 4.2 -
On a branch
Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Guy Poisson 1 August 2012 39 weeks ago 4 -
male on a branch
Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 41 weeks ago 4
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