Species factsheet

Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata)

Order: Thalurania furcata
Family: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Danish name: Kløfthalet Skovnymfe

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

refulgens

Paria Pen. and Sierra de Cumaná (ne Venezuela)

furcata

ec Venezuela through the Guianas to ne Brazil

fissilis

se Venezuela, wc Guyana and Roraima (nc Brazil)

orenocensis

upper Orinoco (s Venezuela)

nigrofasciata

se Colombia, s Venezuela and nw Brazil

viridipectus

e Colombia, e Ecuador and ne Peru

jelskii

e Peru and w Brazil

simoni

se Peru and sw Brazil

balzani

nc Brazil s of the Amazon

furcatoides

e Brazil s of the Amazon

boliviana

se Peru, ne Bolivia

baeri

ne and c Brazil to se Bolivia and nw and nc Argentina

eriphile

se Brazil, Paraguay and ne Argentina

Photos

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