Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata (Gmelin, JF, 1788)

Spanish: Zafiro Golondrina

The Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.2 g and its bill is 24.0 mm long. It lives in 11 countries, including Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.2 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

24.0 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Thalurania woodnymphs

Where it lives · 11 countries

• Brazil
• Peru
• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Bolivia
• Venezuela
• Guyana
• Suriname
• French Guiana
• Paraguay
• Argentina

Others in the genus Thalurania

• Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
• Long-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania watertonii
• Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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