Long-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania watertonii (Bourcier, 1847)

Spanish: Zafiro Colilargo

The Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.6 g and its bill is 23.1 mm long. It is found only in Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.6 g, about 5 paperclips

Bill

23.1 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Endangered, decreasing

Endemic

Found only in Brazil

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 · 1 country

• Brazil

Others in the genus Thalurania

• Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis
• Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
• Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata

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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