Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii)

Other Names (World)
Long-tailed Woodnymph, Waterton's Woodnymph

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1847)

Habitat
Lowland habitats such as coastal rainforest, cerrado, plantations and parks. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B).

Eastern Brazil (eastern Pará to Pernambuco and Bahia); possibly also Guyana, where known only from type specimen.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status EN
Habitat destruction and degradation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii) [XC285363]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from S\u00e3o Vicente Ferrer, S\u00e3o Vicente Ferrer, Pernambuco, Brazil (call)

Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii) [XC47281]
by Marcus Braun from Reserva Biol\u00f3gica de Saltinho, Tamandar\u00e9, Pernambuco, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis). Probably old elements within genus Thalurania.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii) - 10 files

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