Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis)

Other Names (World)
Violet-capped Woodnymph, Blue-crowned Woodnymph, Blue-headed Woodnymph, Brazilian Woodnymph

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1788)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 850 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay (NB).

Eastern and southern Brazil (Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina; doubtfully northern Uruguay.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) [XC344133]
by Rodrigo Dela Rosa from S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos-S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)

Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) [XC411807]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Florian\u00f3polis, Pousada sitio dos tucanos, Santa Catarina, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii). Probably old elements within genus Thalurania.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) - 10 files

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