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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Mexican Woodnymph* |
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Thalurania ridgwayi |
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Description (10)
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Mexican Woodnymph
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Size
10 cm
First Described (Guide)
Nelson, 1900
Habitat
Humid, semi-deciduous woodland and shade coffee plantations. Along streams but generally avaoiding edge habitats. From 250 - 1,200 m.
Mexico (B) (NB).
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Pacific slope of Mexico, in southern Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima.
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Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and decreasing.
Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Fluid rattling notes and trills.
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) and Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata). Species limits unclear, and all have been considered conspecific. Alternatively, blue-crowned present species often considered a subspecies of purple-crowned Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica).
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Male Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) which has red bill, blue throat and lacks blue crown, female has dusky red bill and noticeable white postocular stripe. Berylline Hummingbird (Amazilia beryllina) which is pale below with rufous tail and wing-patch.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Mexican Woodnymph see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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