Genus Thalurania

 

Violet-crowned Woodnymph - The Violet-crowned Woodnymph is a common to abundant bird of wet lowlands and foothills to 2500 m, and may move higher when not breeding. The female Violet-crowned Woodnymph is entirely responsible for nest building and incubation. She lays two white eggs in a plant-fibre cup nest 1-5 m high on a horizontal branch. Incubation takes 15-19 days, and fledging another 20-26.

 

Green-crowned Woodnymph - Males have a green head and back, and a violet-blue "shoulder", forked tail and belly . Females have a green upperparts, blue or green "shoulder", a white-tipped dark blue tail, whitish throat, chest and vent, and dark grey to green belly .

 

Fork-tailed Woodnymph - The Fork-tailed Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

 

Long-tailed Woodnymph - The Long-tailed Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid forest in north-eastern Brazil.

Order : Apodiformes
Family : Trochilidae
Genus : Thalurania