Mexican Woodnymph
Eupherusa ridgwayi(Nelson, EW, 1900)
English (US) Mexican Woodnymph
The Mexican Woodnymph (Eupherusa ridgwayi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Pacific slope of western Mexico (southern Nayarit, Jalisco, and Guerrero)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eupherusa ridgwayi
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Mexican Woodnymph
- Described by
- (Nelson, EW, 1900)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Thalurania ridgwayi
- Described by
- (Nelson, EW, 1900)
- Type locality
- San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Original description
- The Auk 17, no.3 p.262
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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