Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Thalurania furcata(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) Fork-tailed Woodnymph
The Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) 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.
- Scientific name
- Thalurania furcata
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 13 subspecies for this species.
- Thalurania furcata refulgens
- Thalurania furcata furcata
- Thalurania furcata fissilis
- Thalurania furcata orenocensis
- Thalurania furcata nigrofasciata
- Thalurania furcata viridipectus
- Thalurania furcata jelskii
- Thalurania furcata simoni
- Thalurania furcata balzani
- Thalurania furcata furcatoides
- Thalurania furcata boliviana
- Thalurania furcata baeri
- Thalurania furcata eriphile
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus furcatus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Jamaica, Brazil and Cayenne = Cayenne.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.486
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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