Long-tailed Woodnymph
Thalurania watertonii(Bourcier, J, 1847)
English (US) Long-tailed Woodnymph
The Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii) 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: coastal eastern Brazil (eastern Pará to Pernambuco and Bahia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thalurania watertonii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Woodnymph
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1847)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Watertonii
- Described by
- (Bourcier, J, 1847)
- Type locality
- Mibiri Creek, 40 miles from Essequibo
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.15, no.171 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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