Fork-tailed woodnymph | |
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A male fork-tailed woodnymph at Manu National Park, Peru | |
A female fork-tailed woodnymph at Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Thalurania |
Species: | T. furcata
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Binomial name | |
Thalurania furcata (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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The fork-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.[3][4]