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Thalurania fannyi

Male. Photo by megan perkins
Photographed: Maquipicuna Lodge, Ecuador in February 2005

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Easternmost Panama (Darien and eastern San Blas), Colombia, Ecuador, and northernmost Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognized, fannyi, subtropicalis, verticeps, and hypochlora. The last one is sometimes considered a full species, Emerald-bellied Woodnymph (Thalurania hypochlora). Green-crowned Woodnymph has in the past been considered part of Crowned Woodnymph. A SACC proposal passed in 2013 relumps Green-crowned Woodnymph into Violet-crowned Woodnymph.

A recently described form, Thalurania nigricapilla has been recommended against recognition by SACC because there is a feeling it might be a variant of one of the above subspecies.

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[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Birdforum thread discussing the form Thalurania nigricapilla
3. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Woodnymphs

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