Fork-tailed woodnymph
| Fork-tailed woodnymph | |
|---|---|
| male at Manu National Park, Peru | |
| female at Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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.