Crowned Woodnymph / Thalurania colombica
Crowned Woodnymph
SCI Name:
Protonym: Ornismya colombica Rev.Zool. 6 p.2
Taxonomy: Caprimulgiformes / Trochilidae / Thalurania
Taxonomy Code: crowoo1
Type Locality: Colombia; San Agustm, Magdalena Valley, Colombia, suggested by Griscom, supra, p. 335.
Author: Bourcier
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
THALURANIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Gr. θαλος thalos child, scion (cf. θαλια thalia happiness, abundance < θαλλω thallō to flourish); ουρανος ouranos heaven (cf. ουρανιος ouranios heavenly, sky-blue); "Genus THALURANIA. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite longius, deorsum curvatum, et paululum apud basin depressum. Alæ breves, debiles. Cauda mediocris, furcata. Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus. Hallux cum ungue, digito intermedio cum ungue brevior. ... Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c. THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUS (n. sp.)." (Gould 1848); "Thalurania Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus furcatus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 44).
Var. Thalucania, Thalucrania, Thaluronia, Tholucania.
Synon. Chlorostola, Chlorurania, Glaucopis.
colombiana / colombianum / colombianus / colombica
Colombia.
SUBSPECIES
Crowned Woodnymph (Northern Violet-crowned)
SCI Name: Thalurania colombica venusta/townsendi
THALURANIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Gr. θαλος thalos child, scion (cf. θαλια thalia happiness, abundance < θαλλω thallō to flourish); ουρανος ouranos heaven (cf. ουρανιος ouranios heavenly, sky-blue); "Genus THALURANIA. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite longius, deorsum curvatum, et paululum apud basin depressum. Alæ breves, debiles. Cauda mediocris, furcata. Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus. Hallux cum ungue, digito intermedio cum ungue brevior. ... Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c. THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUS (n. sp.)." (Gould 1848); "Thalurania Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus furcatus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 44).
Var. Thalucania, Thalucrania, Thaluronia, Tholucania.
Synon. Chlorostola, Chlorurania, Glaucopis.
Crowned Woodnymph (Colombian Violet-crowned)
SCI Name: Thalurania colombica colombica/rostrifera
THALURANIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Gr. θαλος thalos child, scion (cf. θαλια thalia happiness, abundance < θαλλω thallō to flourish); ουρανος ouranos heaven (cf. ουρανιος ouranios heavenly, sky-blue); "Genus THALURANIA. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite longius, deorsum curvatum, et paululum apud basin depressum. Alæ breves, debiles. Cauda mediocris, furcata. Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus. Hallux cum ungue, digito intermedio cum ungue brevior. ... Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c. THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUS (n. sp.)." (Gould 1848); "Thalurania Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus furcatus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 44).
Var. Thalucania, Thalucrania, Thaluronia, Tholucania.
Synon. Chlorostola, Chlorurania, Glaucopis.
Crowned Woodnymph (Northern Green-crowned)
SCI Name: Thalurania colombica [fannyae Group]
THALURANIA
(Trochilidae; Ϯ Fork-tailed Woodnymph T. furcata) Gr. θαλος thalos child, scion (cf. θαλια thalia happiness, abundance < θαλλω thallō to flourish); ουρανος ouranos heaven (cf. ουρανιος ouranios heavenly, sky-blue); "Genus THALURANIA. Gen. char.— Rostrum capite longius, deorsum curvatum, et paululum apud basin depressum. Alæ breves, debiles. Cauda mediocris, furcata. Tarsi plumis induti, parvis, mollibus. Hallux cum ungue, digito intermedio cum ungue brevior. ... Types, Trochilus furcatus, nigro-fasciatus, Watertonii, &c. THALURANIA VIRIDIPECTUS (n. sp.)." (Gould 1848); "Thalurania Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, pt. 16, 1848, p. 13. Type, by subsequent designation, Trochilus furcatus Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 21.)" (Peters 1945, V, 44).
Var. Thalucania, Thalucrania, Thaluronia, Tholucania.
Synon. Chlorostola, Chlorurania, Glaucopis.
Crowned Woodnymph (Emerald-bellied)
SCI Name: Thalurania colombica hypochlora
hypochlora
Gr. ὑπο hupo beneath; χλωρος khlōros green (cf. ὑποχλωρος hupokhlōros greenish-yellow, pale).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)