Violet-capped Woodnymph
Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Violet-capped Woodnymph, Thalurania glaucopis, is a hummingbird of south-eastern South America, breeding in south-east Brazil, north-east Argentina, eastern Paraguay and northern Uruguay. It was first described in 1788 by Gmelin. The species is part of the Trochilidae family. It is a short-distance migrant, though the details are not known, and in Paraguay it is recorded only outside the breeding season. Its range also includes interior and edge forest, scrub, and suburban and urban parks and gardens.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: se Brazil to e Paraguay, ne Argentina and n Uruguay
