Thalurania colombica
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) or violet-crowned woodnymph, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from Belize and Guatemala to far-northern Peru.
The crowned woodnymph was formally described in 1843 by the French ornithologist Jules Bourcier from a specimen collected in Colombia. He coined the binomial name Ornismya colombica. This species is now placed in the genus Thalurania that was introduced by John Gould in 1848.
Seven subspecies are recognised: Some authors also treated T. c. hypochlora separately as the emerald-bellied woodnymph. The Mexican woodnymph (Eupherusa ridgwayi) has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the crowned woodnymph... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-crowned Woodnymph sighting in Chagres National Park on a given day, based on 683 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 372 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and October
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-crowned Woodnymph in Chagres National Park on a given day, against about 30% in June and July, the lowest months. Those are among Chagres National Park's wettest months, with about 290 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in February.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violet-crowned Woodnymph sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 31
Of the 31 parks where we can rate Violet-crowned Woodnymph sightings, Chagres National Park ranks 3rd at about 50%. The best odds are in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 70%) and Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 60%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Violet-crowned Woodnymph that you can see in Chagres National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 70%), Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (about 60%) and White-necked Jacobin (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violet-crowned Woodnymph is recorded against all the birds logged in Chagres National Park (683 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
