Thalurania colombica
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-crowned Woodnymph sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 69 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 261st most-seen of the 412 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-crowned Woodnymph in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
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.
30th of 31
Of the 31 parks where we can rate Violet-crowned Woodnymph sightings, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve ranks 30th at under 5%. The best odds are in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park (Colombia, about 70%), Pico Bonito National Park (Honduras, about 60%) and Chagres National Park (Panama, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Violet-crowned Woodnymph that you can see in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Lesser Violetear (about 60%), Purple-throated Mountain-gem (about 50%) and Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (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 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve (69 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.
