Thalurania glaucopis
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The violet-capped woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The violet-capped woodnymph was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other hummingbirds in the genus Trochilus and coined the binomial name Trochilus glaucopis. Gmelin based his description on "L'oiseau-mouche à queue fourchue du Brésil" that had been described and illustrated in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson from a preserved specimen that had been sent to Paris from Brazil. The violet-capped woodnymph is now placed with three other woodnymphs in the genus Thalurania that was introduced in 1848 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek thalos meaning "child" with ouranos meaning "heaven". The specific epithet glaucopis is from the Ancient Greek glaukos meaning "blue-grey" or "glaucous" with ōps meaning "face". The species is treated as monotypic: no subspecies... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Santos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-capped Woodnymph sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 497 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July and September
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-capped Woodnymph in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against about 50% in November, the lowest month. Those are among Serra dos Órgãos National Park's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain a month against 310 mm in November.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Violet-capped 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.
Yes
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Violet-capped Woodnymph sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park has the highest daily chance: about 70%. Next come Itatiaia National Park (Brazil, about 60%) and Tijuca National Park (Brazil, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Violet-capped Woodnymph that you can see in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Sombre Hummingbird (about 50%), Saw-billed Hermit (about 50%) and Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Violet-capped Woodnymph is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (497 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.
