Thalurania colombica
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-crowned Woodnymph sighting in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, based on 179 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 146th most-seen of the 348 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Violet-crowned Woodnymph in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–September and November–December, the lowest months.
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.
20th of 31
Of the 31 parks where we can rate Violet-crowned Woodnymph sightings, Tortuguero National Park ranks 20th at about 10%. 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 Tortuguero National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 40%), Long-billed Hermit (about 20%) and Stripe-throated Hermit (about 10%), 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 Tortuguero National Park (179 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.
