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Crowned Woodnymph (male)
Stanley Jones

Crowned Woodnymph (male) (Thalurania colombica fannyi)

Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica subsp. fannyi) Male, species sexually dimorphic. This is the Emerald-bellied Woodnymph (Thalurania hypochlora) sometimes treated at the subspecies rank under Thalurania fannyi subsp. hypochlora. Since Opus does not mention the taxon hypochlora but does state that T. fannyi is a subpecies of T. colombica. One has to assume that T. hypochlora has been synonymized under T. C. fannyi. Not seen on feeders but foraging on Brilliant-flowered Sanchezia (Sanchezia nobilis: Solanaceae). Umbrellabird Lodge in Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Tropical cloud forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
ropical cloud forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.
Location
Umbrellabird Lodge in Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador.
Date taken
November 2014
Scientific name
Thalurania colombica fannyi
Equipment used
Canon
Tockman
A real beauty Stanley! superb detail, colours and pose...love the backdrop too, well done mate :t:
 
Kits
A gorgeous bird, Stanley, and a fabulous study of it.
 

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Central & South America & Mexico
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