Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Thalurania
eBird Code
fotwoo1

Subspecies (13)

  • Thalurania furcata baeri

    northeastern and central Brazil to southeastern Bolivia and Jujuy (far northwestern Argentina)

  • Thalurania furcata balzani

    north-central Brazil south of the Amazon River and eastward to the Rio Tapajós

  • Thalurania furcata boliviana

    Andean foothills and adjacent lowlands of southeastern Peru and northeastern Bolivia

  • Thalurania furcata eriphile

    southeastern Brazil, adjacent Paraguay, and Misiones (northeastern Argentina)

  • Thalurania furcata fissilis

    eastern Venezuela, adjacent far western Guyana, and Roraima (north-central Brazil)

  • Thalurania furcata furcata

    far eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northeastern Brazil, north of the Amazon River in northern Pará and Amapá

  • Thalurania furcata furcatoides

    lower Amazon region of eastern Brazil south of the Amazon River and east of the Rio Tapajós

  • Thalurania furcata jelskii

    tropical eastern Peru and adjacent Brazil

  • Thalurania furcata nigrofasciata

    southeastern Colombia to far southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil (upper Orinoco region in Amazonas)

  • Thalurania furcata orenocensis

    southern Venezuela (upper Río Orinoco region in Amazonas)

  • Thalurania furcata refulgens

    northeastern Venezuela (Paría Peninsula and Sierra de Cumaná)

  • Thalurania furcata simoni

    Amazonia south of the Amazon River in far eastern Peru, and western Brazil south of the Amazon River and west of the Rio Tefé

  • Thalurania furcata viridipectus

    east slope of Andes and lowlands of eastern Colombia to northeastern Peru

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.