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title: "Fork-tailed Woodnymph"
description: "Thalurania furcata — Birds. The fork-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) is a species of hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/fork-tailed-woodnymph
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fork-tailed Woodnymph

> Thalurania furcata — Birds. The fork-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Thalurania furcata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 2223
- Wikidata: [Q581590](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581590)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5948](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5948)

## Names

- en: Fork-tailed Woodnymph
- de: Schwalbennymphe
- es: Picaflor zafiro
- fr: Dryade à queue fourchue
- pt: Beija-flor-tesoura-verde
- pl: Widłogonek zielonogardły

## Countries with the most observations

BR (854), EC (303), PE (236), GF (201), BO (98), CO (52), SR (37), AR (36), GY (18), VE (17), PY (13)

## Summary

The fork-tailed woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork-tailed_woodnymph

## Photo

![Fork-tailed Woodnymph](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fork-tailed-woodnymph/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/206709740

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fork-tailed-woodnymph?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).