Green-crowned woodnymph


The green-crowned woodnymph is a hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in humid forest and tall second growth from eastern Panama, south through western Colombia and Ecuador, to far north-western Peru.
The taxonomy of this species is confusing. The AOU considers the green-crowned woodnymph to be a subspecies of the crowned woodnymph, while other taxonomists split the species into two or more groups.
Males have a green head and back, and a violet-blue "shoulder", forked tail and belly. Females have a green upperparts, blue or green "shoulder", a white-tipped dark blue tail, whitish throat, chest and vent, and dark grey to green belly.