Fork-tailed woodnymph
| Fork-tailed woodnymph | |
|---|---|
| male at Manu National Park, Peru | |
| female at Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso State, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Thalurania |
| Species: | T. furcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Thalurania furcata (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | |
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.