A male Violet-crowned Woodnymph perched on some sort of twisted vine at a perfect angle to see why this is not the Violet-capped Woodnymph (a taller and more slender species).
(Bourcier, 1843): NOTE(TAX: Emerald-bellied Woodnymph Thalurania hypochlora and Green-crowned Woodnymph T. fannyi are considered conspecific with Violet-crowned Woodnymph T. colombica, which becomes Crowned Woodnymph (SACC 137, 558).)
German
Violettkronennymphe
French
Dryade couronnée
Chinese
蓝顶妍蜂鸟
Japanese
アオボウシモリハチドリ
Russian
Талурания
Spanish
Zafiro coronado
Portuguese
beija-flor-coroado
Bird Data App text
The Violet-crowned and Green-crowned Woodnymph were lumped into the Crowned Woodnymph.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)