Thalurania glaucopis

Thalurania glaucopis ♂, Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil

Thalurania glaucopis ♀, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo, Brazil

Thalurania glaucopis — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Superordo: Caprimulgimorphae Ordo: Apodiformes

Familia: Trochilidae
Subfamilia: Trochilinae
Tribus: Trochilini
Genus: Thalurania
Species: Thalurania glaucopis

Name

Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin, 1788)

• Type locality: "Brazil".

Synonyms

• Trochilus glaucopis (protonym)
• Rhamphomicron melchtalianur W. Bertoni, 1901 An.Cient.Paraguayos p. 62 BHL

References

Primary references

• Gmelin, J.F. 1788. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. i–xii, 1–500. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 p. 497 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hernandes, F.A. 2013: The feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) of the violet-capped woodnymph, Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin) (Aves, Trochilidae), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 3616(6): 563–577. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Violet-capped Woodnymph
• español: Zafiro capirotado
• français: Dryade glaucope
• polski: Widłogonek fioletowoczelny
• português: beija-flor-de-fronte-violeta

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