Description:
The subspecies Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica colombica) and the Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica fannyi) have been treated as separate species in the past but are now considered as one species: Crowned Woodnymph.
The Santa Marta region has the nominate species: Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica colombica).
The western Colombia region has the subspecies Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica fannyi).
Top & Left: A male T. c. colombica. El Dorado Lodge area, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, 26 & 30 October 2014
Middle: A male T. c. fannyi. Montezuma Lodge area, Parque Nacional Tatamá, Risaraldas, Colombia, 28 June 2015
Right: A female T. c. fannyi. Montezuma Lodge area, Parque Nacional Tatamá, Risaraldas, Colombia, 28 June 2015
Last: A male T. c. fannyi. Old Buenavista Road, Cali area, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 13 June 2016