Dryade à queue fourchue vs Dryade de Waterton

Thalurania furcata compared with Thalurania watertonii

Key Differences

• Dryade à queue fourchue is Least Concern while Dryade de Waterton is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dryade à queue fourchue	Dryade de Waterton
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (oiseau)	Aves (oiseau)
Order same	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family same	Trochilidae	Trochilidae
Genus same	Thalurania	Thalurania
Species	Thalurania furcata	Thalurania watertonii

Evolutionary Relationship

Dryade à queue fourchue and Dryade de Waterton share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Thalurania.

Conservation Status

Dryade à queue fourchue

LC — Least Concern

Dryade de Waterton

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dryade à queue fourchue	Dryade de Waterton
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dryade à queue fourchue

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Dryade de Waterton

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Dryade à queue fourchue

A brilliantly colored South American hummingbird named for its deeply forked tail, fork-tailed woodnymphs display glittering violet-blue gorget and green upper parts in males, with deep blue forked outer tail feathers. They are widespread in tropical forests east of the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia to Bolivia and Brazil. Highly aggressive territory defenders, they chase other hummingbirds from nectar sources. They are important pollinators of diverse Amazonian and Atlantic Forest flowering plants.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway