Fork-tailed Woodnymph vs Green Sea Turtle

Thalurania furcata compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• Fork-tailed Woodnymph is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fork-tailed Woodnymph	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same	Animalia (hewan)	Animalia (hewan)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (burung)	Reptilia (Reptil)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Testudines (Kura-kura)
Family	Trochilidae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Thalurania	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Thalurania furcata	Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

Fork-tailed Woodnymph and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fork-tailed Woodnymph	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

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.

Green Sea Turtle

The green sea turtle is one of the largest sea turtles. They are named for the green color of their cartilage and fat, not their shells.