It is found in humid forest and tall second growth from eastern Panama, south through western Colombia (incl. Cauca Valley) and Ecuador, to far north-western Peru.
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The AOU considers the Green-crowned Woodnymph to be a subspecies of the Crowned Woodnymph, while other taxonomists split the species into two or more groups.
It is now considered by the AOU as the nominate subspecies of the Crowned Woodnymph.
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Males feed in the canopy, where their food plants include epiphytic Ericaceae and bromeliads, and defend flowers and scrubs in their feeding territories.
Black-crowned Night Heron | Red-crowned Crane | Silver-crowned Friarbird | Tawny-crowned Honeyeater | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Purple-crowned Fairywren | Grey-crowned Babbler | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Yellow-crowned Amazon | Red-crowned Parakeet | Grey Crowned Crane | Golden-crowned Manakin | Crowned Woodnymph | White-crowned Sparrow | Stefan the First-Crowned | Silver coin of the '''Kuninda''' Kingdom, c. 1st century BCE.
'''Obv:''' Deer standing right, crowned by two cobras, attended by Lakshmi | Orange-crowned Warbler | Northern White-crowned Shrike | Grey-crowned Prinia | Green-crowned Brilliant | crowned | Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned | Blue-crowned Parakeet | Black-crowned White-eye | Black-crowned Tchagra | black-crowned night heron | Black-crowned Fulvetta |