Birds of the World

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Lophornis (11 species)

Genus Lophornis, Coquettes, are tiny hummingbirds. The males have a variety of ornate features including fancy crest, tail, colors and/or gorget


White-crested Coquette
White-crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis) Male
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Altamonte de Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

White-crested Coquette
White-crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis) Female
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Altamonte de Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


View image by Ryan Shaw on BirdPhotos.com
Short-crested Coquette (Lophornis brachylophus) Critically Endangered
Range: MA: sw Mexico
   



Festive Coquette
Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil
Folha Seca, Ubatuba-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info

Festive Coquette
Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) Female Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil
Folha Seca, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida     Copyright and usage info

The races outside of the Atlantic rainforest are crested and have a dark (not rufous) tail (males), and are sometimes called the Butterfly Coquette.

Rufous-crested Coquette
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei delattrei) Male
Range: MA, SA: s MA and w Amazonia
Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufous-crested Coquette
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei lessoni) Female
Range: MA, SA: s MA and w Amazonia
Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Dot-eared Coquette
Dot-eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii) Female Near Threatened
Range: SA: ne, c Brazil
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dave Curtis     Copyright and usage info


Black-crested Coquette
Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) Male
Range: MA: s Mexico to Costa Rica
Sarapiqui, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-crested Coquette
Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) Female
Range: MA: s Mexico to Costa Rica
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Frilled Coquette
Frilled Coquette (Lophornis magnificus) Male
Range: SA: sc, e, se Brazil
Itatiaia National Park, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Frilled Coquette
Frilled Coquette (Lophornis magnificus) Female
Range: SA: sc, e, se Brazil
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Tufted Coquette
Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus) Male
Range: SA: n Venezuela and Trinidad; c Venezuela, the Guianas and ne Brazil
French Guiana  
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.

Tufted Coquette
Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus) Female
Range: SA: n Venezuela and Trinidad; c Venezuela, the Guianas and ne Brazil
French Guiana  
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.


Peacock Coquette
Peacock Coquette (Lophornis pavoninus) Male
Range: SA: tepuis
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.


Spangled Coquette
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus) Male
Range: SA: w Venezuela to n Peru
Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador
  Note black spots on crest compared to black tips on Rufous-crested Coquette.
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Spangled Coquette
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus) Immature Male
Range: SA: w Venezuela to n Peru
Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Butterfly Coquette
Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) Male
Range: SA: e Colombia to c Bolivia, nw Brazil and se Venezuela
Rurrenabaque, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Oleg Nabrovenkov   © All Rights Reserved.

Butterfly Coquette
Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii verreauxii) Female
Range: SA: e Colombia to c Bolivia, nw Brazil and se Venezuela
Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the better known Festive Coquette of the Atlantic rainforest. Similar but note crest on male.


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