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The tufted coquette (Lophornis ornatus) is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and northern Brazil. It is an uncommon but widespread species, and appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood. This small bird inhabits open country, gardens, and cultivated areas.
The frilled coquette's genus name derives from the Greek words "lophos λοφος"meaning "crest, tuft, forelock" and "ornis ορνις", " meaning bird.The species name "magnificus" is the Latin word for "magnificent, splendid".
The rufous-crested coquette is a bird in the family Trochilidae, which includes all extant species of hummingbirds.It is a member of the genus Lophornis, which was identified first by the French naturalist and surgeon René Lesson in 1829, [4] and includes a number of extremely small hummingbirds distributed across central and south America. [5]
The short-crested coquette is 7 to 7.5 cm (2.8 to 3.0 in) long. Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill. The adult male has a short rufous erectile crest; its longest feathers have green tips. It has emerald green upperparts with a white band between the back and the bronzy purple lower rump and green uppertail coverts. The throat is ...
Short-crested coquette: Lophornis brachylophus Moore, RT, 1949: 91 Rufous-crested coquette: Lophornis delattrei (Lesson, RP, 1839) 92 Spangled coquette: Lophornis stictolophus Salvin & Elliot, DG, 1873: 93 Festive coquette: Lophornis chalybeus (Temminck, 1821) 94 Butterfly coquette: Lophornis verreauxii Bourcier, 1853: 95 Peacock coquette
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Lophornis is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.These are all tiny birds, ranking among the smallest hummingbirds. No species exceeds 9 cm (3.5 in) and most are under 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in total length, weighing 3 grams or less.
White-crested coquette Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Lophornis Species: L. adorabilis Binomial name Lophornis adorabilis Salvin, 1870 The white-crested coquette (Lophornis adorabilis) is a species of ...