Lophornis

Lophornis
Rufous-crested coquette
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Lesbiini
Genus: Lophornis
Lesson, 1829
Type species
Trochilus ornatus
Boddaert, 1783
Species

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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. The male coquettes are noted from their outlandish, colorful crests and markings, the females being more subdued.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Lophornis was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1829.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the tufted coquette (Lophornis ornatus).[2] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" or "tuft" with ornis meaning "bird".[3]

The genus contains the following eleven species:[4]

Genus Lophornis – Lesson, 1829 – eleven species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
White-crested coquette


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Female

Lophornis adorabilis
Salvin, 1870 		Costa Rica and Panama
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Diet: 		 LC 


Short-crested coquette


Male

 Lophornis brachylophus
R. T. Moore, 1949 		Mexico
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Diet: 		 CR 


Festive coquette


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Female

Lophornis chalybeus
(Temminck, 1821) 		southeast Brazil
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Diet: 		 LC 


Butterfly coquette


Female

Lophornis verreauxii
Bourcier, 1853

Two subspecies
  • L. v. verreauxii
  • L. v. klagesi
northwest Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru
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Diet: 		 LC 


Dot-eared coquette


Male

 Lophornis gouldii
(Lesson, RP, 1832) 		Bolivia and Brazil
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Diet: 		 NT 


Rufous-crested coquette


Male
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Female

Lophornis delattrei
(Lesson, 1839)

Two subspecies
  • L. d. brachylopha
  • L. d. delattrei
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Black-crested coquette


Male
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Lophornis helenae
(Delattre, 1843) 		Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Frilled coquette


Male

 Lophornis magnificus
(Vieillot, 1817) 		Brazil.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Peacock coquette

Lophornis pavoninus
Salvin & Godman, 1882 		Venezuela and adjacent areas of Brazil and Guyana.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Spangled coquette


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Lophornis stictolophus
Salvin & Elliot, 1873 		Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
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Diet: 		 LC 


Tufted coquette


Male

 Lophornis ornatus
(Boddaert, 1783) 		eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and northern Brazil.
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Diet: 		 LC 




References

  1. ^ Lesson, René P. (1829). Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches (in French). Paris: Arthus Bertrand. p. xxxvii.
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 31.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Hummingbirds". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 July 2019.


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