Birds of Ecuador

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)   →
Genus: Lophornis (3 species, 11 worldwide)

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


Rufous-crested Coquette
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei delattrei) Male
Madre de Dios, Peru   		   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufous-crested Coquette
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei lessoni) Female
Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Spangled Coquette
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus) Male
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
Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Butterfly Coquette
Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) Male
Rurrenabaque, Bolivia   		   
Photograph by Oleg Nabrovenkov   © All Rights Reserved.

Butterfly Coquette
Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii verreauxii) Male
Puerto Asis, Putumayo, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Butterfly Coquette
Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii verreauxii) Female
Puerto Asis, Putumayo, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Split from the better known Festive Coquette of the Atlantic rainforest. Similar but note crest on male.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba