Birds of the World


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 (Lophornis adorabilis) Female Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama Altamonte de Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica
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Short-crested Coquette (Lophornis brachylophus) Critically Endangered Range: MA: sw Mexico


Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) Male Range: SA: se Brazil Folha Seca, Ubatuba-SP, Brazil
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Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) Female Range: SA: se Brazil Folha Seca, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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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 (Lophornis delattrei delattrei) Male Range: MA, SA: s MA and w Amazonia Madre de Dios, Peru
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Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei lessoni) Female Range: MA, SA: s MA and w Amazonia Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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Dot-eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii) Female Near Threatened Range: SA: ne, c Brazil Brazil
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Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) Male Range: MA: s Mexico to Costa Rica Sarapiqui, Costa Rica
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Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) Female Range: MA: s Mexico to Costa Rica Costa Rica
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Frilled Coquette (Lophornis magnificus) Male Range: SA: sc, e, se Brazil Itatiaia National Park, RJ, Brazil
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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 (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 (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 (Lophornis pavoninus) Male Range: SA: tepuis Venezuela
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com © All Rights Reserved.


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


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 (Lophornis verreauxii verreauxii) Male Range: SA: e Colombia to c Bolivia, nw Brazil and se Venezuela Puerto Asis, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii verreauxii) Female Range: SA: e Colombia to c Bolivia, nw Brazil and se Venezuela 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.