Black-crested Coquette

Lophornis helenae (Delattre, 1843)

Spanish: Coqueta Cresta Negra

The Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 2.6 g and its bill is 14.4 mm long. It lives in Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.6 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

14.4 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
4. Genus Lophornis coquettes

What Lophornis share: Tiny birds. Males have crests and fans of spotted or spangled feathers on the neck.

Where it lives · 7 countries

• Costa Rica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Honduras
• Guatemala
• Belize
• Panama rare visitor

Others in the genus Lophornis

• Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus
• White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
• Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus
• Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii
• Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus
• Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
• Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus
• Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus
• Dot-eared Coquette Lophornis gouldii
• Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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