Butterfly Coquette

Lophornis verreauxii Bourcier, 1853

Spanish: Coqueta Verde Norteña

The Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 3.0 g and its bill is 17.5 mm long. It lives in Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.0 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

17.5 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 · 6 countries

• Peru
• Colombia
• Brazil
• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Venezuela

Others in the genus Lophornis

• Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus
• Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus
• Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
• Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus
• Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus
• Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
• Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus
• White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
• 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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