Peacock Coquette
Lophornis pavoninus Salvin & Godman, 1882
Spanish: Coqueta Pavonina
The Peacock Coquette (Lophornis pavoninus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 3.0 g and its bill is 13.7 mm long. It lives in Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil. 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
- 13.7 mm
- Lives in
- Gardens & towns
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
- Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
- Genus Lophornis coquettes
What Lophornis share: Tiny birds. Males have crests and fans of spotted or spangled feathers on the neck.
Where it lives · 3 countries
Others in the genus Lophornis
- Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii
- White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
- 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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