Short-crested Coquette

Lophornis brachylophus Moore, RT, 1949

Spanish: Coqueta de Atoyac

The Short-crested Coquette (Lophornis brachylophus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 2.7 g and its bill is 12.9 mm long. It is found only in Mexico. Its IUCN Red List status is Critically endangered, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.7 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

12.9 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Critically endangered, decreasing

Endemic

Found only in Mexico

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 · 1 country

• Mexico

Others in the genus Lophornis

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

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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