Tufted Coquette

Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert, 1783)

Spanish: Coqueta Adornada

The Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 2.3 g and its bill is 12.0 mm long. It lives in Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Guyana and Brazil. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.3 g, about 2 paperclips

Bill

12.0 mm

Lives in

Gardens & towns

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

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

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Venezuela
• Suriname
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Brazil

Others in the genus Lophornis

• Dot-eared Coquette Lophornis gouldii
• Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus
• Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus
• Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
• Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus
• 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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