White-crested Coquette

Lophornis adorabilis Salvin, 1870

Spanish: Coqueta Adorable

The White-crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 2.7 g and its bill is 13.2 mm long. It lives in Costa Rica and Panama. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.7 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

13.2 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 · 2 countries

• Costa Rica
• Panama

Others in the genus Lophornis

• Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
• Peacock Coquette Lophornis pavoninus
• 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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