Lophornis

Lophornis is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. These are all tiny birds, ranking among the smallest hummingbirds. No species exceeds 9 cm (3.5 in) and most are under 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in total length, weighing 3 grams or less. The male coquettes are noted from their outlandish, colorful crests and markings, the females being more subdued.

Lophornis
Rufous-crested coquette
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Lesbiini
Genus:	Lophornis Lesson, 1829
Type species
Trochilus ornatus Boddaert, 1783
Species
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Taxonomy and species list

The genus Lophornis was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1829.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the tufted coquette (Lophornis ornatus).^[2] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" or "tuft" with ornis meaning "bird".^[3]

The genus contains the following eleven species:^[4]

Genus Lophornis – Lesson, 1829 – eleven species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-crested coquette Male Female	Lophornis adorabilis Salvin, 1870	Costa Rica and Panama	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Short-crested coquette Male	Lophornis brachylophus R. T. Moore, 1949	Mexico	Size: Habitat: Diet:	CR
Festive coquette Male Female	Lophornis chalybeus (Temminck, 1821)	southeast Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Butterfly coquette Female	Lophornis verreauxii Bourcier, 1853 Two subspecies L. v. verreauxii L. v. klagesi	northwest Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Dot-eared coquette Male	Lophornis gouldii (Lesson, RP, 1832)	Bolivia and Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Rufous-crested coquette Male Female	Lophornis delattrei (Lesson, 1839) Two subspecies L. d. brachylopha L. d. delattrei	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-crested coquette Male Female	Lophornis helenae (Delattre, 1843)	Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Frilled coquette Male	Lophornis magnificus (Vieillot, 1817)	Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Peacock coquette	Lophornis pavoninus Salvin & Godman, 1882	Venezuela and adjacent areas of Brazil and Guyana.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Spangled coquette Male Female	Lophornis stictolophus Salvin & Elliot, 1873	Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Tufted coquette Male	Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert, 1783)	eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and northern Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC