Frilled Coquette

Lophornis magnificus (Vieillot, 1817)

Frilled Coquette, Lophornis magnificus, is a hummingbird of south, east and south-east Brazil, where it lives in semi-open to open country and also uses forest edges, secondary growth, coffee plantations, gardens and cerrado. It is a Brazilian endemic. The male has a long rufous-orange crest and fan-shaped cheek feathers, while both sexes share bronzy green upperparts and a white band across the rump. The species is one of the smallest birds alive, and the female lacks the male’s crest and cheek tufts. It is monotypic.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Breeding range

South America: sc, e, se Brazil