Tufted Coquette

Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert, 1783)

Trochilidae — Hummingbirds

Tufted Coquette, Lophornis ornatus, is a hummingbird of South America, breeding in northern Venezuela, Trinidad, central Venezuela, the Guianas and north-eastern Brazil. It is found in open country, gardens and cultivated land. The species is an uncommon but broadly distributed breeder, and its movements are not fully understood. It is a very small bird with a short, straight bill tipped in black and red. The male shows a rufous crest, coppery green upperparts, a pale rump band visible in flight, green underparts and black-spotted rufous plumes at the sides of the neck. The female lacks the crest and plumes.

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Breeding range: South America: n Venezuela and Trinidad; c Venezuela, the Guianas and ne Brazil