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The butterfly coquette is 7.5 to 9.1 cm (3.0 to 3.6 in) long. The male of the nominate subspecies has a deep green head with a long, red-tipped, green crest and long green "whiskers" with white tips. Its back is green with golden highlights, deep reddish uppertail coverts, and a white band on the rump. The underparts are green but for white thighs and the tail is maroon. The female does not have the crest and "whiskers" but does have a whitish malar patch. The uppertail coverts are a less intense red than those of the male and it has golden highlights on the breast. Both sexes of subspecies L. Voice: The butterfly coquette is usually silent but makes "short tsip or chip" calls when feeding. One audio recording is available at Cornell University's Macaulay Library.
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When to see the Butterfly Coquette
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Butterfly Coquette
The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Butterfly Coquette
The butterfly coquette is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Spangled CoquetteLophornis stictolophusThe spangled coquette is 6.4 to 6.9 cm (2.5 to 2.7 in) long.
Dot-eared CoquetteLophornis gouldiiThe dot-eared coquette is 6.8 to 7.6 cm (2.7 to 3.0 in) long and weighs 2.4 to 2.8 g (0.085 to 0.099 oz).
Peacock CoquetteLophornis pavoninusThe peacock coquette is about 9.7 cm (3.8 in) long.
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