How do you identify a Butterfly Coquette?

The butterfly coquette is 7.5 to 9.1 cm (3.0 to 3.6 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Butterfly Coquette?

The Butterfly Coquette is a tiny sized bird weighing about 3 g.

Where can you see a Butterfly Coquette?

The Butterfly Coquette occurs in 6 countries, including Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador.

What birds look similar to a Butterfly Coquette?

The Butterfly Coquette is most easily confused with the Spangled Coquette, the Dot-eared Coquette and the Peacock Coquette.

Is the Butterfly Coquette endangered?

The Butterfly Coquette is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Butterfly Coquette

Lophornis verreauxii

Hummingbirds · Apodiformes · Rare

The Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) is a rare hummingbird found in 6 countries, weighing about 3 g. The butterfly coquette is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae.

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Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii), photo 1 — Photo: Edoardo Nardelli · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Edoardo Nardelli, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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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How to identify it

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.

Where it lives

Peru Colombia Brazil Bolivia Ecuador Venezuela

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in October. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Butterfly Coquette?: The butterfly coquette is 7.5 to 9.1 cm (3.0 to 3.6 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Butterfly Coquette?: The Butterfly Coquette is a tiny sized bird weighing about 3 g.
Where can you see a Butterfly Coquette?: The Butterfly Coquette occurs in 6 countries, including Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia and Ecuador.
What birds look similar to a Butterfly Coquette?: The Butterfly Coquette is most easily confused with the Spangled Coquette, the Dot-eared Coquette and the Peacock Coquette.
Is the Butterfly Coquette endangered?: The Butterfly Coquette is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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