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Dot-eared Coquette

Lophornis gouldii

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicNectarUrbanTiny · 2 g
Dot-eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii), photo 1
Photo: Ernst Haeckel · Public domain
Dot-eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii), photo 2
Photo: Biodiversity Heritage Library · CC BY 2.0
Dot-eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii), photo 3
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0

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The 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). Both sexes have a short, straight, black-tipped red bill. The adult male's forehead is glittering golden green. Long dark rufous feathers on its crown form a crest. Its upperparts are bronzy green with a white band across the rump. Its throat is glittering emerald green. Long white feathers with shiny green dots make tufts that fan out and back on the cheeks. Its underparts are grayish green. Its central tail feathers are bronzy green and the rest rufous with bronzy green tips and edges.

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When to see the Dot-eared Coquette

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dot-eared Coquette

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil

About the Dot-eared Coquette

The dot-eared coquette is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.

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Easily confused with

Peacock CoquetteLophornis pavoninusThe peacock coquette is about 9.7 cm (3.8 in) long. Short-crested CoquetteLophornis brachylophusThe short-crested coquette is 7 to 7.5 cm (2.8 to 3.0 in) long. Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) Butterfly CoquetteLophornis verreauxiiThe butterfly coquette is 7.5 to 9.1 cm (3.0 to 3.6 in) long.

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