About the Frilled Coquette
The frilled coquette is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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The frilled coquette is one of the smallest birds alive. It is 7.1 to 7.7 cm (2.8 to 3.0 in) long and weighs an average of 2.66 g (0.094 oz). Both sexes have a short, straight, black-tipped red bill and bronzy green upperparts with a white band across the rump. Adult males of this striking bird have a long, rufous-orange erectile crest and green and white fan-shaped cheek feathers. Its forehead and throat are iridescent green and the rest of the underparts grayish green. Its central tail feathers are bronzy green and the rest rufous with bronzy green tips and edges.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
White-crested CoquetteLophornis adorabilisThe white-crested coquette is about 7 cm (2.8 in) long and weighs about 2.7 g (0.095 oz).
Spangled CoquetteLophornis stictolophusThe spangled coquette is 6.4 to 6.9 cm (2.5 to 2.7 in) long.
Festive CoquetteLophornis chalybeusThe festive coquette is 7.5 to 9.1 cm (3.0 to 3.6 in) long; adults weigh about 3 g (0.11 oz).
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