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Spangled Coquette

Lophornis stictolophus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarUrbanCup nestTiny · 3 g
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 1
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 2
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 3
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 4
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Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 5
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 6
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 7
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 8
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 9
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 10
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The spangled coquette is 6.4 to 6.9 cm (2.5 to 2.7 in) long. Both sexes have a short, straight, red bill with a black tip and bronzy green upperparts with a white band across the rump. Their lower rump and uppertail coverts are purplish bronze. Adult males have a short, bushy, rufous crest with black tips on the feathers, and short rufous and iridescent green cheek tufts. Its throat is iridescent green with a few white-tipped feathers and the rest of the underparts bronzy green. Its central tail feathers are green and the rest cinnamon-rufous with black tips.

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When to see the Spangled Coquette

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Spangled Coquette

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Venezuela Colombia

About the Spangled Coquette

The spangled coquette, coquette pailletée (French), coqueta coronada, or coqueta lentejuelada is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) Butterfly CoquetteLophornis verreauxiiThe butterfly coquette is 7.5 to 9.1 cm (3.0 to 3.6 in) long. Dot-eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii) 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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