How do you identify a Spangled Coquette?

The spangled coquette is 6.4 to 6.9 cm (2.5 to 2.7 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Spangled Coquette?

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

Where can you see a Spangled Coquette?

The Spangled Coquette occurs in 3 countries, including Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia.

What birds look similar to a Spangled Coquette?

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

Is the Spangled Coquette endangered?

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

Spangled Coquette

Lophornis stictolophus

Hummingbirds · Apodiformes · Rare

The Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus) is a rare hummingbird found in 3 countries, weighing about 3 g. The spangled coquette, coquette pailletée (French), coqueta coronada, or coqueta lentejuelada is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae.

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Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 1 — Photo: Tom Field · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 2 — Photo: Tom Field · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 3 — Photo: Tom Field · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 4 — Photo: Tom Field · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Tom Field, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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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How to identify it

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.

Where it lives

Ecuador Venezuela Colombia

When to see it

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

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Spangled Coquette?: The spangled coquette is 6.4 to 6.9 cm (2.5 to 2.7 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Spangled Coquette?: The Spangled Coquette is a tiny sized bird weighing about 3 g.
Where can you see a Spangled Coquette?: The Spangled Coquette occurs in 3 countries, including Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia.
What birds look similar to a Spangled Coquette?: The Spangled Coquette is most easily confused with the Butterfly Coquette, the Dot-eared Coquette and the Peacock Coquette.
Is the Spangled Coquette endangered?: The Spangled Coquette is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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