Tufted Coquette

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a reddish-brown crest on the crown
2. Male has reddish-brown ornamental feathers with black spots on the sides of the neck
3. Male has a single whitish band of feathers across the rump
4. Bill short and straight, red with a black tip

Male, female and young

Female lacks the crest and ornamental feathers on the sides of the neck; underparts reddish-brown, paler on the belly.

Voice

A soft “chik” note while feeding.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: December · Most records: Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Guyana

Tufted Coquette has been recorded at 45 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Asa Wright Nature CenterTrinidad & Tobago5,428 records
2. Blanchisseuse RoadTrinidad & Tobago119 records
3. Fredberg – Zintete LodgeSuriname74 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Trinidad & TobagoSurinameGuyanaFrench GuianaVenezuela

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The tufted coquette (Lophornis ornatus) is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and northern Brazil. It is an uncommon but widespread species, and appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood.

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