Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) - HBW 5, p. 569
French: Coquette d’Hélène
German: Schwarzschopfelfe
Spanish: Coqueta Crestinegra
Other common names: Princess Helena’s Coquette
Taxonomy: Ornismya Helenæ DeLattre, 1843, Vera Paz, Guatemala.
Together with its sister species, L. adorabilis, formerly placed in a separate genus, Paphosia. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) S to E Costa Rica.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several birds feeding on nectar. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 49 sec 3.7 -
A male on a branch, flying away and returning Locality Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Guus van Duin 6 February 2008 3 years ago 46 sec 3.1 -
A bird perched high, seen from below Locality Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Guus van Duin 7 February 2008 3 years ago 15 sec 2.9 -
A male perched and chasing chasing another hummingbird that comes to the same branch Locality Savegre Mountain Hotel, San Gerardo de Dota, San José Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Guus van Duin 7 February 2008 3 years ago 7 sec 2.9
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A bird resting on a bush.
Locality Heliconias Lodge, Bijagua, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 24 April 2006 1 year ago 2.2
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