Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei) - HBW 5, p. 567
French: Coquette de Delattre
German: Zierelfe
Spanish: Coqueta Crestirrufa
Other common names: Dusky Coquette (“melaniae”)
Taxonomy: Ornismya (Lophorinus) DeLattrei Lesson, 1839, no locality = Moyobamba, Peru.
Forms a superspecies with L. brachylophus and possibly L. stictolophus; has been considered conspecific with former. Proposed species “L. melaniae”, apparently from Colombia, probably represents aberrant individuals or faded skins of present species; it is not, as previously reported, melanistic. Bolivian birds were tentatively split as race regulus, but, despite some possible differences in female plumage, probably best treated as synonym of nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lessoni Simon, 1921 - Pacific and Caribbean slopes of SW Costa Rica and Panama, and C & E Andes of Colombia (Magdalena Valley and Santander).
- delattrei (Lesson, 1839) - E Peru and N Bolivia (to Beni and Santa Cruz).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in flight around vervain flowers, feeding Locality Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama (ssp lessoni)
Dave Jackson 9 April 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 4.6 -
A male feeding on flowers Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp delattrei)
Keith Blomerley 27 November 2004 6 years ago 10 sec 4.4 -
A male advertising in front of a female Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp delattrei)
herve jacob 1 October 2010 25 weeks ago 13 sec 4.2 -
A male perched and showing its back, crest and throat Locality Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama (ssp lessoni)
Dave Jackson 9 April 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 4.2 -
An immature male perched on a branch Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp delattrei)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 21 February 2002 8 years ago 20 sec 4.1 -
male feeding at flowers Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp delatteri)
Martin Kennewell 5 September 2006 24 weeks ago 16 sec 3.7
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In the garden of the Lodge.
Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp delattrei)
Cock Reijnders 8 September 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
A male perched
Locality Moyobamba, San Martín Department, Peru
Roberto Pujana 3 February 2012 2 min ago ADDED TODAY! 4 -
hovering, feeding, flying, hover
Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp dalattrei)
dreyernp 23 October 2006 1 year ago 4 -
male on perch
Locality Morro de Calzada, Moyobamba, San Martín Department, Peru (ssp delattrei)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 11 October 2008 2 years ago 2
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