Tufted Coquette
Lophornis ornatus(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Tufted Coquette
The Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and the Guianas to northern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lophornis ornatus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tufted Coquette
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus ornatus
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Cayenne, ex Dauberton, pi. 640, f. 3.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.39
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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