Black-crested coquette

Black-crested coquette
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Lophornis
Species: L. helenae
Binomial name
Lophornis helenae
(Delattre, 1843)

The black-crested coquette (Lophornis helenae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-crested coquette feeding on blue porterweeds.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lophornis helenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.



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