Short-crested coquette

The short-crested coquette (Lophornis brachylophus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Short-crested coquette
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Lophornis
Species:
L. brachylophus
Binomial name
Lophornis brachylophus
Range of L. brachylophus

Description

This tiny hummingbird measures 7–7.5 cm (2.8–3.0 in) and weighs 2.7 g (0.095 oz).[2] The male has bronze-green upperparts with rufous crown and crest. White band on upper rump and bronze-purple lower rump. The throat is green while the face features short, orange cheek-tufts tipped green. A white band separates the throat from the rest of the underparts, which are pale cinnamon. The female lacks the male's crest and cheek patches.[3]

Habitat

It is found only in Mexico, in the extremely restricted range of a 25 km (16 mi) stretch of the Atoyac-Paraíso-Puerto del Gallo road in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico, north-west of Acapulco.[2][3]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and plantations.

It is threatened by habitat loss caused by land clearing for agricultural purposes. Conservation plans are complicated by illegal narcotic production activities within its restricted range.[2][3]

Diet

The bird is omnivorous, eating fruit, nuts, small amphibians and some invertebrates such as worms

References
  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Lophornis brachylophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Arizmendi, M.C.; Rodríguez-Flores, C.; Soberanes-González, C. (2010). Schulenberg, T.S. (ed.). "Short-crested Coquette (Lophornis brachylophus)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
  3. BirdLife species factsheet for Lophornis brachylophus

Data related to Lophornis brachylophus at Wikispecies


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