tufted coquette (Lophornis ornatus) Description
Lophornis ornatus
English: A Tufted Coquette flying at Asa Wright Nature Centre, Northern Range, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
Date 19 May 2006, 19:14
Source Tufted Coquette ( Lophornis ornatus ) male
Author Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland http://www.flickr.com/photos/50079771@N08
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lophornis_ornatus_-Asa_Wright_Nature_Centre,_Northern_Range,_Trinidad,_Trinidad_and_Tobago-8.jpg
The tufted coquette (Lophornis ornatus) is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana, and northern Brazil. It is an uncommon but widespread species, and appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood. Order: Apodiformes, Family: Trochilidae, Genus: Lophornis, Species: Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert, 1783).