Festive coquette

The festive coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.[3] It is found in a range on the southeast coast of Brazil, in the state of Espírito Santo and southwest in a 2,000 km (1,200 mi) coastal strip.

Female

Festive coquette
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Lophornis
Species:
L. chalybeus
Binomial name
Lophornis chalybeus
(Temminck, 1821)[2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest, at altitudes up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).[4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Lophornis chalybeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22726682A94929271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726682A94929271.en.
  2. Alan P. Peterson's nomenclatural analysis.
  3. BirdLife International (2012). "Lophornis chalybeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Cook, Fred; Jenni Bruce (2004). The encyclopedia of animals: a complete visual guide. University of California Press. p. 331. ISBN 0-520-24406-0.



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