Short-crested coquette
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Lophornis |
| Species: | L. brachylophus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophornis brachylophus R. T. Moore, 1949
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The short-crested coquette (Lophornis brachylophus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
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 mountains 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[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Lophornis brachylophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22687196A130649157. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22687196A130649157.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c BirdLife species factsheet for Lophornis brachylophus
External links[]
Data related to Lophornis brachylophus at Wikispecies
- "Short-crested coquette media". Internet Bird Collection.
- "Lophornis brachylophus". Avibase.
- Audio recordings of Short-crested coquette on Xeno-canto.
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- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Lophornis
- Endemic birds of Mexico
- Natural history of Guerrero
- Hummingbird species of Central America
- Critically endangered biota of Mexico
- Critically endangered fauna of North America
- Birds described in 1949
- Birds of the Sierra Madre del Sur
- Hummingbird stubs