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| + | [[Image:Rufous-crested Coquette female Yaqanki Lodge Moyobamba Peru.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Female, subspecies ''delattrei''<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Waqanki Lodge, Moyobamba, San Martín, [[Peru]], December 2016]] | ||
7cm, bill 8mm, short and straight. | 7cm, bill 8mm, short and straight. | ||
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SW [[Costa Rica]] locally through [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]], to N. [[Bolivia]]. | SW [[Costa Rica]] locally through [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]], to N. [[Bolivia]]. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | [[Image:Rufous-crested_Coquette_fight.jpg|thumb|right|350px|female (left) and immature male (right) <br />Photo credit: {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Date: 2008-08-06 <br />Amazonia Lodge, [[Peru]]]] | ||
Rare to Uncommon. Usually seen perched on an exposed branch or twig, quite often at moderate heights. Feeds quite low. Wags tail slowly up and down in flight. Looks like a large Bee! | Rare to Uncommon. Usually seen perched on an exposed branch or twig, quite often at moderate heights. Feeds quite low. Wags tail slowly up and down in flight. Looks like a large Bee! | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:16, 24 March 2017
- Lophornis delattrei
Identification
Photo by Stanley Jones
Waqanki Lodge, Moyobamba, San Martín, Peru, December 2016
7cm, bill 8mm, short and straight.
Male: long, rufous crest. Bronzy green above. Has a white band across the rump. Tail rufous. Throat metallic green with 3 white spots. Remaing underparts green, like back.
Female: No crest but has a dull rufous forecrown. Otherwise like male above. Throat a light orange/brown. Chest streaked bronze. Underparts dull green. Cinnamon tail with black subterminal band.
Distribution
SW Costa Rica locally through Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, to N. Bolivia.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized:
- L.d. lessoni
- L.d. delattrei
Habitat
Borders of humid forest and secondary growth woodland. Also in nearby clearings.
Behaviour
Photo credit: Peter R. Bono
Date: 2008-08-06
Amazonia Lodge, Peru
Rare to Uncommon. Usually seen perched on an exposed branch or twig, quite often at moderate heights. Feeds quite low. Wags tail slowly up and down in flight. Looks like a large Bee!
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
