Butterfly coquette

The butterfly coquette (Lophornis verreauxii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.[1] It is found in northwestern South America, the region of the western Amazon Basin, in the countries of northwest Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. To the southeast it is found in adjacent Bolivia. It was recently split from the festive coquette.

Butterfly coquette
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Lophornis
Species:
L. verreauxii
Binomial name
Lophornis verreauxii
Bourcier, 1853

References

  1. BirdLife International 2016. Lophornis verreauxii . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22726690A94929528. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726690A94929528.en. Downloaded on 27 January 2020.
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