Butterfly Coquette - BirdForum Opus

This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it.

Lophornis verreauxii

Distribution

South America: South-eastern Venezuela to north-western Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and central Bolivia.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly included in Festive Coquette.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

• L. v. verreauxii:

• Eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, north-western Brazil and central Bolivia

• L. v. klagesi:

• South-eastern Venezuela

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Butterfly Coquette. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Butterfly_Coquette

External Links

Search for photos of Butterfly Coquette in the gallery

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.