Frilled coquette
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The frilled coquette is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Lophornis magnificus Frilled Coquette
Frilled Coquette
A perched male Lophornis magnificus
Illustration from Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches (1861)
Lesbiinae
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Lesbiinae is one of the six subfamilies that make up the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
Frilled coquette
…The frilled coquette (Lophornis magnificus) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Brazil. The frilled coquette's genus name derives from the Greek words "lophos λοφος"meaning "crest, tuft, forelock" and "ornis ορνις…
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