Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) [XC34807]
by Marcos Melo from Fazenda Castanheiras (APA -Boror\u00e9 - Colonia) S\u00e3o Paulo, SP, Brazil (call)
Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus) [XC678130]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Folha Seca, Ubatuba, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, Brazil (call, flight call, batido de asas)
Subspecies
Together with its sister species, Peacock Coquette (Lophornis pavoninus), formerly placed in a separate genus, Polemistria. Disjunct distribution and morphological differences between southern nominate and northern subspecies suggest they might be approaching species threshold. "Lophornis insignibarbis", known from a single Bogota trade skin and sometimes awarded monospecific genus Lithiophanes, may be a hybrid of subspecies verreauxii and Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus), although apparently characters do not fit precisely with either.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
klagesi von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902 - South-eastern Venezuela.
verreauxii Bourcier, 1853 - Eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru to north-western Brazil and central Bolivia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Butterfly Coquette (Lophornis verreauxii).
chalybeus (Vieillot, 1823) - South-eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet