We can ID this hummingbird as a male Tufted Coquette as follows:
- Orange/rufous crest. This differentiates the male from the female, which doesn't have this crest.
- Black-spotted orangey plumes that extend from the sides of the neck. Again, the male has these, the female doesn't.
- Short (for a hummingbird) black tipped reddish bill.
- Greenish upperparts with whitish rump band.
The Tufted Coquette breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana and northern Brazil. It appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, but its movements are not well understood.
The Tufted Coquette is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,130.
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