Purple-crowned plovercrest

Stephanoxis loddigesii is a species of hummingbird known by the common names purple-crowned plovercrest, violet-crested plovercrest, and violet-crowned plovercrest.[1] It is native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.[2]

Stephanoxis loddigesii by A. Bertrand

Purple-crowned plovercrest
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Stephanoxis
Species:
S. loddigesii
Binomial name
Stephanoxis loddigesii
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Stephanoxis lalandi loddigesii

References

  1. Stephanoxis loddigesii. AviBase.
  2. BirdLife International. 2014. Stephanoxis loddigesii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. Downloaded on 15 August 2016.


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