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]
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Stephanoxis loddigesii by A. Bertrand
| Purple-crowned plovercrest | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Stephanoxis |
| Species: | S. loddigesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Stephanoxis loddigesii (Vigors, 1831) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stephanoxis lalandi loddigesii | |
References
- Stephanoxis loddigesii. AviBase.
- BirdLife International. 2014. Stephanoxis loddigesii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. Downloaded on 15 August 2016.
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