Plovercrest
Appearance
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Green-crowned plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Trochilini |
Genus: | Stephanoxis Simon, 1897 |
Type species | |
Trochilus lalandi[1] Vieillot, 1818
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Species | |
S. lalandi |
The two plovercrests comprise the genus Stephanoxis. They were formerly considered conspecific under the name "black-breasted plovercrest".
Species
[edit]The SACC accepted both as distinct species in 2015. The two species are:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Green-crowned plovercrest | Stephanoxis lalandi (Vieillot, 1818) |
Brazil![]() |
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Purple-crowned plovercrest | Stephanoxis loddigesii (Vigors, 1831) |
Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay![]() |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- South American Classification Committee (May 1, 2015). "Proposal (#664) to South American Classification Committee – Treat Stephanoxis lalandi as consisting of two species". Retrieved July 25, 2015.