Plovercrest | |
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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".