Purple-crowned plovercrest

Purple-crowned plovercrest
male
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Stephanoxis
Species:
S. loddigesii
Binomial name
Stephanoxis loddigesii
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Stephanoxis lalandi loddigesii

The purple-crowned plovercrest, or violet-crowned plovercrest, (Stephanoxis loddigesii) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.[3][4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Violet-crowned Plovercrest Stephanoxis loddigesii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725761A94901895. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725761A94901895.en. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.1. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  4. ^ HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021