Biology:Plovercrest
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Short description: Genus of birds
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".
Species
The SACC accepted both as distinct species in 2015. The two species are:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Stephanoxis lalandi | Green-crowned plovercrest | Brazil |
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Stephanoxis loddigesii | Purple-crowned plovercrest | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay |
References
- ↑ "Trochilidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=80.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/hummingbirds/. 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.". http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop664.htm. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
Wikidata ☰ Q10821699 entry
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