Plovercrest
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| Plovercrest | |
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| In São Paulo, Brazil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Trochiliformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Stephanoxis Simon, 1897 |
| Species: | S. lalandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Stephanoxis lalandi (Vieillot, 1818) |
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The Plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi) is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Its habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest,[1] and degraded former forest. The Plovercrest has a blue chest, green back and white flanks.
References [change]
- ↑ Montane = highlands below subalpine zone.
- BirdLife International 2004. Stephanoxis lalandi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
