Birds of Brazil

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Stephanoxis (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Green-crowned Plovercrest
Green-crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi) Male ENDEMIC
Pico de Caledonia, Brazil,  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Purple-crowned Plovercrest
Purple-crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis loddigesii) Male
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Purple-crowned Plovercrest
Purple-crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis loddigesii) Female
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Cláudio D. Timm     Copyright and usage info



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