Plovercrest
Appearance
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 |
Species | |
S. lalandi |
The two plovercrests comprise the genus Stephanoxis. They were formerly considered conspecific. The SACC accepted both as distinct species in 2015. The two species are:
- Green-crowned plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi)
- Purple-crowned plovercrest (Stephanoxis loddigesii)
References
- South American Classification Committee (May 1, 2015). "Proposal (#664) to South American Classification Committee – Treat Stephanoxis lalandi as consisting of two species". Retrieved July 25, 2015.