Plovercrest

The two plovercrests comprise the genus Stephanoxis. They were formerly considered conspecific under the name "black-breasted plovercrest".

Plovercrest
Green-crowned plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi)
Scientific classification
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
Species
S. lalandi S. loddigesii

Species

The SACC accepted both as distinct species in 2015. The two species are:^[2]

Genus Stephanoxis – Simon, 1897 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Green-crowned plovercrest	Stephanoxis lalandi (Vieillot, 1818)	Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Purple-crowned plovercrest	Stephanoxis loddigesii (Vigors, 1831)	Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC