Green-crowned plovercrest

Green-crowned plovercrest
In São Paulo, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Stephanoxis
Species: S. lalandi
Binomial name
Stephanoxis lalandi
(Vieillot, 1818)
Synonyms

Stephanoxis lalandi lalandi)

The green-crowned plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is a member of the genus Stephanoxis. It is found in eastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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