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Purple-crowned Plovercrest
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Purple-crowned Plovercrest
Stephanoxis loddigesii
Stephanoxis loddigesii is a species of hummingbird known by the common names purple-crowned plovercrest, violet-crested plovercrest, and violet-crowned plovercrest. It is native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Every page naming Stephanoxis loddigesii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 513980.