Hummingbirds

Purple-crowned Plovercrest

Stephanoxis loddigesii

The Purple-crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis loddigesii) is a 4.0 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

4.0 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Nectarivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay.

Where to see it: PE Intervales (Brazil); PN Iguazú · Área Cataratas (Argentina); Parque Nacional Ybycui, Dpto. Paraguari (Paraguay).

Photo: (c) Matias Cabezas, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist