Purple-crowned Plovercrest
- Scientific name
- Stephanoxis loddigesii
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Pointed
- Tail shape
- Notched
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Why it matters
The Purple-crowned Plovercrest is a distinctive hummingbird native to the humid forests of South America, named for the iridescent violet crest that adorns the male. Collectors prize this species for its specialized morphology, specifically its sharply pointed wings and notched tail, which reflect its unique evolutionary path among the Trochilidae family.
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