Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi) - HBW 5, p. 565
French: Colibri de Delalande
German: Spitzhaubenelfe
Spanish: Colibrí Copetón
Other common names: Black-breasted/DeLalande’s Plovercrest (lalandi); Violet-crested/Loddiges’s Plovercrest (loddigesii)
Taxonomy: Trochilus Lalandi Vieillot, 1818, Brazil.
Genus closely related to Klais. Race loddigesii sometimes considered a distinct species, on basis of marked plumage differences. Species name has on occasion been erroneously emended to “delalandei”. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lalandi (Vieillot, 1818) - E Brazil (S Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, NE São Paulo).
- loddigesii (Gould, 1831) - E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones) to S Brazil (S São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched. Locality São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Marcelo Krause 11 December 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 4.9 -
A male. Initially relaxed, a female aprroaches and begins his display. Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 4.6 -
A perched male, kind of calling Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 year ago 48 sec 4.6 -
A female perched on a branch Locality Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp loddigesii)
Max Roth 30 April 2002 7 years ago 16 sec 4.4 -
Male singing. Locality São Francisco Xavier, São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp lalandi)
Antonio Silveira 1 December 2002 31 weeks ago 38 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of a female Locality Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp loddigesii)
Max Roth 30 April 2002 7 years ago 9 sec 4.3
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Beija flor de topete
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Lindolfo Souto 28 May 2011 22 weeks ago 4.6 -
A male perched
Locality Agulhas Negras road, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 November 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
A bird foraging on flowers
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 26 August 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
A male perching on the flowering tree
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 26 August 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Plovercrest in Pousada 3 Pinheiros, Campos do Jordao. © Elis Simpson
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Rick and Elis Simpson 24 September 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A juvenile perched on a branch.
Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp loddigesii)
Carmelo López 9 November 2011 1 year ago 3.8
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Several males of Stephanoxis lalandi loddigesii (blue crest) singing border of forest. Locality Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
(ssp loddigesii)
Antonio Silveira 15 January 2009 49 weeks ago 4 -
Voices of a male in flight Locality Garabí, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Kini Roesler 5 May 2009 3 years ago 3
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