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 1 year ago 39 sec 4.9 -
A perched male, kind of calling Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 48 sec 4.6 -
A female perched on a branch Locality Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp loddigesii)
Max Roth 30 April 2002 6 years ago 16 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of a female Locality Iguaçu National Park, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp loddigesii)
Max Roth 30 April 2002 6 years ago 9 sec 4.3 -
Feeding on flowers Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 38 sec 3.6 -
Bird in lek Locality Candói, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp loddigesii)
Leonardo R. Deconto 3 December 2010 46 weeks ago 45 sec 3.3
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A male perched
Locality Agulhas Negras road, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Chris and Megan Perkins 21 November 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
A bird foraging on flowers
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 26 August 2010 10 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male perching on the flowering tree
Locality Campos do Jordao, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 26 August 2010 11 weeks 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 12 weeks ago 4 -
A juvenile perched on a branch.
Locality Iguazú National Park, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp loddigesii)
Carmelo López 9 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
1 female
Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Daniêl Jimenez 23 November 2005 3 years ago 2.3
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Voices of a male in flight Locality Garabí, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Kini Roesler 5 May 2009 2 years ago 3
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