October 2022
The Purple-crowned Plovercrest is distributed in south-east Brazil and adjacent areas of Paraguay and Argentina. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is adjacent to but not overlapping the area to the north in which is found the similar Green-crowned Plovercrest S. lalandi.
The Purple-crowned Plovercrest has a purple rather than green crest, a slightly longer bill and less extensive purple on the breast and belly.
The generic name comes from the Greek Stephanos, a crown and oxus, sharp. The specific name loddigesii comes from George Loddiges, a British taxidermist who specialised in hummingbirds.| Previous Page | Back to Index | Next Page |