Plovercrest

Plovercrest
Green-crowned plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Stephanoxis
Simon, 1897
Type species
Trochilus lalandi
Vieillot, 1818
Species

S. lalandi
S. loddigesii

The two plovercrests comprise the genus Stephanoxis. They were formerly considered conspecific under the name "black-breasted plovercrest".