Purple-crowned Plovercrest
          
         
            
               In southern Brazil, eastern
               Paraguay, and northeastern
               Argentina
          
         
            
               Stephanoxis loddigesii
            
               (L 3.25-3.5")
          
         
            
               Intervales State Park
            
               12Oct2017
          
         
         
            
               A pilot is about as stable
               as a hummingbird.
            
               (William Dietrich)
          
         
         
            
               Stephanoxis is Greek for
               sharp-poined crown.
          
         
         
            
               © Márcio
               Repenning
            
               Macaulay
               Library