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