#plovercrest

[best-bird-tournament]

Subfamily Trochilinae hummingbirds

Which is the best bird?

Fiery-throated hummingbird

Purple-throated woodstar

Swallow-tailed hummingbird

Purple-crowned plovercrest

Snowcap

Bee hummingbird

Voting ended onOct 17, 2025

[ilikeit-art]

[parrotea]

Oh hey, I'm still here! Ended up taking a looooong break from art and working on other real life projects, but I believe I'm back at it reliably and am working on the hummingbird deck now.

Here's most of the first suit, and I think the pips and indices still need some work, but I'm happy with the art and overall direction so far.

Species: 10 Costa's hummingbird 9 violet-tailed sylph 8 antillean-crested hummingbird 7 velet-purple coronet 6 white-necked jacobin 5 brown violetear 4 gorgeted woodstar 3 purple-crowned plovercrest 2 glowing puffleg

Also I am more actively uploading these on my Twitter account: https://twitter.com/maggock (which I am more active on period, these days).

[best-bird-tournament]

Tribe Trochilini emerald hummingbirds - round 2

Which is the best bird?

Crowned woodnymph

Violet-headed hummingbird

Swallow-tailed hummingbird

Snowcap

Purple-crowned plovercrest

Black-billed streamertail

Voting ended onSep 22, 2025

[best-bird-tournament]

Tribe Trochilini emerald hummingbirds - round 1, section 3

Which is the best bird?

Rufous-sabrewing

Black-bellied hummingbird

Purple-crowned plovercrest

Black-billed streamertail

Honduran emerald

Blue-chinned sapphire

Gilded sapphire

Violet sabrewing

Amazilia hummingbird

Olive-spotted hummingbird

Andean emerald

White-throated hummingbird

Voting ended onSep 12, 2025

[best-bird-tournament]

Plovercrest (Stephanoxis)

Which is the best bird?

Green-crowned plovercrest

Purple-crowned plovercrest

Voting ended onJun 30, 2025

[aduarte]

Plovercrest por Mélanie and Kyle Elliott Via Flickr: Plovercrest lekking along the Agulhas Negras road early one morning. Followed the tips in Honkala & Niiranen's guidebook, which is one of the most beautiful bird-finding guides around and does a wonderful job of highlighting the ecotourism value of the remnant Atlantic forest in the region. Definitely Brazil's most charismatic hummer.

[birdstudies]

January 23, 2016 - Green-crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi)

Found in southern Brazil, these small hummingbirds eat nectar from native and introduced flower species. Females lack the purple plumage of males and have smaller green crests. The violet-crested variety (loddigesii) is now usually considered a separate species, though both were previously known as subspecies of Plovercrests.