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Plovercrests
File:Stephanoxis lalandi -Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.png
In São Paulo, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Subfamily: Trochilinae
Tribe: Trochilini
Genus: Stephanoxis
Simon, 1897

Plovercrests, Stephanoxis is a genus of hummingbirds in the Trochilini tribe. It contains the following species:

Eurasian Spoonbill This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera.
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