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The purple-crowned plovercrest is 8.5 to 9.5 cm (3.3 to 3.7 in) long. Males weigh about 3.7 g (0.13 oz). Both sexes have a shortish, straight, black bill. Adult males have a shaggy violet-blue crest. Their face, chin, and throat are brownish with a white spot behind the eye. Their upperparts yellowish green. Their lower throat to upper belly is blackish violet-blue and the rest of the underparts are gray. Their central two pairs of tail feathers are green and the rest green with a blackish band near the end and whitish tips. Adult females and juveniles have a much smaller crest. Voice: Males sing "a complex, modulated vocalization" at leks and when chasing other plovercrests.
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When to see the Purple-crowned Plovercrest
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Purple-crowned Plovercrest
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Purple-crowned Plovercrest
The purple-crowned plovercrest, or violet-crowned plovercrest, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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Side by side: Green-crowned Plovercrest vs Purple-crowned Plovercrest
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