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Taxonomic note

Stephanoxis lalandi and S. loddigesii (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as S. lalandi following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. J.; Christie, D. A.; Elliott, A.; Fishpool, L. D. C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2)	893,000	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	unknown		not applicable	-
Generation length (years)	4.2	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as 'uncommon' (Stotz et al. 1996).

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the impacts of habitat modification on population sizes.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Argentina	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Paraguay	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Paraguay	Ybyturuzú
Paraguay	Arroyo Blanco
Paraguay	Estancia Itabó
Paraguay	Refugio Carapá
Paraguay	Ypeti
Paraguay	Limoy
Paraguay	Bosque Mbaracayú
Paraguay	Reserva Itabó - Itaipú
Paraguay	Parque Nacional Caazapá
Paraguay	Ka'aguy Rory
Paraguay	Tapyta
Paraguay	Parque Nacional San Rafael
Paraguay	Estancia Muxfeldt
Brazil	Campos Gerais do Paraná
Brazil	Serra do Marumbi
Brazil	Parque Nacional do Iguaçu
Brazil	Área de Proteção Ambiental de Guaratuba
Brazil	Serra do Tabuleiro State Park
Brazil	Região dos Aparados da Serra

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 900 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	(max) 2900 m

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-	-	international	non-trivial	recent

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Stephanoxis loddigesii. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/violet-crowned-plovercrest-stephanoxis-loddigesii on 29/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 29/09/2023.