Birds of Peru

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Genus: Oreonympha (1 species, 1 worldwide)



Bearded Mountaineer
Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonympha nobilis) ENDEMIC
Ollantaytambo, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Most closely related to the 'oxypogon' Helmetcrest hummingbirds in the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes, but larger and with a longer bill.
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