Birds of the World

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Genus: Oxypogon (4 species)


Blue-bearded Helmetcrest
Blue-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon cyanolaemus) Male Critically Endangered
Range: SA: Santa Marta Mts. (ne Colombia)
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Jorge Muñoz   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-bearded Helmetcrest
Blue-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon cyanolaemus) Female Critically Endangered
Range: SA: Santa Marta Mts. (ne Colombia)
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Jorge Muñoz   © All Rights Reserved.
Similar to the Green-bearded Helmetcrest. Requires a multi-day hike to the Santa Marta paramo to see.

Green-bearded Helmetcrest
Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii) Male
Range: SA: e Colombia
Sumapaz National Park, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Green-bearded Helmetcrest
Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii) Female
Range: SA: e Colombia
Sumapaz National Park, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Robert Scanlon   © All Rights Reserved.


White-bearded Helmetcrest
White-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon lindenii)
Range: SA: nw Venezuela
Pico Aguila, Mérida, Venezuela   		   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.
One of four Helmetcrest species; the other three are found in Colombia.

Buffy Helmetcrest
Buffy Helmetcrest (Oxypogon stuebelii) Vulnerable
Range: SA: c Colombia
Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A iconic hummingbird found only in the paramo around Nevado del Ruiz at 4000m, and is usually seen near yellow flowers. Less white than the three other species of Helmetcrest.

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