Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii) - HBW 5, p. 648
French: Colibri casqué
German: Helmkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Chivito
Other common names: Guerin’s Helmetcrest
Taxonomy: Ornismia Guerinii Boissonneau, 1840, Bogotá, Colombia.
Closely related to Oreonympha, Metallura and Chalcostigma. Based on morphological differences, the races could be considered four separate species. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cyanolaemus Salvin & Godman, 1880 - NE Colombia (Santa Marta).
- lindenii (Parzudaki, 1845) - Andes of NW Venezuela (Mérida, Trujillo).
- guerinii (Boissonneau, 1840) - E Andes of Colombia (S to Cundinamarca).
- stuebelii A. B. Meyer, 1884 - C Colombia (Nevado del Ruiz).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male singing Locality Los Nevados National Park, Colombia (ssp stuebelii)
Ciro Albano 20 April 2012 51 weeks ago 1 min 39 sec 4.3 -
seeing Bearded Helmetcrest makes up for the earlier lost glove! Locality Los Nevados National Park, Colombia (ssp stuebelii)
Martin Kennewell 31 May 2012 48 weeks ago 16 sec 3.3
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Territorial male.
Locality Los Nevados National Park, Colombia (ssp stuebelii)
nvoaden 1 January 2010 51 weeks ago 4.1 -
Territorial male
Locality Los Nevados National Park, Colombia (ssp stuebelii)
nvoaden 1 January 2012 51 weeks ago 3.7 -
On Espeletia
Locality Sumapaz Paramo, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp guerinii)
mauricio rueda 20 August 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Male sitting in the paramo.
Locality Paramo del Águila, Mérida State, Venezuela (ssp lindenii)
Sam Woods 1 August 2006 3 years ago 3.2 -
A male perched on a tree in nevado del ruiz
Locality Los Nevados National Park, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 1 March 2012 43 weeks ago 3
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A male singing. Locality Los Nevados National Park, Colombia
(ssp stuebelii)
Ciro Albano 20 April 2012 16 weeks ago 4
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