Buffy Helmetcrest

Oxypogon stuebelii - Colibri fauve Colibri de Stübel

Colibri fauve
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Trochilidés

  • Genus
    :

    Oxypogon

  • Species
    :

    stuebelii

Descriptor

Meyer, AB, 1884

Biometrics
  • Size
    : cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Colibri fauve
adult
Colibri fauve
adult

This small bird measures 12 cm in length. The male has a distinct crest, like the other 3 species of the genus that was formerly all together. The front of the head, including dark eyes, is black, except in its symmetry. Behind the black is a light beige collar from the back of the head to the chest (white in the other 3 species). A black mark marks the light forehead that continues into a narrow, high crest, light reddish, becoming blackish on the back of the Buffy Helmetcrest's (Colibri fauve) crown. Under the black, thin, short and straight beak, a green chin continues with a long purple beard pointing towards the chest. The upper parts are greenish with golden reflections in the light. The wings are chestnut brown. The underside is a warm brown nuanced with greenish. The tail is brown, quite short and pointed, with a pale stripe on each of the rectrices. The female resembles the male, but without a crest and without bright colors on the head. The underside of the body is darker; The juvenile resembles the female but is generally more reddish.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Colibri fauve,
  • Colibrí chivito del Nevado del Ruiz,
  • barbudito-do-nevado-del-ruiz,
  • Violettbart-Helmkolibri,
  • Purperbaardhelmkolibrie,
  • purpurskäggig hjälmkolibri,
  • Okerhjelmkolibri,
  • vrchárik goliernatý,
  • Violetstrubet Hjelmkolibri,
  • colibrí emplomallat de Stübel,
  • hełmik modrobrody,
  • Фиолетовобородая горная нимфа,
  • キイロヘルメットハチドリ,
  • 黄髯蜂鸟,
  • 棕髯蜂鳥,

Voice song and cries

Colibri fauve
adult

Habitat

Colibri fauve
adult

Steppe shrubland (paramo) above 3200 m. in altitude.

Geographic range

A restricted area to the east of Pereira (Colombia)

Threats - protection

Colibri fauve
immature
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

The Buffy Helmetcrest (Colibri fauve) is a vulnerable species.

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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