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The buffy helmetcrest is 11.2 to 12.7 cm (4.4 to 5.0 in) long. It has a short straight black bill. The male has a long buffy and black crest and a mostly black face with a buffy-white "collar". Its upperparts are bronzy green. It has a thin glittering green and blue gorget that forms a "beard". The rest of the underparts are grayish bronzy that blends to cinnamon-buff on the undertail coverts. The tail is moderately long and forked. Its upper side is coppery to bronzy green with the outer feathers showing a wide white stripe; the underside is rufous with some pale cinnamon. Voice: The buffy helmetcrest's song is "a repeated, high-pitched, single note 'tsee'... every 3–5 seconds)." During the wet season, males sing for minutes on end from a perch.
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When to see the Buffy Helmetcrest
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Buffy Helmetcrest
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Buffy Helmetcrest
The buffy helmetcrest is a Vulnerable species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Colombia.
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Easily confused with
Green-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon gueriniiThe green-bearded helmetcrest is 11.2 to 12.7 cm (4.4 to 5.0 in) long.
White-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon lindeniiThe white-bearded helmetcrest is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weighs about 4.8 g (0.17 oz).
Blue-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon cyanolaemusThe blue-bearded helmetcrest is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long.
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