How do you identify a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?

The green-bearded helmetcrest is 11.2 to 12.7 cm (4.4 to 5.0 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?

The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is a tiny sized bird weighing about 5 g.

Where can you see a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?

The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is endemic to Colombia, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?

The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is most easily confused with the Buffy Helmetcrest, the White-bearded Helmetcrest and the Blue-bearded Helmetcrest.

Is the Green-bearded Helmetcrest endangered?

The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Green-bearded Helmetcrest

Oxypogon guerinii

Hummingbirds · Apodiformes · Rare

The Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii) is a rare hummingbird found only in Colombia, weighing about 5 g. The green-bearded helmetcrest is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae.

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Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 2 — Photo: Josh Noseworthy · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 3 — Photo: Josh Noseworthy · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 4 — Photo: Dan Vickers · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 5 — Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 6 — Photo: Ariel Gallego · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 7 — Photo: Ariel Gallego · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 8 — Photo: Dario Taraborelli · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 9 — Photo: Dario Taraborelli · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii), photo 10 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

About the Green-bearded Helmetcrest

The green-bearded helmetcrest is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Colombia.

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How to identify it

The green-bearded helmetcrest is 11.2 to 12.7 cm (4.4 to 5.0 in) long. Males weight about 5.7 g (0.20 oz) and females 4.8 g (0.17 oz) It has a short straight black bill. The adult male has a long white crest and a mostly dark brown to black face with a white "collar". Its upperparts are bronzy. It has a thin glittering green gorget with white edges that forms a "beard". The rest of the underparts are grayish bronzy. The tail is moderately long, forked, and coppery to bronzy green with much white on the outer feathers. Voice: Few of the green-bearded helmetcrest's vocalizations have been described, but one is "an insistent 'tii…tii…'" given by males chasing a female.

Where it lives

Colombia

When to see it

The Green-bearded Helmetcrest can be seen all year round, with peak activity in January. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?: The green-bearded helmetcrest is 11.2 to 12.7 cm (4.4 to 5.0 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?: The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is a tiny sized bird weighing about 5 g.
Where can you see a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?: The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is endemic to Colombia, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Green-bearded Helmetcrest?: The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is most easily confused with the Buffy Helmetcrest, the White-bearded Helmetcrest and the Blue-bearded Helmetcrest.
Is the Green-bearded Helmetcrest endangered?: The Green-bearded Helmetcrest is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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