Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii)

Green-bearded Helmetcrest Oxypogon guerinii

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Oxypogon guerinii, O. cyanolaemus, O. lindenii and O. stuebelii (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as O. guerinii following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	38,100 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.35 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but this species is described as locally common (Hilty and Brown 1986, McMullan et al. 2010). The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction through over-grazing (del Hoyo et al. 1999).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be in decline owing to ongoing habitat destruction through over-grazing (del Hoyo et al. 1999).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Colombia	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Colombia	Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda
Colombia	Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza and surroundings

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	marginal	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude	major	resident
Altitude	2960 - 5200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Green-bearded Helmetcrest Oxypogon guerinii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/green-bearded-helmetcrest-oxypogon-guerinii on 26/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/11/2024.