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Blue-bearded Helmetcrest
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Blue-bearded Helmetcrest
Oxypogon cyanolaemus
The blue-bearded helmetcrest (Oxypogon cyanolaemus) is a species of hummingbird endemic to the Santa Marta Mountains in northeastern Colombia. It has elongated purply blue throated feathers, which assemble in the form of a beard and a prominent white crest. The white frame from the face extends from the rear of the head, around the ear coverts and down to the breast side
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 367516.