Oxypogon guerinii
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The green-bearded helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Colombia. The green-bearded helmetcrest was formally described in 1840 by the French ornithologist Auguste Boissonneau from a specimen collected near Bogotá in central Colombia. This species is now placed in the genus Oxypogon that was introduced by the English ornithologist John Gould in 1848. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek oxy meaning ″sharp or pointed″ and pogon meaning beard. The species name was chosen to honour the French naturalist and collector Félix Guérin-Méneville. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
The green-bearded helmetcrest was formerly considered a species named bearded helmetcrest with four subspecies. In 2014 the South America Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society agreed to a proposal to split this species into four separate species based on plumage differences and morphometrics. Other taxonomies soon followed suit. The other species are the buffy helmetcrest (O. stuebelii) of the Cordillera Central, the blue-bearded... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Green-bearded Helmetcrest sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 66th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and February
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-bearded Helmetcrest in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in December, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-bearded Helmetcrest sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Chingaza National Natural Park, in our data
Chingaza National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Green-bearded Helmetcrest sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Green-bearded Helmetcrest that you can see in Chingaza National Natural Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Tyrian Metaltail (about 60%), Glowing Puffleg (about 50%) and Bronze-tailed Thornbill (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-bearded Helmetcrest is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (126 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
