Buffy Helmetcrest
Oxypogon stuebeliiMeyer, AB, 1884
English (US) Buffy Helmetcrest
The Buffy Helmetcrest (Oxypogon stuebelii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: central Andes of Colombia (QuindÃo and Tolima)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oxypogon stuebelii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Buffy Helmetcrest
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1884
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oxypogon Stubelii
- Described by
- Meyer, AB, 1884
- Type locality
- Volcan de Tolima, Central Andes, Colombia.
- Original description
- Zeitschrift für die gesammte Ornithologie 1 p.204
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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