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Photo by Aralcal
Nevado del Ruiz, Manizales, Colombia, June, 2011
Oxypogon guerinii

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela and Colombia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

Four subspecies are recognized:

  • O. g. cyanolaemus:
  • Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
  • O. g. lindenii:
  • Andes of north-western Venezuela (Mérida and Trujillo)
  • O. g. guerinii:
  • Páramo of eastern Andes of Colombia (south to Cundinamarca)
  • O. g. stuebelii:
  • Central Andes of Colombia (Volcán de Ruiz)

Habitat

High-altitude grassland.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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