White-bearded helmetcrest
Description
Description
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The white\-bearded helmetcrest is about  long and weighs about . It has a short straight bill. The adult male has a long black and white crest and a mostly black face with a wide white "collar". Its upperparts are bronzy green with a slight gray scaly appearance. It has a long thin white "beard". The rest of the underparts are dingy gray with green spots. The tail is moderately long and forked. The upper side of its central feathers are olive green and the rest dusky; the underside of the feathers are maroon with white shafts and some narrow white at the base. The adult female is similar to the male but lacks the crest and beard, and its underparts are dull white with dense greenish brown spots. Juveniles are not well studied but are believed to resemble the adult female.del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, C. J. Sharpe, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020\). White\-bearded Helmetcrest (*Oxypogon lindenii*), version 1\.0\. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. [https://doi.org/10\.2173/bow.whbhel1\.01](https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whbhel1.01) retrieved February 26, 2022


Are there any conservation efforts specifically focused on protecting the white-bearded helmetcrest?