Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Oreonympha
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Bearded Mountaineer Oreonympha nobilis

Jacob Drucker and Carolyn W. Sedgwick
Version: 1.0 — Published May 31, 2013

Priorities for Future Research

Introduction

There is still a major lack of information about this species. The breeding biology, molt and invertebrate diet of Oreonympha is entirely undescribed, and no analysis of fine-scale population structure has been performed.

This species may also make a great model for anybody interested in studying the affects of introduced floral vegetation on the plasticity of hummingbird distributions. Though Oreonympha's affinity to tree tobacco and Eucalyptus has been described by many, it has yet to be quantified, and this could provide valuable information for conservations.

Recommended Citation

Drucker, J. and C. W. Sedgwick (2013). Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonympha nobilis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.beamou1.01
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