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CENTRAL COLOMBIA BIRDING TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

COLOMBIA
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:15 Days, 14 Nights
Group Size:2-8
Anytime Price:$5825
Group Price:$5550
Single Suppl:$500
Est #Species:425-475
Pace:Moderate
Difficulty:Moderate
* This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available.

List of species possible on this tour that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

color codes

1Northern ScreamerChauna chavariaNENT
2(Yellow-billed Pintail)Anas georgicaRR 
3Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbianaE 
4Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisNE 
5Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens NT
6Cauca GuanPenelope perspicaxEV
7Wattled GuanAburria aburriRRNT
8Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus erythropsNE 
9Chestnut Wood-QuailOdontophorus hyperythrusE 
10Gray-chested DoveLeptotila cassiniiRR 
11Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriENT
12Lined Quail-DoveZentrygon linearisRR 
13Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatusLC 
14Swallow-tailed NightjarUropsalis segmentataLC 
15Lyre-tailed NightjarUropsalis lyraLC 
16White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensisRR 
17/Chuck-will's-widow/Antrostomus carolinensis NT
18OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLC 
19White-chinned SwiftCypseloides cryptusLC 
20|Chimney Swift|Chaetura pelagica V
21White-tipped SwiftAeronautes montivagusLC 
22White-throated DaggerbillSchistes albogularisNE 
23Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisseE 
24Tourmaline SunangelHeliangelus exortisNE 
25Violet-tailed SylphAglaiocercus coelestisNE 
26Mountain AvocetbillOpisthoprora eurypteraLC 
27Black-tailed TrainbearerLesbia victoriaeRR 
28Green-tailed TrainbearerLesbia nunaRR 
29Bronze-tailed ThornbillChalcostigma heteropogonNE 
30Rainbow-bearded ThornbillChalcostigma herraniLC 
31Buffy HelmetcrestOxypogon stuebeliiEV
32Green-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon gueriniiE 
33Viridian MetaltailMetallura williamiNE 
34Glowing PufflegEriocnemis vestitaRR 
35Black-thighed PufflegEriocnemis derbyiNENT
36Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventrisNENT
37Golden-breasted PufflegEriocnemis mosqueraNE 
38Shining SunbeamAglaeactis cupripennisRR 
39Brown IncaCoeligena wilsoniNE 
40Black IncaCoeligena prunelleiEV
41Dusky StarfrontletCoeligena orinaEEN
42Buff-winged StarfrontletCoeligena lutetiaeRR 
43Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonaparteiE 
44Blue-throated StarfrontletCoeligena heliantheaNE 
45Sword-billed HummingbirdEnsifera ensiferaLC 
46Rufous-gaped HillstarUrochroa bougueriNE 
47<Purple-throated Woodstar>Philodice mitchelliiNE 
48Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoniNE 
49Short-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon poortmaniNE 
50Western EmeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchusNE 
51Violet-headed HummingbirdKlais guimetiRR 
52Tolima BlossomcrownAnthocephala berlepschiEV
53Lazuline SabrewingCampylopterus falcatusLC 
54Bronze-tailed PlumeleteerChalybura urochrysiaRR 
55Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerotteiNE 
56Indigo-capped HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifronsE 
57Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudotiNE 
58Purple-chested HummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergiNE 
59Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusEV
60Blackish RailPardirallus nigricansRR 
61Spot-flanked GallinulePorphyriops melanopsLC 
62Andean LapwingVanellus resplendensRR 
63Noble SnipeGallinago nobilis NT
64Andean CondorVultur gryphusRRV
65Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
66Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collarisLC 
67Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
68Barred HawkMorphnarchus princepsLC 
69Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucusRR 
70White-throated HawkButeo albigulaRR 
71Rufescent Screech-OwlMegascops ingensRR 
72Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineataLC 
73Rufous-banded OwlStrix albitarsisRR 
74Stygian OwlAsio stygiusLC 
75Choco Black-throated TrogonTrogon cupreicaudaNE 
76Tody MotmotHylomanes momotulaLC 
77Andean MotmotMomotus aequatorialisRR 
78Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollisNE 
79Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalisNE 
80Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolataRR 
81Gray-cheeked NunletNonnula frontalisNE 
82White-mantled BarbetCapito hypoleucusEV
83Gray-breasted Mountain-ToucanAndigena hypoglaucaLCNT
84Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
85Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratusRRNT
86Grayish PiculetPicumnus granadensisE 
87Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcherE 
88Yellow-vented WoodpeckerDryobates dignusRR 
89Bar-bellied WoodpeckerDryobates nigricepsRR 
90Carunculated CaracaraDaptrius carunculatusNE 
91<Barred Parakeet>Bolborhynchus lineolaRR 
92Rufous-fronted ParakeetBolborhynchus ferrugineifronsEV
93Rusty-faced ParrotHapalopsittaca amazoninaNENT
94Indigo-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca fuertesiEEN
95Saffron-headed ParrotPyrilia pyrilia NT
96Scaly-naped ParrotAmazona mercenariusLC 
97Brown-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura callipteraEV
98<Golden-plumed Parakeet>Leptosittaca branickiiRR 
99Yellow-eared ParrotOgnorhynchus icterotisNEV
100Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleriNENT
101Bar-crested AntshrikeThamnophilus multistriatusNE 
102Black AntshrikeThamnophilus nigricepsNE 
103Yellow-breasted AntwrenHerpsilochmus axillarisRRV
104Streak-headed AntbirdDrymophila striaticepsRR 
105Parker's AntbirdCercomacroides parkeriE 
106Jet AntbirdCercomacra nigricansLC 
107Magdalena AntbirdSipia palliataNENT
108Blue-lored AntbirdHafferia immaculataNE 
109Chestnut-crowned GnateaterConopophaga castaneicepsLC 
110Moustached AntpittaGrallaria alleniNEV
111Chestnut-naped AntpittaGrallaria nuchalisRR 
112Yellow-breasted AntpittaGrallaria flavotinctaNE 
113Muisca AntpittaGrallaria rufulaNE 
114Bicolored AntpittaGrallaria rufocinereaNEV
115Chami AntpittaGrallaria alvareziE 
116Boyaca AntpittaGrallaria alticolaE 
117Urrao AntpittaGrallaria urraoensisECR
118Brown-banded AntpittaGrallaria milleriEV
119Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
120Hooded AntpittaGrallaricula cucullataNEV
121Rusty-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula ferrugineipectusNE 
122Crescent-faced AntpittaGrallaricula lineifronsNE 
123Paramillo TapaculoScytalopus canusENT
124Paramo TapaculoScytalopus opacusRR 
125Long-tailed TapaculoScytalopus micropterusRR 
126Nariño TapaculoScytalopus viciniorRR 
127Stiles's TapaculoScytalopus stilesiE 
128Tatama TapaculoScytalopus alvarezlopeziENT
129Pale-bellied TapaculoScytalopus griseicollisE 
130Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanniNE 
131Rufous-breasted AntthrushFormicarius rufipectusRR 
132Barred AntthrushChamaeza mollissimaRR 
133Long-tailed WoodcreeperDeconychura longicaudaRR 
134Brown-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus pusillusRR 
135Greater ScythebillDrymotoxeres pucheraniiRRNT
136Caribbean HorneroFurnarius longirostrisNE 
137Sharp-tailed StreamcreeperLochmias nematuraLC 
138Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsiorNE 
139Slaty-winged Foliage-gleanerPhilydor fuscipenneRR 
140Uniform TreehunterThripadectes ignobilisNE 
141Flammulated TreehunterThripadectes flammulatusRR 
142Striped TreehunterThripadectes holostictusRR 
143Streak-capped TreehunterThripadectes virgaticepsRR 
144Fulvous-dotted TreerunnerMargarornis stellatusNENT
145White-chinned ThistletailAsthenes fuliginosaRR 
146Spectacled PrickletailSiptornis striaticollisLC 
147Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudicaE 
148Dusky SpinetailSynallaxis moestaLC 
149Stripe-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis cinnamomeaRR 
150Yellow-headed ManakinChloropipo flavicapillaNEV
151White-bibbed ManakinCorapipo leucorrhoaNE 
152Club-winged ManakinMachaeropterus deliciosusNE 
153Golden-breasted FruiteaterPipreola aureopectusNE 
154Scaled FruiteaterAmpelioides tschudiiRR 
155Dusky PihaLipaugus fuscocinereusLC 
156Black-and-white BecardPachyramphus albogriseusRR 
157Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisRR 
158Antioquia Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus lanyoniEEN
159Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceumNE 
160Fulvous-breasted FlatbillRhynchocyclus fulvipectusRR 
161Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferrugineaLC 
162Sulphur-bellied TyrannuletMecocerculus minorRR 
163Agile Tit-TyrantUromyias agilisRR 
164Sierran ElaeniaElaenia pallatangaeRR 
165Plumbeous-crowned TyrannuletPhyllomyias plumbeicepsLC 
166Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercusRR 
167/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
168Rufous-tailed TyrantKnipolegus poecilurusLC 
169Red-rumped Bush-TyrantCnemarchus erythropygiusLC 
170Yellow-bellied Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix diademaRR 
171Apical FlycatcherMyiarchus apicalisE 
172Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchonetiRRV
173Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostrisNE 
174Rufous-naped GreenletPachysilvia semibrunneaRR 
175Beautiful JayCyanolyca pulchraNENT
176Pale-footed SwallowOrochelidon flavipesRR 
177Apolinar's WrenCistothorus apolinariEEN
178Sooty-headed WrenPheugopedius spadixNE 
179Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilusRR 
180Antioquia WrenThryophilus sernaiEV
181Munchique Wood-WrenHenicorhina negretiEV
182Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicusRR 
183Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostrisRR 
184Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscaterRR 
185Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinusNE 
186Yellow-legged ThrushTurdus flavipesRR 
187Chestnut-bellied ThrushTurdus fulviventrisRR 
188Paramo PipitAnthus bogotensisRR 
189Chestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaChlorophonia pyrrhophrysRR 
190Orange-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia saturataRR 
191Velvet-fronted EuphoniaEuphonia concinnaE 
192Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatisRR 
193<Yellow-bellied Siskin>Spinus xanthogastrusRR 
194<Hooded Siskin>Spinus magellanicusRR 
195Rosy Thrush-TanagerRhodinocichla roseaRR 
196Tanager FinchOreothraupis arremonopsNE 
197Yellow-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus flavigularisRR 
198Dusky ChlorospingusChlorospingus semifuscusNE 
199Black-headed BrushfinchArremon atricapillusNE 
200Olive FinchArremon castaneicepsRRNT
201Moustached BrushfinchAtlapetes albofrenatusNE 
202Ochre-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes semirufusNE 
203Yellow-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes flavicepsENT
204Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
205Black OropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinusNE 
206Northern Mountain Cacique**Cacicus leucoramphusRR 
207Red-bellied GrackleHypopyrrhus pyrohypogasterEV
208/Golden-winged Warbler/Vermivora chrysoptera NT
209/Cerulean Warbler/Setophaga cerulea NT
210/Blackpoll Warbler/Setophaga striata NT
211Gray-throated WarblerMyiothlypis cinereicollisNENT
212Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatusNE 
213White-winged TanagerPiranga leucopteraRR 
214Red-hooded TanagerPiranga rubricepsRR 
215Sooty Ant-TanagerHabia gutturalisE 
216Crested Ant-TanagerHabia cristataE 
217Lemon-spectacled TanagerChlorothraupis olivaceaRR 
218Black-backed GrosbeakPheucticus aureoventrisRR 
219White-capped TanagerSericossypha albocristataRRV
220Rufous-crested TanagerCreurgops verticalisRR 
221Black-eared HemispingusSphenopsis melanotisLC 
222Rufous-chested TanagerThlypopsis ornataLC 
223Tawny-crested TanagerTachyphonus delatriiRR 
224Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerusE 
225Black-and-gold TanagerBangsia melanochlamysEV
226Masked Mountain TanagerTephrophilus wetmoreiLCV
227Black-chested Mountain TanagerCnemathraupis eximiaRR 
228Scarlet-bellied Mountain TanagerAnisognathus igniventrisRR 
229Purplish-mantled TanagerIridosornis porphyrocephalusNENT
230Golden-crowned TanagerIridosornis rufivertexRR 
231Multicolored TanagerChlorochrysa nitidissimaENT
232Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanopteraRR 
233Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolinaNE 
234Blue-browed TanagerTangara cyanotisRR 
235Emerald TanagerTangara floridaRR 
236Turquoise DacnisDacnis hartlaubiEV
237Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumNE 
238Chestnut-bellied FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosissimaENT
239Glossy FlowerpiercerDiglossa lafresnayiiRR 
240Black-throated FlowerpiercerDiglossa brunneiventrisRR 
241Indigo FlowerpiercerDiglossa indigoticaNE 
242Rusty FlowerpiercerDiglossa sittoidesLC 
243Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanniNE 
244Black-headed HemispingusPseudospingus verticalisRR 
245Gray-hooded Bush TanagerCnemoscopus rubrirostrisRR 
246Stripe-tailed Yellow-FinchSicalis citrinaRR 
247<Slate-colored Seedeater>Sporophila schistaceaRR 
248Plumbeous SeedeaterSporophila plumbeaRR 
249Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroa NT
250Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolorLC 
251Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisNE 
252Masked SaltatorSaltator cinctusLC 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic94
LCLocal113
NENear Endemic187
RRRestricted Range275

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened35
VVulnerable25
ENEndangered4
CRCritically Endangered1

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.