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NORTHERN COLOMBIA BIRDING TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

COLOMBIA
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:10 Days, 9 Nights
Group Size:2-8
Anytime Price:$3795
Group Price:$3495
Single Suppl:$250
Est #Species:275-300
Pace:Easy
Difficulty:Easy
* 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. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Highland TinamouNothocercus bonaparteiRR 
2Northern ScreamerChauna chavariaNENT
3Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicolaRR 
4White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensisRR 
5Chestnut-winged ChachalacaOrtalis garrulaE 
6Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisNE 
7Sickle-winged GuanChamaepetes goudotiiRR 
8Black-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus atrifronsNEV
9Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensisNE 
10Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea V
11Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
12Lined Quail-DoveZentrygon linearisRR 
13OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLC 
14Bronzy HermitGlaucis aeneusNE 
15Tawny-bellied HermitPhaethornis syrmatophorusRR 
16Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostrisRR 
17Gray-chinned HermitPhaethornis griseogularisLC 
18Sooty-capped HermitPhaethornis augustiLC 
19Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeLC 
20Longuemare's Sunangel**Heliangelus clarisseNE 
21Black-backed ThornbillRamphomicron dorsaleEEN
22Perija MetaltailMetallura iracundaNEEN
23White-tailed StarfrontletCoeligena phalerataENT
24Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonaparteiNE 
25Santa Marta WoodstarChaetocercus astreansE 
26Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoniNE 
27Coppery EmeraldChlorostilbon russatusNE 
28Santa Marta BlossomcrownAnthocephala floricepsEV
29Lazuline SabrewingCampylopterus falcatusLC 
30Santa Marta SabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplusECR
31Buffy HummingbirdLeucippus fallaxNE 
32Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerotteiNE 
33Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudotiNE 
34Sapphire-throated HummingbirdChrysuronia coeruleogularisRR 
35Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdChrysuronia lilliaeECR
36Red KnotCalidris canutus NT
37Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla NT
38Stripe-backed BitternIxobrychus involucrisLC 
39Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens NT
40Andean CondorVultur gryphusRRV
41Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriRREN
42Semicollared HawkAccipiter collarisLC 
43Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
44White-rumped HawkParabuteo leucorrhousRR 
45Santa Marta Screech-OwlMegascops gilesiEV
46Mottled OwlCiccaba virgataLC 
47Black-and-white OwlCiccaba nigrolineataLC 
48Golden-headed QuetzalPharomachrus auricepsRR 
49White-tipped QuetzalPharomachrus fulgidusNE 
50Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollisNE 
51Groove-billed ToucanetAulacorhynchus sulcatusNE 
52Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratusRR 
53Scaled PiculetPicumnus squamulatusNE 
54Chestnut PiculetPicumnus cinnamomeusNE 
55Powerful WoodpeckerCampephilus pollensRR 
56Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineolaLC 
57Red-billed ParrotPionus sordidusRR 
58Scaly-naped ParrotAmazona mercenariusRR 
59Turquoise-winged ParrotletForpus spengeliE 
60Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinusRR 
61Santa Marta ParakeetPyrrhura viridicataEEN
62Military MacawAra militarisLCV
63Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleri NT
64Black-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanonotusNE 
65Klages's AntbirdDrymophila klagesiNE 
66Santa Marta AntpittaGrallaria bangsiEV
67Sierra Nevada AntpittaGrallaria spatiatorE 
68Perija AntpittaGrallaria saltuensisNEEN
69Rusty-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula ferrugineipectusNE 
70Santa Marta TapaculoScytalopus sanctaemartaeE 
71Blackish TapaculoScytalopus latransRR 
72Brown-rumped TapaculoScytalopus latebricolaENT
73Perija TapaculoScytalopus priganusEV
74Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularisRRNT
75Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroaRR 
76Montane Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia striaticollisRR 
77Flammulated TreehunterThripadectes flammulatusRR 
78Spotted BarbtailPremnoplex brunnescensRR 
79Streak-backed CanasteroAsthenes wyattiLC 
80Perija ThistletailAsthenes perijanaNEEN
81Streak-capped SpinetailCranioleuca hellmayriNE 
82Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeusRR 
83Rufous SpinetailSynallaxis unirufaRR 
84Rusty-headed SpinetailSynallaxis fuscorufaEV
85White-whiskered SpinetailSynallaxis candeiNE 
86Golden-breasted FruiteaterPipreola aureopectusNE 
87Barred BecardPachyramphus versicolorRR 
88Black-and-white BecardPachyramphus albogriseusRR 
89Northern Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus mexicanusRR 
90White-throated SpadebillPlatyrinchus mystaceusRR 
91Streak-necked FlycatcherMionectes striaticollisRR 
92Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantHemitriccus margaritaceiventerRR 
93Black-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus granadensisRR 
94Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant
(Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher)
Poecilotriccus ruficepsRR 
95Sierran ElaeniaElaenia pallatangaeRR 
96Sooty-headed TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseicepsLC 
97Black-capped TyrannuletPhyllomyias nigrocapillusRR 
98Spectacled TyrannuletZimmerius improbusNE 
99Rufous-crowned Pygmy-TyrantEuscarthmus meloryphusRR 
100Slender-billed TyrannuletInezia tenuirostrisNE 
101Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleriRR 
102Black-billed FlycatcherAphanotriccus audaxNENT
103Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi NT
104Santa Marta Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes pernixEEN
105Yellow-bellied Chat-TyrantOchthoeca diademaRR 
106Pale-edged FlycatcherMyiarchus cephalotesRR 
107Golden-crowned FlycatcherMyiodynastes chrysocephalusRR 
108Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatusRR 
109Stripe-backed WrenCampylorhynchus nuchalisNE 
110Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilusRR 
111Bangs's Wood-WrenHenicorhina bangsiE 
112Hermit Wood-WrenHenicorhina anachoretaENT
113Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostrisRR 
114Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscaterRR 
115Yellow-legged ThrushTurdus flavipesRR 
116Chestnut-bellied ThrushTurdus fulviventrisLC 
117Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivaterRR 
118Blue-naped ChlorophoniaChlorophonia cyaneaRR 
119Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatisRR 
120Andean SiskinSpinus spinescensLC 
121Yellow-bellied SiskinSpinus xanthogastrusLC 
122Rosy Thrush-TanagerRhodinocichla roseaRR 
123Common ChlorospingusChlorospingus flavopectusRR 
124Tocuyo SparrowArremonops tocuyensisNE 
125Sierra Nevada BrushfinchArremon basilicusENT
126Golden-winged SparrowArremon schlegeliNE 
127Santa Marta BrushfinchAtlapetes melanocephalusE 
128Yellow-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes latinuchusLC 
129Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeusLC 
130Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterusRR 
131Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneusRR 
132Bronze-brown Cowbird**Molothrus armentiEV
133Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera NT
134Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata NT
135Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorusRR 
136Santa Marta WarblerMyiothlypis basilicaEV
137Black-crested WarblerMyiothlypis nigrocristataRR 
138Gray-throated WarblerMyiothlypis cinereicollisNENT
139White-lored WarblerMyiothlypis conspicillataENT
140Yellow-crowned RedstartMyioborus flavivertexE 
141Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatusNE 
142Vermilion CardinalCardinalis phoeniceusNE 
143Golden GrosbeakPheucticus chrysogasterRR 
144Fulvous-headed TanagerThlypopsis fulvicepsNE 
145Hooded Mountain TanagerButhraupis montanaRR 
146Black-cheeked Mountain TanagerAnisognathus melanogenysE 
147Lacrimose Mountain TanagerAnisognathus lacrymosusRR 
148Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpaNE 
149Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanopteraRR 
150Black-capped TanagerStilpnia heineiRR 
151Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolorRRNT
152Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumNE 
153White-sided FlowerpiercerDiglossa albilateraRR 
154Rusty FlowerpiercerDiglossa sittoidesLC 
155Bluish FlowerpiercerDiglossa caerulescensLC 
156PlushcapCatamblyrhynchus diademaLC 
157Slaty FinchSpodiornis rusticaLC 
158Gray-hooded Bush TanagerCnemoscopus rubrirostrisRR 
159Stripe-tailed Yellow-FinchSicalis citrinaLC 
160Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroaLC 
161Pileated FinchCoryphospingus pileatusLC 
162Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolorLC 
163Orinocan SaltatorSaltator orenocensisNE 

 * 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.

ADDITIONAL INFO
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BIRDING LOCALES

 

PRESENCE CODES

//Boreal Visitor
\\Austral Visitor
||Transient
##Non-breeding Dispersal
<>Erratic/Irregular
()Breeding Season Only
{}Casual/Vagrant
[]Accidental

DISTRIBUTION CODES

EEndemic
LCLocal
NENear Endemic
RRRange Restricted

STATUS CODES

NTNear Threatened
VVulnerable
ENEndangered
CRCritically Endangered