COLOMBIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Remote Species
NEOTROPICS
COLOMBIA
| Area (SqMi): | 439,733 |
| # Species: | 1905 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 1828 |
| # Endemics: | 94 |
| # Near Endemics: | 187 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 4.2 |
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BIRDING LOCALES
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 11 |
| LC | Local | 51 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 47 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 130 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 28 |
| V | Vulnerable | 10 |
| EN | Endangered | 6 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 7 |
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.
List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
| 1 | White-throated Tinamou | Tinamus guttatus | NT | |
| 2 | Gray-legged Tinamou | Crypturellus duidae | RR | |
| 3 | Barred Tinamou | Crypturellus casiquiare | RR | |
| 4 | <Southern Pochard> | Netta erythrophthalma | RR | |
| 5 | Gray-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis cinereiceps | RR | |
| 6 | Crestless Curassow | Mitu tomentosum | NT | |
| 7 | Razor-billed Curassow | Mitu tuberosum | NT | |
| 8 | Helmeted Curassow | Pauxi pauxi | NE | EN |
| 9 | Yellow-knobbed Curassow | Crax daubentoni | NE | NT |
| 10 | Wattled Curassow | Crax globulosa | RR | EN |
| 11 | Tacarcuna Wood-Quail | Odontophorus dialeucos | NE | |
| 12 | Silvery Grebe | Podiceps occipitalis | RR | |
| 13 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | NT | |
| 14 | Short-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas nigrirostris | RR | |
| 15 | Maroon-chested Ground Dove | Paraclaravis mondetoura | LC | |
| 16 | Black-winged Ground Dove | Metriopelia melanoptera | RR | |
| 17 | Russet-crowned Quail-Dove | Zentrygon goldmani | NE | NT |
| 18 | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | LC | V |
| 19 | Banded Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus radiolosus | NE | EN |
| 20 | Red-billed Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus pucheranii | RR | |
| 21 | Band-tailed Nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga | LC | |
| 22 | Todd's Nightjar | Setopagis heterura | NE | |
| 23 | Ocellated Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus ocellatus | RR | |
| 24 | Rufous Potoo | Phyllaemulor bracteatus | LC | |
| 25 | Andean Potoo | Nyctibius maculosus | LC | |
| 26 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | V | |
| 27 | Pygmy Swift | Tachornis furcata | NE | |
| 28 | Fiery Topaz | Topaza pyra | LC | |
| 29 | Black-throated Hermit | Phaethornis atrimentalis | LC | |
| 30 | Gray-chinned Hermit | Phaethornis griseogularis | LC | |
| 31 | Blue-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera johannae | RR | |
| 32 | Green-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus theresiae | RR | |
| 33 | Orange-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus mavors | NE | |
| 34 | Gorgeted Sunangel | Heliangelus strophianus | NE | |
| 35 | Wire-crested Thorntail | Discosura popelairii | RR | |
| 36 | Black-bellied Thorntail | Discosura langsdorffi | RR | |
| 37 | Spangled Coquette | Lophornis stictolophus | LC | |
| 38 | Butterfly Coquette | Lophornis verreauxii | LC | |
| 39 | Ecuadorian Piedtail | Phlogophilus hemileucurus | RR | |
| 40 | Ecuadorian Hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo | NE | |
| 41 | Blue-bearded Helmetcrest | Oxypogon cyanolaemus | E | CR |
| 42 | Gorgeted Puffleg | Eriocnemis isabellae | E | CR |
| 43 | Sapphire-vented Puffleg | Eriocnemis luciani | RR | |
| 44 | Colorful Puffleg | Eriocnemis mirabilis | E | EN |
| 45 | Green Inca | Coeligena conradii | NE | |
| 46 | Chestnut-breasted Coronet | Boissonneaua matthewsii | RR | |
| 47 | Peruvian Racket-tail | Ocreatus peruanus | RR | |
| 48 | Rufous-vented Whitetip | Urosticte ruficrissa | RR | |
| 49 | Pink-throated Brilliant | Heliodoxa gularis | RR | |
| 50 | Black-throated Brilliant | Heliodoxa schreibersii | LC | |
| 51 | Violet-chested Hummingbird | Sternoclyta cyanopectus | NE | |
| 52 | Little Woodstar | Chaetocercus bombus | RR | NT |
| 53 | Chiribiquete Emerald | Chlorostilbon olivaresi | E | |
| 54 | Narrow-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon stenurus | NE | |
| 55 | Napo Sabrewing | Campylopterus villaviscensio | NT | |
| 56 | Santa Marta Sabrewing | Campylopterus phainopeplus | E | CR |
| 57 | Violet-capped Hummingbird | Goldmania violiceps | NE | NT |
| 58 | Pirre Hummingbird | Goldmania bella | NE | NT |
| 59 | Olive-spotted Hummingbird | Talaphorus chlorocercus | RR | |
| 60 | Green-bellied Hummingbird | Saucerottia viridigaster | NE | |
| 61 | Humboldt's Sapphire | Chrysuronia humboldtii | NE | |
| 62 | Blue-throated Goldentail | Chlorestes eliciae | RR | |
| 63 | Colombian Crake | Mustelirallus colombiana | RR | |
| 64 | Slate-colored Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | RR | |
| 65 | Ocellated Crake | Rufirallus schomburgkii | LC | |
| 66 | Speckled Rail | Coturnicops notatus | LC | |
| 67 | Pale-winged Trumpeter | Psophia leucoptera | NT | |
| 68 | Cinereous Harrier | Circus cinereus | LC | |
| 69 | \Gray-bellied Hawk\ | Accipiter poliogaster | NT | |
| 70 | Band-bellied Owl | Pulsatrix melanota | RR | |
| 71 | Central American Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium griseiceps | RR | |
| 72 | Buff-fronted Owl | Aegolius harrisii | LC | |
| 73 | Blue-crowned Trogon | Trogon curucui | RR | |
| 74 | Brown-banded Puffbird | Notharchus ordii | RR | |
| 75 | Sooty-capped Puffbird | Bucco noanamae | E | NT |
| 76 | Two-banded Puffbird | Hypnelus bicinctus | NE | |
| 77 | Black-streaked Puffbird | Malacoptila fulvogularis | RR | |
| 78 | Black Nunbird | Monasa atra | RR | |
| 79 | Yellow-billed Nunbird | Monasa flavirostris | RR | |
| 80 | Pale-headed Jacamar | Brachygalba goeringi | NE | |
| 81 | Dusky-backed Jacamar | Brachygalba salmoni | NE | |
| 82 | Green-tailed Jacamar | Galbula galbula | RR | |
| 83 | Bronzy Jacamar | Galbula leucogastra | RR | |
| 84 | Orange-fronted Barbet | Capito squamatus | NE | |
| 85 | Violet-throated Toucanet** | Aulacorhynchus cognatus | NE | |
| 86 | Chestnut-tipped Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus derbianus | RR | |
| 87 | Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena laminirostris | NE | NT |
| 88 | Golden-collared Toucanet | Selenidera reinwardtii | RR | |
| 89 | Bar-breasted Piculet | Picumnus aurifrons | RR | |
| 90 | Orinoco Piculet | Picumnus pumilus | NE | |
| 91 | Plain-breasted Piculet | Picumnus castelnau | RR | |
| 92 | Scarlet-backed Woodpecker | Dryobates callonotus | RR | |
| 93 | Guayaquil Woodpecker | Campephilus gayaquilensis | RR | |
| 94 | Ringed Woodpecker | Celeus torquatus | NT | |
| 95 | White-throated Woodpecker | Piculus leucolaemus | RR | |
| 96 | Plumbeous Forest-Falcon | Micrastur plumbeus | NE | V |
| 97 | Orange-breasted Falcon | Falco deiroleucus | LC | NT |
| 98 | Spot-winged Parrotlet | Touit stictopterus | LC | NT |
| 99 | White-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris versicolurus | RR | |
| 100 | Brown-hooded Parrot | Pyrilia haematotis | RR | |
| 101 | Short-tailed Parrot | Graydidascalus brachyurus | RR | |
| 102 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | RR | CR |
| 103 | Ash-winged Antwren | Euchrepomis spodioptila | LC | |
| 104 | Fulvous Antshrike | Frederickena fulva | LC | |
| 105 | Lined Antshrike | Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus | RR | V |
| 106 | Blackish-gray Antshrike | Thamnophilus nigrocinereus | NT | |
| 107 | Amazonian Antshrike | Thamnophilus amazonicus | LC | |
| 108 | White-streaked Antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus | LC | |
| 109 | Spiny-faced Antshrike | Xenornis setifrons | NE | NT |
| 110 | Foothill Stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla spodionota | RR | |
| 111 | Ornate Stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla ornata | RR | |
| 112 | Yellow-throated Antwren | Myrmotherula ambigua | RR | |
| 113 | Guianan Streaked-Antwren | Myrmotherula surinamensis | RR | V |
| 114 | Stripe-chested Antwren | Myrmotherula longicauda | RR | |
| 115 | Rio Suno Antwren | Myrmotherula sunensis | RR | |
| 116 | Plain-winged Antwren | Myrmotherula behni | LC | |
| 117 | Dugand's Antwren | Herpsilochmus dugandi | RR | |
| 118 | Striated Antbird | Drymophila devillei | LC | |
| 119 | Imeri Warbling-Antbird | Hypocnemis flavescens | RR | |
| 120 | Black Antbird | Cercomacroides serva | RR | |
| 121 | Blackish Antbird | Cercomacroides nigrescens | RR | |
| 122 | Western Fire-eye | Pyriglena maura | RR | |
| 123 | Black-and-white Antbird | Myrmochanes hemileucus | RR | |
| 124 | Slate-colored Antbird | Myrmelastes schistacea | RR | |
| 125 | Plumbeous Antbird | Myrmelastes hyperythra | RR | |
| 126 | Zimmer's Antbird | Sciaphylax castanea | LC | |
| 127 | Yapacana Antbird | Aprositornis disjuncta | RR | |
| 128 | Gray-bellied Antbird | Ammonastes pelzelni | RR | |
| 129 | Wing-banded Antbird | Myrmornis torquata | LC | |
| 130 | Chestnut-crested Antbird | Rhegmatorhina cristata | NE | |
| 131 | Dot-backed Antbird | Hylophylax punctulatus | RR | |
| 132 | Black-crowned Antpitta | Pittasoma michleri | LC | |
| 133 | Giant Antpitta | Grallaria gigantea | NE | V |
| 134 | Ochre-striped Antpitta | Grallaria dignissima | RR | |
| 135 | Cundinamarca Antpitta | Grallaria kaestneri | E | EN |
| 136 | White-lored Antpitta | Myrmothera fulviventris | RR | |
| 137 | Tacarcuna Tapaculo | Scytalopus panamensis | NE | NT |
| 138 | Merida Tapaculo | Scytalopus meridanus | NE | |
| 139 | Schwartz's Antthrush | Chamaeza turdina | NE | |
| 140 | Tschudi's Woodcreeper** | Xiphorhynchus chunchotambo | RR | |
| 141 | Duida Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes duidae | RR | |
| 142 | Lesser Hornero | Furnarius minor | RR | |
| 143 | Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner | Anabazenops dorsalis | LC | |
| 144 | Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner | Automolus melanopezus | LC | |
| 145 | Plain Thornbird | Phacellodomus inornatus | NE | |
| 146 | Speckled Spinetail | Thripophaga gutturata | RR | |
| 147 | Orinoco Softtail | Thripophaga cherriei | NE | V |
| 148 | Parker's Spinetail | Cranioleuca vulpecula | RR | |
| 149 | Crested Spinetail | Cranioleuca subcristata | NE | |
| 150 | Red-and-white Spinetail | Certhiaxis mustelinus | RR | |
| 151 | White-bellied Spinetail | Mazaria propinqua | RR | |
| 152 | Rio Orinoco Spinetail | Synallaxis beverlyae | NE | NT |
| 153 | Chestnut-throated Spinetail | Synallaxis cherriei | LC | |
| 154 | Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin | Neopelma chrysocephalum | RR | |
| 155 | White-ruffed Manakin | Corapipo altera | RR | |
| 156 | Black-chested Fruiteater | Pipreola lubomirskii | RR | |
| 157 | Fiery-throated Fruiteater | Pipreola chlorolepidota | LC | |
| 158 | Black-necked Red-Cotinga | Phoenicircus nigricollis | LC | |
| 159 | Gray-tailed Piha | Snowornis subalaris | LC | |
| 160 | Capuchinbird | Perissocephalus tricolor | LC | |
| 161 | Purple-breasted Cotinga | Cotinga cotinga | LC | |
| 162 | Chestnut-capped Piha | Lipaugus weberi | E | CR |
| 163 | Bearded Bellbird | Procnias averano | RR | |
| 164 | Purple-throated Cotinga | Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema | RR | |
| 165 | Andean Laniisoma | Laniisoma buckleyi | LC | NT |
| 166 | Brazilian Laniisoma | Laniisoma elegans | LC | NT |
| 167 | Cinnamon-crested Spadebill | Platyrinchus saturatus | RR | |
| 168 | Ecuadorian Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes gualaquizae | RR | NT |
| 169 | Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant | Pogonotriccus orbitalis | RR | |
| 170 | White-eyed Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus zosterops | LC | |
| 171 | Johannes's Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus iohannis | LC | |
| 172 | Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus striaticollis | LC | |
| 173 | Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus capitalis | RR | |
| 174 | Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus calopterus | RR | |
| 175 | Spotted Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum maculatum | RR | |
| 176 | Eye-ringed Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus brevirostris | RR | |
| 177 | Orange-eyed Flycatcher | Tolmomyias traylori | RR | |
| 178 | Tufted Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes parulus | RR | |
| 179 | Bearded Tachuri | Polystictus pectoralis | LC | NT |
| 180 | \Large Elaenia\ | Elaenia spectabilis | LC | |
| 181 | \Slaty Elaenia\ | Elaenia strepera | LC | |
| 182 | Mottle-backed Elaenia | Elaenia gigas | RR | |
| 183 | Coopmans's Elaenia | Elaenia brachyptera | NE | |
| 184 | Rufous-crowned Elaenia | Elaenia ruficeps | LC | |
| 185 | River Tyrannulet | Serpophaga hypoleuca | RR | |
| 186 | White-fronted Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias zeledoni | LC | |
| 187 | Mistletoe Tyrannulet | Zimmerius parvus | RR | |
| 188 | Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant | Stigmatura napensis | RR | |
| 189 | Amazonian Tyrannulet | Inezia subflava | RR | |
| 190 | Roraiman Flycatcher | Myiophobus roraimae | LC | |
| 191 | Riverside Tyrant | Knipolegus orenocensis | RR | |
| 192 | Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola maculirostris | RR | |
| 193 | White-browed Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola albilora | LC | |
| 194 | Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis montanus | RR | |
| 195 | Short-tailed Field Tyrant | Muscigralla brevicauda | LC | |
| 196 | Large-headed Flatbill | Ramphotrigon megacephalum | LC | |
| 197 | Dusky-tailed Flatbill | Ramphotrigon fuscicauda | RR | |
| 198 | Ochraceous Attila | Attila torridus | RR | V |
| 199 | Pale-bellied Mourner | Rhytipterna immunda | RR | |
| 200 | \Snowy-throated Kingbird\ | Tyrannus niveigularis | RR | |
| 201 | Gray-chested Greenlet | Hylophilus semicinereus | RR | |
| 202 | Brown-headed Greenlet | Hylophilus brunneiceps | RR | |
| 203 | Turquoise Jay | Cyanolyca turcosa | RR | |
| 204 | Azure-naped Jay | Cyanocorax heilprini | RR | |
| 205 | Rio Negro Gnatcatcher | Polioptila facilis | NE | |
| 206 | Gray-mantled Wren | Odontorchilus branickii | RR | |
| 207 | Santa Marta Wren | Troglodytes monticola | E | CR |
| 208 | Plain-tailed Wren | Pheugopedius euophrys | RR | |
| 209 | Varied Solitaire | Myadestes coloratus | NE | NT |
| 210 | Speckled Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus maculatus | RR | |
| 211 | Varzea Thrush | Turdus sanchezorum | RR | |
| 212 | Campina Thrush | Turdus arthuri | RR | |
| 213 | Plumbeous Euphonia | Euphonia plumbea | RR | |
| 214 | Tawny-capped Euphonia | Euphonia anneae | RR | |
| 215 | Bronze-green Euphonia | Euphonia mesochrysa | RR | |
| 216 | Short-billed Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus parvirostris | RR | |
| 217 | Tacarcuna Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus tacarcunae | NE | |
| 218 | Pirre Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus inornatus | NE | |
| 219 | Sooty-faced Finch | Arremon crassirostris | NE | |
| 220 | Dusky-headed Brushfinch | Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus | E | NT |
| 221 | White-rimmed Brushfinch | Atlapetes leucopis | NE | |
| 222 | Antioquia Brushfinch | Atlapetes blancae | E | CR |
| 223 | Ecuadorian Cacique | Cacicus sclateri | RR | |
| 224 | Casqued Cacique | Cacicus oseryi | RR | |
| 225 | Velvet-fronted Grackle | Lampropsar tanagrinus | RR | |
| 226 | Pirre Warbler | Basileuterus ignotus | NE | V |
| 227 | Tacarcuna Warbler | Basileuterus tacarcunae | NE | |
| 228 | Flavescent Warbler | Myiothlypis flaveola | RR | |
| 229 | Spectacled Redstart | Myioborus melanocephalus | RR | |
| 230 | Carmiol's Tanager | Chlorothraupis carmioli | RR | |
| 231 | Yellow-green Grosbeak | Caryothraustes canadensis | RR | |
| 232 | Rose-breasted Chat | Granatellus pelzelni | RR | |
| 233 | Blue Seedeater | Amaurospiza concolor | LC | |
| 234 | Red-shouldered Tanager | Tachyphonus phoenicius | RR | |
| 235 | Fulvous Shrike-Tanager | Lanio fulvus | RR | |
| 236 | Vermilion Tanager | Calochaetes coccineus | RR | |
| 237 | Yellow-throated Tanager | Iridosornis analis | LC | |
| 238 | Orange-eared Tanager | Chlorochrysa calliparaea | RR | |
| 239 | Dotted Tanager | Ixothraupis varia | RR | |
| 240 | Green-naped Tanager | Tangara fucosa | NE | |
| 241 | Golden-eared Tanager | Tangara chrysotis | RR | |
| 242 | Viridian Dacnis | Dacnis viguieri | NE | |
| 243 | Scarlet-breasted Dacnis | Dacnis berlepschi | NE | V |
| 244 | Shining Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes lucidus | RR | |
| 245 | Chestnut-vented Conebill | Conirostrum speciosum | RR | |
| 246 | Giant Conebill | Conirostrum binghami | LC | NT |
| 247 | Deep-blue Flowerpiercer | Diglossa glauca | RR | |
| 248 | Chestnut-throated Seedeater | Sporophila telasco | RR | |
| 249 | Great-billed Seed-Finch | Sporophila maximiliani | EN | |
| 250 | Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak | Parkerthraustes humeralis | RR |
*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.