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Area (SqMi):439,733
# Species:1913
# Excl Vagrants:1835
# Endemics:94
# Near Endemics:191
Species/1000 SqMi:4.2

List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

color codes

1Berlepsch's TinamouCrypturellus berlepschiAB,OBRU,TTNPNE
2Barred TinamouCrypturellus casiquiare BC
3Rusty TinamouCrypturellus brevirostris BC
4Choco TinamouCrypturellus kerriaeOBRUNE
5Gray-legged TinamouCrypturellus duidae BC
6Northern ScreamerChauna chavariaManyNE
7Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisManyNE
8Baudo GuanPenelope ortoniManyNE
9Cauca GuanPenelope perspicaxCHG,OQ,YRE
10Helmeted CurassowPauxi pauxi BC
11Yellow-knobbed CurassowCrax daubentoni BC
12Blue-billed CurassowCrax albertiEP,LBR,TNPE
13Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraCWNE
14Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbianaManyE
15Chestnut-winged ChachalacaOrtalis garrulaManyE
16Black-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus atrifronsBNR,CDP,EDNE
17Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus erythropsManyNE
18Chestnut Wood-QuailOdontophorus hyperythrusManyE
19Tacarcuna Wood-QuailOdontophorus dialeucos BC
20Gorgeted Wood-QuailOdontophorus strophiumBNR,CWE
21Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensisManyNE
22Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoniManyNE
23Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurataAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
24Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriManyE
25Lined Quail-DoveZentrygon linearisManyBC
26Russet-crowned Quail-DoveZentrygon goldmani BC
27Banded Ground-CuckooNeomorphus radiolosus BC
28Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumilaManyBC
29Todd's NightjarSetopagis heterura BC
30Choco PoorwillNyctiphrynus rosenbergiAA,AB,TGRNE
31OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLREP,RC,TNR
YP
AT
32Pygmy SwiftTachornis furcata BC
33White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquiManyNE
34Streak-throated HermitPhaethornis rupurumii BC
35White-throated DaggerbillSchistes albogularisManyNE
36Orange-throated SunangelHeliangelus mavors BC
37Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisseManyE
38Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianus BC
39Tourmaline SunangelHeliangelus exortisManyNE
40Violet-tailed SylphAglaiocercus coelestisManyNE
41Ecuadorian HillstarOreotrochilus chimborazo BC
42Black-backed ThornbillRamphomicron dorsaleEDE
43Bronze-tailed ThornbillChalcostigma heteropogonManyNE
44Buffy HelmetcrestOxypogon stuebeliiNDRE
45Blue-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon cyanolaemus BC
46Green-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon gueriniiManyE
47Perija MetaltailMetallura iracundaCDPNE
48Viridian MetaltailMetallura williamiManyNE
49Hoary PufflegHaplophaedia lugensTTNPNE
50Gorgeted PufflegEriocnemis isabellae BC
51Black-thighed PufflegEriocnemis derbyiManyNE
52Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventrisManyNE
53Golden-breasted PufflegEriocnemis mosqueraManyNE
54Colorful PufflegEriocnemis mirabilis BC
55Brown IncaCoeligena wilsoniManyNE
56Black IncaCoeligena prunelleiCQR,CW,PPLE
57Green IncaCoeligena conradii BC
58White-tailed StarfrontletCoeligena phalerataEDE
59Dusky StarfrontletCoeligena orinaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
60Perija StarfrontletCoeligena consitaCDPNE
61Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonaparteiManyE
62Blue-throated StarfrontletCoeligena heliantheaManyNE
63Velvet-purple CoronetBoissonneaua jardiniManyNE
64Rufous-gaped HillstarUrochroa bougueriManyNE
65Purple-bibbed WhitetipUrosticte benjaminiManyNE
66Empress BrilliantHeliodoxa imperatrixManyNE
67Violet-chested HummingbirdSternoclyta cyanopectus BC
68Santa Marta WoodstarChaetocercus astreansED,MIE
69Rufous-shafted WoodstarChaetocercus jourdaniiBNR,CDP,JE
LCHO
BC
70&Purple-throated WoodstarlPhilodice mitchelliiManyNE
71Chiribiquete EmeraldChlorostilbon olivaresi BC
72Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoniManyNE
73Short-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon poortmaniManyNE
74Narrow-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon stenurus BC
75Coppery EmeraldChlorostilbon russatusManyNE
76Western EmeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchusManyNE
77Santa Marta BlossomcrownAnthocephala floricepsEDE
78Tolima BlossomcrownAnthocephala berlepschiCC,LI,ULE
79Santa Marta SabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplus BC
80Violet-capped HummingbirdGoldmania violiceps BC
81Pirre HummingbirdGoldmania bella BC
82Buffy HummingbirdLeucippus fallaxLBR,LFNP,RH
SNP
NE
83Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerotteiManyNE
84Indigo-capped HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifronsManyE
85Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia castaneiventrisBNR,CWE
86Green-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia viridigaster BC
87Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudotiManyNE
88Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdChrysuronia lilliaeManyE
89Humboldt's SapphireChrysuronia humboldtii BC
90Blue-headed SapphireChrysuronia grayiManyNE
91Purple-chested HummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergiManyNE
92Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusManyE
93Brown Wood-RailAramides wolfiABNE
94Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriSMNPEN
95Santa Marta Screech-OwlMegascops gilesiEDE
96Cloud-forest Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nubicolaKM18,TGR,TTNPNE
97White-tipped QuetzalPharomachrus fulgidusCDP,EDNE
98Blue-tailed TrogonTrogon comptusManyNE
99Choco Black-throated TrogonTrogon cupreicaudaManyNE
100Sooty-capped PuffbirdBucco noanamae BC
101Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollisManyNE
102Two-banded PuffbirdHypnelus bicinctus BC
103Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalisManyNE
104Gray-cheeked NunletNonnula frontalisRCNE
105Pale-headed JacamarBrachygalba goeringi BC
106Dusky-backed JacamarBrachygalba salmoni BC
107Spot-crowned BarbetCapito maculicoronatusManyNE
108Orange-fronted BarbetCapito squamatus BC
109White-mantled BarbetCapito hypoleucusManyE
110Five-colored BarbetCapito quinticolorAB,OBRUNE
111Toucan BarbetSemnornis ramphastinusManyNE
112Violet-throated Toucanet**Aulacorhynchus cognatus BC
113Groove-billed ToucanetAulacorhynchus sulcatusCDP,ED,RHNE
114Plate-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena laminirostris BC
115Tawny-tufted ToucanetSelenidera nattereri BC
116Orinoco PiculetPicumnus pumilus BC
117Scaled PiculetPicumnus squamulatusManyNE
118Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnau BC
119Grayish PiculetPicumnus granadensisManyE
120Chestnut PiculetPicumnus cinnamomeusManyNE
121Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcherManyE
122Choco WoodpeckerVeniliornis chocoensisABNE
123Lita WoodpeckerPiculus litaeAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
124Plumbeous Forest-FalconMicrastur plumbeus BC
125Carunculated CaracaraDaptrius carunculatusAP,NDRNE
126Rufous-fronted ParakeetBolborhynchus ferrugineifronsAP,NDR,RB,RCE
127Rusty-faced ParrotHapalopsittaca amazoninaManyNE
128Indigo-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca fuertesiRB,SRCTR,TNRE
129Rose-faced ParrotPyrilia pulchraManyNE
130Saffron-headed ParrotPyrilia pyriliaManyBC
131Turquoise-winged ParrotletForpus spengeliMI,PRKM4,SNP
TNP
E
132Subandean ParakeetPyrrhura subandinaBNRNE
133Santa Marta ParakeetPyrrhura viridicataED,SMNPE
134Brown-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura callipteraManyE
135Yellow-eared ParrotOgnorhynchus icterotisManyNE
136Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleriManyNE
137Bar-crested AntshrikeThamnophilus multistriatusManyNE
138Black AntshrikeThamnophilus nigricepsBVLV,EP,RCNE
139Blackish-gray AntshrikeThamnophilus nigrocinereus BC
140Black-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanonotusManyNE
141Recurve-billed BushbirdClytoctantes alixiiBNR,CWNE
142Spiny-faced AntshrikeXenornis setifrons BC
143Yellow-throated AntwrenMyrmotherula ambigua BC
144Cherrie's AntwrenMyrmotherula cherriei BC
145Spot-backed AntwrenHerpsilochmus dorsimaculatus BC
146Northern White-fringed AntwrenFormicivora intermediaManyBC
147East Andean AntbirdDrymophila caudataBNRE
148Klages's AntbirdDrymophila klagesiBAR,BNR,CDPNE
149Santa Marta AntbirdDrymophila hellmayriED,MIE
150Imeri Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis flavescens BC
151Parker's AntbirdCercomacroides parkeriManyE
152Ash-breasted AntbirdMyrmoborus lugubrisLABC
153Slate-colored AntbirdMyrmelastes schistacea BC
154Magdalena AntbirdSipia palliataManyNE
155Esmeraldas AntbirdSipia nigricaudaManyNE
156Stub-tailed AntbirdSipia berlepschiAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
157Blue-lored AntbirdHafferia immaculataManyNE
158Yapacana AntbirdAprositornis disjuncta BC
159Gray-bellied AntbirdAmmonastes pelzelni BC
160Chestnut-crested AntbirdRhegmatorhina cristata BC
161Rufous-crowned AntpittaPittasoma rufopileatumAA,AB,OBRL
TTNP
NE
162Giant AntpittaGrallaria gigantea BC
163Moustached AntpittaGrallaria alleniManyNE
164Santa Marta AntpittaGrallaria bangsiED,SMNPE
165Cundinamarca AntpittaGrallaria kaestneri BC
166Yellow-breasted AntpittaGrallaria flavotinctaManyNE
167Sierra Nevada AntpittaGrallaria spatiatorED,SMNPE
168Perija AntpittaGrallaria saltuensisCDPNE
169Muisca AntpittaGrallaria rufulaManyNE
170Bicolored AntpittaGrallaria rufocinereaManyNE
171Chami AntpittaGrallaria alvareziCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
172Boyaca AntpittaGrallaria alticolaBAR,CHG,LCHO
LCS
E
173Urrao AntpittaGrallaria urraoensisCDSE
174Brown-banded AntpittaGrallaria milleriCC,NDR,RB,TNRE
175Hooded AntpittaGrallaricula cucullataManyNE
176Rusty-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula ferrugineipectusED,JE,LFP,PPLNE
177Crescent-faced AntpittaGrallaricula lineifronsNDRNE
178Paramillo TapaculoScytalopus canusCDS,TTNP,YPE
179Santa Marta TapaculoScytalopus sanctaemartaeED,MIE
180Tacarcuna TapaculoScytalopus panamensis BC
181Choco TapaculoScytalopus chocoensisManyNE
182Magdalena TapaculoScytalopus rodrigueziCWE
183Stiles's TapaculoScytalopus stilesiManyE
184Tatama TapaculoScytalopus alvarezlopeziManyE
185Pale-bellied TapaculoScytalopus griseicollisManyE
186Brown-rumped TapaculoScytalopus latebricolaED,SMNPE
187Perija TapaculoScytalopus priganusCDPE
188Merida TapaculoScytalopus meridanus BC
189Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanniManyNE
190Black-hooded AntthrushFormicarius destructusAA,AB,OBRUNE
191Schwartz's AntthrushChamaeza turdina BC
192Zimmer's WoodcreeperDendroplex kieneriiLABC
193Caribbean HorneroFurnarius longirostrisManyNE
194Pale-billed HorneroFurnarius torridusLABC
195Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsiorNDRNE
196Santa Marta Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rufipectusED,MI,TNPE
197Uniform TreehunterThripadectes ignobilisManyNE
198Fulvous-dotted TreerunnerMargarornis stellatusManyNE
199Plain ThornbirdPhacellodomus inornatus BC
200Perija ThistletailAsthenes perijanaCDPNE
201Orinoco SofttailThripophaga cherriei BC
202Crested SpinetailCranioleuca subcristata BC
203Streak-capped SpinetailCranioleuca hellmayriBNR,CDP,ED
SMNP
NE
204Red-and-white SpinetailCerthiaxis mustelinus BC
205Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudicaManyE
206Rio Orinoco SpinetailSynallaxis beverlyae BC
207Rusty-headed SpinetailSynallaxis fuscorufaED,SMNPE
208White-whiskered SpinetailSynallaxis candeiManyNE
209Stripe-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis cinnamomeaManyBC
210Yellow-headed ManakinChloropipo flavicapillaManyNE
211White-bibbed ManakinCorapipo leucorrhoaManyNE
212Yellow-crowned ManakinHeterocercus flavivertex BC
213Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinusManyNE
214Club-winged ManakinMachaeropterus deliciosusManyNE
215Golden-breasted FruiteaterPipreola aureopectusManyNE
216Orange-breasted FruiteaterPipreola jucundaAA,OBRL,TGR
TTNP
NE
217Long-wattled UmbrellabirdCephalopterus penduligerAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
218Chestnut-capped PihaLipaugus weberi BC
219Antioquia Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus lanyoniBVLV,EP,LREP
RC
E
220Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceumManyNE
221Pacific FlatbillRhynchocyclus pacificusManyNE
222Coopmans's ElaeniaElaenia brachyptera BC
223Choco TyrannuletZimmerius albigularisAA,AB,TGR
TTNP
NE
224Spectacled TyrannuletZimmerius improbusCDP,ED,MINE
225Slender-billed TyrannuletInezia tenuirostrisManyNE
226Black-billed FlycatcherAphanotriccus audaxEPNE
227Santa Marta Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes pernixEDE
228Venezuelan FlycatcherMyiarchus venezuelensisManyBC
229Apical FlycatcherMyiarchus apicalisManyE
230Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostrisManyNE
231Gray-chested GreenletHylophilus semicinereus BC
232Brown-headed GreenletHylophilus brunneiceps BC
233Choco VireoVireo masteriTGR,TTNPE
234Beautiful JayCyanolyca pulchraCDS,TGR,TTNPNE
235Azure-naped JayCyanocorax heilprini BC
236Rio Negro GnatcatcherPolioptila facilis BC
237Santa Marta WrenTroglodytes monticola BC
238Apolinar's WrenCistothorus apolinariManyE
239White-headed WrenCampylorhynchus albobrunneusManyNE
240Stripe-backed WrenCampylorhynchus nuchalisManyNE
241Sooty-headed WrenPheugopedius spadixManyNE
242Antioquia WrenThryophilus sernaiCDS,YPE
243Niceforo's WrenThryophilus niceforiCWE
244Bangs's Wood-Wren**Henicorhina bangsiCDPE
245Hermit Wood-WrenHenicorhina anachoretaEDE
246Munchique Wood-WrenHenicorhina negretiCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
247Varied SolitaireMyadestes coloratus BC
248Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinusManyNE
249Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysAA,TGREN
250Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivaterBNR,CDP,ED,RHBC
251Velvet-fronted EuphoniaEuphonia concinnaManyE
252Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatisManyBC
253&Andean SiskinlSpinus spinescensManyBC
254Tanager FinchOreothraupis arremonopsTGR,TTNP,YPNE
255Tacarcuna ChlorospingusChlorospingus tacarcunae BC
256Pirre ChlorospingusChlorospingus inornatus BC
257Dusky ChlorospingusChlorospingus semifuscusManyNE
258Tocuyo SparrowArremonops tocuyensisLBR,LFNP,RHNE
259Sierra Nevada BrushfinchArremon basilicusED,MI,SNPE
260Perija BrushfinchArremon perijanusCDPE
261Black-headed BrushfinchArremon atricapillusManyNE
262Golden-winged SparrowArremon schlegeliManyNE
263Yellow-mandibled SparrowArremon axillaris BC
264Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostris BC
265Moustached BrushfinchAtlapetes albofrenatusBNR,CQR,PPLNE
266Santa Marta BrushfinchAtlapetes melanocephalusED,MI,SMNPE
267Ochre-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes semirufusBAR,BNR,CHG
CQR
NE
268Yellow-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes flavicepsCC,LI,TTNP,ULE
269Dusky-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fuscoolivaceus BC
270White-rimmed BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopis BC
271Antioquia BrushfinchAtlapetes blancae BC
272Black-fronted BrushfinchAtlapetes nigrifronsCDPE
273Black OropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinusRCNE
274Baudo OropendolaPsarocolius cassiniTTNPE
275Bronze-brown Cowbird**Molothrus armentiManyE
276Red-bellied GrackleHypopyrrhus pyrohypogasterManyE
277Mountain GrackleMacroagelaius subalarisCWE
278Pirre WarblerBasileuterus ignotus BC
279Tacarcuna WarblerBasileuterus tacarcunae BC
280Santa Marta WarblerMyiothlypis basilicaED,SMNPE
281Choco WarblerMyiothlypis chlorophrysAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
282Gray-throated WarblerMyiothlypis cinereicollisManyNE
283White-lored WarblerMyiothlypis conspicillataEDE
284Yellow-crowned RedstartMyioborus flavivertexED,SMNPE
285Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatusManyNE
286Sooty Ant-TanagerDriophlox gutturalisBVLV,EP,RC,ULE
287Crested Ant-TanagerDriophlox cristataManyE
288Ochre-breasted TanagerChlorothraupis stolzmanniManyNE
289Vermilion CardinalCardinalis phoeniceusLBR,LFNP,MI
RH
NE
290Masked CardinalParoaria nigrogenisSL,YRBC
291Fulvous-headed TanagerThlypopsis fulvicepsBNR,CDP,EDNE
292Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerusManyE
293Black-and-gold TanagerBangsia melanochlamysManyE
294Golden-chested TanagerBangsia rothschildiManyNE
295Moss-backed TanagerBangsia edwardsiAA,AB,TGRNE
296Gold-ringed TanagerBangsia aureocinctaTGR,TTNPE
297Yellow-green TanagerBangsia flavovirensManyNE
298Black-cheeked Mountain TanagerAnisognathus melanogenysED,SMNPE
299Black-chinned Mountain TanagerAnisognathus notabilisManyNE
300Carriker's Mountain TanagerDubusia carrikeri BC
301Purplish-mantled TanagerIridosornis porphyrocephalusManyNE
302Glistening-green TanagerChlorochrysa phoenicotisManyNE
303Multicolored TanagerChlorochrysa nitidissimaManyE
304Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpaManyNE
305Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaManyNE
306Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolinaManyNE
307Green-naped TanagerTangara fucosa BC
308Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeAA,AB,OBRU
TGR
NE
309Yellow-tufted DacnisDacnis egregiaBVLVNE
310Turquoise DacnisDacnis hartlaubiManyE
311Viridian DacnisDacnis viguieri BC
312Scarlet-breasted DacnisDacnis berlepschi BC
313Scarlet-and-white TanagerChrysothlypis salmoniManyNE
314Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumManyNE
315Chestnut-bellied FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosissimaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
316Indigo FlowerpiercerDiglossa indigoticaManyNE
317Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanniNDR,RB,SRCTRNE
318Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisManyNE
319Orinocan SaltatorSaltator orenocensisManyNE

 

 *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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REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic94
NENear Endemic189
CRCritically Endangered0
ENEndangered2
BCBest Seen in This Country33
ATAlways a Target1

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.