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Colombia Target Birds List

List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those found only in restricted areas, are rarely seen anywhere, or are endemic or near endemic. Some species may be more easily seen in other countries. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

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1Horned ScreamerAnhima cornutaEP 
2Northern ScreamerChauna chavariaEP 
3Chestnut-winged ChachalacaOrtalis garrulaMI 
4Rufous-vented ChachalacaOrtalis ruficaudaLF 
5Colombian Chachalaca**Ortalis colombianaEP,LHUS
6Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisBR 
7Cauca GuanPenelope perspicaxCHRS
8Blue-billed CurassowCrax albertiEP 
9Black-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus atrifronsBR,ED 
10Gorgeted Wood-QuailOdontophorus strophiumCW 
11#Scarlet Ibis#Eudocimus ruberLF 
12Andean CondorVultur gryphusED 
13Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusLFSS
14Noble SnipeGallinago nobilisCH,LF 
15Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriBV,LI 
16Lined Quail-DoveGeotrygon linearisBR,ED 
17Santa Marta ParakeetPyrrhura viridicataED 
18Brown-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura callipteraBV,CHSS
19Scarlet-fronted ParakeetAratinga wagleriED,LF 
20Saffron-headed ParrotPyrilia pyriliaEP 
21Rusty-faced ParrotHapalopsittaca amazoninaCW 
22Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumilaEP,LH 
23Santa Marta Screech-Owl**Megascops gilesiED 
24Sooty-capped HermitPhaethornis augustiED 
25Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisseBV,CH,CW 
26BlossomcrownAnthocephala floricepsED,LI 
27Black-backed ThornbillRamphomicron dorsaleED 
28Bronze-tailed ThornbillChalcostigma heteropogonCH 
29Bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon gueriniiCHOS
30Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventrisBV,CH 
31Black IncaCoeligena prunelleiCW 
32White-tailed StarfrontletCoeligena phalerataED 
33Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonaparteiBV,ED 
34Blue-throated StarfrontletCoeligena heliantheaCH 
35Santa Marta WoodstarChaetocercus astreansED 
36Rufous-shafted WoodstarChaetocercus jourdaniiBR 
37Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoniED,EP,LF,LI
MI
 
38Coppery EmeraldChlorostilbon russatusED,MI 
39Short-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon poortmaniCW 
40Lazuline SabrewingCampylopterus falcatusBR,CW,ED 
41Santa Marta SabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplusED 
42Buffy HummingbirdLeucippus fallaxLF 
43Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia castaneiventrisCW 
44Indigo-capped HummingbirdAmazilia cyanifronsCW,LI,LV 
45Sapphire-throated HummingbirdLepidopyga coeruleogularisED,LF 
46Shining-green HummingbirdLepidopyga goudotiBV,ED,EP,LF 
47White-tipped QuetzalPharomachrus fulgidusED 
48Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollisED,EP,LF 
49Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalisBR,CW,LH,LI 
50White-mantled BarbetCapito hypoleucusBV,CW,EP 
51Groove-billed ToucanetAulacorhynchus sulcatusED 
52Black-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena nigrirostrisCHRS
53Scaled PiculetPicumnus squamulatusED 
54Chestnut PiculetPicumnus cinnamomeusED,LF 
55Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcherBV,CW,EP 
56Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudicaBV,CH,LF 
57Rusty-headed SpinetailSynallaxis fuscorufaED 
58White-whiskered SpinetailSynallaxis candeiCW,LF 
59Stripe-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis cinnamomeaBR 
60Streak-capped SpinetailCranioleuca hellmayriBR,ED 
61Bar-crested AntshrikeThamnophilus multistriatusBV,CW,LI,LV 
62Black AntshrikeThamnophilus nigricepsEP 
63Black-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanonotusED,MI 
64Recurve-billed BushbirdClytoctantes alixiiBR 
65Parker's AntbirdCercomacra parkeriCW 
66Santa Marta AntpittaGrallaria bangsiED 
67Slate-crowned AntpittaGrallaricula nanaLV 
68Santa Marta TapaculoScytalopus sanctaemartaeED 
69Upper Magdalena TapaculoScytalopus rodrigueziCW 
70Brown-rumped TapaculoScytalopus latebricolaED 
71Matorral Tapaculo
(Pale-bellied Tapaculo)
Scytalopus griseicollisCH 
72Antioquia Bristle-TyrantPhylloscartes lanyoniBV,EP 
73Venezuelan Tyrannulet**Zimmerius improbusED,MI 
74Yellow-throated SpadebillPlatyrinchus flavigularisCW 
75Black-billed FlycatcherAphanotriccus audaxED,EP 
76Santa Marta Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes pernixED 
77Venezuelan FlycatcherMyiarchus venezuelensisED 
78Apical FlycatcherMyiarchus apicalisLH,LI,LV 
79Golden-breasted FruiteaterPipreola aureopectusBR,ED 
80Yellow-headed ManakinXenopipo flavicapillaLI 
81Rufous-naped GreenletHylophilus semibrunneusBV,CW,EP,LI 
82Yellow-browed Shrike-VireoVireolanius eximiusCW,EP 
83Black-collared JayCyanolyca armillataCHUS
84Sooty-headed WrenPheugopedius spadixCW,EP 
85Apolinar's WrenCistothorus apolinariLF 
86Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivaterBR,ED 
87Santa Marta WarblerBasileuterus basilicusED 
88Gray-throated WarblerMyiothlypis cinereicollisBR,ED 
89White-lored WarblerMyiothlypis conspicillatusED 
90Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatusBV,CH,CW,ED 
91Yellow-crowned RedstartMyioborus flavivertexED 
92Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumBV,CH,ED,LF 
93Scarlet-browed TanagerHeterospingus xanthopygiusEP 
94Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpaLF 
95Black-cheeked Mountain-TanagerAnisognathus melanogenysED 
96Scrub TanagerTangara vitriolinaBV,CH,CW,EP
LH,LI,LV
 
97Black-headed TanagerTangara cyanopteraBR,ED 
98Turquoise DacnisDacnis hartlaubiCW,EP 
99Golden-winged SparrowArremon schlegeliED,MI 
100Tocuyo SparrowArremonops tocuyensisLF 
101Moustached Brush-FinchAtlapetes albofrenatusBR 
102Yellow-headed Brush-FinchAtlapetes flavicepsLI 
103Sooty Ant-TanagerHabia gutturalisBV,EP 
104Crested Ant-TanagerHabia cristataLI 
105Vermilion CardinalCardinalis phoeniceusLF 
106Mountain GrackleMacroagelaius subalarisCW 
107Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatisCW,ED,LF 
108Velvet-fronted EuphoniaEuphonia concinnaBV,LH,LVSS

* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2011 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees.
** 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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