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Area (SqMi):439,733
# Species:1911
# Excl Vagrants:1833
# Endemics:93
# 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
2Rusty TinamouCrypturellus brevirostris BC
3Choco TinamouCrypturellus kerriaeOBRUNE
4Northern ScreamerChauna chavariaManyNE
5Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisManyNE
6Baudo GuanPenelope ortoniManyNE
7Cauca GuanPenelope perspicaxCHG,OQ,YRE
8Helmeted CurassowPauxi pauxi BC
9Yellow-knobbed CurassowCrax daubentoni BC
10Blue-billed CurassowCrax albertiEP,LBR,TNPE
11Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraCWNE
12Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbianaManyE
13Chestnut-winged ChachalacaOrtalis garrulaManyE
14Black-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus atrifronsBNR,CDP,EDNE
15Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus erythropsManyNE
16Chestnut Wood-QuailOdontophorus hyperythrusManyE
17Tacarcuna Wood-QuailOdontophorus dialeucos BC
18Gorgeted Wood-QuailOdontophorus strophiumBNR,CWE
19Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensisManyNE
20Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoniManyNE
21Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurataAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
22Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriManyE
23Russet-crowned Quail-DoveZentrygon goldmani BC
24Banded Ground-CuckooNeomorphus radiolosus BC
25Todd's NightjarSetopagis heterura BC
26Choco PoorwillNyctiphrynus rosenbergiAA,AB,TGRNE
27OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLREP,RC,TNR
YP
AT
28Pygmy SwiftTachornis furcata BC
29White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquiManyNE
30White-throated DaggerbillSchistes albogularisManyNE
31Orange-throated SunangelHeliangelus mavors BC
32Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisseManyE
33Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianus BC
34Tourmaline SunangelHeliangelus exortisManyNE
35Violet-tailed SylphAglaiocercus coelestisManyNE
36Ecuadorian HillstarOreotrochilus chimborazo BC
37Black-backed ThornbillRamphomicron dorsaleEDE
38Bronze-tailed ThornbillChalcostigma heteropogonManyNE
39Buffy HelmetcrestOxypogon stuebeliiNDRE
40Blue-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon cyanolaemus BC
41Green-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon gueriniiManyE
42Perija MetaltailMetallura iracundaCDPNE
43Viridian MetaltailMetallura williamiManyNE
44Hoary PufflegHaplophaedia lugensTTNPNE
45Gorgeted PufflegEriocnemis isabellae BC
46Black-thighed PufflegEriocnemis derbyiManyNE
47Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventrisManyNE
48Golden-breasted PufflegEriocnemis mosqueraManyNE
49Colorful PufflegEriocnemis mirabilis BC
50Brown IncaCoeligena wilsoniManyNE
51Black IncaCoeligena prunelleiCQR,CW,PPLE
52Green IncaCoeligena conradii BC
53White-tailed StarfrontletCoeligena phalerataEDE
54Dusky StarfrontletCoeligena orinaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
55Perija StarfrontletCoeligena consitaCDPNE
56Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonaparteiManyE
57Blue-throated StarfrontletCoeligena heliantheaManyNE
58Velvet-purple CoronetBoissonneaua jardiniManyNE
59Rufous-gaped HillstarUrochroa bougueriManyNE
60Purple-bibbed WhitetipUrosticte benjaminiManyNE
61Empress BrilliantHeliodoxa imperatrixManyNE
62Violet-chested HummingbirdSternoclyta cyanopectus BC
63Santa Marta WoodstarChaetocercus astreansED,MIE
64<Purple-throated Woodstar>Philodice mitchelliiManyNE
65Chiribiquete EmeraldChlorostilbon olivaresi BC
66Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoniManyNE
67Short-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon poortmaniManyNE
68Narrow-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon stenurus BC
69Coppery EmeraldChlorostilbon russatusManyNE
70Western EmeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchusManyNE
71Santa Marta BlossomcrownAnthocephala floricepsEDE
72Tolima BlossomcrownAnthocephala berlepschiCC,LI,ULE
73Santa Marta SabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplus BC
74Violet-capped HummingbirdGoldmania violiceps BC
75Pirre HummingbirdGoldmania bella BC
76Buffy HummingbirdLeucippus fallaxLBR,LFNP,RH
SNP
NE
77Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerotteiManyNE
78Indigo-capped HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifronsManyE
79Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia castaneiventrisBNR,CWE
80Green-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia viridigaster BC
81Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudotiManyNE
82Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdChrysuronia lilliaeManyE
83Humboldt's SapphireChrysuronia humboldtii BC
84Blue-headed SapphireChrysuronia grayiManyNE
85Purple-chested HummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergiManyNE
86Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusManyE
87Brown Wood-RailAramides wolfiABNE
88Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriSMNPEN
89Santa Marta Screech-OwlMegascops gilesiEDE
90Cloud-forest Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nubicolaKM18,TGR,TTNPNE
91White-tipped QuetzalPharomachrus fulgidusCDP,EDNE
92Blue-tailed TrogonTrogon comptusManyNE
93Choco Black-throated TrogonTrogon cupreicaudaManyNE
94Sooty-capped PuffbirdBucco noanamae BC
95Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollisManyNE
96Two-banded PuffbirdHypnelus bicinctus BC
97Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalisManyNE
98Gray-cheeked NunletNonnula frontalisRCNE
99Pale-headed JacamarBrachygalba goeringi BC
100Dusky-backed JacamarBrachygalba salmoni BC
101Spot-crowned BarbetCapito maculicoronatusManyNE
102Orange-fronted BarbetCapito squamatus BC
103White-mantled BarbetCapito hypoleucusManyE
104Five-colored BarbetCapito quinticolorAB,OBRUNE
105Toucan BarbetSemnornis ramphastinusManyNE
106Groove-billed ToucanetAulacorhynchus sulcatusCDP,ED,RHNE
107Plate-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena laminirostris BC
108Orinoco PiculetPicumnus pumilus BC
109Scaled PiculetPicumnus squamulatusManyNE
110Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnau BC
111Grayish PiculetPicumnus granadensisManyE
112Chestnut PiculetPicumnus cinnamomeusManyNE
113Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcherManyE
114Choco WoodpeckerVeniliornis chocoensisABNE
115Lita WoodpeckerPiculus litaeAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
116Plumbeous Forest-FalconMicrastur plumbeus BC
117Carunculated CaracaraDaptrius carunculatusAP,NDRNE
118Rufous-fronted ParakeetBolborhynchus ferrugineifronsAP,NDR,RB,RCE
119Rusty-faced ParrotHapalopsittaca amazoninaManyNE
120Indigo-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca fuertesiRB,SRCTR,TNRE
121Rose-faced ParrotPyrilia pulchraManyNE
122Turquoise-winged ParrotletForpus spengeliMI,PRKM4,SNP
TNP
E
123Subandean ParakeetPyrrhura subandinaBNRNE
124Santa Marta ParakeetPyrrhura viridicataED,SMNPE
125Brown-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura callipteraManyE
126Yellow-eared ParrotOgnorhynchus icterotisManyNE
127Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleriManyNE
128Bar-crested AntshrikeThamnophilus multistriatusManyNE
129Black AntshrikeThamnophilus nigricepsBVLV,EP,RCNE
130Black-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanonotusManyNE
131Recurve-billed BushbirdClytoctantes alixiiBNR,CWNE
132Spiny-faced AntshrikeXenornis setifrons BC
133East Andean AntbirdDrymophila caudataBNRE
134Klages's AntbirdDrymophila klagesiBAR,BNR,CDPNE
135Santa Marta AntbirdDrymophila hellmayriED,MIE
136Parker's AntbirdCercomacroides parkeriManyE
137Magdalena AntbirdSipia palliataManyNE
138Esmeraldas AntbirdSipia nigricaudaManyNE
139Stub-tailed AntbirdSipia berlepschiAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
140Blue-lored AntbirdHafferia immaculataManyNE
141Chestnut-crested AntbirdRhegmatorhina cristata BC
142Rufous-crowned AntpittaPittasoma rufopileatumAA,AB,OBRL
TTNP
NE
143Giant AntpittaGrallaria gigantea BC
144Moustached AntpittaGrallaria alleniManyNE
145Santa Marta AntpittaGrallaria bangsiED,SMNPE
146Cundinamarca AntpittaGrallaria kaestneri BC
147Yellow-breasted AntpittaGrallaria flavotinctaManyNE
148Sierra Nevada AntpittaGrallaria spatiatorED,SMNPE
149Perija AntpittaGrallaria saltuensisCDPNE
150Muisca AntpittaGrallaria rufulaManyNE
151Bicolored AntpittaGrallaria rufocinereaManyNE
152Chami AntpittaGrallaria alvareziCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
153Boyaca AntpittaGrallaria alticolaBAR,CHG,LCHO
LCS
E
154Urrao AntpittaGrallaria urraoensisCDSE
155Brown-banded AntpittaGrallaria milleriCC,NDR,RB,TNRE
156Hooded AntpittaGrallaricula cucullataManyNE
157Rusty-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula ferrugineipectusED,JE,LFP,PPLNE
158Crescent-faced AntpittaGrallaricula lineifronsNDRNE
159Paramillo TapaculoScytalopus canusCDS,TTNP,YPE
160Santa Marta TapaculoScytalopus sanctaemartaeED,MIE
161Tacarcuna TapaculoScytalopus panamensis BC
162Choco TapaculoScytalopus chocoensisManyNE
163Magdalena TapaculoScytalopus rodrigueziCWE
164Stiles's TapaculoScytalopus stilesiManyE
165Tatama TapaculoScytalopus alvarezlopeziManyE
166Pale-bellied TapaculoScytalopus griseicollisManyE
167Brown-rumped TapaculoScytalopus latebricolaED,SMNPE
168Perija TapaculoScytalopus priganusCDPE
169Merida TapaculoScytalopus meridanus BC
170Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanniManyNE
171Black-hooded AntthrushFormicarius destructusAA,AB,OBRUNE
172Schwartz's AntthrushChamaeza turdina BC
173Caribbean HorneroFurnarius longirostrisManyNE
174Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsiorNDRNE
175Santa Marta Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rufipectusED,MI,TNPE
176Uniform TreehunterThripadectes ignobilisManyNE
177Fulvous-dotted TreerunnerMargarornis stellatusManyNE
178Plain ThornbirdPhacellodomus inornatus BC
179Perija ThistletailAsthenes perijanaCDPNE
180Orinoco SofttailThripophaga cherriei BC
181Crested SpinetailCranioleuca subcristata BC
182Streak-capped SpinetailCranioleuca hellmayriBNR,CDP,ED
SMNP
NE
183Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudicaManyE
184Rio Orinoco SpinetailSynallaxis beverlyae BC
185Rusty-headed SpinetailSynallaxis fuscorufaED,SMNPE
186White-whiskered SpinetailSynallaxis candeiManyNE
187Yellow-headed ManakinChloropipo flavicapillaManyNE
188White-bibbed ManakinCorapipo leucorrhoaManyNE
189Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinusManyNE
190Club-winged ManakinMachaeropterus deliciosusManyNE
191Golden-breasted FruiteaterPipreola aureopectusManyNE
192Orange-breasted FruiteaterPipreola jucundaAA,OBRL,TGR
TTNP
NE
193Long-wattled UmbrellabirdCephalopterus penduligerAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
194Chestnut-capped PihaLipaugus weberi BC
195Antioquia Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus lanyoniBVLV,EP,LREP
RC
E
196Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceumManyNE
197Pacific FlatbillRhynchocyclus pacificusManyNE
198Coopmans's ElaeniaElaenia brachyptera BC
199Choco TyrannuletZimmerius albigularisAA,AB,TGR
TTNP
NE
200Spectacled TyrannuletZimmerius improbusCDP,ED,MINE
201Slender-billed TyrannuletInezia tenuirostrisManyNE
202Black-billed FlycatcherAphanotriccus audaxEPNE
203Santa Marta Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes pernixEDE
204Apical FlycatcherMyiarchus apicalisManyE
205Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostrisManyNE
206Choco VireoVireo masteriTGR,TTNPE
207Beautiful JayCyanolyca pulchraCDS,TGR,TTNPNE
208Rio Negro GnatcatcherPolioptila facilis BC
209Santa Marta WrenTroglodytes monticola BC
210Apolinar's WrenCistothorus apolinariManyE
211White-headed WrenCampylorhynchus albobrunneusManyNE
212Stripe-backed WrenCampylorhynchus nuchalisManyNE
213Sooty-headed WrenPheugopedius spadixManyNE
214Antioquia WrenThryophilus sernaiCDS,YPE
215Niceforo's WrenThryophilus niceforiCWE
216Hermit Wood-WrenHenicorhina anachoretaEDE
217Munchique Wood-WrenHenicorhina negretiCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
218Varied SolitaireMyadestes coloratus BC
219Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinusManyNE
220Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysAA,TGREN
221Velvet-fronted EuphoniaEuphonia concinnaManyE
222Tanager FinchOreothraupis arremonopsTGR,TTNP,YPNE
223Tacarcuna ChlorospingusChlorospingus tacarcunae BC
224Pirre ChlorospingusChlorospingus inornatus BC
225Dusky ChlorospingusChlorospingus semifuscusManyNE
226Tocuyo SparrowArremonops tocuyensisLBR,LFNP,RHNE
227Sierra Nevada BrushfinchArremon basilicusED,MI,SNPE
228Perija BrushfinchArremon perijanusCDPE
229Black-headed BrushfinchArremon atricapillusManyNE
230Golden-winged SparrowArremon schlegeliManyNE
231Yellow-mandibled SparrowArremon axillaris BC
232Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostris BC
233Moustached BrushfinchAtlapetes albofrenatusBNR,CQR,PPLNE
234Santa Marta BrushfinchAtlapetes melanocephalusED,MI,SMNPE
235Ochre-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes semirufusBAR,BNR,CHG
CQR
NE
236Yellow-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes flavicepsCC,LI,TTNP,ULE
237Dusky-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fuscoolivaceus BC
238White-rimmed BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopis BC
239Antioquia BrushfinchAtlapetes blancae BC
240Black-fronted BrushfinchAtlapetes nigrifronsCDPE
241Black OropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinusRCNE
242Baudo OropendolaPsarocolius cassiniTTNPE
243Bronze-brown Cowbird**Molothrus armentiManyE
244Red-bellied GrackleHypopyrrhus pyrohypogasterManyE
245Mountain GrackleMacroagelaius subalarisCWE
246Pirre WarblerBasileuterus ignotus BC
247Tacarcuna WarblerBasileuterus tacarcunae BC
248Santa Marta WarblerMyiothlypis basilicaED,SMNPE
249Choco WarblerMyiothlypis chlorophrysAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
250Gray-throated WarblerMyiothlypis cinereicollisManyNE
251White-lored WarblerMyiothlypis conspicillataEDE
252Yellow-crowned RedstartMyioborus flavivertexED,SMNPE
253Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatusManyNE
254Sooty Ant-TanagerDriophlox gutturalisBVLV,EP,RC,ULE
255Crested Ant-TanagerDriophlox cristataManyE
256Ochre-breasted TanagerChlorothraupis stolzmanniManyNE
257Vermilion CardinalCardinalis phoeniceusLBR,LFNP,MI
RH
NE
258Fulvous-headed TanagerThlypopsis fulvicepsBNR,CDP,EDNE
259Black-and-gold TanagerBangsia melanochlamysManyE
260Golden-chested TanagerBangsia rothschildiManyNE
261Moss-backed TanagerBangsia edwardsiAA,AB,TGRNE
262Gold-ringed TanagerBangsia aureocinctaTGR,TTNPE
263Yellow-green TanagerBangsia flavovirensManyNE
264Black-cheeked Mountain TanagerAnisognathus melanogenysED,SMNPE
265Black-chinned Mountain TanagerAnisognathus notabilisManyNE
266Carriker's Mountain TanagerDubusia carrikeri BC
267Purplish-mantled TanagerIridosornis porphyrocephalusManyNE
268Glistening-green TanagerChlorochrysa phoenicotisManyNE
269Multicolored TanagerChlorochrysa nitidissimaManyE
270Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpaManyNE
271Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaManyNE
272Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolinaManyNE
273Green-naped TanagerTangara fucosa BC
274Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeAA,AB,OBRU
TGR
NE
275Yellow-tufted DacnisDacnis egregiaBVLVNE
276Turquoise DacnisDacnis hartlaubiManyE
277Viridian DacnisDacnis viguieri BC
278Scarlet-breasted DacnisDacnis berlepschi BC
279Scarlet-and-white TanagerChrysothlypis salmoniManyNE
280Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumManyNE
281Chestnut-bellied FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosissimaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
282Indigo FlowerpiercerDiglossa indigoticaManyNE
283Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanniNDR,RB,SRCTRNE
284Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisManyNE
285Orinocan 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##
EEndemic92
NENear Endemic188
CRCritically Endangered0
ENEndangered2
BCBest Seen in This Country2
ATAlways a Target1

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