Birding in the Central Andes

Cauca Guan

Penelope perspicax

Chestnut Wood-quail

Odontophorus hyperythrus

Rufous-fronted Parakeet

Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons

Indigo-winged Parrot

Hapalopsittaca fuertesi

Tolima Dove

Leptotila conoveri

Chestnut-capped Piha

Lipaugus weberi

Parker's Antbird

Cercomacra parkeri

Brown-banded Antpitta

Grallaria milleri

Multicoloured Tanager

Chlorochrysa nitidissima

Red-bellied Grackle

Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster

San Sebastian and La Romera (Medellin - Dep. Antioquia)

Ucumari NP (Pereira - Dep. Risaralda)

Rio Blanco (Manizales - Dep. Caldas)

Reserva Natural Acaime (Salento - Dep. Quindio) (coming up soon)

Reserva San Sebastian and La Romera (2750 m - 2900 m asl; Medellin - Dep. Antioquia)

Red-bellied Grackle

Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster

Black-throated Flowerpiercer

Diglossa brunneiventris

Black-throated Tody-tyrant

Hemitriccus granadensis

Plushcap

Catamblyrhynchus diadema

Black-capped Hemispingus

Hemispingus atropileus

Rufous-naped Brush-finch

Atlapetes rufinucha

Tourmaline Sunangel

Heliangelus exortis

Mountain Velvetbreast

Lafresnaya lafresnayi

Black-billed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis nigrirostris

Grass-green Tanager

Chlorornis riefferii

Capped Conebill

Conirostrum albifrons

La Romera - a reserve at the edge of Medellin

Red-bellied Grackle

Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster

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Ucumari NP (1900-4000 m asl - Dep.Risaralda)

Getting there

Greenish Puffleg

Haplophaedia aureliae

Rufous-fronted Parakeets

Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons

Birding in Colombia

Green Honeycreeper	Chlorophanes spiza	1900 m (La Suiza)
Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant	Lophotriccus pileatus	1900 m (La Suiza)
Wattled Guan	Aburria aburri	1900 m (La Suiza)
Grey-necked Wood-rail	Aramides cajanea	1900 m (La Suiza)
Black-billed Thrush	Turdus ignobilis	1900 m (La Suiza)
Golden-crowned Flycatcher	Myiodynastes chrysocephalus	1900 m (La Suiza)
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow	Pyroderus scutatus	1900 m - 2000 m
Chestnut-breasted Wren	Cyphorhinus thoracicus	1900 m - 2100 m
Black-winged Saltator	Saltator atripennis	1900 m - 2100 m
Pale-eyed Thrush	Platycichla leucops	1900 m - 2100 m
Chestnut-capped Brush-finch	Buarremon brunneinuchus	1900 m - 2100 m
Cauca Guan	Penelope perspicax	1900 m - 2100 m
Slaty Antwren	Myrmotherula schisticolor	2000 m
Golden-headed Quetzal	Pharomachrus auriceps	2000 m
Black-billed Mountain-toucan	Andigena nigrirostris	2000 m
Powerful Woodpecker	Campephilus pollens	2000 m
Whiskered Wren	Thryothorus mystacalis	2000 m
Blue-naped Chlorophonia	Chlorophonia cyanea	2000 m
Common Bush-tanager	Chlorospingus ophthalmicus	2000 m - 2400 m
Orange-bellied Euphonia	Euphonia xanthogaster	2000 m - 2400 m
Blue-winged Mountain-tanager	Anisognathus somptuosus	2000 m - 2400 m
Golden-fronted Whitestart	Myioborus ornatus	2000 m - 2400 m
Black-collared Jay	Cyanolyca armillata	2000 m - 2400 m
Variegated Bristle-tyrant	Phylloscartes poecilotis	2000 m - 2400 m
Pearled Treerunner	Margarornis squamiger	2000 m - 2400 m
Andean Solitaire	Myadestes ralloides	2000 m - 2400 m
Montane Foliage-gleaner	Anabacerthia striaticollis	2000 m - 2400 m
Azara's Spinetail	Synallaxis azarae	2000 m - 2400 m
Collared Inca	Coeligena torquata	2000 m - 2400 m
Russet-crowned Warbler	Basileuterus coronatus	2000 m - 2400 m
Bronzy Inca	Coeligena coeligena	2000 m - 2400 m
Glossy Flowerpiercer	Diglossa lafresnayii	2000 m - 2400 m
Masked Flowerpiercer	Diglossopis cyanea	2000 m - 3200 m
White-tailed Tyrannulet	Mecocerculus poecilocercus	2000 m - 3200 m
Multi-coloured Tanager	Chlorochrysa nitidissima	2100 m
Spotted Barbtail	Premnoplex brunnescens	2100 m (El Cedral)
Andean Cock-of-the-rock	Rupicola peruviana	2100 m (El Cedral)
Tawny-bellied Hermit	Phaethornis syrmatophorus	2100 m - 2400 m
Masked Trogon	Trogon personatus	2100 m - 2400 m
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher	Leptopogon rufipectus	2100 m - 2400 m
Saffron-crowned Tanager	Tangara xanthocephala	2100 m - 2400 m

Handsome Flycatcher	Myiophobus pulcher	2100 m - 2400 m
Speckled Hummingbird	Adelomyia melanogenys	2100 m - 2400 m
Emerald Toucanet	Aulacorhynchus prasinus	2100 m - 2400 m
Rusty-winged Barbtail	Premnornis guttuligera	2100 m - 2400 m
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker	Piculus rivolii	2100 m - 2400 m
Torrent Tyrannulet	Serpophaga cinerea	2100 m - 2400 m
Oleaginous Hemispingus	Hemispingus frontalis	2100 m - 2400 m
White-banded Tyrannulet	Mecocerculus stictopterus	2100 m - 2400 m
White-naped Brush-finch	Atlapetes albinucha	2100 m - 2400 m
Metallic-green Tanager	Tangara labradorides	2100 m - 2400 m
Tropical Parula	Parula pitiayumi	2100 m - 2400 m
Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana	2100 m - 2400 m
Streak-necked Flycatcher	Mionectes striaticollis	2100 m - 2400 m
White-capped Tanager	Sericossypha albocristata	2100 m - 2400 m
Golden-olive Woodpecker	Piculus rubiginosus	2100 m - 2400 m
Collared Trogon	Trogon collaris	2100 m - 2400 m
Flame-rumped Tanager	Ramphocelus flammigerus	2100 m - 2400 m
Streaked Xenops	Xenops rutilans	2100 m - 2400 m
Greenish Puffleg	Haplophaedia aureliae	2100 m - 2400 m
Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet	Phyllomyias plumbeiceps	2100 m - 2400 m
Sharpe's Wren	Cinnycerthia olivascens	2100 m - 2400 m
Black-capped Tanager	Tangara heinei	2100 m - 2400 m
Golden-olive Woodpecker	Piculus rubiginosus	2100 m - 2400 m
Beryl-spangled Tanager	Tangara nigroviridis	2100 m - 2400 m
Pale-edged Flycatcher	Myiarchus cephalotes	2100 m - 2400 m
Mottled Owl	Strix virgata	2200 m
Booted Racket-tail	Ocreatus underwoodii	2200 m
Highland Motmot	Momotus aequatorialis	2400 m
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius	2400 m
Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis	2400 m
Golden Tanager	Tangara arthus	2400 m (La Pastora)
Hooded Mountain-tanager	Buthraupis montana	2400 m (La Pastora)
Dusky Piha	Lipaugus fuscocinereus	2400 m (La Pastora)
Brown-bellied Swallow	Notiochelidon murina	2400 m (La Pastora)
Blue-&-white Swallow	Notiochelidon cyanoleuca	2400 m (La Pastora)
Roadside Hawk	Buteo magnirostris	2400 m (La Pastora)
Ringed Kingfisher	Megaceryle torquata	2400 m (La Pastora)
Black-billed Peppershrike	Cyclarhis nigrirostris	2400 m (La Pastora)
Undulated Antpitta	Grallaria squamigera	2400 m (La Pastora)
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta	Grallaria ruficapilla	2400 m (La Pastora)
Slaty-backed Nightingalethrush	Catharus fuscater	2400 m (La Pastora)
Streaked Tuftedcheek	Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii	2400 m - 3200 m
Grass-green Tanager	Chlorornis riefferii	2400 m - 3200 m
Black-headed Hemispingus	Hemispingus verticalis	2400 m - 3200 m
Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan	Andigena hypoglauca	2400 m - 3200 m
Three-striped Warbler	Basileuterus tristriatus	2400 m - 3200 m
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager	Anisognathus igniventris	2400 m - 3200 m
Capped Conebill	Conirostrum albifrons	2400 m - 3200 m
Blue-capped Tanager	Thraupis cyanocephala	2400 m - 3200 m
Black-thighed Puffleg	Eriocnemis derbyi	2400 m - 3200 m
Cinnamon Flycatcher	Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea	2400 m - 3200 m
Mountain Velvetbreast	Lafresnaya lafresnayi	2400 m - 3200 m
Tourmaline Sunangel	Heliangelus exortis	2400 m - 3200 m
Lacrimose Mountain-tanager	Anisognathus lacrymosus	2400 m - 3200 m
Mountain Tapir	Tapirus pinchaque	2400 m - 3200 m
Mountain Wren	Troglodytes solstitialis	2400 m - 3200 m
Slaty Brush-finch	Atlapetes schistaceus	2400 m - 3200 m
Buff-winged Starfrontlet	Coeligena lutetiae	2400 m - 3200 m
Stripe-headed Brush-finch	Buarremon torquatus	2400 m - 3200 m
Barred Becard	Pachyramphus versicolor	2400 m - 3200 m
Mountain Cacique	Cacicus chrysonotus	2400 m - 3200 m
Blue-&-black Tanager	Tangara vassorii	2400 m - 3200 m
Strong-billed Woodcreeper	Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus	2400 m - 3200 m
Grey-hooded Bush-tanager	Cnemoscopus rubrirostris	2400 m - 3200 m
Stout-billed Cinclodes	Cinclodes excelsior	2400 m - 3200 m
Brown-backed Chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca fumicolor	2400 m - 3200 m
Spillmann's Tapaculo	Scytalopus spillmanni	2400 m - 3200 m
Blue-backed Conebill	Conirostrum sitticolor	2400 m - 3200 m
Black-capped Hemispingus	Hemispingus atropileus	2400 m - 3200 m
Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris	2400 m - 3200 m
Tyrannine Woodcreeper	Dendrocincla tyrannina	2400 m - 3200 m
Sickle-winged Guan	Chamaepetes goudotii	2400 m - 3200 m
Superciliated Hemispingus	Hemispingus superciliaris	2400 m - 3200 m
Black Flowerpiercer	Diglossa humeralis	2400 m - 3200 m
Great Sapphirewing	Pterophanes cyanopterus	2400 m - 3200 m
Black-crested Warbler	Basileuterus nigrocristatus	2400 m - 3200 m
Pale-naped Brush-finch	Atlapetes pallidinucha	2400 m - 3200 m
White-capped Dipper	Cinclus leucocephalus	3000 m
Shining Sunbeam	Aglaeactis cupripennis	3300 m
Mountain Avocetbill	Opisthoprora euryptera	3600 m
Speckled Teal	Anas flavirostris	3600 m
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	3600 m
Viridian Metaltail	Metallura williami	3600 m
Streak-throated Bush-tyrant	Myiotheretes striaticollis	3600 m
Rufous-fronted Parakeet	Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons	3600 m
Band-winged Nightjar	Caprimulgus longirostris	3600 m
Andean Tit-spinetail	Leptasthenura andicola	3600 m - 3900 m
Paramo Seedeater	Catamenia homochroa	3600 m - 3900 m
Andean Siskin	Carduelis spinescens	3600 m - 3900 m
Sedge Wren	Cistothorus platensis	3600 m - 3900 m
Many-striped Canastero	Asthenes flammulata	3600 m - 3900 m
Plain-coloured Seedeater	Catamenia inornata	3600 m - 3900 m
Tawny Antpitta	Grallaria quitensis	3600 m - 3900 m
Plumbeous Sierra-finch	Phrygilus unicolor	3600 m - 3900 m
Black-chested Buzzard-eagle	Geranoaetus melanoleucus	3600 m - 3900 m