List of birds of Colombia
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Colombia. The avifauna of Colombia
includes a total of 1871 http://www.proaves.org/IMG/pdf/Aves_de_Colombia_2009.pdf species, of which 74 are endemic
, 8 have been introduced
by humans, and 87 are rare or accidental. 1 species listed is extirpated
in Colombia and is not included in the species count. 83 species are globally threatened. Colombia has the largest bird list of any country on earth. The national checklist is maintained and updated annually by Fundacion ProAves
http://www.proaves.org/IMG/pdf/Aves_de_Colombia_2009.pdf.
This list's taxonomic
treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements
's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Colombia. As a result, the list below differs from the latest official published list, which can be found online http://www.proaves.org/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=372.
The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.
The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family Tinamidae within their own order, the Tinamiformes. They are distantly related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), that includes the rhea
s, emu
, and kiwi
. There are 47 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
The penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins feed on krill
, fish
, squid
, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. There are 17 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.
Grebe
s are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Diomedeidae
The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Procellariidae
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Hydrobatidae
The storm-petrel
s are relatives of the petrel
s, and are the smallest of sea-birds. They feed on plankton
ic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat
-like. There are 21 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Phaethontidae
Tropicbird
s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Pelecanidae
Pelican
s are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Sulidae
The sulids comprise the gannet
s and boobies
. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 9 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Phalacrocoracidae
The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white, and a few being colourful. There are 38 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Anhingidae
Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Fregatidae
Frigatebird
s are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply-forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are 5 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bittern
s, heron
s and egret
s. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Threskiornithidae
The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibis
es and spoonbill
s. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Colombia.
Flamingo
s are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet high, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Anhimidae
The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and territorial disputes. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Anatidae
The family Anatidae includes the duck
s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese
and swan
s. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Cathartidae
The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution
. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion
. There are 7 species worldwide, all of which are found only in the Americas, and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Pandionidae
The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor
which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
. Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawk
s, eagle
s, kites
, harriers
and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 53 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Falconidae
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Cracidae
The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colourful facial ornaments. There are 50 species worldwide and 24 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the largest number of cracids of any country.
. Family: Odontophoridae
The New World quail
s are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. There are 32 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas, and 10 species which occur in Colombia.
The Hoatzin is pheasant-sized - but much slimmer - long-tailed, long-necked and has a small head. It has an unfeathered blue face with red eyes, and its head is topped by spiky crest. It is a weak flier which is found in te swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.
. Family: Aramidae
The Limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab brown plumage and a greyer head and neck.
. Family: Psophiidae
The trumpeters are dumpy birds with long necks and legs, and chicken-like bills. They are named for the trumpeting call of the males. There are 3 species worldwide, restricted to the Amazon basin, and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coot
s, and gallinule
s. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Heliornithidae
The Heliornithidae are small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Eurypygidae
The Sunbittern is a bittern
-like bird
of tropical regions of the Americas
, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga.
. Family: Jacanidae
The jacana
s are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There 8 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Haematopodidae
The oystercatcher
s are large and noisy plover
-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocet
s and the stilt
s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Burhinidae
The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Charadriidae
The family Charadriidae includes the plover
s, dotterels, and lapwing
s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Scolopacidae
The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlew
s, godwit
s, shanks
, tattler
s, woodcock
s, snipe
s, dowitcher
s and phalarope
s. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 38 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Stercorariidae
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are 7 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gull
s and kittiwake
s. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Sternidae
Tern
s are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Rynchopidae
Skimmer
s are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
. Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and dove
s are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere
. There are 308 species worldwide and 40 species which occur in Colombia.
Parrot
s are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide and 57 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoo
s, roadrunner
s and anis
. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in Colombia.
Barn owl
s are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
Typical owl
s are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide and 26 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Steatornithidae
The Oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. It is nocturnal and a specialist feeder on the fruit of the Oil palm
.
. Family: Nyctibiidae
The potoos (sometimes called Poor-Me-Ones) are large near passerine
birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. There are 5 species, all of which are from the South American tropical region, and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjar
s are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Apodidae
Swift
s are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in Colombia.
Hummingbird
s are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. There are 337 species worldwide and 158 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of hummingbirds of any country on earth.
The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 16 species in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of trogons of any country on earth.
. Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Momotidae
The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails, which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft, and creating a racket-shaped tail. There are 10 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Galbulidae
The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America, with a range that extends up to Mexico. They are glossy elegant birds with long bills and tails, which feed on insects caught on the wing. In appearance and behaviour they show resemblances to the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to woodpeckers. There are 18 species and 15 species that occur in Colombia.
. Family: Bucconidae
The puffbirds are related to the jacamars, and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colours of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous or grey, with large heads and flattened bills with a hooked tip. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. There are 34 species and 25 species which occur in Colombia.
. Family: Capitonidae
The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in Colombia. This is the largest assemblage of this family in any country.
. Family: Ramphastidae
Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colourful bills which in some species may amount to half their body length. There are 40 species worldwide and 24 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia contains the largest number of toucans of any country.
. Family: Picidae
Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide and 44 species which occur in Colombia.
Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. There are 243 species worldwide and 78 species which occur in Colombia.
The Dendrocolaptidae are brownish birds and maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. There are 57 species worldwide and 33 species which occur in Colombia.
The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds, and tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat the small invertebrates that leave hiding to flee the ants.Many species lack bright colour; brown, black and white being the dominant tones. There are about 212 species worldwide and 114 species which occur in Colombia.
The ground antbirds are a family comprising the antthrushes and antpittas. Antthrushes resemble small rails while antpittas resemble the true pittas
with longish strong legs, very short tails and stout bills. There are about 63 species worldwide and 39 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of ground antbirds of any country.
The gnateaters are round, short-tailed, and long-legged birds, which are closely related to the antbirds. There are 8 species worldwide, all found in South America, and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
The tapaculos are a group of small suboscine passeriform bird
s with numerous species, found in South America
. They are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head. There are 56 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges of tropical South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly coloured, or decorated with plumes or wattles. There are 71 species worldwide and 35 species which occur in Colombia.
The manakins are a family bird species of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly coloured, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Manakins feed on small fruits, berries and insects. There are 57 species worldwide and 26 species which occur in Colombia.
Tyrant flycatcher
s are passerine
birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain colouring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous. There are 429 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas and 221 species which occur in Colombia.
Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
The Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in Colombia.
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.
The waxwing
s are a group of passerine birds characterized by soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are 5 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
The wren
s are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There are 80 species worldwide (of which all but one are New World species) and 36 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of wrens on earth.
The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrasher
s, mockingbird
s, trembler
s, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their colouring tends towards dull greys and browns . There are 35 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
The thrushes
are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 27 species which occur in Colombia.
These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish grey in colour, and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub, and nest in bushes or trees. There are 15 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
The Corvidae family includes crow
s, raven
s, jay
s, chough
s, magpie
s, treepie
s, nutcracker
s, and ground jay
s. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Colombia.
The vireo
s are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warbler
s apart from their heavier bills. There are 52 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
The New World warbler
s are a group of small, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. There are 119 species worldwide and 55 species which occur in Colombia.
The Bananaquit is a small passerine bird. It has a slender, curved bill, adapted to taking nectar from flowers and is the only member of the genus Coereba (Vieillot, 1809) and is normally placed within the family Coerebidae, although there is uncertainty whether that placement is correct.
The tanager
s are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly coloured. They are seed eaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings. There are 256 species worldwide and 160 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of tanagers of any country.
The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are species 275 worldwide and 75 species which occur in Colombia.
The cardinals are a family of passerine birds that are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. There are 43 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
The icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackle
s, New World blackbird
s, and New World oriole
s. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. There are 98 species worldwide and 40 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest number of icterids of any country.
Finch
es are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
Sparrow
s are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
includes a total of 1871 http://www.proaves.org/IMG/pdf/Aves_de_Colombia_2009.pdf species, of which 74 are endemic
Endemism in birds
An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....
, 8 have been introduced
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
by humans, and 87 are rare or accidental. 1 species listed is extirpated
Local extinction
Local extinction, also known as extirpation, is the condition of a species which ceases to exist in the chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere...
in Colombia and is not included in the species count. 83 species are globally threatened. Colombia has the largest bird list of any country on earth. The national checklist is maintained and updated annually by Fundacion ProAves
Fundación ProAves
Fundación ProAves is a nonprofit environmental organization in Colombia established in 1998. Its primary aims are to protects birds of conservation concern and their habitats across Colombia.ProAves has over 60 full-time professional staff...
http://www.proaves.org/IMG/pdf/Aves_de_Colombia_2009.pdf.
This list's taxonomic
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements
James Clements
Dr. James Franklin Clements was an ornithologist, author and very successful businessman. He was born in New York....
's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Colombia. As a result, the list below differs from the latest official published list, which can be found online http://www.proaves.org/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=372.
The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.
- (A) AccidentalAccidentalAccidental may mean:* Accidental * Accidental , by Fred Frith* Accidental , a biological phenomenon more commonly known as vagrancy* Accidental property, a philosophical term-See also:* Accident...
A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Colombia. - (E) Endemic A species endemic to Colombia.
- (I) Introduced A species introduced to Colombia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.
- (Ex) Extirpated A species that no longer occurs in Colombia although populations exist elsewhere.
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Non-passerines: Tinamous . Penguins . Grebes . Albatrosses . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm-Petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Flamingos . Screamers . Ducks, Geese and Swans . New World vultures . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Guans, Chachalacas and allies . New World quails . Hoatzin . Limpkins . Trumpeters . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Sungrebe and Finfoots . Sunbittern . Jacanas . Oystercatchers . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Oilbird . Potoos . Nightjars . Swifts . Hummingbirds . Trogons and Quetzals . Kingfishers . Motmots . Jacamars . Puffbirds . Barbets . Toucans . Woodpeckers and allies . |
Passerines: Ovenbirds . Woodcreepers . Typical antbirds . Antthrushes and Antpittas . Gnateaters . Tapaculos . Cotingas . Manakins . Tyrant flycatchers . Larks . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Waxwings . Dippers . Wrens . Mockingbirds and Thrashers . Thrushes and allies . Gnatcatchers . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Vireos . New World warblers . Bananaquit . Tanagers . Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies . Saltators, Cardinals and allies . Troupials and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies . Sparrows . |
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Tinamous
Order: Tinamiformes. Family: TinamidaeThe tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family Tinamidae within their own order, the Tinamiformes. They are distantly related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), that includes the rhea
Rhea (bird)
The rheas are ratites in the genus Rhea, native to South America. There are two existing species: the Greater or American Rhea and the Lesser or Darwin's Rhea. The genus name was given in 1752 by Paul Möhring and adopted as the English common name. Möhring's reason for choosing this name, from the...
s, emu
Emu
The Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. It is the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. There are three subspecies of Emus in Australia...
, and kiwi
Kiwi
Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae.At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world...
. There are 47 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
- Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao
- Black TinamouBlack TinamouThe Black Tinamou is a species of ground bird found in humid foothill and montane forest in the Andes of South America. This threatened species is among the largest tinamous.-Taxonomy:...
Tinamus osgoodi - Great TinamouGreat TinamouThe Great Tinamou Tinamus major, also called Mountain hen is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration:-Description:...
Tinamus major - White-throated TinamouWhite-throated TinamouThe White-throated Tinamou, Tinamus guttatus is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela.-Taxonomy:...
Tinamus guttatus - Highland TinamouHighland TinamouThe Highland Tinamou or Bonaparte's Tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over altitude.-Taxonomy:...
Nothocercus bonapartei - Tawny-breasted TinamouTawny-breasted TinamouThe Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America.-Taxonomy:...
Nothocercus julius - Berlepsch's TinamouBerlepsch's TinamouThe Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi is a type of ground bird found in moist forest in northwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.This bird is named after Hans von Berlepsch to commemorate him.-Description:...
Crypturellus berlepschi - Cinereous TinamouCinereous TinamouThe Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus is a type of ground bird found in swamp and lowland forests in northern South America. Cinereous Tinamou’s have been around for many centuries. They are part of the oldest families of the world today, and have fossils discovered dating back tens of...
Crypturellus cinereus - Red-legged TinamouRed-legged TinamouThe Red-legged Tinamou or Red-footed Tinamou,Crypturellus erythropus, is a dumpy, ground-dwelling bird found in the tropics and lower subtropics of northern South America..-Description:...
Crypturellus erythropus - Little TinamouLittle TinamouThe Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui, is found in Central America and South America.-Etymology:Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive...
Crypturellus soui - Brown TinamouBrown TinamouThe Brown Tinamou is a dumpy, brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.-Taxonomy:...
Crypturellus obsoletus - Undulated TinamouUndulated TinamouThe Undulated Tinamou is a species of ground bird found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America.-Etymology:...
Crypturellus undulatus - Gray-legged Tinamou Crypturellus duidae
- Choco TinamouChoco TinamouThe Choco Tinamou or Chocó Tinamou, Crypturellus kerriae, is a type of Tinamou found in lowland forest and montane forest in subtropical and tropical regions of Colombia and Panama.-Description:...
Crypturellus kerriae - Variegated TinamouVariegated TinamouThe Variegated Tinamou, Crypturellus variegatus, a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.-Etymology:...
Crypturellus variegatus - Rusty TinamouRusty TinamouThe Rusty Tinamou or Short-billed Tinamou, Crypturellus brevirostris, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in swamp forest in tropical regions of South America..-Taxonomy:...
Crypturellus brevirostris - Bartlett's TinamouBartlett's TinamouThe Bartlett's Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland forest in South America.-Taxonomy:The Bartlett's Tinamou is a monotypic species. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can...
Crypturellus bartletti - Barred TinamouBarred TinamouThe Barred Tinamou, Crypturellus casiquiare, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.-Taxonomy:...
Crypturellus casiquiare
Penguins
Order: Sphenisciformes. Family: SpheniscidaeThe penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins feed on krill
Krill
Krill is the common name given to the order Euphausiacea of shrimp-like marine crustaceans. Also known as euphausiids, these small invertebrates are found in all oceans of the world...
, fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
, squid
Squid
Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 300 species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles...
, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. There are 17 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.
- Humboldt PenguinHumboldt PenguinThe Humboldt Penguin is a South American penguin, that breeds in coastal Peru and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Magellanic Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin...
Spheniscus humboldti (A) - Magellanic PenguinMagellanic PenguinThe Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil where they are occasionally seen as far north as Rio de Janeiro. It is the most numerous of the Spheniscus penguins. Its nearest...
Spheniscus magellanicus (A) - Galapagos PenguinGalapagos PenguinThe Galapagos Penguin is a penguin endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It is the only penguin that lives north of the equator in the wild; it can survive due to the cool temperatures resulting from the Humboldt Current and cool waters from great depths brought up by the Cromwell Current...
Spheniscus mendiculus (A)
Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes. Family: PodicipedidaeGrebe
Grebe
A grebe is a member of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter...
s are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Colombia.
- Least GrebeLeast GrebeThe Least Grebe , an aquatic bird, is the smallest member of the grebe family. It occurs in the New World from the southwestern United States and Mexico to Chile and Argentina, and also on Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.-Description:The Least Grebe ranges in length from...
Tachybaptus dominicus - Pied-billed GrebePied-billed GrebeThe Pied-billed Grebe is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus.-Description:...
Podilymbus podiceps - Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Silvery GrebeSilvery GrebeThe Silvery Grebe is a species of grebe in the Podicipedidae family.It is found in Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands and Paraguay as well as Andean regions of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is a vagrant to Brazil....
Podiceps occipitalis
Albatrosses
Order: ProcellariiformesProcellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...
. Family: Diomedeidae
The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- Waved AlbatrossWaved AlbatrossThe Waved Albatross, Phoebastria irrorata - also known as Galapagos Albatross - is the only member of the Diomedeidae family located in the tropics. When they forage, the Waved Albatross follow straight paths to a single site off the coast of Peru, about distant to the east...
Phoebastria irrorata - Black-browed AlbatrossBlack-browed AlbatrossThe Black-browed Albatross or Black-browed Mollymawk, Thalassarche melanophrys, is a large seabird of the albatross family Diomedeidae, and it is the most widespread and common albatross.-Taxonomy:...
Thalassarche melanophris (A)
Shearwaters and petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesProcellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...
. Family: Procellariidae
Procellariidae
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...
The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Colombia.
- Cape PetrelCape PetrelThe Cape Petrel also called Cape Pigeon or Pintado Petrel, is a common seabird of the Southern Ocean from the family Procellariidae. It is the only member of the genus Daption, and is allied to the fulmarine petrels, and the Giant Petrels. It is also sometimes known as the Cape Fulmar...
Daption capense (A) - Black-capped PetrelBlack-capped PetrelThe Black-capped Petrel is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. It is also known as the Diablotín. The extinct Jamaica Petrel was a related dark form, often considered a subspecies of this bird.This long-winged petrel has a grey-brown back and wings, with a white nape and rump...
Pterodroma hasitata (A) - Galapagos PetrelGalápagos PetrelThe Galápagos Petrel is a large, long-winged gadfly petrel. The species was once known as the Dark-rumped Petrel, although recent taxonomic changes have eliminated that name from current use...
Pterodroma phaeopygia - Pink-footed ShearwaterPink-footed ShearwaterThe Pink-footed Shearwater is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 109 cm wingspan. It is polymorphic, having both darker and lighter phase populations...
Puffinus creatopus (A) - Wedge-tailed ShearwaterWedge-tailed ShearwaterThe Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a Muttonbird, like the Sooty Shearwater of New Zealand and the Short-tailed Shearwater of Australia...
Puffinus pacificus - Sooty ShearwaterSooty ShearwaterThe Sooty Shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand it is also known by its Māori name tītī and as "muttonbird", like its relatives the Wedge-tailed Shearwater and the Australian Short-tailed Shearwater The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) is...
Puffinus griseus - Audubon's ShearwaterAudubon's ShearwaterAudubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri, is a common tropical seabird from the family Procellariidae. Sometimes called Dusky-backed Shearwater, the scientific name of this species commemorates the French naturalist Félix Louis L'Herminier....
Puffinus lherminieri
Storm-Petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesProcellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...
. Family: Hydrobatidae
The storm-petrel
Storm-petrel
Storm petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.Storm petrels have a cosmopolitan...
s are relatives of the petrel
Petrel
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group...
s, and are the smallest of sea-birds. They feed on plankton
Plankton
Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...
ic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
-like. There are 21 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in Colombia.
- White-vented Storm-PetrelWhite-vented Storm-petrelThe Elliot's Storm Petrel is a species of seabird in the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. The species is also known as White-vented Storm-petrel. There are two subspecies, O. g. gracilis, which is found in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile, and O. g. galapagoensis, which is found in the...
Oceanites gracilis - Least Storm-PetrelLeast Storm-petrelThe Least Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 13–15 cm in length, with a wingspan of 32 cm. It is the smallest member of the order Procellariiformes...
Oceanodroma microsoma - Wedge-rumped Storm-PetrelWedge-rumped Storm-petrelThe Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel is a storm-petrel. It breeds in the Galápagos Islands and on the coast of Peru.-External links:*...
Oceanodroma tethys - Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro (A)
- Leach's Storm-PetrelLeach's Storm-petrelThe Leach's Storm Petrel or Leach's Petrel is a small seabird of the tubenose family. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach....
Oceanodroma leucorhoa - Markham's Storm-PetrelMarkham's Storm-petrelThe Markham's Storm Petrel is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family.It is found in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Peru, and possibly Costa Rica....
Oceanodroma markhami (A) - Black Storm-PetrelBlack Storm-petrelThe Black Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 23 cm in length, with a wingspan of 46–51 cm....
Oceanodroma melania - Ringed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma hornbyi (A)
Tropicbirds
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Phaethontidae
Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds now classified in their own order Phaethontiformes. Their relationship to other living birds is unclear, and they appear to have no close relatives. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon...
s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- Red-billed TropicbirdRed-billed TropicbirdThe Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans.-Distribution and habitat:...
Phaethon aethereus - White-tailed TropicbirdWhite-tailed TropicbirdThe White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans...
Phaethon lepturus (A)
Pelicans
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Pelecanidae
Pelican
Pelican
A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....
s are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- American White PelicanAmerican White PelicanThe American White Pelican is a large aquatic bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America, in winter....
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - Brown PelicanBrown PelicanThe Brown Pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is in length, weighs from and has a wingspan from .-Range and habits:...
Pelecanus occidentalis
Boobies and gannets
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Sulidae
Sulidae
The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...
The sulids comprise the gannet
Gannet
Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.The gannets are large black and white birds with yellow heads. They have long pointed wings and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up...
s and boobies
Booby
A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:...
. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 9 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
- Blue-footed BoobyBlue-footed BoobyThe Blue-footed Booby is a bird in the Sulidae family which comprises ten species of long-winged seabirds. The natural breeding habitat of the Blue-footed Booby is tropical and subtropical islands off the Pacific Ocean, most famously, the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.- Etymology :The name booby...
Sula nebouxii - Peruvian BoobyPeruvian BoobyThe Peruvian Booby, Sula variegata, is an endemic bird of the Peruvian current whose distribution is restricted to the west coast of South America from Punta Pariñas in Peru to Concepción in Chile . It is the second most abundant seabird species that inhabits the Peruvian Coast and the second...
Sula variegata (A) - Masked BoobyMasked BoobyThe Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is replaced by the Nazca Booby, Sula granti, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby...
Sula dactylatra - Nazca BoobyNazca BoobyThe Nazca Booby, Sula granti, is a booby which is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, namely on the Galápagos Islands where it can be seen by eco-tourists, and on Clipperton Island...
Sula granti - Red-footed BoobyRed-footed BoobyThe Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...
Sula sula (A) - Brown BoobyBrown BoobyThe Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...
Sula leucogaster
Cormorants
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Phalacrocoracidae
The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white, and a few being colourful. There are 38 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- Neotropic CormorantNeotropic CormorantThe Neotropic Cormorant or Olivaceous Cormorant is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the USA south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America. It also breeds on the...
Phalacrocorax brasilianus - Guanay CormorantGuanay CormorantThe Guanay Cormorant or Guanay Shag is a member of the cormorant family found in on the Pacific coast of Peru and northern Chile...
Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
Darters
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Anhingidae
Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- AnhingaAnhingaThe Anhinga , sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word "anhinga" comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.It is a cormorant-like bird with an average body length of , a...
Anhinga anhinga
Frigatebirds
Order: PelecaniformesPelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...
. Family: Fregatidae
Frigatebird
Frigatebird
The frigatebirds are a family, Fregatidae, of seabirds. There are five species in the single genus Fregata. They are also sometimes called Man of War birds or Pirate birds. Since they are related to the pelicans, the term "frigate pelican" is also a name applied to them...
s are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply-forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are 5 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- Magnificent FrigatebirdMagnificent FrigatebirdThe Magnificent Frigatebird was sometimes previously known as Man O'War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds....
Fregata magnificens - Great FrigatebirdGreat FrigatebirdThe Great Frigatebird is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic....
Fregata minor
Bitterns, herons and egrets
Order: CiconiiformesCiconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...
. Family: Ardeidae
The family Ardeidae contains the bittern
Bittern
Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...
s, heron
Heron
The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....
s and egret
Egret
An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which contain other species named as herons rather than egrets...
s. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
- Whistling HeronWhistling HeronThe Whistling Heron is a medium-sized, often terrestrial heron of South America. There are two subspecies, the southern S. s. sibilatrix and the northern S. s. fostersmithi.-Description:...
Syrigma sibilatrix - Capped HeronCapped HeronThe Capped Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is in the monotypic genus Pilherodius.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes....
Pilherodius pileatus - Great Blue HeronGreat Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England...
Ardea herodias - Cocoi HeronCocoi HeronThe Cocoi Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It is a non-breeding visitor to Trinidad and Tobago and a vagrant to the Falkland...
Ardea cocoi - Great EgretGreat EgretThe Great Egret , also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret, White Heron, or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized...
Ardea alba - Reddish EgretReddish EgretThe Reddish Egret is a small heron. It is a resident breeder in Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range...
Egretta rufescens - Tricolored HeronTricolored HeronThe Tricolored Heron formerly known in North America as the Louisiana Heron, is a small heron. It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the USA and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru...
Egretta tricolor - Little Blue HeronLittle Blue HeronThe Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern USA or beyond in winter...
Egretta caerulea - Snowy EgretSnowy EgretThe Snowy Egret is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas....
Egretta thula - Cattle EgretCattle EgretThe Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...
Bubulcus ibis - Striated HeronStriated HeronThe Striated Heron, Butorides striata, also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron, is a small heron. Striated Herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to...
Butorides striata - Green HeronGreen HeronThe Green Heron is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the Striated Heron , and together they were called "Green-backed Heron"...
Butorides virescens - Agami HeronAgami HeronThe Agami Heron is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeding bird from Central America south to Peru and Brazil.It is sometimes known as the Chestnut-bellied Heron, and is the only member of the genus Agamia .The Agami Heron's habitat is forest swamps and similar wooded wetlands...
Agamia agami - Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Boat-billed HeronBoat-billed HeronThe Boat-billed Heron - colloquially known as the Boatbill - is an atypical member of the heron family, and was formerly thought to be in a monotypic family, Cochlearidae....
Cochlearius cochlearius - Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Fasciated Tiger-HeronFasciated Tiger-heronThe Fasciated Tiger Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, and a vagrant in Nicaragua...
Tigrisoma fasciatum - Rufescent Tiger-HeronRufescent Tiger-heronThe Rufescent Tiger Heron , also known as the Soco-Boi, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Tigrisoma lineatum - Zigzag HeronZigzag HeronThe Zigzag Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family, also including egrets and bitterns. It is in the monotypic genus Zebrilus....
Zebrilus undulatus - Stripe-backed BitternStripe-backed BitternThe Stripe-backed Bittern is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.Its natural habitat is swamps.- References : Database...
Ixobrychus involucris - Least BitternLeast BitternThe Least Bittern is a small wading bird, the smallest heron found in the Americas.This bird's underparts and throat are white with light brown streaks. Their face and the sides of the neck are light brown; they have yellow eyes and a yellow bill. The adult male is glossy greenish black on the...
Ixobrychus exilis - Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
Storks
Order: CiconiiformesCiconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...
. Family: Ciconiidae
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.
- Wood StorkWood StorkThe Wood Stork is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "Wood Ibis", though it is not really an ibis.-Appearance:...
Mycteria americana - Maguari StorkMaguari StorkThe Maguari Stork is a species of stork in the Ciconiidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It is a vagrant to Chile, Trinidad, the Falkland Islands and probably Peru...
Ciconia maguari - JabiruJabiruThe Jabiru is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru...
Jabiru mycteria
Ibises and spoonbills
Order: CiconiiformesCiconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...
. Family: Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae
The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...
The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibis
Ibis
The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....
es and spoonbill
Spoonbill
Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side...
s. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Colombia.
- Buff-necked IbisBuff-necked IbisThe Buff-necked Ibis , also known as the White-throated Ibis, is a fairly large ibis found widely in open habitats of eastern and northern South America...
Theristicus caudatus - Sharp-tailed IbisSharp-tailed IbisThe Sharp-tailed Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Cercibis.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Cercibis oxycerca - Green IbisGreen IbisThe Green Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It is the only member of the genus Mesembrinibis....
Mesembrinibis cayennensis - Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- White IbisAmerican White IbisThe American White Ibis is a species of wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It occurs from the mid-Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United States south through most of the New World tropics...
Eudocimus albus - Scarlet IbisScarlet IbisThe Scarlet Ibis is a species of ibis that inhabits tropical South America and also Trinidad and Tobago. It is the national bird of Trinidad and is featured on the Trinidad and Tobago coat of arms along with Tobago's national bird, the Rufous-vented Chachalaca.-Taxonomy:This species is very...
Eudocimus ruber - Glossy IbisGlossy IbisThe Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...
Plegadis falcinellus (A) - White-faced IbisWhite-faced IbisThe White-faced Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees. Its breeding range extends from the western USA south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to...
Plegadis chihi - Roseate SpoonbillRoseate SpoonbillThe Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae...
Platalea ajaja
Flamingos
Order: Phoenicopteriformes. Family: PhoenicopteridaeFlamingo
Flamingo
Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus , the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae...
s are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet high, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Caribbean FlamingoCaribbean FlamingoThe American Flamingo is a large species of flamingo closely related to the Greater Flamingo and Chilean Flamingo. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Greater Flamingo, but that treatment is now widely viewed as incorrect due to a lack of evidence...
Phoenicopterus ruber
Screamers
Order: AnseriformesAnseriformes
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...
. Family: Anhimidae
The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and territorial disputes. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- Horned ScreamerHorned ScreamerThe Horned Screamer is a member of a small family of birds, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America...
Anhima cornuta - Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria
Ducks, geese and swans
Order: AnseriformesAnseriformes
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...
. Family: Anatidae
Anatidae
Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...
The family Anatidae includes the duck
Duck
Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...
s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese
Goose
The word goose is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller....
and swan
Swan
Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...
s. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Orinoco GooseOrinoco GooseThe Orinoco Goose is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae, and is the only living member of the genus Neochen...
Neochen jubata - Muscovy DuckMuscovy DuckThe Muscovy Duck is a large duck which is native to Mexico and Central and South America. A small wild population reaches into the United States in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas...
Cairina moschata - Comb DuckComb DuckThe Knob-billed Duck , or Comb Duck, is an unusual, pan-tropical duck, found in tropical wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and south Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China...
Sarkidiornis melanotos - Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Torrent DuckTorrent DuckThe Torrent Duck is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus Merganetta. Today it is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" assemblage where it was formerly assigned to was dissolved because it turned out to be...
Merganetta armata - American WigeonAmerican WigeonThe American Wigeon, also American Widgeon or Baldpate, is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. If this is split up, all wigeons will go into their old genus Mareca again...
Anas americana - Green-winged TealGreen-winged TealThe Green-winged Teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Common Teal The Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of...
Anas carolinensis (A) - Speckled TealSpeckled TealThe Yellow-billed Teal is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus Nettion. It occurs in Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil...
Anas flavirostris - Northern PintailNorthern PintailThe Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...
Anas acuta - Yellow-billed PintailYellow-billed PintailThe Yellow-billed Pintail is a South American dabbling duck of the genus Anas with three described subspecies.-Description:...
Anas georgica - White-cheeked PintailWhite-cheeked PintailThe White cheeked Pintail or Bahama Pintail is a dabbling duck of the Caribbean, South America, and the Galápagos Islands....
Anas bahamensis - Blue-winged TealBlue-winged TealThe Blue-winged Teal is a small dabbling duck from North America.-Description:The Blue-winged Teal is long, with a wingspan of , and a weight of . The adult male has a greyish blue head with a white facial crescent, a light brown body with a white patch near the rear and a black tail. The adult...
Anas discors - Cinnamon TealCinnamon TealThe Cinnamon Teal is a small, reddish dabbling duck found in marshes and ponds of western North and South America.thumb|left|Female Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium...
Anas cyanoptera - Northern ShovelerNorthern ShovelerThe Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...
Anas clypeata - Southern PochardSouthern PochardThe Southern Pochard is a duck.There are two subspecies, the South American Pochard N. e. erythrophthalma and the African Pochard N. e...
Netta erythrophthalma - Ring-necked DuckRing-necked DuckThe Ring-necked Duck is a smaller diving duck from North America.The adult male is similar in color pattern to the Eurasian Tufted Duck, its relative. It has a grey bill with a white band, a shiny purple head, a white breast, yellow eyes and a dark grey back...
Aythya collaris (A) - Lesser ScaupLesser ScaupThe Lesser Scaup is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the Little Bluebill or Broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill...
Aythya affinis - Masked DuckMasked DuckThe Masked Duck is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas. They are found from Mexico to South America and also in the Caribbean...
Nomonyx dominica - Ruddy DuckRuddy DuckThe Ruddy Duck is a small stiff-tailed duck.Their breeding habitat is marshy lakes and ponds throughout much of North America, and in South America in the Andes. They nest in dense marsh vegetation near water. The female builds her nest out of grass, locating it in tall vegetation to hide it from...
Oxyura jamaicensis (A) - Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
New World vultures
Order: FalconiformesFalconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...
. Family: Cathartidae
The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution describes the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages.The wing is a classic example of convergent evolution in action. Although their last common ancestor did not have wings, both birds and bats do, and are capable of powered flight. The wings are...
. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion
Carrion
Carrion refers to the carcass of a dead animal. Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters include vultures, hawks, eagles, hyenas, Virginia Opossum, Tasmanian Devils, coyotes, Komodo dragons, and burying beetles...
. There are 7 species worldwide, all of which are found only in the Americas, and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
- Black VultureAmerican Black VultureThe Black Vulture also known as the American Black Vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America...
Coragyps atratus - Turkey VultureTurkey VultureThe Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow...
Cathartes aura - Lesser Yellow-headed VultureLesser Yellow-headed VultureThe Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes burrovianus, also known as the Savannah Vulture, is a species of bird in the New World Vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture until they were split in 1964...
Cathartes burrovianus - Greater Yellow-headed VultureGreater Yellow-headed VultureThe Greater Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes melambrotus, also known as the Forest Vulture, is a species of bird in the New World Vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture until they were split in 1964. It is found in South America in...
Cathartes melambrotus - Andean CondorAndean CondorThe Andean Condor is a species of South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur...
Vultur gryphus - King VultureKing VultureThe King Vulture is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, though some believe that William Bartram's Painted...
Sarcoramphus papa
Osprey
Order: FalconiformesFalconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...
. Family: Pandionidae
The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor
Bird of prey
Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....
which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
- OspreyOspreyThe Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...
Pandion haliaetus
Hawks, kites and eagles
Order: FalconiformesFalconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...
. Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae
The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...
Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawk
Hawk
The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...
s, eagle
Eagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
s, kites
Kite (bird)
Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mainly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey.They are birds of prey which, along with hawks and eagles, are from the family Accipitridae....
, harriers
Harrier (bird)
A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks forming the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds....
and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 53 species which occur in Colombia.
- Gray-headed KiteGray-headed KiteThe Gray-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis, is a raptor found in open woodland and swamp forests. It shares the genus Leptodon with the extremely rare White-collared Kite. It breeds from eastern Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia,Brazil and northern Argentina.The nest is made of sticks lined...
Leptodon cayanensis - Hook-billed KiteHook-billed KiteThe Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers...
Chondrohierax uncinatus - Swallow-tailed KiteSwallow-tailed KiteThe Swallow-tailed Kite is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round...
Elanoides forficatus - Pearl KitePearl KiteThe Pearl Kite is a very small raptor found in open savanna habitat adjacent to deciduous woodland. It is the only member of the genus Gampsonyx...
Gampsonyx swainsonii - White-tailed KiteWhite-tailed KiteThe White-tailed Kite is an elanid kite of genus Elanus found in western North America and parts of South America.Their coloration is gull-like, but their shape and flight falcon-like, with a rounded tail...
Elanus leucurus - Snail KiteSnail KiteThe Snail Kite is a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. Its relative, the Slender-billed Kite, is now again placed in Helicolestes, making the genus Rostrhamus monotypic...
Rostrhamus sociabilis - Slender-billed KiteSlender-billed KiteThe Slender-billed Kite is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. It is found near water in forested parts of tropical northern and central South America, and far eastern Panama...
Rostrhamus hamatus - Double-toothed KiteDouble-toothed KiteThe Double-toothed Kite is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.This fairly...
Harpagus bidentatus - Mississippi KiteMississippi KiteThe Mississippi Kite is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is 12 to 15 inches beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet . Weight is from 214 to 388 grams . Adults are gray with darker gray on their tail feathers and outer wings and lighter gray on their heads...
Ictinia mississippiensis - Plumbeous KitePlumbeous KiteThe Plumbeous Kite is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures....
Ictinia plumbea - Long-winged HarrierLong-winged HarrierThe Long-winged Harrier is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, native to South America.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are dry...
Circus buffoni - Cinereous HarrierCinereous HarrierThe Cinereous Harrier is a South American bird of prey of the harrier family. Its breeding range extends from the Tierra del Fuego through Argentina and Chile to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brasil; and across the Andes north to Colombia.The term cinereous describes its colouration...
Circus cinereus - Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster
- Tiny HawkTiny HawkThe Tiny Hawk is a small diurnal bird of prey found in or near forests, primarily humid, throughout much of the Neotropics. It is primarily a bird-eater, and is known to prey on hummingbirds....
Accipiter superciliosus - Semicollared HawkSemicollared HawkThe Semi-collared Hawk is a bird of prey species of in the Accipitridae family. Usually named Accipiter collaris, it is the sister species of the Tiny Hawk . The latter is the only species of the genus Accipiter yet studied which has a large procoracoid foramen...
Accipiter collaris - Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
- Cooper's HawkCooper's HawkCooper's Hawk is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Canada to Mexico. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female...
Accipiter cooperii (A) - Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
- Crane HawkCrane HawkThe Crane Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Geranospiza....
Geranospiza caerulescens - Plumbeous HawkPlumbeous HawkThe Plumbeous Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Leucopternis plumbeus - Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus
- Barred HawkBarred HawkThe Barred Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It has also been known as the Black-chested Hawk....
Leucopternis princeps - Black-faced HawkBlack-faced HawkThe Black-faced Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. This low-density species has traditionally been believed to be restricted to Amazon Basin north of the Amazon River, but there are several records south of this river, in, for example, the Brazilian states of Pará and...
Leucopternis melanops - Semiplumbeous HawkSemiplumbeous HawkThe Semiplumbeous Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Leucopternis semiplumbeus - White HawkWhite HawkThe White Hawk , a bird of prey breeding in the tropical New World, belongs to the family Accipitridae of the Falconiformes; it is sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes with the other hawks and their relatives...
Leucopternis albicollis - Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus subtilis
- Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Savanna HawkSavanna HawkThe Savanna Hawk is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. It breeds from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Uruguay and central Argentina....
Buteogallus meridionalis - Harris's HawkHarris's HawkThe Harris's Hawk or Harris Hawk formerly known as the Bay-winged Hawk or Dusky Hawk, is a medium-large bird of prey which breeds from the southwestern United States south to Chile and central Argentina...
Parabuteo unicinctus - Black-collared HawkBlack-collared HawkThe Black-collared Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Busarellus....
Busarellus nigricollis - Black-chested Buzzard-EagleBlack-chested Buzzard-eagleThe Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family . It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the Black Buzzard-eagle, Grey Buzzard-eagle or analogously with "eagle" or "eagle-buzzard" replacing "buzzard-eagle", or as the Chilean Blue Eagle...
Geranoaetus melanoleucus - Solitary EagleSolitary EagleThe Montane Solitary Eagle, Harpyhaliaetus solitarius, is a large Neotropical eagle.- Range and habitat :The Montane Solitary Eagle is native to Mexico and Central and South America. It is found in mountainous or hilly forests, at elevations between 600 m & 2,200 m...
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius - Gray HawkGray HawkThe Grey Hawk or Grey-lined Hawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida....
Asturina nitida - Roadside HawkRoadside HawkThe Roadside Hawk is a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.-Description:The Roadside Hawk is long and weighs...
Buteo magnirostris - Broad-winged HawkBroad-winged HawkThe Broad-winged Hawk is a small hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the neotropics from Mexico down to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year...
Buteo platypterus - White-rumped HawkWhite-rumped HawkThe White-rumped Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
Buteo leucorrhous - Short-tailed HawkShort-tailed HawkThe Short-tailed Hawk is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures. As a member of the genus Buteo, it is not a true hawk and thus also referred to as a "buteo" or "buzzard". The White-throated Hawk The Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo...
Buteo brachyurus - White-throated HawkWhite-throated HawkThe White-throated Hawk, Buteo albigula, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. In British usage it would be called a buzzard rather than a true hawk....
Buteo albigula - Swainson's HawkSwainson's HawkThe Swainson's Hawk , is a large buteo hawk of the Falconiformes, sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes like its relatives. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist...
Buteo swainsoni - White-tailed HawkWhite-tailed HawkThe White-tailed Hawk is a large bird of prey species found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas.-Description:...
Buteo albicaudatus - Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
- Puna Hawk Buteo poecilochrous
- Zone-tailed HawkZone-tailed HawkThe Zone-tailed Hawk is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It feeds on small vertebrates of all kinds , including birds up to the size of quail....
Buteo albonotatus - Red-tailed HawkRed-tailed HawkThe Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West...
Buteo jamaicensis - Crested EagleCrested EagleThe Crested Eagle is a large Neotropical eagle. It is the only member of the genus Morphnus. It is 71–89 cm long and has a wingspan of 138–176 cm...
Morphnus guianensis - Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
- Black-and-white Hawk-EagleBlack-and-white Hawk-eagleThe Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle is a bird of prey species in the eagle and hawk family...
Spizastur melanoleucus - Black Hawk-EagleBlack Hawk-EagleThe Black Hawk-Eagle , also known as theTyrant Hawk-Eagle, is a species of eagle found from central Mexico to eastern Peru, the south of Brazil, and far northern Argentina. Its preferred habitats include humid and moist forests close to rivers, and several types of woodland. It is uncommon to...
Spizaetus tyrannus - Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Black-and-chestnut EagleBlack-and-chestnut EagleThe Black-and-chestnut Eagle is a South American species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is sometimes called Isidor's Eagle. It is often placed in the monotypic genus Oroaetus....
Oroaetus isidori - Golden EagleGolden EagleThe Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...
Aquila chrysaetos
Caracaras and falcons
Order: FalconiformesFalconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...
. Family: Falconidae
Falconidae
The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
- Black CaracaraBlack CaracaraThe Black Caracara is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. Its genus Daptrius is often considered monotypic today, though some also include the Red-throated Caracara otherwise separated in Ibycter....
Daptrius ater - Red-throated CaracaraRed-throated CaracaraThe Red-throated Caracara is a social species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Ibycter, or sometimes united in Daptrius with the Black Caracara...
Ibycter americanus - Carunculated CaracaraCarunculated CaracaraThe Carunculated Caracara is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is found in páramo in the Andes of Ecuador and Colombia. It is generally uncommon to fairly common. A highly opportunistic species often seen walking on the ground, it will feed on both carrion and virtually any...
Phalcoboenus carunculatus - Northern Caracara Caracara cheriway
- Yellow-headed CaracaraYellow-headed CaracaraThe Yellow-headed Caracara is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion of Central America...
Milvago chimachima - Laughing FalconLaughing FalconThe Laughing Falcon , also called the Snake Hawk , is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family , the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is a specialist snake-eater...
Herpetotheres cachinnans - Barred Forest-falconBarred Forest-falconThe Barred Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family which includes the falcons, caracaras, and their relatives...
Micrastur ruficollis - Plumbeous Forest-falconPlumbeous Forest-falconThe Plumbeous Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is endemic to humid forests in the Chocó in south-western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. It is generally poorly known and rare. It is threatened by habitat loss, and consequently considered vulneranble by...
Micrastur plumbeus - Lined Forest-falconLined Forest-falconThe Lined Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is endemic to humid forest in the western and northern Amazon Basin...
Micrastur gilvicollis - Slaty-backed Forest-falconSlaty-backed Forest-falconThe Slaty-backed Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Micrastur mirandollei - Collared Forest-falconCollared Forest-falconThe Collared Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.Its natural...
Micrastur semitorquatus - Buckley's Forest-falconBuckley's Forest-falconThe Buckley's Forest Falcon, Carnifex De Buckley, Carnifex De Traylor, Gavilán De Traylor, or Halcón-montés De Buckley is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family....
Micrastur buckleyi (A) - American KestrelAmerican KestrelThe American Kestrel , sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas. It is the most common falcon in North America, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. At long, it is also the smallest falcon in North America...
Falco sparverius - Aplomado FalconAplomado FalconThe Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis, is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer...
Falco femoralis - MerlinMerlin (bird)The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...
Falco columbarius - Bat FalconBat FalconThe Bat Falcon is a falcon that is a resident breeder in tropical Mexico, Central and South America and Trinidad. It was long known as Falco albigularis; the name Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, long used for the Aplomado Falcon, are now believed to refer to the present...
Falco rufigularis - Orange-breasted FalconOrange-breasted FalconThe Orange-breasted Falcon is a bird of the falcon family. It is probably closely related to and looks like a larger version of the Bat Falcon. These two, in turn, are probably closest to the Aplomado Falcon and constitute a rather old American lineage of Falcos.It is found from southern Mexico to...
Falco deiroleucus - Peregrine FalconPeregrine FalconThe Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
Falco peregrinus
Guans, Chachalacas and allies
Order: GalliformesGalliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...
. Family: Cracidae
Cracidae
The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae.These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. One species, the Plain Chachalaca, just reaches southernmost Texas in the USA...
The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colourful facial ornaments. There are 50 species worldwide and 24 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the largest number of cracids of any country.
- Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Chestnut-winged ChachalacaChestnut-winged ChachalacaThe Chestnut-winged Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found only in Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Ortalis garrula (E) - Rufous-vented ChachalacaRufous-vented ChachalacaThe Rufous-vented Chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It inhabits northeast Colombia and northern Venezuela where it is called Guacharaca, and in Tobago where it is known as the Cocrico...
Ortalis ruficauda - Rufous-headed ChachalacaRufous-headed ChachalacaThe Rufous-headed Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Ortalis erythroptera - Speckled ChachalacaSpeckled ChachalacaThe Speckled Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in forests and woodlands in the western Amazon Basin and disjunctly in the Atlantic forests in eastern Brazil...
Ortalis guttata - Band-tailed GuanBand-tailed GuanThe Band-tailed Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
Penelope argyrotis - Baudo GuanBaudo GuanThe Baudo Guan, Penelope ortoni, is a species of bird from the family Cracidae. It is restricted to humid forests in the west Andean foothills of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. It is highly sensitive to hunting and habitat destruction, with large sections of the Chocó already having...
Penelope ortoni - Andean GuanAndean GuanThe Andean Guan, Penelope montagnii, is a gamefowl species of the family Cracidae, in which it belongs to the guan subfamily Penelopinae...
Penelope montagnii - Crested GuanCrested GuanThe Crested Guan, Penelope purpurascens, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It breeds in lowlands from south Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to western Ecuador and southern Venezuela at up to 1850 m altitude.The...
Penelope purpurascens - Cauca GuanCauca GuanThe Cauca Guan, Penelope perspicax is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae.This species occurs on the west slopes of the West and Central Andes of Colombia. These are large birds, 76 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to turkeys, with thin necks and small heads...
Penelope perspicax (E) - Spix's GuanSpix's GuanSpix's Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Penelope jacquacu - Blue-throated Piping-GuanBlue-throated Piping-guanThe Blue-throated Piping Guan, Pipile cumanensis is a South American bird of the family Cracidae that is somewhat similar in appearance to the turkey.-Composition, range and habitat:There are two subspecies. P...
Pipile cumanensis - Wattled GuanWattled GuanThe Wattled Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is a fairly large black cracid with blue-based, black-tipped beak and a long, red-and-yellow wattle. It is 1190-1550 grams and is 72.5-77.5 cm long long.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
Aburria aburri - Sickle-winged GuanSickle-winged GuanThe Sickle-winged Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests...
Chamaepetes goudotii - Nocturnal CurassowNocturnal CurassowThe Nocturnal Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Nothocrax urumutum - Crestless CurassowCrestless CurassowThe Crestless Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Mitu tomentosa - Salvin's CurassowSalvin's CurassowThe Salvin's Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Mitu salvini - Razor-billed CurassowRazor-billed CurassowThe Razor-billed Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found throughout a large part of the Amazon Rainforest, though largely restricted to regions south of the Amazon River. Unlike other members of the genus Mitu, its crissum is deep chestnut and the tail-tip is white...
Mitu tuberosa - Helmeted CurassowHelmeted CurassowThe Helmeted Curassow or Northern Helmeted Curassow, is a large terrestrial black curassow with a small head, large bluish grey casque on forehead, red bill, white-tipped tail feathers, greenish glossed mantle and breast feathers, and white below. Both sexes are similar...
Pauxi pauxi - Great CurassowGreat CurassowThe Great Curassow is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropics. At in length and in weight, this is a very large cracid. No other cracid match its maximum weight, but its length is matched by a few other cracids....
Crax rubra - Blue-knobbed Curassow Crax alberti (E)
- Yellow-knobbed CurassowYellow-knobbed CurassowThe Yellow-knobbed Curassow is a large species of bird found in forest and woodland in Colombia and Venezuela. It feeds mainly on the ground, but flies up into trees if threatened. Its most striking features are its crest, made of feathers that curl forward, and the fleshy yellow knob at the base...
Crax daubentoni - Black CurassowBlack CurassowThe Black Curassow , also known as the Smooth-billed Curassow, and the Crested Curassow, is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in humid forests in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and far northern Brazil...
Crax alector - Wattled CurassowWattled CurassowThe Wattled Curassow is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the curassows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests in the western Amazon Basin in South America.-Description:...
Crax globulosa
New World quails
Order: GalliformesGalliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...
. Family: Odontophoridae
The New World quail
New World quail
The New World quails or Odontophorids are small birds only distantly related to the Old World Quails, but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family Odontophoridae, whereas Old World Quail are in the pheasant family Phasianidae...
s are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. There are 32 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas, and 10 species which occur in Colombia.
- Crested BobwhiteCrested BobwhiteThe Crested Bobwhite is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica...
Colinus cristatus - Marbled Wood-QuailMarbled Wood-quailThe Marbled Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Odontophorus gujanensis - Black-eared Wood-QuailBlack-eared Wood-quailThe Black-eared Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
Odontophorus melanotis - Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailRufous-fronted Wood-quailThe Rufous-fronted Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Odontophorus erythrops - Black-fronted Wood-QuailBlack-fronted Wood-quailThe Black-fronted Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Odontophorus atrifrons - Chestnut Wood-QuailChestnut Wood-quailThe Chestnut Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found only in Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is becoming rare due to habitat loss....
Odontophorus hyperythrus (E) - Dark-backed Wood-QuailDark-backed Wood-quailThe Dark-backed Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Odontophorus melanonotus (A) - Tacarcuna Wood-QuailTacarcuna Wood-quailThe Tacarcuna Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Odontophorus dialeucos - Gorgeted Wood-QuailGorgeted Wood-quailThe rare Gorgeted Wood Quail, Odontophorus strophium, is a small ground-dwelling bird. This tiny member of the New World quail family has been found in the larger oak forest remnants in the eastern Cordillera section of Colombia.Its natural habit are humid subtropical and temperate forests that...
Odontophorus strophium (E) - Tawny-faced QuailTawny-faced QuailThe Tawny-faced Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family, and the only species in its genus Rhynchortyx.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama...
Rhynchortyx cinctus
Hoatzin
Order: Opisthocomiformes. Family: OpisthocomidaeOpisthocomidae
Opisthocomidae is a group of birds, the only named family within the order Opisthocomiformes. The only living representative is the Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin, which lives in the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. Several fossil species have been identified, including one from Africa....
The Hoatzin is pheasant-sized - but much slimmer - long-tailed, long-necked and has a small head. It has an unfeathered blue face with red eyes, and its head is topped by spiky crest. It is a weak flier which is found in te swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.
- HoatzinHoatzinThe Hoatzin , also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird, or Canje Pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riverine forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America...
Opisthocomus hoazin
Limpkins
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Aramidae
The Limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab brown plumage and a greyer head and neck.
- LimpkinLimpkinThe Limpkin , Aramus guarauna, is a bird that looks like a large rail but is skeletally closer to cranes. It is the only extant species in the genus Aramus and the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, from Florida to northern Argentina...
Aramus guarauna
Trumpeters
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Psophiidae
The trumpeters are dumpy birds with long necks and legs, and chicken-like bills. They are named for the trumpeting call of the males. There are 3 species worldwide, restricted to the Amazon basin, and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Gray-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans
Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coot
Coot
Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica. Coots have predominantly black plumage, and, unlike many of the rails, they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water...
s, and gallinule
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
s. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in Colombia.
- Speckled Rail Coturnicops notatus
- Ocellated CrakeOcellated CrakeThe Ocellated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia....
Micropygia schomburgkii - Chestnut-headed CrakeChestnut-headed CrakeThe Chestnut-headed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Anurolimnas castaneiceps - Russet-crowned CrakeRusset-crowned CrakeThe Russet-crowned Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and...
Anurolimnas viridis - Black-banded CrakeBlack-banded CrakeThe Black-banded Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Anurolimnas fasciatus - Rufous-sided CrakeRufous-sided CrakeThe Rufous-sided Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is swamps....
Laterallus melanophaius - White-throated CrakeWhite-throated CrakeThe White-throated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
Laterallus albigularis - Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Black RailBlack RailThe Black Rail is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in coastal salt marshes but also in some freshwater marshes. It is extinct or threatened in many locations due to habitat loss...
Laterallus jamaicensis (A) - Clapper RailClapper RailThe Clapper Rail is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. Some researchers believe that this bird and the similar King Rail are a single species; the two birds are known to interbreed.-Distribution and habitat:...
Rallus longirostris - Virginia RailVirginia RailThe Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.Adults are mainly brown, darker on the back and crown, with orange-brown legs. They have long toes, a short tail and a long slim reddish bill...
Rallus limicola - Bogota RailBogotá RailThe Bogotá Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes....
Rallus semiplumbeus - Rufous-necked Wood-RailRufous-necked Wood-railThe Rufous-necked Wood Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical...
Aramides axillaris - Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
- Brown Wood-RailBrown Wood-railThe Brown Wood Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru....
Aramides wolfi - Uniform CrakeUniform CrakeThe Uniform Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, the only member of the genus Amaurolimnas. It is found widely, but locally, in swampy forests and wetlands of southern Mexico, and Central and South America...
Amaurolimnas concolor - SoraSora (crake)The Sora is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the Sora Rail or Sora Crake.Adults Soras are long, with dark-marked brown upperparts, a blue-grey face and underparts, and black and white barring on the flanks. They have a short thick yellow bill, with black...
Porzana carolina - Ash-throated CrakeAsh-throated CrakeThe Ash-throated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Porzana albicollis - Yellow-breasted CrakeYellow-breasted CrakeThe Yellow-breasted Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto...
Porzana flaviventer - Colombian CrakeColombian CrakeThe Colombian Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.-References:...
Neocrex colombianus - Paint-billed CrakePaint-billed CrakeThe Paint-billed Crake, Neocrex erythrops is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Helena, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela.Its natural...
Neocrex erythrops - Spotted RailSpotted RailThe Spotted Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad...
Pardirallus maculatus - Blackish RailBlackish RailThe Blackish Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
Pardirallus nigricans - Purple GallinuleAmerican Purple GallinuleThe American Purple Gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.A medium-sized rail with big yellow feet, purple-blue plumage with a green back, and red and yellow bill. It has a pale blue forehead shield and white undertail.Juveniles are brown overall with a brownish olive back...
Porphyrio martinica - Azure GallinuleAzure GallinuleThe Azure Gallinule is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela.The bill and frontal shield is a pale greenish-yellow.The wing...
Porphyrio flavirostris - Common MoorhenCommon MoorhenThe Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
Gallinula chloropus - Spot-flanked GallinuleSpot-flanked GallinuleThe Spot-flanked Gallinule is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.Its natural habitats are swamps and freshwater lakes....
Gallinula melanops - American CootAmerican CootThe American Coot is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies. Measuring in length and across the wings, adults have a short thick white bill and white frontal shield, which usually has a reddish-brown spot near the top of the bill between the eyes...
Fulica americana - Caribbean CootCaribbean CootThe Caribbean Coot is a large waterbird of the family Rallidae, which is a resident breeder in the Caribbean and parts of Venezuela. Several alleged sightings have occurred in North America, but these cannot be authenticated since some American Coots lack red knobs on the frontal shield of the bill...
Fulica caribaea - Slate-colored Coot Fulica ardesiaca
Sungrebe and Finfoots
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Heliornithidae
Heliornithidae
The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a Sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.-Description:Finfoots resemble...
The Heliornithidae are small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- SungrebeSungrebeThe Sungrebe or American Finfoot is a bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to northeast Argentina and southern Brazil....
Heliornis fulica
Sunbittern
Order: GruiformesGruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....
. Family: Eurypygidae
The Sunbittern is a bittern
Bittern
Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...
-like bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
of tropical regions of the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...
, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga.
- SunbitternSunbitternThe Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae and genus Eurypyga.-Description and reproduction:...
Eurypyga helias
Jacanas
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Jacanidae
The jacana
Jacana
The jaçanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. See Etymology below for pronunciation....
s are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There 8 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Wattled JacanaWattled JacanaThe Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes....
Jacana jacana
Oystercatchers
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Haematopodidae
The oystercatcher
Oystercatcher
The oystercatchers are a group of waders; they form the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia...
s are large and noisy plover
Plover
Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...
-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- American OystercatcherAmerican OystercatcherThe American Oystercatcher , occasionally called the American Pied Oystercatcher, is a member of family Haematopodidae. The bird is marked by its black and white body and a long, thick orange beak...
Haematopus palliatus
Avocets and stilts
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocet
Avocet
The four species of Avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer...
s and the stilt
Stilt
Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....
s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Black-necked StiltBlack-necked StiltThe Black-necked Stilt is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean...
Himantopus mexicanus
Thick-knees
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Burhinidae
The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Double-striped Thick-kneeDouble-striped Thick-kneeThe Double-striped Thick-knee, Burhinus bistriatus, is a Stone-curlew, a group of waders in the family Burhinidae.It is a resident breeder in Central and South America from southern Mexico south to Colombia, Venezuela and northern Brazil...
Burhinus bistriatus
Plovers and lapwings
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Charadriidae
Charadriidae
The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...
The family Charadriidae includes the plover
Plover
Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...
s, dotterels, and lapwing
Lapwing
Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are...
s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in Colombia.
- Pied LapwingPied LapwingThe Pied Plover , also known as the Pied Lapwing, is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Vanellus cayanus - Southern LapwingSouthern LapwingThe Southern Lapwing is a wader in the family Charadriiformes. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions , the higher parts of the Andes and the arid coast of a large part of western South America. This bird is particularly common in the...
Vanellus chilensis - Andean LapwingAndean LapwingThe Andean Lapwing is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Vanellus resplendens - American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Semipalmated PloverSemipalmated PloverThe Semipalmated Plover is a small plover.This species weighs and measures in length and across the wings. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband...
Charadrius semipalmatus - Wilson's PloverWilson's PloverThe Wilson's Plover is a small plover.Wilson's Plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of Mexico on the west.It is a partial migrant. Birds leave...
Charadrius wilsonia - KilldeerKilldeerThe Killdeer is a medium-sized plover.Adults have a brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with two black bands. The rump is tawny orange. The face and cap are brown with a white forehead. They have an orange-red eyering...
Charadrius vociferus - Snowy PloverSnowy PloverThe Snowy Plover is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern and western USA and the Caribbean...
Charadrius alexandrinus (A) - Collared PloverCollared PloverThe Collared Plover, Charadrius collaris, is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina....
Charadrius collaris
Sandpipers and allies
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae
The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...
The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlew
Curlew
The curlews , genus Numenius, are a group of eight species of birds, characterised by long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills...
s, godwit
Godwit
The godwits are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds of the genus Limosa. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter....
s, shanks
Tringa
Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the Green Sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern...
, tattler
Tattler (bird)
The tattlers are the two very similar bird species in the shorebird genus Tringa. They formerly had their own genus, Heteroscelus. The old genus name means "different leg" in Greek, referring to the leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks.The species are:*...
s, woodcock
Woodcock
The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus Scolopax. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localized island endemics. Most are found in the Northern Hemisphere but a few range into Wallacea...
s, snipe
Snipe
A snipe is any of about 25 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and crypsis plumage. The Gallinago snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the Lymnocryptes Jack Snipe is restricted to Asia and Europe and the...
s, dowitcher
Dowitcher
The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds. They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related...
s and phalarope
Phalarope
A phalarope or wadepiper is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. They are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek Sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids...
s. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 38 species which occur in Colombia.
- Common SnipeCommon SnipeThe Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...
Gallinago gallinago - Wilson's SnipeWilson's SnipeWilson's Snipe is a small, stocky shorebird. This species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Common Snipe, G. gallinago. Wilson's Snipe differs from the latter species in having a narrower white edge to the wings, and eight pairs of tail feathers instead of seven.Adults are...
Gallinago delicata - South American SnipeSouth American SnipeThe South American Snipe or Magellan Snipe, Gallinago paraguaiae, is a small, stocky wader. Its taxonomic position is complicated, sometimes treated as a race of Common Snipe...
Gallinago paraguaiae - Noble SnipeNoble SnipeThe Noble Snipe, Gallinago nobilis, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela above or just below the treeline. It is entirely sedentary.-Description:...
Gallinago nobilis - Giant SnipeGiant SnipeThe Giant Snipe, Gallinago undulata, is a stocky wader. It breeds in South America. The nominate subspecies G. u. undulata occurs in two distinct areas, one in Colombia, and the other from Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana to extreme north-eastern Brazil. The southern...
Gallinago undulata - Andean SnipeAndean SnipeThe Andean Snipe, Gallinago jamesoni, is a small, stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It appears to be entirely sedentary, with no evidence of migration....
Gallinago jamesoni - Imperial SnipeImperial SnipeThe Imperial Snipe, Gallinago imperialis, is a small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1967 and Ecuador in 1988...
Gallinago imperialis (A) - Short-billed DowitcherShort-billed DowitcherThe Short-billed Dowitcher like its congener the Long-billed Dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Middle America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas...
Limnodromus griseus - Long-billed DowitcherLong-billed DowitcherThe Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern...
Limnodromus scolopaceus (A) - Hudsonian GodwitHudsonian GodwitThe Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, is a large shorebird.-Identification:Adults have long dark legs and a long pink bill with a slight upward curve and dark at the tip. The upper parts are mottled brown and the underparts are chestnut. The tail is black and the rump is white...
Limosa haemastica (A) - Marbled GodwitMarbled GodwitThe Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is , including a large bill of , and wingspan is . Body mass can vary from ....
Limosa fedoa (A) - WhimbrelWhimbrelThe Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....
Numenius phaeopus - Long-billed CurlewLong-billed CurlewThe Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America...
Numenius americanus (A) - Upland SandpiperUpland SandpiperThe Upland Sandpiper is a large shorebird, closely related to the curlews . Older names are the Upland Plover and Bartram's Sandpiper. It is the only member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's Sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram...
Bartramia longicauda - Greater YellowlegsGreater YellowlegsThe Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, which together with the Spotted Redshank form a close-knit group...
Tringa melanoleuca - Lesser YellowlegsLesser YellowlegsThe Lesser Yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage...
Tringa flavipes - Solitary SandpiperSolitary SandpiperThe Solitary Sandpiper is a small wader .-Description:This species measures long, with a wingspan up to and a body mass of . It is a dumpy wader with a dark green back, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. It is obvious in flight, with wings dark above and below, and a dark...
Tringa solitaria - Spotted SandpiperSpotted SandpiperThe Spotted Sandpiper is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm long. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper they make up the genus Actitis...
Actitis macularia - Wandering TattlerWandering TattlerThe Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana , is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes...
Heterosceles incanus (A) - WilletWilletThe Willet, Tringa semipalmata , is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks...
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus - Ruddy TurnstoneRuddy TurnstoneThe Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
Arenaria interpres - SurfbirdSurfbirdThe Surfbird is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is usually classified in a genus of its own, as Aphriza virgata, and was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, but more recent data suggests it is very close genetically to the Red and Great Knots and should be included...
Aphriza virgata - Red KnotRed KnotThe Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...
Calidris canutus (A) - SanderlingSanderlingThe Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...
Calidris alba - Semipalmated SandpiperSemipalmated SandpiperThe Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, is a very small shorebird. It is sometimes separated with other "stints" in Erolia but although these apparently form a monophyletic group, the present species' old genus Ereunetes had been proposed before Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short stout...
Calidris pusilla - Western SandpiperWestern SandpiperThe Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird.Adults have dark legs and a short thin dark bill, thinner at the tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath. They are reddish-brown on the crown. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny...
Calidris mauri - Least SandpiperLeast SandpiperThe Least Sandpiper is the smallest shorebird.This species has greenish legs and a short thin dark bill. Breeding adults are brown with dark brown streaks on top and white underneath. They have a light line above the eye and a dark crown. In winter, Least Sandpipers are grey above...
Calidris minutilla - White-rumped SandpiperWhite-rumped SandpiperThe White-rumped Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have black legs and a small thin dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and mainly white underneath, with brown streaks on the breast and a white rump. They have a white stripe over their eyes. This bird shows long wings in flight. In winter...
Calidris fuscicollis - Baird's SandpiperBaird's SandpiperThe Baird's Sandpiper is a small shorebird. It is among those calidrids sometimes separated in Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short thin dark bill. They are dark brown on top and mainly white underneath with a black patch on the rump. The head and breast are light brown with dark streaks. In...
Calidris bairdii - Pectoral SandpiperPectoral SandpiperThe Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper , the type species of Erolia...
Calidris melanotos - Curlew SandpiperCurlew SandpiperThe Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...
Calidris ferruginea (A) - DunlinDunlinThe Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...
Calidris alpina (A) - Stilt SandpiperStilt SandpiperThe Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic genus Micropalama...
Calidris himantopus - Buff-breasted SandpiperBuff-breasted SandpiperThe Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpipers and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more precisely with the small species thereof which should be...
Tryngites subruficollis - Ruff Philomachus pugnax (A)
- Wilson's PhalaropeWilson's PhalaropeThe Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering around the central Andes in South America. They are passage migrants through...
Phalaropus tricolor - Red-necked PhalaropeRed-necked PhalaropeThe Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....
Phalaropus lobatus - Red PhalaropeRed PhalaropeThe Red Phalarope , Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...
Phalaropus fulicarius
Skuas and jaegers
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Stercorariidae
The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are 7 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Colombia.
- Great SkuaGreat SkuaThe Great Skua, Stercorarius skua, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. In Britain, it is sometimes known by the name Bonxie, a Shetland name of unknown origin.-Description:...
Stercorarius skua - Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Gulls
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Laridae
Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gull
Gull
Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders...
s and kittiwake
Kittiwake
The kittiwakes are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the Black-legged Kittiwake and the Red-legged Kittiwake . The epithets "Black-legged" and "Red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where R...
s. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in Colombia.
- Belcher's GullBelcher's GullThe Belcher's Gull , also known as the or Band-tailed Gull, is a gull found along the Pacific coast of South America. It formerly included the very similar Olrog's Gull as a subspecies. It is a medium-sized gull with a blackish mantle, white head and underparts, a black band in the otherwise white...
Larus belcheri - Gray Gull Larus modestus (A)
- Ring-billed GullRing-billed GullThe Ring-billed Gull is a medium-sized gull.Adults are length and with a wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver gray; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims...
Larus delawarensis (A) - Great Black-backed GullGreat Black-backed GullThe Great Black-backed Gull is the largest gull in the world, which breeds on the European and North American coasts and islands of the North Atlantic...
Larus marinus - American Herring GullAmerican Herring GullThe American Herring Gull or Smithsonian Gull is a large gull which breeds in North America. It is often treated as a subspecies of the European Herring Gull but is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities.Adults are white with gray back and wings, black wingtips with white spots,...
Larus smithsonianus (A) - Black-headed GullBlack-headed GullThe Black-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident...
Larus ridibundus - Andean GullAndean GullThe Andean Gull is a species of gull in the Laridae family. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus Larus.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Larus serranus - Laughing GullLaughing GullThe Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. It breeds on the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Northernmost populations migrate further south in winter, and this species occurs as a rare vagrant to western...
Larus atricilla - Franklin's GullFranklin's GullThe Franklin's Gull is a small gull.-Description:It breeds in central provinces of Canada and adjacent states of the northern United States...
Larus pipixcan - Little GullLittle GullThe Little Gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus or Larus minutus, is a small gull which breeds in northern Europe and Asia. It also has small colonies in parts of southern Canada. It is migratory, wintering on coasts in western Europe, the Mediterranean and the northeast USA. As is the case with many gulls,...
Larus minutus (A) - Sabine's GullSabine's GullThe Sabine's Gull is a small gull. Its generic placement is disputed; some authors treat it as the sole species in the genus Xema as Xema sabini, while others retain it in the genus Larus as Larus sabini. It breeds in the arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through northernmost North America...
Xema sabini - Swallow-tailed GullSwallow-tailed GullThe Swallow-tailed Gull is an equatorial seabird in the gull family Laridae. It is the only species in the genus Creagrus, which derives from the Latin Creagra and the Greek kreourgos which means butcher, also from kreas, meat; according to Jobling it would mean "hook for meat" referring to the...
Creagrus furcatus
Terns
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Sternidae
Tern
Tern
Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily of the gull family Laridae . They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers which in turn is related to skuas and auks...
s are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
- Gull-billed TernGull-billed TernThe Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...
Sterna nilotica - Caspian TernCaspian TernThe Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...
Sterna caspia - Elegant TernElegant TernThe Elegant Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds on the Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico and winters south to Peru, Ecuador and Chile....
Sterna elegans (A) - Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
- Royal TernRoyal TernThe Royal Tern is a seabird in the tern family Sternidae. This bird has two distinctive subspecies. T. m. maximus breeds on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico into the Caribbean. The slightly smaller T. m. albididorsalis breeds in coastal west Africa...
Sterna maxima - Roseate TernRoseate TernThe Roseate Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in bill colour and minor plumage details....
Sterna dougallii (A) - Common TernCommon TernThe Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...
Sterna hirundo - Arctic TernArctic TernThe Arctic Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America...
Sterna paradisaea (A) - Least Tern Sterna antillarum
- Yellow-billed TernYellow-billed TernThe Yellow-billed Tern is a species of tern in the Sternidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater...
Sterna superciliaris - Bridled TernBridled TernThe Bridled Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans.-Description:...
Sterna anaethetus - Sooty TernSooty TernThe Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus , is a seabird of the tern family . It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Colloquially, it is known as the Wideawake Tern or just wideawake...
Sterna fuscata (A) - Black TernBlack TernThe Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage.- Description :...
Chlidonias niger - Large-billed TernLarge-billed TernThe Large-billed Tern is a species of tern in the Sternidae family. It belongs to the monotypic genus Phaetusa....
Phaetusa simplex - Black NoddyBlack NoddyThe Black Noddy or White-capped Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. It resembles the closely related Brown or Common Noddy , but is smaller with darker plumage, a whiter cap, a longer, straighter beak and shorter tail...
Anous minutus - Brown NoddyBrown NoddyThe Brown Noddy or Common Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related Black Noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black...
Anous stolidus - White TernWhite TernThe White Tern is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the Fairy Tern although this name is potentially confusing as it is the common name of the Fairy Tern Sternula nereis...
Gygis alba - Inca TernInca TernThe Inca Tern is a seabird in the family Sternidae. It is the only member of the genus Larosterna.This uniquely-plumaged bird breeds on the coasts of Peru and Chile, and is restricted to the Humboldt current...
Larosterna inca (A)
Skimmers
Order: CharadriiformesCharadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...
. Family: Rynchopidae
Skimmer
Skimmer
The Skimmers, Rynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. The family comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas....
s are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Black SkimmerBlack SkimmerThe Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America...
Rynchops niger
Pigeons and doves
Order: ColumbiformesColumbiformes
Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....
. Family: Columbidae
Pigeons and dove
Dove
Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably...
s are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere
Cère
The Cère is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Dordogne River. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, near the mountain Plomb du Cantal...
. There are 308 species worldwide and 40 species which occur in Colombia.
- Rock PigeonRock PigeonThe Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....
Columba livia (I) - White-crowned PigeonWhite-crowned PigeonThe White-crowned Pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae . It inhabits the northern and central Caribbean islands and some places on the North and Central American mainland...
Patagioenas leucocephala - Scaled PigeonScaled PigeonThe Scaled Pigeon, Patagioenas speciosa , is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Trinidad....
Patagioenas speciosa - Bare-eyed PigeonBare-eyed PigeonThe Bare-eyed Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Aruba, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, and Venezuela....
Patagioenas corensis - Band-tailed PigeonBand-tailed PigeonThe Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata, is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean Pigeon and the Ring-tailed Pigeon, which form a clade of Patagioenas with a terminal tail band and iridescent plumage on their necks.It ranges from British Columbia, Utah, and...
Patagioenas fasciata - Pale-vented PigeonPale-vented PigeonThe Pale-vented Pigeon, Patagioenas cayennensis, is a large pigeon found in the tropical American. Formerly often placed in Columba, it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus Patagioenas. With its relatives it represents an evolutionary radiation extending through most of the...
Patagioenas cayennensis - Plumbeous PigeonPlumbeous PigeonThe Plumbeous Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Patagioenas plumbea - Short-billed PigeonShort-billed PigeonThe Short-billed Pigeon, Patagioenas nigrirostris , is a largish pigeon which breeds from southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia...
Patagioenas nigrirostris - Ruddy PigeonRuddy PigeonThe Ruddy Pigeon, Patagioenas subvinacea, is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia and central Brazil. It belongs to a clade of small and rather plain species of Patagioenas with characteristic calls that constitute the subgenus Oenoenas...
Patagioenas subvinacea - Dusky PigeonDusky PigeonThe Dusky Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Patagioenas goodsoni - Eurasian Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Mourning DoveMourning DoveThe Mourning Dove is a member of the dove family . The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds...
Zenaida macroura (A) - Eared DoveEared DoveThe Eared Dove, Zenaida auriculata, is a New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It may be a relatively recent colonist of Tobago and Trinidad...
Zenaida auriculata - White-winged DoveWhite-winged DoveThe White-winged Dove is a dove whose native range extends from the south-western USA through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In recent years with increasing urbanization and backyard feeding, it has expanded throughout Texas and into Louisiana...
Zenaida asiatica - Pacific DovePacific DoveThe West Peruvian Dove is also known as the Pacific Dove, and was first described in 1843 by the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob Baron von Tschudi. It is classified as LC The West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida meloda) is also known as the Pacific Dove, and was first described in 1843 by the Swiss...
Zenaida meloda (A) - Common Ground DoveCommon Ground DoveThe Common Ground Dove is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The Common Ground Dove is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United States...
Columbina passerina - Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi
- Ruddy Ground DoveRuddy Ground DoveThe Ruddy Ground Dove is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from Mexico south to Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
Columbina talpacoti - Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana
- Scaled DoveScaled DoveThe Scaled Dove is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Columbina squammata - Blue Ground DoveBlue Ground DoveThe Blue Ground Dove is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Peru and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad....
Claravis pretiosa - Maroon-chested Ground Dove Claravis mondetoura
- Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
- White-tipped DoveWhite-tipped DoveThe White-tipped Dove is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from the southernmost Texas in the USA through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago...
Leptotila verreauxi - Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Pallid DovePallid DoveThe Pallid Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Leptotila pallida - Caribbean DoveCaribbean DoveThe Caribbean Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in the Cayman Islands, Colombia , Honduras , Jamaica and Mexico . It has been introduced to New Providence in the Bahamas...
Leptotila jamaicensis - Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini
- Tolima DoveTolima DoveThe Tolima Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and pastureland.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Leptotila conoveri (E) - Purplish-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon lawrencii
- Russet-crowned Quail Dove Geotrygon goldmani
- Sapphire Quail Dove Geotrygon saphirina
- Olive-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon veraguensis
- Lined Quail Dove Geotrygon linearis
- White-throated Quail Dove Geotrygon frenata
- Violaceous Quail Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana
Parrots, macaws and allies
Order: Psittaciformes. Family: PsittacidaeParrot
Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
s are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide and 57 species which occur in Colombia.
- Blue-and-yellow MacawBlue-and-yellow MacawThe Blue-and-Yellow Macaw , also known as the Blue-and-Gold Macaw, is a member of the group of large Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It breeds in forest and woodland of tropical South America from Trinidad and Venezuela south to Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay...
Ara ararauna - Military MacawMilitary MacawThe Military Macaw is a large parrot and a medium-sized member of the macaw genus. Though considered vulnerable as a wild species, it is still commonly found in the pet trade industry. A predominantly green bird, it is found in the forests of Mexico and South America.-Taxonomy:There are three...
Ara militaris - Great Green MacawGreat Green MacawThe Great Green Macaw, Ara ambiguus, also known as Buffon's Macaw or the Great Military Macaw, is a Central and South American parrot found in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Two allopatric subspecies are recognized, the nominate subspecies is found in Central America...
Ara ambigua - Scarlet MacawScarlet MacawThe Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to up to...
Ara - Red-and-green MacawRed-and-green MacawThe Red-and-green Macaw , also known as the Green-winged Macaw, is a large mostly-red macaw of the Ara genus.This is the largest of the Ara genus, widespread in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America...
Ara chloroptera - Chestnut-fronted MacawChestnut-fronted MacawThe Chestnut-fronted Macaw or Severe Macaw is one of the largest of the Mini-Macaws. It reaches a size of around of which around half is the length of the tail....
Ara severa - Red-bellied MacawRed-bellied MacawThe Red-bellied Macaw, Orthopsittaca manilata, is a medium-sized, mainly green parrot. It is the only species of the genus Orthopsittaca, and it does not have any subspecies....
Orthopsittaca manilata - Yellow-eared ParrotYellow-eared ParrotThe Yellow-eared Parrot , is an endangered parrot of tropical America. It is found in the western Andes in Colombia and Ecuador and is closely associated to the wax palm Ceroxylon sp. which is itself endangered.-Range and habitat:The Yellow-eared Parrot nests and lives among wax palms in a few...
Ognorhynchus icterotis - Blue-crowned ParakeetBlue-crowned ParakeetThe Blue-crowned Parakeet, Blue-crowned Conure, or Sharp-tailed Conure is a parakeet native to large parts of South America, from eastern Colombia in the north to northern Argentina in the south...
Aratinga acuticaudata - Pacific ParakeetPacific ParakeetThe Pacific Parakeet or Nicaraguan Green Conure is a subspecies of the Green Parakeet. It was long considered a distinct species....
Aratinga strenua (A) - Scarlet-fronted ParakeetScarlet-fronted ParakeetThe Scarlet-fronted Parakeet or is a long-tailed South American species of parrot, which is sometimes called the Scarlet-fronted Conure or Wagler's Conure.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Aratinga wagleri - White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
- Dusky-headed ParakeetDusky-headed ParakeetThe Dusky-headed Parakeet , also known as the or Weddell's Conure or Dusky-headed Conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot found in wooded habitats in the western Amazon Basin. It prefers semi-open habitats such as várzea, forest edge and forest remnants, but can also be found in coffee...
Aratinga weddellii - Brown-throated ParakeetBrown-throated ParakeetThe Brown-throated Parakeet , commonly known as the St. Thomas Conure or Brown-throated Conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family...
Aratinga pertinax - Golden-plumed ParakeetGolden-plumed ParakeetThe Golden-plumed Parakeet is a Neotropical parrot species within the Psittacidae family, belonging to the monotypic genus Leptosittaca. This somewhat Aratinga-like species is found in humid temperate highland forests, especially with Podocarpus, on the east Andean slope in Colombia, Ecuador, and...
Leptosittaca branickii - Sinu Parakeet Pyrrhura subandina (E)
- Todd's Parakeet Pyrrhura caeruleiceps
- Painted ParakeetPainted ParakeetThe Painted Parakeet , more commonly known as the Painted Conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family, the true parrots. Its taxonomy is highly complex, and has undergone significant changes in recent years. As here defined, it is restricted to forests in northern South...
Pyrrhura picta - Santa Marta ParakeetSanta Marta ParakeetThe Santa Marta Parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Pyrrhura viridicata (E) - Maroon-tailed ParakeetMaroon-tailed ParakeetThe Maroon-tailed Parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Pyrrhura melanura - Flame-winged ParakeetFlame-winged ParakeetThe Flame-winged Parakeet , also known as the Brown-breasted Parakeet, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to forest edge and shrub at altitudes of 1700–3400 m. on the east Andean slope in Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife...
Pyrrhura calliptera (E) - Barred ParakeetBarred ParakeetThe Barred Parakeet , also known as Lineolated Parakeet, Catherine Parakeet or 'Linnies' for short, is a small parrot found disjunctly in highland forests from southern Mexico to Panama, in the Andes from western Venezuela to southern Peru, the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia and the Venezuelan...
Bolborhynchus lineola - Rufous-fronted ParakeetRufous-fronted ParakeetThe Rufous-fronted Parakeet, Toui À Front Roux, or Catita Frentirrufa is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Colombia....
Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons (E) - Green-rumped ParrotletGreen-rumped ParrotletThe Green-rumped Parrotlet, Forpus passerinus, is a small parrot. It is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America, from Caribbean regions of Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil, on the downstream Amazon River...
Forpus passerinus - Blue-winged ParrotletBlue-winged ParrotletThe Blue-winged Parrotlet is a small parrot found in much of South America. It includes the Turquoise-rumped Parrotlet , which sometimes is treated as a separate species. The Blue-winged Parrotlet is mainly found in lowlands, but locally up to 1200m in south-eastern Brazil...
Forpus xanthopterygius - Spectacled ParrotletSpectacled ParrotletThe Spectacled Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela....
Forpus conspicillatus - Dusky-billed ParrotletDusky-billed ParrotletThe Dusky-billed Parrotlet , also known as the Sclater's Parrotlet, is a small species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest in South America, where it is locally fairly common; it is in the Andes, and the Amazonian foothills; also the Amazon River outlet, and...
Forpus sclateri - White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- Orange-chinned ParakeetOrange-chinned ParakeetThe Orange-chinned Parakeet , also known as the Tovi Parakeet, is a small mainly green parrot of the Brotogeris genus. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela...
Brotogeris jugularis - Cobalt-winged ParakeetCobalt-winged ParakeetThe Cobalt-winged Parakeet is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family, the true parrots.It is found in the eastern Andean foothills, the far western Amazonian regions in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; in Brazil, the Amazon Basin states of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondonia.Its...
Brotogeris cyanoptera - Tui ParakeetTui ParakeetThe Tui Parakeet is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family, the true parrots.It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Peru and Bolivia; also a minor range into eastern Ecuador, and the river border of far south-eastern Colombia.It is restricted to várzea and other wooded...
Brotogeris sanctithomae - Lilac-tailed ParrotletLilac-tailed ParrotletThe Lilac-tailed Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Touit batavica - Scarlet-shouldered ParrotletScarlet-shouldered ParrotletThe Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Touit huetii - Blue-fronted ParrotletBlue-fronted ParrotletThe Blue-fronted Parrotlet, Touit dilectissimus, is also known as the Red-winged Parrotlet . It is a parrot in N. South America from E. Panama down the west coastal Andes to Peru, with a second population around and south of Lake Maracaibo...
Touit dilectissima - Sapphire-rumped ParrotletSapphire-rumped ParrotletThe Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Touit purpurata - Spot-winged ParrotletSpot-winged ParrotletThe Spot-winged Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Touit stictoptera - Black-headed ParrotBlack-headed ParrotThe Black-headed Parrot , also known as the Black-headed Caique, Black-capped Parrot or Pallid Parrot The Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephalus; sometimes incorrectly Pionites melanocephala), also known as the Black-headed Caique, Black-capped Parrot or Pallid Parrot The Black-headed Parrot...
Pionites melanocephala - White-bellied ParrotWhite-bellied ParrotThe White-bellied Parrot , in aviculture often referred to as the White-bellied Caique, is one of the two species in the genus Pionites of the Psittacidae family; the other species being the allopatric Black-headed Parrot...
Pionites leucogaster - Brown-hooded ParrotBrown-hooded ParrotThe Brown-hooded Parrot is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to north-western Colombia. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Pionopsitta, which now is restricted to the type species, the Pileated Parrot. It is sometimes considered conspecific with...
Pionopsitta haematotis - Rose-faced ParrotRose-faced ParrotThe Rose-faced Parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with theBrown-hooded Parrot , and was formerly placed in Pionopsitta which is now monotypic...
Pionopsitta pulchra - Orange-cheeked ParrotOrange-cheeked ParrotThe Orange-cheeked Parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Pionopsitta which is now monotypic....
Pionopsitta barrabandi - Saffron-headed ParrotSaffron-headed ParrotThe Saffron-headed Parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It was previously placed in the genus Pionopsitta, but moved out, as it is not as close to the type species Pionopsitta pileata as it was believed...
Pionopsitta pyrilia - Rusty-faced ParrotRusty-faced ParrotThe Rusty-faced Parrot is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:*...
Hapalopsittaca amazonina - Indigo-winged ParrotIndigo-winged ParrotThe Fuertes's Parrot , also known as Indigo-winged Parrot, is a critically endangered parrot which has a highly restricted range on the west slope of the Central Andes of Colombia. The Fuertes's Parrot is about a foot long and is green with indigo wing feathers, red shoulders, and a blue crown...
Hapalopsittaca fuertesi (E) - Short-tailed ParrotShort-tailed ParrotThe Short-tailed Parrot is the only species of the genus Graydidascalus. It is found along both banks of the Amazon river and other major Amazonian rivers in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru...
Graydidascalus brachyurus - Blue-headed ParrotBlue-headed ParrotThe Blue-headed Parrot, also known as the Blue-headed Pionus, Pionus menstruus, is a medium large parrot. It is about 27 cm long and they are mainly green with a blue head and neck, and red under tail feathers. It is a resident bird in tropical and subtropical South America and southern...
Pionus menstruus - Red-billed ParrotRed-billed ParrotThe Red-billed Parrot or Red-billed Pionus is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in humid subtropical forests in the Venezuelan Coastal Range, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and in the Andes from Colombia in north to Bolivia in south...
Pionus sordidus - Speckle-faced ParrotSpeckle-faced ParrotThe Speckle-faced Parrot is a species of parrot from the humid Andean forests from Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru, to Bolivia...
Pionus tumultuosus - Bronze-winged ParrotBronze-winged ParrotThe Bronze-winged Parrot is a medium sized pionus parrot 28 cm long. It is a short-tailed stocky parrot found in forest and woodland in north-western South America.-Description:...
Pionus chalcopterus - Dusky ParrotDusky ParrotThe Dusky Parrot or Dusky Pionus is a medium sized mainly dark brownish-gray parrot of the Pionus genus in the true parrot family....
Pionus fuscus - Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Festive AmazonFestive AmazonThe Festive Amazon , also known as the Festive Parrot, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. It is associated with forest and woodland growing near major rivers. Locally it is also found in coastal mangroves...
Amazona festiva - Yellow-crowned AmazonYellow-crowned AmazonThe Yellow-crowned Amazon or Yellow-crowned Parrot , is a species of parrot, native to the tropical South America and Panama. The taxonomy is highly complex, and the Yellow-headed and Yellow-naped Amazon are sometimes considered subspecies of the Yellow-crowned Amazon...
Amazona ochrocephala - Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Scaly-naped AmazonScaly-naped AmazonThe Scaly-naped Parrot is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Amazona mercenaria - Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Red-fan ParrotRed-fan ParrotThe Red-fan Parrot , also known as the Hawk-headed Parrot, is an unusual New World parrot hailing from the Amazon Rainforest...
Deroptyus accipitrinus
Cuckoos and anis
Order: CuculiformesCuculiformes
The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...
. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoo
Cuckoo
The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...
s, roadrunner
Geococcyx
The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America...
s and anis
Ani (bird)
The anis are the three species of near-passerine birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New world birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States...
. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in Colombia.
- Dwarf CuckooDwarf CuckooThe Dwarf Cuckoo is a tropical American bird species of the cuckoo family .It was formerly placed in the genus Coccyzus or Micrococcyx. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage around the Little Cuckoo, the genus Coccycua has been reinstated for these.It is found in Brazil,...
Coccyzus pumilus - Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccyzus cinereus (A)
- Black-billed CuckooBlack-billed CuckooThe Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, is a cuckoo.Adults have a long brown tail and a black bill. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a red ring around the eye. Juveniles are drabber, and the eye ring is greenish.Their breeding habitat is edges of...
Coccyzus erythropthalmus - Yellow-billed CuckooYellow-billed CuckooThe Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are Rain Crow and Storm Crow...
Coccyzus americanus - Pearly-breasted CuckooPearly-breasted CuckooThe Pearly-breasted Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Coccyzus euleri - Mangrove CuckooMangrove CuckooThe Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor, is a species of cuckoo that is native to the Neotropics.Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown. There is a yellow ring around the eye...
Coccyzus minor (A) - Dark-billed CuckooDark-billed CuckooThe Dark-billed Cuckoo is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family, the cuckoos.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela...
Coccyzus melacoryphus - Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
- Squirrel CuckooSquirrel CuckooThe Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana, is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad.-Description:...
Piaya cayana - Black-bellied CuckooBlack-bellied CuckooThe Black-bellied Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest and the Guianas. It is generally uncommon, but locally fairly common...
Piaya melanogaster - Little CuckooLittle CuckooThe Little Cuckoo is a species of bird in the cuckoo family from South America and Panama. It was formerly placed in the genus Piaya but a monotypic genus Coccycua was once erected for it...
Piaya minuta - Greater AniGreater AniThe Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, is a large bird in the cuckoo family. It is a breeding species from Panama and Trinidad through tropical South America to northern Argentina. It is sometimes referred to as the Black cuckoo....
Crotophaga major - Smooth-billed AniSmooth-billed AniThe Smooth-billed Ani is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina.This ani is found in open and semi-open country and...
Crotophaga ani - Groove-billed AniGroove-billed AniThe Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris, is an odd-looking tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas and central Mexico through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela,...
Crotophaga sulcirostris - Striped CuckooStriped CuckooThe Striped Cuckoo is a near-passerine bird, the only member of the genus Tapera. This resident cuckoo is found from Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina....
Tapera naevia - Pheasant CuckooPheasant CuckooThe Pheasant Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are...
Dromococcyx phasianellus - Pavonine CuckooPavonine CuckooThe Pavonine Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
Dromococcyx pavoninus - Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooRufous-vented Ground-cuckooThe Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo is a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in humid primary forests from southern Nicaragua, through Costa Rica and Panama, into north-western Colombia...
Neomorphus geoffroyi - Banded Ground-CuckooBanded Ground-cuckooThe Banded Ground Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in the Chocó of western Colombia and Ecuador....
Neomorphus radiolosus - Rufous-winged Ground-CuckooRufous-winged Ground-cuckooThe Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in humid primary forests in northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia. At in length, it is the largest South American cuckoo together with the other members of the genus Neomorphus.-References:*...
Neomorphus rufipennis - Red-billed Ground-CuckooRed-billed Ground-cuckooThe Red-billed Ground Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in the Amazon in western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and northeastern Peru.-References:...
Neomorphus pucheranii
Barn owls
Order: Strigiformes. Family: TytonidaeTytonidae
Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...
Barn owl
Barn Owl
The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...
s are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Barn OwlBarn OwlThe Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...
Tyto alba
Typical owls
Order: Strigiformes. Family: StrigidaeTypical owl
Typical owl
True owl or Typical owl are one of the two generally accepted families of Owls, the other being the barn owls . The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the typical owls are a subfamily Strigidae...
s are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide and 26 species which occur in Colombia.
- Tropical Screech-OwlTropical Screech-owlThe Tropical Screech Owl is a small species of owl in the Strigidae family.-Range and habitat:It is found throughout South America , except in the Andes, the arid Pacific lowlands, and the far south. Its distribution also extends into southern Central America in Costa Rica and Panama...
Megascops choliba - Bare-shanked Screech-OwlBare-shanked Screech-owlThe Bare-shanked Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Megascops clarkii - Rufescent Screech-OwlRufescent Screech-owlThe Rufescent Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. This is one of the larger species of screech owls, similar in size to the White-throated Screech Owl...
Megascops ingens - Colombian Screech-OwlColombian Screech-owlThe Colombian Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Megascops colombianus - Tawny-bellied Screech-OwlTawny-bellied Screech-owlThe Tawny-bellied Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Megascops watsonii - Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops vermiculatus
- Rio Napo Screech-Owl Megascops napensis
- White-throated Screech-OwlWhite-throated Screech-owlThe White-throated Screech Owl is an owl found in Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It is the largest species of the genus Megascops, at 26 cm and 185 grams ....
Megascops albogularis - Great Horned OwlGreat Horned OwlThe Great Horned Owl, , also known as the Tiger Owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas.-Description:...
Bubo virginianus - Mottled OwlMottled OwlThe Mottled Owl is a medium-sized owl found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina. The body has vertical bars on the chest and throat and white markings in the back. The eyes are dark and the head is round and they do not have ear tufts.It is thirteen to fifteen inches in length...
Ciccaba virgata - Black-and-white OwlBlack-and-white OwlThe Black-and-white Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.Compare with ITIS: It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Ciccaba nigrolineata - Black-banded OwlBlack-banded OwlThe Black-banded Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Ciccaba huhula - Rufous-banded OwlRufous-banded OwlThe Rufous-banded Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Ciccaba albitarsus - Crested OwlCrested OwlThe Crested Owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is the only species , in the genus Lophostrix....
Lophostrix cristata - Spectacled OwlSpectacled OwlThe Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata, is a large tropical owl. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina...
Pulsatrix perspicillata - Band-bellied OwlBand-bellied OwlThe Band-bellied Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Pulsatrix melanota (A) - Cloud-forest Pygmy-OwlCloud-forest Pygmy-owlThe Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. There are only an estimated 2,500-9,999 birds left....
Glaucidium nubicola - Andean Pygmy-OwlAndean Pygmy-owlThe Andean Pygmy Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Glaucidium jardinii - Central American Pygmy-OwlCentral American Pygmy-owlThe Central American Pygmy Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Glaucidium griseiceps - Amazonian Pygmy-OwlAmazonian Pygmy-owlThe Amazonian Pygmy Owl is an owl found in northern South America and northern Brazil, in the center of the Amazon Basin, and in Venezuela and the Guianas. In the southwest of the basin bordering the Andes cordillera, the species is found in Peru, and Bolivia...
Glaucidium hardyi (A) - Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Burrowing OwlBurrowing OwlThe Burrowing Owl is a tiny but long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing Owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated...
Athene cunicularia - Buff-fronted OwlBuff-fronted OwlThe Buff-fronted Owl, Aegolius harrisii, is a small owl. It is a rare and local resident in the highlands of South America from Venezuela south and east to Peru, northern Argentina and northwest Paraguay...
Aegolius harrisii - Striped OwlStriped OwlThe Striped Owl is a medium-sized owl with large ear tufts and a brownish-white facial disk rimmed with black. Its beak is black, and it has cinnamon-colored eyes. It has shorter, rounder wings than most of its close relatives. The upperparts are cinnamon with fine black vermiculation and heavy...
Pseudoscops clamator - Stygian OwlStygian OwlThe Stygian Owl, Asio stygius is a medium-sized dusky colored owl. It has yellow eyes, a black beak, a dark blackish facial disk, and white eyebrows. Its underparts are a dingy buff color with dark brown barring and streaks...
Asio stygius - Short-eared OwlShort-eared OwlThe Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...
Asio flammeus
Oilbird
Order: CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...
. Family: Steatornithidae
The Oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. It is nocturnal and a specialist feeder on the fruit of the Oil palm
Oil palm
The oil palms comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis is native to West Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia, while the American Oil Palm Elaeis oleifera is native to...
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- OilbirdOilbirdThe Oilbird , also known as Guácharo, is a bird found in the northern areas of South America . They are nocturnal feeders on the fruits of the Oil Palm and tropical laurels, and are the only nocturnal fruit eating birds in the world...
Steatornis caripensis
Potoos
Order: CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...
. Family: Nyctibiidae
The potoos (sometimes called Poor-Me-Ones) are large near passerine
Near passerine
Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...
birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. There are 5 species, all of which are from the South American tropical region, and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
- Great PotooGreat PotooThe Great Potoo is a bird, both the largest potoo species and the largest member of the order Caprimulgiformes . It occurs in tropical America.-Description:...
Nyctibius grandis - Long-tailed PotooLong-tailed PotooThe Long-tailed Potoo is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family.It is found in Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay; also in Argentina in the extreme northeast....
Nyctibius aethereus - Andean PotooAndean PotooThe Andean Potoo is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Nyctibius maculosus - Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- White-winged PotooWhite-winged PotooThe White-winged Potoo is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family, the Potoos.It is found in Roraima and Amazonas, Brazil and Guyana in the Amazon Basin; also localised populations in Peru and French Guiana....
Nyctibius leucopterus (A) - Rufous PotooRufous PotooThe Rufous Potoo is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family.It is found in Ecuador, , and Peru in the largest population, and the other large disjunct population 1600 km southwest at the Peru and Bolivia border,...
Nyctibius bracteatus
Nightjars
Order: CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...
. Family: Caprimulgidae
Nightjar
Nightjar
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...
s are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
- Short-tailed NighthawkShort-tailed NighthawkThe Short-tailed Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Lurocalis semitorquatus - Rufous-bellied NighthawkRufous-bellied NighthawkThe Rufous-bellied Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Lurocalis rufiventris - Least NighthawkLeast NighthawkThe Least Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela....
Chordeiles pusillus - Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris
- Lesser NighthawkLesser NighthawkThe Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis, is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas.The adults are dark with brown, grey and white patterning on the upperparts and breast; the long upperwings are black and show a white bar in flight. The tail is dark with white barring; the...
Chordeiles acutipennis - Common NighthawkCommon NighthawkThe Common Nighthawk is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark , displaying cryptic colouration and intricate patterns, this bird becomes invisible by day. Once aerial, with its buoyant but erratic flight,...
Chordeiles minor - Antillean NighthawkAntillean NighthawkThe Antillean Nighthawk, Chordeiles gundlachii, is a nightjar.The adults are dark with brown, grey and white patterning on the upperparts and breast; the long wings are black and show a white bar in flight. The tail is dark with white barring; the underparts are white with black bars. The adult...
Chordeiles gundlachii - Nacunda NighthawkNacunda NighthawkThe Nacunda Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Podager....
Podager nacunda - Band-tailed NighthawkBand-tailed NighthawkThe Band-tailed Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
Nyctiprogne leucopyga - PauraquePauraqueThe Pauraque – also called the Common Pauraque to distinguish it from similar species – is a nightjar species, the only bird in the genus Nyctidromus...
Nyctidromus albicollis - Choco PoorwillChocó PoorwillThe Chocó Poorwill is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi - Ocellated PoorwillOcellated PoorwillThe Ocellated Poorwill is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru....
Nyctiphrynus ocellatus - Chuck-will's-widowChuck-will's-widowThe Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the southeastern United States near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods...
Caprimulgus carolinensis - Rufous NightjarRufous NightjarThe Rufous Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
Caprimulgus rufus - Band-winged NightjarBand-winged NightjarThe Band-winged Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is widespread in South America, where found in the Andes, Venezuelan Coastal Range, Santa Marta Mountains, Tepuis, most of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and eastern Brazil...
Caprimulgus longirostris - Todd's NightjarTodd's NightjarThe Todd's Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in woodland and other semi-open habitats in northern Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana. The alternative name Santa Marta Nightjar after the Santa Marta Mountains is therefore misleading. It is fairly common in most...
Caprimulgus heterurus - Spot-tailed NightjarSpot-tailed NightjarThe Spot-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical...
Caprimulgus maculicaudus - White-tailed NightjarWhite-tailed NightjarThe White-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
Caprimulgus cayennensis - Blackish NightjarBlackish NightjarThe Blackish Nightjar is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family. This relatively small dark nightjar is found in the Guianas and the Amazon. It is rare or even absent in the western part, but is among the commonest nightjars in the eastern Amazon and the Guianas.-References:* BirdLife...
Caprimulgus nigrescens - Lyre-tailed NightjarLyre-tailed NightjarThe Lyre-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Uropsalis lyra - Swallow-tailed NightjarSwallow-tailed NightjarThe Swallow-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:* BirdLife International...
Uropsalis segmentata - Ladder-tailed NightjarLadder-tailed NightjarThe Ladder-tailed Nightjar is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family, the nightjars. It is one of two species in the genus, Hydropsalis....
Hydropsalis climacocerca - Scissor-tailed NightjarScissor-tailed NightjarThe Scissor-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay....
Hydropsalis torquata (A)
Swifts
Order: ApodiformesApodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...
. Family: Apodidae
Swift
Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...
s are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in Colombia.
- Tepui SwiftTepui SwiftThe Tepui Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....
Cypseloides phelpsi - Black SwiftBlack SwiftThe American Black Swift or more simply Black Swift is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica. It is also found on islands in the West Indies....
Cypseloides niger - White-chested SwiftWhite-chested SwiftThe White-chested Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Cypseloides lemosi (E) - Spot-fronted SwiftSpot-fronted SwiftThe Spot-fronted Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:...
Cypseloides cherriei - White-chinned SwiftWhite-chinned SwiftThe White-chinned Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Cypseloides cryptus - Chestnut-collared SwiftChestnut-collared SwiftThe Chestnut-collared Swift, Streptoprocne rutila, is a resident breeding bird from Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru and Bolivia. It was one of the species of Cypseloides controversially moved to Streptoprocne by the AOU ....
Streptoprocne rutila - White-collared SwiftWhite-collared SwiftThe White-collared Swift, Streptoprocne zonaris, is a resident breeding bird from central Mexico, the Greater Antilles and Trinidad south to Peru, northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil....
Streptoprocne zonaris - Band-rumped SwiftBand-rumped SwiftThe Band-rumped Swift, Chaetura spinicaudus, is a small swift.This species breeds in forested areas from Costa Rica south and east to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and northeast Brazil...
Chaetura spinicaudus - Gray-rumped SwiftGray-rumped SwiftThe Grey-rumped Swift, Chaetura cinereiventris, is a small swift.This species breeds in hill forests from Nicaragua south to Peru, Brazil and northern Argentina, and Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. The nest is a half saucer of twigs glued to the inside of a tree hole, chimney or similar shaded...
Chaetura cinereiventris - Pale-rumped SwiftPale-rumped SwiftThe Pale-rumped Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Chaetura egregia - Chimney SwiftChimney SwiftThe Chimney Swift is a small bird .-Physical description:In flight, this bird looks like a flying cigar with long slender curved wings. The plumage is a sooty grey-brown; the throat, breast, underwings and rump are paler. They have short tails.-Reproduction:The breeding season of Chimney Swifts is...
Chaetura pelagica - Chapman's SwiftChapman's SwiftThe Chapman's Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Chaetura chapmani - Short-tailed SwiftShort-tailed SwiftThe Short-tailed Swift is a bird in the Apodidae, or swift family.-Taxonomy:The subspecies C. b. ocypetes is sometimes considered a full species, the Tumbes Swift Chaetura ocypetes Zimmer, 1953....
Chaetura brachyura - Ashy-tailed SwiftAshy-tailed SwiftThe Ashy-tailed Swift is a swift which is endemic to northern and central Venezuela.The taxonomy of this group is confusing. The larger and far more widespread Sick's Swift was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Ashy-tailed Swift, but Marín found that Sick's Swift was closer to the...
Chaetura andrei - White-tipped SwiftWhite-tipped SwiftThe White-tipped Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Aeronautes montivagus - Pygmy SwiftPygmy SwiftThe Pygmy Palm Swift , also known as the Pygmy Swift, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Tachornis furcata - Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftLesser Swallow-tailed SwiftThe Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift or Cayenne Swift, Panyptila cayennensis, is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico and Tobago south to Ecuador, eastern Peru and Brazil....
Panyptila cayennensis - Costa Rican SwiftCosta Rican SwiftThe Costa Rican Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Chaetura fumosa
Hummingbirds
Order: Trochiliformes. Family: TrochilidaeHummingbird
Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings...
s are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. There are 337 species worldwide and 158 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of hummingbirds of any country on earth.
- White-tipped SicklebillWhite-tipped SicklebillThe White-tipped Sicklebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, and far northern Peru. There is also a single recent record from Mérida in Venezuela.Its natural habitat is the undergrowth of...
Eutoxeres aquila - Buff-tailed SicklebillBuff-tailed SicklebillThe Buff-tailed Sicklebill is a species of hermit hummingbird from the lower Andes and adjacent west Amazonian lowlands from southern Colombia and northern Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia.-Description:...
Eutoxeres condamini - Rufous-breasted HermitRufous-breasted HermitThe Rufous-breasted Hermit or Hairy Hermit is a hummingbird that breeds from Panama south to Bolivia, and on Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada. It is a widespread and generally common species, though local populations may change in numbers and disappear altogether in marginal habitat-Description:It...
Glaucis hirsuta - Bronzy HermitBronzy HermitThe Bronzy Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in forests and thickets from eastern Honduras south to western Panama, and in the Chocó of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. It closely resembles the larger Rufous-breasted Hermit.-References:*A Guide to...
Glaucis aenea - Band-tailed BarbthroatBand-tailed BarbthroatThe Band-tailed Barbthroat is a medium-sized hummingbird which is a resident breeder from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela....
Threnetes ruckeri - Pale-tailed BarbthroatPale-tailed BarbthroatThe Pale-tailed Barbthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in the Amazon Basin proper and bordering countries, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Threnetes niger - White-whiskered HermitWhite-whiskered HermitThe White-whiskered Hermit, Phaethornis yaruqui, is a hummingbird that is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Phaethornis yaruqui - Green HermitGreen HermitThe Green Hermit is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America south to northwestern South America It is 5.3 in long and weighs 0.22 oz . The male Green Hermit is mainly dark green with a blue-green rump...
Phaethornis guy - White-bearded HermitWhite-bearded HermitThe White-bearded Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.-References:* BirdLife International...
Phaethornis hispidus - Western Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
- Great-billed HermitGreat-billed HermitThe Great-billed Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Phaethornis malaris - Tawny-bellied HermitTawny-bellied HermitThe Tawny-bellied Hermit, Phaethornis syrmatophorus, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia,Ecuador, and Peru.-References: Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern....
Phaethornis syrmatophorus - Needle-billed HermitNeedle-billed HermitThe Needle-Billed Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Phaethornis philippii - Straight-billed HermitStraight-billed HermitThe Straight-billed Hermit is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family, the hummingbirds.It is found in the Guyanas of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana; also the northern Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; it is in eastern Venezuela and the Orinoco River Basin...
Phaethornis bourcieri - Pale-bellied HermitPale-bellied HermitThe Pale-bellied Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10...
Phaethornis anthophilus - Sooty-capped HermitSooty-capped HermitThe Sooty-capped Hermit is a hummingbird from Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana and Brazil. It builds one of the most remarkable nests which hangs by a single stout cable of spiders' silk from some overhead support. These curious nests have been found beneath bridges, in highway culverts, and hanging...
Phaethornis augusti - Streak-throated HermitStreak-throated HermitThe Streak-throated Hermit , also known as the Rupurumi Hermit, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Dusky-throated Hermit. The Streak-throated Hermit is found in forest, woodland and dense shrub in north-eastern South America...
Phaethornis rupurumii - Reddish HermitReddish HermitThe Reddish Hermit is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family, the hummingbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and in the Guianas. At 7.5 cm and a weight under 3 grams, it is among the smallest of the hermits and smallest birds overall...
Phaethornis ruber - Black-throated HermitBlack-throated HermitThe Black-throated Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. This small hermit is found in the western Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.-References:...
Phaethornis atrimentalis - Stripe-throated HermitStripe-throated HermitThe Stripe-throated Hermit is a species of hummingbird from Central America and north-western South America. It is generally fairly common and considered Least Concern by BirdLife International....
Phaethornis striigularis - Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis
- Tooth-billed HummingbirdTooth-billed HummingbirdThe Tooth-billed Hummingbird is a species of bird from the family Trochilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Androdon. It is found in humid forests in western Colombia, north-western Ecuador , and far eastern Panama...
Androdon aequatorialis - Green-fronted LancebillGreen-fronted LancebillThe Green-fronted Lancebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Doryfera ludovicae - Blue-fronted LancebillBlue-fronted LancebillThe Blue-Fronted Lancebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Doryfera johannae - Scaly-breasted HummingbirdScaly-breasted HummingbirdThe Scaly-breasted Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic for its genus.-Distribution and habitat:...
Phaeochroa cuvierii - Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
- Lazuline SabrewingLazuline SabrewingThe Lazuline Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10...
Campylopterus falcatus - Santa Marta SabrewingSanta Marta SabrewingThe Santa Marta Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Colombia....
Campylopterus phainopeplus (E) - Napo SabrewingNapo SabrewingThe Napo Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Campylopterus villaviscensio - White-necked JacobinWhite-necked JacobinThe White-necked Jacobin is a large and attractive hummingbird that ranges from Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil...
Florisuga mellivora - Brown Violet-earBrown Violet-earThe Brown Violetear is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America with isolated populations on Trinidad and in the Brazilian state Bahia.The breeding habitat is forest at altitudes between 400-1600 m, but the...
Colibri delphinae - Green Violet-earGreen Violet-ear- Introduction :The Green Violetear is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to northern South America.- Taxonomy :...
Colibri thalassinus - Sparkling Violet-earSparkling Violet-earThe Sparkling Violetear, Colibri coruscans, is a species of hummingbird. It is widespread in highlands of northern and western South America, including a large part of the Andes , the Venezuelan Coastal Range and the Tepuis...
Colibri coruscans - Green-breasted MangoGreen-breasted MangoThe Green-breasted Mango is a hummingbird from tropical America. The scientific name of this bird commemorates the French naturalist Florent Prévost.- Description :...
Anthracothorax prevostii - Black-throated MangoBlack-throated MangoThe Black-throated Mango is a mainly South American hummingbird species.-Description:It is 10.2 cm long and weighs 7.2g. The longish black bill is slightly decurved. The tail in both sexes has dark central feathers, the outer tail being wine-red tipped with black.The male has glossy bright...
Anthracothorax nigricollis - Fiery TopazFiery TopazThe Fiery Topaz is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Topaza pyra - Ruby-topaz HummingbirdRuby-topaz HummingbirdThe Ruby-topaz Hummingbird , commonly referred to simply as the Ruby Topaz, is a small bird that breeds in the Lesser Antilles and tropical northern South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas, south to central Brazil and northern Bolivia; also from Colombia into southern Panama. It is...
Chrysolampis mosquitus - Violet-headed HummingbirdViolet-headed HummingbirdThe Violet-headed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic of the genus, Klais.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Klais guimeti - Tufted CoquetteTufted CoquetteThe Tufted Coquette is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana and northern Brazil. It is an uncommon but widespread species, which appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood.This small bird inhabits open country,...
Lophornis ornatus - Rufous-crested CoquetteRufous-crested CoquetteThe Rufous-Crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded...
Lophornis delattrei - Spangled CoquetteSpangled CoquetteThe Spangled Coquette, Coquette Pailletée, Coqueta Coronada, or Coqueta Lentejuelada is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Lophornis stictolophus - Festive CoquetteFestive CoquetteThe Festive Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in northwestern South America, the region of the western Amazon Basin, in the countries of northwest Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru...
Lophornis chalybeus - Wire-crested ThorntailWire-crested ThorntailThe Wire-crested Thorntail is a hummingbird which occurs in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.The male of the eastern slopes of the northern Andes, has elongated tail feathers that curve outward and taper from a broad base to a slender tip. The outermost is longest and each successive feather toward the...
Popelairia popelairii - Black-bellied ThorntailBlack-bellied ThorntailThe Black-bellied Thorntail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Popelairia langsdorffi - Green ThorntailGreen ThorntailThe Green Thorntail is a small hummingbird that is a resident breeder from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. It occurs at middle elevations from 700-1400 m but may descend lower early in the wet season. In Costa Rica and Panama it is confined to the Caribbean slopes.This is a forest canopy species...
Discosura conversii - Racket-tailed CoquetteRacket-tailed CoquetteThe Racket-tailed Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Discosura longicauda (A) - Blue-chinned SapphireBlue-chinned SapphireThe Blue-chinned Sapphire is a hummingbird that breeds from Colombia south and east to the Guianas, Trinidad, Peru, and Brazil. There have been occasional records from Tobago...
Chlorostilbon notatus - Blue-tailed EmeraldBlue-tailed EmeraldThe Blue-tailed Emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, is a hummingbird found in tropical and subtropical South America east of the Andes from Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south to northern Bolivia and central Brazil....
Chlorostilbon mellisugus - Chiribiquete EmeraldChiribiquete EmeraldThe Chiribiquete Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Colombia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
Chlorostilbon olivaresi (E) - Coppery EmeraldCoppery EmeraldThe Coppery Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Chlorostilbon russatus - Narrow-tailed EmeraldNarrow-tailed EmeraldThe Narrow-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela....
Chlorostilbon stenurus - Short-tailed EmeraldShort-tailed EmeraldThe Short-tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes of Colombia and Venezuela. It has also been called Poortman's Emerald Hummingbird....
Chlorostilbon poortmani - Rufous-cheeked HummingbirdRufous-cheeked HummingbirdThe Pirre Hummingbird , also somewhat misleadingly known as the Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only species in its genus....
Goethalsia bella - Violet-capped HummingbirdViolet-capped HummingbirdThe Violet-capped Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Goldmania violiceps - Violet-crowned WoodnymphViolet-crowned WoodnymphThe Violet-crowned Woodnymph , also known as the Purple-crowned Woodnymph, is a medium-sized hummingbird found from Guatemala and Belize to northern Colombia and western Venezuela. It formerly included the Mexican and Green-crowned Woodnymphs as subspecies...
Thalurania colombica - Green-crowned WoodnymphGreen-crowned WoodnymphThe Green-crowned Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid forest and tall second growth from eastern Panama, south through western Colombia and Ecuador, to far north-western Peru...
Thalurania fannyi - Fork-tailed WoodnymphFork-tailed WoodnymphThe Fork-tailed Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Thalurania furcata - Violet-capped WoodnymphViolet-capped WoodnymphThe Violet-capped Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in forest , dense woodland, gardens and parks in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, and far north-eastern Argentina...
Thalurania glaucopis - Violet-bellied HummingbirdViolet-bellied HummingbirdThe Violet-bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypical for genus Damophila.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru; it can occasionally be seen in Costa Rica....
Damophila julie - Sapphire-throated HummingbirdSapphire-throated HummingbirdThe Sapphire-Throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama....
Lepidopyga coeruleogularis - Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdSapphire-bellied HummingbirdThe Sapphire-Bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It has bright plumage, with blue undersides and green uppersides and black wings. The forked tail is blue-black.It is found only in Colombia...
Lepidopyga lilliae (E) - Shining-green HummingbirdShining-green HummingbirdThe Shining-Green Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
Lepidopyga goudoti - Blue-throated GoldentailBlue-throated GoldentailThe Blue-throated Sapphire , also known as the Blue-Throated Goldentail, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama...
Hylocharis eliciae - Rufous-throated SapphireRufous-throated SapphireThe Rufous-throated Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found at forest edge, savanna-like habitats and plantations in northern and central South America.-References:...
Hylocharis sapphirina - White-chinned SapphireWhite-chinned SapphireThe White-chinned Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Hylocharis cyanus - Blue-headed SapphireBlue-headed SapphireThe Blue-Headed Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Hylocharis grayi - Golden-tailed SapphireGolden-tailed SapphireThe Golden-tailed Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Chrysuronia oenone - White-tailed GoldenthroatWhite-tailed GoldenthroatThe White-tailed Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Polytmus guainumbi - Green-tailed GoldenthroatGreen-tailed GoldenthroatThe Green-tailed Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador....
Polytmus theresiae - Buffy HummingbirdBuffy HummingbirdThe Buffy Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela....
Leucippus fallax - Olive-spotted HummingbirdOlive-spotted HummingbirdThe Olive-spotted Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.-References:...
Leucippus chlorocercus - Rufous-tailed HummingbirdRufous-tailed HummingbirdThe Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that breeds from east-central Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, east to western Venezuela and south through western Ecuador to near the border with Peru...
Amazilia tzacatl - Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdChestnut-bellied HummingbirdThe Chestnut-Bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Colombia....
Amazilia castaneiventris (E) - Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor
- White-chested EmeraldWhite-chested EmeraldThe White-chested Emerald, Amazilia brevirostris, is a hummingbird found in eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and far northern Brazil . It has sometimes been placed in the genus Agyrtria, and the name A. chionopectus was formerly used for this species, as the name A. brevirostris was...
Agyrtria brevirostris - Andean EmeraldAndean EmeraldThe Andean Emerald is a species of hummingbird found at forest edge, woodland, gardens and scrub in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It is generally fairly common. It is green above and white below. Some subspecies have a blue crown.-External links:* on the Internet Bird Collection...
Agyrtria franciae - Glittering-throated EmeraldGlittering-throated EmeraldThe Glittering-throated Emerald , sometimes placed in the genus Polyerata, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family....
Polyerata fimbriata - Blue-chested HummingbirdBlue-chested HummingbirdThe Blue-Chested Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Polyerata amabilis - Purple-chested HummingbirdPurple-chested HummingbirdThe Purple-Chested Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Polyerata rosenbergi - Steely-vented HummingbirdSteely-vented HummingbirdThe Steely-vented Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that is a resident breeder from western Nicaragua to Costa Rica, and also in Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. The Central American birds differ in voice and behaviour from those in South America and may be a separate species, the ...
Saucerottia saucerrottei - Indigo-capped HummingbirdIndigo-capped HummingbirdThe Indigo-capped Hummingbird , sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia...
Saucerottia cyanifrons (E) - Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- Green-bellied HummingbirdGreen-bellied HummingbirdThe Green-bellied Hummingbird , also known as the Tepui Hummingbird and sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family...
Saucerottia viridigaster - Copper-rumped HummingbirdCopper-rumped HummingbirdThe Copper-rumped Hummingbird, Amazilia tobaci, sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a small bird that breeds in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and has occurred as a vagrant on Grenada. It is a seasonal migrant in parts of Venezuela....
Saucerottia tobaci - BlossomcrownBlossomcrownThe Blossomcrown is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Anthocephala floriceps (E) - White-vented PlumeleteerWhite-vented PlumeleteerThe White-vented Plumeleteer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Chalybura buffonii - Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Ecuadorian PiedtailEcuadorian PiedtailThe Ecuadorian Piedtail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Phlogophilus hemileucurus (A) - Speckled HummingbirdSpeckled HummingbirdThe Speckled Hummingbird , is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.-External links:* on the Internet Bird Collection*; pbase.com...
Adelomyia melanogenys - Gould's JewelfrontGould's JewelfrontThe Gould's Jewelfront is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Heliodoxa aurescens - Fawn-breasted BrilliantFawn-breasted Brilliant-Introduction:The Fawn-breasted Brilliant, , is a species of hummingbird. It is found in South American countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and lives in tropical climates. It has a light brown chest, a dark green back, a white spot behind the eye, and a red spot on the throat...
Heliodoxa rubinoides - Violet-fronted BrilliantViolet-fronted BrilliantThe Violet-fronted Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Heliodoxa leadbeateri - Black-throated BrilliantBlack-throated BrilliantThe Black-throated Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Heliodoxa schreibersii - Pink-throated BrilliantPink-throated BrilliantThe Pink-throated Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Heliodoxa gularis - Empress BrilliantEmpress BrilliantThe Empress Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Heliodoxa imperatrix - Green-crowned BrilliantGreen-crowned BrilliantThe Green-crowned Brilliant is a large robust hummingbird that is a resident breeder in the highlands from Costa Rica to western Ecuador.This hummingbird inhabits wet mountain forests including edges, gaps and tall second growth...
Heliodoxa jacula - White-tailed HillstarWhite-tailed HillstarThe White-tailed Hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family, and the only member of the genus Urochroa. It is found in humid montane forest in southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. It has two subspecies, the nominate on the west Andean slope, and leucura on the east...
Urochroa bougueri - Chestnut-breasted CoronetChestnut-breasted CoronetThe Chestnut-breasted Coronet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid montane Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is generally easily recognized by its contrasting rufous underparts.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
Boissonneaua matthewsii - Buff-tailed CoronetBuff-tailed Coronet- Introduction :The Buff-tailed Coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens, is a species of hummingbird from the family Trochilidea. It is found in Colombia,...
Boissonneaua flavescens - Velvet-purple CoronetVelvet-purple CoronetThe Velvet-purple Coronet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid foothill forest on the West Andean slope in western Colombia and north-western Ecuador...
Boissonneaua jardini - Shining SunbeamShining SunbeamThe Shining Sunbeam is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Aglaeactis cupripennis - Chimborazo Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
- Mountain VelvetbreastMountain VelvetbreastThe Mountain Velvetbreast is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of its genus.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Lafresnaya lafresnayi - Bronzy IncaBronzy IncaThe Bronzy Inca is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-Description:...
Coeligena coeligena - Brown IncaBrown IncaThe Brown Inca is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Coeligena wilsoni - Black IncaBlack IncaThe Black Inca, Príncipe de Arcabuco is a bird species in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Colombia....
Coeligena prunellei (E) - Collared IncaCollared IncaThe Collared Inca is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru and Bolivia. It is very distinctive and unique in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail...
Coeligena torquata - White-tailed StarfrontletWhite-tailed StarfrontletThe White-Tailed Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Coeligena phalerata (E) - Golden-bellied StarfrontletGolden-bellied StarfrontletThe Golden-Bellied Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird found in Colombia and a very small part of Venezuela....
Coeligena bonapartei - Blue-throated StarfrontletBlue-throated StarfrontletThe Blue-throated Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
Coeligena helianthea - Buff-winged StarfrontletBuff-winged StarfrontletThe Buff-Winged Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Coeligena lutetiae - Sword-billed HummingbirdSword-billed HummingbirdSword-billed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird from South America and the sole member of the genus Ensifera...
Ensifera ensifera - Great SapphirewingGreat SapphirewingThe Great Sapphirewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes...
Pterophanes cyanopterus - Giant HummingbirdGiant HummingbirdThe Giant Hummingbird is the largest member of the hummingbird family, weighing 18-24 g and measuring approximately 21.5 cm in length. This is approximately the length same length as a European Starling or a Northern Cardinal, though the Giant Hummingbird is considerably lighter due to its...
Patagona gigas (A) - Longuemare's SunangelLonguemare's SunangelLonguemare's Sunangel is a species of hummingbird found in Venezuela and northeastern Colombia. It is closely related to the Amethyst-throated Sunangel, and species limits in this complex are unclear....
Heliangelus clarisse - Orange-throated SunangelOrange-throated SunangelThe Orange-Throated Sunangel is a species of hummingbird.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Heliangelus mavors - Gorgeted SunangelGorgeted SunangelThe Gorgeted Sunangel, Heliangelus strophianus, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia andEcuador....
Heliangelus strophianus - Tourmaline SunangelTourmaline SunangelThe Tourmaline Sunangel is a species of hummingbird.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Heliangelus exortis - Glowing PufflegGlowing PufflegThe Glowing Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
Eriocnemis vestitus - Black-thighed PufflegBlack-thighed PufflegThe Black-thighed Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found at humid forest edge and ravines in the Andean highlands of Colombia and northern Ecuador. It is threatened by habitat loss. As suggested by its name, the feathering around its legs is black, which is...
Eriocnemis derbyi - Turquoise-throated PufflegTurquoise-throated PufflegThe Turquoise-throated Puffleg , also known as Godin's Puffleg, is a possibly extinct hummingbird from Ecuador and Colombia.-Description:...
Eriocnemis godini - Sapphire-vented PufflegSapphire-vented PufflegThe Sapphire-vented Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Eriocnemis luciani - Coppery-bellied PufflegCoppery-bellied PufflegThe Coppery-bellied Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
Eriocnemis cupreoventris - Golden-breasted PufflegGolden-breasted PufflegThe Golden-breasted Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Eriocnemis mosquera - Colorful PufflegColorful PufflegThe Colorful Puffleg is a critically endangered hummingbird endemic to Colombia.In 2005, Swarovski donated funds which allowed the American Bird Conservancy and Fundación ProAves to create a reserve for this species....
Eriocnemis mirabilis (E) - Emerald-bellied PufflegEmerald-bellied PufflegThe Emerald-bellied Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Eriocnemis alinae - Greenish PufflegGreenish PufflegThe Greenish Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama....
Haplophaedia aureliae - Hoary PufflegHoary PufflegThe Hoary Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss....
Haplophaedia lugens - Purple-bibbed WhitetipPurple-bibbed WhitetipThe Purple-bibbed Whitetip, Urosticte benjamini, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the humid Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador....
Urosticte benjamini - Rufous-vented WhitetipRufous-vented WhitetipThe Rufous-vented Whitetip is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Urosticte ruficrissa - Booted Racket-tailBooted Racket-tailThe Booted Racket-tail is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the Andean cordillera of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; Venezuela also has a population on the northern coast.-Description:...
Ocreatus underwoodii - Black-tailed TrainbearerBlack-tailed TrainbearerThe Black-tailed Trainbearer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Lesbia victoriae - Green-tailed TrainbearerGreen-tailed TrainbearerThe Green-tailed Trainbearer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Lesbia nuna - Purple-backed ThornbillPurple-backed ThornbillThe Purple-Backed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Ramphomicron microrhynchum - Black-backed ThornbillBlack-backed ThornbillThe Black-Backed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Colombia....
Ramphomicron dorsale (E) - Bearded HelmetcrestBearded HelmetcrestThe Bearded Helmetcrest is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, known as páramo....
Oxypogon guerinii - Tyrian MetaltailTyrian MetaltailThe Tyrian Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Metallura tyrianthina - Perija MetaltailPerija MetaltailThe Perijá Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to paramo and elfin forest at high altitudes of the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Metallura iracunda - Viridian MetaltailViridian MetaltailThe Viridian Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Metallura williami - Rufous-capped ThornbillRufous-capped ThornbillThe Rufous-Capped Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Chalcostigma ruficeps - Bronze-tailed ThornbillBronze-tailed ThornbillThe Bronze-tailed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
Chalcostigma heteropogon - Rainbow-bearded ThornbillRainbow-bearded ThornbillThe Rainbow-bearded Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
Chalcostigma herrani - Mountain AvocetbillMountain AvocetbillThe Mountain Avocetbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family, the only member of its genus.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Opisthoprora euryptera - Long-tailed SylphLong-tailed SylphThe Long-tailed Sylph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.Courtship strategy...
Aglaiocercus kingi - Violet-tailed SylphViolet-tailed Sylph-Brief Description:The Violet-tailed Sylph, Aglaiocercus coelestis, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Males average around 7 inches,, in height, while females average around 3.8 inches...
Aglaiocercus coelestis - Wedge-billed HummingbirdWedge-billed HummingbirdThe Wedge-billed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Schistes, but sometimes merged with the visorbearers in Augastes....
Augastes geoffroyi - Purple-crowned FairyPurple-crowned FairyThe Purple-crowned Fairy is a large hummingbird that breeds in the lowlands and hills from southeastern Mexico south to southwestern Ecuador....
Heliothryx barroti - Black-eared FairyBlack-eared FairyThe Black-eared Fairy is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Heliothryx aurita - Long-billed StarthroatLong-billed StarthroatThe Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris, is a hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad...
Heliomaster longirostris - Blue-tufted StarthroatBlue-tufted StarthroatThe Blue-Tufted Starthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador, although not in Norway....
Heliomaster furcifer - Purple-throated WoodstarPurple-throated WoodstarThe Purple-throated Woodstar, Calliphlox mitchellii, is a species of hummingbird, and it is one of the four Calliphlox genera, the woodstars. The species is found in Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama, 600 km from its main species distribution.- External links :* on...
Calliphlox mitchellii - Amethyst WoodstarAmethyst WoodstarThe Amethyst Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in most of central, and eastern South America proper, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname-, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela...
Calliphlox amethystina - White-bellied WoodstarWhite-bellied WoodstarThe White-bellied Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Chaetocercus mulsant - Little WoodstarLittle WoodstarThe Little Woodstar, Colibri Bourdon, ColibrÍ Abejorro, or Estrellita Chica is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru....
Chaetocercus bombus - Gorgeted WoodstarGorgeted WoodstarThe Gorgeted Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela, also locality populations in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest...
Chaetocercus heliodor - Santa Marta WoodstarSanta Marta WoodstarThe Santa Marta Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Colombia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
Chaetocercus astreans (E) - Rufous-shafted WoodstarRufous-shafted WoodstarThe Rufous-Shafted Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Chaetocercus jourdanii
Trogons and Quetzals
Order: Trogoniformes. Family: TrogonidaeThe family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 16 species in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of trogons of any country on earth.
- Green-backed TrogonGreen-backed TrogonThe Green-backed Trogon , also known as the Amazonian White-tailed Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family. It is found in tropical humid forests in South America, where its range includes the Amazon, the Guiana Shield, Trinidad, and the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It formerly...
Trogon viridis - White-tailed TrogonWhite-tailed TrogonThe White-tailed Trogon , also known as the Western White-tailed Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family. It is found in tropical humid forests of the Chocó, ranging from Panama, through western Colombia, to western Ecuador. It was formerly considered a subspecies of T...
Trogon chionurus - Baird's TrogonBaird's TrogonThe Baird's Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Trogon bairdii - Violaceous TrogonViolaceous TrogonThe Violaceous Trogon , also known as the Guianan Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in humid forests in the Amazon Basin of South America and on the island of Trinidad, although some authorities have argued for treating the west Amazonian population as...
Trogon violaceus - Gartered TrogonGartered TrogonThe Gartered Trogon , also known as the Northern Violaceous Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in forests in east-central Mexico, south through Central America, to north-western South America...
, Trogon caligatus - White-eyed TrogonWhite-eyed TrogonThe Chocó Trogon , also known as the White-eyed Trogon or Blue-tailed Trogon , is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in humid lowland forest in western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.-References:...
Trogon comptus - Collared TrogonCollared TrogonThe Collared Trogon, Trogon collaris, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in the warmer parts of the Neotropics, and includes numerous subspecies, including T. c...
Trogon collaris - Masked TrogonMasked TrogonThe Masked Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is fairly common in humid highland forests in South America, mainly the Andes and tepuis.-Taxonomy:There are eight recognized subspecies of Masked Trogon:...
Trogon personatus - Black-throated TrogonBlack-throated TrogonThe Black-throated Trogon, Trogon rufus, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is also called "Yellow-bellied Trogon", but as it is not the only trogon with a yellow belly this should be avoided...
Trogon rufus - Blue-crowned TrogonBlue-crowned TrogonThe Blue-crowned Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru....
Trogon curucui - Black-tailed TrogonBlack-tailed TrogonThe Black-tailed Trogon, Trogon melanurus, is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon Basin, north-western South America and adjacent Panama...
Trogon melanurus - Slaty-tailed TrogonSlaty-tailed TrogonThe Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It breeds in lowlands from southeastern Mexico south through Central America, to Colombia, and a small region of northwestern Ecuador....
Trogon massena - Crested QuetzalCrested QuetzalThe Crested Quetzal is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Pharomachrus antisianus - White-tipped QuetzalWhite-tipped QuetzalThe White-tipped Quetzal is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana. In Venezuela and Colombia, three separated ranges occur, all contiguous and on the northern coasts. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Pharomachrus fulgidus - Golden-headed QuetzalGolden-headed QuetzalThe Golden-Headed Quetzal is a colorful bird native to highlands forests in South America.- Description :Males and females are approximately the same size, having a total length of ca. 35 cm and a weight of 160 g. as adults. Adult males are iridescent green with a golden cast to their heads,...
Pharomachrus auriceps - Pavonine QuetzalPavonine QuetzalThe Pavonine Quetzal is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family, the trogons. It is found in the Amazon Basin of the North Region, Brazil, Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia; also regions of Venezuela....
Pharomachrus pavoninus
Kingfishers
Order: CoraciiformesCoraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...
. Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
- Belted KingfisherBelted KingfisherThe Belted Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in the northern United States and Canada. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly placed in one family, Alcedinidae, but recent research suggests...
Ceryle alcyon - Ringed KingfisherRinged KingfisherThe Ringed Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous and noisy kingfisher, commonly found along the lower Rio Grande River valley in southeasternmost Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South America....
Ceryle torquatus - Amazon KingfisherAmazon KingfisherThe Amazon Kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona, is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, with at least one bird having strayed north to Texas. Records from Trinidad are thought to be erroneous.This...
Chloroceryle amazona - Green KingfisherGreen KingfisherThe Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana, is a resident breeding bird which occurs from southern Texas in the USA south through Central and South Americal to central Argentina....
Chloroceryle americana - Green-and-rufous KingfisherGreen-and-rufous KingfisherThe Green-and-rufous Kingfisher, Chloroceryle inda, is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southeastern Nicaragua south to southern Brazil.-Description:...
Chloroceryle inda - American Pygmy KingfisherAmerican Pygmy KingfisherThe American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea, is a resident breeding bird which occurs in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to western Ecuador, and then around the northern Andes cordillera in the east to central Bolivia and central Brazil...
Chloroceryle aenea
Motmots
Order: CoraciiformesCoraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...
. Family: Momotidae
The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails, which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft, and creating a racket-shaped tail. There are 10 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in Colombia.
- Tody MotmotTody MotmotThe Tody Motmot is a species of bird in the Momotidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Hylomanes.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Hylomanes momotula - Blue-crowned MotmotBlue-crowned MotmotThe Blue-crowned Motmot, Momotus momota, is a colourful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and Trinidad and Tobago...
Momotus momota - Highland Motmot Momotus aequatorialis
- Rufous MotmotRufous MotmotThe Rufous Motmot, Baryphthengus martii, is a near-passerine bird which is a resident breeder in rain forests from northeastern Honduras south to western Ecuador, northeastern Bolivia, and southwestern Brazil....
Baryphthengus martii - Broad-billed MotmotBroad-billed MotmotThe Broad-billed Motmot is a species of bird in the Momotidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:*...
Electron platyrhynchum
Jacamars
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Galbulidae
The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America, with a range that extends up to Mexico. They are glossy elegant birds with long bills and tails, which feed on insects caught on the wing. In appearance and behaviour they show resemblances to the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to woodpeckers. There are 18 species and 15 species that occur in Colombia.
- White-eared JacamarWhite-eared JacamarThe White-eared Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest....
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis - Dusky-backed JacamarDusky-backed JacamarThe Dusky-backed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Brachygalba salmoni - Pale-headed JacamarPale-headed JacamarThe Pale-headed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Brachygalba goeringi - Brown JacamarBrown JacamarThe Brown Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Brachygalba lugubris - Yellow-billed JacamarYellow-billed JacamarThe Yellow-billed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Galbula albirostris - Blue-cheeked Jacamar Galbula cyanicollis
- Rufous-tailed JacamarRufous-tailed JacamarThe Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda, is a near-passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador....
Galbula ruficauda - Green-tailed JacamarGreen-tailed JacamarThe Green-tailed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, both tropical and subtropical, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* IUCN 2008 Red List....
Galbula galbula - Coppery-chested JacamarCoppery-chested JacamarThe Coppery-chested Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Galbula pastazae (A) - Bluish-fronted JacamarBluish-fronted JacamarThe Bluish-fronted Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Galbula cyanescens - White-chinned JacamarWhite-chinned JacamarThe White-chinned Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps....
Galbula tombacea - Purplish JacamarPurplish JacamarThe Purplish Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Galbula chalcothorax - Bronzy JacamarBronzy JacamarThe Bronzy Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is found in north-central South America in the Amazon Basin and the Guianas....
Galbula leucogastra - Paradise JacamarParadise JacamarThe Paradise Jacamar, Galbula dea, is a small, approximately 30cm long bird with a long pointed tail, dark brown cap, white throat and long needle-like bill. It has dark greenish blue plumage with iridescent wings. Both sexes are similar....
Galbula dea - Great JacamarGreat JacamarThe Great Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Jacamerops....
Jacamerops aureus
Puffbirds
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Bucconidae
The puffbirds are related to the jacamars, and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colours of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous or grey, with large heads and flattened bills with a hooked tip. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. There are 34 species and 25 species which occur in Colombia.
- White-necked PuffbirdWhite-necked PuffbirdThe White-necked Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in forest and woodland from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó, northern Colombia , northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin.It was formerly considered a subspecies of N...
Notharchus macrorhynchos - Black-breasted PuffbirdBlack-breasted PuffbirdThe Black-breasted Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24...
Notharchus pectoralis - Brown-banded PuffbirdBrown-banded PuffbirdThe Brown-banded Puffbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is one of six species in the genus Notharchus.-Overview:...
Notharchus ordii - Pied PuffbirdPied PuffbirdThe Pied Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Notharchus tectus - Chestnut-capped PuffbirdChestnut-capped PuffbirdThe Chestnut-capped Puffbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds.-Overview:It is found in northwestern South America in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia; also the eastern Orinoco River Basin of...
Bucco macrodactylus - Spotted PuffbirdSpotted PuffbirdThe Spotted Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Bucco tamatia - Sooty-capped PuffbirdSooty-capped PuffbirdThe Sooty-capped Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and arable land.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Bucco noanamae (E) - Collared PuffbirdCollared PuffbirdThe Collared Puffbird is a sit-and-wait hunting bird found across the northern region of South America in the Amazon Basin, southern Colombia and Venezuela, and the Guianas....
Bucco capensis - Barred PuffbirdBarred PuffbirdThe Barred Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. It occurs in forests in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena of Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.-References:...
Nystalus radiatus - Russet-throated PuffbirdRusset-throated PuffbirdThe Russet-throated Puffbird is a near-passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America in northeastern Colombia and much of Venezuela, It is commonly named in Colombia as Bobito,Utta, Tol and Coludo....
Hypnelus ruficollis - Two-banded Puffbird Hypnelus bicinctus
- White-chested PuffbirdWhite-chested PuffbirdThe White-chested Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Malacoptila fusca - Black-streaked PuffbirdBlack-streaked PuffbirdThe Black-streaked Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Malacoptila fulvogularis - White-whiskered PuffbirdWhite-whiskered PuffbirdThe White-whiskered Puffbird is a bird which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to central Ecuador. It is sometimes known as White-whiskered Softwing....
Malacoptila panamensis - Moustached PuffbirdMoustached PuffbirdThe Moustached Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former...
Malacoptila mystacalis - Lanceolated MonkletLanceolated MonkletThe Lanceolated Monklet is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is the only member of the genus Micromonacha.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru...
Micromonacha lanceolata - Rusty-breasted NunletRusty-breasted NunletThe Rusty-breasted Nunlet is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in two major ranges, regions of the central Amazon Basin with parts of the Guianas; the second is in southeastern Brazil, with Paraguay and Argentina, including in the interior, the cerrado.It is found in...
Nonnula rubecula - Brown NunletBrown NunletThe Brown Nunlet is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in the countries of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in a contiguous range at the eastern slopes of the Andes and the headwaters of the Amazon Basin....
Nonnula brunnea - Gray-cheeked Nunlet Nonnula frontalis
- White-faced NunbirdWhite-faced NunbirdThe White-faced Nunbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. Its genus Hapaloptila is monotypic....
Hapaloptila castanea - Black NunbirdBlack NunbirdThe Black Nunbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds.It is found in north-central South America in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana including the Guiana Shield; also eastern and southeastern Venezuela in the eastern Orinoco River Basin, and the Amazon...
Monasa atra (A) - Black-fronted NunbirdBlack-fronted NunbirdThe Black-fronted Nunbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds.-Overview:It is found in Amazonian Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; also regions of eastern and southeastern Brazil....
Monasa nigrifrons - White-fronted NunbirdWhite-fronted NunbirdThe White-fronted Nunbird is a species of near passerine bird in the puffbird family . It is found in the tropical Americas....
Monasa morphoeus - Yellow-billed NunbirdYellow-billed NunbirdThe Yellow-billed Nunbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Monasa flavirostris - Swallow-wingSwallow-wingThe Swallow-winged Puffbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is also called the Swallow-wing...
Chelidoptera tenebrosa
Barbets
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Capitonidae
The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in Colombia. This is the largest assemblage of this family in any country.
- Scarlet-crowned BarbetScarlet-crowned BarbetThe Scarlet-crowned Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family.It is found in Amazonian Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Capito aurovirens - Spot-crowned BarbetSpot-crowned BarbetThe Spot-crowned Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Capito maculicoronatus - Orange-fronted BarbetOrange-fronted BarbetThe Orange-fronted Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is found in forests in western Ecuador and extreme southwestern Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss. Both genders are mainly black and white, and have a red forecrown...
Capito squamatus - White-mantled BarbetWhite-mantled BarbetThe White-mantled Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
Capito hypoleucus (E) - Five-colored Barbet Capito quinticolor (E)
- Black-spotted BarbetBlack-spotted BarbetThe Black-spotted Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is found in forests in northeastern South America, ranging as far south as the Amazon River and as far west as the Branco River. Previously, it included the Gilded Barbet of the southern and western Amazon Basin as...
Capito niger - Gilded BarbetGilded BarbetThe Gilded Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family, the barbets, and are close relatives of the toucans....
Capito auratus - Lemon-throated BarbetLemon-throated BarbetThe Lemon-throated Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is found in humid lowland forest in the western Amazon Basin in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It is generally uncommon.-References:...
Eubucco richardsoni - Red-headed BarbetRed-headed BarbetThe Red-headed Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is found in humid highland forest in Costa Rica and Panama, as well as the Andes in western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. The diet of the Red-headed Barbet may include bananas and various other...
Eubucco bourcierii - Toucan BarbetToucan Barbetleft|250pxThe Toucan Barbet, Semnornis ramphastinus, is a distinctive bird found in humid forests growing on the west Andean slopes in north-western Ecuador and south-western Colombia. While it remains fairly common locally, it has declined due to habitat loss and trapping for the cage-bird...
Semnornis ramphastinus
Toucans
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Ramphastidae
Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colourful bills which in some species may amount to half their body length. There are 40 species worldwide and 24 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia contains the largest number of toucans of any country.
- Groove-billed ToucanetGroove-billed ToucanetThe Groove-billed Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in mountains of northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical and upper tropical humid forest and woodland, occasionally also occurring in gardens. It includes the Yellow-billed...
Aulacorhynchus sulcatus - Chestnut-tipped ToucanetChestnut-tipped ToucanetThe Chestnut-tipped Toucanet is a South American species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It occurs in two distinct populations: The nominate group in humid highland forests along the east Andean slope from southernmost Colombia to Bolivia, and the whitelianus group from the humid forests of...
Aulacorhynchus derbianus - Crimson-rumped ToucanetCrimson-rumped ToucanetThe Crimson-rumped Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Its plumage is overall green , except for a maroon-red rump and tail-tip. The bill is black and maroon with a white band at the base...
Aulacorhynchus haematopygus - Lettered AracariLettered AracariThe Lettered Aracari is a species of bird in the toucan family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
Pteroglossus inscriptus - Green AracariGreen AracariThe Green Aracari, Pteroglossus viridis, is a toucan, a near-passerine bird found in the lowland forests of northeastern South America , in the northeast Amazon Basin, the Guianas and the eastern Orinoco River drainage of Venezuela. At 30-40 cm...
Pteroglossus viridis - Ivory-billed AracariIvory-billed AracariThe Ivory-billed Aracari is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Pteroglossus azara - Chestnut-eared AracariChestnut-eared AracariThe Chestnut-eared Aracari, Pteroglossus castanotis, is a bird native to central and south-eastern South America. It belongs to the toucan and aracari family . P. castanotis is a larger, more colorful bird than the Black-necked Aracari The Chestnut-eared Aracari, Pteroglossus castanotis, is a bird...
Pteroglossus castanotis - Black-necked AracariBlack-necked AracariThe Black-necked Aracari is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It measures 35-45 cm long and weighs 177-309 grams It is a typical but thickset aracari with a single red band across its otherwise yellow chest.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its...
Pteroglossus aracari - Collared AracariCollared AracariThe Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus, is a toucan, a near-passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico to Panama; also Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.-Description:...
Pteroglossus torquatus - Many-banded AracariMany-banded AracariThe Many-banded Aracari is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Pteroglossus pluricinctus - Plate-billed Mountain-ToucanPlate-billed Mountain-toucanThe Plate-billed Mountain Toucan is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid montane forests growing on the west Andean slopes in north-western Ecuador and south-western Colombia at a wide range of high, mountain altitudes...
Andigena laminirostris - Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
- Black-billed Mountain-ToucanBlack-billed Mountain-toucanThe Black-billed Mountain Toucan is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. It is the only mountain-toucan with a white throat. Despite its name, only the nominate subspecies has...
Andigena nigrirostris - Yellow-eared ToucanetYellow-eared ToucanetThe Yellow-eared Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid forests in Central America and the Chocó...
Selenidera spectabilis - Golden-collared ToucanetGolden-collared ToucanetThe Golden-collared Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in the western Amazon rainforest in South America. It includes the Langsdorff's or Green-billed Toucanet as a subspecies, but it was formerly considered a separate species...
Selenidera reinwardtii - Tawny-tufted ToucanetTawny-tufted ToucanetThe Tawny-tufted Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela....
Selenidera nattereri - Keel-billed ToucanKeel-billed ToucanThe Keel-billed Toucan , also known as Sulfur-breasted Toucan or Rainbow-billed Toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize.- Description :...
Ramphastos sulfuratus - Choco ToucanChoco ToucanThe Choco Toucan is a large, mainly black bird found in humid lowland and foothill forests on the Pacific slope of Colombia and Ecuador...
Ramphastos brevis - Channel-billed ToucanChannel-billed ToucanThe Channel-billed Toucan is a near-passerine bird which breeds in Trinidad and in tropical South America as far south as southern Brazil and central Bolivia.-Taxonomy:...
Ramphastos vitellinus - Black-mandibled ToucanBlack-mandibled ToucanThe Black-mandibled Toucan is a large toucan from northern South America. Its distribution ranges along the eastern slope of the Andes from Peru, north through Ecuador and Colombia, to Venezuela as far as the coastal ranges....
Ramphastos ambiguus - Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
- Violet-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus cognatus
- Santa Marta Toucanet Aulacorhynchus lautus (E)
- Andean Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta
Woodpeckers and allies
Order: PiciformesPiciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...
. Family: Picidae
Picidae
The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...
Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide and 44 species which occur in Colombia.
- Orinoco PiculetOrinoco PiculetThe Orinoco Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Picumnus pumilus - Bar-breasted PiculetBar-breasted PiculetThe Bar-breasted Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Picumnus aurifrons - Lafresnaye's PiculetLafresnaye's PiculetThe Lafresnaye's Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Picumnus lafresnayi - Golden-spangled PiculetGolden-spangled PiculetThe Golden-spangled Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Picumnus exilis (A) - Scaled PiculetScaled PiculetThe Scaled Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Picumnus squamulatus - White-bellied PiculetWhite-bellied PiculetThe White-bellied Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Picumnus spilogaster - Rufous-breasted PiculetRufous-breasted PiculetThe Rufous-breasted Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Picumnus rufiventris - Plain-breasted PiculetPlain-breasted PiculetThe Plain-breasted Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Picumnus castelnau - Olivaceous PiculetOlivaceous PiculetThe Olivaceous Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. Etymologically, piculet is as a double diminutive of the Latin picus woodpecker, see also Picus...
Picumnus olivaceus - Grayish Piculet Picumnus granadensis (E)
- Chestnut PiculetChestnut PiculetThe Chestnut Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Picumnus cinnamomeus - Acorn WoodpeckerAcorn WoodpeckerThe Acorn woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker, 21 cm long with an average weight of 85 g.-Description:...
Melanerpes formicivorus - Golden-naped WoodpeckerGolden-naped WoodpeckerThe Golden-naped Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Melanerpes chrysauchen - Black-cheeked WoodpeckerBlack-cheeked WoodpeckerThe Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani, is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador.This woodpecker occurs in the higher levels of wet forests, semi-open woodland and old second growth. It nests in an unlined hole 6–30 m high in a dead tree. The clutch...
Melanerpes pucherani - Yellow-tufted WoodpeckerYellow-tufted WoodpeckerThe Yellow-tufted Woodpecker, Melanerpes cruentatus, is a species of woodpecker. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Melanerpes cruentatus - Red-crowned WoodpeckerRed-crowned WoodpeckerThe Red-crowned Woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus, is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago....
Melanerpes rubricapillus - Yellow-bellied SapsuckerYellow-bellied SapsuckerThe Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a medium-sized woodpecker found in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.-Taxonomy:...
Sphyrapicus varius - Scarlet-backed WoodpeckerScarlet-backed WoodpeckerThe Scarlet-backed Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Veniliornis callonotus - Yellow-vented WoodpeckerYellow-vented WoodpeckerThe Yellow-vented Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Veniliornis dignus - Bar-bellied WoodpeckerBar-bellied WoodpeckerThe Bar-bellied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Veniliornis nigriceps - Smoky-brown WoodpeckerSmoky-brown WoodpeckerThe Smoky-brown Woodpecker or Brown Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
Veniliornis fumigatus - Little WoodpeckerLittle WoodpeckerThe Little Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks. It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in a large part of South America east of the Andes, and generally common...
Veniliornis passerinus - Red-rumped WoodpeckerRed-rumped WoodpeckerThe Red-rumped Woodpecker, Veniliornis kirkii, is a resident breeding bird from Costa Rica south and east to Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago....
Veniliornis kirkii - Choco WoodpeckerChocó WoodpeckerThe Chocó Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
Veniliornis chocoensis (E) - Red-stained WoodpeckerRed-stained WoodpeckerThe Red-stained Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Veniliornis affinis - Stripe-cheeked WoodpeckerStripe-cheeked WoodpeckerThe Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker, Piculus callopterus, is a species of woodpecker endemic to Panama. The males are an orangish-brown above with an olive barred yellowish rump, an olive chest and throat with white spots, and dull yellow underparts. Their crown, nape, and moustachial region is a bright...
Piculus callopterus - Lita WoodpeckerLita WoodpeckerThe Lita Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....
Piculus litae - White-throated WoodpeckerWhite-throated WoodpeckerThe White-throated Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Piculus leucolaemus - Yellow-throated WoodpeckerYellow-throated WoodpeckerThe Yellow-throated Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks....
Piculus flavigula - Golden-green WoodpeckerGolden-green WoodpeckerThe Golden-green Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks....
Piculus chrysochloros - Golden-olive WoodpeckerGolden-olive WoodpeckerThe Golden-olive Woodpecker, Colaptes rubiginosus, is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south and east to Guyana, northwest Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago. It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus...
Piculus rubiginosus - Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerCrimson-mantled WoodpeckerThe Crimson-mantled Woodpecker is a bird species in the woodpecker family . It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus . Its scientific name rivolii was given in honor of André Masséna, duke of Rivoli.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
Piculus rivolii - Spot-breasted WoodpeckerSpot-breasted WoodpeckerThe Spot-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in South America in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama of Central America....
Colaptes punctigula - Cinnamon WoodpeckerCinnamon WoodpeckerThe Cinnamon Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Celeus loricatus - Scaly-breasted WoodpeckerScaly-breasted WoodpeckerThe Scaly-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Celeus grammicus - Chestnut WoodpeckerChestnut WoodpeckerThe Chestnut Woodpecker, Celeus elegans, is a resident breeding bird in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south to Ecuador, Bolivia and northern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
Celeus elegans - Cream-colored WoodpeckerCream-colored WoodpeckerThe Cream-colored Woodpecker, Celeus flavus, is a species of woodpecker native to South America, from Colombia and the Guianas to Peru, Bolivia, and the eastern part of Brazil, including a southeast Brazil coastal strip. It is colored creamy yellow, except for the wingtips and tail, which are much...
Celeus flavus - Ringed WoodpeckerRinged WoodpeckerThe Ringed Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, the Amazon Basin and adjacent lower drainage of the Tocantins River in Pará state, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its...
Celeus torquatus - Lineated WoodpeckerLineated WoodpeckerThe Lineated Woodpecker is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad.-Description:The Lineated Woodpecker is long...
Dryocopus lineatus - Powerful WoodpeckerPowerful WoodpeckerThe Powerful Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. This little-known species is a large woodpecker, 33–38 cm long, and is a close relative to the North American Ivory-billed Woodpecker.Its natural habitat is subtropical...
Campephilus pollens - Crimson-bellied WoodpeckerCrimson-bellied WoodpeckerThe Crimson-bellied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru....
Campephilus haematogaster - Red-necked WoodpeckerRed-necked WoodpeckerThe Red-necked Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Campephilus rubricollis - Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCrimson-crested WoodpeckerThe Crimson-crested Woodpecker is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Panama south to northern border regions of Argentina, and on Trinidad....
Campephilus melanoleucos - Guayaquil WoodpeckerGuayaquil WoodpeckerThe Guayaquil Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Campephilus gayaquilensis
Ovenbirds
Order: Passeriformes. Family: FurnariidaeOvenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. There are 243 species worldwide and 78 species which occur in Colombia.
- Bar-winged CinclodesBar-winged CinclodesThe Bar-winged Cinclodes is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Cinclodes fuscus - Stout-billed CinclodesStout-billed CinclodesThe Stout-billed Cinclodes is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Cinclodes excelsior - Pale-legged HorneroPale-legged HorneroThe Pale-legged Hornero is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It includes the Pacific Hornero and the Caribbean Hornero , which often are considered separate species.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
Furnarius leucopus - Bay Hornero Furnarius torridus
- Lesser HorneroLesser HorneroThe Lesser Hornero is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.-References:...
Furnarius minor - Andean Tit-SpinetailAndean Tit-spinetailThe Andean Tit-spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Leptasthenura andicola - White-whiskered SpinetailWhite-whiskered SpinetailThe White-whiskered Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
Synallaxis candei - Rufous SpinetailRufous SpinetailThe Rufous Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Synallaxis unirufa - Rusty-headed SpinetailRusty-headed SpinetailThe Rusty-headed Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
Synallaxis fuscorufa (E) - Azara's SpinetailAzara's SpinetailAzara's Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara. .It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
Synallaxis azarae - Silvery-throated SpinetailSilvery-throated SpinetailThe Silvery-throated Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Synallaxis subpudica (E) - Pale-breasted SpinetailPale-breasted SpinetailThe Pale-breasted Spinetail , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to central Argentina, and in Trinidad....
Synallaxis albescens - Dark-breasted SpinetailDark-breasted SpinetailThe Dark-breasted Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Synallaxis albigularis - Slaty SpinetailSlaty SpinetailThe Slaty Spinetail or Slaty Castlebuilder, , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from northern Honduras to western Ecuador and east-central Brazil....
Synallaxis brachyura - Dusky SpinetailDusky SpinetailThe Dusky Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Synallaxis moesta - Plain-crowned SpinetailPlain-crowned SpinetailThe Plain-crowned Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Synallaxis gujanensis - White-bellied SpinetailWhite-bellied SpinetailThe White-bellied Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland....
Synallaxis propinqua - Ruddy SpinetailRuddy SpinetailThe Ruddy Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Synallaxis rutilans - Chestnut-throated SpinetailChestnut-throated SpinetailThe Chestnut-throated Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Synallaxis cherriei - Stripe-breasted SpinetailStripe-breasted SpinetailThe Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea is a passerine bird found in the tropical New World in Trinidad, Tobago, Colombia and Venezuela...
Synallaxis cinnamomea - White-browed SpinetailWhite-browed SpinetailThe White-browed Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Hellmayrea.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Hellmayrea gularis - Ash-browed SpinetailAsh-browed SpinetailThe Ash-browed Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Cranioleuca curtata - Streak-capped SpinetailStreak-capped SpinetailThe Streak-capped Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Cranioleuca hellmayri (E) - Red-faced SpinetailRed-faced SpinetailThe Red-faced Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Cranioleuca erythrops - Crested SpinetailCrested SpinetailThe Crested Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Cranioleuca subcristata - Rusty-backed SpinetailRusty-backed SpinetailThe Rusty-backed Spinetail is a Neotropical species of bird in the Furnariidae family. The taxon from Panama is sometimes considered a separate species, the Coiba Spinetail The Rusty-backed Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpina) is a Neotropical species of bird in the Furnariidae family. The taxon from...
Cranioleuca vulpina - Parker's SpinetailParker's SpinetailParker's Spinetail or White-breasted Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru....
Cranioleuca vulpecula - Speckled SpinetailSpeckled SpinetailThe Speckled Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Cranioleuca gutturata - Red-and-white SpinetailRed-and-white SpinetailThe Red-and-white Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds.It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and Peru; also the southern Amazon River border of Colombia and the headwaters of the Madeira River in Bolivia.Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps.The...
Certhiaxis mustelina - Yellow-chinned SpinetailYellow-chinned SpinetailThe Yellow-chinned Spinetail is a passerine bird found in the tropical New World from Trinidad and Colombia south to Argentina and Uruguay. In Spanish it is called curutié rojizo; its Portuguese name is joão-do-brejo or curutié...
Certhiaxis cinnamomea - Perija ThistletailPerijá ThistletailThe Perijá Thistletail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela....
Schizoeaca perijana - White-chinned ThistletailWhite-chinned ThistletailThe White-chinned Thistletail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Schizoeaca fuliginosa - Streak-backed CanasteroStreak-backed CanasteroThe Streak-backed Canastero is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
Asthenes wyatti - Many-striped CanasteroMany-striped CanasteroThe Many-striped Canastero is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
Asthenes flammulata - Common Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons
- Orange-fronted PlushcrownOrange-fronted PlushcrownThe Orange-fronted Plushcrown is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Metopothrix.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Metopothrix aurantiacus - Double-banded Graytail Xenerpestes minlosi
- Spectacled PrickletailSpectacled PrickletailThe Spectacled Prickletail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Its genus, Siptornis, is monotypic.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Siptornis striaticollis - Rusty-winged BarbtailRusty-winged BarbtailThe Rusty-winged Barbtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Its genus, Premnornis, is monotypic.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Premnornis guttuligera - Spotted BarbtailSpotted BarbtailThe Spotted Barbtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Premnoplex brunnescens - Fulvous-dotted TreerunnerFulvous-dotted TreerunnerThe Star-chested Treerunner or Fulvous-dotted Treerunner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Margarornis stellatus - Beautiful TreerunnerBeautiful TreerunnerThe Beautiful Treerunner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is endemic to Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Margarornis bellulus - Pearled TreerunnerPearled TreerunnerThe Pearled Treerunner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Margarornis squamiger - Rufous-tailed XenopsRufous-tailed XenopsThe Rufous-tailed Xenops is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Xenops milleri - Slender-billed XenopsSlender-billed XenopsThe Slender-billed Xenops is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Xenops tenuirostris - Plain XenopsPlain XenopsThe Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus, is a passerine bird which breeds in moist lowland forests in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, northeastern Argentina and central Brazil....
Xenops minutus - Streaked XenopsStreaked XenopsThe Streaked Xenops, Xenops rutilans, is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina...
Xenops rutilans - Montane Foliage-gleanerMontane Foliage-gleanerThe Montane Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Anabacerthia striaticollis - Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerScaly-throated Foliage-gleanerThe Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama....
Anabacerthia variegaticeps - Streaked TuftedcheekStreaked TuftedcheekThe Streaked Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii, is a passerine bird in the ovenbird family, which breeds in the tropical New World in the coastal mountains of Venezuela, and the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Buffy Tuftedcheek, P...
Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii - Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
- Flammulated TreehunterFlammulated TreehunterThe Flammulated Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Thripadectes flammulatus - Striped TreehunterStriped Treehunter-Introduction:The Striped Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family with a dusky-brown coloring with prominent buff streaking on the wings, throat, and breast...
Thripadectes holostictus - Black-billed TreehunterBlack-billed TreehunterThe Black-billed Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Thripadectes melanorhynchus - Streak-capped TreehunterStreak-capped TreehunterThe Streak-capped Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Thripadectes virgaticeps - Uniform TreehunterUniform TreehunterThe Uniform Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Thripadectes ignobilis - Lineated Foliage-gleanerLineated Foliage-gleanerThe Lineated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Syndactyla subalaris - Point-tailed PalmcreeperPoint-tailed PalmcreeperThe Point-tailed Palmcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Berlepschia....
Berlepschia rikeri - Striped WoodhaunterStriped WoodhaunterThe Striped Woodhaunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Hyloctistes.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Hyloctistes subulatus - Chestnut-winged HookbillChestnut-winged HookbillThe Chestnut-winged Hookbill is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Ancistrops....
Ancistrops strigilatus - Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleanerChestnut-winged Foliage-gleanerThe Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Philydor erythropterus - Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythrocercus
- Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleanerRufous-tailed Foliage-gleanerThe Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Philydor ruficaudatus - Buff-fronted Foliage-gleanerBuff-fronted Foliage-gleanerThe Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is found in southeastern regions of South America in the cerrado and pantanal of Brazil and Paraguay as well as areas of southeast coastal Brazil; also extreme northeast Argentina...
Philydor rufus - Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleanerCinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleanerThe Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Philydor pyrrhodes - Slaty-winged Foliage-gleanerSlaty-winged Foliage-gleanerThe Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner is a perching bird species in the ovenbird family .It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Philydor fuscipennis - Crested Foliage-gleaner Automolus dorsalis
- Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleanerChestnut-crowned Foliage-gleanerThe Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Automolus rufipileatus - Buff-throated Foliage-gleanerBuff-throated Foliage-gleanerThe Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Automolus ochrolaemus - Olive-backed Foliage-gleanerOlive-backed Foliage-gleanerThe Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in humid forests of most of the Amazon Basin, except in the south-eastern part, where the Para Foliage-gleaner is found. The two are closely related and were considered conspecific until...
Automolus infuscatus - Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerBrown-rumped Foliage-gleanerThe Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Automolus melanopezus - Ruddy Foliage-gleanerRuddy Foliage-gleanerThe Ruddy Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Its range is highly disjunct, with populations in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, and lowlands and foothills in the Chocó, eastern Andes, and western and north-eastern Amazon Basin. It is found in forest...
Automolus rubiginosus - Short-billed LeaftosserShort-billed LeaftosserThe Short-billed Leaftosser is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Sclerurus rufigularis - Tawny-throated LeaftosserTawny-throated LeaftosserThe Tawny-throated Leaftosser is a tropical American bird species in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is also known as the Tawny-throated Leafscraper, Mexican Leaftosser or Mexican Leafscraper...
Sclerurus mexicanus - Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
- Black-tailed LeaftosserBlack-tailed LeaftosserThe Black-tailed Leaftosser is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Sclerurus caudacutus - Scaly-throated LeaftosserScaly-throated LeaftosserThe Scaly-throated Leaftosser is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Sclerurus guatemalensis - Sharp-tailed StreamcreeperSharp-tailed StreamcreeperThe Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the family Furnariidae, the ovenbirds. It is the only member of the genus Lochmias. The species is also known as the Streamside Streamcreeper.-Description:This bird is about 6 in long, with a short tail and a...
Lochmias nematura
Woodcreepers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: DendrocolaptidaeThe Dendrocolaptidae are brownish birds and maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. There are 57 species worldwide and 33 species which occur in Colombia.
- Tyrannine WoodcreeperTyrannine WoodcreeperThe Tyrannine Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Dendrocincla tyrannina - Plain-brown WoodcreeperPlain-brown WoodcreeperThe Plain-brown Woodcreeper , is a sub-oscine passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago. Sometimes it is considered to include the Plain-winged Woodcreeper The Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla...
Dendrocincla fuliginosa - White-chinned WoodcreeperWhite-chinned WoodcreeperThe White-chinned Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Dendrocincla merula - Ruddy WoodcreeperRuddy WoodcreeperThe Ruddy Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela....
Dendrocincla homochroa - Long-tailed WoodcreeperLong-tailed WoodcreeperThe Long-tailed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is monotypic within Deconychura, but formerly this genus also included the Spot-throated Woodcreeper....
Deconychura longicauda - Spot-throated WoodcreeperSpot-throated WoodcreeperThe Spot-throated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is the only species in the genus Certhiasomus...
Deconychura stictolaema - Olivaceous WoodcreeperOlivaceous WoodcreeperThe Olivaceous Woodcreeper is a passerine bird of the tropical Americas. It belongs to the true woodcreepers of the ovenbird family ....
Sittasomus griseicapillus - Wedge-billed WoodcreeperWedge-billed WoodcreeperThe Wedge-billed Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Bolivia, central Brazil and the Guianas; it is absent from the Pacific coastal areas except between Costa Rica and Ecuador...
Glyphorynchus spirurus - Long-billed WoodcreeperLong-billed WoodcreeperThe Long-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, of the woodcreepers. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Nasica....
Nasica longirostris - Cinnamon-throated WoodcreeperCinnamon-throated WoodcreeperThe Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily of the ovenbird family . It makes up the monotypic genus Dendrexetastes....
Dendrexetastes rufigula - Strong-billed WoodcreeperStrong-billed WoodcreeperThe Strong-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is one of the largest woodcreepers and the largest furnariids, though the slender Long-billed Woodcreeper is longer and the Great Rufous Woodcreeper is larger overall...
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus - Northern Barred-WoodcreeperNorthern Barred-woodcreeperThe Northern Barred-woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Amazonian Barred-woodcreeper ....
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae - Amazonian Barred-WoodcreeperAmazonian Barred-woodcreeperThe Amazonian Barred-woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, the woodcreepers. The Northern Barred-woodcreeper was formerly included in this species...
Dendrocolaptes certhia - Black-banded WoodcreeperBlack-banded WoodcreeperThe Black-banded Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, the woodcreepers.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.In South America it is...
Dendrocolaptes picumnus - Striped WoodcreeperStriped WoodcreeperThe Striped Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily .It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Xiphorhynchus obsoletus - Ocellated WoodcreeperOcellated WoodcreeperThe Ocellated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily of the ovenbird family...
Xiphorhynchus ocellatus - Spix's WoodcreeperSpix's WoodcreeperThe Spix's Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily . The Elegant Woodcreeper was previously considered a subspecies of the Spix's Woodcreeper....
Xiphorhynchus spixii - Elegant WoodcreeperElegant WoodcreeperThe Elegant Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily . It was formerly considered a subspecies of Spix's Woodcreeper. It is found in the western and southern Amazon in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is tropical humid lowland forests. The...
Xiphorhynchus elegans - Buff-throated WoodcreeperBuff-throated WoodcreeperThe Buff-throated Woodcreeper is a resident passerine bird found in tropical South America in the Guiana Shield and disjunctly in the northern Atlantic Forest. It formerly included the Cocoa Woodcreeper and the Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper as subspecies...
Xiphorhynchus guttatus - Chestnut-rumped WoodcreeperChestnut-rumped WoodcreeperThe Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper is a species of perching bird. Like the other woodcreepers, it belongs to the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family ....
Xiphorhynchus pardalotus - Cocoa WoodcreeperCocoa WoodcreeperThe Cocoa Woodcreeper is a passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper .It is typically 23 cm long, and weighs 37 g...
Xiphorhynchus susurrans - Black-striped WoodcreeperBlack-striped WoodcreeperThe Black-striped Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus - Spotted WoodcreeperSpotted WoodcreeperThe Spotted Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius - Olive-backed WoodcreeperOlive-backed WoodcreeperThe Olive-backed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Xiphorhynchus triangularis - Straight-billed WoodcreeperStraight-billed WoodcreeperThe Straight-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily . Its genus, Dendroplex, was recently confirmed to be distinct from Xiphorhynchus....
Dendroplex picus - Zimmer's WoodcreeperZimmer's WoodcreeperZimmer's Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily . Its genus, Dendroplex, was recently confirmed to be distinct from Xiphorhynchus....
Dendroplex kienerii - Streak-headed WoodcreeperStreak-headed WoodcreeperThe Streak-headed Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, northern Brazil and Guyana, and on Trinidad....
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii - Montane WoodcreeperMontane WoodcreeperThe Montane Woodcreeper is a perching bird species in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family ....
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger - Lineated WoodcreeperLineated WoodcreeperThe Lineated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Lepidocolaptes albolineatus - Greater ScythebillGreater ScythebillThe Greater Scythebill is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. This species is found at very low densities in highland forest in the Andes, ranging from Colombia to Peru...
Campylorhamphus pucherani - Red-billed ScythebillRed-billed ScythebillThe Red-billed Scythebill is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.The Red-billed Scythebill is a fairly large species of woodcreeper. The total length of the species is 24-28 cm . As its name indicates, the bill is long, downcurved and reddish in coloration...
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris - Brown-billed ScythebillBrown-billed ScythebillThe Brown-billed Scythebill is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Campylorhamphus pusillus - Curve-billed ScythebillCurve-billed ScythebillThe Curve-billed Scythebill is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Campylorhamphus procurvoides
Typical antbirds
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ThamnophilidaeThe antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds, and tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat the small invertebrates that leave hiding to flee the ants.Many species lack bright colour; brown, black and white being the dominant tones. There are about 212 species worldwide and 114 species which occur in Colombia.
- Fasciated AntshrikeFasciated AntshrikeThe Fasciated Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Cymbilaimus lineatus - Undulated AntshrikeUndulated AntshrikeThe Undulated Antshrike is a relatively large species of antbird from the western Amazon in south-eastern Peru, western Brazil, and possibly far south-eastern Colombia. It formerly included the Fulvous Antshrike, which is found further west, as a subspecies.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
Frederickena unduligera - Great AntshrikeGreat AntshrikeThe Great Antshrike, Taraba major, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is the only member of the genus Taraba-....
Taraba major - Black-crested AntshrikeBlack-crested AntshrikeThe Black-crested Antshrike, Sakesphorus canadensis, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America in Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru....
Sakesphorus canadensis - Black-backed AntshrikeBlack-backed AntshrikeThe Black-backed Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
Sakesphorus melanonotus - Barred AntshrikeBarred AntshrikeThe Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is found in the Neotropics from Tamaulipas, Mexico, through Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and a large part of South America east of the Andes as far south as northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay....
Thamnophilus doliatus - Bar-crested AntshrikeBar-crested AntshrikeThe Bar-crested Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Thamnophilus multistriatus - Lined AntshrikeLined AntshrikeThe Lined Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus - Black AntshrikeBlack AntshrikeThe Black Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Thamnophilus nigriceps - Blackish-gray Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus
- Castelnau's AntshrikeCastelnau's AntshrikeThe Castelnau's Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Thamnophilus cryptoleucus - White-shouldered AntshrikeWhite-shouldered AntshrikeThe White-shouldered Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Thamnophilus aethiops - Uniform AntshrikeUniform AntshrikeThe Uniform Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Thamnophilus unicolor - Plain-winged AntshrikePlain-winged AntshrikeThe Plain-winged Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Thamnophilus schistaceus - Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
- Western Slaty-AntshrikeWestern Slaty-AntshrikeThe Western Slaty-Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in from western Ecuador, western Colombia, western Venezuela, and Central America as far north as Belize....
Thamnophilus atrinucha - Northern Slaty-AntshrikeNorthern Slaty-AntshrikeThe Northern Slaty-Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It previously included the Western Slaty-Antshrike, Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike, Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike, Planalto Slaty-Antshrike and Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike as subspecies, in which case the combined species simply...
Thamnophilus punctatus - Amazonian AntshrikeAmazonian AntshrikeThe Amazonian Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It occurs in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and east to Maranhão state; also Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia...
Thamnophilus amazonicus - Spot-winged AntshrikeSpot-winged AntshrikeThe Spot-winged Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pygiptila.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Pygiptila stellaris - Pearly AntshrikePearly AntshrikeThe Pearly Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Megastictus.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Megastictus margaritatus - Black BushbirdBlack BushbirdThe Black Bushbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Neoctantes.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Neoctantes niger - Recurve-billed BushbirdRecurve-billed BushbirdThe Recurve-billed Bushbird is a Thamnophilid antbird that inhabits dense stands of secondary vegetation at the northern end of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela. It is named for its extraordinary bill, which curves upwards...
Clytoctantes alixii (E) - Speckled Antshrike Xenornis setifrons
- Russet AntshrikeRusset AntshrikeThe Russet Antshrike, Thamnistes anabatinus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is the only member of the genus Thamnistes.It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Bolivia....
Thamnistes anabatinus - Plain AntvireoPlain AntvireoThe Plain Antvireo, Dysithamnus mentalis, is a passerine bird species in the antbird family , wherein it belongs to the antshrike subfamily . It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America....
Dysithamnus mentalis - Spot-crowned AntvireoSpot-crowned AntvireoThe Spot-crowned Antvireo is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Dysithamnus puncticeps - White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus
- Bicolored Antvireo Dysithamnus occidentalis
- Dusky-throated AntshrikeDusky-throated AntshrikeThe Dusky-throated Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Thamnomanes ardesiacus - Cinereous AntshrikeCinereous AntshrikeThe Cinereous Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
Thamnomanes caesius - Bluish-slate AntshrikeBluish-slate AntshrikeThe Bluish-slate Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Thamnomanes schistogynus - Pygmy AntwrenPygmy AntwrenThe Pygmy Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Myrmotherula brachyura - Moustached AntwrenMoustached AntwrenThe Moustached Antwren is a species of small Neotropical bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It has two allopatric subspecies, both sometimes considered separate monotypic species: The Griscom's Antwren is found the Chocó of north-western Ecuador, western Colombia and eastern Panama, and the...
Myrmotherula ignota - Yellow-throated AntwrenYellow-throated AntwrenThe Yellow-throated Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Myrmotherula ambigua - Cherrie's AntwrenCherrie's AntwrenThe Cherrie's Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela....
Myrmotherula cherriei - Pacific AntwrenPacific AntwrenThe Pacific Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
Myrmotherula pacifica - Amazonian Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata
- Guianan Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
- Stripe-chested AntwrenStripe-chested AntwrenThe Stripe-chested Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Myrmotherula longicauda - Plain-throated AntwrenPlain-throated AntwrenThe Plain-throated Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in all the counties of the Amazon Basin.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests...
Myrmotherula hauxwelli - Rufous-bellied AntwrenRufous-bellied AntwrenThe Rufous-bellied Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Myrmotherula guttata - Checker-throated AntwrenChecker-throated AntwrenThe Checker-throated Antwren or Fulvous-bellied Antwren is a small passerine bird in the antbird family. It has traditionally been placed in the genus Myrmotherula, but is, together with other members of the so-called "stipple-throated group", now placed in the new genus Epinecrophylla...
Myrmotherula fulviventris - Stipple-throated AntwrenStipple-throated AntwrenThe Stipple-throated Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Myrmotherula haematonota - Foothill AntwrenFoothill AntwrenThe Foothill Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Myrmotherula spodionota - Ornate AntwrenOrnate AntwrenThe Ornate Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Myrmotherula ornata - Rufous-tailed AntwrenRufous-tailed AntwrenThe Rufous-tailed Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Myrmotherula erythrura - White-flanked AntwrenWhite-flanked AntwrenThe White-flanked Antwren is a passerine bird in the antbird family.-Taxonomy:The subspecies M. a. luctuosa, the Silvery-flanked Antwren, is sometimes split as a full species.-Distribution and habitat:...
Myrmotherula axillaris - Slaty AntwrenSlaty AntwrenThe Slaty Antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor, is a small passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and eastern Peru....
Myrmotherula schisticolor - Rio Suno AntwrenRio Suno AntwrenThe Rio Suno Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Myrmotherula sunensis - Long-winged AntwrenLong-winged AntwrenThe Long-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Myrmotherula longipennis - Plain-winged AntwrenPlain-winged AntwrenThe Plain-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Myrmotherula behni - Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
- Leaden AntwrenLeaden AntwrenThe Leaden Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Myrmotherula assimilis - Banded Antwren Dichrozona cincta
- Spot-tailed AntwrenSpot-tailed AntwrenThe Spot-tailed Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Herpsilochmus sticturus - Dugand's AntwrenDugand's AntwrenThe Dugand's Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Herpsilochmus dugandi - Spot-backed AntwrenSpot-backed AntwrenThe Spot-backed Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus - Yellow-breasted AntwrenYellow-breasted AntwrenThe Yellow-breasted Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Herpsilochmus axillaris - Rufous-winged AntwrenRufous-winged AntwrenThe Rufous-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus - Dot-winged AntwrenDot-winged AntwrenThe Dot-winged Antwren is a passerine bird in the antbird family. In the past it was sometimes known as the Velvety Antwren, and some of its more distinctive subspecies have their own infrequently used English names...
Microrhopias quixensis - White-fringed AntwrenWhite-fringed AntwrenThe White-fringed Antwren, Formicivora grisea, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America from Colombia southeast to the Guianas and Brazil, and on Tobago....
Formicivora grisea - Striated AntbirdStriated AntbirdThe Striated Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It is found in the western and south-central Amazon in South America. As presently defined, it has two subspecies: the nominate subspecies in the west, and D. d. subochracea in the south-central Amazon...
Drymophila devillei - Long-tailed AntbirdLong-tailed AntbirdThe Long-tailed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found at low levels in humid highland forests, especially near bamboo, ranging through the Andes from western Bolivia to north-western Venezuela, with disjunct populations in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Serranía...
Drymophila caudata - Rufous-rumped AntwrenRufous-rumped AntwrenThe Rufous-rumped Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Terenura callinota - Chestnut-shouldered AntwrenChestnut-shouldered AntwrenThe Chestnut-shouldered Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Terenura humeralis (A) - Ash-winged AntwrenAsh-winged AntwrenThe Ash-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Terenura spodioptila - Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
- Dusky AntbirdDusky AntbirdThe Dusky Antbird or Tyrannine Antbird, Cercomacra tyrannina, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America from southeastern Mexico southwards to western Ecuador, and Amazonian Brazil....
Cercomacra tyrannina - Parker's AntbirdParker's AntbirdThe Parker's Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
Cercomacra parkeri (E) - Blackish AntbirdBlackish AntbirdThe Blackish Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Suriname....
Cercomacra nigrescens - Black AntbirdBlack AntbirdThe Black Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Cercomacra serva - Jet AntbirdJet AntbirdThe Jet Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Cercomacra nigricans - White-backed Fire-eyeWhite-backed Fire-eyeThe White-backed Fire-eye is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru....
Pyriglena leuconota - White-browed AntbirdWhite-browed AntbirdThe White-browed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Myrmoborus leucophrys - Ash-breasted AntbirdAsh-breasted AntbirdThe Ash-breasted Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Myrmoborus lugubris - Black-faced AntbirdBlack-faced AntbirdThe Black-faced Antbird is a species of bird, about 12–13 cm long, in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic in a wide range across the Amazon basin...
Myrmoborus myotherinus - Warbling AntbirdWarbling AntbirdThe warbling antbird is a complex consisting of six species of antbirds that until recently were considered a single species found throughout the Amazon in South America...
Hypocnemis cantator - Yellow-browed AntbirdYellow-browed AntbirdThe Yellow-browed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Hypocnemis hypoxantha - Black-chinned AntbirdBlack-chinned AntbirdThe Black-chinned Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Hypocnemoides melanopogon - Black-and-white AntbirdBlack-and-white AntbirdThe Black-and-white Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Myrmochanes.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Myrmochanes hemileucus - Bare-crowned AntbirdBare-crowned AntbirdThe Bare-crowned Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family in the monotypic genus Gymnocichla.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Gymnocichla nudiceps - Silvered AntbirdSilvered AntbirdThe Silvered Antbird is a passerine bird in the antbird family, the only member of the genus Sclateria. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America from Colombia and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil....
Sclateria naevia - Black-headed AntbirdBlack-headed AntbirdThe Black-headed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Percnostola rufifrons - Slate-colored Antbird Percnostola schistacea
- Spot-winged AntbirdSpot-winged AntbirdThe Spot-winged Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. Until recently, it included the Roraiman, Humaita, Brownish-headed and Rufous-faced Antbird as subspecies, but based on differences in voice and plumage it has been recommended treating them as separate species...
Percnostola leucostigma - White-lined AntbirdWhite-lined AntbirdThe White-lined Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Percnostola lophotes - Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi
- White-bellied AntbirdWhite-bellied AntbirdThe White-bellied Antbird , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Panama to northern Brazil and in Trinidad. It is also called Swainson's Antcatcher after William John Swainson, who first described it scientifically...
Myrmeciza longipes - Chestnut-backed AntbirdChestnut-backed AntbirdThe Chestnut-backed Antbird, Myrmeciza exsul, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is found in humid forests in Central and South America , ranging from eastern Nicaragua to western Ecuador...
Myrmeciza exsul - Dull-mantled AntbirdDull-mantled AntbirdThe Dull-mantled Antbird is a perching bird species in the antbird family . Its scientific name is presently Myrmeciza laemosticta, but as it does not seem to be closely related to the White-bellied Antbird The Dull-mantled Antbird is a perching bird species in the antbird family (Thamnophilidae)....
Myrmeciza laemosticta - Esmeraldas AntbirdEsmeraldas AntbirdThe Esmeraldas Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. The species has been the source of taxonomic confusion in the past, as the male was placed as a separate species...
Myrmeciza nigricauda - Yapacana AntbirdYapacana AntbirdThe Yapacana Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Myrmeciza disjuncta - Gray-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza pelzelni
- Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza castanea
- Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena
- Plumbeous AntbirdPlumbeous AntbirdThe Plumbeous Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.-References:...
Myrmeciza hyperythra - White-shouldered AntbirdWhite-shouldered AntbirdThe White-shouldered Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.-References:...
Myrmeciza melanoceps - Sooty AntbirdSooty AntbirdThe Sooty Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Myrmeciza fortis - Immaculate AntbirdImmaculate AntbirdThe Immaculate Antbird is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found at low levels in humid forests in Costa Rica, Panama, western and northern Colombia, western Venezuela, and western Ecuador...
Myrmeciza immaculata - Black-throated AntbirdBlack-throated AntbirdThe Black-throated Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Myrmeciza atrothorax - White-plumed AntbirdWhite-plumed AntbirdThe White-plumed Antbird is a species of insectivorous bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is marked by deep red-brownish plumage, black wings, and a black head with a bright-white feathered mask....
Pithys albifrons - Rufous-throated AntbirdRufous-throated AntbirdThe Rufous-throated Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Gymnopithys rufigula - Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
- Lunulated AntbirdLunulated AntbirdThe Lunulated Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Gymnopithys lunulata - Wing-banded AntbirdWing-banded AntbirdThe Wing-banded Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Myrmornis....
Myrmornis torquata - Hairy-crested AntbirdHairy-crested AntbirdThe Hairy-crested Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Rhegmatorhina melanosticta - Chestnut-crested AntbirdChestnut-crested AntbirdThe Chestnut-crested Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil and Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Rhegmatorhina cristata - Spotted AntbirdSpotted AntbirdThe Spotted Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.In southern Central America, it is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; also Colombia and Ecuador of northwestern South America....
Hylophylax naevioides - Spot-backed AntbirdSpot-backed AntbirdThe Spot-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Hylophylax naevia - Dot-backed AntbirdDot-backed AntbirdThe Dot-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps....
Hylophylax punctulata - Scale-backed AntbirdScale-backed AntbirdThe Common Scale-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It has often been included in the genus Hylophylax, but is now known to be part of a different clade, leading to its placement in the genus Willisornis...
Hylophylax poecilinota - Black-spotted Bare-eyeBlack-spotted Bare-eyeThe Black-spotted Bare-eye is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Phlegopsis nigromaculata - Reddish-winged Bare-eyeReddish-winged Bare-eyeThe Reddish-winged Bare-eye is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Phlegopsis erythroptera - Ocellated AntbirdOcellated AntbirdThe Ocellated Antbird is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Phaenostictus.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Phaenostictus mcleannani
Antthrushes and Antpittas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: FormicariidaeFormicariidae
The Formicariidae, formicariids, or ground antbirds are a family of smallish passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are between 10 and 20 cm in length, and are related to the antbirds, Thamnophilidae, and gnateaters, Conopophagidae...
The ground antbirds are a family comprising the antthrushes and antpittas. Antthrushes resemble small rails while antpittas resemble the true pittas
Pitta (bird)
Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species live in Africa. Pittas are all similar in general structure and habits, and have often been placed in a single genus, although as of 2009 they are now split into three...
with longish strong legs, very short tails and stout bills. There are about 63 species worldwide and 39 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of ground antbirds of any country.
- Rufous-capped AntthrushRufous-capped AntthrushThe Rufous-capped Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Formicarius colma - Black-headed AntthrushBlack-headed AntthrushThe Black-headed Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama....
Formicarius nigricapillus - Black-faced AntthrushBlack-faced AntthrushThe Black-faced Antthrush , is a passerine bird.-Distribution and habitat:It is a common and widespread forest bird in the tropical New World, from southern Mexico through Central America to the northern regions of South America...
Formicarius analis - Rufous-breasted AntthrushRufous-breasted AntthrushThe Rufous-breasted Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Formicarius rufipectus - Striated AntthrushStriated AntthrushThe Striated Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Chamaeza nobilis - Short-tailed AntthrushShort-tailed AntthrushThe Short-tailed Antthrush is a South American species of bird in the Formicariidae family. Its distribution is highly disjunct with populations in the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, isolated highland forests in northeastern Brazil, forests on the...
Chamaeza campanisona - Brazilian Antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda
- Schwartz's AntthrushSchwartz's AntthrushThe Schwartz's Antthrush , also known as the Scalloped Antthrush, is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of Colombia and the Coastal Range in Venezuela. The Colombian population belongs to the nominate subspecies, while the Venezuelan...
Chamaeza turdina - Barred AntthrushBarred AntthrushThe Barred Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Chamaeza mollissima - Black-crowned AntpittaBlack-crowned AntpittaThe Black-crowned Antpitta or Black-crowned Gnatpitta is a species of bird in the gnateater family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Pittasoma michleri - Rufous-crowned AntpittaRufous-crowned AntpittaThe Rufous-crowned Antpitta or Rufous-crowned Gnatpitta is a species of bird in the gnateater family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Pittasoma rufopileatum - Undulated AntpittaUndulated AntpittaThe Undulated Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Grallaria squamigera - Giant AntpittaGiant AntpittaThe Giant Antpitta is a perching bird species in the ground antbird family . Like the other antpittas, it might warrant splitting off into a new family....
Grallaria gigantea - Great AntpittaGreat AntpittaThe Great Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Grallaria excelsa - Variegated AntpittaVariegated AntpittaThe Variegated Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and eastern border regions of Venezuela–two separate regions; also Peru...
Grallaria varia - Scaled AntpittaScaled AntpittaThe Scaled Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
Grallaria guatimalensis - Moustached AntpittaMoustached AntpittaThe Moustached Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
Grallaria alleni (E) - Plain-backed AntpittaPlain-backed AntpittaThe Plain-backed Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26...
Grallaria haplonota - Ochre-striped AntpittaOchre-striped AntpittaThe Ochre-striped Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Grallaria dignissima - Santa Marta AntpittaSanta Marta AntpittaThe Santa Marta Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.- Appearance :...
Grallaria bangsi (E) - Chestnut-crowned AntpittaChestnut-crowned AntpittaThe Chestnut-crowned Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest, which it has a much greater tolerance for than most...
Grallaria ruficapilla - Cundinamarca AntpittaCundinamarca AntpittaThe Cundinamarca Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.- References :...
Grallaria kaestneri (E) - Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea (E)
- Chestnut-naped AntpittaChestnut-naped AntpittaThe Chestnut-naped Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
Grallaria nuchalis - Yellow-breasted AntpittaYellow-breasted AntpittaThe Yellow-breasted Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Grallaria flavotincta - White-bellied AntpittaWhite-bellied AntpittaThe White-bellied Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Grallaria hypoleuca - Rufous AntpittaRufous AntpittaThe Rufous Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Grallaria rufula - Tawny AntpittaTawny AntpittaThe Tawny Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Grallaria quitensis - Brown-banded AntpittaBrown-banded AntpittaThe Brown-banded Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Grallaria milleri (E) - Spotted AntpittaSpotted AntpittaThe Spotted Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Hylopezus macularius - Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Fulvous-bellied AntpittaFulvous-bellied AntpittaThe White-lored Antpitta or Fulvous-bellied Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
Hylopezus dives - White-lored Antpitta Hylopezus fulviventris
- Thrush-like AntpittaThrush-like AntpittaThe Thrush-like Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Myrmothera campanisona - Ochre-breasted AntpittaOchre-breasted AntpittaThe Ochre-breasted Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
Grallaricula flavirostris - Rusty-breasted AntpittaRusty-breasted AntpittaThe Rusty-breasted Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-Taxonomy:The subspecies G. f...
Grallaricula ferrugineipectus - Hooded AntpittaHooded AntpittaThe Hooded Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Grallaricula cucullata - Slate-crowned AntpittaSlate-crowned AntpittaThe Slaty-crowned Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
Grallaricula nana - Crescent-faced AntpittaCrescent-faced AntpittaThe Crescent-faced Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Grallaricula lineifrons
Gnateaters
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ConopophagidaeThe gnateaters are round, short-tailed, and long-legged birds, which are closely related to the antbirds. There are 8 species worldwide, all found in South America, and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- Chestnut-belted GnateaterChestnut-belted GnateaterThe Chestnut-belted Gnateater is a species of bird in the Conopophagidae family, the gnateaters. It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil, southern Colombia and eastern Peru and Ecuador; also the Guianan countries of Guyana, Suriname and eastern French Guiana.Its natural habitat is...
Conopophaga aurita - Chestnut-crowned GnateaterChestnut-crowned GnateaterThe Chestnut-crowned Gnateater is a species of bird in the Conopophagidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Conopophaga castaneiceps
Tapaculos
Order: Passeriformes. Family: RhinocryptidaeThe tapaculos are a group of small suboscine passeriform bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s with numerous species, found in South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
. They are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head. There are 56 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
- Rusty-belted TapaculoRusty-belted TapaculoThe Rusty-belted Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Liosceles.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Liosceles thoracicus - Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
- Blackish TapaculoBlackish TapaculoThe Blackish Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Scytalopus latrans - Rufous-vented TapaculoRufous-vented TapaculoThe Rufous-vented Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Peru. Note that the Long-tailed Tapaculo, is now considered a separate species....
Scytalopus femoralis - Long-tailed TapaculoLong-tailed TapaculoThe Long-tailed Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Scytalopus micropterus - Bolivian TapaculoBolivian TapaculoThe Bolivian White-crowned Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Scytalopus bolivianus - White-crowned TapaculoWhite-crowned TapaculoThe White-crowned Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical, tropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Scytalopus atratus - Santa Marta TapaculoSanta Marta TapaculoThe Santa Marta Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Scytalopus sanctaemartae (E) - Pale-throated Tapaculo Scytalopus panamensis (E)
- Nariño TapaculoNarino TapaculoThe Narino Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama....
Scytalopus vicinior - Stiles's TapaculoStiles's TapaculoStiles's Tapaculo is a member of the tapaculos, a group of Neotropical birds. It was described as new to science in 2005....
Scytalopus stilesi (E) - Brown-rumped TapaculoBrown-rumped TapaculoThe Brown-rumped Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montan forests.-References:...
Scytalopus latebricola (E) - Colombian Tapaculo Scytalopus infasciatus (E)
- Spillman's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
- Paramillo TapaculoParamillo TapaculoThe Paramillo Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is endemic to humid highland scrub in the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia. It has traditionally included the more widespread S. opacus as a subspecies, but under the common name Paramo Tapaculo...
Scytalopus canus (E) - Paramo TapaculoParamo TapaculoThe Paramo Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found at altitudes of in the Andes of northern Peru, Ecuador and southern Colombia . It has traditionally been treated as a subspecies of S...
Scytalopus opacus - Matorral TapaculoMatorral TapaculoThe Rufous-rumped Tapaculo , also known as the Matorral Tapaculo, is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela...
Scytalopus griseicollis - Choco TapaculoChocó TapaculoThe Chocó Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....
Scytalopus chocoensis - Ocellated TapaculoOcellated TapaculoThe Ocellated Tapaculo is a large bird found in the northern Andes in South America. It is a highly distinctive tapaculo; traditionally united with its closest relatives in the Rhinocryptidae, this family is paraphyletic with the Formicariidae but instead of merging the tapaculos with the...
Acropternis orthonyx
Cotingas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CotingidaeThe cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges of tropical South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly coloured, or decorated with plumes or wattles. There are 71 species worldwide and 35 species which occur in Colombia.
- SharpbillSharpbillThe Sharpbill is a small drab bird. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America ....
Oxyruncus cristatus (A) - Black-necked Red-CotingaBlack-necked Red-cotingaThe Black-necked Red-cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas.It is found in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; also the very southern border region of Venezuela with Amazonas state.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
Phoenicircus nigricollis - Shrike-like CotingaShrike-like CotingaThe Shrike-like Cotinga , also known as the Shrike-like Laniisoma or the Elegant Mourner, is a species of bird in the family Tityridae. As suggested by its common name, it was formerly considered a cotinga. As it is far from being "shrike-like", this means that the widely used common name is...
Laniisoma elegans - Red-crested CotingaRed-crested CotingaThe Red-crested Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
Ampelion rubrocristata - Chestnut-crested CotingaChestnut-crested CotingaThe Chestnut-crested Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Ampelion rufaxilla - Green-and-black FruiteaterGreen-and-black FruiteaterThe Green-and-black Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Pipreola riefferii - Barred FruiteaterBarred FruiteaterThe Barred Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Pipreola arcuata - Golden-breasted FruiteaterGolden-breasted FruiteaterThe Golden-breasted Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Pipreola aureopectus - Orange-breasted FruiteaterOrange-breasted FruiteaterThe Orange-breasted Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Pipreola jucunda - Black-chested FruiteaterBlack-chested FruiteaterThe Black-chested Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Pipreola lubomirskii - Fiery-throated FruiteaterFiery-throated FruiteaterThe Fiery-throated Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss....
Pipreola chlorolepidota - Scaled FruiteaterScaled FruiteaterThe Scaled Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is the only member of the genus Ampelioides.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Ampelioides tschudii - White-browed PurpletuftWhite-browed PurpletuftThe White-browed Purpletuft is a small South American species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
Iodopleura isabellae - Gray-tailed Piha Snowornis subalaris
- Olivaceous PihaOlivaceous PihaThe Olivaceous Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Snowornis cryptolophus - Dusky PihaDusky PihaThe Dusky Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Lipaugus fuscocinereus - Chestnut-capped PihaChestnut-capped PihaThe Chestnut-capped Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Lipaugus weberi (E) - Screaming PihaScreaming PihaThe Screaming Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in humid forests in the Amazon and tropical parts of the Mata Atlântica in South America...
Lipaugus vociferans - Rufous PihaRufous PihaThe Rufous Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Lipaugus unirufus - Purple-throated CotingaPurple-throated CotingaThe Purple-throated Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Porphyrolaema.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema - Blue CotingaBlue CotingaThe Blue Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, north-west Ecuador, eastern and central Panama and western Venezuela....
Cotinga nattererii - Plum-throated CotingaPlum-throated CotingaThe Plum-throated Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Cotinga maynana - Purple-breasted CotingaPurple-breasted CotingaThe Purple-breasted Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Cotinga cotinga - Spangled CotingaSpangled CotingaThe Spangled Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is found in the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest in South America....
Cotinga cayana - Pompadour CotingaPompadour CotingaThe Pompadour Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Xipholena punicea - Black-tipped CotingaBlack-tipped CotingaThe Black-tipped Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Carpodectes hopkei - Bare-necked FruitcrowBare-necked FruitcrowThe Bare-necked Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is the only member of the genus Gymnoderus. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest, especially near rivers. It is relatively common, but generally rarer and more local north of the Amazon River...
Gymnoderus foetidus - Purple-throated FruitcrowPurple-throated FruitcrowThe Purple-throated Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is the only species of the genus Querula....
Querula purpurata - Red-ruffed FruitcrowRed-ruffed FruitcrowThe Red-ruffed Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, in the monotypic genus Pyroderus. It is among the largest Passerines in South America, though it is surpassed by another cotinga, the Amazonian Umbrellabird...
Pyroderus scutatus - Long-wattled UmbrellabirdLong-wattled UmbrellabirdThe Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Cephalopterus penduliger, is a bird found in the humid forests of the Chocó of western Colombia and Ecuador. It is sensitive to habitat destruction, and its large size make it easy to hunt...
Cephalopterus penduliger - Amazonian UmbrellabirdAmazonian UmbrellabirdThe Amazonian Umbrellabird is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. Much larger than the female, the male Amazonian Umbrellabird is likely the largest passerine in South America as well as the largest suboscine passerine in the world...
Cephalopterus ornatus - CapuchinbirdCapuchinbirdThe Capuchinbird or Calfbird is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Perissocephalus. It is found in humid forests in north-eastern South America, almost entirely north of the Amazon River and east of Rio Negro...
Perissocephalus tricolor - Bearded BellbirdBearded BellbirdThe Bearded Bellbird, Procnias averano, also known as the Campanero or Anvil-bird, is a passerine bird which occurs in tropical northern South America....
Procnias averano - Guianan Cock-of-the-rockGuianan Cock-of-the-rockThe Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Rupicola rupicola, is a South American passerine about 30 cm in length. The bright orange male has an extraordinary half-moon crest, which is used is competitive displays in lek gatherings to attract a female....
Rupicola rupicola - Andean Cock-of-the-rockAndean Cock-of-the-rockThe Andean Cock-of-the-rock is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. The plural is Andean Cocks-of-the-rock...
Rupicola peruviana
Manakins
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PipridaeThe manakins are a family bird species of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly coloured, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Manakins feed on small fruits, berries and insects. There are 57 species worldwide and 26 species which occur in Colombia.
- Green ManakinGreen ManakinThe Green Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It occurs in humid forest in lowlands and foothills. The distribution is disjunct, with one population in the western Amazon Basin and adjacent east Andean foothills in south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru, and...
Chloropipo holochlora - Yellow-headed ManakinYellow-headed ManakinThe Yellow-headed Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
Chloropipo flavicapilla - Orange-collared ManakinOrange-collared ManakinThe Orange-collared Manakin, Manacus aurantiacus, is a passerine bird in the manakin family. It is an endemic resident breeder in Costa Rica and western Panama....
Manacus aurantiacus - Golden-collared ManakinGolden-collared ManakinThe Golden-collared Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Manacus vitellinus - White-bearded ManakinWhite-bearded ManakinThe White-bearded Manakin, Manacus manacus, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America. It is found from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina....
Manacus manacus - White-ruffed ManakinWhite-ruffed ManakinThe White-ruffed Manakin, Corapipo altera, is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from eastern Honduras to northwestern Venezuela....
Corapipo altera - Lance-tailed ManakinLance-tailed ManakinThe Lance-tailed Manakin, Chiroxiphia lanceolata, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela....
Chiroxiphia lanceolata - Blue-backed ManakinBlue-backed ManakinThe Blue-backed Manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America. It is found in southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, the Guyanas, northeast Brazil, the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; and in Tobago. A disjunct population...
Chiroxiphia pareola - Wire-tailed ManakinWire-tailed ManakinThe Wire-tailed Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found upriver in the western Amazon Basin and the neighboring countries of northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and southern and western portions of Venezuela...
Pipra filicauda - White-crowned ManakinWhite-crowned ManakinThe White-crowned Manakin is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil. It was formerly placed in the genus Pipra, but its syringeal anatomy favours its separation as a separate genus...
Dixiphia pipra - Blue-crowned ManakinBlue-crowned ManakinThe Blue-crowned Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. The males have a brilliant blue cap; some have black, others have green body plumage, but the relationship between the subspecies is not well understood....
Lepidothrix coronata - Golden-headed ManakinGolden-headed ManakinThe Golden-headed Manakin, Pipra erythrocephala, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America. It is found from Panama, Colombia and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil and northern Peru...
Pipra erythrocephala - Red-capped ManakinRed-capped ManakinThe Red-capped Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Panama....
Pipra mentalis - Red-headed ManakinRed-headed ManakinThe Red-headed Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Pipra rubrocapilla - Blue-rumped ManakinBlue-rumped ManakinThe Blue-rumped Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is montane forests and, in Ecuador, the species is considered a foothill specialty...
Lepidothrix isidorei - Golden-winged ManakinGolden-winged ManakinThe Golden-winged Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. Its genus, Masius, is monotypic.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
Masius chrysopterus - Western Striped Manakin Machaeropterus striolatus
- Club-winged ManakinClub-winged ManakinThe Club-winged Manakin is a small passerine bird which is a resident breeding species in the cloud forest on the western slopes of the Andes Mountains of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador...
Machaeropterus deliciosus - Black ManakinBlack ManakinThe Black Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Xenopipo atronitens - Yellow-crested ManakinYellow-crested ManakinThe Yellow-crested Manakin , also called Yellow-crowned Manakin, is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the Manakins....
Heterocercus flavivertex - Saffron-crested Tyrant-ManakinSaffron-crested Tyrant-manakinThe Saffron-crested Neopelma , also known as the Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin, is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the manakins.-Description:...
Neopelma chrysocephalum - Dwarf Tyrant-ManakinDwarf Tyrant-manakinThe Dwarf Tyranneutes or Dwarf Tyrant-manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Tyranneutes stolzmanni - Wing-barred PipritesWing-barred PipritesThe Wing-barred Piprites is a species of bird which traditionally has placed in the Pipridae family, although it remains unclear if this is correct. It is therefore considered incertae sedis by recent authorities such as SACC....
Piprites chloris - Sapayoa Sapayoa aenigma
- Greater SchiffornisGreater SchiffornisThe Varzea Schiffornis , also called Várzea Mourner or Greater Schiffornis, is a species of bird in the Tityridae family...
Schiffornis major - Thrush-like SchiffornisThrush-like SchiffornisThe Thrush-like Schiffornis , also called Thrush-like Mourner or Thrush-like Manakin, is a species of Neotropical bird.-Distribution and habitat:...
Schiffornis turdinus
Tyrant flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: TyrannidaeTyrant flycatcher
Tyrant flycatcher
The tyrant flycatchers are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with more than 400 species. They are the most diverse avian family in every country in the Americas, except for the United States and...
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Passerine
A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...
birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain colouring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous. There are 429 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas and 221 species which occur in Colombia.
- White-lored TyrannuletWhite-lored TyrannuletThe White-lored Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Ornithion inerme - Brown-capped TyrannuletBrown-capped TyrannuletThe Brown-capped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela....
Ornithion brunneicapillus - Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina
- Yellow TyrannuletYellow TyrannuletThe Yellow Tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Nicaragua south to northeastern Argentina and southeastern Brazil...
Capsiempis flaveola - Yellow-crowned TyrannuletYellow-crowned TyrannuletThe Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tyrannulus....
Tyrannulus elatus - Forest ElaeniaForest ElaeniaThe Forest Elaenia, Myiopagis gaimardii, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil. It also occurs on Trinidad....
Myiopagis gaimardii - Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
- Yellow-crowned ElaeniaYellow-crowned ElaeniaThe Yellow-crowned Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in eastern Orinoco Basin Venezuela, the Guianas, and along the Amazon River corridor; also Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador and Peru.Yellow-crowned Elaenia is...
Myiopagis flavivertex - Greenish ElaeniaGreenish ElaeniaThe Greenish Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.Its...
Myiopagis viridicata - Caribbean ElaeniaCaribbean ElaeniaThe Caribbean Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia , Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico , Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint...
Elaenia martinica - Large ElaeniaLarge ElaeniaThe Large Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
Elaenia spectabilis - Yellow-bellied ElaeniaYellow-bellied ElaeniaThe Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula through Central and South America as far as northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago....
Elaenia flavogaster - White-crested ElaeniaWhite-crested ElaeniaThe White-crested Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It has several subspecies breeding across southern and western parts of South America...
Elaenia albiceps - Small-billed ElaeniaSmall-billed ElaeniaThe Small-billed Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
Elaenia parvirostris - Slaty ElaeniaSlaty ElaeniaThe Slaty Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...
Elaenia strepera - Mottle-backed ElaeniaMottle-backed ElaeniaThe Mottle-backed Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest....
Elaenia gigas - Brownish ElaeniaBrownish ElaeniaThe Brownish Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found along the Amazon Basin rivers of Brazil; also northern Peru and the adjacent border of Colombia; also Bolivia...
Elaenia pelzelni (A) - Plain-crested ElaeniaPlain-crested ElaeniaThe Plain-crested Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Elaenia cristata (A) - Rufous-crowned ElaeniaRufous-crowned ElaeniaThe Rufous-crowned Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Elaenia ruficeps - Lesser ElaeniaLesser ElaeniaThe Lesser Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela...
Elaenia chiriquensis - Mountain ElaeniaMountain ElaeniaThe Mountain Elaenia, Elaenia frantzii, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in highlands from Guatemala to Colombia and western Venezuela. The scientific name celebrates the German physician and naturalist, Alexander von Frantzius.This tyrant flycatcher is 14-15...
Elaenia frantzii - Sierran ElaeniaSierran ElaeniaThe Sierran Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
Elaenia pallatangae - Torrent TyrannuletTorrent TyrannuletThe Torrent Tyrannulet, Serpophaga cinerea, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica south to northern Bolivia and northwestern Venezuela.-Habitat:...
Serpophaga cinerea - River TyrannuletRiver TyrannuletThe River Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Peru, Venezuela and Brazil; also river extensions into Ecuador, Colombia- and Bolivia....
Serpophaga hypoleuca - Ochre-bellied FlycatcherOchre-bellied FlycatcherThe Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago....
Mionectes oleagineus - Streak-necked FlycatcherStreak-necked FlycatcherThe Streak-necked Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
Mionectes striaticollis - Olive-striped FlycatcherOlive-striped FlycatcherThe Olive-striped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Mionectes olivaceus - Rufous-breasted FlycatcherRufous-breasted FlycatcherThe Rufous-breasted Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Leptopogon rufipectus - Sepia-capped FlycatcherSepia-capped FlycatcherThe Sepia-capped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Leptopogon amaurocephalus - Slaty-capped FlycatcherSlaty-capped FlycatcherThe Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon superciliaris, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica through Colombia and northern Venezuela to northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. It also occurs on Trinidad....
Leptopogon superciliaris - Bronze-olive Pygmy-TyrantBronze-olive Pygmy-tyrantThe Bronze-olive Pygmy-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Pseudotriccus pelzelni - Rufous-headed Pygmy-TyrantRufous-headed Pygmy-tyrantThe Rufous-headed Pygmy-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Pseudotriccus ruficeps - Variegated Bristle-TyrantVariegated Bristle-tyrantThe Variegated Bristle-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Pogonotriccus poecilotis - Marble-faced Bristle-TyrantMarble-faced Bristle-tyrantThe Marble-faced Bristle-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26...
Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus - Spectacled Bristle-TyrantSpectacled Bristle-tyrantThe Spectacled Bristle-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife...
Pogonotriccus orbitalis - Antioquia Bristle-TyrantAntioquia Bristle-tyrantThe Antioquia Bristle-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to Colombia.-Distribution and habitat:...
Pogonotriccus lanyoni (E) - Ecuadorian TyrannuletEcuadorian TyrannuletThe Ecuadorian Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Phylloscartes gualaquizae (A) - Rufous-browed TyrannuletRufous-browed TyrannuletThe Rufous-browed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
Phylloscartes superciliaris - Rough-legged TyrannuletRough-legged TyrannuletThe Rough-legged Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela...
Phyllomyias burmeisteri - Sooty-headed TyrannuletSooty-headed TyrannuletThe Sooty-headed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Phyllomyias griseiceps - Plumbeous-crowned TyrannuletPlumbeous-crowned TyrannuletThe Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in the countries of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Phyllomyias plumbeiceps - Black-capped TyrannuletBlack-capped TyrannuletThe Black-capped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Phyllomyias nigrocapillus - Ashy-headed TyrannuletAshy-headed TyrannuletThe Ashy-headed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Phyllomyias cinereiceps - Tawny-rumped TyrannuletTawny-rumped TyrannuletThe Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Phyllomyias uropygialis - Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
- Venezuelan TyrannuletVenezuelan TyrannuletThe Venezuelan tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....
Zimmerius improbus - Slender-footed TyrannuletSlender-footed TyrannuletThe Slender-footed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in humid forests of the west Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Until recently, it included the Guianan Tyrannulet as a subspecies.-References:*...
Zimmerius gracilipes - Golden-faced TyrannuletGolden-faced TyrannuletThe Golden-faced Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Zimmerius chrysops - Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus obscurior
- Northern Scrub-FlycatcherNorthern Scrub-flycatcherThe Northern Scrub Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Sublegatus arenarum - Southern Scrub-FlycatcherSouthern Scrub-flycatcherThe Southern Scrub Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
Sublegatus modestus - White-throated TyrannuletWhite-throated TyrannuletThe White-throated Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Mecocerculus leucophrys - White-tailed TyrannuletWhite-tailed TyrannuletThe White-tailed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Mecocerculus poecilocercus - Sulphur-bellied TyrannuletSulphur-bellied TyrannuletThe Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Mecocerculus minor - White-banded TyrannuletWhite-banded TyrannuletThe White-banded Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Mecocerculus stictopterus - Slender-billed TyrannuletSlender-billed TyrannuletThe Slender-billed Inezia or Slender-billed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
Inezia tenuirostris - Pale-tipped TyrannuletPale-tipped TyrannuletThe Pale-tipped Inezia or Pale-tipped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Inezia caudata - Amazonian TyrannuletAmazonian TyrannuletThe Amazonian Inezia Amazonian Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela....
Inezia subflava - Lesser Wagtail-TyrantLesser Wagtail-tyrantThe Lesser Wagtail-tyrant is a small South American species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It occurs in two distinct populations: One found in wooded and shrubby habitats along major Amazonian rivers in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, and a second found in the comparable far drier...
Stigmatura napensis - Agile Tit-TyrantAgile Tit-tyrantThe Agile Tit-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It has been placed in the genus Uromyias, which formerly was recognized based on syringial and plumage characters, but now is known to be imbedded within Anairetes.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.Its natural...
Anairetes agilis - Tufted Tit-TyrantTufted Tit-Tyrantleft|400pxThe Tufted Tit-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, and Peru.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude...
Anairetes parulus - Bearded TachuriBearded TachuriThe Bearded Tachuri is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Polystictus pectoralis - Subtropical DoraditoSubtropical DoraditoThe Subtropical Doradito is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru....
Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis - Tawny-crowned Pygmy-TyrantTawny-crowned Pygmy-tyrantThe Tawny-crowned Pygmy-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Euscarthmus meloryphus - Black-capped Pygmy-TyrantBlack-capped Pygmy-TyrantThe Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant, Myiornis atricapillus, is the smallest passerine bird in its range, though larger than its cousin, the Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant. This tyrant flycatcher occurs from Costa Rica to north-western Ecuador....
Myiornis atricapillus - Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus
- Scale-crested Pygmy-TyrantScale-crested Pygmy-tyrantThe Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Honduras....
Lophotriccus pileatus - Double-banded Pygmy-TyrantDouble-banded Pygmy-tyrantThe Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname....
Lophotriccus vitiosus - Helmeted Pygmy-TyrantHelmeted Pygmy-tyrantThe Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Lophotriccus galeatus - Pale-eyed Pygmy-TyrantPale-eyed Pygmy-tyrantThe Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, where it makes up the monotypic genus Atalotriccus....
Atalotriccus pilaris - Northern BentbillNorthern BentbillThe Northern Bentbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Oncostoma cinereigulare - Southern BentbillSouthern BentbillThe Southern Bentbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Oncostoma olivaceum - Rufous-crowned Tody-TyrantRufous-crowned Tody-tyrantThe Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly placed in the genus Todirostrum, and has been known as the Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant....
Poecilotriccus ruficeps - Black-and-white Tody-TyrantBlack-and-white Tody-tyrantThe Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Todirostrum, and known as the Black-and-white Tody-Tyrant...
Poecilotriccus capitalis - Rusty-fronted Tody-FlycatcherRusty-fronted Tody-flycatcherThe Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Poecilotriccus latirostris - Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus sylvia
- White-eyed Tody-TyrantWhite-eyed Tody-tyrantThe White-eyed Tody-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in the northern Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas of French Guiana, Suriname, and southeast Guyana; also Amazonian Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.It is a small short-tailed...
Hemitriccus zosterops - Johannes's Tody-TyrantJohannes's Tody-tyrantThe Johannes's Tody-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Hemitriccus iohannis - Stripe-necked Tody-TyrantStripe-necked Tody-tyrantThe Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru....
Hemitriccus striaticollis - Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantPearly-vented Tody-tyrantThe Pearly-vented Tody-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer - Black-throated Tody-TyrantBlack-throated Tody-tyrantThe Black-throated Tody-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Hemitriccus granadensis - Common Tody-FlycatcherCommon Tody-FlycatcherThe Common Tody-Flycatcher or Black-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil....
Todirostrum cinereum - Spotted Tody-FlycatcherSpotted Tody-flycatcherThe Spotted Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, and is mostly a species of the Amazon Basin countries and Guianan...
Todirostrum maculatum - Black-headed Tody-FlycatcherBlack-headed Tody-flycatcherThe Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Todirostrum nigriceps - Painted Tody-FlycatcherPainted Tody-flycatcherThe Painted Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in the Guianas of French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname; also eastern-southeastern Venezuela and the northeastern states of Brazil of the Amazon Basin.-Overview:Its natural habitats are...
Todirostrum pictum (A) - Golden-winged Tody-FlycatcherGolden-winged Tody-flycatcherThe Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Poecilotriccus calopterus - Yellow-browed Tody-FlycatcherYellow-browed Tody-flycatcherThe Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers....
Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum - Ringed AntpipitRinged AntpipitThe Ringed Antpipit is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of two species in the genus Corythopis....
Corythopis torquata - Brownish Flycatcher Cnipodectes subbrunneus
- Large-headed FlatbillLarge-headed FlatbillThe Bamboo Flatbill , also known as the Large-headed Flatbill, is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
Ramphotrigon megacephala - Dusky-tailed FlatbillDusky-tailed FlatbillThe Dusky-tailed Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Ramphotrigon fuscicauda - Rufous-tailed FlatbillRufous-tailed FlatbillThe Rufous-tailed Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Ramphotrigon ruficauda - Eye-ringed FlatbillEye-ringed FlatbillThe Eye-ringed Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris - Pacific FlatbillPacific FlatbillThe Pacific Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Rhynchocyclus pacificus - Olivaceous FlatbillOlivaceous FlatbillThe Olivaceous Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical...
Rhynchocyclus olivaceus - Fulvous-breasted FlatbillFulvous-breasted FlatbillThe Fulvous-breasted Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus - Yellow-olive FlycatcherYellow-olive FlycatcherThe Yellow-olive Flatbill or Yellow-olive Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in tropical and subtopical forest and woodland in Central and South America, but over its range there are significant variations in plumage, iris-colour and voice, leading to...
Tolmomyias sulphurescens - Yellow-margined FlycatcherYellow-margined FlycatcherThe Yellow-margined Flatbill or Yellow-margined Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in humid forest in southern Central America, and the Chocó and Amazon in South America....
Tolmomyias assimilis - Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus
- Orange-eyed FlycatcherOrange-eyed FlycatcherThe Orange-eyed Flatbill or Orange-eyed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in the Amazon in south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and north-eastern Peru...
Tolmomyias traylori - Yellow-breasted FlycatcherYellow-breasted FlycatcherThe Yellow-breasted Flatbill or Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Tolmomyias flaviventris, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, and on both Trinidad and Tobago...
Tolmomyias flaviventris - Cinnamon-crested SpadebillCinnamon-crested SpadebillThe Cinnamon-crested Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Platyrinchus saturatus - Yellow-throated SpadebillYellow-throated SpadebillThe Yellow-throated Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Platyrinchus flavigularis - Golden-crowned SpadebillGolden-crowned SpadebillThe Golden-crowned Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Platyrinchus coronatus - White-throated SpadebillWhite-throated SpadebillThe White-throated Spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus, is a tiny passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It lives in the tropical Americas.-Description:...
Platyrinchus mystaceus - White-crested SpadebillWhite-crested SpadebillThe White-crested Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Platyrinchus platyrhynchos - Amazonian Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus
- Ornate FlycatcherOrnate FlycatcherThe Ornate Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus Myiotriccus. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Myiotriccus ornatus - Flavescent FlycatcherFlavescent FlycatcherThe Flavescent Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Myiophobus flavicans - Orange-crested FlycatcherOrange-crested FlycatcherThe Orange-crested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Myiophobus phoenicomitra - Roraiman FlycatcherRoraiman FlycatcherThe Roraiman Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Myiophobus roraimae - Handsome FlycatcherHandsome FlycatcherThe Handsome Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Myiophobus pulcher - Bran-colored FlycatcherBran-colored FlycatcherThe Bran-colored Flycatcher, Myiophobus fasciatus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica through South America to Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina. It also occurs on Trinidad....
Myiophobus fasciatus - Olive-chested FlycatcherOlive-chested FlycatcherThe Olive-chested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Myiophobus cryptoxanthus - Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherRuddy-tailed FlycatcherThe Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher, Terenotriccus erythrurus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in lowlands from southeastern Mexico to northern Bolivia, north-central Brazil and the Guianas...
Terenotriccus erythrurus - Tawny-breasted FlycatcherTawny-breasted FlycatcherThe Tawny-breasted Myiobius or Tawny-breasted Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Myiobius villosus - Sulphur-rumped FlycatcherSulphur-rumped FlycatcherThe Sulphur-rumped Myiobius or Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Myiobius sulphureipygius - Whiskered Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus
- Black-tailed FlycatcherBlack-tailed FlycatcherThe Black-tailed Myiobius or Black-tailed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former...
Myiobius atricaudus - Cinnamon Tyrant Neopipo cinnamomea
- Cinnamon FlycatcherCinnamon FlycatcherThe Cinnamon Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus Pyrrhomyias....
Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea - Cliff FlycatcherCliff FlycatcherThe Cliff Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. The Cliff Flycatcher is the only species in the genus Hirundinea after the Swallow Flycatcher was merged herein as subspecies Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa.It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, The Guianas of Guyana, Suriname,...
Hirundinea ferruginea - Fuscous FlycatcherFuscous FlycatcherThe Fuscous Flycatcher, Cnemotriccus fuscatus is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the only member of the genus Cnemotriccus. It breeds from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, and on both Trinidad and Tobago...
Cnemotriccus fuscatus - Euler's FlycatcherEuler's FlycatcherEuler's Flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in South America east of the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia and Argentina, and on the islands of Trinidad and formerly also Grenada...
Lathrotriccus euleri - Black-billed FlycatcherBlack-billed FlycatcherThe Black-billed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
Aphanotriccus audax - Tufted FlycatcherTufted FlycatcherThe Northern Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in highlands from northwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador...
Mitrephanes phaeocercus - Olive-sided FlycatcherOlive-sided FlycatcherThe Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi, is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher.- Description :Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have light underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail....
Contopus cooperi - Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Tropical PeweeTropical PeweeThe Tropical Pewee, Contopus cinereus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina...
Contopus cinereus - Blackish PeweeBlackish PeweeThe Blackish Pewee is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru....
Contopus nigrescens - Yellow-bellied FlycatcherYellow-bellied FlycatcherThe Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brownish-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with yellowish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail...
Empidonax flaviventris (A) - Acadian FlycatcherAcadian FlycatcherThe Acadian Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.- Description :Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars and a wide bill. The breast is washed with olive. The upper part of...
Empidonax virescens - Alder FlycatcherAlder FlycatcherThe Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have olive-brown upperparts, browner on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. The breast is washed with...
Empidonax alnorum - Willow FlycatcherWillow FlycatcherThe Willow Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing bars and a small bill. The breast is washed with olive-grey. The upper...
Empidonax traillii - Black PhoebeBlack PhoebeThe Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. It breeds from southwest Oregon and California south through Central and South America. It occurs year-round throughout most of its range and migrates less than the other birds in its genus, though its...
Sayornis nigricans - Vermilion FlycatcherVermilion FlycatcherThe Vermilion Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Tyrannidae, or tyrant flycatcher family. Most flycatchers are rather drab, but the Vermilion Flycatcher is a striking exception...
Pyrocephalus rubinus - Crowned Chat-TyrantCrowned Chat-tyrantThe Crowned Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
Ochthoeca frontalis - Yellow-bellied Chat-TyrantYellow-bellied Chat-tyrantThe Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Tyrannidae. It is 12.2 cms in length. It is chunky bird with a short, thin bill. It is mostly olive with an ochre yellow forehead and long yellow eyebrow. It has dusky colored wings and tail with two...
Ochthoeca diadema - Slaty-backed Chat-TyrantSlaty-backed Chat-tyrantThe Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris - Rufous-breasted Chat-TyrantRufous-breasted Chat-tyrantThe Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Ochthoeca rufipectoralis - Brown-backed Chat-TyrantBrown-backed Chat-tyrantThe Brown-backed Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Ochthoeca fumicolor - Drab Water-TyrantDrab Water-tyrantThe Drab Water-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers, and is the only species , within the genus Ochthornis....
Ochthornis littoralis - Red-rumped Bush-TyrantRed-rumped Bush-tyrantThe Red-rumped Bush-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only one in the genus Cnemarchus.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Cnemarchus erythropygius - Streak-throated Bush-TyrantStreak-throated Bush-tyrantThe Streak-throated Bush-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded...
Myiotheretes striaticollis - Santa Marta Bush-TyrantSanta Marta Bush-tyrantThe Santa Marta Bush-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Myiotheretes pernix (E) - Smoky Bush-TyrantSmoky Bush-tyrantThe Smoky Bush-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Myiotheretes fumigatus - Black-billed Shrike-TyrantBlack-billed Shrike-tyrantThe Black-billed Shrike-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. It is a large flycatcher at 23-25 cm long...
Agriornis montana - Spot-billed Ground-TyrantSpot-billed Ground-tyrantThe Spot-billed Ground-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and pastureland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Muscisaxicola maculirostris - Little Ground-TyrantLittle Ground-tyrantThe Little Ground-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Amazonian Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia; also smaller regions of Colombia and Ecuador....
Muscisaxicola fluviatilis - White-browed Ground-TyrantWhite-browed Ground-tyrantThe White-browed Ground-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It breeds in the Andes in Argentina and Chile between 1,500 and 4,000 m above sea-level. It migrates north to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands...
Muscisaxicola albilora - Plain-capped Ground-TyrantPlain-capped Ground-tyrantThe Paramo Ground Tyrant , also known as the Paramo Ground-tyrant, is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. Plain-capped Ground-tyrant was formerly considered to be a subspecies of M. alpinus but is now commonly treated as a separate species. The name "Plain-capped...
Muscisaxicola alpinus - Short-tailed Field-TyrantShort-tailed Field-tyrantThe Short-tailed Field-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Muscigralla....
Muscigralla brevicauda - Amazonian Black-TyrantAmazonian Black-tyrantThe Amazonian Black-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.-References:...
Knipolegus poecilocercus - Rufous-tailed TyrantRufous-tailed TyrantThe Rufous-tailed Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Knipolegus poecilurus - Riverside TyrantRiverside TyrantThe Riverside Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.-References:...
Knipolegus orenocensis - Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Black-backed Water-TyrantBlack-backed Water-tyrantThe Black-backed Water-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of three species in the genus Fluvicola.-Overview:...
Fluvicola albiventer - White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Yellow-browed TyrantYellow-browed TyrantThe Yellow-browed Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Satrapa.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Satrapa icterophrys (A) - Long-tailed TyrantLong-tailed TyrantThe Long-tailed Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only member of genus Colonia.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are...
Colonia colonus - Cattle TyrantCattle TyrantThe Cattle Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus Machetornis.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Machetornis rixosus - Cinnamon AttilaCinnamon AttilaThe Cinnamon Attila is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in northern South America in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas....
Attila cinnamomeus - Ochraceous AttilaOchraceous AttilaThe Ochraceous Attila is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations ....
Attila torridus - Citron-bellied AttilaCitron-bellied AttilaThe Citron-bellied Attila is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Attila citriniventris - Bright-rumped AttilaBright-rumped AttilaThe Bright-rumped Attila or Polymorphic Attila, Attila spadiceus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family...
Attila spadiceus - Dull-capped AttilaDull-capped AttilaThe White-eyed Attila or Dull-capped Attila is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and possibly Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps....
Attila bolivianus - Speckled MournerSpeckled MournerThe Speckled Mourner is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
Laniocera rufescens - Cinereous MournerCinereous MournerThe Cinereous Mourner is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
Laniocera hypopyrra - SirystesSirystesThe Sirystes is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is sometimes split into the Eastern Syristes S. sibilator and the Western Syristes S. albogriseus.-Distribution and habitat:...
Sirystes sibilator - Rufous MournerRufous MournerThe Rufous Mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador...
Rhytipterna holerythra - Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex
- Pale-bellied MournerPale-bellied MournerThe Pale-bellied Mourner is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
Rhytipterna immunda - Dusky-capped FlycatcherDusky-capped FlycatcherThe Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in forest and other woodland from southern Arizona, as well as the Chisos Mountains, Texas, south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad...
Myiarchus tuberculifer - Swainson's FlycatcherSwainson's FlycatcherSwainson's Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Myiarchus swainsoni - Venezuelan FlycatcherVenezuelan FlycatcherThe Venezuelan Flycatcher, Myiarchus venezuelensis, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It was formerly considered to be a race of the Short-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox, but the two species overlap without interbreeding in Venezuela, and the calls are different.It breeds in...
Myiarchus venezuelensis - Panama FlycatcherPanama FlycatcherThe Panamanian Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela....
Myiarchus panamensis - Short-crested FlycatcherShort-crested FlycatcherThe Short-crested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
Myiarchus ferox - Pale-edged FlycatcherPale-edged FlycatcherThe Pale-edged Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Myiarchus cephalotes - Apical FlycatcherApical FlycatcherThe Apical Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Myiarchus apicalis (E) - Great Crested FlycatcherGreat Crested FlycatcherThe Great Crested Flycatcher is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus, Myiarchus, in North America and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent...
Myiarchus crinitus - Brown-crested FlycatcherBrown-crested FlycatcherThe Brown-crested Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in open woodland from southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and southern Texas southward to Argentina and Bolivia, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
Myiarchus tyrannulus - Lesser KiskadeeLesser KiskadeeThe Lesser Kiskadee is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Venezuela....
Philohydor lictor - Great KiskadeeGreat KiskadeeThe Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus is considered monotypic, with the Lesser Kiskadee The Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus...
Pitangus sulphuratus - Boat-billed FlycatcherBoat-billed FlycatcherThe Boat-billed Flycatcher is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher, the only member, monotypic, of the genus Megarynchus....
Megarynchus pitangua - Rusty-margined FlycatcherRusty-margined FlycatcherThe Rusty-margined Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in northern and central South America in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama...
Myiozetetes cayanensis - Social FlycatcherSocial FlycatcherThe Social Flycatcher and Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher are passerine birds from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family ....
Myiozetetes similis - Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Dusky-chested FlycatcherDusky-chested FlycatcherThe Dusky-chested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Myiozetetes luteiventris - White-ringed FlycatcherWhite-ringed FlycatcherThe White-ringed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and Panama....
Conopias albovittata - Yellow-throated FlycatcherYellow-throated FlycatcherThe Yellow-throated Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Conopias parva - Lemon-browed FlycatcherLemon-browed FlycatcherThe Lemon-browed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Conopias cinchoneti - Golden-crowned FlycatcherGolden-crowned FlycatcherThe Golden-crowned Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus - Streaked FlycatcherStreaked FlycatcherThe Streaked Flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from eastern Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago south to Bolivia and Argentina. The southern subspecies M. m...
Myiodynastes maculatus - Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherSulphur-bellied FlycatcherThe Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris, is a large Tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southeasternmost Arizona of the United States-, to Costa Rica...
Myiodynastes luteiventris - Piratic FlycatcherPiratic FlycatcherThe Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius, is a passerine bird, the only member of the genus Legatus. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina...
Legatus leucophaius - Variegated FlycatcherVariegated FlycatcherThe Variegated Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. With the Crowned Slaty Flycatcher being moved to its own genus, this is now the only species remaining in Empidonomus....
Empidonomus varius - Crowned Slaty FlycatcherCrowned Slaty FlycatcherThe Crowned Slaty Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly united in the genus Empidonomus with the Variegated Flycatcher, but is now considered the only species of Griseotyrannus...
Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus - Sulphury FlycatcherSulphury FlycatcherThe Sulphury Flycatcher is a passerine bird which is a localised resident breeder from Trinidad, the Guianas and Venezuela south to Amazonian Peru, northern Bolivia and Brazil....
Tyrannopsis sulphurea - Snowy-throated KingbirdSnowy-throated KingbirdThe Snowy-throated Kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Tyrannus niveigularis - White-throated KingbirdWhite-throated KingbirdThe White-throated Kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, and in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests...
Tyrannus albogularis - Tropical KingbirdTropical KingbirdThe Tropical Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the USA through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and western Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
Tyrannus melancholicus - Eastern KingbirdEastern KingbirdThe Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, is a large Tyrant flycatcher.Adults are grey-black on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long black tail with a white end and long pointed wings. They have a red patch on their crown, seldom seen...
Tyrannus tyrannus - Gray KingbirdGray KingbirdThe Gray Kingbird, also known as Pitirre, Tyrannus dominicensis, is a passerine bird. It breeds from the extreme southeast of the USA through Central America, from Cuba to Puerto Rico as well as eastward towards all across the Lesser West Indies, south to Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago the Guiana and...
Tyrannus dominicensis - Fork-tailed FlycatcherFork-tailed FlycatcherThe Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana, is a passerine bird of the tyrant flycatcher family, and is the member of a genus typically referred to as kingbirds.-Description and ecology:...
Tyrannus savana - Chestnut-crowned BecardChestnut-crowned BecardThe Chestnut-crowned Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
Pachyramphus castaneus - Yellow-cheeked BecardYellow-cheeked BecardThe Yellow-cheeked Becard, Pachyramphus xanthogenys, is a species of passerine bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
Pachyramphus xanthogenys - Barred BecardBarred BecardThe Barred Becard, Pachyramphus versicolor, is a small passerine bird which is a resident breeding species in highlands from Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador and northern Bolivia...
Pachyramphus versicolor - Cinnamon BecardCinnamon BecardThe Cinnamon Becard, Pachyramphus cinnamomeus, is a passerine bird which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico south to northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela. It was recently found to be far more common on the Amazonian slope of the Colombian Cordillera Oriental than...
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus - White-winged BecardWhite-winged BecardThe White-winged Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae. where now placed by SACC...
Pachyramphus polychopterus - Black-and-white BecardBlack-and-white BecardThe Black-and-white Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua,...
Pachyramphus albogriseus - Black-capped BecardBlack-capped BecardThe Black-capped Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
Pachyramphus marginatus - Cinereous BecardCinereous BecardThe Cinereous Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration...
Pachyramphus rufus - Pink-throated BecardPink-throated BecardThe Pink-throated Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
Pachyramphus minor - One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
- Black-tailed TityraBlack-tailed TityraThe Black-tailed Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America. The tityras have been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher families by various authors...
Tityra cayana - Masked TityraMasked TityraThe Masked Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
Tityra semifasciata - Black-crowned TityraBlack-crowned TityraThe Black-crowned Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
Tityra inquisitor
Larks
Order: Passeriformes. Family: AlaudidaeLarks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Swallows and martins
Order: Passeriformes. Family: HirundinidaeThe Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in Colombia.
- Brown-chested MartinBrown-chested MartinThe Brown-chested Martin is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and is a vagrant to Chile and...
Progne tapera - Purple MartinPurple MartinThe Purple Martin is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked.-Description and taxonomy:...
Progne subis - Caribbean MartinCaribbean MartinThe Caribbean Martin or White-bellied Martin, Progne dominicensis, is a large swallow.It breeds on Caribbean islands from Jamaica east to Tobago. It is closely related to 2 species to which it formerly was considered conspecific-P. sinaloae and P. cryptoleuca...
Progne dominicensis - Gray-breasted MartinGray-breasted MartinThe Gray-breasted Martin, Progne chalybea, is a large swallow.The nominate race P. c. chalybea breeds from Mexico through Central America south to central Brazil, and on Trinidad. P. c. macrorhamphus breeds further south in South America to central Argentina...
Progne chalybea - Southern MartinSouthern MartinThe Southern Martin is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
Progne elegans - Tree SwallowTree SwallowThe Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, is a migratory passerine bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....
Tachycineta bicolor - White-winged SwallowWhite-winged SwallowThe White-winged Swallow, Tachycineta albiventer, is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to northern Argentina...
Tachycineta albiventer - Violet-green SwallowViolet-green SwallowThe Violet-green Swallow, Tachycineta thalassina, is a small North American swallow.Their breeding habitat is semi-open areas in western North America from Alaska to Mexico...
Tachycineta thalassina (A) - Blue-and-white SwallowBlue-and-white SwallowThe Blue-and-white Swallow is a passerine bird that breeds from Nicaragua south throughout South America, except in the deserts and the Amazon Basin. The southern race is migratory, wintering as far north as Trinidad, where it is a regular visitor...
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca - Brown-bellied SwallowBrown-bellied SwallowThe Brown-bellied Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and pastureland.-References:*...
Notiochelidon murina - Pale-footed SwallowPale-footed SwallowThe Pale-footed Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Notiochelidon flavipes - White-banded SwallowWhite-banded SwallowThe White-banded Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is rivers.-References:...
Atticora fasciata - Black-collared SwallowBlack-collared SwallowThe Black-collared Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is rivers....
Atticora melanoleuca - White-thighed SwallowWhite-thighed SwallowThe White-thighed Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. Its genus, Neochelidon, is monotypic....
Neochelidon tibialis - Tawny-headed SwallowTawny-headed SwallowThe Tawny-headed Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Alopochelidon....
Alopochelidon fucata (A) - Northern Rough-winged SwallowNorthern Rough-winged SwallowThe Northern Rough-winged Swallow is a small swallow.Adults are 13–15 cm in length, brown on top with light underparts and a forked tail. They are similar in appearance to the Bank Swallow but have a dusky throat and breast...
Stelgidopteryx serripennis - Southern Rough-winged SwallowSouthern Rough-winged SwallowThe Southern Rough-winged Swallow , Stelgidopteryx ruficollis, is a small swallow. It was first formally described as Hirundo ruficollis by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817 in his Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle....
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis - Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Cliff SwallowCliff SwallowThe Cliff Swallow is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae — the swallows and martins.It breeds in North America, and is migratory, wintering in western South America from Venezuela southwards to northeast Argentina...
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota - Barn SwallowBarn SwallowThe Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...
Hirundo rustica
Wagtails and pipits
Order: Passeriformes. Family: MotacillidaeMotacillidae
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens (A)
- Paramo PipitParamo PipitThe Paramo Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and pastureland....
Anthus bogotensis - Yellowish PipitYellowish PipitThe Yellowish Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
Anthus lutescens
Waxwings
Order: Passeriformes. Family: BombycillidaeThe waxwing
Waxwing
The waxwings form the genus Bombycilla of passerine birds. According to most authorities, this is the only genus placed in the family Bombycillidae.-Description:Waxwings are characterised by soft silky plumage...
s are a group of passerine birds characterized by soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- Cedar WaxwingCedar WaxwingThe Cedar Waxwing is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It breeds in open wooded areas in North America, principally southern Canada and the northern United States.-Description:...
Bombycilla cedrorum (A)
Dippers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CinclidaeDippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are 5 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- White-capped DipperWhite-capped DipperThe White-capped Dipper is an aquatic songbird found in South America. It is a small black bird with white spots. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela....
Cinclus leucocephalus
Wrens
Order: Passeriformes. Family: TroglodytidaeThe wren
Wren
The wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. There are approximately 80 species of true wrens in approximately 20 genera....
s are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There are 80 species worldwide (of which all but one are New World species) and 36 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of wrens on earth.
- Black-capped DonacobiusBlack-capped DonacobiusThe Black-capped Donacobius is a conspicuous, vocal South American bird. It is found in tropical swamps and wetlands in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also Panama of Central America.-Taxonomy:The Black-capped...
Donacobius atricapilla - White-headed WrenWhite-headed WrenThe White-headed Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Campylorhynchus albobrunneus - Band-backed WrenBand-backed WrenThe Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus, is a small songbird of the wren family.The Band-backed Wren is a resident breeding species from south-central Gulf Coast Mexico to northwestern Ecuador. It occurs in five disjunct areas, the central region being in southern Central America, in Costa...
Campylorhynchus zonatus - Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
- Thrush-like WrenThrush-like WrenThe Thrush-like Wren is a South American species of bird in the Troglodytidae family, the wrens. As suggested by its common and scientific name, its size and coloration are vaguely reminiscent of that of a thrush, although the general impression it gives in life is very different and not at all...
Campylorhynchus turdinus - Stripe-backed WrenStripe-backed WrenThe Stripe-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus nuchalis, is a bird found in the savannas of northern Colombia and central Venezuela. It lives in dry, riparian woodland, or farmlands, and is found at heights up to 800 m....
Campylorhynchus nuchalis - Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
- Rufous WrenRufous Wren-Description:The Rufous Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Cinnycerthia unirufa - Sharpe's WrenSharpe's WrenThe Sepia-brown Wren or Sharpe's Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Peruvian Wren , but under the common name Sepia-brown Wren...
Cinnycerthia olivascens - Sooty-headed WrenSooty-headed WrenThe Sooty-headed Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27...
Thryothorus spadix - Black-bellied WrenBlack-bellied WrenThe Black-bellied Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27...
Thryothorus fasciatoventris - Whiskered WrenWhiskered WrenThe Whiskered Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
Thryothorus mystacalis - Plain-tailed WrenPlain-tailed WrenThe Plain-tailed Wren is a species of songbird in the Troglodytidae family. It has a mostly rufous body with a gray, black, and white striped head. It is found in the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests...
Thryothorus euophrys - Moustached WrenMoustached WrenThe Moustached Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.It is 15.5 cm long...
Thryothorus genibarbis - Coraya WrenCoraya WrenThe Coraya Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family, the wrens.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Amazonian northern and northwestern South America, the northern Amazon Basin and the Guianas, of Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and Amazonian southeast Colombia, eastern Ecuador,...
Thryothorus coraya - Rufous-breasted WrenRufous-breasted WrenThe Rufous-breasted Wren, Pheugopedius rutilus, is a small songbird of the wren family . It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus which in the old, broad sense was a motley assemblage of similar-looking wrens....
Thryothorus rutilus - Speckle-breasted WrenSpeckle-breasted WrenThe Speckle-breasted Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.-References:* BirdLife...
Thryothorus sclateri - Bay WrenBay WrenThe Bay Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Thryothorus nigricapillus - Stripe-throated WrenStripe-throated WrenThe Stripe-throated Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Thryothorus leucopogon - Rufous-and-white WrenRufous-and-white WrenThe Rufous-and-white Wren, Thryophilus rufalbus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from southwesternmost Mexico to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela...
Thryothorus rufalbus - Buff-breasted WrenBuff-breasted WrenThe Buff-breasted Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family, the wrens.It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern-border Bolivia; also the Guianan countries Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana...
Thryothorus leucotis - Niceforo's WrenNiceforo's WrenThe Niceforo's Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Thryothorus nicefori (E) - House WrenHouse WrenThe House Wren, Troglodytes aedon, is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. It occurs from Canada to southernmost South America, and is thus the most widely distributed bird in the Americas. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range and it is the single most common wren...
Troglodytes aedon - Ochraceous WrenOchraceous WrenThe Ochraceous Wren, Troglodytes ochraceus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is an endemic resident breeding species in Costa Rica and eastern Panama...
Troglodytes ochraceus - Santa Marta WrenSanta Marta WrenThe Santa Marta Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Troglodytes monticola (E) - Mountain WrenMountain WrenThe Mountain Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in the Andes or north-west Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and western Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Troglodytes solstitialis - Sedge WrenSedge WrenThe Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis, is a small songbird of the Wren family. It was formerly known as the Short-billed Marsh Wren, and in South America is known as the Grass Wren. There are about 20 different subspecies which are found across most of the Americas...
Cistothorus platensis - Apolinar's WrenApolinar's WrenThe Apolinar's Wren is a passerine bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is endemic to the Andean areas of Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland , freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss...
Cistothorus apolinari (E) - White-breasted Wood-WrenWhite-breasted Wood-WrenThe White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to northeastern Peru and Surinam.-Description:...
Henicorhina leucosticta - Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Munchique Wood-WrenMunchique Wood-wrenThe Munchique Wood-Wren is a member of the wren family , described as new to science in 2003. It was first observed by Steven Hilty in the 1980s and not described until detailed studies by Paul Salaman, Paul Coopmans, Thomas Donegan and others in the region in 2001...
Henicorhina negreti (E) - Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Wing-banded WrenWing-banded WrenThe Wing-banded Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Microcerculus bambla - Song WrenSong WrenThe Song Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus - Chestnut-breasted WrenChestnut-breasted WrenThe Chestnut-breasted Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Bolivia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Cyphorhinus thoracicus - Musician WrenMusician WrenThe Musician Wren or Organ Wren is a species of wren named for its elaborate song. It is native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America, and west and southwestwards into the Amazonian Andes. In Portuguese it is known as Uirapuru or many other variants of this name, all based on the Tupi wirapu 'ru...
Cyphorhinus aradus
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: MimidaeThe mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrasher
Thrasher
Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 15 species in one large and 4 monotypic genera.These do not form a clade but are a phenetic assemblage...
s, mockingbird
Mockingbird
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera...
s, trembler
Trembler
Tremblers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 2-4 species in one genus, Cinclocerthia:...
s, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their colouring tends towards dull greys and browns . There are 35 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.
- Gray CatbirdGray CatbirdThe Gray Catbird , also spelled Grey Catbird, is a medium-sized northern American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella...
Dumetella carolinensis (A) - Tropical MockingbirdTropical MockingbirdThe Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus, is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico south to northern Brazil, and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. The birds in Panama and Trinidad may have been introduced. The Northern Mockingbird is its closest living relative, but the...
Mimus gilvus
Thrushes and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: TurdidaeThe thrushes
Thrush (bird)
The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...
are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 27 species which occur in Colombia.
- Varied SolitaireVaried SolitaireThe Varied Solitaire is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in the following countries Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes or .-References:...
Myadestes coloratus - Andean SolitaireAndean SolitaireThe Andean Solitaire is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Myadestes ralloides - Rufous-brown SolitaireRufous-brown SolitaireThe Rufous-brown Solitaire is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Cichlopsis leucogenys - Black SolitaireBlack SolitaireThe Black Solitaire is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Entomodestes coracinus - Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushOrange-billed Nightingale-thrushThe Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Catharus aurantiirostris - Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushSlaty-backed Nightingale-thrushThe Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Catharus fuscater - Spotted Nightingale-ThrushSpotted Nightingale-thrushThe Spotted Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela....
Catharus dryas - VeeryVeeryThe Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a small thrush species. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or Wilson's Thrush. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant Catharus species, which also includes the cryptotaxa Grey-cheeked Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a...
Catharus fuscescens - Gray-cheeked ThrushGray-cheeked ThrushThe Grey-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the Veery and Bicknell's Thrush ;...
Catharus minimus - Swainson's ThrushSwainson's ThrushSwainson's Thrush , also called Olive-backed Thrush, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 16–18 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes...
Catharus ustulatus - Wood ThrushWood ThrushThe Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to other thrushes such as the American Robin and is widely distributed across North America, wintering in Central America and southern Mexico...
Hylocichla mustelina (A) - Pale-eyed ThrushPale-eyed ThrushThe Pale-eyed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Platycichla leucops - Yellow-legged ThrushYellow-legged ThrushThe Yellow-legged Thrush is a songbird of northern and eastern South America. In recent times, it is increasingly often placed in the genus Turdus again.-Description:...
Platycichla flavipes - Great ThrushGreat ThrushThe Great Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. At 30–35 cm in length, it is the largest thrush in the Americas, although a couple of Asian species equal or surpass its size...
Turdus fuscater - Glossy-black ThrushGlossy-black ThrushThe Glossy-black Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Turdus serranus - Black-hooded ThrushBlack-hooded ThrushThe Black-hooded Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Turdus olivater - Chestnut-bellied ThrushChestnut-bellied ThrushThe Chestnut-bellied Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Turdus fulviventris - Pale-breasted ThrushPale-breasted ThrushThe Pale-breasted Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America, with localized population in the west....
Turdus leucomelas - Black-billed ThrushBlack-billed ThrushThe Black-billed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Turdus ignobilis - Lawrence's ThrushLawrence's ThrushThe Lawrence's Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Described in 1878 by George N...
Turdus lawrencii - Cocoa ThrushCocoa ThrushThe Cocoa Thrush, Turdus fumigatus, is a resident breeding bird in South America from eastern Colombia south and east to central and eastern Brazil, and on Trinidad and some of the Lesser Antilles....
Turdus fumigatus - Pale-vented ThrushPale-vented ThrushThe Pale-vented Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:*...
Turdus obsoletus - Hauxwell's ThrushHauxwell's ThrushThe Hauxwell's Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Turdus hauxwelli - Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi
- Bare-eyed ThrushBare-eyed ThrushThe Bare-eyed Thrush, Spectacled Thrush, or Yellow-eyed Thrush , is a resident breeding bird in the Lesser Antilles and in South America from Colombia and Venezuela south and east to northern Brazil...
Turdus nudigenis - White-throated ThrushWhite-throated ThrushThe White-throated Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States....
Turdus assimilis - White-necked ThrushWhite-necked ThrushThe White-necked Thrush is a songbird found in forest and woodland in South America. The taxonomy is potentially confusing, and it sometimes includes the members of the T. assimilis group as subspecies, in which case the "combined species" is referred to as the White-throated Thrush...
Turdus albicollis
Gnatcatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PolioptilidaeThese dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish grey in colour, and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub, and nest in bushes or trees. There are 15 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
- Collared GnatwrenCollared GnatwrenThe Collared Gnatwren is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Microbates collaris - Tawny-faced GnatwrenTawny-faced GnatwrenThe Tawny-faced Gnatwren is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Microbates cinereiventris - Long-billed GnatwrenLong-billed GnatwrenThe Long-billed Gnatwren is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family. It is the only member of the genus Ramphocaenus ....
Ramphocaenus melanurus - Guianan GnatcatcherGuianan GnatcatcherThe Guianan Gnatcatcher is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family. It is found in the canopy in the Amazon Rainforest...
Polioptila guianensis - Tropical GnatcatcherTropical GnatcatcherThe Tropical Gnatcatcher is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of the Neotropics...
Polioptila plumbea - Slate-throated GnatcatcherSlate-throated GnatcatcherThe Slate-throated Gnatcatcher is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Polioptila schistaceigula
Crows, jays, ravens and magpies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CorvidaeCorvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...
The Corvidae family includes crow
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...
s, raven
Raven
Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...
s, jay
Jay
The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex...
s, chough
Chough
The Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...
s, magpie
Magpie
Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...
s, treepie
Treepie
The treepies comprise four closely related genera of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae...
s, nutcracker
Nutcracker (bird)
The nutcrackers are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker , occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker , in western North America.The most important food resources for both these species are the...
s, and ground jay
Ground jay
The ground jays or ground choughs belong to a distinct group of the passerine order of birds in the genus Podoces of the crow family Corvidae...
s. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Colombia.
- Black-chested JayBlack-chested JayThe Black-chested Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela....
Cyanocorax affinis - Green JayGreen JayThe Green Jay is a bird species of the New World jays, which exhibits distinct regional variations within its large but discontinuous range...
Cyanocorax yncas - Violaceous JayViolaceous JayThe Violaceous Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family, the crows and their allies.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest...
Cyanocorax violaceus - Azure-naped JayAzure-naped JayThe Azure-naped Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
Cyanocorax heilprini - Black-collared JayBlack-collared JayThe Black-collared Jay is a jay found in Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It was formerly considered conspecific with the White-collared Jay....
Cyanolyca armillata - Turquoise JayTurquoise JayThe Turquoise Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.The Turquoise Jay is a vibrant blue jay with a black face mask and collar. It is found exclusively in South America throughout southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru...
Cyanolyca turcosa - Beautiful JayBeautiful JayThe Beautiful Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.-References:...
Cyanolyca pulchra
Vireos
Order: Passeriformes. Family: VireonidaeThe vireo
Vireo
The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically dull-plumaged and greenish in color, the smaller species resembling wood warblers apart from their heavier bills...
s are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warbler
Wood Warbler
The Wood Warbler is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains...
s apart from their heavier bills. There are 52 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.
- Thick-billed VireoThick-billed VireoThe Thick-billed Vireo, Vireo crassirostris, is a small songbird. It breeds in the West Indies in the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Tortuga Island in Haiti and on cays off the coast of Cuba. It occasionally can be found as a vagrant to south Florida in the United States. The...
Vireo crassirostris - St. Andrew VireoSt. Andrew VireoThe San Andres Vireo or St. Andrew Vireo is a threatened species of vireo endemic to the Colombian island of St. Andrew in the Caribbean Sea, located off the east coast of Nicaragua...
Vireo caribaeus - Yellow-throated VireoYellow-throated VireoThe Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, is a small American songbird.Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white wing bars...
Vireo flavifrons - Brown-capped VireoBrown-capped VireoThe Brown-capped Vireo, Vireo leucophrys, is a small passerine bird. It breeds in highlands from southern Mexico south to northwestern Bolivia. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the similar Warbling Vireo....
Vireo leucophrys - Philadelphia VireoPhiladelphia VireoThe Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus, is a small songbird.Adults are mainly olive-brown on the upperparts with yellow underparts; they have dark eyes and a grey crown. There is a dark line through the eyes and a white stripe just over them. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout...
Vireo philadelphicus (A) - Red-eyed VireoRed-eyed VireoThe Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, is a small American songbird, 13–14 cm in length. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers...
Vireo olivaceus - Choco VireoChocó VireoThe Chocó Vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in western Colombia and has recently been found in north-west Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.The species was not described until 1996...
Vireo masteri (E) - Yellow-green VireoYellow-green VireoThe Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis, is a small passerine bird. It breeds from southern Texas in the United States and the western and eastern mountain ranges of northern Mexico south to central Panama...
Vireo flavoviridis - Black-whiskered VireoBlack-whiskered VireoThe Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus, is a small passerine bird, which breeds in southern Florida, USA, and the West Indies as far south as the offshore islands of Venezuela. It is a partial migrant, with northern birds wintering from the Greater Antilles to northern South America...
Vireo altiloquus - Lemon-chested GreenletLemon-chested GreenletThe Lemon-chested Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Hylophilus thoracicus - Gray-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus
- Buff-cheeked GreenletBuff-cheeked GreenletThe Buff-cheeked Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Hylophilus muscicapinus - Brown-headed GreenletBrown-headed GreenletThe Brown-headed Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
Hylophilus brunneiceps - Dusky-capped GreenletDusky-capped GreenletThe Dusky-capped Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Hylophilus hypoxanthus - Rufous-naped GreenletRufous-naped GreenletThe Rufous-naped Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in the Andes in Colombia, northern Ecuador, and westernmost Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Hylophilus semibrunneus - Scrub GreenletScrub GreenletThe Scrub Greenlet or Scrub Vireo, Hylophilus flavipes, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago....
Hylophilus flavipes - Tawny-crowned GreenletTawny-crowned GreenletThe Tawny-crowned Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...
Hylophilus ochraceiceps - Golden-fronted GreenletGolden-fronted GreenletThe Golden-fronted Greenlet, Hylophilus aurantiifrons, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad....
Hylophilus aurantiifrons - Lesser GreenletLesser GreenletThe Lesser Greenlet, Hylophilus decurtatus, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds from northeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador....
Hylophilus decurtatus - Yellow-browed Shrike-VireoYellow-browed Shrike-vireoThe Yellow-browed Shrike-vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Vireolanius eximius - Slaty-capped Shrike-VireoSlaty-capped Shrike-vireoThe Slaty-capped Shrike-vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Vireolanius leucotis - Rufous-browed PeppershrikeRufous-browed PeppershrikeThe Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis, is a passerine bird in the vireo family. It is widespread and often common in woodland, forest edge, and cultivation with some tall trees from Mexico and Trinidad south to Argentina and Uruguay....
Cyclarhis gujanensis - Black-billed PeppershrikeBlack-billed PeppershrikeThe Black-billed Peppershrike is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in the Andes in Colombia and northern Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Cyclarhis nigrirostris
New World warblers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ParulidaeThe New World warbler
New World warbler
The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are not related to the Old World warblers or the Australian warblers....
s are a group of small, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. There are 119 species worldwide and 55 species which occur in Colombia.
- Blue-winged WarblerBlue-winged WarblerThe Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera, is a fairly common New World warbler, 11.5 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the very closely related...
Vermivora pinus (A) - Golden-winged WarblerGolden-winged WarblerThe Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, is a New World warbler, 11.6 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America, southeastern Canada and the eastern USA...
Vermivora chrysoptera - Tennessee WarblerTennessee WarblerThe Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a...
Vermivora peregrina - Northern ParulaNorthern ParulaThe Northern Parula, Parula americana, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
Parula americana - Tropical ParulaTropical ParulaThe Tropical Parula is a small New World warbler. It breeds from southernmost Texas and northwest Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, including Trinidad and Tobago. This widespread and common species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.This passerine is not migratory,...
Parula pitiayumi - Yellow WarblerYellow WarblerDendroica petechia is a New World warbler species or superspecies; the subspecies group around D. aestiva is increasingly treated as good species Dendroica aestiva again. The name for the entire cryptic species complex is Mangrove Warbler, and another group of subspecies is known as Golden Warbler...
Dendroica petechia - Chestnut-sided WarblerChestnut-sided WarblerThe Chestnut-sided Warbler is a New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America and in southern Canada westwards to the Canadian Prairies...
Dendroica pensylvanica - Magnolia WarblerMagnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia, commonly known as the Magnolia warbler, is a member of the Parulidae family of wood warblers. [4] This warbler was first discovered in magnolia trees in the 19th century by famed ornithologist Alexander Wilson while in Mississippi. [7]-Description:The magnolia warbler can be...
Dendroica magnolia (A) - Cape May WarblerCape May WarblerThe Cape May Warbler, Dendroica tigrina, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding habitat spans across all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies...
Dendroica tigrina - Black-throated Blue WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerThe Black-throated Blue Warbler, Setophaga caerulescens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Adult males have white underparts with black throat, face and flanks; the upperparts are deep blue; immature males are similar with upperparts more greenish...
Dendroica caerulescens - Yellow-rumped WarblerYellow-rumped WarblerFour closely related North American bird forms—the eastern Myrtle Warbler , its western counterpart, Audubon's Warbler , the northwest Mexican Black-fronted Warbler , and the Guatemalan Goldman's Warbler —are periodically lumped as the Yellow-rumped Warbler .-Classification:Since...
Dendroica coronata (A) - Black-throated Green WarblerBlack-throated Green WarblerThe Black-throated Green Warbler, Setophaga virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with...
Dendroica virens - Townsend's WarblerTownsend's WarblerThe Townsend's Warbler, Dendroica townsendi, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have a yellow face with a black stripe across their cheeks, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, and a white belly...
Dendroica townsendi (A) - Blackburnian WarblerBlackburnian WarblerThe Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca , is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina....
Dendroica fusca - Yellow-throated WarblerYellow-throated WarblerThe Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica dominica, is a small migratory songbird species breeding in temperate North America. It belongs to the New World warbler family .-Description:...
Dendroica dominica (A) - Prairie WarblerPrairie WarblerThe Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a yellow spot...
Dendroica discolor (A) - Palm WarblerPalm WarblerThe Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status....
Dendroica palmarum - Bay-breasted WarblerBay-breasted WarblerThe Bay-breasted Warbler, Dendroica castanea , is a New World warbler. They breed in northern North America, specifically in Canada, into the Great Lakes region, and into northern New England....
Dendroica castanea - Blackpoll WarblerBlackpoll WarblerThe Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata , is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks and white wing bars. The Blackpoll breeds in northern North America, from Alaska, through most of Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and...
Dendroica striata - Cerulean WarblerCerulean WarblerThe Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.-Description:Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and flanks...
Dendroica cerulea - Black-and-white WarblerBlack-and-white WarblerThe Black-and-white Warbler is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern and eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
Mniotilta varia - American RedstartAmerican RedstartThe American Redstart is a New World warbler. It is the only member of its genus and is unrelated to the Old World redstarts. It derives its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail.-Description:...
Setophaga ruticilla - Prothonotary WarblerProthonotary WarblerThe Prothonotary Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria....
Protonotaria citrea - Worm-eating WarblerWorm-eating WarblerThe Worm-eating Warbler is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus Helmitheros....
Helmitheros vermivorus - OvenbirdOvenbirdThe Ovenbird is a small songbird of the New World warbler family . This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and moves south in winter.-Taxonomy:...
Seiurus aurocapilla - Northern WaterthrushNorthern WaterthrushThe Northern Waterthrush is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, . This bird is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies, and Florida; also Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador...
Seiurus noveboracensis - Louisiana WaterthrushLouisiana WaterthrushThe Louisiana Waterthrush is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast....
Seiurus motacilla - Kentucky WarblerKentucky WarblerThe Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus, is a small species of New World warbler. The Kentucky Warbler, like all members of the genus Oporornis, is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a short tail, preferring to spend most of its time on or near the ground, except when singing.Adult Kentucky...
Oporornis formosus - Connecticut WarblerConnecticut WarblerThe Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 15 cm long birds have light yellow underparts and olive upperparts; they have a light eye ring, pink legs, a long tail, pale wing bars and a thin pointed bill...
Oporornis agilis - Mourning WarblerMourning WarblerThe Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 13 cm long birds have yellow underparts, olive-green upperparts and pink legs. Adult males have a grey hood and a black patch on the throat and breast...
Oporornis philadelphia - Common YellowthroatCommon YellowthroatThe Common Yellowthroat is a New World warbler. They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico....
Geothlypis trichas - Olive-crowned YellowthroatOlive-crowned YellowthroatThe Olive-crowned Yellowthroat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Geothlypis semiflava - Masked YellowthroatMasked YellowthroatThe Masked Yellowthroat, Geothlypis aequinoctialis, is a New World warbler. It has a number of separate resident breeding populations in Central and South America, some of which may be considered to form separate species....
Geothlypis aequinoctialis - Hooded WarblerHooded WarblerThe Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the eastern USA and into southernmost Canada, . It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies...
Wilsonia citrina - Wilson's WarblerWilson's WarblerThe Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla, is a small New World warbler. It is primarily greenish above and yellow below, with rounded wings and a long, slim tail. The male has a black crown patch which is greatly reduced or missing entirely in the female...
Wilsonia pusilla (A) - Canada WarblerCanada WarblerThe Canada Warbler is a small 13 cm long songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts, blue-grey upperparts and pink legs; they also have yellow eye-rings and thin, pointed bills. Adult males have black foreheads and black necklaces...
Wilsonia canadensis - Slate-throated RedstartSlate-throated RedstartThe Slate-throated Whitestart , or, less accurately, the Slate-throated Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family....
Myioborus miniatus - Spectacled RedstartSpectacled RedstartThe Spectacled Whitestart , is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is sometimes known by the less appropriately name Spectacled Redstart. It is found in humid Andean forests, woodland and scrub from southern Colombia to Bolivia-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Myioborus melanocephalus - Golden-fronted RedstartGolden-fronted RedstartThe Golden-fronted Whitestart , or, less accurately, the Golden-fronted Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is found in forest, woodland and scrub in the Andes of Colombia and far western Venezuela....
Myioborus ornatus - Yellow-crowned RedstartYellow-crowned RedstartThe Yellow-crowned Whitestart or Santa Marta Whitestart is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is endemic to the highland forest and woodland in the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia. It is sometimes known by the less accurate Yellow-crowned Redstart.-References:* BirdLife International...
Myioborus flavivertex (E) - Choco Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys
- Pale-legged WarblerPale-legged WarblerThe Pale-legged Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. Its habitats include subtropical or tropical moist montane, as well as subtropical or tropical heavily degraded former forest....
Basileuterus signatus (A) - Citrine WarblerCitrine WarblerThe Citrine Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
Basileuterus luteoviridis - Black-crested WarblerBlack-crested WarblerThe Black-crested Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Basileuterus nigrocristatus - Santa Marta WarblerSanta Marta WarblerThe Santa Marta Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is endemic to the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
Basileuterus basilicus (E) - Gray-throated Warbler Basileuterus cinereicollis
- White-lored WarblerWhite-lored WarblerThe White-lored Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is endemic to the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia....
Basileuterus conspicillatus (E) - Russet-crowned WarblerRusset-crowned WarblerThe Russet-crowned Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Basileuterus coronatus - Golden-crowned WarblerGolden-crowned WarblerThe Golden-crowned Warbler, Basileuterus culicivorus, is a small New World warbler.-Distribution and habitat:It breeds from Mexico and south through Central America to northeastern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. It is a species mainly of lowland forests.-Description:The Golden-crowned...
Basileuterus culicivorus - Rufous-capped WarblerRufous-capped WarblerThe Rufous-capped Warbler is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to much of Central America, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas....
Basileuterus rufifrons - Pirre WarblerPirre WarblerThe Pirre Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Basileuterus ignotus - Three-striped WarblerThree-striped WarblerThe Three-striped Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Basileuterus tristriatus - Flavescent WarblerFlavescent WarblerThe Flavescent Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, and Venezuela...
Basileuterus flaveolus - Buff-rumped WarblerBuff-rumped WarblerThe Buff-rumped Warbler is a New World warbler is a resident bird from Honduras south to northwestern Peru and disjunctly in the western Amazon...
Basileuterus fulvicauda - Rose-breasted ChatRose-breasted ChatThe Rose-breasted Chat is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Granatellus pelzelni (A)
Bananaquit
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CoerebidaeThe Bananaquit is a small passerine bird. It has a slender, curved bill, adapted to taking nectar from flowers and is the only member of the genus Coereba (Vieillot, 1809) and is normally placed within the family Coerebidae, although there is uncertainty whether that placement is correct.
- BananaquitBananaquitThe Bananaquit is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation. It is tentatively placed in the tanager family, but classified as incertae sedis by other authorities such as the American Ornithologists' Union. Its classification is debated, and it is often placed in its own family: Coerebidae...
Coereba flaveola
Tanagers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: ThraupidaeThe tanager
Tanager
The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux...
s are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly coloured. They are seed eaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings. There are 256 species worldwide and 160 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of tanagers of any country.
- Chestnut-vented ConebillChestnut-vented ConebillThe Chestnut-vented Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Conirostrum speciosum - White-eared ConebillWhite-eared ConebillThe White-eared Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July...
Conirostrum leucogenys - Bicolored ConebillBicolored ConebillThe Bicolored Conebill, Conirostrum bicolor, is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is a resident breeder in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas, northeast Peru and Brazil....
Conirostrum bicolor - Cinereous ConebillCinereous ConebillThe Cinereous Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
Conirostrum cinereum - Rufous-browed ConebillRufous-browed ConebillThe Rufous-browed Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
Conirostrum rufum - Blue-backed ConebillBlue-backed ConebillThe Blue-backed Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family .It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.- Sub-species :...
Conirostrum sitticolor - Capped ConebillCapped ConebillThe Capped Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Conirostrum albifrons - Giant ConebillGiant ConebillThe Giant Conebill Oreomanes fraseri is a small passerine bird, one of the tanager family. The only member of the genus Oreomanes it is closely related to the regular conebills Conirostrum though it differs in its larger size and nuthatch-like foraging habits.The Giant Conebill is in length and...
Oreomanes fraseri - Black-faced TanagerBlack-faced TanagerThe Black-faced Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Schistochlamys melanopis - Magpie TanagerMagpie TanagerThe Magpie Tanager is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superficially reminiscent of a European Magpie...
Cissopis leveriana - Grass-green TanagerGrass-green TanagerThe Grass-green Tanager is a small passerine bird, one of the tanager family. It is the only member of the genus Chloronis.The Grass-green Tanager is 20 cm in length and weighs 53g...
Chlorornis riefferii - White-capped TanagerWhite-capped TanagerThe White-capped Tanager. Sericossypha albocristata. At a weight of 114 g and a length of 24 cm , it is the heaviest but not the longest species of tanager. This species is glossy black overall with a large white crown and a red throat...
Sericossypha albocristata - Common Bush-TanagerCommon Bush-TanagerThe Common Bush-tanager is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in the highlands from central Mexico south to Bolivia and northwest Argentina. C. ophthalmicus in the loose sense is a notorious cryptic species complex, and several of the up to 25 subspecies recognized in recent times...
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus - Tacarcuna Bush-TanagerTacarcuna Bush-tanagerThe Tacarcuna Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Chlorospingus tacarcunae - Pirre Bush-TanagerPirre Bush-tanagerThe Pirre Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is endemic to Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Chlorospingus inornatus (A) - Dusky Bush-TanagerDusky Bush-tanagerThe Dusky Bush-tanager is a species of bird traditionally placed in the Thraupidae family, but perhaps closer to Arremonops in the Emberizidae....
Chlorospingus semifuscus - Short-billed Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus parvirostris
- Yellow-throated Bush-TanagerYellow-throated Bush-tanagerThe Yellow-throated Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru....
Chlorospingus flavigularis - Yellow-green Bush-TanagerYellow-green Bush-tanagerThe Yellow-green Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Chlorospingus flavovirens - Ashy-throated Bush-TanagerAshy-throated Bush-tanagerThe Ashy-throated Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Chlorospingus canigularis - Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
- Black-capped HemispingusBlack-capped HemispingusThe Black-capped Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Hemispingus atropileus - Superciliaried HemispingusSuperciliaried HemispingusThe Superciliaried Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Hemispingus superciliaris - Oleaginous HemispingusOleaginous HemispingusThe Oleaginous Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Hemispingus frontalis - Black-eared HemispingusBlack-eared HemispingusThe Black-eared Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid highland forest in the Andes of far western Venezuela, through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, to Bolivia. It includes several distinctive subspecies, and two of these are sometimes considered as separate...
Hemispingus melanotis - Black-headed HemispingusBlack-headed HemispingusThe Black-headed Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-Notes:...
Hemispingus verticalis - Fulvous-headed TanagerFulvous-headed TanagerThe Fulvous-headed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Thlypopsis fulviceps - Rufous-chested TanagerRufous-chested TanagerThe Rufous-chested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former...
Thlypopsis ornata - Orange-headed TanagerOrange-headed TanagerThe Orange-headed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
Thlypopsis sordida - Guira TanagerGuira TanagerThe Guira Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former...
Hemithraupis guira - Yellow-backed TanagerYellow-backed TanagerThe Yellow-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname; also extreme eastern Panama in Central America...
Hemithraupis flavicollis - Black-and-yellow TanagerBlack-and-yellow TanagerThe Black-and-yellow Tanager is a fairly small passerine bird. This tanager is an endemic resident in the hills of Costa Rica and Panama...
Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena - Scarlet-and-white TanagerScarlet-and-white TanagerThe Scarlet-and-white Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Chrysothlypis salmoni - Hooded TanagerHooded TanagerThe Hooded Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
Nemosia pileata - Rosy Thrush-TanagerRosy Thrush-tanagerThe Rosy Thrush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, where it belongs to the presently monotypic genus Rhodinocichla.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela...
Rhodinocichla rosea - Dusky-faced TanagerDusky-faced TanagerThe Dusky-faced Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Mitrospingus cassinii - Olive TanagerOlive TanagerThe Olive Tanager , also known as Carmiol's Tanager , is a species of bird traditionally placed in the family Thraupidae , though some recent evidence suggest it is better placed in Cardinalidae .It is often split into two species:* Carmiol's Tanager The Olive Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli),...
Chlorothraupis carmioli - Lemon-spectacled TanagerLemon-spectacled TanagerThe Lemon-spectacled Tanager is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama....
Chlorothraupis olivacea - Ochre-breasted TanagerOchre-breasted TanagerThe Ochre-breasted Tanager is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Chlorothraupis stolzmanni - Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Fulvous Shrike-TanagerFulvous Shrike-tanagerThe Fulvous Shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Lanio fulvus - White-winged Shrike-TanagerWhite-winged Shrike-tanagerThe White-winged Shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Lanio versicolor - Rufous-crested TanagerRufous-crested TanagerThe Rufous-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Creurgops verticalis - Sulphur-rumped TanagerSulphur-rumped TanagerThe Sulphur-rumped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Heterospingus rubrifrons (A) - Scarlet-browed TanagerScarlet-browed TanagerThe Scarlet-browed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Heterospingus xanthopygius - Flame-crested TanagerFlame-crested TanagerThe Flame-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Tachyphonus cristatus - Yellow-crested TanagerYellow-crested TanagerThe Yellow-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Tachyphonus rufiventer - Fulvous-crested TanagerFulvous-crested TanagerThe Fulvous-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Tachyphonus surinamus - White-shouldered TanagerWhite-shouldered TanagerThe White-shouldered Tanager, Tachyphonus luctuosus, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Honduras to Panama, South America south to Ecuador and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
Tachyphonus luctuosus - Tawny-crested TanagerTawny-crested TanagerThe Tawny-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Tachyphonus delatrii - White-lined TanagerWhite-lined TanagerThe White-lined Tanager, Tachyphonus rufus, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago.It occurs in semi-open areas including gardens...
Tachyphonus rufus - Red-shouldered TanagerRed-shouldered TanagerThe Red-shouldered Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Tachyphonus phoenicius - Red-crowned Ant-TanagerRed-crowned Ant-TanagerThe Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica, is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. The genus Habia was long placed with the tanagers , but it is actually closer to the cardinals...
Habia rubica - Red-throated Ant-TanagerRed-throated Ant-TanagerThe Red-throated Ant-tanager, Habia fuscicauda, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This species is a resident breeder on the Caribbean slopes from southeastern Mexico to eastern Panama. It was usually considered an aberrant kind of tanager and placed in the Thraupidae, but is actually closer to the...
Habia fuscicauda - Sooty Ant-TanagerSooty Ant-tanagerThe Sooty Ant-tanager is a species of bird in the cardinal family ; formerly, it was placed with the true tanagers in the Thraupidae.It is endemic to Colombia...
Habia gutturalis (E) - Crested Ant-TanagerCrested Ant-tanagerThe Crested Ant-tanager is a songbird species. Though it was formerly placed in the tanager family , it is not actually a tanager. Today it is assigned to the cardinal family .It is endemic to Colombia...
Habia cristata (E) - Hepatic TanagerHepatic TanagerThe Hepatic Tanager, Piranga flava, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
Piranga flava - Scarlet TanagerScarlet TanagerThe Scarlet Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.-Description:Adults have pale...
Piranga olivacea - Summer TanagerSummer TanagerThe Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
Piranga rubra - White-winged TanagerWhite-winged TanagerThe White-winged Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family...
Piranga leucoptera - Red-hooded TanagerRed-hooded TanagerThe Red-hooded Tanager , is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family...
Piranga rubriceps - Vermilion TanagerVermilion TanagerThe Vermilion Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of its genus Calochaetes.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Calochaetes coccineus - Masked Crimson TanagerMasked Crimson TanagerThe Masked Crimson Tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Ramphocelus nigrogularis - Crimson-backed TanagerCrimson-backed TanagerThe Crimson-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, French Guyana, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest...
Ramphocelus dimidiatus - Silver-beaked TanagerSilver-beaked TanagerThe Silver-beaked Tanager, Ramphocelus carbo, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in South America from eastern Colombia and Venezuela south to Paraguay and central Brazil, and on Trinidad. It is common and conspicuous in some areas—it may be the bird most...
Ramphocelus carbo - Flame-rumped TanagerFlame-rumped TanagerThe Flame-rumped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in semi-open forest and woodland....
Ramphocelus flammigerus - Blue-gray TanagerBlue-gray TanagerThe Blue-grey Tanager, Thraupis episcopus, is a medium-sized South American songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima...
Thraupis episcopus - Glaucous TanagerGlaucous TanagerThe Glaucous Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. The term glaucous describes its colouration. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Thraupis glaucocolpa - Blue-capped TanagerBlue-capped TanagerThe Blue-capped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Thraupis cyanocephala - Palm TanagerPalm TanagerThe Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago...
Thraupis palmarum - Black-and-gold TanagerBlack-and-gold TanagerThe Black-and-gold Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Bangsia melanochlamys (E) - Golden-chested TanagerGolden-chested TanagerThe Golden-chested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Bangsia rothschildi - Moss-backed TanagerMoss-backed TanagerThe Moss-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Bangsia edwardsi - Gold-ringed TanagerGold-ringed TanagerThe Gold-ringed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Bangsia aureocincta (E) - Hooded Mountain-TanagerHooded Mountain-tanagerThe Hooded Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. This yellow, blue and black tanager is found in forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
Buthraupis montana - Black-chested Mountain-TanagerBlack-chested Mountain-tanagerThe Black-chested Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Buthraupis eximia - Masked Mountain-TanagerMasked Mountain-tanagerThe Masked Mountain-tanager is a vulnerable species of bird in the tanager family. This large and colourful tanager is endemic to elfin forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. It is generally rare or uncommon, and is threatened by...
Buthraupis wetmorei - Santa Marta Mountain-TanagerSanta Marta Mountain-tanagerThe Santa Marta Mountain-tanager , also known as the Black-cheeked Mountain-tanager, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to highland forest in the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia...
Anisognathus melanogenys (E) - Lacrimose Mountain-TanagerLacrimose Mountain-tanagerThe Lacrimose Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Andean highland forest from Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru. Some of its 11 subspecies are quite distinctive, and A. l. yariguierum was only scientifically described in 2010.-References:*...
Anisognathus lacrymosus - Scarlet-bellied Mountain-TanagerScarlet-bellied Mountain-tanagerThe Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ....
Anisognathus igniventris - Blue-winged Mountain-TanagerBlue-winged Mountain-tanagerThe Blue-winged Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Anisognathus somptuosus - Black-chinned Mountain-TanagerBlack-chinned Mountain-tanagerThe Black-chinned Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Anisognathus notabilis - Purplish-mantled TanagerPurplish-mantled TanagerThe Purplish-mantled Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
Iridosornis porphyrocephala - Yellow-throated TanagerYellow-throated TanagerThe Yellow-throated Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Iridosornis analis - Golden-crowned TanagerGolden-crowned TanagerThe Golden-crowned Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Iridosornis rufivertex - Buff-breasted Mountain-TanagerBuff-breasted Mountain-tanagerThe Buff-breasted Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Dubusia....
Dubusia taeniata - Fawn-breasted TanagerFawn-breasted TanagerThe Fawn-breasted Tanager is a species of tanager. It is in the monotypic genus Pipraeidea. It occurs in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, as well as in the highlands of northeastern Argentina, south Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay....
Pipraeidea melanonota - Plumbeous EuphoniaPlumbeous EuphoniaThe Plumbeous Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Euphonia plumbea - Purple-throated EuphoniaPurple-throated EuphoniaThe Purple-throated Euphonia is a songbird species in the family Fringillidae. It was formerly placed in the Thraupidae....
Euphonia chlorotica - Trinidad EuphoniaTrinidad EuphoniaThe Trinidad Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Euphonia trinitatis - Velvet-fronted EuphoniaVelvet-fronted EuphoniaThe Velvet-fronted Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, having recently been moved there from the Thraupidae....
Euphonia concinna (E) - Orange-crowned EuphoniaOrange-crowned EuphoniaThe Orange-crowned Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former...
Euphonia saturata - Violaceous EuphoniaViolaceous EuphoniaThe Violaceous Euphonia, Euphonia violacea, is a small passerine bird in the true finch family. It is a resident breeder from Trinidad, Tobago and eastern Venezuela south to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina...
Euphonia violacea - Thick-billed EuphoniaThick-billed EuphoniaThe Thick-billed Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Euphonia laniirostris - Golden-rumped EuphoniaGolden-rumped EuphoniaThe Golden-rumped Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae...
Euphonia cyanocephala - Fulvous-vented EuphoniaFulvous-vented EuphoniaThe Fulvous-vented Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae...
Euphonia fulvicrissa - Bronze-green EuphoniaBronze-green EuphoniaThe Bronze-green Euphonia is a bird species in the family Fringillidae .It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Euphonia mesochrysa - White-lored EuphoniaWhite-lored EuphoniaThe White-lored Euphonia is a songbird species of the family Fringillidae, having recently been moved there from the Thraupidae....
Euphonia chrysopasta - White-vented EuphoniaWhite-vented EuphoniaThe White-vented Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
Euphonia minuta - Tawny-capped EuphoniaTawny-capped EuphoniaThe Tawny-capped Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama....
Euphonia anneae - Orange-bellied EuphoniaOrange-bellied EuphoniaThe Orange-bellied Euphonia is a species of bird in the Fringillidae family. They were formerly considered tanagers . It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Euphonia xanthogaster - Rufous-bellied EuphoniaRufous-bellied EuphoniaThe Rufous-bellied Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Euphonia rufiventris - Yellow-collared ChlorophoniaYellow-collared ChlorophoniaThe Yellow-collared Chlorophonia is a bird species in the family Fringillidae .It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama....
Chlorophonia flavirostris - Blue-naped ChlorophoniaBlue-naped ChlorophoniaThe Blue-naped Chlorophonia is a colourful South American species of bird in the family Fringillidae; it was formerly placed in the Thraupidae. It is generally fairly common.-Description:...
Chlorophonia cyanea - Chestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaChestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaThe Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia is a bird species in the family Fringillidae .It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys - Glistening-green TanagerGlistening-green TanagerThe Glistening-green Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Chlorochrysa phoenicotis - Orange-eared TanagerOrange-eared TanagerThe Orange-eared Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Chlorochrysa calliparaea - Multicolored Tanager Chlorochrysa nitidissima (E)
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Turquoise TanagerTurquoise TanagerThe Turquoise Tanager, Tangara mexicana, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident bird from Trinidad, Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia and much of Brazil...
Tangara mexicana - Gray-and-gold Tanager Tangara palmeri
- Paradise TanagerParadise TanagerThe Paradise Tanager, Tangara chilensis, is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red...
Tangara chilensis - Blue-whiskered TanagerBlue-whiskered TanagerThe Blue-whiskered Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Tangara johannae - Green-and-gold TanagerGreen-and-gold TanagerThe Green-and-gold Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus Tangara.-Overview:...
Tangara schrankii - Emerald TanagerEmerald TanagerThe Emerald Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama....
Tangara florida - Golden TanagerGolden TanagerThe Golden Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is widespread and often common in highland forests of the Andes and Venezuelan Coastal Range in north-western South America....
Tangara arthus - Silver-throated TanagerSilver-throated TanagerThe Silver-throated Tanager, Tangara icterocephala, is a small passerine bird. This brightly coloured tanager is a resident from Costa Rica, through Panama and western Colombia, to western Ecuador.-Habitat:...
Tangara icterocephala - Golden-eared TanagerGolden-eared TanagerThe Golden-eared Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family .It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Tangara chrysotis - Saffron-crowned TanagerSaffron-crowned TanagerThe Saffron-crowned Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Tangara xanthocephala - Flame-faced TanagerFlame-faced TanagerThe Flame-faced Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Tangara parzudakii - Yellow-bellied TanagerYellow-bellied TanagerThe Yellow-bellied Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Tangara xanthogastra - Spotted TanagerSpotted TanagerThe Spotted Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Tangara punctata - Speckled TanagerSpeckled TanagerThe Speckled Tanager, Tangara guttata, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia and the extreme north of Brazil....
Tangara guttata - Dotted TanagerDotted TanagerThe Dotted Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Tangara varia (A) - Rufous-throated TanagerRufous-throated TanagerThe Rufous-throated Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Tangara rufigula - Bay-headed TanagerBay-headed TanagerThe Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara gyrola, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, South America south to Ecuador, Bolivia and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
Tangara gyrola - Rufous-winged TanagerRufous-winged TanagerThe Rufous-winged Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Tangara lavinia - Burnished-buff TanagerBurnished-buff TanagerThe Burnished-buff Tanager , also known as the Rufous-crowned Tanager, is a common South American species of bird in the Thraupidae family....
Tangara cayana - Scrub TanagerScrub TanagerThe Scrub Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Tangara vitriolina - Golden-naped TanagerGolden-naped TanagerThe Golden-naped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Tangara ruficervix - Metallic-green TanagerMetallic-green TanagerThe Metallic-green Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
Tangara labradorides - Blue-browed TanagerBlue-browed TanagerThe Blue-browed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Tangara cyanotis - Blue-necked TanagerBlue-necked TanagerThe Blue-necked Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Tangara cyanicollis - Golden-hooded TanagerGolden-hooded TanagerThe Golden-hooded Tanager, Tangara larvata, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador....
Tangara larvata - Masked TanagerMasked TanagerThe Masked Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Tangara nigrocincta - Green-naped TanagerGreen-naped TanagerThe Green-naped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Tangara fucosa (A) - Beryl-spangled TanagerBeryl-spangled TanagerThe Beryl-spangled Tanager, Tangara nigroviridis, is a colourful tanager of the Andean cloud forests.Its range is from Venezuela to Bolivia. Its nest is a mossy cup in a tree fork; in Ecuador west slope, eggs in early March.-References:...
Tangara nigroviridis - Blue-and-black TanagerBlue-and-black TanagerThe Blue-and-black Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Tangara vassorii - Black-capped TanagerBlack-capped TanagerThe Black-capped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Tangara heinei - Black-headed TanagerBlack-headed TanagerThe Black-headed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela....
Tangara cyanoptera - Opal-rumped TanagerOpal-rumped TanagerThe Opal-rumped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of South America. The population of the Atlantic Forest has a far paler chest than the other populations, and has often been considered a separate species as the Silvery-breasted...
Tangara velia - Opal-crowned TanagerOpal-crowned TanagerThe Opal-crowned Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus Tangara.-Overview:...
Tangara callophrys - Golden-collared HoneycreeperGolden-collared HoneycreeperIt is the birdThe Golden-collared Honeycreeper is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Iridophanes....
Iridophanes pulcherrima - Turquoise Dacnis-Tanager Pseudodacnis hartlaubi (E)
- White-bellied DacnisWhite-bellied DacnisThe White-bellied Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Dacnis albiventris - Black-faced DacnisBlack-faced DacnisThe Black-faced Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon and the Chocó-Magdalena. The latter population has a yellow belly and is sometimes considered a separate species, the Yellow-tufted Dacnis .-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
Dacnis lineata - Yellow-bellied DacnisYellow-bellied DacnisThe Yellow-bellied Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the Tanagers. It is found in Amazonian regions of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; also the eastern Orinoco River region of Venezuela...
Dacnis flaviventer - Scarlet-thighed DacnisScarlet-thighed DacnisThe Scarlet-thighed Dacnis is a tanager 4¾" long. It is found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.-Description:Iris bright red in male, duller red in female...
Dacnis venusta - Blue DacnisBlue DacnisThe Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper, Dacnis cayana, is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is found from Nicaragua to Panama, on Trinidad, and in South America south to Bolivia and northern Argentina...
Dacnis cayana - Viridian DacnisViridian DacnisThe Viridian Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Dacnis viguieri - Scarlet-breasted DacnisScarlet-breasted DacnisThe Scarlet-breasted Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Dacnis berlepschi - Green HoneycreeperGreen HoneycreeperThe Green Honeycreeper is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. It the only member of the genus Chlorophanes...
Chlorophanes spiza - Short-billed HoneycreeperShort-billed HoneycreeperThe Short-billed Honeycreeper is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Cyanerpes nitidus - Shining HoneycreeperShining HoneycreeperThe Shining Honeycreeper is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World in Central America from southern Mexico to Panama and northwest Colombia. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Purple Honeycreeper The Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is...
Cyanerpes lucidus - Purple HoneycreeperPurple HoneycreeperThe Purple Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes caeruleus, is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced birds have been recorded on Tobago...
Cyanerpes caeruleus - Red-legged HoneycreeperRed-legged HoneycreeperThe Red-legged Honeycreeper is a small songbird species in the tanager family . It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly introduced.-Description:The Red-legged Honeycreeper is on average...
Cyanerpes cyaneus - Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis
- Plush-capped Finch Catamblyrhynchus diadema
- Tanager Finch Oreothraupis arremonops
- Black-backed Bush-TanagerBlack-backed Bush-tanagerThe Black-backed Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Urothraupis.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
Urothraupis stolzmanni
Buntings, sparrows, seedeaters and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: EmberizidaeEmberizidae
The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...
The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are species 275 worldwide and 75 species which occur in Colombia.
- Pileated FinchPileated FinchThe Grey Pileated Finch , also known as the Pileated Finch, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, where it has recently been moved to from the Emberizidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela...
Coryphospingus pileatus - Crimson-breasted FinchCrimson-breasted FinchThe Crimson-breasted Finch , also known as the Crimson Finch-tanager, is a species of small finch-like bird native to woodland and scrub of western Ecuador and adjacent north-western Peru. It is the monotypic within the genus Rhodospingus. It has traditionally been placed in the family Emberizidae,...
Rhodospingus cruentus - Plumbeous Sierra-FinchPlumbeous Sierra-finchThe Plumbeous Sierra-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and pastureland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Phrygilus unicolor - Blue-black GrassquitBlue-black GrassquitThe Blue-black Grassquit is a small bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It was previously classified in the bunting and American sparrow family, Emberizidae. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, and on...
Volatinia jacarina - Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Plumbeous SeedeaterPlumbeous SeedeaterThe Plumbeous Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Sporophila plumbea - Caqueta SeedeaterCaquetá SeedeaterThe Caquetá Seedeater is a passerine bird from the western Amazon Basin in south-eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and far western Brazil . The status in south-eastern Peru is unclear. Together with the mainly Central American S. corvina, it was formerly considered a...
Sporophila murallae (E) - Gray Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
- Wing-barred SeedeaterWing-barred SeedeaterThe Wing-barred Seedeater is a passerine bird from coastal regions of north-eastern South America in north-eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, Amapá and north-eastern Pará , Brazil, and along the Amazon River upstream to around Manaus...
Sporophila americana - Variable SeedeaterVariable SeedeaterThe Variable Seedeater, Sporophila corvina, is a passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico through Central America to the Chocó of north-western South America. The taxonomy is confusing, and it was formerly considered a subspecies of Sporophila americana...
Sporophila corvina - Lesson's SeedeaterLesson's SeedeaterLesson's Seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae .It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela...
Sporophila bouvronides - Lined SeedeaterLined SeedeaterThe Lined Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Sporophila lineola - Black-and-white SeedeaterBlack-and-white SeedeaterThe Black-and-white Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Sporophila luctuosa - Yellow-bellied SeedeaterYellow-bellied SeedeaterThe Yellow-bellied Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae....
Sporophila nigricollis - Double-collared SeedeaterDouble-collared SeedeaterThe Double-collared Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the sparrows, New World sparrows, seedeaters, etc...
Sporophila caerulescens - Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterRuddy-breasted SeedeaterThe Ruddy-breasted Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are dry savanna,...
Sporophila minuta - Chestnut-bellied SeedeaterChestnut-bellied SeedeaterThe Chestnut-bellied Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Sporophila castaneiventris - Chestnut-throated SeedeaterChestnut-throated SeedeaterThe Chestnut-throated Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Sporophila telasco - Tumaco Seedeater Sporophila insulata (E)
- Large-billed Seed-FinchLarge-billed Seed-finchThe Large-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former...
Oryzoborus crassirostris - Black-billed Seed-FinchBlack-billed Seed-finchThe Black-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
Oryzoborus atrirostris - Great-billed Seed-FinchGreat-billed Seed-finchThe Great-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
Oryzoborus maximiliani - Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
- Thick-billed Seed-FinchThick-billed Seed-finchThe Thick-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae. It is found widely in shrubby and grassy areas from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador...
Oryzoborus funereus - Blue SeedeaterBlue SeedeaterThe Blue Seedeater is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It was formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae. It is found in highland forest and woodland, mainly near bamboo, in southern Mexico and Central America with a disjunct population in south-western Colombia,...
Amaurospiza concolor - White-naped SeedeaterWhite-naped SeedeaterThe White-naped Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae...
Dolospingus fringilloides - Band-tailed SeedeaterBand-tailed SeedeaterThe Band-tailed Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
Catamenia analis - Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Paramo SeedeaterParamo SeedeaterThe Paramo Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Catamenia homochroa - Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
- Yellow-faced GrassquitYellow-faced GrassquitThe Yellow-faced Grassquit is a passerine bird from the Central American tropics and surrounding regions. It was formerly alled with the American sparrows and placed in the Emberizidae; actually, however, it is one of the tholospizan "finches" which are specialized tanagers...
Tiaris olivacea - Black-faced GrassquitBlack-faced GrassquitThe Black-faced Grassquit, Tiaris bicolor, is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches...
Tiaris bicolor - Sooty GrassquitSooty GrassquitThe Sooty Grassquit is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches....
Tiaris fuliginosa - Slaty FinchSlaty FinchThe Slaty Finch is a bird species in the family Thraupidae .It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
Haplospiza rustica - Rusty Flower-piercerRusty Flower-piercerThe Rusty Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Diglossa sittoides - Chestnut-bellied Flower-piercerChestnut-bellied Flower-piercerThe Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Colombia....
Diglossa gloriosissima (E) - White-sided Flower-piercerWhite-sided Flower-piercerThe White-sided Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Diglossa albilatera - Glossy Flower-piercerGlossy Flower-piercerThe Glossy Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
Diglossa lafresnayii - Black Flower-piercerBlack Flower-piercer-Introduction:The Black Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family of the order Passeriformes. The family Thraupidae is known for tanagers and other very similar species of birds, but it is still facing classification issues...
Diglossa humeralis - Black-throated Flower-piercerBlack-throated Flower-piercerThe Black-throated Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former...
Diglossa brunneiventris - Scaled Flower-piercerScaled Flower-piercerThe Scaled Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in the tepuis of Brazil and Venezuela....
Diglossa duidae - Indigo Flower-piercerIndigo Flower-piercerThe Indigo Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid forest on the lower west Andean slopes in Ecuador and Colombia. Despite its blue plumage, mtDNA indicates this species actually belongs in the genus Diglossa.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
Diglossopis indigotica - Deep-blue Flower-piercerDeep-blue Flower-piercerThe Deep-blue Flowerpiercer , also known as the Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It is the only species of flowerpiercer with bright yellow eyes.-References:* BirdLife International...
Diglossopis glauca - Bluish Flower-piercerBluish Flower-piercerThe Bluish Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid montane forest in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.-References:...
Diglossopis caerulescens - Masked Flower-piercerMasked Flower-piercerThe Masked Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid montane forest and scrub in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.-References:...
Diglossopis cyanea - Saffron FinchSaffron FinchThe Saffron Finch is a tanager from South America and is common in both open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin. They have a wide distribution in Colombia, Venezuela , Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Argentina...
Sicalis flaveola - Grassland Yellow-FinchGrassland Yellow-finchThe Grassland Yellow Finch, Sicalis luteola, is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is not a finch, but is a seedeater. These were formerly united with the buntings and American sparrows in the Emberizidae, but are now known to be tanagers....
Sicalis luteola - Stripe-tailed Yellow-FinchStripe-tailed Yellow-finchThe Stripe-tailed Yellow-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and pastureland....
Sicalis citrina - Orange-fronted Yellow-FinchOrange-fronted Yellow-finchThe Orange-fronted Yellow-finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Sicalis columbiana - Wedge-tailed Grass-FinchWedge-tailed Grass-finchThe Wedge-tailed Grass-finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae; it was formerly placed in the Emberizidae...
Emberizoides herbicola - Red-capped CardinalRed-capped CardinalThe Red-capped Cardinal, Paroaria gularis, is a small South American bird. It belongs to Paroaria, a genus of red-headed cardinal-tanagers in the family Thraupidae, unlike the cardinals proper which are in the Cardinalidae...
Paroaria gularis - Sooty-faced FinchSooty-faced FinchThe Sooty-faced Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama....
Lysurus crassirostris - Olive FinchOlive FinchThe Olive Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Lysurus.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July...
Lysurus castaneiceps - White-naped Brush-FinchWhite-naped Brush-finchThe White-naped Brush Finch , also known as the Yellow-throated Brush Finch, is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama...
Atlapetes albinucha - Pale-naped Brush-FinchPale-naped Brush-finchThe Pale-naped Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Atlapetes pallidinucha - Yellow-breasted Brush-FinchYellow-breasted Brush-FinchThe Rufous-naped Brush Finch , also known as the Cloud-forest Brush-Finch, is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Atlapetes rufinucha....
Atlapetes latinuchus - Slaty Brush-FinchSlaty Brush-finchThe Slaty Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela, through Colombia, to Ecuador, with a disjunct population in central Peru. The latter is sometimes considered a separate species, the Taczanowski's Brush-finch...
Atlapetes schistaceus - White-rimmed Brush-FinchWhite-rimmed Brush-finchThe White-rimmed Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Atlapetes leucopis - Santa Marta Brush-FinchSanta Marta Brush-finchThe Santa Marta Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Atlapetes melanocephalus (E) - Olive-headed Brush-Finch Atlapetes flaviceps (E)
- Dusky-headed Brush-FinchDusky-headed Brush-finchThe Dusky-headed Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus (E) - Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor
- Moustached Brush-FinchMoustached Brush-finchThe Moustached Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Atlapetes albofrenatus - Ochre-breasted Brush-FinchOchre-breasted Brush-finchThe Ochre-breasted Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Atlapetes semirufus - Chestnut-capped Brush-FinchChestnut-capped Brush-FinchThe Chestnut-capped Brush Finch, Arremon brunneinucha, is a passerine bird which breeds in highlands from central Mexico to southeastern Peru. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also includes buntings, American sparrows, juncos...
Arremon brunneinucha - Stripe-headed Brush-FinchStripe-headed Brush-finchThe Stripe-headed Brush Finch , also known as the Stripe-headed Brush-finch, is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in north-western Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern and western Venezuela...
Arremon torquatus - Black-headed Brush-finchBlack-headed Brush-finchThe Black-headed Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near edges, at altitudes of in Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.-Taxonomy:...
Arremon atricapillus - Orange-billed SparrowOrange-billed SparrowThe Orange-billed Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.In Central America it is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama...
Arremon aurantiirostris - Pectoral SparrowPectoral SparrowThe Pectoral Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
Arremon taciturnus - Golden-winged SparrowGolden-winged SparrowThe Golden-winged Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
Arremon schlegeli - Tocuyo SparrowTocuyo SparrowThe Tocuyo Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
Arremonops tocuyensis - Black-striped SparrowBlack-striped SparrowThe Black-striped Sparrow, Arremonops conirostris, is a passerine bird which breeds from northern Honduras to western Ecuador, northern Brazil and Venezuela....
Arremonops conirostris - Grasshopper SparrowGrasshopper SparrowThe Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, is a small sparrow. The Ammodramus genus of 11 species inhabit grasslands and marshes....
Ammodramus savannarum - Grassland SparrowGrassland SparrowThe Grassland Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
Ammodramus humeralis - Yellow-browed SparrowYellow-browed SparrowThe Yellow-browed Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Ammodramus aurifrons - Rufous-collared SparrowRufous-collared SparrowThe Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis, is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on the island of Hispaniola. It is famous for its diverse vocalizations which have been intensely studied...
Zonotrichia capensis
Saltators, Cardinals and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: CardinalidaeThe cardinals are a family of passerine birds that are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. There are 43 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.
- Streaked SaltatorStreaked SaltatorThe Streaked Saltator is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-References:...
Saltator striatipectus - Grayish SaltatorGrayish SaltatorThe Greyish Saltator, Saltator coerulescens, is a seed-eating songbird that is widespread in the tropical Americas. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , the saltators actually seem to be closer to the tanagers...
Saltator coerulescens - Buff-throated SaltatorBuff-throated SaltatorThe Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus, is a seedeating bird. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , it actually seems to be closer to the tanagers . It breeds from southeastern Mexico to western Ecuador and northeastern Brazil.This is the type species of Saltator...
Saltator maximus - Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Black-winged SaltatorBlack-winged SaltatorThe Black-winged Saltator is a South American songbird species. The saltators are traditionally placed in the cardinal family , but actually seem to be closer to tanagers ....
Saltator atripennis - Orinocan SaltatorOrinocan SaltatorThe Orinoco Saltator or Orinocan Saltator is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Venezuela in areas west, north, and upon the Orinoco River region and to the Caribbean coast; also border regions in adjacent northeast Colombia...
Saltator orenocensis - Masked SaltatorMasked SaltatorThe Masked Saltator is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
Saltator cinctus - Yellow-green GrosbeakYellow-green GrosbeakThe Yellow-Green Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Caryothraustes canadensis - Yellow-shouldered GrosbeakYellow-shouldered GrosbeakThe Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak is a songbird species in the cardinal family , or possibly a tanager...
Parkerthraustes humeralis (Ex) - Vermilion CardinalVermilion CardinalThe Vermilion Cardinal is a species in the cardinal family . It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
Cardinalis phoeniceus - Golden-bellied GrosbeakGolden-bellied GrosbeakThe Golden-bellied Grosbeak or Southern Yellow-bellied Grosbeak, is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family...
Pheucticus chrysogaster - Black-backed GrosbeakBlack-backed GrosbeakThe Black-backed Grosbeak, Pheucticus aureoventris is a large finch type bird found in South America in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. They are often kept as cagebirds....
Pheucticus aureoventris - Rose-breasted GrosbeakRose-breasted GrosbeakThe Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating songbird in the cardinal family . It breeds in cool-temperate North America, migrating to tropical America in winter.-Description:...
Pheucticus ludovicianus - Ultramarine GrosbeakUltramarine GrosbeakThe Ultramarine Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in eastern and central South America, with a disjunct population in northern South America. The male closely resembles the Blue-black Grosbeak, while the females are...
Cyanocompsa brissonii - Blue-black GrosbeakBlue-black GrosbeakThe Blue-black Grosbeak is a species of songbird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Cyanocompsa cyanoides - Blue GrosbeakBlue GrosbeakBlue Grosbeak , is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or New World buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks....
Passerina caerulea (A) - Indigo BuntingIndigo BuntingThe Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a small seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the...
Passerina cyanea (A) - DickcisselDickcisselThe Dickcissel is a small American seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species...
Spiza americana
Troupials and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: IcteridaeThe icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackle
Grackle
Grackle can refer to any of eleven black passerine birds native to North and South America. All are members of the Icterid family but belong to multiple genera.* Genus Quiscalus** Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major...
s, New World blackbird
New World blackbird
The New World blackbirds consist of 26 species of icterid birds that share the name blackbird but do not correspond with a formal taxon...
s, and New World oriole
New World oriole
New World orioles, comprising the genus Icterus, are a group of birds in the blackbird family. They are not related to Old World orioles which are in the family Oriolidae, but are strikingly similar in size, diet, behaviour and in their strongly contrasting plumage, and are a good example of...
s. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. There are 98 species worldwide and 40 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest number of icterids of any country.
- BobolinkBobolinkThe Bobolink is a small New World blackbird and the only member of genus Dolichonyx.-Description:Adults are 16–18 cm long with short finch-like bills. They weigh about . Adult males are mostly black, although they do display creamy napes, and white scapulars, lower backs and rumps...
Dolichonyx oryzivorus - Yellow-hooded BlackbirdYellow-hooded BlackbirdThe Yellow-hooded Blackbird is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in grassy and brush areas near water in northern South America, and is generally fairly common...
Chrysomus icterocephalus - Red-breasted BlackbirdRed-breasted BlackbirdThe Red-breasted Blackbird, Sturnella militaris, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. Despite its name and colouration, it is in the same genus as the meadowlarks, and is less closely related to the Red-winged Blackbird group...
Sturnella militaris - Eastern MeadowlarkEastern MeadowlarkThe Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where it is also most widespread in the east.-Description:...
Sturnella magna - Great-tailed GrackleGreat-tailed GrackleThe Great-tailed Grackle is a medium-sized, gregarious passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the Icteridae family, it is of the ten extant species of grackle and is closely related to the Red-bellied Grackle and the Velvet-fronted Grackle...
Quiscalus mexicanus - Carib GrackleCarib GrackleThe Carib Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris, is a New World tropical blackbird, a resident breeder in the Lesser Antilles and northern South America east of the Andes, from Colombia east to Venezuela and northeastern Brazil....
Quiscalus lugubris - Shiny CowbirdShiny CowbirdThe Shiny Cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in most of South America apart from the most dense jungles, mountains and deserts , the coldest southernmost regions , and on Trinidad and Tobago...
Molothrus bonariensis - Bronzed CowbirdBronzed CowbirdThe Bronzed Cowbird , Molothrus aeneus, is a small icterid.It breeds from the southern U.S. states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana south through Central America to Panama. An isolated population on the Caribbean coast of Colombia is sometimes treated as a separate species,...
Molothrus aeneus - Giant CowbirdGiant CowbirdThe Giant Cowbird, Molothrus oryzivorus, is a large passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It may have relatively recently colonised the latter island....
Molothrus oryzivorus - Moriche OrioleMoriche OrioleThe Moriche Oriole, Icterus cayanensis chrysocephalus, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It is unrelated to Old World orioles . It is a breeding resident in the tropics of eastern South America...
Icterus chrysocephalus - Epaulet OrioleEpaulet OrioleThe Epaulet Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. The Moriche Oriole, formerly considered a distinct species The Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. The Moriche Oriole, formerly considered a distinct species The Epaulet Oriole (Icterus...
Icterus cayanensis - Yellow-backed OrioleYellow-backed OrioleThe Yellow-backed Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.-Physical description:Yellow-backed orioles are a yellow-bodied, sexually monomorphic species. Howell and Webb note that this species tends to average 21.5 cm in length from beak to tail; making Icterus chrysater a...
Icterus chrysater - Yellow OrioleSouth American Yellow OrioleThe Yellow Oriole, Icterus nigrogularis, is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae. It should not be confused with the Australasian Yellow Oriole, Oriolus flavocinctus, which is an Old World oriole...
Icterus nigrogularis - Jamaican OrioleJamaican OrioleThe Jamaican Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Jamaica and on the Colombian island of San Andrés...
Icterus leucopteryx - Yellow-tailed OrioleYellow-tailed OrioleThe Yellow-tailed Oriole, Icterus mesomelas, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico to western Peru and northwestern Venezuela; in Peru it also lives in a river valley corridor....
Icterus mesomelas - Orange-crowned OrioleOrange-crowned OrioleThe Orange-crowned Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela....
Icterus auricapillus - Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Baltimore OrioleBaltimore OrioleThe Baltimore Oriole is a small icterid blackbird that averages 18 cm long and weighs 34 g. This bird received its name from the fact that the male's colors resemble those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore...
Icterus galbula - Orchard OrioleOrchard OrioleThe Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius, is the smallest North American species of icterid blackbird. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the Ochre Oriole....
Icterus spurius - Yellow-billed CaciqueYellow-billed CaciqueThe Yellow-billed Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblycercus....
Amblycercus holosericeus - Yellow-rumped CaciqueYellow-rumped CaciqueThe Yellow-rumped Cacique, Cacicus cela, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in much of northern South America from Panama and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil.-Description:...
Cacicus cela - Red-rumped CaciqueRed-rumped CaciqueThe Red-rumped Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is a species of the Amazon Basin and the Guyanas in northern South America, and is only coastal there in the Guyanas and the Amazon River outlet to the Atlantic; a separate large disjunct range exists in all of southeastern...
Cacicus haemorrhous - Scarlet-rumped CaciqueScarlet-rumped CaciqueThe Scarlet-rumped Cacique is a passerine bird species in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from eastern Honduras to Panama and in the Pacific lowlands of South America from western Colombia south to Ecuador, and in the lower reaches of the northern Andes...
Cacicus uropygialis - Mountain CaciqueMountain CaciqueThe Mountain Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
Cacicus chrysonotus - Ecuadorian CaciqueEcuadorian CaciqueThe Ecuadorian Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Cacicus sclateri - Solitary CaciqueSolitary CaciqueThe Solitary Cacique or Solitary Black Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
Cacicus solitarius - Casqued OropendolaCasqued OropendolaThe Casqued Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is in the monotypic genus Clypicterus though it seems to be very close to the Band-tailed Oropendola and might be included in Psarocolius....
Psarocolius oseryi (A) - Crested OropendolaCrested OropendolaThe Crested Oropendola, Psarocolius decumanus, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in lowland South America east of the Andes, from Panama and Colombia south to northern Argentina, as well as on Trinidad and Tobago...
Psarocolius decumanus - Green OropendolaGreen OropendolaThe Green Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in wooded habitats in the Amazon and Guianas of South America, and is generally common. Uniquely among the oropendolas, the Green Oropendola has a pale bill with an orange tip.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
Psarocolius viridis - Russet-backed OropendolaRusset-backed OropendolaThe Russet-backed Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in wooded habitats in the highlands of the northern and central Andes and the Venezuelan Coastal Range, and in lowlands of the western Amazon. It is generally common and widespread. Males are larger than...
Psarocolius angustifrons - Chestnut-headed OropendolaChestnut-headed OropendolaThe Chestnut-headed Oropendola is a New World tropical icterid bird. The scientific name of the species commemorates Johann Georg Wagler, who established Psarocolius, the oropendola genus.-Description:...
Psarocolius wagleri - Black OropendolaBlack OropendolaThe Black Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Psarocolius guatimozinus - Band-tailed OropendolaBand-tailed OropendolaThe Band-tailed Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is in the genus Ocyalus, usually considered monotypic, though the Casqued Oropendola might also be included herein....
Ocyalus latirostris - Baudo OropendolaBaudó OropendolaThe Baudó Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is endemic to Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Gymnostinops cassini (E) - Amazonian Oropendola Gymnostinops bifasciatus
- Oriole BlackbirdOriole BlackbirdThe Oriole Blackbird is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. Its genus, Gymnomystax, is monotypic.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Gymnomystax mexicanus - Red-bellied GrackleRed-bellied GrackleThe Red-bellied Grackle is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. Its genus, Hypopyrrhus, is monotypic. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster (E) - Velvet-fronted GrackleVelvet-fronted GrackleThe Velvet-fronted Grackle is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Lampropsar. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest.-...
Lampropsar tanagrinus - Mountain GrackleMountain GrackleThe Colombian Mountain Grackle , also known as the Mountain Grackle, is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Macroagelaius subalaris (E) - Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus
Siskins, crossbills and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: FringillidaeFinch
Finch
The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...
es are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.
- Andean SiskinAndean SiskinThe Andean Siskin is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela....
Carduelis spinescens - Hooded SiskinHooded SiskinThe Hooded Siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family , native to South America. It belongs to the putative clade of Neotropical siskins in the genus Carduelis sensu stricto....
Carduelis magellanica - Yellow-bellied SiskinYellow-bellied SiskinThe Yellow-bellied Siskin, Carduelis xanthogastra, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds from Costa Rica south to southern Ecuador, central Bolivia and the highlands of northwestern Venezuela....
Carduelis xanthogastra - Olivaceous SiskinOlivaceous SiskinThe Olivaceous Siskin is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Carduelis olivacea - Red SiskinRed SiskinThe Red Siskin, Carduelis cucullata, is a small passerine bird. This finch is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America in northern Colombia and northern Venezuela...
Carduelis cucullata - Lesser GoldfinchLesser GoldfinchThe Lesser Goldfinch or Dark-backed Goldfinch is a very small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American Goldfinch and Lawrence's Goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Carduelis sensu stricto.The American goldfinches can be distinguished by the...
Carduelis psaltria
Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: PasseridaeSparrow
Sparrow
The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...
s are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.
- House SparrowHouse SparrowThe House Sparrow is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. One of about 25 species in the genus Passer, the House Sparrow occurs naturally in most of Europe, the Mediterranean region, and much of Asia...
Passer domesticus (I)
External links
- Birds of Colombia Birdlist, multi-lingual website by country with standardized codes for abundance and seasonal presence.