Endemic birds of Colombia
The following is a list of the 83 known endemic bird species in Colombia (about 4% of Colombian species) with notes about their general distribution.[1][2] Twenty-three (28%) of the species are found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia with a very high degree of endemism.
Endemic bird list
| Scientific name | Common name | Status [3] | Distribution [4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cracidae | |||
| Ortalis garrula | Chestnut-winged chachalaca | Caribbean Region between Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Sinú River | |
| Ortalis columbiana | Colombian chachalaca | Slopes of the Inter-Andean Valleys | |
| Penelope perspicax | Cauca guan | Endangered | Slopes of West & Central Andes (Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Quindío, Cauca) |
| Crax alberti | Blue-billed curassow | Critically endangered | Spottily in forested mountains of northern Colombia |
| Odontophoridae | |||
| Odontophorus hyperythrus | Chestnut wood-quail | Near threatened | Slope of West and Central Andes |
| Odontophorus strophium | Gorgeted wood-quail | Endangered | West slope of East Andes |
| Columbidae | |||
| Leptotila conoveri | Tolima dove | Endangered | East slope of Central Andes (Tolima, Huila) |
| Trochilidae | |||
| Ramphomicron dorsale | Black-backed thornbill | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Oxypogon stuebelii | Buffy helmetcrest | Vulnerable | Central Andes páramo |
| Oxypogon cyanolaemus | Blue-bearded helmetcrest | Critically endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Oxypogon guerinii | Green-bearded helmetcrest | East Andes páramo | |
| Eriocnemis isabellae | Gorgeted puffleg | Critically endangered | Serranía del Pinche, Cauca |
| Eriocnemis mirabilis | Colorful puffleg | Critically endangered | West Andes in Cauca |
| Coeligena prunellei | Black inca | Vulnerable | West slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander) |
| Coeligena phalerata | White-tailed starfrontlet | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Coeligena orina | Dusky starfrontlet | Critically endangered | Spottily in the northern West Andes |
| Chaetocercus astreans | Santa Marta woodstar | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Chlorostilbon olivaresi | Chiribiquete emerald | Serranía de Chiribiquete, Amazon Region | |
| Anthocephala floriceps | Santa Marta blossomcrown | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Anthocephala berlepschi | Tolima blossomcrown | Central Andes (Quindío, Tolima, Huila) | |
| Campylopterus phainopeplus | Santa Marta sabrewing | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Amazilia castaneiventris | Chestnut-bellied hummingbird | Endangered | Drier areas of the Magdalena River drainage (Boyacá, Santander) |
| Amazilia cyanifrons | Indigo-capped hummingbird | Central Colombia (Upper Magdalena Valley into East Andes) | |
| Lepidopyga lilliae | Sapphire-bellied hummingbird | Critically endangered | Caribbean coast (Atlántico, Magdalena, La Guajira) |
| Rallidae | |||
| Rallus semiplumbeus | Bogota rail | Endangered | High wetlands in East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) |
| Strigidae | |||
| Megascops gilesi | Santa Marta screech owl | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Bucconidae | |||
| Bucco noanamae | Sooty-capped puffbird | Near threatened | Northwest Colombia (Chocó, Antioquia) |
| Capitonidae | |||
| Capito hypoleucus | White-mantled barbet | Vulnerable | North Central Andes & west slope of East Andes |
| Picidae | |||
| Picumnus granadensis | Grayish piculet | Cauca Valley slopes and lowlands | |
| Melanerpes pulcher | Beautiful woodpecker | North Central Andes & west slope of East Andes; Magdalena Valley | |
| Psittacidae | |||
| Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons | Rufous-fronted parakeet | Vulnerable | Central Andes (Los Nevados National Park) |
| Hapalopsittaca fuertesi | Indigo-winged parrot | Critically endangered | Central Andes (Risaralda, Tolima, Quindío) |
| Pyrrhura viridicata | Santa Marta parakeet | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Pyrrhura calliptera | Brown-breasted parakeet | Vulnerable | Spottily in northern East Andes |
| Ognorhynchus icterotis | Yellow-eared parrot | Endangered | Few locations in the Colombian Andes |
| Thamnophilidae | |||
| Drymophila caudata | East Andean antbird | West slope of East Andes; Upper Magdalena Valley (Caquetá, Huila) | |
| Drymophila hellmayri | Santa Marta antbird | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Cercomacra parkeri | Parker's antbird | Central Andes; small area of central West Andes | |
| Grallariidae | |||
| Grallaria bangsi | Santa Marta antpitta | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Grallaria kaestneri | Cundinamarca antpitta | Endangered | East slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca) |
| Grallaria urraoensis | Urrao antpitta | Critically endangered | Páramo de Frontino, West Andes (Antioquia) |
| Grallaria milleri | Brown-banded antpitta | Vulnerable | Central Andes (Caldas, Tolima, Risaralda, Quindío) |
| Rhinocryptidae | |||
| Scytalopus sanctaemartae | Santa Marta tapaculo | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Scytalopus rodriguezi | Magdalena tapaculo | Endangered | East slope of Central Andes, Upper Magdalena Valley |
| Scytalopus stilesi | Stiles's tapaculo | Northern Central Andes (Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda) | |
| Scytalopus alvarezlopezi | Tatama tapaculo | West slope of West Andes (Antioquia to Valle del Cauca) | |
| Scytalopus latebricola | Brown-rumped tapaculo | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Scytalopus canus | Paramillo tapaculo | Endangered | Northern West Andes (Antioquia) |
| Furnariidae | |||
| Clibanornis rufipectus | Santa Marta foliage-gleaner | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Cranioleuca hellmayri | Streak-capped spinetail | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Synallaxis subpudica | Silvery-throated spinetail | East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) | |
| Synallaxis fuscorufa | Rusty-headed spinetail | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Tyrannidae | |||
| Phylloscartes lanyoni | Antioquia bristle-tyrant | Endangered | Central Andes (Antioquia, Caldas); west slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) |
| Myiotheretes pernix | Santa Marta bush-tyrant | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Myiarchus apicalis | Apical flycatcher | Inter-Andean Valleys and adjacent slopes | |
| Cotingidae | |||
| Lipaugus weberi | Chestnut-capped piha | Endangered | Northern Central Andes |
| Vireonidae | |||
| Vireo caribaeus | San Andres vireo | Vulnerable | San Andres Island |
| Troglodytidae | |||
| Troglodytes monticola | Santa Marta wren | Critically endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Cistothorus apolinari | Apolinar's wren | Endangered | East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) |
| Thryophilus sernai | Antioquia wren | Dry forest along Cauca River (Antioquia) | |
| Thryophilus nicefori | Niceforo's wren | Critically endangered | West slope of East Andes (Santander, Boyacá) |
| Henicorhina anachoreta | Hermit wood wren | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Henicorhina negreti | Munchique wood wren | Critically endangered | Spottily in the West Andes |
| Fringillidae | |||
| Euphonia concinna | Velvet-fronted euphonia | Magdalena Valley | |
| Passerellidae | |||
| Arremon basilicus | Sierra Nevada brushfinch | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Atlapetes melanocephalus | Santa Marta brushfinch | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Atlapetes flaviceps | Yellow-headed brushfinch | Endangered | East slope of Central Andes (Huila, Tolima) |
| Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus | Dusky-headed brushfinch | Near threatened | Upper Magdalena Valley (Huila, Cauca) |
| Atlapetes blancae | Antioquia brushfinch | Critically endangered | Northern Central Andes (Antioquia) |
| Icteridae | |||
| Psarocolius cassini | Baudo oropendola | Endangered | Coastal mountains of the Pacific Region, Choc[o |
| Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster | Red-bellied grackle | Vulnerable | Spottily in Andes |
| Macroagelaius subalaris | Mountain grackle | Endangered | West slope of East Andes |
| Parulidae | |||
| Basileuterus basilicus | Santa Marta warbler | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Basileuterus conspicillatus | White-lored warbler | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
| Myioborus flavivertex | Yellow-crowned redstart | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Cardinalidae | |||
| Habia gutturalis | Sooty ant-tanager | Near threatened | Foothills of northern Andes including Magdalena Valley |
| Habia cristata | Crested ant-tanager | West slope of West Andes | |
| Thraupidae | |||
| Bangsia melanochlamys | Black-and-gold tanager | Vulnerable | Central Andes (Antioquia); West Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca) |
| Bangsia aureocincta | Gold-ringed tanager | Endangered | West Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia) |
| Anisognathus melanogenys | Black-cheeked mountain-tanager | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
| Chlorochrysa nitidissima | Multicolored tanager | Vulnerable | West Andes; Central Andes (Risaralda, Antioquia) |
| Dacnis hartlaubi | Turquoise dacnis | Vulnerable | Spottily in Andes (Valle del Cauca, Huila, Quindío, Antioquia, Risaralda, Cundinamarca, Boyacá) |
| Diglossa gloriosissima | Chestnut-bellied flowerpiercer | Endangered | Spottily in West Andes (Antioquia to Cauca) |
Image gallery
Ortalis garrula
Ortalis columbiana
Crax alberti
Ramphomicron dorsale
Coeligena prunellei
Amazilia castaneiventris
Capito hypoleucus
Picumnus granadensis
Melanerpes pulcher
Pyrrhura viridicata
Grallaria bangsi
Synallaxis fuscorufa
Myiotheretes pernix
Myiarchus apicalis
Anisognathus melanogenys
Chlorochrysa nitidissima.jpg.webp)
Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus
Myioborus flavivertex
Basileuterus basilicus
Euphonia concinna
References
See also
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