Endemic birds of Colombia

The following is a list of the 73 known endemic bird species in Colombia with notes about their general distribution.[1] Twenty-seven (27%) of the endemic species are found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia.

Endemic bird list

Scientific nameCommon nameStatus [2]Distribution
Cracidae
Penelope perspicaxCauca guanEndangeredSlopes of West & Central Andes (Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Quindío, Cauca)
Ortalis garrulaChestnut-winged chachalacaCaribbean Region between Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Sinú River
Ortalis columbianaColombian chachalacaSlopes of the Inter-Andean Valleys
Crax albertiBlue-billed curassowCritically endangeredSpottily in forested mountains of northern Colombia
Odontophoridae
Odontophorus hyperythrusChestnut wood-quailNear threatenedSlope of West and Central Andes
Odontophorus strophiumGorgeted wood-quailEndangeredWest slope of East Andes
Rallidae
Rallus semiplumbeusBogota railEndangeredHigh wetlands in East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá)
Columbidae
Leptotila conoveriTolima doveEndangeredEast slope of Central Andes (Tolima, Huila)
Strigidae
Megascops sp. nov.Santa Marta screech-owlSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Trochilidae
Heliangelus zusiiBogota sunangelProbably extinctCentral and East Andes
Anthocephala floricepsSanta Marta blossomcrownVulnerableSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Anthocephala berlepschiTolima blossomcrownCentral Andes (Quindío, Tolima, Huila)
Ramphomicron dorsaleBlack-backed thornbillEndangeredSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Oxypogon stuebeliiBuffy helmetcrestVulnerableCentral Andes páramo
Oxypogon cyanolaemusBlue-bearded helmetcrestCritically endangeredSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Oxypogon gueriniiGreen-bearded helmetcrestEast Andes páramo
Eriocnemis isabellaeGorgeted pufflegCritically endangeredSerranía del Pinche, Cauca
Eriocnemis mirabilisColorful pufflegCritically endangeredWest Andes in Cauca
Coeligena prunelleiBlack incaVulnerableWest slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander)
Coeligena phalerataWhite-tailed starfrontletSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Coeligena orinaDusky starfrontletCritically endangeredSpottily in the northern West Andes
Chaetocercus astreansSanta Marta woodstarSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Chlorostilbon olivaresiChiribiquete emeraldSerranía de Chiribiquete, Amazon Region
Campylopterus phainopeplusSanta Marta sabrewingEndangeredSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Amazilia castaneiventrisChestnut-bellied hummingbirdEndangeredDrier areas of the Magdalena River drainage (Boyacá, Santander)
Amazilia cyanifronsIndigo-capped hummingbirdCentral Colombia (Upper Magdalena Valley into East Andes)
Lepidopyga lilliaeSapphire-bellied hummingbirdCritically endangeredCaribbean coast (Atlántico, Magdalena, La Guajira)
Bucconidae
Bucco noanamaeSooty-capped puffbirdNear threatenedNorthwest Colombia (Chocó, Antioquia)
Capitonidae
Capito hypoleucusWhite-mantled barbetVulnerableNorth Central Andes & west slope of East Andes
Picidae
Picumnus granadensisGrayish piculetCauca Valley slopes and lowlands
Melanerpes pulcherBeautiful woodpeckerNorth Central Andes & west slope of East Andes; Magdalena Valley
Psittacidae
Ognorhynchus icterotisYellow-eared parrotEndangeredFew locations in the Colombian Andes
Pyrrhura viridicataSanta Marta parakeetEndangeredSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Pyrrhura callipteraBrown-breasted parakeetVulnerableSpottily in northern East Andes
Bolborhynchus ferrugineifronsRufous-fronted parakeetVulnerableCentral Andes (Los Nevados National Park)
Hapalopsittaca fuertesiIndigo-winged parrotCritically endangeredCentral Andes (Risaralda, Tolima, Quindío)
Thamnophilidae
Drymophila hellmayriSanta Marta antbirdSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Drymophila caudataEast Andean antbirdWest slope of East Andes; Upper Magdalena Valley (Caquetá, Huila)
Cercomacra parkeriParker's antbirdCentral Andes; small area of central West Andes
Grallariidae
Grallaria bangsiSanta Marta antpittaVulnerableSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Grallaria kaestneriCundinamarca antpittaEndangeredEast slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca)
Grallaria fenwickorum or urraoensisUrrao antpittaCritically endangeredPáramo de Frontino, West Andes (Antioquia)
Grallaria milleriBrown-banded antpittaVulnerableCentral Andes (Caldas, Tolima, Risaralda, Quindío)
Rhinocryptidae
Scytalopus sanctaemartaeSanta Marta tapaculoSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Scytalopus rodrigueziUpper Magdalena tapaculoEndangeredEast slope of Central Andes, Upper Magdalena Valley
Scytalopus stilesiStiles's tapaculoNorthern Central Andes (Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda)
Scytalopus latebricolaBrown-rumped tapaculoSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Scytalopus canusParamillo tapaculoEndangeredNorthern West Andes
Furnariidae
Clibanornis rufipectusSanta Marta foliage-gleanerNear threatenedSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Synallaxis subpudicaSilvery-throated spinetailEast Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá)
Synallaxis fuscorufaRusty-headed spinetailVulnerableSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Cranioleuca hellmayriStreak-capped spinetailSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Tyrannidae
Phylloscartes lanyoniAntioquia bristle-tyrantEndangeredCentral Andes (Antioquia, Caldas); west slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá)
Myiotheretes pernixSanta Marta bush-tyrantEndangeredSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Myiarchus apicalisApical flycatcherInter-Andean Valleys and adjacent slopes
Cotingidae
Lipaugus weberiChestnut-capped pihaEndangeredNorthern Central Andes
Troglodytidae
Troglodytes monticolaSanta Marta wrenCritically endangeredSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Cistothorus apolinariApolinar's wrenEndangeredEast Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá)
Thryophilus sernaiAntioquia wrenDry forest along Cauca River (Antioquia)
Thryophilus niceforiNiceforo's wrenCritically endangeredWest slope of East Andes (Santander, Boyacá)
Henicorhina negretiMunchique wood-wrenCritically endangeredSpottily in the West Andes
Thraupidae
Bangsia melanochlamysBlack-and-gold tanagerVulnerableCentral Andes (Antioquia); West Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca)
Bangsia aureocinctaGold-ringed tanagerEndangeredWest Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia)
Anisognathus melanogenysBlack-cheeked mountain-tanagerSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Chlorochrysa nitidissimaMulticolored tanagerVulnerableWest Andes; Central Andes (Risaralda, Antioquia)
Dacnis hartlaubiTurquoise dacnisVulnerableSpottily in Andes (Valle del Cauca, Huila, Quindío, Antioquia, Risaralda, Cundinamarca, Boyacá)
Diglossa gloriosissimaChestnut-bellied flowerpiercerEndangeredSpottily in West Andes
Emberizidae
Arremon basilicusSierra Nevada brush-finchSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Atlapetes melanocephalusSanta Marta brush-finchSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Atlapetes flavicepsYellow-headed brush-finchEndangeredEast slope of Central Andes (Huila, Tolima)
Atlapetes fuscoolivaceusDusky-headed brush-finchNear threatenedUpper Magdalena Valley (Huila, Cauca)
Atlapetes blancaeAntioquia brush-finchCritically endangeredNorthern Central Andes (Antioquia)
Cardinalidae
Habia gutturalisSooty ant-tanagerNear threatenedFoothills of northern Andes including Magdalena Valley
Habia cristataCrested ant-tanagerWest slope of West Andes
Parulidae
Myioborus flavivertexYellow-crowned redstartSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Basileuterus conspicillatusWhite-lored warblerNear threatenedSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Basileuterus basilicusSanta Marta warblerVulnerableSierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Icteridae
Psarocolius cassiniBaudo oropendolaEndangeredCoastal mountains of the Pacific Region
Macroagelaius subalarisMountain grackleEndangeredWest slope of East Andes
Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogasterRed-bellied grackleVulnerableSpottily in Andes
Fringillidae
Euphonia concinnaVelvet-fronted euphoniaMagdalena Valley

References

  1. ↑ "SACC-AOU: Species lists of birds for South American countries and territories". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".

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