BIRDING IN COLOMBIA - DISCOVER THE 10 MOST COLOURfuL BIRDS
AVITURISMO EN COLOMBIA - DEScuBRE LAS 10 AVES MAS BELLAS
Colombia is currently home to 1958 bird species (80 are endemic), and comprises approximately 20% of all bird diversity worldwide. In addition, it boasts the greatest diversity of hummingbirds with 165 species of the 355 found on the entire American continent. As such, Colombia is becoming a popular destination for birdwatchers. We are excited to share with you a gallery and a comprehensive list of tanager species and others. See our most recent photographs of birds of Colombia and hope you enjoy them as much as we have and find them to be a useful resource. Check our high elevation bird species, gavilan birds, beautiful woodpeckers, birds from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Valley, Northern Colombia, the Andean ranges the Amazon basin and the Llanos.
Colombia cuenta con el mayor número de aves en el mundo con 1957 especies (81 son endémicas) constituyendo el 20% del total del mundo. Colombia también posee el mayor número de especies de colibries con 165 especies (8 son endémicas) de las 355 que se encuentran en este continente. El país ahora es popular por avistamiento de aves. Incluyo aquí fotografías de mis recientes viajes a Colombia que espero les sirvan y las disfruten. Visítenos y observe aves de altas zonas andinas, gavilanes, carpinteros, aves de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, el Valle del Magdalen, Norte de Colombia, Llanos Orientales y Amazonas
TROGON
The Beautiful Collared Trogon male has a yellow bill and an orange ocular ring. The female has orange ocular rings as well but the female has them surrounded by two incomplete white bands.
TROGON
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QUETZAL
This beautiful bird has an emerald metallic green plumage with red in its lower parts and makes its nest in tree cavities.Eats seed, amphibians and insects. It is monogamous
TROGON
MOTMOT | BARRANQUERO
A colorful large bird that has a heavy bill and long tails with a distinctive racquet-like tip and known to nest in tunnels in river ban. Solitary or in pairs.Feed on fruit and insects on ground.
TOUCAN BARBET
COMPÁS
A frugivorous colorful bird only found in the humid forests of western Colombia. No sexual dimorphism as both sexes are very similar. Frugivorous and also preys on insects and pierce flowers for nectar.
TROGON
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ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
GaLLITO DE roca
This large bird has a distinctive disk-like crest and brilliant orange plumage. The female has a darker and browner plumage. They produce squawking and grunting calls sometimes similar to the sound of a pig.
TROGON
MULTICOLORED TANAGER
TÁNGARA MULTICOLOR
A colorful, attractive, and endemic species of Colombia with a vulnerable status due to destruction of habitat. Feeds on insects that are under the leaves or in other parts of trees by clinging with its feet.
RED-HEADed BARBET
TORITO CABECIRRUFO
A conspicuous and spectacularly colored bird with a brilliant red head and breast that are not seen in the female. Found in pairs and feeds on insects and fruits. Nests from holes in decaying trees
TROGON
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NINFA CORONADA
This medium-sized hummingbird has a slightly decurved black bill. The male has a glittering metallic green throat and belly. The female builds its nests, lays two eggs and incubate them.
TROGON
THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA
EUFONIA GORGIAMARILLA
Euphonias are known for their constant singing and excellence in tone. The Euphonia gut is physiologically adapted to digest small mistletoe berries from parasitic plants of the family Loranthaceae.
Meet newly discovered species of bird: The Tororoi Bailador found in October 2019 in the National Park Farallones of Cali, Colombia
Luis A Materón, Ph.D.
Microbiologist and Wildlife Photographer