NEVADO DEL RUIZ
COLOMBIALOCALE
| # Species: | 235 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 235 |
| # Endemics: | 3 |
| # Near Endemics: | 12 |
| Habitat: Montane forest, paramo | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors |
| 2 | Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera |
| 3 | /American Wigeon/ | Mareca americana |
| 4 | (Yellow-billed Pintail) | Anas georgica |
| 5 | Andean Teal | Anas andium |
| 6 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
| 7 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| 8 | Andean Duck | Oxyura ferruginea |
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| 9 | Andean Guan | Penelope montagnii |
| 10 | Sickle-winged Guan | Chamaepetes goudotii |
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| 11 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 12 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis |
| 13 | Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata |
| 14 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| 15 | White-throated Quail-Dove | Zentrygon frenata |
| 16 | Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata |
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| 17 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
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| 18 | Lyre-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis lyra |
| 19 | Band-winged Nightjar | Systellura longirostris |
| 20 | White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis |
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| 21 | Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila |
| 22 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| 23 | Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris |
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| 24 | Tawny-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis syrmatophorus |
| 25 | Green-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae |
| 26 | Lesser Violetear | Colibri cyanotus |
| 27 | Sparkling Violetear | Colibri coruscans |
| 28 | Tourmaline Sunangel | Heliangelus exortis |
| 29 | Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys |
| 30 | Mountain Avocetbill | Opisthoprora euryptera |
| 31 | Purple-backed Thornbill | Ramphomicron microrhynchum |
| 32 | Rainbow-bearded Thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani |
| 33 | Buffy Helmetcrest | Oxypogon stuebelii |
| 34 | Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina |
| 35 | Viridian Metaltail | Metallura williami |
| 36 | Greenish Puffleg | Haplophaedia aureliae |
| 37 | Glowing Puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita |
| 38 | Black-thighed Puffleg | Eriocnemis derbyi |
| 39 | Golden-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis mosquera |
| 40 | Shining Sunbeam | Aglaeactis cupripennis |
| 41 | Bronzy Inca | Coeligena coeligena |
| 42 | Collared Inca | Coeligena torquata |
| 43 | Buff-winged Starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae |
| 44 | Mountain Velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi |
| 45 | Sword-billed Hummingbird | Ensifera ensifera |
| 46 | Great Sapphirewing | Pterophanes cyanopterus |
| 47 | Buff-tailed Coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens |
| 48 | White-booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii |
| 49 | Fawn-breasted Brilliant | Heliodoxa rubinoides |
| 50 | White-bellied Woodstar | Chaetocercus mulsant |
| 51 | Western Emerald | Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus |
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| 52 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
| 53 | Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens |
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| 54 | Noble Snipe | Gallinago nobilis |
| 55 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| 56 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria |
| 57 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca |
| 58 | Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
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| 59 | /Laughing Gull/ | Leucophaeus atricilla |
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| 60 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| 61 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
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| 62 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus |
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| 63 | Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus |
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| 64 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 65 | Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi |
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| 66 | Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus |
| 67 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| 68 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
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| 69 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 70 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 71 | Plain-breasted Hawk** | Accipiter ventralis |
| 72 | |Mississippi Kite| | Ictinia mississippiensis |
| 73 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris |
| 74 | White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus |
| 75 | \Variable Hawk\ | Geranoaetus polyosoma |
| 76 | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus |
| 77 | /Broad-winged Hawk/ | Buteo platypterus |
| 78 | |Swainson's Hawk| | Buteo swainsoni |
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| 79 | White-throated Screech-Owl | Megascops albogularis |
| 80 | Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| 81 | Andean Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium jardinii |
| 82 | Rufous-banded Owl | Strix albitarsis |
| 83 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
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| 84 | Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus |
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| 85 | Andean Motmot | Momotus aequatorialis |
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| 86 | Southern Emerald-Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus albivitta |
| 87 | Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan | Andigena hypoglauca |
| 88 | Black-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena nigrirostris |
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| 89 | Yellow-vented Woodpecker | Dryobates dignus |
| 90 | Bar-bellied Woodpecker | Dryobates nigriceps |
| 91 | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus |
| 92 | Crimson-mantled Woodpecker | Colaptes rivolii |
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| 93 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| 94 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima |
| 95 | Carunculated Caracara | Daptrius carunculatus |
| 96 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 97 | Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| 98 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 99 | Rufous-fronted Parakeet | Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons |
| 100 | Scaly-naped Amazon | Amazona mercenarius |
| 101 | &Golden-plumed Parakeetl | Leptosittaca branickii |
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| 102 | Streak-headed Antbird | Drymophila striaticeps |
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| 103 | Chestnut-crowned Antpitta | Grallaria ruficapilla |
| 104 | Chestnut-naped Antpitta | Grallaria nuchalis |
| 105 | Bicolored Antpitta | Grallaria rufocinerea |
| 106 | Equatorial Antpitta | Grallaria saturata |
| 107 | Tawny Antpitta | Grallaria quitensis |
| 108 | Brown-banded Antpitta | Grallaria milleri |
| 109 | Slate-crowned Antpitta | Grallaricula nana |
| 110 | Crescent-faced Antpitta | Grallaricula lineifrons |
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| 111 | Ocellated Tapaculo | Acropternis orthonyx |
| 112 | Ash-colored Tapaculo | Myornis senilis |
| 113 | Paramo Tapaculo | Scytalopus opacus |
| 114 | Blackish Tapaculo | Scytalopus latrans |
| 115 | Spillmann's Tapaculo | Scytalopus spillmanni |
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| 116 | Tyrannine Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla tyrannina |
| 117 | Montane Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger |
| 118 | Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans |
| 119 | Streaked Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii |
| 120 | Chestnut-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes albidiventris |
| 121 | Stout-billed Cinclodes | Cinclodes excelsior |
| 122 | Montane Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia striaticollis |
| 123 | Flammulated Treehunter | Thripadectes flammulatus |
| 124 | Pearled Treerunner | Margarornis squamiger |
| 125 | Andean Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura andicola |
| 126 | White-browed Spinetail | Hellmayrea gularis |
| 127 | Many-striped Canastero | Asthenes flammulata |
| 128 | White-chinned Thistletail | Asthenes fuliginosa |
| 129 | Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae |
| 130 | Rufous Spinetail | Synallaxis unirufa |
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| 131 | Barred Fruiteater | Pipreola arcuata |
| 132 | Red-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rubrocristatus |
| 133 | Dusky Piha | Lipaugus fuscocinereus |
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| 134 | Barred Becard | Pachyramphus versicolor |
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| 135 | Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant | Pseudotriccus ruficeps |
| 136 | Cinnamon Flycatcher | Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus |
| 137 | White-tailed Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus poecilocercus |
| 138 | White-banded Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus stictopterus |
| 139 | White-throated Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus leucophrys |
| 140 | Agile Tit-Tyrant | Uromyias agilis |
| 141 | Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii |
| 142 | Torrent Tyrannulet | Serpophaga cinerea |
| 143 | Black-capped Tyrannulet | Tyranniscus nigrocapillus |
| 144 | Ashy-headed Tyrannulet | Tyranniscus cinereiceps |
| 145 | Golden-faced Tyrannulet | Zimmerius chrysops |
| 146 | /Western Wood-Pewee/ | Contopus sordidulus |
| 147 | Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| 148 | Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola alpinus |
| 149 | Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes striaticollis |
| 150 | Smoky Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes fumigatus |
| 151 | Crowned Chat-Tyrant | Silvicultrix frontalis |
| 152 | Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant | Silvicultrix diadema |
| 153 | Chestnut-bellied Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris |
| 154 | Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca rufipectoralis |
| 155 | Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca fumicolor |
| 156 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
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| 157 | Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys |
| 158 | Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis |
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| 159 | Black-collared Jay | Cyanolyca armillata |
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| 160 | |Bank Swallow| | Riparia riparia |
| 161 | Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera |
| 162 | Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
| 163 | Brown-bellied Swallow | Orochelidon murina |
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| 164 | Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus |
| 165 | Mountain Wren | Troglodytes solstitialis |
| 166 | Grass Wren | Cistothorus platensis |
| 167 | Rufous Wren | Cinnycerthia unirufa |
| 168 | Sharpe's Wren | Cinnycerthia olivascens |
| 169 | Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys |
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| 170 | /Swainson's Thrush/ | Catharus ustulatus |
| 171 | Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis |
| 172 | Great Thrush | Turdus fuscater |
| 173 | Glossy-black Thrush | Turdus serranus |
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| 174 | Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria |
| 175 | &Andean Siskinl | Spinus spinescens |
| 176 | &Yellow-bellied Siskinl | Spinus xanthogastrus |
| 177 | &Hooded Siskinl | Spinus magellanicus |
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| 178 | Gray-browed Brushfinch | Arremon assimilis |
| 179 | Chestnut-capped Brushfinch | Arremon brunneinucha |
| 180 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| 181 | White-naped Brushfinch | Atlapetes albinucha |
| 182 | Northern Slaty Brushfinch | Atlapetes schistaceus |
| 183 | Pale-naped Brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidinucha |
| 184 | Yellow-breasted Brushfinch | Atlapetes latinucha |
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| 185 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| 186 | Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus |
| 187 | Northern Mountain Cacique** | Cacicus leucoramphus |
| 188 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis |
| 189 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris |
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| 190 | /Blackburnian Warbler/ | Setophaga fusca |
| 191 | Citrine Warbler | Myiothlypis luteoviridis |
| 192 | Black-crested Warbler | Myiothlypis nigrocristata |
| 193 | Russet-crowned Warbler | Myiothlypis coronata |
| 194 | Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus |
| 195 | Golden-fronted Redstart | Myioborus ornatus |
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| 196 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra |
| 197 | Red-hooded Tanager | Piranga rubriceps |
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| 198 | Black-capped Hemispingus | Kleinothraupis atropileus |
| 199 | Oleaginous Hemispingus | Sphenopsis frontalis |
| 200 | Black-eared Hemispingus | Sphenopsis melanotis |
| 201 | Superciliaried Hemispingus | Thlypopsis superciliaris |
| 202 | Hooded Mountain Tanager | Buthraupis montana |
| 203 | Blue-capped Tanager | Sporathraupis cyanocephala |
| 204 | Masked Mountain Tanager | Tephrophilus wetmorei |
| 205 | Grass-green Tanager | Chlorornis riefferii |
| 206 | Black-chested Mountain Tanager | Cnemathraupis eximia |
| 207 | Lacrimose Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus lacrymosus |
| 208 | Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus igniventris |
| 209 | Blue-winged Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus somptuosus |
| 210 | Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager | Dubusia taeniata |
| 211 | Golden-crowned Tanager | Iridosornis rufivertex |
| 212 | Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota |
| 213 | Blue-and-black Tanager | Tangara vassorii |
| 214 | Beryl-spangled Tanager | Tangara nigroviridis |
| 215 | Blue-backed Conebill | Conirostrum sitticolor |
| 216 | Capped Conebill | Conirostrum albifrons |
| 217 | Glossy Flowerpiercer | Diglossa lafresnayii |
| 218 | Black Flowerpiercer | Diglossa humeralis |
| 219 | Black-throated Flowerpiercer | Diglossa brunneiventris |
| 220 | White-sided Flowerpiercer | Diglossa albilatera |
| 221 | Bluish Flowerpiercer | Diglossa caerulescens |
| 222 | Masked Flowerpiercer | Diglossa cyanea |
| 223 | Plushcap | Catamblyrhynchus diadema |
| 224 | Black-backed Bush Tanager | Urothraupis stolzmanni |
| 225 | Plumbeous Sierra Finch | Geospizopsis unicolor |
| 226 | &Slaty Finchl | Haplospiza rustica |
| 227 | Black-headed Hemispingus | Pseudospingus verticalis |
| 228 | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| 229 | Grassland Yellow-Finch | Sicalis luteola |
| 230 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| 231 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis |
| 232 | Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis |
| 233 | Plain-colored Seedeater | Catamenia inornata |
| 234 | Paramo Seedeater | Catamenia homochroa |
| 235 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 11 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 5 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 5 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.