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Area (SqMi):439,733
# Species:1905
# Excl Vagrants:1828
# Endemics:94
# Near Endemics:187
Species/1000 SqMi:4.2

List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

color codes

1Berlepsch's TinamouCrypturellus berlepschiAB,OBRU,TTNPNE
2Gray-legged TinamouCrypturellus duidae BC
3Choco TinamouCrypturellus kerriaeOBRUNE
4Rusty TinamouCrypturellus brevirostris BC
5Barred TinamouCrypturellus casiquiare BC
6Northern ScreamerChauna chavariaManyNE
7Chestnut-winged ChachalacaOrtalis garrulaManyE
8Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraCWNE
9Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbianaManyE
10Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisManyNE
11Baudo GuanPenelope ortoniManyNE
12Cauca GuanPenelope perspicaxCHG,OQ,YRE
13Helmeted CurassowPauxi pauxi BC
14Blue-billed CurassowCrax albertiEP,LBR,TNPE
15Yellow-knobbed CurassowCrax daubentoni BC
16Black-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus atrifronsBNR,CDP,EDNE
17Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus erythropsManyNE
18Chestnut Wood-QuailOdontophorus hyperythrusManyE
19Tacarcuna Wood-QuailOdontophorus dialeucos BC
20Gorgeted Wood-QuailOdontophorus strophiumBNR,CWE
21Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensisManyNE
22Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoniManyNE
23Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurataAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
24Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriManyE
25Lined Quail-DoveZentrygon linearisManyBC
26Russet-crowned Quail-DoveZentrygon goldmani BC
27Banded Ground-CuckooNeomorphus radiolosus BC
28Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumilaManyBC
29Todd's NightjarSetopagis heterura BC
30Choco PoorwillNyctiphrynus rosenbergiAA,AB,TGRNE
31OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLREP,RC,TNR
YP
AT
32Pygmy SwiftTachornis furcata BC
33White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquiManyNE
34Streak-throated HermitPhaethornis rupurumii BC
35White-throated DaggerbillSchistes albogularisManyNE
36Orange-throated SunangelHeliangelus mavors BC
37Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisseManyE
38Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianus BC
39Tourmaline SunangelHeliangelus exortisManyNE
40Violet-tailed SylphAglaiocercus coelestisManyNE
41Ecuadorian HillstarOreotrochilus chimborazo BC
42Black-backed ThornbillRamphomicron dorsaleEDE
43Bronze-tailed ThornbillChalcostigma heteropogonManyNE
44Buffy HelmetcrestOxypogon stuebeliiNDRE
45Blue-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon cyanolaemus BC
46Green-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon gueriniiManyE
47Perija MetaltailMetallura iracundaCDPNE
48Viridian MetaltailMetallura williamiManyNE
49Hoary PufflegHaplophaedia lugensTTNPNE
50Gorgeted PufflegEriocnemis isabellae BC
51Black-thighed PufflegEriocnemis derbyiManyNE
52Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventrisManyNE
53Golden-breasted PufflegEriocnemis mosqueraManyNE
54Colorful PufflegEriocnemis mirabilis BC
55Brown IncaCoeligena wilsoniManyNE
56Black IncaCoeligena prunelleiCQR,CW,PPLE
57Green IncaCoeligena conradii BC
58White-tailed StarfrontletCoeligena phalerataEDE
59Dusky StarfrontletCoeligena orinaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
60Perija StarfrontletCoeligena consitaCDPNE
61Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonaparteiManyE
62Blue-throated StarfrontletCoeligena heliantheaManyNE
63Velvet-purple CoronetBoissonneaua jardiniManyNE
64Rufous-gaped HillstarUrochroa bougueriManyNE
65Purple-bibbed WhitetipUrosticte benjaminiManyNE
66Empress BrilliantHeliodoxa imperatrixManyNE
67Violet-chested HummingbirdSternoclyta cyanopectus BC
68Santa Marta WoodstarChaetocercus astreansED,MIE
69Rufous-shafted WoodstarChaetocercus jourdaniiBNR,CDP,JE
LCHO
BC
70<Purple-throated Woodstar>Philodice mitchelliiManyNE
71Chiribiquete EmeraldChlorostilbon olivaresi BC
72Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoniManyNE
73Short-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon poortmaniManyNE
74Narrow-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon stenurus BC
75Coppery EmeraldChlorostilbon russatusManyNE
76Western EmeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchusManyNE
77Santa Marta BlossomcrownAnthocephala floricepsEDE
78Tolima BlossomcrownAnthocephala berlepschiCC,LI,ULE
79Santa Marta SabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplus BC
80Violet-capped HummingbirdGoldmania violiceps BC
81Pirre HummingbirdGoldmania bella BC
82Buffy HummingbirdLeucippus fallaxLBR,LFNP,RH
SNP
NE
83Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerotteiManyNE
84Indigo-capped HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifronsManyE
85Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia castaneiventrisBNR,CWE
86Green-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia viridigaster BC
87Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudotiManyNE
88Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdChrysuronia lilliaeManyE
89Humboldt's SapphireChrysuronia humboldtii BC
90Blue-headed SapphireChrysuronia grayiManyNE
91Purple-chested HummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergiManyNE
92Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusManyE
93Brown Wood-RailAramides wolfiABNE
94Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriSMNPEN
95Santa Marta Screech-OwlMegascops gilesiEDE
96Cloud-forest Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nubicolaKM18,TGR,TTNPNE
97White-tipped QuetzalPharomachrus fulgidusCDP,EDNE
98Blue-tailed TrogonTrogon comptusManyNE
99Choco Black-throated TrogonTrogon cupreicaudaManyNE
100Sooty-capped PuffbirdBucco noanamae BC
101Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollisManyNE
102Two-banded PuffbirdHypnelus bicinctus BC
103Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalisManyNE
104Gray-cheeked NunletNonnula frontalisRCNE
105Pale-headed JacamarBrachygalba goeringi BC
106Dusky-backed JacamarBrachygalba salmoni BC
107Spot-crowned BarbetCapito maculicoronatusManyNE
108Orange-fronted BarbetCapito squamatus BC
109White-mantled BarbetCapito hypoleucusManyE
110Five-colored BarbetCapito quinticolorAB,OBRUNE
111Toucan BarbetSemnornis ramphastinusManyNE
112Violet-throated Toucanet**Aulacorhynchus cognatus BC
113Groove-billed ToucanetAulacorhynchus sulcatusCDP,ED,RHNE
114Plate-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena laminirostris BC
115Tawny-tufted ToucanetSelenidera nattereri BC
116Orinoco PiculetPicumnus pumilus BC
117Scaled PiculetPicumnus squamulatusManyNE
118Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnau BC
119Grayish PiculetPicumnus granadensisManyE
120Chestnut PiculetPicumnus cinnamomeusManyNE
121Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcherManyE
122Choco WoodpeckerDryobates chocoensisABNE
123Lita WoodpeckerPiculus litaeAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
124Plumbeous Forest-FalconMicrastur plumbeus BC
125Carunculated CaracaraDaptrius carunculatusAP,NDRNE
126Rufous-fronted ParakeetBolborhynchus ferrugineifronsAP,NDR,RB,RCE
127Rusty-faced ParrotHapalopsittaca amazoninaManyNE
128Indigo-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca fuertesiRB,SRCTR,TNRE
129Rose-faced ParrotPyrilia pulchraManyNE
130Saffron-headed ParrotPyrilia pyriliaManyBC
131Turquoise-winged ParrotletForpus spengeliMI,PRKM4,SNP
TNP
E
132Santa Marta ParakeetPyrrhura viridicataED,SMNPE
133Brown-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura callipteraManyE
134Yellow-eared ParrotOgnorhynchus icterotisManyNE
135Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleriManyNE
136Bar-crested AntshrikeThamnophilus multistriatusManyNE
137Black AntshrikeThamnophilus nigricepsBVLV,EP,RCNE
138Blackish-gray AntshrikeThamnophilus nigrocinereus BC
139Black-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanonotusManyNE
140Recurve-billed BushbirdClytoctantes alixiiBNR,CWNE
141Spiny-faced AntshrikeXenornis setifrons BC
142Yellow-throated AntwrenMyrmotherula ambigua BC
143Cherrie's AntwrenMyrmotherula cherriei BC
144Spot-backed AntwrenHerpsilochmus dorsimaculatus BC
145Northern White-fringed AntwrenFormicivora intermediaManyBC
146East Andean AntbirdDrymophila caudataBNRE
147Klages's AntbirdDrymophila klagesiBAR,BNR,CDPNE
148Santa Marta AntbirdDrymophila hellmayriED,MIE
149Imeri Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis flavescens BC
150Parker's AntbirdCercomacroides parkeriManyE
151Ash-breasted AntbirdMyrmoborus lugubrisLABC
152Slate-colored AntbirdMyrmelastes schistacea BC
153Magdalena AntbirdSipia palliataManyNE
154Esmeraldas AntbirdSipia nigricaudaManyNE
155Stub-tailed AntbirdSipia berlepschiAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
156Blue-lored AntbirdHafferia immaculataManyNE
157Yapacana AntbirdAprositornis disjuncta BC
158Gray-bellied AntbirdAmmonastes pelzelni BC
159Chestnut-crested AntbirdRhegmatorhina cristata BC
160Rufous-crowned AntpittaPittasoma rufopileatumAA,AB,OBRL
TTNP
NE
161Giant AntpittaGrallaria gigantea BC
162Moustached AntpittaGrallaria alleniManyNE
163Santa Marta AntpittaGrallaria bangsiED,SMNPE
164Cundinamarca AntpittaGrallaria kaestneri BC
165Yellow-breasted AntpittaGrallaria flavotinctaManyNE
166Sierra Nevada AntpittaGrallaria spatiatorED,SMNPE
167Perija AntpittaGrallaria saltuensisCDPNE
168Muisca AntpittaGrallaria rufulaManyNE
169Bicolored AntpittaGrallaria rufocinereaManyNE
170Chami AntpittaGrallaria alvareziCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
171Boyaca AntpittaGrallaria alticolaBAR,CHG,LCHO
LCS
E
172Urrao AntpittaGrallaria urraoensisCDSE
173Brown-banded AntpittaGrallaria milleriCC,NDR,RB,TNRE
174Hooded AntpittaGrallaricula cucullataManyNE
175Rusty-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula ferrugineipectusED,JE,LFP,PPLNE
176Crescent-faced AntpittaGrallaricula lineifronsNDRNE
177Paramillo TapaculoScytalopus canusCDS,TTNP,YPE
178Santa Marta TapaculoScytalopus sanctaemartaeED,MIE
179Tacarcuna TapaculoScytalopus panamensis BC
180Choco TapaculoScytalopus chocoensisManyNE
181Magdalena TapaculoScytalopus rodrigueziCWE
182Stiles's TapaculoScytalopus stilesiManyE
183Tatama TapaculoScytalopus alvarezlopeziManyE
184Pale-bellied TapaculoScytalopus griseicollisManyE
185Brown-rumped TapaculoScytalopus latebricolaED,SMNPE
186Perija TapaculoScytalopus priganusCDPE
187Merida TapaculoScytalopus meridanus BC
188Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanniManyNE
189Schwartz's AntthrushChamaeza turdina BC
190Zimmer's WoodcreeperDendroplex kieneriiLABC
191Caribbean HorneroFurnarius longirostrisManyNE
192Pale-billed HorneroFurnarius torridusLABC
193Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsiorNDRNE
194Santa Marta Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rufipectusED,MI,TNPE
195Uniform TreehunterThripadectes ignobilisManyNE
196Fulvous-dotted TreerunnerMargarornis stellatusManyNE
197Plain ThornbirdPhacellodomus inornatus BC
198Perija ThistletailAsthenes perijanaCDPNE
199Orinoco SofttailThripophaga cherriei BC
200Crested SpinetailCranioleuca subcristata BC
201Streak-capped SpinetailCranioleuca hellmayriBNR,CDP,ED
SMNP
NE
202Red-and-white SpinetailCerthiaxis mustelinus BC
203Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudicaManyE
204Rio Orinoco SpinetailSynallaxis beverlyae BC
205Rusty-headed SpinetailSynallaxis fuscorufaED,SMNPE
206White-whiskered SpinetailSynallaxis candeiManyNE
207Stripe-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis cinnamomeaManyBC
208Yellow-headed ManakinChloropipo flavicapillaManyNE
209White-bibbed ManakinCorapipo leucorrhoaManyNE
210Yellow-crowned ManakinHeterocercus flavivertex BC
211Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinusManyNE
212Club-winged ManakinMachaeropterus deliciosusManyNE
213Golden-breasted FruiteaterPipreola aureopectusManyNE
214Orange-breasted FruiteaterPipreola jucundaAA,OBRL,TGR
TTNP
NE
215Long-wattled UmbrellabirdCephalopterus penduligerAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
216Chestnut-capped PihaLipaugus weberi BC
217Antioquia Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus lanyoniBVLV,EP,LREP
RC
E
218Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceumManyNE
219Pacific FlatbillRhynchocyclus pacificusManyNE
220Coopmans's ElaeniaElaenia brachyptera BC
221Choco TyrannuletZimmerius albigularisAA,AB,TGR
TTNP
NE
222Spectacled TyrannuletZimmerius improbusCDP,ED,MINE
223Slender-billed TyrannuletInezia tenuirostrisManyNE
224Black-billed FlycatcherAphanotriccus audaxEPNE
225Santa Marta Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes pernixEDE
226Venezuelan FlycatcherMyiarchus venezuelensisManyBC
227Apical FlycatcherMyiarchus apicalisManyE
228Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostrisManyNE
229Gray-chested GreenletHylophilus semicinereus BC
230Brown-headed GreenletHylophilus brunneiceps BC
231Choco VireoVireo masteriTGR,TTNPE
232Beautiful JayCyanolyca pulchraCDS,TGR,TTNPNE
233Azure-naped JayCyanocorax heilprini BC
234Rio Negro GnatcatcherPolioptila facilis BC
235Santa Marta WrenTroglodytes monticola BC
236Apolinar's WrenCistothorus apolinariManyE
237White-headed WrenCampylorhynchus albobrunneusManyNE
238Stripe-backed WrenCampylorhynchus nuchalisManyNE
239Sooty-headed WrenPheugopedius spadixManyNE
240Antioquia WrenThryophilus sernaiCDS,YPE
241Niceforo's WrenThryophilus niceforiCWE
242Bangs's Wood-Wren**Henicorhina bangsiCDPE
243Hermit Wood-WrenHenicorhina anachoretaEDE
244Munchique Wood-WrenHenicorhina negretiCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
245Varied SolitaireMyadestes coloratus BC
246Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinusManyNE
247Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysAA,TGREN
248Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivaterBNR,CDP,ED,RHBC
249Velvet-fronted EuphoniaEuphonia concinnaManyE
250Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatisManyBC
251<Andean Siskin>Spinus spinescensManyBC
252Tanager FinchOreothraupis arremonopsTGR,TTNP,YPNE
253Tacarcuna ChlorospingusChlorospingus tacarcunae BC
254Pirre ChlorospingusChlorospingus inornatus BC
255Dusky ChlorospingusChlorospingus semifuscusManyNE
256Tocuyo SparrowArremonops tocuyensisLBR,LFNP,RHNE
257Sierra Nevada BrushfinchArremon basilicusED,MI,SNPE
258Perija BrushfinchArremon perijanusCDPE
259Black-headed BrushfinchArremon atricapillusManyNE
260Golden-winged SparrowArremon schlegeliManyNE
261Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostris BC
262Moustached BrushfinchAtlapetes albofrenatusBNR,CQR,PPLNE
263Santa Marta BrushfinchAtlapetes melanocephalusED,MI,SMNPE
264Ochre-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes semirufusBAR,BNR,CHG
CQR
NE
265Yellow-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes flavicepsCC,LI,TTNP,ULE
266Dusky-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fuscoolivaceus BC
267White-rimmed BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopis BC
268Antioquia BrushfinchAtlapetes blancae BC
269Black-fronted Brushfinch**Atlapetes nigrifronsCDPE
270Black OropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinusRCNE
271Baudo OropendolaPsarocolius cassiniTTNPE
272Bronze-brown Cowbird**Molothrus armentiManyE
273Red-bellied GrackleHypopyrrhus pyrohypogasterManyE
274Mountain GrackleMacroagelaius subalarisCWE
275Pirre WarblerBasileuterus ignotus BC
276Tacarcuna WarblerBasileuterus tacarcunae BC
277Santa Marta WarblerMyiothlypis basilicaED,SMNPE
278Choco WarblerMyiothlypis chlorophrysAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
279Gray-throated WarblerMyiothlypis cinereicollisManyNE
280White-lored WarblerMyiothlypis conspicillataEDE
281Yellow-crowned RedstartMyioborus flavivertexED,SMNPE
282Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatusManyNE
283Sooty Ant-TanagerHabia gutturalisBVLV,EP,RC,ULE
284Crested Ant-TanagerHabia cristataManyE
285Ochre-breasted TanagerChlorothraupis stolzmanniManyNE
286Vermilion CardinalCardinalis phoeniceusLBR,LFNP,MI
RH
NE
287Masked CardinalParoaria nigrogenisSL,YRBC
288Fulvous-headed TanagerThlypopsis fulvicepsBNR,CDP,EDNE
289Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerusManyE
290Black-and-gold TanagerBangsia melanochlamysManyE
291Golden-chested TanagerBangsia rothschildiManyNE
292Moss-backed TanagerBangsia edwardsiAA,AB,TGRNE
293Gold-ringed TanagerBangsia aureocinctaTGR,TTNPE
294Yellow-green TanagerBangsia flavovirensManyNE
295Black-cheeked Mountain TanagerAnisognathus melanogenysED,SMNPE
296Black-chinned Mountain TanagerAnisognathus notabilisManyNE
297Purplish-mantled TanagerIridosornis porphyrocephalusManyNE
298Glistening-green TanagerChlorochrysa phoenicotisManyNE
299Multicolored TanagerChlorochrysa nitidissimaManyE
300Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpaManyNE
301Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaManyNE
302Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolinaManyNE
303Green-naped TanagerTangara fucosa BC
304Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeAA,AB,OBRU
TGR
NE
305Yellow-tufted Dacnis**Dacnis egregiaBVLVNE
306Turquoise DacnisDacnis hartlaubiManyE
307Viridian DacnisDacnis viguieri BC
308Scarlet-breasted DacnisDacnis berlepschi BC
309Scarlet-and-white TanagerChrysothlypis salmoniManyNE
310Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumManyNE
311Chestnut-bellied FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosissimaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
312Indigo FlowerpiercerDiglossa indigoticaManyNE
313Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanniNDR,RB,SRCTRNE
314Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisManyNE
315Orinocan SaltatorSaltator orenocensisManyNE

 

 *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.

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REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic94
NENear Endemic185
CRCritically Endangered0
ENEndangered2
BCBest Seen in This Country33
ATAlways a Target1

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.