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Area (SqMi):439,733
# Species:1907
# Excl Vagrants:1829
# 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
2Choco TinamouCrypturellus kerriaeOBRUNE
3Northern ScreamerChauna chavariaManyNE
4Chestnut-winged ChachalacaOrtalis garrulaManyE
5Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraCWNE
6Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbianaManyE
7Band-tailed GuanPenelope argyrotisManyNE
8Baudo GuanPenelope ortoniManyNE
9Cauca GuanPenelope perspicaxCHG,OQ,YRE
10Helmeted CurassowPauxi pauxi BC
11Blue-billed CurassowCrax albertiEP,LBR,TNPE
12Yellow-knobbed CurassowCrax daubentoni BC
13Wattled CurassowCrax globulosa BC
14Black-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus atrifronsBNR,CDP,EDNE
15Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus erythropsManyNE
16Chestnut Wood-QuailOdontophorus hyperythrusManyE
17Tacarcuna Wood-QuailOdontophorus dialeucos BC
18Gorgeted Wood-QuailOdontophorus strophiumBNR,CWE
19Bare-eyed PigeonPatagioenas corensisManyNE
20Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoniManyNE
21Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurataAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
22Tolima DoveLeptotila conoveriManyE
23Lined Quail-DoveZentrygon linearisManyBC
24Russet-crowned Quail-DoveZentrygon goldmani BC
25Banded Ground-CuckooNeomorphus radiolosus BC
26Todd's NightjarSetopagis heterura BC
27Choco PoorwillNyctiphrynus rosenbergiAA,AB,TGRNE
28OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLREP,RC,TNR
YP
AT
29Pygmy SwiftTachornis furcata BC
30White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquiManyNE
31White-throated DaggerbillSchistes albogularisManyNE
32Orange-throated SunangelHeliangelus mavors BC
33Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisseManyE
34Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianus BC
35Tourmaline SunangelHeliangelus exortisManyNE
36Violet-tailed SylphAglaiocercus coelestisManyNE
37Ecuadorian HillstarOreotrochilus chimborazo BC
38Black-backed ThornbillRamphomicron dorsaleEDE
39Bronze-tailed ThornbillChalcostigma heteropogonManyNE
40Buffy HelmetcrestOxypogon stuebeliiNDRE
41Blue-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon cyanolaemus BC
42Green-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon gueriniiManyE
43Perija MetaltailMetallura iracundaCDPNE
44Viridian MetaltailMetallura williamiManyNE
45Hoary PufflegHaplophaedia lugensTTNPNE
46Gorgeted PufflegEriocnemis isabellae BC
47Black-thighed PufflegEriocnemis derbyiManyNE
48Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventrisManyNE
49Golden-breasted PufflegEriocnemis mosqueraManyNE
50Colorful PufflegEriocnemis mirabilis BC
51Brown IncaCoeligena wilsoniManyNE
52Black IncaCoeligena prunelleiCQR,CW,PPLE
53Green IncaCoeligena conradii BC
54White-tailed StarfrontletCoeligena phalerataEDE
55Dusky StarfrontletCoeligena orinaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
56Perija StarfrontletCoeligena consitaCDPNE
57Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonaparteiManyE
58Blue-throated StarfrontletCoeligena heliantheaManyNE
59Velvet-purple CoronetBoissonneaua jardiniManyNE
60Rufous-gaped HillstarUrochroa bougueriManyNE
61Purple-bibbed WhitetipUrosticte benjaminiManyNE
62Empress BrilliantHeliodoxa imperatrixManyNE
63Violet-chested HummingbirdSternoclyta cyanopectus BC
64Santa Marta WoodstarChaetocercus astreansED,MIE
65Rufous-shafted WoodstarChaetocercus jourdaniiBNR,CDP,JE
LCHO
BC
66&Purple-throated WoodstarlPhilodice mitchelliiManyNE
67Chiribiquete EmeraldChlorostilbon olivaresi BC
68Red-billed EmeraldChlorostilbon gibsoniManyNE
69Short-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon poortmaniManyNE
70Narrow-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon stenurus BC
71Coppery EmeraldChlorostilbon russatusManyNE
72Western EmeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchusManyNE
73Santa Marta BlossomcrownAnthocephala floricepsEDE
74Tolima BlossomcrownAnthocephala berlepschiCC,LI,ULE
75Santa Marta SabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplus BC
76Violet-capped HummingbirdGoldmania violiceps BC
77Pirre HummingbirdGoldmania bella BC
78Buffy HummingbirdLeucippus fallaxLBR,LFNP,RH
SNP
NE
79Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerotteiManyNE
80Indigo-capped HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifronsManyE
81Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia castaneiventrisBNR,CWE
82Green-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia viridigaster BC
83Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudotiManyNE
84Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdChrysuronia lilliaeManyE
85Humboldt's SapphireChrysuronia humboldtii BC
86Blue-headed SapphireChrysuronia grayiManyNE
87Purple-chested HummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergiManyNE
88Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusManyE
89Brown Wood-RailAramides wolfiABNE
90Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriSMNPEN
91Santa Marta Screech-OwlMegascops gilesiEDE
92Cloud-forest Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nubicolaKM18,TGR,TTNPNE
93White-tipped QuetzalPharomachrus fulgidusCDP,EDNE
94Blue-tailed TrogonTrogon comptusManyNE
95Choco Black-throated TrogonTrogon cupreicaudaManyNE
96Sooty-capped PuffbirdBucco noanamae BC
97Russet-throated PuffbirdHypnelus ruficollisManyNE
98Two-banded PuffbirdHypnelus bicinctus BC
99Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalisManyNE
100Gray-cheeked NunletNonnula frontalisRCNE
101Pale-headed JacamarBrachygalba goeringi BC
102Dusky-backed JacamarBrachygalba salmoni BC
103Spot-crowned BarbetCapito maculicoronatusManyNE
104Orange-fronted BarbetCapito squamatus BC
105White-mantled BarbetCapito hypoleucusManyE
106Five-colored BarbetCapito quinticolorAB,OBRUNE
107Toucan BarbetSemnornis ramphastinusManyNE
108Violet-throated Toucanet**Aulacorhynchus cognatus BC
109Groove-billed ToucanetAulacorhynchus sulcatusCDP,ED,RHNE
110Plate-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena laminirostris BC
111Orinoco PiculetPicumnus pumilus BC
112Scaled PiculetPicumnus squamulatusManyNE
113Grayish PiculetPicumnus granadensisManyE
114Chestnut PiculetPicumnus cinnamomeusManyNE
115Beautiful WoodpeckerMelanerpes pulcherManyE
116Choco WoodpeckerDryobates chocoensisABNE
117Lita WoodpeckerPiculus litaeAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
118Plumbeous Forest-FalconMicrastur plumbeus BC
119Carunculated CaracaraDaptrius carunculatusAP,NDRNE
120Rufous-fronted ParakeetBolborhynchus ferrugineifronsAP,NDR,RB,RCE
121Rusty-faced ParrotHapalopsittaca amazoninaManyNE
122Indigo-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca fuertesiRB,SRCTR,TNRE
123Rose-faced ParrotPyrilia pulchraManyNE
124Turquoise-winged ParrotletForpus spengeliMI,PRKM4,SNP
TNP
E
125Santa Marta ParakeetPyrrhura viridicataED,SMNPE
126Brown-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura callipteraManyE
127Great Green MacawAra ambiguus BC
128Yellow-eared ParrotOgnorhynchus icterotisManyNE
129Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPsittacara wagleriManyNE
130Bar-crested AntshrikeThamnophilus multistriatusManyNE
131Black AntshrikeThamnophilus nigricepsBVLV,EP,RCNE
132Black-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanonotusManyNE
133Recurve-billed BushbirdClytoctantes alixiiBNR,CWNE
134Spiny-faced AntshrikeXenornis setifrons BC
135East Andean AntbirdDrymophila caudataBNRE
136Klages's AntbirdDrymophila klagesiBAR,BNR,CDPNE
137Santa Marta AntbirdDrymophila hellmayriED,MIE
138Parker's AntbirdCercomacroides parkeriManyE
139Magdalena AntbirdSipia palliataManyNE
140Esmeraldas AntbirdSipia nigricaudaManyNE
141Stub-tailed AntbirdSipia berlepschiAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
142Blue-lored AntbirdHafferia immaculataManyNE
143Chestnut-crested AntbirdRhegmatorhina cristata BC
144Rufous-crowned AntpittaPittasoma rufopileatumAA,AB,OBRL
TTNP
NE
145Giant AntpittaGrallaria gigantea BC
146Moustached AntpittaGrallaria alleniManyNE
147Santa Marta AntpittaGrallaria bangsiED,SMNPE
148Cundinamarca AntpittaGrallaria kaestneri BC
149Yellow-breasted AntpittaGrallaria flavotinctaManyNE
150Sierra Nevada AntpittaGrallaria spatiatorED,SMNPE
151Perija AntpittaGrallaria saltuensisCDPNE
152Muisca AntpittaGrallaria rufulaManyNE
153Bicolored AntpittaGrallaria rufocinereaManyNE
154Chami AntpittaGrallaria alvareziCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
155Boyaca AntpittaGrallaria alticolaBAR,CHG,LCHO
LCS
E
156Urrao AntpittaGrallaria urraoensisCDSE
157Brown-banded AntpittaGrallaria milleriCC,NDR,RB,TNRE
158Hooded AntpittaGrallaricula cucullataManyNE
159Rusty-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula ferrugineipectusED,JE,LFP,PPLNE
160Crescent-faced AntpittaGrallaricula lineifronsNDRNE
161Paramillo TapaculoScytalopus canusCDS,TTNP,YPE
162Santa Marta TapaculoScytalopus sanctaemartaeED,MIE
163Tacarcuna TapaculoScytalopus panamensis BC
164Choco TapaculoScytalopus chocoensisManyNE
165Magdalena TapaculoScytalopus rodrigueziCWE
166Stiles's TapaculoScytalopus stilesiManyE
167Tatama TapaculoScytalopus alvarezlopeziManyE
168Pale-bellied TapaculoScytalopus griseicollisManyE
169Brown-rumped TapaculoScytalopus latebricolaED,SMNPE
170Perija TapaculoScytalopus priganusCDPE
171Merida TapaculoScytalopus meridanus BC
172Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanniManyNE
173Schwartz's AntthrushChamaeza turdina BC
174Caribbean HorneroFurnarius longirostrisManyNE
175Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsiorNDRNE
176Santa Marta Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rufipectusED,MI,TNPE
177Uniform TreehunterThripadectes ignobilisManyNE
178Fulvous-dotted TreerunnerMargarornis stellatusManyNE
179Plain ThornbirdPhacellodomus inornatus BC
180Perija ThistletailAsthenes perijanaCDPNE
181Orinoco SofttailThripophaga cherriei BC
182Crested SpinetailCranioleuca subcristata BC
183Streak-capped SpinetailCranioleuca hellmayriBNR,CDP,ED
SMNP
NE
184Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudicaManyE
185Rio Orinoco SpinetailSynallaxis beverlyae BC
186Rusty-headed SpinetailSynallaxis fuscorufaED,SMNPE
187White-whiskered SpinetailSynallaxis candeiManyNE
188Stripe-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis cinnamomeaManyBC
189Yellow-headed ManakinChloropipo flavicapillaManyNE
190White-bibbed ManakinCorapipo leucorrhoaManyNE
191Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinusManyNE
192Club-winged ManakinMachaeropterus deliciosusManyNE
193Golden-breasted FruiteaterPipreola aureopectusManyNE
194Orange-breasted FruiteaterPipreola jucundaAA,OBRL,TGR
TTNP
NE
195Long-wattled UmbrellabirdCephalopterus penduligerAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
196Chestnut-capped PihaLipaugus weberi BC
197Antioquia Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus lanyoniBVLV,EP,LREP
RC
E
198Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceumManyNE
199Pacific FlatbillRhynchocyclus pacificusManyNE
200Coopmans's ElaeniaElaenia brachyptera BC
201Choco TyrannuletZimmerius albigularisAA,AB,TGR
TTNP
NE
202Spectacled TyrannuletZimmerius improbusCDP,ED,MINE
203Slender-billed TyrannuletInezia tenuirostrisManyNE
204Black-billed FlycatcherAphanotriccus audaxEPNE
205Santa Marta Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes pernixEDE
206Venezuelan FlycatcherMyiarchus venezuelensisManyBC
207Apical FlycatcherMyiarchus apicalisManyE
208Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostrisManyNE
209Choco VireoVireo masteriTGR,TTNPE
210Beautiful JayCyanolyca pulchraCDS,TGR,TTNPNE
211Rio Negro GnatcatcherPolioptila facilis BC
212Santa Marta WrenTroglodytes monticola BC
213Apolinar's WrenCistothorus apolinariManyE
214White-headed WrenCampylorhynchus albobrunneusManyNE
215Stripe-backed WrenCampylorhynchus nuchalisManyNE
216Sooty-headed WrenPheugopedius spadixManyNE
217Antioquia WrenThryophilus sernaiCDS,YPE
218Niceforo's WrenThryophilus niceforiCWE
219Bangs's Wood-Wren**Henicorhina bangsiCDPE
220Hermit Wood-WrenHenicorhina anachoretaEDE
221Munchique Wood-WrenHenicorhina negretiCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
222Varied SolitaireMyadestes coloratus BC
223Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinusManyNE
224Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysAA,TGREN
225Velvet-fronted EuphoniaEuphonia concinnaManyE
226Tanager FinchOreothraupis arremonopsTGR,TTNP,YPNE
227Tacarcuna ChlorospingusChlorospingus tacarcunae BC
228Pirre ChlorospingusChlorospingus inornatus BC
229Dusky ChlorospingusChlorospingus semifuscusManyNE
230Tocuyo SparrowArremonops tocuyensisLBR,LFNP,RHNE
231Sierra Nevada BrushfinchArremon basilicusED,MI,SNPE
232Perija BrushfinchArremon perijanusCDPE
233Black-headed BrushfinchArremon atricapillusManyNE
234Golden-winged SparrowArremon schlegeliManyNE
235Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostris BC
236Moustached BrushfinchAtlapetes albofrenatusBNR,CQR,PPLNE
237Santa Marta BrushfinchAtlapetes melanocephalusED,MI,SMNPE
238Ochre-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes semirufusBAR,BNR,CHG
CQR
NE
239Yellow-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes flavicepsCC,LI,TTNP,ULE
240Dusky-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fuscoolivaceus BC
241White-rimmed BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopis BC
242Antioquia BrushfinchAtlapetes blancae BC
243Black-fronted Brushfinch**Atlapetes nigrifronsCDPE
244Black OropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinusRCNE
245Baudo OropendolaPsarocolius cassiniTTNPE
246Bronze-brown Cowbird**Molothrus armentiManyE
247Red-bellied GrackleHypopyrrhus pyrohypogasterManyE
248Mountain GrackleMacroagelaius subalarisCWE
249Pirre WarblerBasileuterus ignotus BC
250Tacarcuna WarblerBasileuterus tacarcunae BC
251Santa Marta WarblerMyiothlypis basilicaED,SMNPE
252Choco WarblerMyiothlypis chlorophrysAA,AB,OBRL
OBRU
NE
253Gray-throated WarblerMyiothlypis cinereicollisManyNE
254White-lored WarblerMyiothlypis conspicillataEDE
255Yellow-crowned RedstartMyioborus flavivertexED,SMNPE
256Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatusManyNE
257Sooty Ant-TanagerDriophlox gutturalisBVLV,EP,RC,ULE
258Crested Ant-TanagerDriophlox cristataManyE
259Ochre-breasted TanagerChlorothraupis stolzmanniManyNE
260Vermilion CardinalCardinalis phoeniceusLBR,LFNP,MI
RH
NE
261Masked CardinalParoaria nigrogenisSL,YRBC
262Fulvous-headed TanagerThlypopsis fulvicepsBNR,CDP,EDNE
263Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerusManyE
264Black-and-gold TanagerBangsia melanochlamysManyE
265Golden-chested TanagerBangsia rothschildiManyNE
266Moss-backed TanagerBangsia edwardsiAA,AB,TGRNE
267Gold-ringed TanagerBangsia aureocinctaTGR,TTNPE
268Yellow-green TanagerBangsia flavovirensManyNE
269Black-cheeked Mountain TanagerAnisognathus melanogenysED,SMNPE
270Black-chinned Mountain TanagerAnisognathus notabilisManyNE
271Purplish-mantled TanagerIridosornis porphyrocephalusManyNE
272Glistening-green TanagerChlorochrysa phoenicotisManyNE
273Multicolored TanagerChlorochrysa nitidissimaManyE
274Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpaManyNE
275Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaManyNE
276Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolinaManyNE
277Green-naped TanagerTangara fucosa BC
278Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeAA,AB,OBRU
TGR
NE
279Yellow-tufted Dacnis**Dacnis egregiaBVLVNE
280Turquoise DacnisDacnis hartlaubiManyE
281Viridian DacnisDacnis viguieri BC
282Scarlet-breasted DacnisDacnis berlepschi BC
283Scarlet-and-white TanagerChrysothlypis salmoniManyNE
284Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufumManyNE
285Chestnut-bellied FlowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosissimaCDS,TGR,TTNP
YP
E
286Indigo FlowerpiercerDiglossa indigoticaManyNE
287Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanniNDR,RB,SRCTRNE
288Great-billed Seed-FinchSporophila maximiliani BC
289Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisManyNE
290Orinocan 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 Endangered1
ENEndangered4
BCBest Seen in This Country5
ATAlways a Target1

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