The following is a list of the 83 known endemic bird species in Colombia (about 4% of Colombian species) with notes about their general distribution.[1] [2] Twenty-three (28%) of the species are found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia with a very high degree of endemism.
Scientific name | Common name | Status [3] | Distribution [4] |
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Cracidae | |||
Ortalis garrula | Caribbean Region between Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Sinú River | ||
Ortalis columbiana | Slopes of the Inter-Andean Valleys | ||
Penelope perspicax | Endangered | Slopes of West & Central Andes (Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Quindío, Cauca) | |
Crax alberti | Critically endangered | Spottily in forested mountains of northern Colombia | |
Odontophoridae | |||
Odontophorus hyperythrus | Near threatened | Slope of West and Central Andes | |
Odontophorus strophium | Endangered | West slope of East Andes | |
Columbidae | |||
Leptotila conoveri | Endangered | East slope of Central Andes (Tolima, Huila) | |
Trochilidae | |||
Ramphomicron dorsale | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Oxypogon stuebelii | Vulnerable | Central Andes páramo | |
Oxypogon cyanolaemus | Critically endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Oxypogon guerinii | East Andes páramo | ||
Eriocnemis isabellae | Critically endangered | Serranía del Pinche, Cauca | |
Eriocnemis mirabilis | Critically endangered | West Andes in Cauca | |
Coeligena prunellei | Vulnerable | West slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander) | |
Coeligena phalerata | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Coeligena orina | Critically endangered | Spottily in the northern West Andes | |
Chaetocercus astreans | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | ||
Chlorostilbon olivaresi | Serranía de Chiribiquete, Amazon Region | ||
Anthocephala floriceps | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Anthocephala berlepschi | Central Andes (Quindío, Tolima, Huila) | ||
Campylopterus phainopeplus | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Amazilia castaneiventris | Endangered | Drier areas of the Magdalena River drainage (Boyacá, Santander) | |
Amazilia cyanifrons | Central Colombia (Upper Magdalena Valley into East Andes) | ||
Lepidopyga lilliae | Critically endangered | Caribbean coast (Atlántico, Magdalena, La Guajira) | |
Rallidae | |||
Rallus semiplumbeus | Endangered | High wetlands in East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) | |
Strigidae | |||
Megascops gilesi | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Bucconidae | |||
Bucco noanamae | Near threatened | Northwest Colombia (Chocó, Antioquia) | |
Capitonidae | |||
Capito hypoleucus | Vulnerable | North Central Andes & west slope of East Andes | |
Picidae | |||
Picumnus granadensis | Cauca Valley slopes and lowlands | ||
Melanerpes pulcher | North Central Andes & west slope of East Andes; Magdalena Valley | ||
Psittacidae | |||
Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons | Vulnerable | Central Andes (Los Nevados National Park) | |
Hapalopsittaca fuertesi | Critically endangered | Central Andes (Risaralda, Tolima, Quindío) | |
Pyrrhura viridicata | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Pyrrhura calliptera | Vulnerable | Spottily in northern East Andes | |
Ognorhynchus icterotis | Endangered | Few locations in the Colombian Andes | |
Thamnophilidae | |||
Drymophila caudata | Near threatened | West slope of East Andes; Upper Magdalena Valley (Caquetá, Huila) | |
Drymophila hellmayri | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Cercomacra parkeri | Central Andes; small area of central West Andes | ||
Grallariidae | |||
Grallaria bangsi | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Grallaria kaestneri | Endangered | East slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca) | |
Grallaria urraoensis | Critically endangered | Páramo de Frontino, West Andes (Antioquia) | |
Grallaria milleri | Vulnerable | Central Andes (Caldas, Tolima, Risaralda, Quindío) | |
Rhinocryptidae | |||
Scytalopus sanctaemartae | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | ||
Scytalopus rodriguezi | Endangered | East slope of Central Andes, Upper Magdalena Valley | |
Scytalopus stilesi | Northern Central Andes (Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda) | ||
Scytalopus alvarezlopezi | Near threatened | West slope of West Andes (Antioquia to Valle del Cauca) | |
Scytalopus latebricola | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Scytalopus canus | Endangered | Northern West Andes (Antioquia) | |
Furnariidae | |||
Clibanornis rufipectus | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Cranioleuca hellmayri | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | ||
Synallaxis subpudica | East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) | ||
Synallaxis fuscorufa | Vulnerable | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Tyrannidae | |||
Phylloscartes lanyoni | Endangered | Central Andes (Antioquia, Caldas); west slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) | |
Myiotheretes pernix | Endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Myiarchus apicalis | Inter-Andean Valleys and adjacent slopes | ||
Cotingidae | |||
Lipaugus weberi | Endangered | Northern Central Andes | |
Vireonidae | |||
Vireo caribaeus | Vulnerable | San Andres Island | |
Troglodytidae | |||
Troglodytes monticola | Critically endangered | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Cistothorus apolinari | Endangered | East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) | |
Thryophilus sernai | Endangered | Dry forest along Cauca River (Antioquia) | |
Thryophilus nicefori | Critically endangered | West slope of East Andes (Santander, Boyacá) | |
Henicorhina anachoreta | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Henicorhina negreti | Critically endangered | Spottily in the West Andes | |
Fringillidae | |||
Euphonia concinna | Magdalena Valley | ||
Passerellidae | |||
Arremon basilicus | Near threatened | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | |
Atlapetes melanocephalus | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta | ||
Atlapetes flaviceps | Endangered | East slope of Central Andes (Huila, Tolima) | |
Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus | Near threatened | Upper Magdalena Valley (Huila, Cauca) | |
Atlapetes blancae | Critically endangered | Northern Central Andes (Antioquia) | |
Icteridae | |||
Psarocolius cassini | Endangered | Coastal mountains of the Pacific Region, Choc[o
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| ''Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster'' || [[Red-bellied grackle]] || Vulnerable || Spottily in Andes|-| Macroagelaius subalaris || Colombian mountain grackle || Endangered || West slope of East Andes |-|colspan="100%" bgcolor="#d3d3a4"|Parulidae|-| Basileuterus basilicus || Santa Marta warbler || Vulnerable || Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta|-| Basileuterus conspicillatus || White-lored warbler || Near threatened || Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta|-| Myioborus flavivertex || Yellow-crowned redstart || || Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta|-|colspan="100%" bgcolor="#d3d3a4"|Cardinalidae|-| Habia gutturalis || Sooty ant-tanager || Near threatened || Foothills of northern Andes including Magdalena Valley|-| Habia cristata || Crested ant-tanager || || West slope of West Andes|-|colspan="100%" bgcolor="#d3d3a4"|Thraupidae|-| Bangsia melanochlamys || Black-and-gold tanager || Vulnerable || Central Andes (Antioquia); West Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca)|-| Bangsia aureocincta || Gold-ringed tanager || Endangered || West Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia)|-| Anisognathus melanogenys || Black-cheeked mountain-tanager || || Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta|-| Chlorochrysa nitidissima || Multicolored tanager || Vulnerable || West Andes; Central Andes (Risaralda, Antioquia)|-| Dacnis hartlaubi || Turquoise dacnis || Vulnerable || Spottily in Andes (Valle del Cauca, Huila, Quindío, Antioquia, Risaralda, Cundinamarca, Boyacá)|-| Diglossa gloriosissima || Chestnut-bellied flowerpiercer || Endangered || Spottily in West Andes (Antioquia to Cauca)|} See also |