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Tropical Birding Trip Report , February-March 2016

Colombia February 25th to March 10th, 2016 TOUR LEADER: Nick Athanas Report and photos by Nick Athanas

White-whiskered Spinetail – of the trip!

It had been a while since I had guided a Colombia trip, and I had forgotten how neat the were! This two week customized tour combined a Northern Colombia trip with some of the best sites in Central Colombia. The weather was beautiful, the birds were spectacular and cooperative, and most importantly we had a fun and friendly group; we all had a blast. Custom trips are a great option for groups of friends that like to travel together, and it really worked well this time. I really love that White-whiskered Spinetail was voted “bird of the trip” – it’s the only time I can remember a spinetail winning that honor – it’s an often unappreciated group, but this one is really special and we had point-blank views. Runner up was Santa Marta , which was also highly deserving as one of the newest splits of a truly www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

Tropical Birding Trip Report Colombia, February-March 2016 amazing . Other favorites were Golden-winged Sparrow, Russet-throated , Scarlet Ibis, Dacnis, Blue-billed Curassow, Red-bellied Grackle, Sword-billed Hummer, Crested , Chestnut , Striped , and shockingly, even a couple of , which impressed some by showing amazingly well.

We started off in the “megapolis” of Bogotá, which served as our base for the first few nights as we made day trips to nearby sites in the eastern cordillera of the . A morning in the páramo at Chingaza National Park gave us great scenery and some birds not possible elsewhere, such as Pale-bellied , Golden-fronted , Buff-bellied Mountain-, Rufous-browed Conebill, Pale-naped Brushfinch, and the distinct local forms of Tawny and Rufous , White-chinned Thistletail, and Sedge . We had one single female of the recently-split Green-bearded Helmetcrest, but we wished we could have found a male. Our afternoon stop was the “ Observatory”, a private home that recently opened up their feeders to the public. It was an amazing show highlighted by the superb Blue-throated Starfrontlet, Sword-billed Hummer, both trainbearers, and Coppery-bellied .

Another day trip took us down to the subtropical forest near Laguna Pedro Palo. The endemic Turquoise Dacnis was our main target which we had good success with. I have to admit that the photo below was taken before the tour officially started, and we didn’t see it quite this closely on the tour, but we still had pretty nice views.

Turquoise Dacnis at Laguna Pedro Palo

It was a really birdy morning and we had tons of other like , Moustached Brushfinch, Toucanet, Scrub Tanager, and a nest of Spectacled , just to mention a few. In the afternoon we stopped at the www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

Tropical Birding Trip Report Colombia, February-March 2016 nearby Parque Chicaque. It was foggy and quiet, but it was well worth the stop for the Golden-bellied Starfrontlets at the feeders and a cooperative Chestnut-crowned .

Before leaving Bogotá, we made the obligatory stop at Parque La Florida, having nice luck with the main targets: Bogotá and Apolinar’s Wren. There was a good selection of other waterbirds, and we all enjoyed several Spot-flanked Gallinules (photo below) really showing off in amazing early morning light.

Finally we left Bogotá’s horrible traffic behind and started descending into the Magdalena valley. We stopped for a while at the “Enchanted Garden”, which has the highest concentration of hummer feeders in a tiny back yard that I have ever seen. The swarms of hummers were almost dizzying! The endemic Indigo-capped Hummingbird was the most common, but there were many others like White-bellied and Gorgeted Woodstars, Red-billed Emerald, three violetears, White- necked Jacobin, Andean Emerald, White-vented Plumeleteer, and others. Afterwards, we crossed the Magdalena River, Colombia’s longest at nearly 1000 miles, and reached the friendly town of . We spent the afternoon and the following morning in the Bellavista Forest Reserve above the town and great success our target endemics: White-mantled Barbet, Beautiful , Velvet-fronted , and Sooty Ant-Tanager, as well as some other neat birds like White-bibbed Manakin, Striped, and White-bearded , Bar-crested Antshrike, and Rufous- naped Greenlet. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Indigo-capped Hummingbird White-bibbed Manakin

Sooty Ant-Tanager

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Leaving Victoria, our driver Hermes put me on to a site I hadn’t visited before, a lake called Charca de Guarinocito. It was pretty amazing the number of birds we saw there in a very short time. A nesting pair of Russet-throated was really neat, and the local cops even thought so too as they looked in the scope. They then warned us about the ferocious caimans and told us not to go swimming... Some of the other birds here were Savanna , Wattled Jacana, Large- billed , Green Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Yellow-headed Caracara, Pied Water-Tyrant, Black-capped Donacobius, and Yellow-chinned Spinetail. Hermes also recommended a restaurant near the river called Don Dario – the food was great but the service slow, however there balcony provided nonstop birding even the heat of the day so all was fine.

In the afternoon, we reached the Rio Claro Canyon, where we spent the night. With an afternoon and a morning here we added a bunch of lower elevation species, and also visited a nearby Oilbird cave, which was also fun. A friendly but over-enthusiastic dog followed us into the cave and did its best to scare the birds away, but luckily did not succeed. We had nice views of the birds, and those willing to wade through thigh-deep water got even closer. We also found the endemic Antioquia Bristle-Tyrant near the cave, and a fierce looking Crested Owl showed well near our lodge – we could hear it calling late into the night. Other birds we saw in this area were Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Rufous-breasted , Blue-chested Hummingbird, Black-throated , Rufous , Collared , Yellow-throated , Chestnut-fronted Macaw, Pacific Antwren, Wedge-billed and Cocoa , Southern Bentbill, Black- headed Tody-Flycatcher, Olivaceous Flatbill, Black-bellied and Bay , Buff-rumped Warbler, Plain-colored Tanager, and Orange-crowned Oriole, among others.

We had one night in a nice hotel on the outskirts of Medellín, which was conveniently located near a small forest reserve called La Romera. The reserve has a few endemics, and it was a nice way to spend our last morning in central Colombia before flying north. Red-bellied Grackle is the star bird here, and we had several nice sightings of this striking endemic. Others included Colombian and Stiles’s Tapaculo, along with more widespread species like Sickle-winged , , , Western Emerald, Andean Motmot, Red-headed Barbet, Spotted Barbtail, Golden-crowned Flycatcher, and Green . Our flight to Barranquilla was on time, and we spent a night there.

We left the city early and reached Isla de Salamanca National Park at dawn. We were hoping to find a -bellied Hummingbird, but had to be content with superb views of the similar Sapphire-throated Hummingbird before having our field breakfast. We quickly racked up a bunch of target species in the like Flycatcher, Northern Scrub-Flycatcher, Black-crested Antshrike, Chestnut Piculet, Golden-green Woodpecker, Straight-billed , Pied Puffbird, , and amazing numbers of Prothonotary Warblers before driving to another spot. Here we had a different selection of species, including Stripe-backed and Bicolored Wrens, Pale- legged Hornero, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Limpkin, Black- collared Hawk, all three anis, Brown-throated , White-headed Marsh-Tyrant, Bronzed Cowbird, and Yellow, Yellow-tailed, and Baltimore Orioles. We then headed northeast along the coast to the arid Guajira Peninsula. Our driver for this section of the trip, Virgilio, knew a stakeout for Double-striped Thick-knee, and sure enough a small flock (photo right) was lounging around www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

Tropical Birding Trip Report Colombia, February-March 2016 in a cow pasture. We spent one night in a hotel in Riohacha and had an afternoon and a morning to bird the desert, dry woodland, and coastal lagoons. We did pretty well with our targets, though the exceptionally dry weather may have cost us a bird or two. Highlights included the aforementioned White-whiskered Spinetail, Vermilion , Orinocan Saltator, White-fringed Antwren, , Crested Bobwhite, Bare-eyed Pigeon, Black-faced Grassquit, Pileated , and Green-rumped . The lagoon in the Los Flamencos reserve was teeming with waterbirds and shorebirds – Scarlet Ibis was the big hit, but it was also nice to see things like Black Skimmer, Reddish Egret, and even several rare Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

Orinocan Saltator Vermilion Cardinal

Tayrona National Park protects some nice rainforest near the coast. Recent changes to park regulations that make it hard to get in early, and require all visitors to endure a 30+ minute presentation and briefing (given only in Spanish), had me considering removing it from the tour. However, our fantastic afternoon visit there makes me think it is worth the hassle. We started things off with several brilliant Lance-tailed Manakins – they alone make it worth it! Once came in really close and posed for photos. In the same spot both Buff-breasted Wren and Pale-bellied Hermit showed well. Walking down the road we were treated to great views of a male White-bellied Antbird before things really started getting crazy. A taxi driver stopped and told us that there were paujiles farther up the road. Paujil means “curassow” – I was doubtful since the only curassow there is the critically endangered and mega-rare Blue-billed Curassow, which I had only seen once before. Still, I stepped up the pace. Then a different guy on a motorcycle said the same thing! I really wanted to get moving, but someone had just found a troop of Cotton-top Tamarins – really beautiful (maybe even adorable?) little monkeys – and you really can’t ignore them. Also there were more birds like Gray-headed Tanager and One-colored . Finally we got moving again. Something was foraging down in a depression next to the road, it was an agouti, but then someone said “I have a big guan-like bird!”. And there they were, first a female, then a male Blue-billed Curassow. I had to admit I was worried they might have been reintroduced, but was able to confirm later that they were wild birds. Wow... Birdlife International estimates that there are only 150-700 birds remaining. For www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

Tropical Birding Trip Report Colombia, February-March 2016 me it was the most surprising sighting of the tour and that made it my favorite of the trip. The photo below really does not do it justice – we saw it much better than that. If that was not enough, we also nailed and an entertaining pair of Crimson-crested before we had to leave the park.

Blue-billed Curassow Lance-tailed Manakin

We had a fairly relaxed morning, then headed up into the foothills of the Santa Marta Mountains. One stop got us Black- backed Antshrike, Golden-fronted Greenlet, and Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant before arriving in the town of Minca, where we had lunch. Both Whooping Motmot and the amazing Golden-winged Sparrow (the best sparrow?) were visiting the fruit feeders:

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After lunch, we transferred our luggage into our three 4WD vehicles to drive the rest of the way up to El Dorado Lodge. Just outside of Minca one of the drivers showed us a family of roosting Black-and-white . Farther up we made a few stops to see Santa Marta , out first Santa Marta endemic, as well as Coppery Emerald, Emerald (Santa Marta) Toucanet, Keel-billed Toucan, Santa Marta Brushfinch, and buy a bottle of locally made blackberry wine that proved so popular we had to stop and buy more the next day. With some experimenting, we learned that mixing it with beer created a surprisingly tasty concoction – who would have guessed?

We had three nights at the lodge, and it was great place to end the trip. The rooms are nice, the food was good, the temperatures were perfect, the view amazing, and of course the birds were great. The gorgeous White-tailed Starfrontlets (photo below) that were always around the feeders were a major trip highlight, and even the more common species like Crowned Woodnymph, Green and Brown Violetears, and Tyrian Metaltail seemed especially beautiful here. Fruit feeders attracted cute Blue-naped Chlorophonias and the occasional Band-tailed Guan. We kept a close eye on the compost pile, which is usually the best place to see Black-fronted -Quail – however this time we saw them away from the compost pile before they finally came in to it on the third day.

We spent one morning along the road below the lodge, looking for the various endemics found at the lower elevations, having good luck with Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner, , Santa Marta Tapaculo, White-lored Warbler, and Sierra Brushfinch along with more widespread species like Long-billed Hermit, Masked Trogon, Gray- throated Leaftosser, Golden-breasted Fruiteater, and Black-hooded . Our morning at the higher elevations was a bit slower, I suspect due in part to the unusually dry weather the area had been experiencing. We still saw most of the www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

Tropical Birding Trip Report Colombia, February-March 2016 target endemics, including Santa Marta Parakeet, Rusty- headed and -capped Spinetails, Brown-rumped Tapaculo, Yellow-crowned Whitestart, , and Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager (photo right). We spent our afternoons closer to the lodge, where the White-tipped were very entertaining, and other birds easy to see such as Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Black-throated Tody- Tyrant, and Scaly-naped . Lodge staff told us where to find a roosting pair of the still-undescribed “Santa Marta” Screech-Owl, and we were able to track them down. proved to be our nemesis, as we heard several times, but it never came in close enough to see. I think the dry weather may have caused them to be less local and less responsive than normal.

On our last full day, we left the lodge and birded our way back down to Minca, adding a few last species to our list such as Rufous-breasted and Rufous-and-white Wrens and Scaled Piculet. We still had one last endemic to search for, Chestnut-winged Chachalaca, which we successfully found at a stakeout on a rather busy road near the coal port, before returning to Barranquilla for our final night of the trip.

Before the list, here’s a selection of other photos from the trip:

Bicolored Wren at Minca www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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A Band-tailed Guan visits the feeders at El Dorado Lodge

A White-tailed Hawk soars over the desert A Rufous-breasted Hermit near the feeders at Minca

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The Crowned Woodnymphs at El Dorado were absolutely beautiful

An Emerald Toucanet visits a feeder at our lunch stop near Laguna Pedro Palo www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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BIRD LIST

This list includes all the bird species that were recorded by at least one of the group, including the leader. and nomenclaturefollow the August 2015 version of the Clements/eBird list.

Totals: 471 bird species seen 18 heard only

H=Heard only (E)=Colombian endemic

TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE H Little Crypturellus soui DUCKS, GEESE, WATERFOWL Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Ruddy Duck (Andean Ruddy-Duck) Oxyura jamaicensis ferruginea CRACIDS Chestnut-winged Chachalaca (E) Ortalis garrula Colombian Chachalaca (E) Ortalis columbiana Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis colombiana Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii Blue-billed Curassow (E) alberti QUAIL ODONTOPHORIDAE Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus littoralis Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus atrifrons atrifrons PODICIPEDIDAE Pied-billed Podilymbus FRIGATEBIRDS FREGATIDAE Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens CORMORANTS AND SHAGS PHALACROCORACIDAE Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus PELICANS PELECANIDAE Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS ARDEIDAE Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Bubulcus ibis Green Heron Butorides virescens Striated Heron Butorides striata Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax IBISES AND SPOONBILLS THRESKIORNITHIDAE White Ibis Eudocimus albus Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Vulture Cathartes aura Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa OSPREY PANDIONIDAE Osprey Pandion haliaetus , , AND KITES Gampsonyx swainsonii -tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens meridionalis Rupornis magnirostris Harris's Hawk unicinctus White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus Geranoaetus polyosoma Gray-lined Hawk nitidus Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS RALLIDAE Bogota Rail (E) semiplumbeus H Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus Sora Porzana carolina Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana LIMPKIN ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna THICK-KNEES BURHINIDAE Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS CHARADRIIDAE Black-bellied (Gray) Plover Pluvialis squatarola Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus STILTS AND AVOCETS RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus JACANAS JACANIDAE Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES SCOLOPACIDAE Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Willet Tringa semipalmata Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Calidris alba Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus GULLS LARIDAE: LARINAE Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus LARIDAE: STERNINAE Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis SKIMMERS LARIDAE: RYNCHOPINAE Black Skimmer Rynchops niger PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Columba livia Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Scaled Dove Columbina squammata White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi H Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii Lined Quail-Dove Zentrygon linearis Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata CUCULIDAE Squirrel Piaya cayana Greater Ani Crotophaga major Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris OWLS STRIGIDAE "Santa Marta" Screech-Owl (E) Megascops sp.nov. Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata OILBIRD STEATORNITHIDAE Oilbird Steatornis caripensis SWIFTS APODIDAE Chestnut-collared Streptoprocne rutila White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris TROCHILIDAE White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus Long-billed (W. Long-tailed) Hermit longirostris sussurus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Pale-bellied Hermit Phaethornis anthophilus Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Sunangel Heliangelus exortis Santa Marta Blossomcrown (E) Anthocephala floriceps Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna Green-bearded Helmetcrest (E) Oxypogon guerinii Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina tyrianthina Tyrian Metaltail (Santa Marta) Metallura tyrianthina districta Greenish Puffleg aureliae Glowing Puffleg vestita Coppery-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis cupreoventris Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis Bronzy Inca coeligena Black Inca (E) Coeligena prunellei Coeligena torquata White-tailed Starfrontlet (E) Coeligena phalerata Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei Blue-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena helianthea Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi liriope Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris White-bellied Woodstar mulsant Chaetocercus heliodor Western Emerald melanorhynchus Red-billed Emerald Chlorostilbon gibsoni Coppery Emerald Chlorostilbon russatus White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii Crowned (Violet-crowned) Woodnymph Thalurania colombica Andean Emerald franciae Blue-chested Hummingbird Amazilia amabilis Steely-vented Hummingbird Amazilia saucerottei Indigo-capped Hummingbird (E) Amazilia cyanifrons Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Lepidopyga coeruleogularis TROGONIDAE White-tipped fulgidus festatus Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus Masked Trogon Trogon personatus sanctaemartae MOMOTIDAE Whooping Motmot subrufescens Andean (Highland) Motmot Momotus aequatorialis Rufous Motmot martii KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana PUFFBIRDS BUCCONIDAE Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis ruficollis JACAMARS GALBULIDAE Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda NEW WORLD BARBETS CAPITONIDAE White-mantled Barbet (E) Capito hypoleucus Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii RAMPHASTIDAE Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus albivitta Emerald (Santa Marta) Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus lautus Groove-billed (Yellow-billed) Toucanet Aulacorhynchus sulcatus calorhynchus Pteroglossus torquatus Yellow-throated (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan ambiguus swainsonii Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus H Channel-billed (Citron-throated) Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus citreolaemus WOODPECKERS PICIDAE Scaled Piculet squamulatus Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus Chestnut Piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus Acorn Woodpecker formicivorus Beautiful Woodpecker (E) Melanerpes pulcher Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus Smoky-brown Woodpecker Picoides fumigatus Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos FALCONS AND CARACARAS FALCONIDAE H Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima American Kestrel Falco sparverius Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus saturatus Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenarius Green-rumped Parrotlet passerinus Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus Santa Marta Parakeet (E) viridicata Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri THAMNOPHILIDAE Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus Black-crowned (Western Slaty) Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha Black-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus melanonotus Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Pacific Antwren pacifica White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea Santa Marta Antbird (E) hellmayri White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes H Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul ANTPITTAS GRALLARIIDAE Chestnut-crowned Antpitta ruficapilla H Santa Marta Antpitta (E) Grallaria bangsi (undescribed form in E Andes) Grallaria rufula Rufous Antpitta (Santa Marta Mountains) Grallaria rufula spatiator Grallaria quitensis alticola Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferrugineipectus TAPACULOS RHINOCRYPTIDAE Santa Marta Tapaculo (E) sanctaemartae Stiles's Tapaculo (E) Scytalopus stilesi Brown-rumped Tapaculo (E) Scytalopus latebricola Pale-bellied (Matorral) Tapaculo (E) Scytalopus griseicollis OVENBIRDS FURNARIIDAE Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis propinquus Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus sanctaemartae Cocoa Woodcreeper susurrans Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus Streak-headed Woodcreeper souleyetii Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Plain Xenops minutus Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans phelpsi Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner (E) Clibanornis rufipectus Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens H Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa Streak-capped Spinetail (E) Cranioleuca hellmayri Ash-browed Spinetail Cranioleuca curtata Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus Rusty-headed Spinetail (E) Synallaxis fuscorufa White-whiskered Spinetail Synallaxis candei H Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea TYRANT FLYCATCHERS TYRANNIDAE Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys White-throated Tyrannulet (Santa Marta) Mecocerculus leucophrys montensis Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus galbinus Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris Antioquia Bristle-Tyrant (E) Phylloscartes lanyoni Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus H Paltry (Specious) Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus tamae Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops chrysops Golden-faced (Coopmans') Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops minimus Northern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum Slender-billed Tyrannulet Inezia tenuirostris Pale-tipped Tyrannulet Inezia caudata Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis lehmanni Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus olivaceus Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens exortivus Yellow-breasted (Ochre-lored) Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris aurulentus Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus H Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis H Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant (E) Myiotheretes pernix Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca diadema jesupi Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana COTINGIDAE Golden-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola aureopectus decora MANAKINS PIPRIDAE Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata White-bibbed Manakin Corapipo leucorrhoa White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus (Western) Striped Manakin Machaeropterus regulus antioquiae H Golden-headed Manakin Ceratopipra erythrocephala AND ALLIES Black-crowned Tityra inquisitor Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous VIREONIDAE Brown-capped Vireo leucophrys H Scrub Greenlet flavipes Rufous-naped Greenlet Pachysylvia semibrunnea Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis H Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris CROWS, JAYS, AND Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis Cyanocorax yncas HIRUNDINIDAE Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis Southern Rough-winged Swallow ruficollis Gray-breasted Martin chalybea White-winged Swallow albiventer rustica pyrrhonota WRENS TROGLODYTIDAE H Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus House Wren Troglodytes aedon Sedge (Paramo) Wren Cistothorus platensis aequatorialis Apolinar's Wren (E) Cistothorus apolinari Band-backed Wren zonatus Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus laetus Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys leucophrys Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (lower SM mtns) Henicorhina leucophrys bangsi Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (upper SM mtns) Henicorhina leucophrys anachoreta POLIOPTILIDAE Tropical plumbea DONACOBIUS DONACOBIIDAE Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla THRUSHES AND ALLIES TURDIDAE Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris sierrae Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater sanctaemartae Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yellow-legged Thrush Turdus flavipes Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis Black-hooded Thrush Turdus olivater sanctaemartae Great Thrush Turdus fuscater MOCKINGBIRDS MIMIDAE Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus NEW WORLD WARBLERS PARULIDAE Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Rufous-capped Warbler rufifrons Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus Santa Marta Warbler (E) Basileuterus basilicus Buff-rumped Warbler fulvicauda White-lored Warbler (E) Myiothlypis conspicillatus Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus Yellow-crowned Redstart (E) Myioborus flavivertex Golden-fronted Redstart Myioborus ornatus AND ALLIES THRAUPIDAE Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager (E) Anisognathus melanogenys Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager Dubusia taeniata Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota Blue-gray Tanager episcopus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa Thraupis palmarum Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala Black-headed Tanager cyanoptera Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Golden Tanager Tangara arthus Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis Black-faced (Yellow-tufted) Dacnis Dacnis lineata egregia Turquoise Dacnis (E) Dacnis hartlaubi Purple Cyanerpes caeruleus Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Hemithraupis guira Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis Bicolored Conebill bicolor Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum Glossy Diglossa lafresnayii Diglossa humeralis White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta Gray Seedeater Sporophila intermedia Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis Orinocan Saltator Saltator orenocensis Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Saltator striatipectus SPARROWS AND ALLIES EMBERIZIDAE Ashy-throated Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus canigularis Common Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus flavopectus Sierra Nevada (Stripe-headed) Brushfinch (E) Arremon basilicus Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]

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Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis Moustached Brushfinch Atlapetes albofrenatus Santa Marta Brushfinch (E) Atlapetes melanocephalus Pale-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes pallidinucha CARDINALS AND ALLIES CARDINALIDAE Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Sooty Ant-Tanager (E) Habia gutturalis Vermilion Cardinal phoeniceus Rose-breasted Pheucticus ludovicianus H Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Dickcissel Spiza americana ICTERIDS ICTERIDAE Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris Red-bellied Grackle (E) Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus Molothrus bonariensis Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus armenti Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus SISKINS AND FRINGILLIDAE H Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis Velvet-fronted Euphonia (E) Euphonia concinna Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea psaltria Spinus spinescens Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus

MAMMALS H Venezuelan Red Howler Alouatta seniculus Cotton-top Tamarin (E) Saguinus oedipus White-footed Tamarin (E) Saguinus leucopus Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis Andean Squirrel (E) Sciurus pucheranii

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