1 ER 12 Birds of the Caribbean Coast of Colombia
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1 ER 12 Birds of the Caribbean coast of Colombia I visited the caribbean coast of Colombia in december during the dry season. Short description of the visited areas : Cartagena : beautiful old city, there are some lagoons near the centre. Parque Salamanca : this area is dominated by mangrove swamps, shallow lagoons and sandy beaches. Birds can be observed from the road, from a wooden path leading some distance into the mangrove forest and from the beach. Santa Marta : city with a nice bay. Parque Tayrona : this national park has beautiful forest which grows up to the beach. There is a camp side, a restaurant and some good trails. Further east the climate is drier. Near Camarones are swamps. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta : this area is accessible best from the southeast.The indian tribe of the Arhuacos lives here and there are many trails. Though slopes are very steep, most forest has been cleared in this part of the Sierra Nevada. I walked in three days from San Sebastian to Atanquez. San Sebastian (about 2400 m) is the highest point of the walk. List of mammals : - Bat spec : 9 ex - 3 ex, Cartagena - 2 ex, Parque Salamanca - 2 ex, Parqye Tayrona - 2 ex, San Sebastian -> Atanquez trail - White-fronted Capuchin Monkey, Cebus albifrons : 8 ex, Parque Tayrona - Crab-eating Raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus : 2 ex, (1,1) Parque Salamanca - Striped Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus semistriatus : 1 ex, Parque Tayrona - Red-tailed Squirrel, Sciurus granatensis : 31 ex - 27 ex, (20,5) Parque Tayrona - 4 ex, San Sebastian -> Atanquez trail - Southern Tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla : 1 ex, Parque Tayrona - Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphinus : 6 ex, bay Santa Marta Number of species : 177 Observer : Frank van Groen Number of visits : 13 Nic. de Roeverstraat 20 Number of visitdays : 21 1093 KK Amsterdam Period : 20-12-85 / 1-1-86 Tel : 020 - 7762160 Visits - Caucasia --> Cartagena bus : 20-12-85 / 20-12-85 , 1 Day(s) - Cartagena : 21-12-85 / 21-12-85 , 1 Day(s) - Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus : 22-12-85 / 22-12-85 , 1 Day(s) - Parque Salamanca : 22-12-85 / 24-12-85 , 3 Day(s) - Santa Marta : 24-12-85 / 25-12-85 , 2 Day(s) - Parque Tayrona : 25-12-85 / 27-12-85 , 3 Day(s) - Camerones : 27-12-85 / 27-12-85 , 1 Day(s) - Riohacha : 27-12-85 / 28-12-85 , 2 Day(s) - Riohacha --> Valledupar bus : 28-12-85 / 28-12-85 , 1 Day(s) - Valledupar : 28-12-85 / 28-12-85 , 1 Day(s) - Valledupar --> Pueblo Bello car : 29-12-85 / 29-12-85 , 1 Day(s) - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta : 29-12-85 / 31-12-85 , 3 Day(s) - South of Valledupar : 1-1-86 / 1-1-86 , 1 Day(s) Species List Numbers between brackets refer to day totals - Brown Pelican , Pelecanus occidentalis : 1266 ex 35 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 830 ex , (400, 210, 200) , Parque Salamanca in 1 hour 150 -> W , 22-12-85 120 ex , Santa Marta , 24-12-85 276 ex , (250) , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 5 ex , Camerones , Tayrona --> Camerones bus , 27-12-85 - Red-footed Booby , Sula sula : 3 ex 3 ex , Santa Marta imm , 24-12-85 2 - Neotropic Cormorant , Phalacrocorax olivaceus : 83 ex 1 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 80 ex , (40, 40) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 2 ex , Riohacha , 27-12-85 - Magnificent Frigatebird , Fregata magnificens : 22 ex 8 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 9 ex , (5, 4) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 5 ex , Santa Marta , 24-12-85 - Great Blue Heron , Ardea herodias : 1 ex 1 ex , Parque Salamanca imm , 22-12-85 - Cocoi Heron , Ardea cocoi : 4 ex 4 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Great White Egret , Egretta alba : 799 ex 10 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 5 ex , Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus , 22-12-85 3 775 ex , (700, 70, 5) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 9 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 - Tricoloured Heron , Egretta tricolor : 20 ex 20 ex , (14, 6) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Little Blue Heron , Egretta caerulea : 10 ex 2 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 6 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 2 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 - Snowy Egret , Egretta thula : 1096 ex 5 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 6 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 1085 ex , (1000, 40, 40) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Cattle Egret , Bubulcus ibis : 369 ex 150 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 150 ex , Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus , 22-12-85 9 ex , Camerones , Tayrona --> Camerones bus - 4 , 27-12-85 40 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 20 ex , Valledupar , 28-12-85 - Striated Heron , Butorides striatus : 1 ex 1 ex , Camerones , 27-12-85 - Green Heron , Butorides virescens : 1 ex 1 ex , Camerones ssp virescens , 27-12-85 - Wood Stork , Mycteria americana : 1 ex 1 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Muscovy Duck , Cairina moschata : 1 ex 1 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , San Sebastian , 29-12-85 - Blue-winged Teal , Anas discors : 80 ex 80 ex , (40, 35, 5) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Turkey Vulture , Cathartes aura : 62 ex 20 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 21 ex , (15) , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 20 ex , Camerones , 27-12-85 1 ex , South of Valledupar , 1-1-86 - Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture , Cathartes burrovianus : 137 ex 70 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 10 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 30 ex , Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus , 22-12-85 5 ex , Santa Marta , 24-12-85 2 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 15 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , San Sebastian -> Atanquez trail - 10, Pueblo Bello - San Sebastian trail - 5 5 ex , South of Valledupar , 1-1-86 - American Black Vulture , Coragyps atratus : 625 ex 150 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 5 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 300 ex , Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus , 22-12-85 65 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 20 ex , Santa Marta , 24-12-85 35 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 15 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 20 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , 29-12-85 15 ex , South of Valledupar , 1-1-86 - Andean Condor , Vultur gryphus : 2 ex 2 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , San Sebastian -> Atanquez trail , 29-12-85 - Osprey , Pandion haliaetus : 12 ex 12 ex , (9, 3) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Pearl Kite , Gampsonyx swainsonii : 3 ex 3 ex , Camerones , Tayrona --> Camerones bus , 27-12-85 - White-tailed Kite , Elanus leucurus : 6 ex 2 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 2 ex , Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus , 22-12-85 2 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 - Double-toothed Kite , Harpagus bidentatus : 1 ex 1 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 - Plain-beasted Hawk , Accipiter ventralis : 4 ex 4 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , San Sebastian -> Atanquez trail - 2, Pueblo Bello - San Sebastian trail - 2 , - White Hawk , Leucopternis albicollis : 1 ex 1 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 - Common Black Hawk , Buteogallus anthracinus : 3 ex 2 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 1 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 - Harris' Hawk , Parabuteo unicinctus : 1 ex 1 ex , Camerones , 27-12-85 - Grey Hawk , Buteo nititdus : 8 ex 7 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 1 ex , Riohacha , 27-12-85 - Roadside Hawk , Buteo magnirostris : 1 ex 4 1 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 - Black & Chestnut Eagle , Spizaetus isidori : 1 ex 1 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , San Sebastian -> Atanquez trail , 29-12-85 - Crested Caracara , Polyborus plancus : 20 ex 4 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 2 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 1 ex , Camerones , 27-12-85 10 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 3 ex , South of Valledupar , 1-1-86 - Yellow-headed Caracara , Milvago chimachima : 29 ex 2 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 1 ex , Cartagena , 21-12-85 5 ex , Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus , 22-12-85 13 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 3 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 5 ex , South of Valledupar , 1-1-86 - American Kestrel , Falco sparverius : 8 ex 2 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 1 ex , Camerones , Tayrona --> Camerones bus , 27-12-85 3 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , 29-12-85 2 ex , South of Valledupar , 1-1-86 - Bat Falcon , Falco rufigularis : 1 ex 1 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Chestnut-winged Chachalaca , Ortalis garrula : 2 ex 2 ex , Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , San Sebastian -> Atanquez trail , 29-12-85 - Crested Bobwhite , Colinus cristatus : 5 ex 1 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 4 ex , South of Valledupar , 1-1-86 - Rufous-necked Wood Rail , Aramides axillaris : 1 ex 1 ex , Riohacha , 27-12-85 - American Purple Gallinule , Porphyrio martinica : 1 ex 1 ex , Camerones , 27-12-85 - Wattled Jacana , Jacana jacana : 24 ex 6 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 10 ex , Cartagena --> Barranquilla bus , 22-12-85 5 ex , Camerones races jacana and hypoleana , 27-12-85 3 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 - Black-necked Stilt , Himantopus mexicanus : 100 ex 100 ex , (80, 20) , Parque Salamanca ssp mexicanus , 22-12-85 - Southern Lapwing , Vanellus chilensis : 2 ex 1 ex , Caucasia --> Cartagena bus , 20-12-85 1 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 - Grey Plover , Pluvialis squatarola : 4 ex 4 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Semipalmated Plover , Charadrius semipalmatus : 40 ex 40 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Collared Plover , Charadrius collaris : 6 ex 5 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 1 ex , Parque Tayrona , 25-12-85 - Whimbrel , Numenius phaeopus : 4 ex 4 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Greater Yellowlegs , Tringa melanoleuca : 35 ex 35 ex , (20, 15) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Lesser Yellowlegs , Tringa flavipes : 33 ex 33 ex , (20, 10, 3) , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 - Solitary Sandpiper , Tringa solitaria : 8 ex 5 ex , Parque Salamanca , 22-12-85 2 ex , Camerones , 27-12-85 1 ex , Riohacha --> Valledupar bus , 28-12-85 - Willet