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COLOMBIA 2019 Ned Brinkley Departments of Vaupés, Chocó, Risaralda, Santander, Antioquia, Magdalena, Tolima, Atlántico, La Gu
COLOMBIA 2019 Ned Brinkley Departments of Vaupés, Chocó, Risaralda, Santander, Antioquia, Magdalena, Tolima, Atlántico, La Guajira, Boyacá, Distrito Capital de Bogotá, Caldas These comments are provided to help independent birders traveling in Colombia, particularly people who want to drive themselves to birding sites rather than taking public transportation and also want to book reservations directly with lodgings and reserves rather than using a ground agent or tour company. Many trip reports provide GPS waypoints for navigation. I used GoogleEarth/ Maps, which worked fine for most locations (not for El Paujil reserve). I paid $10/day for AT&T to hook me up to Claro, Movistar, or Tigo through their Passport program. Others get a local SIM card so that they have a Colombian number (cheaper, for sure); still others use GooglePhones, which provide connection through other providers with better or worse success, depending on the location in Colombia. For transportation, I used a rental 4x4 SUV to reach places with bad roads but also, in northern Colombia, a subcompact rental car as far as Minca (hiked in higher elevations, with one moto-taxi to reach El Dorado lodge) and for La Guajira. I used regular taxis on few occasions. The only roads to sites for Fuertes’s Parrot and Yellow-eared Parrot could not have been traversed without four-wheel drive and high clearance, and this is important to emphasize: vehicles without these attributes would have been useless, or become damaged or stranded. Note that large cities in Colombia (at least Medellín, Santa Marta, and Cartagena) have restrictions on driving during rush hours with certain license plate numbers (they base restrictions on the plate’s final numeral). -
A Comprehensive Species-Level Molecular Phylogeny of the New World
YMPEV 4758 No. of Pages 19, Model 5G 2 December 2013 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution xxx (2013) xxx–xxx 1 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ympev 5 6 3 A comprehensive species-level molecular phylogeny of the New World 4 blackbirds (Icteridae) a,⇑ a a b c d 7 Q1 Alexis F.L.A. Powell , F. Keith Barker , Scott M. Lanyon , Kevin J. Burns , John Klicka , Irby J. Lovette 8 a Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, and Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, 100 Ecology Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 9 55108, USA 10 b Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA 11 c Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA 12 d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14950, USA 1314 15 article info abstract 3117 18 Article history: The New World blackbirds (Icteridae) are among the best known songbirds, serving as a model clade in 32 19 Received 5 June 2013 comparative studies of morphological, ecological, and behavioral trait evolution. Despite wide interest in 33 20 Revised 11 November 2013 the group, as yet no analysis of blackbird relationships has achieved comprehensive species-level sam- 34 21 Accepted 18 November 2013 pling or found robust support for most intergeneric relationships. Using mitochondrial gene sequences 35 22 Available online xxxx from all 108 currently recognized species and six additional distinct lineages, together with strategic 36 sampling of four nuclear loci and whole mitochondrial genomes, we were able to resolve most relation- 37 23 Keywords: ships with high confidence. -
Colombia: from the Choco to Amazonia
This gorgeous Cinnamon Screech Owl narrowly missed being our bird-of-the-trip! (Pete Morris) COLOMBIA: FROM THE CHOCO TO AMAZONIA 9/12/15 JANUARY – 5/11 FEBRUARY 2016 LEADER: PETE MORRIS Well, this was the first time that we had run our revised Colombia With a Difference tour – now aptly-named Colombia: From the Choco to Amazonia. Complete with all the trimmings, which included pre-tour visits to San Andres and Providencia, the Sooty-capped Puffbird Extension, and the post tour Mitu Extension, we managed to amass in excess of 850 species. Travelling to the Caribbean, the Pacific Coast, the High Andes and the Amazon all in one trip really was quite an experience, and the variety and diversity of species recorded, at times, almost overwhelming! Picking out just a few highlights from such a long list is difficult, but here’s just an 1 BirdQuest Tour Report:Colombia: From the Choco to Amazonia www.birdquest-tours.com The exquisite Golden-bellied Starfrontlet, one of a number of stunning hummers and our bird-of-the-trip! (Pete Morris) appetizer! The islands of San Andres and Providencia both easily gave up their endemic vireos – two Birdquest Lifers! The Sooty-capped Puffbirds were all we hoped for and a male Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird a bonus! A sneaky trip to Sumapaz National Park yielded several Green-bearded Helmetcrests and Bronze-tailed Thorn- bill. On the main tour we saw a huge number of goodies. Blue-throated, Dusky and Golden-bellied Starfrontlets (all stunners!); the rare Humboldt’s Sapphire was a Birdquest lifer; nightbirds included Black-and-white Owl and White-throated, Cinnamon and Choco Screech Owls; and a random selection of other favourites included Gorgeted Wood Quail, the much appreciated Brown Wood Rail, Beautiful Woodpecker, Chestnut-bellied Hum- mingbird, Black Inca, the brilliant Rusty-faced Parrot, Citron-throated Toucan, Recurve-billed Bushbird, Urrao Antpitta, Niceforo’s and Antioquia Wrens, the amazing Baudo Oropendola, Crested and Sooty Ant Tanagers and the rare Mountain Grackle. -
Threatened Birds of the Americas
BAUDO OROPENDOLA Psarocolius cassini I7 This large icterid is known from just three localities in the lowlands of Chocó department, north-western Colombia, where four specimens were taken in 1858, 1940 and 1945; there have been no further observations of this seemingly very rare bird. DISTRIBUTION Records of Baudó (Chestnut-mantled) Oropendola (see Remarks 1) come from three localities in the vicinity of the isolated Serranías de los Saltos and de Baudó, Chocó department, north- western Colombia. The localities involved (coordinates from Paynter and Traylor 1982) are: Camp Albert (= Camp Abert; untraced) on the middle río Truandó (7°26’N 77°07’W), apparently “within the lowland where the Truandó begins to form sandy depositories” (Paynter and Traylor 1982), where the type- specimen (an adult male in USNM) was taken at c.100 m in 1858 (Richmond 1898, Paynter and Traylor 1982); the upper río Baudó, which flows south from the Alto del Buey (6°06’N 77°13’W), where two specimens (in ANSP) were taken at 275 and 365 m during July 1940 (Meyer de Schauensee 1948-1952; see Remarks 2); and beside the río Dubasa (5°19’N 76°57’W), an affluent of the upper río Baudó 60 km upstream from Pizarro, where at 100 m a female (in MHNUC; labelled as from Tubazá) was collected and nine others seen on 2 September 1945 (von Sneidern 1954: see Remarks 3). Rodríguez (1982) mentioned that the species occurs in the río Jurado valley (7°06’N 77°46’W), although he presented no evidence for this. POPULATION Numbers are essentially unknown, and the species has apparently been recorded on just three occasions (see above). -
Colombia Remote 30Th Nov - 18Th Dec 2016 (19 Days) Trip Report
Colombia Remote 30th Nov - 18th Dec 2016 (19 days) Trip Report Emerald Tanager by Adam Riley Trip Report compiled by tour leader, Forrest Rowland Tour Participants: Stephen Bailey, Richard Greenhalgh, Leslie Kehoe, Glenn Sibbald, Jacob and Susan Van Sittert, Albert Williams Trip Report – RBL Colombia - Remote 2016 2 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Tour Summary Our newest tour to Colombia, the Remote birding tour, took us into many seldom-explored areas in search of an array of rare, special and localised species. Targets were many. Misses were few. Our exploits, to mention but a few, included such gems as Baudo Guan, Fuertes’s and Rose-faced Parrots, Flame-winged Parakeet, Dusky Starfrontlet, Baudo Oropendola, Urrao Antpitta, the recently described Perija Tapaculo, fascinating Recurve-billed Bushbird, jaw-dropping Multicolored Tanager, Yellow- green Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus), Colombian Chachalaca, Lined Quail-Dove, Esmeraldas and Magdalena Antbirds, Perija Metaltail, Perija Thistletail and Perija Brush Finch. An important aspect of this tour, which reached beyond just the wonderful multitude of species seen, was the adventure. Due to the nature of the sites visited, and their locations, we were truly immersed in a myriad of cultures, landscapes, and habitats indigenous to the Colombian countryside. Dusky Starfrontlet by Dubi Shapiro The tour convened in Bogota, the bustling capital city of Colombia. After meeting up for dinner and getting to know one another a bit, we went over the game plan. Our first order of business would be to descend the eastern cordillera of the Andes, in search of one of the most range-restricted, and difficult-to-see species – Cundinamarca Antpitta. -
Development, Armed Conflict and Conservation: Improving the Effectiveness of Conservation Decisions in Conflict Hotspots Using Colombia As a Case Study
Development, armed conflict and conservation: improving the effectiveness of conservation decisions in conflict hotspots using Colombia as a case study Pablo Jose Negret Master in Biological Science, Los Andes University A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Queensland in 2019 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Abstract Pressure on Earth’s biodiversity is increasing worldwide, with at least one million species threatened with extinction and a 67% decline in vertebrate species populations over the last half century. Practical conservation actions that are able to generate the greatest conservation benefit in the most efficient way are needed. Colombia, a mega-diverse country, has the potential to preserve a considerable portion of the world’s biodiversity, making conservation in the country both regionally and globally relevant. However, human activities are transforming the country’s natural landscapes at an extremely high rate, making urgent the generation of effective conservation actions. Colombia, after decades of civil unrest, is now entering a post-conflict era. But the peace agreement signed in 2016 between the Colombian government and the strongest illegal armed group, FARC-EP is impacting the country’s biodiversity. New pressures are being imposed on areas of high biodiversity that previously were off-limits for development because of the conflict. This makes the generation of conservation plans particularly urgent. Post-conflict planning initiatives have the potential to limit environmental damage and increase formal protection of the most irreplaceable natural areas of Colombia. These plans need to be informed by an understanding of changes in risks to areas of high biodiversity importance, and the effectiveness of conservation efforts such as protected areas. -
Colombia Dec 2016-Jan 2017
Colombia Western, Central, and Eastern Andes, Santa Marta, and Magdalena Valley Independent Budget Birding 9 Dec 2016 – 22 Jan 2017 Ross Gallardy www.budgetbirders.com Summary: My recent trip to Colombia was a huge success. During the trip I was able to visit a vast majority of the major birding areas in the country and record 790 species including 75 out of 76 possible endemics on the itinerary. With an extensive public transportation system and small towns near almost all of the main birding areas, Colombia is a very easy country to bird independently. Colombians were also very helpful throughout the trip and I very rarely felt unsafe. Daily living costs in the country were also very cheap compared to Ecuador and Peru. I could almost always find a place to sleep for 25,000-30,000 pesos and most meals cost between 8,000-15,000 pesos. In total I spent $3,291 in the country over a 42 day period. I highly recommend Colombia as a birding destination for an independent birder and hope that you find this report helpful in planning your own trip. If you’re interested in more pictures of the locations and of the birds seen, check out my blog posts on the trip in the Colombia section of budgetbirders. Also, feel free to reach out if you have any questions regarding costs, logistics or birds. I want to thank Josh Beck and Sebastian Ballesteros for all the help along the way. Josh’s website, Birds of Passage is extremely helpful and he also provided plenty of advice along the way. -
Bird Reserve Network
The Latin American BIRD RESERVE NETWORK S TOPPING EXTINCTION IN ITS TRACKS American Bird Conservancy (ABC) was founded in 1994, and is the only not-for-profit organization that works solely to conserve native wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. ABC acts to safeguard the rarest birds, conserve habitat for declining species, eliminate threats to bird populations, develop innovative solutions to conservation problems, and to build capacity in the bird conservation movement. ABC tracks all bird issues, responds rapidly to the highest conservation priorities, and works constructively with stakeholders to seek win-win solutions that will be effective in the long-term. ABC takes a flexible approach to problem solving, and its programs range from land purchase and restoration to advocacy and education. To help develop the reserve network, ABC identifies priority sites, provides technical support and training, raises funds, monitors and evaluates the progress of conservation action at each site, and provides project management assistance to partners. ABC’s goal is to expand the reserve network to conserve all endangered bird species in the Americas, for each reserve to attain ABC’s Gold Standard of Operational Excellence, and to achieve long-term financial sustainability. Jocotoco Antpitta (AZE, EN, 1): Mark Harper PHOTOGRAPHIC CAPTIONS After each bird species’ name we state whether it is an Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) species (see page www.abcbirds.org 107); we include its IUCN status (CR: critically endangered; EN: endangered; VU: vulnerable; NT: near- threatened; LC: least concern); if it is a country endemic or probable endemic (prob.) the country; and the number of ABC-supported reserves where the species occurs. -
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AZE.Qrk 11/14/05 5:14 PM Page 1 Mexico/Isla Socorro (MX34) Photo by Mike Parr ALLIANCE FOR Volcano rabbit Romerolagus diazi Azores bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Mexico/Sur del Valle de México (MX55) Portugal/Azores, east of São Miguel (PO1) Photo by Alejandro Velázquez Zero Extinction Photo by Leo J.R. Boon/Cursorius Pinpointing and Preventing Imminent Extinctions • www.zeroextinction.org Whooping crane Grus americana Asia Minor spiny mouse Costa Rica/Osa US/Aransas National Wildlife Refuge (US2), Acomys cilicicus Peninsula (CR2) Canada/Wood Buffalo National Park (CA2) Turkey/Silifke (TU2) Photo by Mike Parr Photo by USFWS he Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a joint initia- Photo by Ahmet Karatas tive of 52 biodiversity conservation organizations, T aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safe- guarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. The goal of the Alliance is to create a front Flat-backed spider tortoise Pyxis planicauda Madagascar/Menabe Forest (MA13) Dusky gopher frog Rana sevosa line of defense against extinction by eliminating threats and Photo by John Behler, Bronx Zoo/WCS US/Glen's Pond in Mont Nimba viviparous toad Okinawa rail US10 Worthen's sparrow Spizella wortheni De Soto National Forest (US5) Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis Gallirallus okinawae Photo by Suzanne L. Collins/The Center Guinea/Mont Nimba (GU1) Mexico/Saltillo savanna (MX47) Torrey pine Pinus torreyana restoring habitat to allow species populations to rebound. Japan/Yambaru (JA8) Photo by Ray Bieber for North American Herpetology -
Notes on the Rediscovery of the Baudó Oropendola Psarocolius Cassini In
Notes on the rediscovery of the Baudo Oropendola Psarocolius cassini in Chocó , Colombia Ralf Strewe Cotinga 12 (1999): 40– 43 Psarocolius cassini es conocida solamente en tres lugares del Darién colombiano, en el departamento del Chocó, donde había sido registrada por última vez en 1945. En julio de 1997 y abril de 1999 la especie fue encontrada nuevamente cerca del parque Nacional Ensenada de Utría. La observación de los individuos ocurrió en el dosel del bosque primario, al nivel del mar, a 1 km de la costa. La vegetación de la planicie costera está constituida por bosque tropical húmedo con una estructura del dosel peldonado, donde sobresalen arboles altos con abundantes epífitas. Las observaciones arrojaron también las primeras informaciones sobre la vocalización, el comportamiento y la ecología de la especie. La poca abundancia y las preferencias de un habitat singular hacen de Psarocolius cassini una especie muy sensible a la destrucción del bosque primario en su área restringida de distribución. Introduction Field observations Baudo Oropendola Psarocolius cassini is endemic On 17 July 1997, c. 4.5 km north of the Ensenada to the lowlands of dpto. Choco, north-west Colom Utriá National Park boundary (at 06°04'N 77°23'W), bia, where it is known from four specimens and a I noticed two unusual oropéndolas foraging high in sight observation of a flock. Birds were recorded the canopy with a flock of c. 25 Chestnut-headed from the middle río Truando (07°07'N 77°23'W) in Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri. They were larger 1858 (adult male; type-specimen), upper Río Baudó than the P. -
Colombia Remote & Mitu Extension 17Th November to 12Th December 2016 (25 Days) Trip Report
Colombia Remote & Mitu Extension 17th November to 12th December 2016 (25 days) Trip Report Blue-winged Mountain Tanager by Adam Riley Tour Leader: Forrest Rowland Tour Participants: Elaine Allison, Stuart Anderson, Andrew Frank, Neil Hammatt, Alisdair Hunter, Paul Ippolito, James Peterson, Larry Read, Richard Robinson, Eva Schnabel, Brad Warrick Rockjumper Birding Tours View more tours to Colombia Trip Report – RBL Colombia - Remote + Mitu Extension 2018 2 Remote Tour Top 10 1. Fuertes’s Parrot 6. Blue-winged Mountain Tanager 2. Mountain Avocetbill 7. Saffron-headed Parrot 3. Andean Condor 8. Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan 4. Yellow-headed Manakin 9. Scarlet-and-white Tanager 5. Baudo Oropendola 10. Military Macaw ___________________________________________________________________________________ Mitu Extension Top 5 1. Tawny-tufted Toucanet 2. Banded Antbird 3. Red-fan Parrot 4. Fiery Topaz 5. Azure-naped Jay ___________________________________________________________________________________ The Tour in Detail This, the second run of our newest tour to Colombia, took us into many seldom-explored areas in search of an array of rare, special and localised species. Target species were many. Misses were few. Our exploits, not to toot our own horns too much, included an astonishing parade of real gems such as Horned and Northern Screamers, Lined Quail-Dove, Oilbird, Fiery Topaz, Green-bearded Helmetcrest, Perija Metaltail, Black Inca, Rufous-shafted Woodstar, Andean Condor, Moustached Puffbird, Yellow-billed, Bronzy, and Paradise Jacamars, -
Colombia: from the Choco to Amazonia
One of the many highlights of this specialist tour was the enigmatic Sapayoa in the Choco (János Oláh). COLOMBIA: FROM THE CHOCO TO AMAZONIA 20 JANUARY – 10/16 FEBRUARY 2017 LEADER: JÁNOS OLÁH This was only the second time that we had run our revised Colombia With a Difference tour under the new name and itinerary: From the Choco to Amazonia. Our main tour is designed to get a superb insight to this bird-packed country but as no single tour can do justice to such an amazingly varied location like Colombia we have created a second tour where we try to see most other gettable special birds of this amazing place. However the itinerary allways changing as new destinations, locations and birds being found. We can say that our second Colombia tour is a specialist one as we target some key birds around the country which require more travel then just visiting the regular circuit. Nevertheless the effort is well worth it as the number of rare and hard to find birds on this tour is simply amazing and of course it gives a chance to see a wide range of widely distributed endemics too. We have recorded a total of 737 species on the main tour plus the exciting post tour Mitu Extension. Travelling to the Pacific Coast, the High Andes and the Amazon in one trip was quite an experience, and the variety and diversity of species recorded, at times, almost overwhelming! Highlights on the main tour included the critically endangered Blue-billed Curassow, the skulking Brown Wood Rail, Brown-breasted or Flame-winged Parakeet, Rose-faced Parrot, Dwarf Cuckoos,