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Species List 27 November – 15 December, 2010 Sunrise Birding, LLC COLOMBIA TRIP REPORT: Species List 27 November – 15 December, 2010 HIGHLIGHTS : Either for rarity value, an endemic, excellent views or simply a group favorite. • Gold-ringed Tanager • Yellow-eared Parrot • Brown-banded Antpitta • Indigo Flowerpiercer • Munchique Wood-Wren • Bogota Rail • Red-ruffed Fruitcrow • Beautiful Woodpecker • Turquoise Dacnis • Moustached Puffbird • Cauca Guan • Multi-colored Tanager • Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant • Red-bellied Grackle • Chestnut Piculet • Greyish Piculet • Lazuline Sabrewing • Sooty Ant-Tanager • White-tipped Quetzal • Yellow-headed Brush-Finch • Crested Ant-Tanager • Blossomcrown • Indigo-capped Hummingbird • White-mantled Barbet • White-tailed Starfrontlet • Antioquia Bristle-Tyrant • Apical Flycatcher • Santa Marta Warbler • White-whiskered Spinetail • Masked Saltator BIRDLIST FOR COLOMBIA 2010 47 Endemic species recorded are highlighted in blue SPECIES SCIENTIFIC COMMENTS NAME 1 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Heard only at Rio Claro and flushed 1 at Victoria 2 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 2 seen at Bogota Rail marsh, near Bogota 3 Least Grebe Podiceps dominicus 1 on pond at Isle de Salamanca 4 Brown Pelican Pelecanus Seen on 3 days along the coast near Los occidentalis Flamencos and Isle de Salamanca 5 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax Seen on 8 days with most along coast around brasilianus Los Flamencos Reserve 6 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Just a few along the coast at Camarones off Guajira 7 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Seen on 5 days with most along the coast especially Isle de Salamanca 8 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Up to 3 seen at Isle de Salamanca 9 Great Egret Ardes alba Seen on 12 days with many along the coast 10 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Seen on 6 days with most along coast 11 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Seen on 4 days including Isle de Salamanca 12 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 1 was seen at Los flamencos 13 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Max 3 at Los Flamencos Reserve 14 Green Heron Butorides virecens 1 seen in wetland as we drove up Santa Marta 15 Striated Heron Butorides striata Seen on first day at Parque Florida, Bogota 16 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Seen on 14 days and common in many areas 17 Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus 1 was seen in flight over fields on our way to Victoria 18 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Seen on 3 days with several birds at Parque Florida, Bogota 19 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Seen in mangroves along coast from Guajira 20 Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus Seen on 6 days with max of 40 in fields on the way to Ibague 21 White Ibis Eudocimus albus Around 20seen at Los Flamencos Reserve 22 Wood Stork Mycteria americana 4 flew over at Los Flamencos Reserve 23 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Up to 12 seen at Los Flamencos Reserve 24 American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Just 2 seen at Los Flamencos Reserve 25 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna Seen on 4 days with 12along the coast autumnalis 26 Torrent Duck Merganetta armata A pair were seen well on a very swollen river at Otun Quimbaya 27 Andean Teal Anas andinus 8 seen on a lake at Bogota Rail site 28 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis 40 seen from vehicle at Isle de Salamanca 29 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Maximum of 20 at Bogota Rail site and up to 60 at Isle de Salamanca 30 Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea Just 2 seen at Bogota Rail site 31 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Common and seen on 13 days 32 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes 2 seen well quartering fields near Victoria burrovianus 33 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Common and seen everyday of the tour 34 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa 1 seen overhead when driving up Santa Marta 35 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 seen at Laguna Pedro Palo and up to 4 at Isle de Salamanca 36 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 6 were seen from the Galapagos Road 37 Pearl Kite Gampsonyx 1 seen by several of the group while driving swainsonii back to Santa Marta 38 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Seen on 2 days near Bogota 39 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus 1seen briefly en-route to Ibague and a couple of meridionalis others seen while driving towards Victoria 40 Black-chested Buzzard -Eagle Geranoaetus 1 seen high up at Chingaza melanoleucos 41 Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus 1 seen well at Cueva de Condor, Rio Claro 42 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Regularly seen on 9 days at various sites 43 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 1 seen at lunch stop from Victoria 44 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Seen on 6 days 45 White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus 1 seen flying and perched near Jardin 46 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 1 seen at stop en-route to Ibague 47 Northern Caracara Caracara cheriway Seen on 8 days with max 20 Jardin to Medellin 48 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Seen on 11 days with max 7 Jardin to Medellin 49 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres 1 heard calling at first stop on way up to Santa cachinnans Marta mountains 50 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Seen on 5 days 51 Merlin Falco columbarius 1 seen at Parque Florida flying swiftly over 52 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 seen flying around buildings in centre of Bogota 53 Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda Heard plenty at dusk near Guajira 54 Colombian Chachalaca E Ortalis garrula Endemic: 2 seen briefly at Nevados NP and heard at 3 other sites during tour 55 Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis Seen on 3 days with max of 5 in Santa Marta mountains 2 Sunrise Birding, LLC - COLOMBIA TRIP REPORT – November/December 2010 USA 203 453-6724 http://www.sunrisebirding.com 56 Cauca Guan E Penelope perspicax Endemic: Up to 8 seen along the road at Otun Quimbaya. An endangered species declining due to loss of specific habitat requirements 57 Wattled Guan Aburria aburri A surprise find at roadside stop when returning from Guajira. Possibly displaced by floods 58 Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii 2 seen on Galapagos Road and 1 seen at Rio Blanco Reserve 59 Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus 4 seen in stubbly fields at stop en-route to Ibague 60 Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus With three very small disjunct populations two atrifrons in Colombia and one in Venezuela, we enjoyed superb views of 4 birds of the nominate race in the gardens of Eldorado Lodge, Santa Marta 61 Bogota Rail E Rallus semiplumbeus Endemic: Most visitors try and see this species in the park in Bogota! A far more reliable site such as the one we visited allowed us good views of up to 5 birds, most out in the open 62 Gray-necked Wood Rail Aramides cajanea A noisy pair heard only at Rio Claro 63 Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops Up to 4 seen well at Bogota Rail site on first day 64 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Up to 3 seen at Bogota Rail site 65 American Coot Fulica americana Seen at Parque Florida, Bogota. Interesting race Colombiana looks quite different from nominate 66 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana Seen on 5 days but mostly while driving Note that birds were of the black race hypomelaena 67 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus Seen on 2 days with 40+ at Isle de Salamanca mexicanus 68 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola A few seen along the coast on 2 days 69 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius Up to 30 seen along the coast on 2 days semipalmatus 70 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Just 2seen in lagoon at Isle de Salamanca 71 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 1 seen behind fuel station on way to Guajira 72 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Up to 8 seen at Camarones 73 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Small numbers seen on 10 days 74 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Seen on 2 days with good numbers along coast 75 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Seen on 2 days with good numbers along coast 76 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Singles seen on 4 days 77 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 1 found by Andy on lagoon at Isle de Salamanca 78 Willet Tringa semipalmata Up to 40 seen along coast on 2 days 79 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Up to 20 seen along coast Camarones 80 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla A few seen at Isle de Salamanca 81 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 1 seen close on lagoon at Camarones 82 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Seen on 2 days with max of 10 on coast 83 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Just 1 individuals seen along the coast nd 84 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius 2 adults seen long way off shore and 2 parasiticus calendar year bird seen close chasing terns over beach at Los Flamencos – rare for Colombia! 85 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Seen on 2 days along coast inc Los Flamencos 86 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Up to 10 hawking over pool on Isle de Salamanca 87 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Amazing 700 seen at roost site at Isle de Salamanca 88 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Up to 60 seen on 2 days on coast and Los Flamencos 3 Sunrise Birding, LLC - COLOMBIA TRIP REPORT – November/December 2010 USA 203 453-6724 http://www.sunrisebirding.com 89 Cabot’s Tern Thalasseus Split from Sandwich Tern by some authorities acuflavides we saw up to60 around Los Flamencos 90 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex 1 seen at Isle de Salamanca while in traffic jam 91 Least Tern Sternula antillarum 1 seen flying away over lagoon on Isle de Salamanca 92 Black Skimmer Rynchops nigra About 6 were seen at Los Flamencos Reserve 93 Rock Pigeon Columba livia Seen throughout tour 94 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Seen on 8 days – flocks up to 30 at Santa Marta 95 Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis Seen on coast on 2 days.
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