Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae Great Tinamou Tinamus major Grey Tinamou Tinamous tao Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Red-legged Tinamou Crypturellus erythropus ANSERIFORMES: Anhimidae Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 1 x Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor x Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors x Cinnamon teal Spatula cianoptera Northern Shoveler Spatula clipeata American Widgeon Anas americana White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus GALLIFORMES: Cracidae Chestnut-winged Chachalaca E Ortalis garrula H 10 Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda 4 Colombian Chachalaca E Ortalis columbiana Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis 8 5 9 4 1 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens Wattled Guan Aburria aburri Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii 5 2 1 Blue-knobbed Curassow E Crax alberti 8 GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus 7 5 Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis Black-fronted Wood-Quail E Odontophorus atrifrons H 4 PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae American (Caribbean) Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 3 PROCELARIIFORMES: Procelariidae Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea PELECANIFORMES: Phaethontidae Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Jabiru Jabiru mycteria Wood Stork Mycteria americana PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 3 1J 2 2 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Red-footed Booby Sula sula Brown Booby Sula leucogaster PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Neotropical Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus x PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 1 PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 50 x CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae Pinnated bittern Botaurus pinnatus Least bittern Ixobruchus exilis Stripe-backed bittern Ixobrychus involucris Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 1J Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba 12 5 x Snowy Egret Egretta thula 12 x Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 1 3 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 1 2ad, 1J Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10 24 4 x Green Heron Butorides virescens 1 1 3 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Striated Heron Butorides striatus 3 Agami Heron Agamia agami Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea 1ad, 1J Southern Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae White Ibis Eudocimus albus 1 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis 2 Bare-faced (Whispering) Ibis Phimosus infuscatus 3 4 Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja CICONIIFORMES: Cathartidae Black Vulture Coragyps atratus x 6 3 4 15 x Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 8 2 1 2 3 4 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus 2 3 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 1 1 FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 4 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 2 Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 1J 4ad, 3j Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 1J 1 1 1 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea American Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Gray-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus 1 Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperi 1 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens 1J Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus 1 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga 1 Solitary Eagle Buteogallus (Harpyhaliaetus) solitarius Roadside Hawk Rupornis (Buteo) magnirostris Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus 5 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 White rumped hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus 1 White Hawk Pseudastur (Leucopternis) albicollis Gray (Gray-lined) Hawk Asturina nitida (Buteo nitidus) Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 1 1 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus Red-throated Caracara Daptrius americanus Northern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway 2 12 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 2 2 15 12 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans American Kestrel Falco sparverius Merlin Falco columbarius 1F Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis 6 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis Sora Porzana carolina GO Colombian Crake Neocrex colombianus H Common (Moorhen) Gallinule Gallinula chloropus 12 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea GRUIFORMES: Aramidae Limpkin Aramus guarauna 8 CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus 4 CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae Black-necked Stilt Himantopus maxicanus x x CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae Amerycan Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 4 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonius Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae 7 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018 - Follows SACC & Birdlife) DATE March3 March4 March5 March6 March7 March8 March9 March10 March11 March12 NOTES DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana 1 x CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba x Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 2 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis 1 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 12 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 6 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 8 Birds and Botany Colombia February 2018 By Lelis Navarrete (Edited and Reviewed by Gustavo Cañas-Valle, February 2018