List of birds of Colombia

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Colombia. The avifauna of Colombia includes a total of 1871 species, of which 74 are endemic, 8 have been introduced by humans, and 87 are rare or accidental. 1 species listed is extirpated in Colombia and is not included in the species count. 83 species are globally threatened. Colombia has the largest bird list of any country on earth. The national checklist is maintained and updated annually by Fundacion ProAves.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Colombia. As a result, the list below differs from the latest official published list, which can be found online.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.


 * (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Colombia.
 * (E) Endemic A species endemic to Colombia.
 * (I) Introduced A species introduced to Colombia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.
 * (Ex) Extirpated A species that no longer occurs in Colombia although populations exist elsewhere.

Tinamous
Order: Tinamiformes. Family: Tinamidae

The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family Tinamidae within their own order, the Tinamiformes. They are distantly related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), that includes the rheas, emu, and kiwi. There are 47 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao
 * Black Tinamou Tinamus osgoodi
 * Great Tinamou Tinamus major
 * White-throated Tinamou Tinamus guttatus
 * Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei
 * Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius
 * Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi
 * Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus
 * Red-legged Tinamou Crypturellus erythropus
 * Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
 * Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus
 * Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus
 * Gray-legged Tinamou Crypturellus duidae
 * Choco Tinamou Crypturellus kerriae
 * Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus
 * Rusty Tinamou Crypturellus brevirostris
 * Bartlett's Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti
 * Barred Tinamou Crypturellus casiquiare

Penguins
Order: Sphenisciformes. Family: Spheniscidae

The penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. There are 17 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti (A)
 * Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus (A)
 * Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus (A)

Grebes
Order: Podicipediformes. Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
 * Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
 * Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
 * Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis

Albatrosses
Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
 * Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris (A)

Shearwaters and petrels
Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Cape Petrel Daption capense (A)
 * Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata (A)
 * Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia
 * Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus (A)
 * Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
 * Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
 * Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri

Storm-Petrels
Order: Procellariiformes. Family: Hydrobatidae

The storm-petrels are relatives of the petrels, and are the smallest of sea-birds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. There are 21 species worldwide and 8 species which occur in Colombia.


 * White-vented Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis
 * Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma
 * Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys
 * Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro (A)
 * Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
 * Markham's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma markhami (A)
 * Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania
 * Ringed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma hornbyi (A)

Tropicbirds
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
 * White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus (A)

Pelicans
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
 * Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Boobies and gannets
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 9 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
 * Peruvian Booby Sula variegata (A)
 * Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
 * Nazca Booby Sula granti
 * Red-footed Booby Sula sula (A)
 * Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

Cormorants
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Phalacrocoracidae

The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white, and a few being colourful. There are 38 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
 * Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii

Darters
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Anhingidae

Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

Frigatebirds
Order: Pelecaniformes. Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply-forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are 5 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
 * Great Frigatebird Fregata minor

Bitterns, herons and egrets
Order: Ciconiiformes. Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
 * Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
 * Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
 * Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
 * Great Egret Ardea alba
 * Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
 * Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
 * Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
 * Snowy Egret Egretta thula
 * Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
 * Striated Heron Butorides striata
 * Green Heron Butorides virescens
 * Agami Heron Agamia agami
 * Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
 * Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
 * Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
 * Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
 * Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
 * Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
 * Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus
 * Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris
 * Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
 * Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus

Storks
Order: Ciconiiformes. Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Wood Stork Mycteria americana
 * Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
 * Jabiru Jabiru mycteria

Ibises and spoonbills
Order: Ciconiiformes. Family: Threskiornithidae

The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
 * Sharp-tailed Ibis Cercibis oxycerca
 * Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
 * Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
 * White Ibis Eudocimus albus
 * Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
 * Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus (A)
 * White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
 * Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja

Flamingos
Order: Phoenicopteriformes. Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet high, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Caribbean Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

Screamers
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anhimidae

The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and territorial disputes. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta
 * Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria

Ducks, geese and swans
Order: Anseriformes. Family: Anatidae

The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
 * White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
 * Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
 * Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
 * Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
 * Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
 * Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
 * Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
 * American Wigeon Anas americana
 * Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis (A)
 * Andean Teal Anas andium
 * Northern Pintail Anas acuta
 * Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
 * White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
 * Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
 * Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
 * Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
 * Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
 * Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris (A)
 * Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
 * Masked Duck Nomonyx dominica
 * Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis (A)
 * Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea

New World vultures
Order: Falconiformes. Family: Cathartidae

The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. There are 7 species worldwide, all of which are found only in the Americas, and 6 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
 * Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
 * Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
 * Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
 * Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
 * King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa

Osprey
Order: Falconiformes. Family: Pandionidae

The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.


 * Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Hawks, kites and eagles
Order: Falconiformes. Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 53 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
 * Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
 * Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
 * Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
 * White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
 * Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
 * Slender-billed Kite Rostrhamus hamatus
 * Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
 * Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
 * Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
 * Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
 * Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
 * Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
 * Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster
 * Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus
 * Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris
 * Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
 * Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii (A)
 * Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
 * Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
 * Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbeus
 * Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus
 * Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps
 * Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops
 * Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
 * White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis
 * Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
 * Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus subtilis
 * Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
 * Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
 * Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
 * Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
 * Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
 * Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
 * Gray Hawk Asturina nitida
 * Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
 * Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
 * White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
 * Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
 * White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
 * Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
 * White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
 * Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
 * Puna Hawk Buteo poecilochrous
 * Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
 * Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
 * Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
 * Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
 * Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus
 * Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
 * Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
 * Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori
 * Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

Caracaras and falcons
Order: Falconiformes. Family: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Black Caracara Daptrius ater
 * Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus
 * Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus
 * Northern Caracara Caracara cheriway
 * Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima
 * Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
 * Barred Forest-falcon Micrastur ruficollis
 * Plumbeous Forest-falcon Micrastur plumbeus
 * Lined Forest-falcon Micrastur gilvicollis
 * Slaty-backed Forest-falcon Micrastur mirandollei
 * Collared Forest-falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
 * Buckley's Forest-falcon Micrastur buckleyi (A)
 * American Kestrel Falco sparverius
 * Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
 * Merlin Falco columbarius
 * Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
 * Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
 * Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Guans, Chachalacas and allies
Order: Galliformes. Family: Cracidae

The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colourful facial ornaments. There are 50 species worldwide and 24 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the largest number of cracids of any country.


 * Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
 * Chestnut-winged Chachalaca Ortalis garrula (E)
 * Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
 * Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera
 * Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
 * Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis
 * Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni
 * Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
 * Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
 * Cauca Guan Penelope perspicax (E)
 * Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu
 * Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis
 * Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
 * Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
 * Nocturnal Curassow Nothocrax urumutum
 * Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosa
 * Salvin's Curassow Mitu salvini
 * Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosa
 * Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi
 * Great Curassow Crax rubra
 * Blue-knobbed Curassow Crax alberti (E)
 * Yellow-knobbed Curassow Crax daubentoni
 * Black Curassow Crax alector
 * Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa

New World quails
Order: Galliformes. Family: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. There are 32 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas, and 10 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
 * Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
 * Black-eared Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanotis
 * Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops
 * Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus atrifrons
 * Chestnut Wood-Quail Odontophorus hyperythrus (E)
 * Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus (A)
 * Tacarcuna Wood-Quail Odontophorus dialeucos
 * Gorgeted Wood-Quail Odontophorus strophium (E)
 * Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus

Hoatzin
Order: Opisthocomiformes. Family: Opisthocomidae

The Hoatzin is pheasant-sized - but much slimmer - long-tailed, long-necked and has a small head. It has an unfeathered blue face with red eyes, and its head is topped by spiky crest. It is a weak flier which is found in te swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.


 * Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin

Limpkins
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Aramidae

The Limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab brown plumage and a greyer head and neck.


 * Limpkin Aramus guarauna

Trumpeters
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Psophiidae

The trumpeters are dumpy birds with long necks and legs, and chicken-like bills. They are named for the trumpeting call of the males. There are 3 species worldwide, restricted to the Amazon basin, and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Gray-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans

Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Speckled Rail Coturnicops notatus
 * Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii
 * Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps
 * Russet-crowned Crake Anurolimnas viridis
 * Black-banded Crake Anurolimnas fasciatus
 * Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
 * White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
 * Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
 * Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis (A)
 * Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
 * Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
 * Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus
 * Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris
 * Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
 * Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi
 * Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
 * Sora Porzana carolina
 * Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis
 * Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer
 * Colombian Crake Neocrex colombianus
 * Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops
 * Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
 * Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
 * Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
 * Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
 * Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
 * Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
 * American Coot Fulica americana
 * Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea
 * Slate-colored Coot Fulica ardesiaca

Sungrebe and Finfoots
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Heliornithidae

The Heliornithidae are small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

Sunbittern
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Eurypygidae

The Sunbittern is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga.


 * Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

Jacanas
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Jacanidae

The jacanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There 8 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana

Oystercatchers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

Avocets and stilts
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and the stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

Thick-knees
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Burhinidae

The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

Plovers and lapwings
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus
 * Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
 * Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
 * American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
 * Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
 * Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
 * Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia
 * Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
 * Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus (A)
 * Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

Sandpipers and allies
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Scolopacidae

The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 38 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
 * Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
 * South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
 * Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
 * Giant Snipe Gallinago undulata
 * Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
 * Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis (A)
 * Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
 * Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus (A)
 * Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica (A)
 * Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa (A)
 * Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
 * Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus (A)
 * Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
 * Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
 * Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
 * Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
 * Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
 * Wandering Tattler Heterosceles incanus (A)
 * Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
 * Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
 * Surfbird Aphriza virgata
 * Red Knot Calidris canutus (A)
 * Sanderling Calidris alba
 * 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
 * Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (A)
 * Dunlin Calidris alpina (A)
 * Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
 * Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
 * Ruff Philomachus pugnax (A)
 * Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
 * Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
 * Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

Skuas and jaegers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are 7 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Great Skua Stercorarius skua
 * Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
 * Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
 * Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus

Gulls
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gulls and kittiwakes. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
 * Gray Gull Larus modestus (A)
 * Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis (A)
 * Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
 * American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus (A)
 * Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
 * Andean Gull Larus serranus
 * Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
 * Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
 * Little Gull Larus minutus (A)
 * Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
 * Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus

Terns
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Sternidae

Terns are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
 * Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
 * Elegant Tern Sterna elegans (A)
 * Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
 * Royal Tern Sterna maxima
 * Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii (A)
 * Common Tern Sterna hirundo
 * Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea (A)
 * Least Tern Sterna antillarum
 * Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris
 * Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus
 * Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata (A)
 * Black Tern Chlidonias niger
 * Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
 * Black Noddy Anous minutus
 * Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
 * White Tern Gygis alba
 * Inca Tern Larosterna inca (A)

Skimmers
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Rynchopidae

Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

Pigeons and doves
Order: Columbiformes. Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. There are 308 species worldwide and 40 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Rock Pigeon Columba livia (I)
 * White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
 * Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
 * Bare-eyed Pigeon Patagioenas corensis
 * Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
 * Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
 * Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
 * Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
 * Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
 * Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni
 * Eurasian Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
 * Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (A)
 * Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
 * White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
 * Pacific Dove Zenaida meloda (A)
 * Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
 * Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
 * Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi
 * Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
 * Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
 * Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana
 * Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
 * Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
 * Maroon-chested Ground Dove Claravis mondetoura
 * Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
 * White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
 * Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
 * Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
 * Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
 * Caribbean Dove Leptotila jamaicensis
 * Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini
 * Tolima Dove Leptotila conoveri (E)
 * Purplish-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon lawrencii
 * Russet-crowned Quail Dove Geotrygon goldmani
 * Sapphire Quail Dove Geotrygon saphirina
 * Olive-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon veraguensis
 * Lined Quail Dove Geotrygon linearis
 * White-throated Quail Dove Geotrygon frenata
 * Violaceous Quail Dove Geotrygon violacea
 * Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana

Parrots, macaws and allies
Order: Psittaciformes. Family: Psittacidae

Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide and 57 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
 * Military Macaw Ara militaris
 * Great Green Macaw Ara ambigua
 * Scarlet Macaw Ara macao [sic]
 * Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera
 * Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa
 * Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata
 * Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis
 * Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata
 * Pacific Parakeet Aratinga strenua (A)
 * Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Aratinga wagleri
 * White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
 * Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
 * Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax
 * Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii
 * Sinu Parakeet Pyrrhura subandina (E)
 * Todd's Parakeet Pyrrhura caeruleiceps
 * Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta
 * Santa Marta Parakeet Pyrrhura viridicata (E)
 * Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
 * Flame-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura calliptera (E)
 * Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
 * Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons (E)
 * Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
 * Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius
 * Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus
 * Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus sclateri
 * White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
 * Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
 * Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera
 * Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae
 * Lilac-tailed Parrotlet Touit batavica
 * Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii
 * Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissima
 * Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet Touit purpurata
 * Spot-winged Parrotlet Touit stictoptera
 * Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephala
 * White-bellied Parrot Pionites leucogaster
 * Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis
 * Rose-faced Parrot Pionopsitta pulchra
 * Orange-cheeked Parrot Pionopsitta barrabandi
 * Saffron-headed Parrot Pionopsitta pyrilia
 * Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina
 * Indigo-winged Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi (E)
 * Short-tailed Parrot Graydidascalus brachyurus
 * Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
 * Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
 * Speckle-faced Parrot Pionus tumultuosus
 * Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
 * Dusky Parrot Pionus fuscus
 * Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
 * Festive Amazon Amazona festiva
 * Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
 * Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
 * Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenaria
 * Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
 * Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus

Cuckoos and anis
Order: Cuculiformes. Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Dwarf Cuckoo Coccyzus pumilus
 * Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccyzus cinereus (A)
 * Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
 * Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
 * Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
 * Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor (A)
 * Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
 * Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
 * Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
 * Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster
 * Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
 * Greater Ani Crotophaga major
 * Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
 * Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
 * Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
 * Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
 * Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus
 * Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi
 * Banded Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus
 * Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis
 * Red-billed Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii

Barn owls
Order: Strigiformes. Family: Tytonidae

Barn owls are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Barn Owl Tyto alba

Typical owls
Order: Strigiformes. Family: Strigidae

Typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide and 26 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
 * Bare-shanked Screech-Owl Megascops clarkii
 * Rufescent Screech-Owl Megascops ingens
 * Colombian Screech-Owl Megascops colombianus
 * Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii
 * Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops vermiculatus
 * Rio Napo Screech-Owl Megascops napensis
 * White-throated Screech-Owl Megascops albogularis
 * Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
 * Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
 * Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
 * Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula
 * Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsus
 * Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
 * Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
 * Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota (A)
 * Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nubicola
 * Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii
 * Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
 * Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi (A)
 * Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
 * Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
 * Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii
 * Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
 * Stygian Owl Asio stygius
 * Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

Oilbird
Order: Caprimulgiformes. Family: Steatornithidae

The Oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. It is nocturnal and a specialist feeder on the fruit of the Oil palm.


 * Oilbird Steatornis caripensis

Potoos
Order: Caprimulgiformes. Family: Nyctibiidae

The potoos (sometimes called Poor-Me-Ones) are large near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. There are 5 species, all of which are from the South American tropical region, and 6 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
 * Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus
 * Andean Potoo Nyctibius maculosus
 * Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
 * White-winged Potoo Nyctibius leucopterus (A)
 * Rufous Potoo Nyctibius bracteatus

Nightjars
Order: Caprimulgiformes. Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
 * Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
 * Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus
 * Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris
 * Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
 * Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
 * Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
 * Nacunda Nighthawk Podager nacunda
 * Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga
 * Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
 * Choco Poorwill Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi
 * Ocellated Poorwill Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
 * Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis
 * Rufous Nightjar Caprimulgus rufus
 * Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
 * Todd's Nightjar Caprimulgus heterurus
 * Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus
 * White-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus cayennensis
 * Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens
 * Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
 * Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata
 * Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca
 * Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata (A)

Swifts
Order: Apodiformes. Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Tepui Swift Cypseloides phelpsi
 * Black Swift Cypseloides niger
 * White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi (E)
 * Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
 * White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
 * Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
 * White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
 * Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
 * Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
 * Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia
 * Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
 * Chapman's Swift Chaetura chapmani
 * Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
 * Ashy-tailed Swift Chaetura andrei
 * White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
 * Pygmy Swift Tachornis furcata
 * Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata
 * Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
 * Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa

Hummingbirds
Order: Trochiliformes. Family: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. There are 337 species worldwide and 158 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of hummingbirds of any country on earth.


 * White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
 * Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini
 * Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta
 * Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aenea
 * Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
 * Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes niger
 * White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
 * Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
 * White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus
 * Western Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
 * Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
 * Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris
 * Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
 * Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii
 * Straight-billed Hermit Phaethornis bourcieri
 * Pale-bellied Hermit Phaethornis anthophilus
 * Sooty-capped Hermit Phaethornis augusti
 * Streak-throated Hermit Phaethornis rupurumii
 * Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
 * Black-throated Hermit Phaethornis atrimentalis
 * Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
 * Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis
 * Tooth-billed Hummingbird Androdon aequatorialis
 * Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
 * Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae
 * Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
 * Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
 * Lazuline Sabrewing Campylopterus falcatus
 * Santa Marta Sabrewing Campylopterus phainopeplus (E)
 * Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
 * White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
 * Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae
 * Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
 * Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
 * Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
 * Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
 * Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra
 * Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
 * Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
 * Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus
 * Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
 * Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus
 * Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus
 * Wire-crested Thorntail Popelairia popelairii
 * Black-bellied Thorntail Popelairia langsdorffi
 * Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
 * Racket-tailed Coquette Discosura longicauda (A)
 * Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorostilbon notatus
 * Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
 * Chiribiquete Emerald Chlorostilbon olivaresi (E)
 * Coppery Emerald Chlorostilbon russatus
 * Narrow-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon stenurus
 * Short-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon poortmani
 * Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird Goethalsia bella
 * Violet-capped Hummingbird Goldmania violiceps
 * Violet-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
 * Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi
 * Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
 * Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis
 * Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie
 * Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Lepidopyga coeruleogularis
 * Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Lepidopyga lilliae (E)
 * Shining-green Hummingbird Lepidopyga goudoti
 * Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae
 * Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
 * White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus
 * Blue-headed Sapphire Hylocharis grayi
 * Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
 * White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
 * Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae
 * Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax
 * Olive-spotted Hummingbird Leucippus chlorocercus
 * Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
 * Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia castaneiventris (E)
 * Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor
 * White-chested Emerald Agyrtria brevirostris
 * Andean Emerald Agyrtria franciae
 * Glittering-throated Emerald Polyerata fimbriata
 * Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
 * Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi
 * Steely-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia saucerrottei
 * Indigo-capped Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanifrons (E)
 * Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
 * Green-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia viridigaster
 * Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
 * Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps (E)
 * White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
 * Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
 * Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus (A)
 * Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
 * Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens
 * Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
 * Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri
 * Black-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa schreibersii
 * Pink-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa gularis
 * Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix
 * Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
 * White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri
 * Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
 * Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
 * Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
 * Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
 * Chimborazo Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
 * Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
 * Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
 * Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
 * Black Inca Coeligena prunellei (E)
 * Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
 * White-tailed Starfrontlet Coeligena phalerata (E)
 * Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei
 * Blue-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena helianthea
 * Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
 * Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
 * Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
 * Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas (A)
 * Longuemare's Sunangel Heliangelus clarisse
 * Orange-throated Sunangel Heliangelus mavors
 * Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
 * Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis
 * Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestitus
 * Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis derbyi
 * Turquoise-throated Puffleg Eriocnemis godini
 * Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
 * Coppery-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis cupreoventris
 * Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera
 * Colorful Puffleg Eriocnemis mirabilis (E)
 * Emerald-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis alinae
 * Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae
 * Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens
 * Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini
 * Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa
 * Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
 * Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
 * Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
 * Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
 * Black-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron dorsale (E)
 * Bearded Helmetcrest Oxypogon guerinii
 * Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
 * Perija Metaltail Metallura iracunda
 * Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami
 * Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps
 * Bronze-tailed Thornbill Chalcostigma heteropogon
 * Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
 * Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera
 * Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
 * Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
 * Wedge-billed Hummingbird Augastes geoffroyi
 * Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
 * Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita
 * Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
 * Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
 * Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii
 * Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
 * White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
 * Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
 * Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
 * Santa Marta Woodstar Chaetocercus astreans (E)
 * Rufous-shafted Woodstar Chaetocercus jourdanii

Trogons and Quetzals
Order: Trogoniformes. Family: Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 16 species in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of trogons of any country on earth.


 * Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis
 * White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
 * Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii
 * Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus
 * Gartered Trogon, Trogon caligatus
 * White-eyed Trogon Trogon comptus
 * Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
 * Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
 * Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
 * Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui
 * Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
 * Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
 * Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
 * White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus
 * Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
 * Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus

Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
 * Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus
 * Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
 * Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
 * Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
 * American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea

Motmots
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Momotidae

The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails, which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft, and creating a racket-shaped tail. There are 10 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
 * Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota
 * Highland Motmot Momotus aequatorialis
 * Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
 * Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum

Jacamars
Order: Piciformes. Family: Galbulidae

The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America, with a range that extends up to Mexico. They are glossy elegant birds with long bills and tails, which feed on insects caught on the wing. In appearance and behaviour they show resemblances to the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to woodpeckers. There are 18 species and 15 species that occur in Colombia.


 * White-eared Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
 * Dusky-backed Jacamar Brachygalba salmoni
 * Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi
 * Brown Jacamar Brachygalba lugubris
 * Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris
 * Blue-cheeked Jacamar Galbula cyanicollis
 * Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
 * Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula
 * Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae (A)
 * Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens
 * White-chinned Jacamar Galbula tombacea
 * Purplish Jacamar Galbula chalcothorax
 * Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra
 * Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea
 * Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus

Puffbirds
Order: Piciformes. Family: Bucconidae

The puffbirds are related to the jacamars, and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colours of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous or grey, with large heads and flattened bills with a hooked tip. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. There are 34 species and 25 species which occur in Colombia.


 * White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
 * Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis
 * Brown-banded Puffbird Notharchus ordii
 * Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
 * Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus
 * Spotted Puffbird Bucco tamatia
 * Sooty-capped Puffbird Bucco noanamae (E)
 * Collared Puffbird Bucco capensis
 * Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus
 * Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis
 * Two-banded Puffbird Hypnelus bicinctus
 * White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca
 * Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis
 * White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
 * Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis
 * Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata
 * Rusty-breasted Nunlet Nonnula rubecula
 * Brown Nunlet Nonnula brunnea
 * Gray-cheeked Nunlet Nonnula frontalis
 * White-faced Nunbird Hapaloptila castanea
 * Black Nunbird Monasa atra (A)
 * Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons
 * White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus
 * Yellow-billed Nunbird Monasa flavirostris
 * Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Barbets
Order: Piciformes. Family: Capitonidae

The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in Colombia. This is the largest assemblage of this family in any country.


 * Scarlet-crowned Barbet Capito aurovirens
 * Spot-crowned Barbet Capito maculicoronatus
 * Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus
 * White-mantled Barbet Capito hypoleucus (E)
 * Five-colored Barbet Capito quinticolor (E)
 * Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger
 * Gilded Barbet Capito auratus
 * Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni
 * Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
 * Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus

Toucans
Order: Piciformes. Family: Ramphastidae

Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colourful bills which in some species may amount to half their body length. There are 40 species worldwide and 24 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia contains the largest number of toucans of any country.


 * Groove-billed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus sulcatus
 * Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus
 * Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
 * Lettered Aracari Pteroglossus inscriptus
 * Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis
 * Ivory-billed Aracari Pteroglossus azara
 * Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis
 * Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari
 * Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
 * Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus
 * Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena laminirostris
 * Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
 * Black-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena nigrirostris
 * Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis
 * Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii
 * Tawny-tufted Toucanet Selenidera nattereri
 * Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
 * Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis
 * Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
 * Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
 * Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
 * Violet-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus cognatus
 * Santa Marta Toucanet Aulacorhynchus lautus (E)
 * Andean Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

Woodpeckers and allies
Order: Piciformes. Family: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide and 44 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Orinoco Piculet Picumnus pumilus
 * Bar-breasted Piculet Picumnus aurifrons
 * Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus lafresnayi
 * Golden-spangled Piculet Picumnus exilis (A)
 * Scaled Piculet Picumnus squamulatus
 * White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster
 * Rufous-breasted Piculet Picumnus rufiventris
 * Plain-breasted Piculet Picumnus castelnau
 * Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
 * Grayish Piculet Picumnus granadensis (E)
 * Chestnut Piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus
 * Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
 * Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
 * Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
 * Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
 * Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
 * Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
 * Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
 * Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus
 * Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
 * Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
 * Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
 * Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
 * Choco Woodpecker Veniliornis chocoensis (E)
 * Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis
 * Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker Piculus callopterus
 * Lita Woodpecker Piculus litae
 * White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus
 * Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula
 * Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
 * Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
 * Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
 * Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
 * Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
 * Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus
 * Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans
 * Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus
 * Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus
 * Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
 * Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
 * Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
 * Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis
 * Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
 * Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis

Ovenbirds
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Furnariidae

Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. There are 243 species worldwide and 78 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris
 * Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
 * Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus
 * Bay Hornero Furnarius torridus
 * Lesser Hornero Furnarius minor
 * Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
 * White-whiskered Spinetail Synallaxis candei
 * Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
 * Rusty-headed Spinetail Synallaxis fuscorufa (E)
 * Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
 * Silvery-throated Spinetail Synallaxis subpudica (E)
 * Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
 * Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis
 * Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
 * Dusky Spinetail Synallaxis moesta
 * Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis
 * White-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis propinqua
 * Ruddy Spinetail Synallaxis rutilans
 * Chestnut-throated Spinetail Synallaxis cherriei
 * Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea
 * White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
 * Ash-browed Spinetail Cranioleuca curtata
 * Streak-capped Spinetail Cranioleuca hellmayri (E)
 * Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
 * Crested Spinetail Cranioleuca subcristata
 * Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina
 * Parker's Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpecula
 * Speckled Spinetail Cranioleuca gutturata
 * Red-and-white Spinetail Certhiaxis mustelina
 * Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomea
 * Perija Thistletail Schizoeaca perijana
 * White-chinned Thistletail Schizoeaca fuliginosa
 * Streak-backed Canastero Asthenes wyatti
 * Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
 * Common Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons
 * Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiacus
 * Double-banded Graytail Xenerpestes minlosi
 * Spectacled Prickletail Siptornis striaticollis
 * Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuligera
 * Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
 * Fulvous-dotted Treerunner Margarornis stellatus
 * Beautiful Treerunner Margarornis bellulus
 * Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
 * Rufous-tailed Xenops Xenops milleri
 * Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris
 * Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
 * Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
 * Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis
 * Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
 * Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
 * Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
 * Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus
 * Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
 * Black-billed Treehunter Thripadectes melanorhynchus
 * Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps
 * Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
 * Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
 * Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri
 * Striped Woodhaunter Hyloctistes subulatus
 * Chestnut-winged Hookbill Ancistrops strigilatus
 * Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythropterus
 * Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythrocercus
 * Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner Philydor ruficaudatus
 * Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
 * Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor pyrrhodes
 * Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner Philydor fuscipennis
 * Crested Foliage-gleaner Automolus dorsalis
 * Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus
 * Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
 * Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner Automolus infuscatus
 * Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner Automolus melanopezus
 * Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus
 * Short-billed Leaftosser Sclerurus rufigularis
 * Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
 * Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
 * Black-tailed Leaftosser Sclerurus caudacutus
 * Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
 * Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura

Woodcreepers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Dendrocolaptidae

The Dendrocolaptidae are brownish birds and maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. There are 57 species worldwide and 33 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
 * Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
 * White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula
 * Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
 * Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda
 * Spot-throated Woodcreeper Deconychura stictolaema
 * Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
 * Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
 * Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris
 * Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
 * Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
 * Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
 * Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia
 * Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
 * Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
 * Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
 * Spix's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii
 * Elegant Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus elegans
 * Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
 * Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
 * Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
 * Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
 * Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
 * Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis
 * Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
 * Zimmer's Woodcreeper Dendroplex kienerii
 * Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
 * Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
 * Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
 * Greater Scythebill Campylorhamphus pucherani
 * Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
 * Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
 * Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides

Typical antbirds
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thamnophilidae

The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds, and tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat the small invertebrates that leave hiding to flee the ants.Many species lack bright colour; brown, black and white being the dominant tones. There are about 212 species worldwide and 114 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
 * Undulated Antshrike Frederickena unduligera
 * Great Antshrike Taraba major
 * Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
 * Black-backed Antshrike Sakesphorus melanonotus
 * Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
 * Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus
 * Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
 * Black Antshrike Thamnophilus nigriceps
 * Blackish-gray Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus
 * Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
 * White-shouldered Antshrike Thamnophilus aethiops
 * Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
 * Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus
 * Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
 * Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
 * Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
 * Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
 * Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
 * Pearly Antshrike Megastictus margaritatus
 * Black Bushbird Neoctantes niger
 * Recurve-billed Bushbird Clytoctantes alixii (E)
 * Speckled Antshrike Xenornis setifrons
 * Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
 * Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
 * Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
 * White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus
 * Bicolored Antvireo Dysithamnus occidentalis
 * Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus
 * Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius
 * Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus
 * Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
 * Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
 * Yellow-throated Antwren Myrmotherula ambigua
 * Cherrie's Antwren Myrmotherula cherriei
 * Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
 * Amazonian Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata
 * Guianan Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
 * Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda
 * Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli
 * Rufous-bellied Antwren Myrmotherula guttata
 * Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris
 * Stipple-throated Antwren Myrmotherula haematonota
 * Foothill Antwren Myrmotherula spodionota
 * Ornate Antwren Myrmotherula ornata
 * Rufous-tailed Antwren Myrmotherula erythrura
 * White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
 * Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
 * Rio Suno Antwren Myrmotherula sunensis
 * Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis
 * Plain-winged Antwren Myrmotherula behni
 * Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
 * Leaden Antwren Myrmotherula assimilis
 * Banded Antwren Dichrozona cincta
 * Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus
 * Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi
 * Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus
 * Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris
 * Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
 * Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
 * White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
 * Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei
 * Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
 * Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
 * Chestnut-shouldered Antwren Terenura humeralis (A)
 * Ash-winged Antwren Terenura spodioptila
 * Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
 * Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
 * Parker's Antbird Cercomacra parkeri (E)
 * Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens
 * Black Antbird Cercomacra serva
 * Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
 * White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
 * White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys
 * Ash-breasted Antbird Myrmoborus lugubris
 * Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus
 * Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
 * Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha
 * Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
 * Black-and-white Antbird Myrmochanes hemileucus
 * Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
 * Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
 * Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
 * Slate-colored Antbird Percnostola schistacea
 * Spot-winged Antbird Percnostola leucostigma
 * White-lined Antbird Percnostola lophotes
 * Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi
 * White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
 * Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
 * Dull-mantled Antbird Myrmeciza laemosticta
 * Esmeraldas Antbird Myrmeciza nigricauda
 * Yapacana Antbird Myrmeciza disjuncta
 * Gray-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza pelzelni
 * Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza castanea
 * Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena
 * Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra
 * White-shouldered Antbird Myrmeciza melanoceps
 * Sooty Antbird Myrmeciza fortis
 * Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata
 * Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax
 * White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons
 * Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula
 * Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
 * Lunulated Antbird Gymnopithys lunulata
 * Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata
 * Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
 * Chestnut-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina cristata
 * Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
 * Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevia
 * Dot-backed Antbird Hylophylax punctulata
 * Scale-backed Antbird Hylophylax poecilinota
 * Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata
 * Reddish-winged Bare-eye Phlegopsis erythroptera
 * Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani

Antthrushes and Antpittas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Formicariidae

The ground antbirds are a family comprising the antthrushes and antpittas. Antthrushes resemble small rails while antpittas resemble the true pittas with longish strong legs, very short tails and stout bills. There are about 63 species worldwide and 39 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of ground antbirds of any country.


 * Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma
 * Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
 * Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
 * Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
 * Striated Antthrush Chamaeza nobilis
 * Short-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza campanisona
 * Brazilian Antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda
 * Schwartz's Antthrush Chamaeza turdina
 * Barred Antthrush Chamaeza mollissima
 * Black-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma michleri
 * Rufous-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma rufopileatum
 * Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
 * Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea
 * Great Antpitta Grallaria excelsa
 * Variegated Antpitta Grallaria varia
 * Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
 * Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni (E)
 * Plain-backed Antpitta Grallaria haplonota
 * Ochre-striped Antpitta Grallaria dignissima
 * Santa Marta Antpitta Grallaria bangsi (E)
 * Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
 * Cundinamarca Antpitta Grallaria kaestneri (E)
 * Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea (E)
 * Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis
 * Yellow-breasted Antpitta Grallaria flavotincta
 * White-bellied Antpitta Grallaria hypoleuca
 * Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula
 * Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
 * Brown-banded Antpitta Grallaria milleri (E)
 * Spotted Antpitta Hylopezus macularius
 * Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
 * Fulvous-bellied Antpitta Hylopezus dives
 * White-lored Antpitta Hylopezus fulviventris
 * Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona
 * Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
 * Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferrugineipectus
 * Hooded Antpitta Grallaricula cucullata
 * Slate-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana
 * Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons

Gnateaters
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Conopophagidae

The gnateaters are round, short-tailed, and long-legged birds, which are closely related to the antbirds. There are 8 species worldwide, all found in South America, and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Chestnut-belted Gnateater Conopophaga aurita
 * Chestnut-crowned Gnateater Conopophaga castaneiceps

Tapaculos
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Rhinocryptidae

The tapaculos are a group of small suboscine passeriform birds with numerous species, found in South America. They are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head. There are 56 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus
 * Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
 * Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
 * Rufous-vented Tapaculo Scytalopus femoralis
 * Long-tailed Tapaculo Scytalopus micropterus
 * Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus
 * White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus
 * Santa Marta Tapaculo Scytalopus sanctaemartae (E)
 * Pale-throated Tapaculo Scytalopus panamensis (E)
 * Nariño Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
 * Stiles's Tapaculo Scytalopus stilesi (E)
 * Brown-rumped Tapaculo Scytalopus latebricola (E)
 * Colombian Tapaculo Scytalopus infasciatus (E)
 * Spillman's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
 * Paramillo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus (E)
 * Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus
 * Matorral Tapaculo Scytalopus griseicollis
 * Choco Tapaculo Scytalopus chocoensis
 * Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx

Cotingas
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cotingidae

The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges of tropical South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly coloured, or decorated with plumes or wattles. There are 71 species worldwide and 35 species which occur in Colombia.
 * Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus (A)
 * Black-necked Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus nigricollis
 * Shrike-like Cotinga Laniisoma elegans
 * Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
 * Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla
 * Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
 * Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
 * Golden-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola aureopectus
 * Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda
 * Black-chested Fruiteater Pipreola lubomirskii
 * Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota
 * Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
 * White-browed Purpletuft Iodopleura isabellae
 * Gray-tailed Piha Snowornis subalaris
 * Olivaceous Piha Snowornis cryptolophus
 * Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus
 * Chestnut-capped Piha Lipaugus weberi (E)
 * Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
 * Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
 * Purple-throated Cotinga Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
 * Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
 * Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana
 * Purple-breasted Cotinga Cotinga cotinga
 * Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
 * Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea
 * Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei
 * Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
 * Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
 * Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus
 * Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger
 * Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
 * Capuchinbird Perissocephalus tricolor
 * Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano
 * Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola
 * Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana

Manakins
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pipridae

The manakins are a family bird species of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly coloured, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Manakins feed on small fruits, berries and insects. There are 57 species worldwide and 26 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora
 * Yellow-headed Manakin Chloropipo flavicapilla
 * Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus
 * Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
 * White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
 * White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
 * Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata
 * Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola
 * Wire-tailed Manakin Pipra filicauda
 * White-crowned Manakin Dixiphia pipra
 * Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata
 * Golden-headed Manakin Pipra erythrocephala
 * Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis
 * Red-headed Manakin Pipra rubrocapilla
 * Blue-rumped Manakin Lepidothrix isidorei
 * Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus
 * Western Striped Manakin Machaeropterus striolatus
 * Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus
 * Black Manakin Xenopipo atronitens
 * Yellow-crested Manakin Heterocercus flavivertex
 * Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum
 * Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni
 * Wing-barred Piprites Piprites chloris
 * Sapayoa Sapayoa aenigma
 * Greater Schiffornis Schiffornis major
 * Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus

Tyrant flycatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Tyrannidae

Tyrant flycatchers are passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain colouring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous. There are 429 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas and 221 species which occur in Colombia.


 * White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme
 * Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
 * Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
 * Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina
 * Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
 * Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
 * Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
 * Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
 * Yellow-crowned Elaenia Myiopagis flavivertex
 * Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
 * Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
 * Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis
 * Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
 * White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
 * Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
 * Slaty Elaenia Elaenia strepera
 * Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas
 * Brownish Elaenia Elaenia pelzelni (A)
 * Plain-crested Elaenia Elaenia cristata (A)
 * Rufous-crowned Elaenia Elaenia ruficeps
 * Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
 * Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
 * Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
 * Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
 * River Tyrannulet Serpophaga hypoleuca
 * Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
 * Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
 * Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
 * Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus
 * Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
 * Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
 * Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni
 * Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
 * Variegated Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis
 * Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
 * Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus orbitalis
 * Antioquia Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus lanyoni (E)
 * Ecuadorian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes gualaquizae (A)
 * Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris
 * Rough-legged Tyrannulet Phyllomyias burmeisteri
 * Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
 * Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet Phyllomyias plumbeiceps
 * Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
 * Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias cinereiceps
 * Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias uropygialis
 * Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
 * Venezuelan Tyrannulet Zimmerius improbus
 * Slender-footed Tyrannulet Zimmerius gracilipes
 * Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
 * Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus obscurior
 * Northern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
 * Southern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus
 * White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
 * White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
 * Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor
 * White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
 * Slender-billed Tyrannulet Inezia tenuirostris
 * Pale-tipped Tyrannulet Inezia caudata
 * Amazonian Tyrannulet Inezia subflava
 * Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura napensis
 * Agile Tit-Tyrant Anairetes agilis
 * Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
 * Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis
 * Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
 * Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
 * Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
 * Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus
 * Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
 * Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus vitiosus
 * Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus galeatus
 * Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
 * Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
 * Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum
 * Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus ruficeps
 * Black-and-white Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus capitalis
 * Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris
 * Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus sylvia
 * White-eyed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus zosterops
 * Johannes's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus iohannis
 * Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus striaticollis
 * Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
 * Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis
 * Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
 * Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum
 * Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
 * Painted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum pictum (A)
 * Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus calopterus
 * Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
 * Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquata
 * Brownish Flycatcher Cnipodectes subbrunneus
 * Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephala
 * Dusky-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
 * Rufous-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficauda
 * Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
 * Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus
 * Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
 * Fulvous-breasted Flatbill Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus
 * Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
 * Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis
 * Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus
 * Orange-eyed Flycatcher Tolmomyias traylori
 * Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris
 * Cinnamon-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus saturatus
 * Yellow-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus flavigularis
 * Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
 * White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
 * White-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus platyrhynchos
 * Amazonian Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
 * Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus
 * Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
 * Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans
 * Orange-crested Flycatcher Myiophobus phoenicomitra
 * Roraiman Flycatcher Myiophobus roraimae
 * Handsome Flycatcher Myiophobus pulcher
 * Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
 * Olive-chested Flycatcher Myiophobus cryptoxanthus
 * Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
 * Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus
 * Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
 * Whiskered Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus
 * Black-tailed Flycatcher Myiobius atricaudus
 * Cinnamon Tyrant Neopipo cinnamomea
 * Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
 * Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
 * Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
 * Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri
 * Black-billed Flycatcher Aphanotriccus audax
 * Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
 * Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
 * Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
 * Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
 * Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
 * Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
 * Blackish Pewee Contopus nigrescens
 * Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris (A)
 * Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
 * Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
 * Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
 * Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
 * Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
 * Crowned Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca frontalis
 * Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca diadema
 * Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
 * Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
 * Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
 * Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis
 * Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius
 * Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
 * Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes pernix (E)
 * Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
 * Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montana
 * Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
 * Little Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola fluviatilis
 * White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
 * Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus
 * Short-tailed Field-Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda
 * Amazonian Black-Tyrant Knipolegus poecilocercus
 * Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus
 * Riverside Tyrant Knipolegus orenocensis
 * Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica
 * Black-backed Water-Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer
 * White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
 * Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys (A)
 * Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
 * Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus
 * Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus
 * Ochraceous Attila Attila torridus
 * Citron-bellied Attila Attila citriniventris
 * Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
 * Dull-capped Attila Attila bolivianus
 * Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens
 * Cinereous Mourner Laniocera hypopyrra
 * Sirystes Sirystes sibilator
 * Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
 * Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex
 * Pale-bellied Mourner Rhytipterna immunda
 * Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
 * Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
 * Venezuelan Flycatcher Myiarchus venezuelensis
 * Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
 * Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
 * Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes
 * Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis (E)
 * Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
 * Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
 * Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
 * Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
 * Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
 * Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
 * Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
 * Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
 * Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris
 * White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittata
 * Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parva
 * Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti
 * Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
 * Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
 * Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
 * Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
 * Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
 * Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus
 * Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea
 * Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
 * White-throated Kingbird Tyrannus albogularis
 * Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
 * Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
 * Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
 * Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
 * Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus
 * Yellow-cheeked Becard Pachyramphus xanthogenys
 * Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
 * Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
 * White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
 * Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
 * Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus
 * Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus
 * Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor
 * One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
 * Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana
 * Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
 * Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor

Larks
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Alaudidae

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

Swallows and martins
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Hirundinidae

The Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
 * Purple Martin Progne subis
 * Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
 * Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
 * Southern Martin Progne elegans
 * Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
 * White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
 * Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina (A)
 * Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
 * Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina
 * Pale-footed Swallow Notiochelidon flavipes
 * White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata
 * Black-collared Swallow Atticora melanoleuca
 * White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis
 * Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata (A)
 * Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
 * Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
 * Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
 * Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
 * Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Wagtails and pipits
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Motacillidae

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Colombia.


 * American Pipit Anthus rubescens (A)
 * Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
 * Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens

Waxwings
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Bombycillidae

The waxwings are a group of passerine birds characterized by soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum (A)

Dippers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cinclidae

Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are 5 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus

Wrens
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Troglodytidae

The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There are 80 species worldwide (of which all but one are New World species) and 36 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of wrens on earth.


 * Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
 * White-headed Wren Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
 * Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
 * Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
 * Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus
 * Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis
 * Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
 * Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
 * Sharpe's Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
 * Sooty-headed Wren Thryothorus spadix
 * Black-bellied Wren Thryothorus fasciatoventris
 * Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
 * Plain-tailed Wren Thryothorus euophrys
 * Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis
 * Coraya Wren Thryothorus coraya
 * Rufous-breasted Wren Thryothorus rutilus
 * Speckle-breasted Wren Thryothorus sclateri
 * Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
 * Stripe-throated Wren Thryothorus leucopogon
 * Rufous-and-white Wren Thryothorus rufalbus
 * Buff-breasted Wren Thryothorus leucotis
 * Niceforo's Wren Thryothorus nicefori (E)
 * House Wren Troglodytes aedon
 * Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
 * Santa Marta Wren Troglodytes monticola (E)
 * Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
 * Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
 * Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari (E)
 * White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
 * Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
 * Munchique Wood-Wren Henicorhina negreti (E)
 * Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
 * Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla
 * Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
 * Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus
 * Musician Wren Cyphorhinus aradus

Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their colouring tends towards dull greys and browns. There are 35 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis (A)
 * Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus

Thrushes and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 27 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Varied Solitaire Myadestes coloratus
 * Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
 * Rufous-brown Solitaire Cichlopsis leucogenys
 * Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus
 * Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
 * Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
 * Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas
 * Veery Catharus fuscescens
 * Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
 * Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
 * Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina (A)
 * Pale-eyed Thrush Platycichla leucops
 * Yellow-legged Thrush Platycichla flavipes
 * Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
 * Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
 * Black-hooded Thrush Turdus olivater
 * Chestnut-bellied Thrush Turdus fulviventris
 * Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
 * Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
 * Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii
 * Cocoa Thrush Turdus fumigatus
 * Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
 * Hauxwell's Thrush Turdus hauxwelli
 * Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi
 * Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus nudigenis
 * White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
 * White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis

Gnatcatchers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Polioptilidae

These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish grey in colour, and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub, and nest in bushes or trees. There are 15 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Collared Gnatwren Microbates collaris
 * Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
 * Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
 * Guianan Gnatcatcher Polioptila guianensis
 * Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
 * Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula

Crows, jays, ravens and magpies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Corvidae

The Corvidae family includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
 * Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
 * Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus
 * Azure-naped Jay Cyanocorax heilprini
 * Black-collared Jay Cyanolyca armillata
 * Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
 * Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra

Vireos
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Vireonidae

The vireos are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills. There are 52 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
 * St. Andrew Vireo Vireo caribaeus
 * Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
 * Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
 * Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus (A)
 * Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
 * Choco Vireo Vireo masteri (E)
 * Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
 * Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
 * Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus
 * Gray-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus
 * Buff-cheeked Greenlet Hylophilus muscicapinus
 * Brown-headed Greenlet Hylophilus brunneiceps
 * Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus
 * Rufous-naped Greenlet Hylophilus semibrunneus
 * Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
 * Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
 * Golden-fronted Greenlet Hylophilus aurantiifrons
 * Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
 * Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius eximius
 * Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
 * Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
 * Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris

New World warblers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Parulidae

The New World warblers are a group of small, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. There are 119 species worldwide and 55 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus (A)
 * Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
 * Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
 * Northern Parula Parula americana
 * Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
 * Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
 * Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
 * Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia (A)
 * Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina
 * Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
 * Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata (A)
 * Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
 * Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendi (A)
 * Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
 * Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica (A)
 * Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor (A)
 * Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
 * Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea
 * Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
 * Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
 * Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
 * American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
 * Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
 * Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus
 * Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
 * Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
 * Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla
 * Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
 * Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
 * Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia
 * Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
 * Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
 * Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
 * Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
 * Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla (A)
 * Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
 * Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
 * Spectacled Redstart Myioborus melanocephalus
 * Golden-fronted Redstart Myioborus ornatus
 * Yellow-crowned Redstart Myioborus flavivertex (E)
 * Choco Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys
 * Pale-legged Warbler Basileuterus signatus (A)
 * Citrine Warbler Basileuterus luteoviridis
 * Black-crested Warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus
 * Santa Marta Warbler Basileuterus basilicus (E)
 * Gray-throated Warbler Basileuterus cinereicollis
 * White-lored Warbler Basileuterus conspicillatus (E)
 * Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus
 * Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
 * Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
 * Pirre Warbler Basileuterus ignotus
 * Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
 * Flavescent Warbler Basileuterus flaveolus
 * Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda
 * Rose-breasted Chat Granatellus pelzelni (A)

Bananaquit
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Coerebidae

The Bananaquit is a small passerine bird. It has a slender, curved bill, adapted to taking nectar from flowers and is the only member of the genus Coereba (Vieillot, 1809) and is normally placed within the family Coerebidae, although there is uncertainty whether that placement is correct.


 * Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

Tanagers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thraupidae

The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly coloured. They are seed eaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings. There are 256 species worldwide and 160 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest diversity of tanagers of any country.


 * Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum
 * White-eared Conebill Conirostrum leucogenys
 * Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
 * Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
 * Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum
 * Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
 * Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
 * Giant Conebill Oreomanes fraseri
 * Black-faced Tanager Schistochlamys melanopis
 * Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana
 * Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
 * White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata
 * Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
 * Tacarcuna Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus tacarcunae
 * Pirre Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus inornatus (A)
 * Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus
 * Short-billed Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus parvirostris
 * Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis
 * Yellow-green Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavovirens
 * Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis
 * Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
 * Black-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus
 * Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris
 * Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis
 * Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus melanotis
 * Black-headed Hemispingus Hemispingus verticalis
 * Fulvous-headed Tanager Thlypopsis fulviceps
 * Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata
 * Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida
 * Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
 * Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis
 * Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena
 * Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni
 * Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata
 * Rosy Thrush-Tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
 * Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
 * Olive Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
 * Lemon-spectacled Tanager Chlorothraupis olivacea
 * Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
 * Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
 * Fulvous Shrike-Tanager Lanio fulvus
 * White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor
 * Rufous-crested Tanager Creurgops verticalis
 * Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons (A)
 * Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius
 * Flame-crested Tanager Tachyphonus cristatus
 * Yellow-crested Tanager Tachyphonus rufiventer
 * Fulvous-crested Tanager Tachyphonus surinamus
 * White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
 * Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
 * White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
 * Red-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus phoenicius
 * Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica
 * Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda
 * Sooty Ant-Tanager Habia gutturalis (E)
 * Crested Ant-Tanager Habia cristata (E)
 * Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
 * Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
 * Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
 * White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
 * Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps
 * Vermilion Tanager Calochaetes coccineus
 * Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis
 * Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
 * Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
 * Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
 * Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
 * Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa
 * Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala
 * Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
 * Black-and-gold Tanager Bangsia melanochlamys (E)
 * Golden-chested Tanager Bangsia rothschildi
 * Moss-backed Tanager Bangsia edwardsi
 * Gold-ringed Tanager Bangsia aureocincta (E)
 * Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana
 * Black-chested Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis eximia
 * Masked Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis wetmorei
 * Santa Marta Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus melanogenys (E)
 * Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus
 * Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
 * Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
 * Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus notabilis
 * Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosornis porphyrocephala
 * Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis
 * Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex
 * Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager Dubusia taeniata
 * Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
 * Plumbeous Euphonia Euphonia plumbea
 * Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
 * Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
 * Velvet-fronted Euphonia Euphonia concinna (E)
 * Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
 * Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
 * Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
 * Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala
 * Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
 * Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa
 * White-lored Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta
 * White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
 * Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae
 * Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
 * Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris
 * Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris
 * Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea
 * Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
 * Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
 * Orange-eared Tanager Chlorochrysa calliparaea
 * Multicolored Tanager Chlorochrysa nitidissima (E)
 * Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
 * Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana
 * Gray-and-gold Tanager Tangara palmeri
 * Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis
 * Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae
 * Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii
 * Emerald Tanager Tangara florida
 * Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
 * Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
 * Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis
 * Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala
 * Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
 * Yellow-bellied Tanager Tangara xanthogastra
 * Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata
 * Speckled Tanager Tangara guttata
 * Dotted Tanager Tangara varia (A)
 * Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara rufigula
 * Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
 * Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia
 * Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana
 * Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina
 * Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix
 * Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides
 * Blue-browed Tanager Tangara cyanotis
 * Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis
 * Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata
 * Masked Tanager Tangara nigrocincta
 * Green-naped Tanager Tangara fucosa (A)
 * Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
 * Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
 * Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei
 * Black-headed Tanager Tangara cyanoptera
 * Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia
 * Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys
 * Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrima
 * Turquoise Dacnis-Tanager Pseudodacnis hartlaubi (E)
 * White-bellied Dacnis Dacnis albiventris
 * Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata
 * Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer
 * Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
 * Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
 * Viridian Dacnis Dacnis viguieri
 * Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi
 * Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
 * Short-billed Honeycreeper Cyanerpes nitidus
 * Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
 * Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
 * Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
 * Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis
 * Plush-capped Finch Catamblyrhynchus diadema
 * Tanager Finch Oreothraupis arremonops
 * Black-backed Bush-Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni

Buntings, sparrows, seedeaters and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Emberizidae

The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are species 275 worldwide and 75 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus
 * Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus
 * Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor
 * Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
 * Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
 * Plumbeous Seedeater Sporophila plumbea
 * Caqueta Seedeater Sporophila murallae (E)
 * Gray Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
 * Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana
 * Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
 * Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides
 * Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
 * Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
 * Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
 * Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
 * Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
 * Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris
 * Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco
 * Tumaco Seedeater Sporophila insulata (E)
 * Large-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus crassirostris
 * Black-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus atrirostris
 * Great-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus maximiliani
 * Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
 * Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus
 * Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
 * White-naped Seedeater Dolospingus fringilloides
 * Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
 * Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
 * Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
 * Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
 * Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
 * Black-faced Grassquit Tiaris bicolor
 * Sooty Grassquit Tiaris fuliginosa
 * Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
 * Rusty Flower-piercer Diglossa sittoides
 * Chestnut-bellied Flower-piercer Diglossa gloriosissima (E)
 * White-sided Flower-piercer Diglossa albilatera
 * Glossy Flower-piercer Diglossa lafresnayii
 * Black Flower-piercer Diglossa humeralis
 * Black-throated Flower-piercer Diglossa brunneiventris
 * Scaled Flower-piercer Diglossa duidae
 * Indigo Flower-piercer Diglossopis indigotica
 * Deep-blue Flower-piercer Diglossopis glauca
 * Bluish Flower-piercer Diglossopis caerulescens
 * Masked Flower-piercer Diglossopis cyanea
 * Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
 * Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
 * Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch Sicalis citrina
 * Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch Sicalis columbiana
 * Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola
 * Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
 * Sooty-faced Finch Lysurus crassirostris
 * Olive Finch Lysurus castaneiceps
 * White-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes albinucha
 * Pale-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes pallidinucha
 * Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch Atlapetes latinuchus
 * Slaty Brush-Finch Atlapetes schistaceus
 * White-rimmed Brush-Finch Atlapetes leucopis
 * Santa Marta Brush-Finch Atlapetes melanocephalus (E)
 * Olive-headed Brush-Finch Atlapetes flaviceps (E)
 * Dusky-headed Brush-Finch Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus (E)
 * Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor
 * Moustached Brush-Finch Atlapetes albofrenatus
 * Ochre-breasted Brush-Finch Atlapetes semirufus
 * Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Arremon brunneinucha
 * Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Arremon torquatus
 * Black-headed Brush-finch Arremon atricapillus
 * Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
 * Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus
 * Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli
 * Tocuyo Sparrow Arremonops tocuyensis
 * Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
 * Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
 * Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
 * Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons
 * Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

Saltators, Cardinals and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cardinalidae

The cardinals are a family of passerine birds that are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. There are 43 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
 * Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
 * Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
 * Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
 * Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
 * Orinocan Saltator Saltator orenocensis
 * Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus
 * Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis
 * Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak Parkerthraustes humeralis (Ex)
 * Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus
 * Golden-bellied Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
 * Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
 * Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
 * Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanocompsa brissonii
 * Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides
 * Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea (A)
 * Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea (A)
 * Dickcissel Spiza americana

Troupials and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. There are 98 species worldwide and 40 species which occur in Colombia. Colombia has the greatest number of icterids of any country.


 * Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
 * Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
 * Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris
 * Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
 * Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
 * Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
 * Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
 * Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
 * Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
 * Moriche Oriole Icterus chrysocephalus
 * Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
 * Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
 * Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
 * Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx
 * Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
 * Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus
 * Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
 * Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
 * Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
 * Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
 * Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
 * Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
 * Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
 * Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
 * Ecuadorian Cacique Cacicus sclateri
 * Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius
 * Casqued Oropendola Psarocolius oseryi (A)
 * Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
 * Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis
 * Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
 * Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
 * Black Oropendola Psarocolius guatimozinus
 * Band-tailed Oropendola Ocyalus latirostris
 * Baudo Oropendola Gymnostinops cassini (E)
 * Amazonian Oropendola Gymnostinops bifasciatus
 * Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
 * Red-bellied Grackle Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster (E)
 * Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus
 * Mountain Grackle Macroagelaius subalaris (E)
 * Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus

Siskins, crossbills and allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Colombia.


 * Andean Siskin Carduelis spinescens
 * Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
 * Yellow-bellied Siskin Carduelis xanthogastra
 * Olivaceous Siskin Carduelis olivacea
 * Red Siskin Carduelis cucullata
 * Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria

Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Passeridae

Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Colombia.


 * House Sparrow Passer domesticus (I)