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Colombia

General Information

Colombia is located in the northwest of South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Venezuela and Brazil to the east, and Ecuador and Peru to the south. This country is situated in a unique geographical position, as it encompasses a wide range of ecosystems and natural regions, from tropical coasts to the Andes mountains and the Amazon rainforest. Colombia´s geography is very diverse, with a large number of rivers, lakes, wetlands, and protected areas that offer a wide range of opportunities for nature observation.

In terms of how to get to Colombia, there are several transportation options. The country has several international airports, such as El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, which is the largest and most congested in the country. From there, you can take domestic or international flights to reach different parts of the country. You can also use land transportation, such as buses or taxis, to travel on the roads and highways that connect the different cities and regions. In some areas, especially in rural or jungle areas, it may be necessary to use boats or trails to access more remote places. It is essential to keep in mind that, depending on the time of year and weather conditions, some roads or routes may be closed or inaccessible.

Colombia has a wide range of natural environments and landscapes, from tropical forests and jungles to mountains and páramos. The Andes mountain range runs through the country from north to south, creating a wide range of ecosystems and microclimates. In the Amazon region, there are extensive areas of tropical rainforest, with rivers and lakes that offer a high level of biodiversity. On the coasts, you can find beaches, mangroves, and wetlands, which are habitats for a wide variety of birds and other animals. In general, Colombia´s climate is tropical, with warm temperatures and high humidity levels in most regions. However, in the higher areas, such as the páramos and mountains, the climate can be cooler and drier.

In terms of logistics for visiting and exploring Colombia, it is essential to keep in mind that the country has a significant amount of tourist infrastructure, including hotels, restaurants, and travel agencies. In the larger cities, such as Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali, you can find a wide range of services and facilities for visitors. In rural and jungle areas, it may be necessary to plan ahead and hire guides or transportation services to access more remote places. It is also important to be aware of the restrictions and regulations that may apply in some protected areas or conservation zones. In general, Colombia is a country with a rich natural and cultural heritage, and offers a wide range of opportunities for nature observation and exploration of its landscapes and ecosystems.

Planning and preparation are key to a successful visit to Colombia. It is essential to research and obtain information about weather conditions, roads, and access routes, as well as about the services and facilities available in different regions. It is also important to respect the regulations and restrictions that apply in protected areas and conservation zones, and to take measures to minimize the environmental and cultural impact of the visit. With proper planning and preparation, Colombia can be an exciting and rewarding destination for nature lovers and adventure seekers.

In summary, Colombia is a country with a great geographical and natural diversity, offering a wide range of opportunities for nature observation and exploration of its landscapes and ecosystems. With proper planning and preparation, visitors can enjoy an exciting and rewarding experience in this South American country.



Compilation and publication: EcoRegistros – 18/07/2026











  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Belonging Conservation status Notes
1AnseriformesAnhimidaeNorthern ScreamerChajá ChicagüireChauna chavariaNative
 LC 
2AnatidaeBlack-bellied Whistling DuckSirirí Vientre NegroMarreca-caboclaDendrocygna autumnalisNative
 LC 
3Blue-winged TealPato Media LunaMarreca-de-asa-azulSpatula discorsNative
 LC 
4GalliformesCracidaeChestnut-winged ChachalacaChachalaca AlirrojaOrtalis garrulaNative
 LC 
5CuculiformesCuculidaeSmooth-billed AniAnó ChicoAnu-pretoCrotophaga aniNative
 LC 
6Common Squirrel CuckooTingazúAlma-de-gatoPiaya cayanaNative
 LC 
7Yellow-billed CuckooCuclillo Pico AmarilloPapa-lagarta-de-asa-vermelhaCoccyzus americanusNative
 LC 
8ColumbiformesColumbidaeCommon Ground DoveRolitaRolinha-cinzentaColumbina passerinaNative
 LC 
9Ruddy Ground DoveTorcacita ColoradaRolinha-roxaColumbina talpacotiNative
 LC 
10Scaled DoveTorcacita EscamadaFogo-apagouColumbina squammataNative
 LC 
11White-tipped DoveYerutí ComúnJuriti-pupuLeptotila verreauxiNative
 LC 
12Eared DoveTorcaza ComúnAvoanteZenaida auriculataNative
 LC 
13White-crowned PigeonPaloma CoronitaPatagioenas leucocephalaNative
 NT 
14Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba liviaExotic
 LC 
15CharadriiformesRecurvirostridaeBlack-necked StiltTero RealPernilongo-de-costas-negrasHimantopus mexicanusNative
  
16CharadriidaeSouthern LapwingTero ComúnQuero-queroVanellus chilensisNative
 LC 
17JacanidaeWattled JacanaJacanaJaçanãJacana jacanaNative
 LC 
18ScolopacidaeSpotted SandpiperPlayerito ManchadoMaçarico-pintadoActitis maculariusNative
 LC 
19LaridaeRoyal TernGaviotín RealTrinta-réis-realThalasseus maximusNative
 LC 
20Laughing GullGaviota Reidora AmericanaGaivota-alegreLeucophaeus atricillaNative
 LC 
21CiconiiformesCiconiidaeWood StorkTuyuyúCabeça-secaMycteria americanaNative
 LC 
22SuliformesFregatidaeMagnificent FrigatebirdAve FragataFragataFregata magnificensNative
 LC 
23SulidaeBrown BoobyPiquero PardoAtobá-pardoSula leucogasterNative
 LC 
24PhalacrocoracidaeNeotropic CormorantBiguáBiguáNannopterum brasilianumNative
 LC 
25PelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeAmerican White IbisIbis BlancoÍbis-brancoEudocimus albusNative
 LC 
26Buff-necked IbisBandurria BorealCuricacaTheristicus caudatusNative
 LC 
27White-faced IbisCuervillo de CañadaCaraúnaPlegadis chihiNative
 LC 
28PelecanidaeBrown PelicanPelícano PardoPelicano-pardoPelecanus occidentalisNative
 LC 
29ArdeidaeRufescent Tiger HeronHocó ColoradoSocó-boiTigrisoma lineatumNative
 LC 
30Bare-throated Tiger HeronAvetigre MejicanaTigrisoma mexicanumNative
 LC 
31Little Blue HeronGarza AzulGarça-azulEgretta caeruleaNative
 LC 
32Reddish EgretGarceta RojizaEgretta rufescensNative
 NT 
33Snowy EgretGarcita BlancaGarça-branca-pequenaEgretta thulaNative
 LC 
34Yellow-crowned Night HeronGarza NocturnaSavacu-de-coroaNyctanassa violaceaNative
 LC 
35Striated HeronGarcita AzuladaSocozinhoButorides striataNative
 LC 
36Great EgretGarza BlancaGarça-branca-grandeArdea albaNative
 LC 
37Western Cattle EgretGarcita BueyeraGarça-vaqueiraArdea ibisNative
 LC 
38ApodiformesTrochilidaeRufous-breasted HermitErmitaño CaneloBalança-rabo-de-bico-tortoGlaucis hirsutusNative
 LC 
39Sapphire-throated HummingbirdColibrí GorgizafiroChrysuronia coeruleogularisNative
 LC 
40White-chinned SapphirePicaflor LazulitaBeija-flor-roxoChlorestes cyanusNative
 LC 
41CathartiformesCathartidaeKing VultureJote RealUrubu-reiSarcoramphus papaNative
 LC 
42Black VultureJote Cabeza NegraUrubu-pretoCoragyps atratusNative
 LC 
43Turkey VultureJote Cabeza ColoradaUrubu-de-cabeça-vermelhaCathartes auraNative
 LC 
44AccipitriformesAccipitridaeBlack-collared HawkAguilucho PampaGavião-beloBusarellus nigricollisNative
 LC 
45Common Black HawkGavilán CangrejeroGavião-caranguejeiro-negroButeogallus anthracinusNative
 LC 
46Roadside HawkTaguató ComúnGavião-carijóRupornis magnirostrisNative
 LC 
47Swainson´s HawkAguilucho LangosteroGavião-papa-gafanhotoButeo swainsoniNative
 LC 
48CoraciiformesAlcedinidaeRinged KingfisherMartín Pescador GrandeMartim-pescador-grandeMegaceryle torquataNative
 LC 
49Amazon KingfisherMartín Pescador MedianoMartim-pescador-verdeChloroceryle amazonaNative
 LC 
50Green KingfisherMartín Pescador ChicoMartim-pescador-pequenoChloroceryle americanaNative
 LC 
51PiciformesRamphastidaeKeel-billed ToucanTucán Pico Arco IrisRamphastos sulfuratusNative
 NT 
52PicidaeRed-crowned WoodpeckerCarpintero CoronirrojoMelanerpes rubricapillusNative
 LC 
53FalconiformesFalconidaeCrested CaracaraCaranchoCarcaráCaracara plancusNative
 LC 
54Yellow-headed CaracaraChimachimaCarrapateiroDaptrius chimachimaNative
 LC 
55Peregrine FalconHalcón PeregrinoFalcão-peregrinoFalco peregrinusNative
 LC 
56PsittaciformesPsittacidaeOrange-chinned ParakeetPeriquito BarbinaranjaBrotogeris jugularisNative
 LC 
57Yellow-crowned AmazonLoro Real AmazónicoPapagaio-campeiroAmazona ochrocephalaNative
 LC 
58Military MacawGuacamayo VerdeAra militarisNative
 VU 
59Scarlet MacawGuacamayo MacaoAraracangaAra macaoNative
 LC 
60Brown-throated ParakeetLorito Cara SuciaPeriquito-de-bochecha-pardaEupsittula pertinaxNative
 LC 
61Scarlet-fronted ParakeetPerico de Frente EscarlataPsittacara wagleriNative
 NT 
62PasseriformesPipridaeGolden-headed ManakinSaltarín CabecidoradoCabeça-de-ouroCeratopipra erythrocephalaNative
 LC 
63TyrannidaeBlack PhoebeViudita de RíoSayornis nigricansNative
 LC 
64Common Tody-FlycatcherMosqueta Pico PalaFerreirinho-relógioTodirostrum cinereumNative
 LC 
65Yellow-bellied ElaeniaFiofío CopetónGuaracava-de-barriga-amarelaElaenia flavogasterNative
 LC 
66Venezuelan FlycatcherAtrapamoscas de VenezuelaMyiarchus venezuelensisNative
 LC 
67Cattle TyrantPicabueySuiriri-cavaleiroMachetornis rixosaNative
 LC 
68Great KiskadeeBenteveo ComúnBem-te-viPitangus sulphuratusNative
 LC 
69Social FlycatcherBenteveo MedianoBentevizinho-de-penacho-vermelhoMyiozetetes similisNative
 LC 
70Streaked FlycatcherBenteveo RayadoBem-te-vi-rajadoMyiodynastes maculatusNative
 LC 
71Boat-billed FlycatcherPitanguáNeineiMegarynchus pitanguaNative
 LC 
72Fork-tailed FlycatcherTijeretaTesourinhaTyrannus savanaNative
 LC 
73White-throated KingbirdTirano GoliblancoSuiriri-de-garganta-brancaTyrannus albogularisNative
 LC 
74Tropical KingbirdSuirirí RealSuiririTyrannus melancholicusNative
 LC 
75Grey KingbirdPitirreSuiriri-cinzaTyrannus dominicensisNative
 LC 
76Olive-sided FlycatcherBurlisto OliváceoPiui-borealContopus cooperiNative
 NT 
77Western Wood PeweePibí OccidentalContopus sordidulusNative
 LC 
78Northern Tropical PeweeContopus bogotensisNative
 LC 
79FurnariidaeStraight-billed WoodcreeperTrepador SubesubeArapaçu-de-bico-brancoDendroplex picusNative
 LC 
80VireonidaeYellow-green VireoVireo VerdiamarilloJuruviara-verde-amareladaVireo flavoviridisNative
 LC 
81CorvidaeBlack-chested JayUrraca PechinegraCyanocorax affinisNative
 LC 
82HirundinidaeGrey-breasted MartinGolondrina DomésticaAndorinha-grandeProgne chalybeaNative
 LC 
83Southern Rough-winged SwallowGolondrina RibereñaAndorinha-serradoraStelgidopteryx ruficollisNative
 LC 
84Barn SwallowGolondrina TijeritaAndorinha-de-bandoHirundo rusticaNative
 LC 
85TroglodytidaeStripe-backed WrenCucarachero ChocorocoyCampylorhynchus nuchalisNative
 LC 
86Bicolored WrenCucarachero CurrucuchúGarrincha-dos-lhanosCampylorhynchus griseusNative
 LC 
87Southern House WrenRatona ComúnCorruiraTroglodytes musculusNative
 LC 
88Rufous-breasted WrenSoterrey CarimoteadoPheugopedius rutilusNative
  
89TurdidaePale-breasted ThrushZorzal SabiáSabiá-barrancoTurdus leucomelasNative
 LC 
90FringillidaeThick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia PiquigruesaGaturamo-de-bico-grossoEuphonia laniirostrisNative
 LC 
91PasserellidaeBlack-striped SparrowCerquero NegrilistadoTico-tico-cantorArremonops conirostrisNative
 LC 
92Golden-winged SparrowMaizcubaArremon schlegeliNative
 LC 
93IcteridaeCrested OropendolaYapúJapuPsarocolius decumanusNative
 LC 
94Yellow OrioleTurpial AmarilloJoão-pinto-amareloIcterus nigrogularisNative
 LC 
95Great-tailed GrackleZanate MexicanoQuiscalus mexicanusNative
 LC 
96Carib GrackleTordito NegroIraúna-do-norteQuiscalus lugubrisNative
 LC 
97ParulidaeProthonotary WarblerReinita ProtonotariaMariquita-protonotáriaProtonotaria citreaNative
 LC 
98Blackburnian WarblerReinita GorjinaranjaMariquita-papo-de-fogoSetophaga fuscaNative
 LC 
99Golden-crowned WarblerArañero Coronado ChicoPula-pulaBasileuterus culicivorusNative
 LC 
100ThraupidaeSwallow TanagerTersinaSaí-andorinhaTersina viridisNative
 LC 
101Red-legged HoneycreeperMielero DorsioscuroSaíra-beija-florCyanerpes cyaneusNative
 LC 
102Blue-black GrassquitVolatineroTiziuVolatinia jacarinaNative
 LC 
103White-lined TanagerFrutero NegroPipira-pretaTachyphonus rufusNative
 LC 
104Crimson-backed TanagerTangara Sangre de ToroRamphocelus dimidiatusNative
 LC 
105Dull-colored GrassquitEspiguero PardoCigarra-pardaAsemospiza obscuraNative
 LC 
106BananaquitMieleroCambacicaCoereba flaveolaNative
 LC 
107Chestnut-bellied Seed FinchCurióCurióSporophila angolensisNative
 LC 
108Bay-headed TanagerTangara CabecicastañaSaíra-de-cabeça-castanhaTangara gyrolaNative
 LC 
109Blue-grey TanagerAzulejo de JardínSanhaço-azulThraupis episcopusNative
 LC 
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