Birding Tours Colombia

09/07/2020

Colombia's birding tour companies have come together to create a fund to help the most vulnerable members of the birdwatching community in the country.

Due to Covid 19 all the tours that were scheduled for 2020 have been cancelled, leaving all the local birding guides and sites with no income for the foreseeable future.

We believe that by working together, and reaching out to our friends, clients and the wider birding community, we can create a movement to help those who need it most.

If we reach our goal, we will be able to help approximately 150 families.

Donate at https://en.vaki.co/vaki/1591551223119

Any contribution will be gratefully received and will help us achieve our goal.

02/07/2020

Torrent Duck (female & chick)) / Merganetta armata / Pato de los Torrentes (hembra & polluelo)

One of the most amazing experiences while birding in the Andes: to see a small chick swimming better than Michael Phelps in fast flowing streams! Photographed in the Quindío river (Central Andes of Colombia).

Don´t forget to donate to our Birders Together campaing at: https://en.vaki.co/vaki/1591551223119. More than 150 families of the birdwatching community were left with no income due to Covid-19. Together we can help them.

24/06/2020

Vamos muy bien, gracias a las 120 personas que han aportado, los necesitamos tu ayuda

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20/06/2020

Green-bearded Helmetcrest (male) / Oxypogon guerinii / Barbudito Paramuno o Chivito de Paramo (macho). Photographed at Paramo de Soata, Boyaca (Eastern Andes of Colombia).
An endemic & vulnerable hummingbird, present only in the Eastern Andes of Colombia, at high altitudes (3,400 – 4,500 meters). Lives in shrubby, open paramos, where it is dependent on flowers of Espeletia plants and a variety of dwarf bushes.

12/06/2020

Colombia's birding tour companies have come together to create a fund to help the most vulnerable members of the birdwatching community in the country.

Due to Covid 19 all the tours that were scheduled for 2020 have been cancelled, leaving all the local birding guides and sites with no income for the foreseeable future.

We believe that by working together, and reaching out to our friends, clients and the wider birding community, we can create a movement to help those who need it most.

If we reach our goal, we will be able to help approximately 150 families.

Any contribution will be gratefully received and will help us achieve our goal.


Donate here: https://en.vaki.co/vaki/1591551223119

11/06/2020

Andean Duck (male) / Oxyura ferruginea / Pato Andino (macho)
Photographed at Laguna del Otun, Los Nevados National Park (Central Andes of Colombia).
Usually seen in pairs or groups in deep Andean lakes of Central and Eastern Andes, from 2400m to 4000m. An expert diver, it is considered the Andean counterpart to the Rudy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) of North America. Readily seen in ponds of Sabana de Bogotá, Siecha & Guasca gravel pits, and at Laguna Negra in Los Nevados. Fair numbers can be seen in Laguna del Otún (southern section of Los Nevados). Oxyura ferruginea andina is an endemic subspecies present in the Central & Eastern Andes of Colombia. Oxyura ferruginea ferruginea is more widespread, from the Andes of southern Colombia to southern Argentina & Chile.
Males have a variable amount of white on their face, sometimes with no white at all!

27/06/2019

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16/06/2019

Tricolored Brushfinch / Atlapetes tricolor / Atlapetes Tricolor.

Image taken at Cerro Montezuma, Western Andes of Colombia. April 29, 2019.

Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 600mm lens, 1/250 sec, f4.0, ISO 800.

Image taken at Cerro Montezuma, Western Andes of Colombia. Visit our web page: www.birdingtourscolombia.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/BirdingToursCol Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/birdingtourscolombia

14/06/2019

Velvet-purple Coronet (juvenile) / Boissonneaua jardini / Colibrí Sietecolores (juvenil).

Image taken at Cerro Montezuma, Western Andes of Colombia. April 29, 2019.

Image taken at Cerro Montezuma, Western Andes of Colombia. Visit our web page: www.birdingtourscolombia.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/BirdingToursCol Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/birdingtourscolombia

13/06/2019

Alone or in pairs, the Orange-breasted Fruiteater is a near-endemic species of Colombia & Ecuador, present only in humid forests of the Pacific slope in the Andes, between 800-2000m. Lethargic and quiet, it feeds on small berries that are taken in flight or from perch.
Image taken at Cerro Montezuma, Western Andes of Colombia. April 29, 2019.
Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 600mm lens, 1/200 sec, f4.0, ISO 800.

Alone or in pairs, the Orange-breasted Fruiteater is a near-endemic species of Colombia & Ecuador, present only in humid forests of the Pacific slope in the Andes, between 800-2000m. Lethargic and quiet, it feeds on small berries that are taken in flight or from perch. Image taken at Cerro Montezuma...

11/06/2019

Yellow-crowned Redstart / Myioborus flavivertex / Abanico Colombiano.

An endemic species to Colombia, found only in the Santa Marta Mountains, between 1500-3000m.

An endemic species to Colombia, found only in the Santa Marta Mountains, between 1500-3000m. Conspicuous and vocal, often joins mix flocks at forest edges & scrub. Image taken at San Lorenzo ridge. Visit our web page: www.birdingtourscolombia.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/BirdingToursCol Fol...

09/06/2019

Blue-naped Chlorophonia (male) / Chlorophonia cyanea / Chlorophonia Verdeazul (macho).

Mostly frugivorous, the Blue-naped Chlorophonia is a relatively uncommon bird from humid forests between 600 – 2100 meters, in the three Cordilleras of Colombia & Santa Marta Mountains. Distributed widely in the Andes, from the Guyanas & Venezuela, south to Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay.

Image taken at ProAve´s El Dorado reserve, where the bird is more common. November 11, 2014. Nikon D800E w/ Nikkor 600mm lens, 1/1000 sec, f4.0, ISO 800.

Mostly frugivorous, the Blue-naped Chlorophonia is a relatively uncommon bird from humid forests between 600 – 2100 meters, in the three Cordilleras of Colombia & Santa Marta Mountains. Distributed widely in the Andes, from the Guyanas & Venezuela, south to Argentina, Brazil & Paraguay. Image take...

20/05/2019

Multicolored Tanager (male) / Chlorochrysa nitidissima / Tángara Multicolor (macho)
An endemic species of Colombia, restricted to the Western & Central Andes, between 800 – 2200 meters. Lives in humid “cloud forests”, where it often joins other tanagers in mixed feeding-flocks, moving very fast in the subcanopy.
Photographed at La Minga Ecolodge, in the municipality of Dapa (Valle del Cauca).

An endemic species of Colombia, restricted to the Western & Central Andes, between 800 – 2200 meters. Lives in humid “cloud forests”, where it often joins other tanagers in mixed feeding-flocks, moving very fast in the subcanopy. Photographed at La Minga Ecolodge, in the municipality of Dapa (...

18/05/2019

Get ready for our next fixed departure! Our tour CENTRAL ANDES ENDEMICS provides the best opportunity for a huge kaleidoscope of feathered jewels, covering endemics, near-endemics & specialties. This compact birding itinerary includes potential views of 40 species of hummingbirds, 54 species of tanagers and 61 species of flycatchers in just 10 days!

Next departure: November 16-25 with six available spaces.

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18/05/2019

Endemic Santa Marta Parakeet / Pyrrhura viridicata / Periquito Serrano

An endemic & endangered species, found only in the Santa Marta Mountains of Colombia, at high altitudes between 1,800 and 3,200 meters. Small compact groups fly fast with twisting groups above canopy, vocalizing loudly but landing quietly to feed. Image taken at Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, above ProAve...

14/05/2019

Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus sanguinolentus)
Image taken at Jardín (Antioquia), Western Andes of Colombia.
Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 600mm lens, 1/160 sec, f4.0, ISO 1250.
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12/05/2019

Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus sanguinolentus)
With a permanently erect crest, males gather inside forest on steep, rugged mountain ravines, where they display for shy and inconspicuous females. Their voice is potent, but harsh and unmelodious, consisting of piglike grunts.
Image taken at Jardin, in the Western Andes of Colombia, where a communal lek is found on a deep canyon only 4 blocks away from central square. March 31, 2017.
Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 600mm lens, 1/400 sec, f4.0, ISO 1250.
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16/04/2019

Always wanted to bird in Colombia? Birding Tours Colombia presents its bestseller CENTRAL ANDES ENDEMICS TOUR, with over 490 species awaiting to be seen! Main sites include iconic Kilometer 18 with the stunning Multicolored Tanager, Otún-Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, where the once thought to be extinct Cauca Guan roams the forest, and Los Nevados National Park, where the Buffy Helmetcrest meets the snowpeaks.

Next departures: June 8-17 (only 3 spaces left!) & November 16-25 (2019).

Visit: https://birdingtourscolombia.com/tours_birds/central-andes-endemics-11-days-medium-length-tour/

12/11/2017

Scarlet-browed Tanager (male) / Heterospingus xanthopygius
At Anchicaya Valley, near the village of El Danubio. Western Andes of Colombia. January 5, 2017.
Nikon D810 w/ Nikkor 600mm lens, 1/250 sec, f4.0, ISO 800.
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A spectacular tanager from humid forests in the Pacific, lower Cauca Valley & mid-Magdalena Valley, below 1,200 meters. It usually forages at mid & high levels at forest edges, in pairs that join mixed flocks. Image taken near the village of El Danubio in the mid-Anchicayá Valley (Pacific slope of t...

22/10/2017

Torrelavega Wildlife Rescue Refuge, Puerto Triunfo (Antioquia), Colombia. Visit our web page: www.birdingtourscolombia.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/BirdingToursCol Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/birdingtourscolombia

25/07/2017

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White-necked Jacobin (male) / Florisuga mellivora / Colibrí Collarejo (macho).
Image taken near Pereira, Cauca Valley (Colombia). July 16, 2010.
Nikon D90, f5.6, 260mm, 1/320 sec, ISO 400.

25/07/2017

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Fawn-breasted Brilliant (female) / Heliodoxa rubinoides / Heliodoxa Leonado (hembra)
Rio Blanco nature reserve, near Manizales (Caldas), Central Andes of Colombia. May 28, 2010.
Nikon D90, f7.1, 220mm, 1/320 sec, ISO 400.

An uncommon and local hummingbird of cloud forests in the mountains of Colombia, Ecuador & Peru, between 1,800 – 2,800 meters. Image taken at Rio Blanco nature reserve (Central Andes of Colombia). Visit our web page: www.birdingtourscolombia.com Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/BirdingToursCol Foll...

21/06/2017

06/06/2017

Male Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei) at Chicaque Nature Reserve in the Eastern Andes of Colombia. June 16, 2014.

An uncommon near-endemic hummingbird restricted to the humid mountain forests of northwestern Venezuela (Perijá Mountains) and the Eastern Andes of Colombia, between 1400 – 3200 meters. Distribution in Colombia is rather narrow, from Soatá, Villa de Leyva & Arcabuco, south to Bogotá & Fusagasugá. Th...

24/05/2017

Male Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani) at Los Nevados National Park, Central Andes of Colombia.

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09/05/2017

One of the most coveted antpittas from South America, the Crescent-faced Antpitta is a near-threatened & near-endemic species restricted to the high mountains of Ecuador & Colombia (2,000-3,500 meters).

This image was taken above the town of Salento (Quindío) on May 7 (2017) while birding for fun with friend Alejandro Bayer & Juan Martín Uribe, in preparation of Alejandro´s birding route for Global Big Day 2017 (May 13, just 4 days from today!).

04/05/2017

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23/04/2017

The Rufous-gaped Hillstar is a subspecies candidate to be split from the White-tailed Hillstar (which has a characteristic rufous malar), found only in the Eastern slope of the Eastern Andes in Colombia, Eastern Ecuador & NE Peru, between 1000–2500m.

Photographed along the road from the Sibundoy Valley to Mocoa (Putumayo), near the iconic site known as the “Trampolín de las aves” (the Bird Swing).