The following is a list of the 83 known endemic bird species in Colombia (about 4% of Colombian species) with notes about their general distribution. Twenty-three (28%) of the species are found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia with a very high degree of endemism.
Endemic bird list Scientific name Common name Status Distribution Cracidae Ortalis garrula Chestnut-winged chachalaca Caribbean Region between Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Sinú River Ortalis columbiana Colombian chachalaca Slopes of the Inter-Andean Valleys Penelope perspicax Cauca guan Endangered Slopes of West & Central Andes (Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Quindío, Cauca) Crax alberti Blue-billed curassow Critically endangered Spottily in forested mountains of northern ColombiaOdontophoridae Odontophorus hyperythrus Chestnut wood-quail Near threatened Slope of West and Central Andes Odontophorus strophium Gorgeted wood-quail Endangered West slope of East AndesColumbidae Leptotila conoveri Tolima dove Endangered East slope of Central Andes (Tolima, Huila)Trochilidae Ramphomicron dorsale Black-backed thornbill Endangered Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Oxypogon stuebelii Buffy helmetcrest Vulnerable Central Andes páramo Oxypogon cyanolaemus Blue-bearded helmetcrest Critically endangered Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Oxypogon guerinii Green-bearded helmetcrest East Andes páramo Eriocnemis isabellae Gorgeted puffleg Critically endangered Serranía del Pinche, Cauca Eriocnemis mirabilis Colorful puffleg Critically endangered West Andes in Cauca Coeligena prunellei Black inca Vulnerable West slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Santander) Coeligena phalerata White-tailed starfrontlet Near threatened Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Coeligena orina Dusky starfrontlet Critically endangered Spottily in the northern West Andes Chaetocercus astreans Santa Marta woodstar Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Chlorostilbon olivaresi Chiribiquete emerald Serranía de Chiribiquete, Amazon Region Anthocephala floriceps Santa Marta blossomcrown Vulnerable Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Anthocephala berlepschi Tolima blossomcrown Central Andes (Quindío, Tolima, Huila) Campylopterus phainopeplus Santa Marta sabrewing Endangered Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Amazilia castaneiventris Chestnut-bellied hummingbird Endangered Drier areas of the Magdalena River drainage (Boyacá, Santander) Amazilia cyanifrons Indigo-capped hummingbird Central Colombia (Upper Magdalena Valley into East Andes) Lepidopyga lilliae Sapphire-bellied hummingbird Critically endangered Caribbean coast (Atlántico, Magdalena, La Guajira)Rallidae Rallus semiplumbeus Bogota rail Endangered High wetlands in East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá)Strigidae Megascops gilesi Santa Marta screech owl Vulnerable Sierra Nevada de Santa MartaBucconidae Bucco noanamae Sooty-capped puffbird Near threatened Northwest Colombia (Chocó, Antioquia)Capitonidae Capito hypoleucus White-mantled barbet Vulnerable North Central Andes & west slope of East AndesPicidae Picumnus granadensis Grayish piculet Cauca Valley slopes and lowlands Melanerpes pulcher Beautiful woodpecker North Central Andes & west slope of East Andes; Magdalena ValleyPsittacidae Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons Rufous-fronted parakeet Vulnerable Central Andes (Los Nevados National Park) Hapalopsittaca fuertesi Indigo-winged parrot Critically endangered Central Andes (Risaralda, Tolima, Quindío) Pyrrhura viridicata Santa Marta parakeet Endangered Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Pyrrhura calliptera Brown-breasted parakeet Vulnerable Spottily in northern East Andes Ognorhynchus icterotis Yellow-eared parrot Endangered Few locations in the Colombian AndesThamnophilidae Drymophila caudata East Andean antbird Near threatened West slope of East Andes; Upper Magdalena Valley (Caquetá, Huila) Drymophila hellmayri Santa Marta antbird Near threatened Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Cercomacra parkeri Parker's antbird Central Andes; small area of central West AndesGrallariidae Grallaria bangsi Santa Marta antpitta Vulnerable Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Grallaria kaestneri Cundinamarca antpitta Endangered East slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca) Grallaria urraoensis Urrao antpitta Critically endangered Páramo de Frontino, West Andes (Antioquia) Grallaria milleri Brown-banded antpitta Vulnerable Central Andes (Caldas, Tolima, Risaralda, Quindío)Rhinocryptidae Scytalopus sanctaemartae Santa Marta tapaculo Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Scytalopus rodriguezi Magdalena tapaculo Endangered East slope of Central Andes, Upper Magdalena Valley Scytalopus stilesi Stiles's tapaculo Northern Central Andes (Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda) Scytalopus alvarezlopezi Tatama tapaculo Near threatened West slope of West Andes (Antioquia to Valle del Cauca) Scytalopus latebricola Brown-rumped tapaculo Near threatened Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Scytalopus canus Paramillo tapaculo Endangered Northern West Andes (Antioquia)Furnariidae Clibanornis rufipectus Santa Marta foliage-gleaner Near threatened Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Cranioleuca hellmayri Streak-capped spinetail Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Synallaxis subpudica Silvery-throated spinetail East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) Synallaxis fuscorufa Rusty-headed spinetail Vulnerable Sierra Nevada de Santa MartaTyrannidae Phylloscartes lanyoni Antioquia bristle-tyrant Endangered Central Andes (Antioquia, Caldas); west slope of East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) Myiotheretes pernix Santa Marta bush-tyrant Endangered Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Myiarchus apicalis Apical flycatcher Inter-Andean Valleys and adjacent slopesCotingidae Lipaugus weberi Chestnut-capped piha Endangered Northern Central AndesVireonidae Vireo caribaeus San Andres vireo Vulnerable San Andres IslandTroglodytidae Troglodytes monticola Santa Marta wren Critically endangered Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Cistothorus apolinari Apolinar's wren Endangered East Andes (Cundinamarca, Boyacá) Thryophilus sernai Antioquia wren Endangered Dry forest along Cauca River (Antioquia) Thryophilus nicefori Niceforo's wren Critically endangered West slope of East Andes (Santander, Boyacá) Henicorhina anachoreta Hermit wood wren Near threatened Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Henicorhina negreti Munchique wood wren Critically endangered Spottily in the West AndesFringillidae Euphonia concinna Velvet-fronted euphonia Magdalena ValleyPasserellidae Arremon basilicus Sierra Nevada brushfinch Near threatened Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Atlapetes melanocephalus Santa Marta brushfinch Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Atlapetes flaviceps Yellow-headed brushfinch Endangered East slope of Central Andes (Huila, Tolima) Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus Dusky-headed brushfinch Near threatened Upper Magdalena Valley (Huila, Cauca) Atlapetes blancae Antioquia brushfinch Critically endangered Northern Central Andes (Antioquia)Icteridae Psarocolius cassini Baudo oropendola Endangered Coastal mountains of the Pacific Region, Choc[o Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster Red-bellied grackle Vulnerable Spottily in Andes Macroagelaius subalaris Colombian mountain grackle Endangered West slope of East AndesParulidae Basileuterus basilicus Santa Marta warbler Vulnerable Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Basileuterus conspicillatus White-lored warbler Near threatened Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Myioborus flavivertex Yellow-crowned redstart Sierra Nevada de Santa MartaCardinalidae Habia gutturalis Sooty ant-tanager Near threatened Foothills of northern Andes including Magdalena Valley Habia cristata Crested ant-tanager West slope of West AndesThraupidae Bangsia melanochlamys Black-and-gold tanager Vulnerable Central Andes (Antioquia); West Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca) Bangsia aureocincta Gold-ringed tanager Endangered West Andes (Chocó, Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia) Anisognathus melanogenys Black-cheeked mountain-tanager Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Chlorochrysa nitidissima Multicolored tanager Vulnerable West Andes; Central Andes (Risaralda, Antioquia) Dacnis hartlaubi Turquoise dacnis Vulnerable Spottily in Andes (Valle del Cauca, Huila, Quindío, Antioquia, Risaralda, Cundinamarca, Boyacá) Diglossa gloriosissima Chestnut-bellied flowerpiercer Endangered Spottily in West Andes (Antioquia to Cauca)
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See also List of birds of Colombia