Common Birds of Colombia

Brilliant orange males perform frenzied communal leks at forest clearings — the Pro-Aves reserves in the Colombian Andes have made this spectacular bird accessible to visiting birders.

Pulled back from the brink of extinction by Fundación ProAves — the recovered population now nests in clusters of wax palms near Roncesvalles in the Central Andes.

One of the most stunning birds in the world — a Colombian endemic with a kaleidoscopic pattern of blue, green, gold, and black found only in mid-elevation Western Andes forest.

One of the world's most endangered birds — restricted to a tiny area of the Magdalena Valley in northern Colombia, now protected at the El Paujil Bird Reserve.

Colombia's Amazon and Llanos forests harbor important Harpy Eagle populations — active nests with fledging eaglets can occasionally be visited with specialist guides.

A chunky, vibrantly colored barbet resembling a miniature toucan — one of the signature species of Ecuador-Colombia border cloud forests, best found near feeders at lodges.

A stunning Colombian endemic with deep black and golden yellow plumage — restricted to a narrow elevation band in the humid western Andes and increasingly hard to find.

Endemic to the isolated Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta massif — a small, fast-flying parakeet found in flocks in cloud forest above 1,400 m elevation.