Colombia Amazon Bird List Order and names based on the Birds of Colombia by Miles McMullen English Name Black-bellied Whistling Duck Muscovy Duck Blue-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Variable (Speckled) Chachalaca Andean Guan Spix s Guan Pied-billed Grebe Rock Pigeon Plumbeous Pigeon Grey-fronted Dove Band-tailed Pigeon Pale-vented Pigeon Eared Dove Ruddy Ground-Dove Greater Ani Smooth-billed Ani Squirrel Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Lesser Nighthawk Common Pauraque White-collared Swift Fork-tailed (Neotropical) Palm-swift Latin Name ANATIDAE Dendrocygna autumnalis Cairina moschata Anas discors Aythya collaris CRACIDAE Ortalis guttata Penelope montagnii Penelope jacquacu PODICIPEDIDAE Podilymbus podiceps COLUMBIDAE Columba livia Columba plumbea Leptotila rufaxilla Patagioenas fasciata Patagioenas cayennensis Zenaida auriculata Columbina talpacoti CUCULIDAE Crotophaga major Crotophaga ani Piaya cayana CAPRIMULGIDAE Chordeiles minor Chordeiles acutipennis Nyctidromus albicollis APODIDAE Streptoprocne zonaris Tachornis (Reinarda) squamata TROCHILIDAE White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus Grey-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora Green/Lesser Violetear Colibri thalassinus Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita near endemic Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata Collared Inca Coeligena torquata Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae 1
White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus near endemic White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl Indigo-capped Hummingbird Amazilia cyanifrons endemic RALLIADAE Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus endemic Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica Azure Gallinule Porphyrula flavirostris Grey-necked/Cowled Woodrail Aramides cajaneus Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops American Coot Fulica americana Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Wattled Jacana Yellow-billed Tern Anhinga Neotropic Cormorant Fasciated Tiger-Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Capped Heron Zigzag Heron Striated Heron Cattle Egret Cocoi Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Glossy Ibis Bare-faced Ibis Green Ibis Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Greater Yellow-headed Vulture King Vulture Osprey SCOLOPACIDAE Actitis macularius Tringa solitaria Tringa melanoleuca JACANADAE Jacana jacana LARIDAE Sterna superciliaris ANHINGIDAE Anhinga anhinga PHALACROCORACIDAE Phalacrocorax brasilianus ARDEIDAE Tigrisoma fasciatum Nycticorax nycticorax Pilherodias pileatus Zebrilus undulatus Butorides striatus Bubulcus ibis Ardea cocoi Ardea alba Egretta thula Egretta caerulea THRESKIORNITHIDAE Plegadis falcinellus Phimosus infuscatus Mesembrinibis cayennensis CATHARTIDAE Coragyps atratus Cathartes aura Cathartes burrovianus Cathartes melambrotus Sarcoramphus papa PANDIONIDAE Pandion haliaetus 2
Gray-headed Kite Plumbeous Kite Black-collared Hawk Ornate Hawk-eagle White-tailed (Black-shouldered) Kite White-tailed Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson s Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Roadside Hawk Pavonine Quetzal White-tailed Trogon Blue-crowned Trogon Ringed Kingfisher Amazon Kingfisher Green Kingfisher Pygmy Kingfisher Black-fronted Nunbird Emerald Toucanet Yellow-ridged Toucan Yellow-throated Woodpecker Chestnut Woodpecker Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Lineated Woodpecker Crimson-crested Woodpecker Yellow-headed Caracara Black Caracara Red-throated Caracara Barred Forest-falcon Dusky-headed Parakeet Blue-winged Parrotlet Painted Parakeet Canary-winged Parakeet Cobalt-winged Parakeet White-bellied Parrot Blue-headed Parrot Yellow-naped (crowned) Parrot Wedge-billed Woodcreeper ACCIPITRIDAE Leptodon cayanensis Ictinia plumbea Busarellus nigricollis Spizaetus ornatus Elanus leucurus Geranoaetus albicaudatus Buteo platypterus Buteo Swainsoni Buteo albonotatus Buteo magnirostris TROGONIDAE Pharomacrus pavoninus Trogon viridis Trogon curucui ALCEDINIDAE Ceryle torquata Chloroceryle amazona Chloroceryle americana Chloroceryle aenea BUCCONIDAE Monasa nigrifrons RAMPHASTIDAE Aulacorhynchus prasinus Ramphastos culminatus PICIDAE Piculus flavigula Celeus elegans Melanerpes cruentatus Drycopus lineatus Campephilus melanoleucus FALCONIDAE Milvago chimachima Daptrius ater Daptrius americanus Micrastur ruficollis PSITTACIDAE Aratinga weddellii Forpus xanthopterygius Pyrrhura picta roseifrons Brotogeris versicolurus Brotogeris cyanoptera Pionites leucogaster Pionus menstruus Amazona ochrocephala DENDROCOLAPTID Glyphorynchus spirurus 3
White-chinned Thistletail Black-tailed Leaftosser Barred Antshrike Amazonian Antshrike Cherrie s Antwren Yellow-browed Antbird Warbling Antbird Slate-colored Antbird Spot-backed Antbird Sooty Antbird Blue-crowned Manakin White-crowned Manakin Striped Manakin Thrush-like Shiffornis Screaming Piha Black-tailed Tityra Cinnamon Flycatcher Black-tailed Flycatcher Grayish Mourner Yellow-crowned Elaenia Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Great Kiskadee Social Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Tropical Pewee Yellow-throated Flycatcher Blue-and-White Swallow White-winged Swallow White-banded Swallow Southern Rough-winged Swallow Brown-chested Martin Violaceous Jay Black-capped Donacobius House Wren (Southern) Nightingale Wren Great Thrush Black-billed Thrush White-necked Thrush Andean Solitaire FURNARIDAE Schizoeaca fuliginosa Sclerurus caudacutus FORMICARIIDAE Thamnophilus doliatus Thamnophilus amazonicus Myrmotherula cherriei Hypocnemis hypoxantha Hypocnemis cantator Percnostola schistacea Hylophylax naevia Myrmeciza fortis PIPRIDAE Pipra coronata Pipra pipra Machaeropterus regulus Schiffornis turdinus COTINGIDAE Lipaugus vociferans Tityra cayana TYRANNIDAE Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea Myiobius atricaudud Rhytipterna simplex Myiopagis flavivertex Myiornis ecaudatus Pitangus sulphuratus Myiozetetes similes Tyrannus melancholicus Contopus cinereus Conopias parva HIRUNDINIDAE Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Tachycineta albiventer Atticora fasciata Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Phaeprogne tapera CORVINAE Cyanocorax violaceus TROGLODYTIDAE Donacobius atricapillus Troglodytes aedon Microcerculus marginatus TURDIDAE Turdus fuscater Turdus ignobilis Turdus albicollis Myadestes ralloides 4
Long-billed Gnatwren Tawny-crowned Greenlet Yellow-billed Dacnis Blackburnian Warbler Connecticut Warbler Beryl-spangled Tanager Turquoise Tanager Blue-gray Tanager Palm Tanager Silver-beaked Tanager Masked Crimson Tanager Scarlet Tanager Guira Tanager White-shouldered Tanager SYLVIIDAE Ramphocaenus melanurus VIREONIDAE Hylophilus ochraceiceps COEREBIDAE Dacnis flaviventer PARULIDAE Denroica fusca Oporornis agilis THRAUPIDAE Tangara nigroviridis Tangara mexicana Thraupis episcopus Thraupis palmarum Ramphocelus carbo Ramphocelus nigrogularis Piranga olivacea Hemithraupis flavicollis Tachyphonus luctuosus Lesser Seed-finch Chestnut-bellied Seedeater White-naped Seedeater Black Flowerpiercer Red-capped Cardinal Rufous-collared Sparrow Yellow-browed Sparrow EMBERIZIDAE Oryzoborus angolensis Sporophila castaneiventris Dolospingus fringiloides Diglossa humeralis Paroaria gularis Zonotrichia capensis Ammodramus aurifrons CARDINALIDAE Yellow-rumped Cacique Yellow-hooded Blackbird Giant Cowbird Crested Oropendola Moriche Oriole ICTERIDAE Cacicus cela Agelaius icterocephalus Scaphidura oryzivora Psarocolius decumanus Icterus chrysocephalus PASSERIDAE List compiled by Kaiyote Snow 184 Birds updated January 2019 5