Birding Tours in South America
Future tours to Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina
In the period Januari/March 2008 we will do our first tour to Colombia, in cooperation
with Jürgen Beckers of Trogon Travels.
link to the site
of Trogon Travels
In 2009 we also hope to start tours to Argentina.
Itinerary Gran Colombia Tour (24 days) - 2008
Proposed program
1. arrival in Bogota, flight to Santa Marta
2. Cuchillo San Lorenzo
3. Cuchillo San Lorenzo
4. Cuchillo San Lorenzo, Minca
5. Minca, Riohacha
6. Riohacha travelling Santa Marta
7. Isla de Salamanca ,bus Santa Marta - P.Boyaca
8. El Paujil
9. El Paujil
10. El Paujil, bus trip Amalfi
11. Finca Costa Rica
12. Finca Costa Rica
13. travelling to Rio Blanco
14. Rio Blanco
15. Rio Blanco, travelling
16. Otun-Quimbaya, Ucumari
17. Ucumari
18. Ucumari
19. Otun-Quimbaya, travelling Buga
20. Bosque Yotoco
21. Laguna de Sonso, bus Ibaque
22. Juntas Ibaque
23. travelling La Florida, Laguna de Fuquene
24. Fuquene, La Conejera Bogota
25. Paramo, flight to Europe/US
Tour price: US$ 2350 per person in a group of 5 people
The following endemics are possible (incl. the places where):
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca (Ortalis garrula): Salamanca NP
Cauca Guan (Penelope perspicax): Ucumari RPN, Bosque Yotoco RF
Blue-knobbed Curassow (Crax alberti): El Paujil (Las Quinchas)
Chestnut Wood-Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus): Ucumari RPN
White-mantled Barbet (Capito hypoleucus): El Paujil
Greyish Piculet (Picumnus granadensis): Bosque Yotoco RF
Beautiful Woodpecker (Melanerpes pulcher): El Paujil (Las Quinchas)
Santa Marta Parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo -)
Rufous-fronted Parakeet (Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons): Rio Blanco, Ucumari
RPN
White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo -)
Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps): Ibaque
Tolima Dove (Leptotila conoveri): Ibaque
Bogota Rail (Rallus semiplumbeus): Bogota
Apical Flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis): Laguna de Sonso RN
Chestnut-capped Piha (Lipaugus weberi): Finca Costa Rica
Parker's Antbird (Cercomacra parkeri): Finca Costa Rica
Silvery-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis subpudica): Bogota, Fuquene (Laguna)
Rusty-headed Spinetail (Synallaxis fuscorufa): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo )
Streak-capped Spinetail (Cranioleuca hellmayri): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo )
Santa Marta Antpitta (Grallaria bangsi): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo )
Brown-banded Antpitta (Grallaria milleri): Rio Blanco,
Santa Marta Tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo )
Apolinar's Wren (Cistothorus apolinari): Fuquene (Laguna)
Santa Marta Brush-Finch (Atlapetes melanocephalus): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo
)
Yellow-headed Brush-Finch (Atlapetes flaviceps): Ibaque
Yellow-crowned Whitestart (Myioborus flavivertex): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo
)
Santa Marta Warbler (Basileuterus basilicus): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo )
White-lored Warbler (Basileuterus conspicillatus): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo
)
Sooty Ant-Tanager (Habia gutturalis): El Paujil (Las Quinchas)
Black-cheeked Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys): San Lorenzo (Cuchillo
)
Multicoloured Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima): Finca Costa Rica, Ucumari
RPN, Bosque Yotoco RF
Turquoise Dacnis-tanager (Pseudodacnis hartlaubi): Bosque Yotoco RF
Red-bellied Grackle (Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster): Finca Costa Rica, Ucumari
RPN
Other specialities:
Band-tailed Guan Penelope argyrotis
Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus atrifrons
Grey-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
Black-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena nigrirostris
Citron-throated Toucan Ramphastos citreolaemus
Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis
Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mystacalis
White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus
Dwarf Cuckoo Coccyzus pumilus
Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata
Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii
Saffron-headed Parrot Pionopsitta pyrilia
Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina
Coppery Emerald Chlorostilbon russatus
Short-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon poortmani
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei
Coppery-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis cupreoventris
Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis derbyi
Bronze-tailed Thornbill Chalcostigma heteropogon
Bearded Helmetcrest Oxypogon guerinii
Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsus
Bare-eyed Pigeon Columba corensis
Lined Quail-Dove Geotrygon linearis
Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
Slender-billed Inezia Inezia tenuirostris
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris
Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
Black-billed Flycatcher Aphanotriccus audax
Golden-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola aureopectus
Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus
Striped Manakin Machaeropterus regulus
Black-backed Antshrike Sakesphorus melanonotus
Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus
Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
White-whiskered Spinetail Synallaxis candei
Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
Bicoloured Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea
Chestnut-crowned Gnateater Conopophaga castaneiceps
Ash-coloured Tapaculo Myornis senilis
Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius eximius
Sooty-headed Wren Thryothorus spadix
Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli
Moustached Brush-Finch Atlapetes albofrenatus
Mangrove Warbler Dendroica erithachorides
Golden-fronted Whitestart Myioborus ornatus
Grey-throated Warbler Basileuterus cinereicollis
White-eared Conebill Conirostrum leucogenys
Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum
White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata
Black-headed Hemispingus Hemispingus verticalis
Rosy Thrush-Tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps
Glaucous Tanager Thraupis glaucocolpa
Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch Sicalis columbiana
Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus
Orinocan Saltator Saltator orenocensis
Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus
Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus
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