We saw a total of 163 new birds on this 5 Day trip!
Day 1: Arrival in Medellin & around Jardín
- Ruddy Ground Dove
- Black billed Thrush
- Scrub Tanager
- Clay Colored Thrush
- Thick billed Euphonia
- Blue Dacnis
- Streak headed Woodcreeper
- Tropical Gnatcatcher
- Yellow billed Seedeater
Day 2: Road birding, Reserva Natural de las Aves LoroOrejamarillo, Parque Natura Jardín de Rocas
- White throated Screech Owl
- Slaty Brushfinch
- Lacrymose Mountain Tanager
- Blue & Black Tanager
- Masked Flowerpiercer
- Band Tailed Pigeon
- Great Thrush
- Superciliaried Hemispingus
- Golden fronted Whitestart
- Streak throated Bush Tyrant
- Yellow eared parrot
- Rufous collared Sparrow
- Russet Crowned Warber
- Buff tailed Cornet
- Yellow bellied Chat Tyrant
- Tourmaline Sun Angel
- Speckled Hummingbird
- Collared Inca
- Hooded Mountain Tanager
- Green & Black Fruiteater
- Barred Becard
- Pale edged Flycatcher
- White sided Flowerpiercer
- Rufous Antpitta
- Cinnamon Flycatcher
- Rufous Spinetail
- Sharp shinned Hawk
- Sharpe’s Wren
- Black capped Hemispingus
- Grey browed Brushfinch
Day 3: Road Birding, drive to Las Tangares
- Tropical Mockingbird
- Blue & White Swallow
- Golden Tanager
- Bay headed Tanager
- Saffron FInch
- Blue black Grassquit
- Blackish Rail
- White capped Dipper
- Red Bellied Grackle
- Black winged Saltator
- Long billed Starthroat
- Steely Vented Hummingbird
- Rufous tailed Hummingbird
- Andean Emerald
- Cattle Tyrant
- Black capped Tanager
- Bronze winged Parrot
- Pale breasted Spinetail
- Pale vented Pigeon
- Common Tody Flycatcher
- Red crowned Woodpecker
- Rusty margined Flycatcher
- Torrent Tyrannulet
- Golden faced Tyrannulet
- White lined Tanager
- White naped Brushfinch
- Crimson rumped Toucanet
Day 4: Las Tangares, drive to Medellín
- Grey breasted Wood Wren
- Ornate Flycatcher
- Lemon Rumped Tanager
- White headed Wren
- Montaine Woodcreeper
- 3 stripe Warbler
- Uniform Tree Hunter
- Yellow collared Chlorophonia
- Uniform Antshrike
- Orane bellied Euphonia
- Chestnut breasted Wren
Day 5: Medellín birding on way to airport
- Eared Dove
- Vermillion Flycatcher
- Bare faced Ibis
- Spectacled Parrotlet
- Sicke winged Guan
- Emerald Toucanet
- White winged Becard
- Streaked Flycatcher
- Black chested Jay
- Crimson backed Tanager
- Piratic Flycatcher
- Black crowned Antshrike
- Greenish Elaenia
- Colombian Chachalaca
- Streaked Saltator
- Black capped Tyrannulet
- Rufous crowned Tody Flycatcher
- Southern rough winged Swallow
- Long tailed Sylph
- Black collared Jay
- Northern Mountain Cacique
- Slaty backed Chat Tyrant
- Smoke colored Pewee
- Russet backed Oropendola
- Scarlet rumped Cacique
- Golden olive Woodpecker
- Blue grey Tanager
- Western Emerald
- Andean Cock of the Rock
- Flame rumped Tanager
- Smooth billed Ani
- Grass green Tanager
- Yellow faced Grassquit
- Tropical Kingbird
- Andean Motmot
- Blue necked Tanager
- Bananaquit
- Shiny Cowbird
- Green Jay
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Red headed Barbet
- Yellow Olive Flatbill
- Black throated Mango
- Roadside Hawk
- Palm Tanager
- Slate capped Flycatcher
- Slaty headed Whitestart
- Brown Violetear
- Crowned Woodnymph
- Mottled Owl
- Purple bibbed Whitetip
- Purple throated Woodstar
- Violet tailed Sylph
- Empress Brilliant
- Greenish Puffleg
- Velvet Purple Cornet
- Brown Inca
- Booted Rackettail
- Fawn breasted Brilliant
- Yellow breasted Antwren
- Red faced Spinetail
- Scaly throated Foliage Gleaner
- Handsome Flycatcher
- Black & Gold Tanager
- Black chinned Mountain Tanager
- Purplish mantled Tanager
- Indigo Flowerpiercer
- Beryl Spangled Tanager
- Toucan Barbet
- Common Paraque
- Rufous throated Tanager
- Buffy Tuftedcheek
- Lemon browed Flycatcher
- Golden browed Flycatcher
- Crested Ant Tanager
- Swallowtail Kite
- Streak necked Flycatcher
- Silvery throated Tanager
- Black Solitaire
- Yellow headed Caracara
- Bat Falcon
- Grey breasted Martin
- White collared Swift
- Chestnut crowned Antpitta
- Tropical Screech Owl
- Metalic green Tanager
- Azaras Spinetail
- Common Bush Tanager
- Brown capped Vireo
We focused on birds but there were also some other beautiful creatures…….
Butterflies
Ones that were see-through
Don’t forget the reptiles
and other cool unusual insects
and ones that got up close and personal
nature is just beautiful
