Central Colombia Photos
There's a lot of "eye candy" in Central Colombia. These photos were taken by Lisa and Li Li (LL), Misty Vaughn (MV), Jerry Johnson (JJ), Laurie Kosmiski (LK), Liza Weissler (LW), Mac Walter (MW), and Wendy Naruo (WN). They're a small sample of the wonders that await you in this scenic and diverse country.
Green-and-Black Fruiteater (WN)
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (MW)
Tanager Finch (MV)
Oncilla
Long-tailed Sylph (WN)
Las Tangaras Reserve (LL)
Clearwing Satyr - Pseudohaetera mimica (MV)
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager (MW)
Spectacled Parrotlet (MV)
Andean Emerald (LL)
Pseudoxycheila bipustulata, a striking Andean Carabid (LL)
White-headed Wren (MV)
Toucan Barbet (MV)
Chestnut-naped Antpitta (MV)
Sword-billed Hummingbird (MV)
The Andes are rich in Ferns (MV)
Fawn-breasted Tanager (WN)
Yellow-eared Parrot (MW)
Yellow-eared Parrot
Powerful Woodpecker (WN)
Birding lodges throughout the Andes are famous for their delicious soups (LL)
Slate-Crowned Antpitta (MW)
Rainbow-bearded Thronbill (MW)
Purple-backed Thornbill (WN)
Streaked Xenops (LL)
Buffy Helmetcrest (MV)
You can't have too many photos of the Buffy Helmetcrest (LW)
At 13,500 feet, Buffy Helmetcrests have little to no access to spider web, so she makes her nest out of moss and Espletia "fluff"
Termales del Ruiz
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (JJ)
Shining Sunbeam (MW)
Elleanthus sp. (LL)
Crowned Woodnymph (LL)
Many-striped Canastero (LW)
Colombian Chachalaca (MW)
Andean Motmot (LL)
Torrent Duck (MW)
Hooded Mountain-Tanager (MW)
Los Nevados National Park (WN)
Golden-plumed Parakeet (WN)
Black-billed Mountain Toucan (WN)
Rio Blanco Reserve
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (MV)
Gray-browed Brush Finch (WN)
Bronzy Inca (WN)
Acorn Woodpecker is at its southern limit, along with oaks, in Central Colombia (LL)
Andean Cock-of-the Rock (MW)
Empress Brilliant (LL)
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (MW)
Black-and-Gold Tanager (LL)
Sobralia sp. (LL)
Purplish-mantled Tanager (MW)
Booted Racket-tail (MV)
White-capped Dipper (WN)
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (LL)
Black-collared Jay (WN)
Southern Emerald Toucanet (MW)
Eumastax sp. (WN)
Black Solitaire (LL)
Bronze-olive Pygmy-tyrant (LL)
Rio Atrato, Las Tangaras Reserve (WN)
Scrub Tanager (WN)
Rufous-throated Tanager (LL)
Greenish Puffleg (LL)
Espletia (LK)
Purple-throated Woodstar (LL)
Rufous-fronted Parakeet (LW)
Orange-breasted Fruiteater (LL)
Eighty-eight Butterfly (WN)
Andean Condor (MW)
Stout-billed Cinclodes (MV)
Jardin Town Square (LL)
Golden-Fronted Whitestart (MW)
Grass-green Tanager (WN)
Black-capped Hemispingus (LL)
Lacrimose Mountain-tanager (LL)
Flame-rumped Tanager (LL)
Oilbird with chick
Gold-ringed Tanager (MW)
Rufous-gaped Hillstar (MW)
White-browed Spinetail (MW)
Andean Rabbit (MW)
Brown-banded Antpitta (MW)
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (MW)
Grayish Piculet (MW)