COLOMBIA
Specialties & Mitu
March 2019

Trip Report & Species List>

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Highlights and top sightings (as voted by participants!):

BIRDS •Green-bearded Helmetcrest •Fiery Topaz •Collared Puffbird •Spotted Puffbird •Chestnut-capped Puffbird •Chestnut-belted Gnateater •Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock •Baltimore Oriole (Miguel’s lifer!) •Scarlet Macaws •Red Fan Parrots •Black-bellied Thorntail •Orange-cheeked Parrots •Dwarf Cuckoo •Black Bushbird •Yellow-green Grosbeaks •Yellow-browed Antbirds •Fiery-tailed Awlbill •Citron-bellied Attila •Imeri Warbling Antbird •Olive Oropendola •Black-faced Antbird •The field of Parrots

•Striated Antthrush •Blue-throated Starfrontlet •Swallowing •Tawny Antpitta •Dwarf Tyrant Manakin EXPERIENCES •Mitú, the people, the area the hotel staff and great service •Watching the hummingbirds •Seeing the interactions and behaviors of the birds •Bridge birding •Swimming in the rivers •Ice cream & juice stops •The uniqueness of the habitats especially the white sand forest •The leaders and how accessible and helpful they all were •The local guides •The commeraderie of the group •The food •The crazy cow episode •The happy box