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Dusky Starfrontlet. Photo by Steve Bird.COLOMBIA
Photo Highlights
& Trip Report

Nov/Dec 2009


Leaders: Gina Nichol, Steve Bird, & Carl Downing

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Dusky Starfrontlet.
A forgotten Colombian endemic
seen at point blank range
on this tour!  Photo by Steve Bird.

Top Sightings: Rarities, endemics, & exceptional birding experiences!

  • Gold-ringed Tanager
  • Dusky Starfrontlet
  • Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
  • Moustached Puffbird
  • Bearded Helmetcrest
  • Santa Marta Parakeet
  • White-tipped Quetzal
  • Blossomcrown
  • White-tailed Starfrontlet
  • Tocuyo Sparrow
  • Munchique Wood-Wren
  • Tanager Finch
  • Cauca Guan
  • Red-bellied Grackle
  • Gray-cheeked Nunlet
  • Black-thighed Puffleg
  • Forster’s Tern (1st record)
  • Antiquoia Bristle-Tyrant
  • White-whiskered Spinetail
  • Yellow-eared Parrot
  • Brown-banded Antpitta
  • Bogota Rail
  • Stygian Owl
  • Multi-colored Tanager
  • Chestnut Piculet
  • Sooty Ant-Tanager
  • Tody Motmot
  • White-mantled Barbet
  • Apical Flycatcher
  • Masked Saltator
COLOMBIA 2009 - Photo Highlights 
Start here to click through the slides >> or click one at a time below. Photos © Steve Bird.
Blossomcrown
Blossomcrown
Munchique Wood Wren
Munchique Wood Wren
Tody Motmot
Tody Motmot
Blue-naped Chlorophonia
Blue-naped Chlorophonia
Pinnated Bittern
Pinnated Bittern
Buffy Hummingbird
Buffy Hummingbird
Flame-faced Tanager
Flame-faced Tanager
Andean Emerald
Andean Emerald
Lacrimose Mountain Tanager
Lacrimose Mountain Tanager
Gold-ringed Tanager
Gold-ringed Tanager
Tanager Finch
Tanager Finch
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

Stygian Owl
Stygian Owl

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

Golden-headed Quetzal
Golden-headed Quetzal

These are just a few images from our three trips to Colombia in 2009!

See photos and read about our scouting trips
February 2009>>
May 2009>>

Don't miss the wonderful birding in this fantastic country!