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ANDEAN ENDEMICS BOGOTA D.C

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Birding tours (@Photo Bogota Birding)

Colombia is the country with the big number of birds of the world with approximately 1921 species including endemic, near endemic, migratory and permanent residents. Colombia's wide variety of ecosystems and habitats make it a megadiverse country in fauna and flora. The observation of birds in Colombia is fantastic and wonderful because you can find diversity of ecosystems and different birds according to the region of the country that you want to visit like for example: Andean Region (Eastern mountain, Central mountain and Western mountain), Magdalena Valley, Santa Marta, Choco Region, Llanos, Orinoquia, Pacific Coast, Atlantic Coast and Amazon.

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BOGOTA BIRDING AND

BIRDWATCHING COLOMBIA

TOURS

Colombia country of the birds

TOUR DETAILS

Birding trip Guasca (Andean Cloud Forest) and Observatorio de Colibríes - Hummingbird Feeders

Starting city: Bogotá D.C. Ending city: Bogotá D.C.

Transportation: The roads are mostly good along this trip. We will use (4 by 4) Note: Good opportunities for bird photography’s

Cold weather in Guasca and hummingbirds feeders Clothing: Jacket, cap, trekking shoes

GUASCA – VEREDA LA CONCEPCION – ANDEAN CLOUD FOREST – EASTERN ANDES

GUASCA – ANDEAN CLOUD FOREST (@Photo Bogota Birding)

Morning (4:30am): We will depart to the municipality of Guasca (Village La Concepcion). This incredible place is located only two hour from Bogota. We will be birding here all the day exploring Paramo, cloud forest at a altitude of aproximadly 2800-3000m.s.n.m. in searching for: Hummingbirds, Coppery-bellied Puffleg, Bronze-tailed Thornbill, Glowing Puffleg, Longuemare´s Sunangel, Blue throated Starfrontlet, Tyrian Metaltail, Sword-billed hummingbird, Mountain Velvetbreast, Great sapphirewing. Endemic Birds: Brown-breasted Parakeet, Silvery-throated Spinetail. Near-Endemic Birds: Blue-throated Starfrontlet, Matorral Tapaculo, Golden-faced Whitestart, Coopery-bellied Puffleg and Black-billed Mountain-Toucan. Other target birds: Andean Siskin, Black-headed Hemispingus, Rufous Antpitta, Noble Snipe, Black backed grosbeak, Rufous Browed Conebill, Eastern Meadowlark, White-chinned Thistletail, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant, Plumbeous Sierra Finch, Black-billed Mountain Toucan and many more birds.

Black-billed Mountain Toucan

(@Photo Bogota Birding)

Near endemic, Blue-throated Starfrontlet


Flame-Winged Parakeet


Hummingbird Glowing puffleg


Masked Trogon

Glorious Odontoglossum – Endemic


OBSERVATORIO DE COLIBRIES – HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS

Afternoon: At the end of the morning in Guasca – Vereda la Concepcion, we will move to the municipality La Calera where this is probably the most amazing lodge you can find in around the Bogota for to see the very rare and endemic hummingbirds (45' since Bogota!!!) in eastern andes. La Calera is found an altitude of approximately at 2700m. https://www.facebook.com/observatoriodecolibries?fref=ts Other target birds: Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea), Coppery-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis cupreoventris), Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis), Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys), Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum), Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus), Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae), Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi), White-bellied woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant), Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina), Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita), Colibri coruscans, Colibri thalassinus and many more birds!!!

Sword-billed Hummingbird

(@Photo Julian Zuleta)

Coppery-bellied Puffleg


Amethyst-throated Sunangel


Amethyst-throated Sunangel


White-bellied woodstar


Other Fauna and Flora:

Red-tailed Squirrel


Elongated Epidendrum


Return to Bogota D.C. in the afternoon.

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