Site Report: Perija, Colombia
Ignita Wasp Moth (Chrysocale ignita)
Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens)
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
Northern Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
Southern Emerald-Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris)
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) - Perija
Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus)
Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
Perija Thistletail (Asthenes perijana)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) - Juvenile
Streak-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti)
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys)
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Ignita Wasp Moth (Chrysocale ignita)
Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens)
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
Northern Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
Southern Emerald-Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris)
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) - Perija
Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus)
Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
Perija Thistletail (Asthenes perijana)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) - Juvenile
Streak-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti)
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys)
Mountain
Visits
- 2024-10-15: We were up before dawn driving on some more rutted roads to the top of the reserve. From there, it was possible to see the ever-present lightning storm above Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. We slowly worked our way down the mountain, and back to Santa Marta.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (62 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Ignita Wasp Moth (Chrysocale ignita)
Phylum: Chordates
(61 records)
Class: Birds
(61 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(7 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Lesser Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
- Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
- Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi)
- Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
- White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Band-winged Nightjar (Systellura longirostris)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola)
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara wagleri)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Order: Perching Birds (45 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens)
- Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Black-fronted Brushfinch (Atlapetes nigrifrons)
- Northern Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus)
- Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
- Gray-throated Warbler (Myiothlypis cinereicollis)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris)
- Perija Thistletail (Asthenes perijana)
- Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa)
- Streak-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
- Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus)
- Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa)
- White-sided Flowerpiercer (Diglossa albilatera)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Perija Tapaculo (Scytalopus perijanus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Andean Solitaire (Myadestes ralloides)
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
- Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
- Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
- Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps)
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)
- Spectacled Tyrannulet (Zimmerius improbus)
- Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
- Family: Wrens
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (2 records)