Colombia Ramsar wetland
Chingaza National Natural Park
201 bird species recorded; the most in March and in May.
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This month here
83 species in January.108 species in February.119 species in March.85 species in April.129 species in May.108 species in June.114 species in July.99 species in August.94 species in September.104 species in October.84 species in November.87 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
201 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 201Speciesrecorded more than once
- 52Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 6,419Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2,972 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 11Raptors
- 3Owls
- 7Waders
- 4Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 121Songbirds
- 47Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 201 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Andean CondorVultur gryphusVU
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Percnohierax leucorrhousPercnohierax leucorrhous
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium jardinii
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Noble SnipeGallinago nobilisNT
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Andean SnipeGallinago jamesoni
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean DuckOxyura ferruginea
- Andean TealAnas andium
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Torrent DuckMerganetta armata
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Songbirds121 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain-TanagerAnisognathus igniventris
- White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrys
- Rufous-rumped TapaculoScytalopus griseicollis
- Golden-fronted RedstartMyioborus ornatus
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Rufous AntpittaGrallaria rufula
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Rufous WrenCinnycerthia unirufa
- Rufous-browed ConebillConirostrum rufum
- Black FlowerpiercerDiglossa humeralis
- Brown-bellied SwallowNotiochelidon murina
- Pale-naped BrushfinchAtlapetes pallidinucha
- Pearled TreerunnerMargarornis squamiger
- Ochthoeca fumicolorOchthoeca fumicolor
- Boyaca antpittaGrallaria alticola
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Buff-breasted Mountain-tanagerDubusia taeniata
- Glossy Flower-piercerDiglossa lafresnayii
- Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolor
- Schizoeaca fuliginosaSchizoeaca fuliginosa
- Masked Flower-piercerDiglossa cyanea
- Myiothlypis nigrocristataMyiothlypis nigrocristata
- Plumbeous Sierra FinchGeospizopsis unicolor
- Black-headed HemispingusPseudospingus verticalis
- Red-crested CotingaAmpelion rubrocristatus
- Hooded Mountain-TanagerButhraupis montana
- White-sided FlowerpiercerDiglossa albilatera
- Slaty Brush-finchAtlapetes schistaceus
- Plain-coloured SeedeaterCatamenia inornata
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- White-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus stictopterus
- Crowned Chat-TyrantOchthoeca frontalis
- Streak-throated Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes striaticollis
- Bluish Flower-piercerDiglossa caerulescens
- Andean SiskinSpinus spinescens
- Golden-crowned TanagerIridosornis rufivertex
- Smoky Bush-tyrantMyiotheretes fumigatus
- Mountain CaciqueCacicus chrysonotus
- Cinnamon FlycatcherPyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Grey-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- White-browed SpinetailHellmayrea gularis
- Undulated AntpittaGrallaria squamigera
- Silvery-throated SpinetailSynallaxis subpudica
- Many-striped CanasteroAsthenes flammulata
- Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassorii
- Chestnut-crowned AntpittaGrallaria ruficapilla
- Mountain ElaeniaElaenia frantzii
- Rufous-breasted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca rufipectoralis
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Band-tailed SeedeaterCatamenia analis
- Oleaginous HemispingusSphenopsis frontalis
- Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Black-chested Mountain TanagerCnemathraupis eximia
- Black-capped HemispingusKleinothraupis atropileus
- Superciliaried HemispingusThlypopsis superciliaris
- Rufous SpinetailSynallaxis unirufa
- PlushcapCatamblyrhynchus diadema
- Synallaxis azaraeSynallaxis azarae
- White-tailed TyrannuletMecocerculus poecilocercus
- Black-collared JayCyanolyca armillata
- Beryl-spangled TanagerTangara nigroviridis
- Ash-colored TapaculoMyornis senilis
- Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroa
- Montane WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Mountain WrenTroglodytes solstitialis
- Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferii
- Common Bush TanagerChlorospingus flavopectus
- Paramo PipitAnthus bogotensis
- Grass-green TanagerChlorornis riefferii
- Rusty Flower-piercerDiglossa sittoides
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Blackish TapaculoScytalopus latrans
- Black-eared HemispingusSphenopsis melanotis
- Slaty-backed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca cinnamomeiventris
- Paramo Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola alpinus
- Inca JayCyanocorax yncas
- Montane Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia striaticollis
- White-capped TanagerSericossypha albocristataVU
- Grey-hooded Bush TanagerCnemoscopus rubrirostris
- Citrine WarblerMyiothlypis luteoviridis
- Anairetes agilisAnairetes agilis
- Andean Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura andicola
- Tawny AntpittaGrallaria quitensis
- Magellanic TapaculoScytalopus magellanicus
- Apolinar's Marsh-wrenCistothorus apolinari
- Smoke-colored PeweeContopus fumigatus
- Streaked XenopsXenops rutilans
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Chestnut-capped Brush FinchArremon brunneinucha
- Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephala
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Red-rumped Bush-tyrantCnemarchus erythropygius
- Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysops
- Torrent TyrannuletSerpophaga cinerea
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Spotted BarbtailPremnoplex brunnescens
- Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Black-backed GrosbeakPheucticus aureoventris
- Slaty-crowned AntpittaGrallaricula nana
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Andean SolitaireMyadestes ralloides
- Long-tailed TapaculoScytalopus micropterus
- Streak-necked FlycatcherMionectes striaticollis
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
- Capped ConebillConirostrum albifrons
- White-capped DipperCinclus leucocephalus
- Grey-browed BrushfinchArremon assimilis
- Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrantOchthoeca diadema
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Moustached Brush FinchAtlapetes albofrenatus
- Yellow-breasted Brush-FinchAtlapetes latinuchus
- Ochre-breasted Brush-finchAtlapetes semirufus
- White-naped Brush-finchAtlapetes albinucha
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
Other birds47 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CootFulica americana
- Tyrian MetaltailMetallura tyrianthina
- Bronze-tailed ThornbillChalcostigma heteropogon
- Glowing PufflegEriocnemis vestita
- Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusVU
- Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
- Andean GuanPenelope montagnii
- Great SapphirewingPterophanes cyanopterus
- Flame-winged ConurePyrrhura callipteraVU
- Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerColaptes rivolii
- Blue-throated StarfrontletCoeligena helianthea
- Sparkling Violet-earColibri coruscans
- Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventris
- Longuemare's SunangelHeliangelus clarisse
- Purple-backed ThornbillRamphomicron microrhynchum
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Green-bearded HelmetcrestOxypogon guerinii
- Band-winged NightjarSystellura longirostris
- Black-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena nigrirostris
- Shining SunbeamAglaeactis cupripennis
- Scaly-naped AmazonAmazona mercenaria
- Black-tailed TrainbearerLesbia victoriae
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotus
- Collared IncaCoeligena torquata
- Masked TrogonTrogon personatus
- Speckled HummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenys
- Green-tailed TrainbearerLesbia nuna
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Sword-billed HummingbirdEnsifera ensifera
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Spot-flanked GallinuleGallinula melanops
- Gorgeted WoodstarChaetocercus heliodor
- White-bellied WoodstarChaetocercus mulsant
- Mountain VelvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayi
- Long-tailed SylphAglaiocercus kingii
- Violet-fronted BrilliantHeliodoxa leadbeateri
- Plum-crowned ParrotPionus tumultuosus
- Swallow-tailed NightjarUropsalis segmentata
- White-throated ToucanetAulacorhynchus albivitta
- White-booted Racket-tailOcreatus underwoodii
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineola
- Powerful WoodpeckerCampephilus pollens
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbiana
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in March and in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan20°/11°40 mm
- Feb20°/12°63 mm
- Mar20°/12°147 mm
- Apr20°/12°264 mm
- May19°/12°293 mm
- Jun18°/11°242 mm
- Jul18°/11°214 mm
- Aug18°/11°171 mm
- Sep19°/11°145 mm
- Oct19°/12°228 mm
- Nov19°/12°202 mm
- Dec19°/12°113 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chingaza National Natural Park.
National park in Colombia
Chingaza National Natural Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Colombia, 2,972 m above the sea.
201 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 6,419 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Thrush, the Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager and the American Coot.
25 species come for the summer, 27 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Bogota Rail, Flame-winged Conure and Andean Condor.
The most species are recorded in March and in May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Monte Redondocampsite · 9.1 km · 1 within 10 km
- Refugio El Rajaderoplace to stay · 9.2 km · 1 within 10 km
- San Juanitonearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Vanguardia Airport (VVC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at BOG airport (Bogota)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1campsites within 10 kmMonte Redondo
- 1places to stay within 10 kmRefugio El Rajadero
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Chingaza National Natural Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas107 mountains within 25 kmCuchilla de San Isidro · 18 kmCuchilla de Hato Viejo · 21 kmCordillera del Marayal · 21 kmAlto La Cruz · 22 kmAlto Volador · 22 kmCordillera de Los Farallones · 22 kmCerro Redondo · 22 kmFarallones de Medina · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmEmbalse de Chuza4.6 km² · 3.0 kmLaguna Chingaza1.0 km² · 6.2 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Chingaza National Natural Park
Colombia
- 64Birdyas Score
- 201Species
- 52Migrants
- 4Threatened
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
Colombia · 358 km
- 62Birdyas Score
- 287Species
- 70Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1127981) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 6,419 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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