Colombia Important Bird Area
Dagua River
264 bird species recorded; the most in March and in November.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
105 species in January.89 species in February.126 species in March.93 species in April.109 species in May.66 species in June.77 species in July.108 species in August.93 species in September.90 species in October.116 species in November.105 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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VUNTNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
264 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).
- 264Speciesrecorded more than once
- 66Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 9,674Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 20Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 143Songbirds
- 56Other 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 264 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Waders20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- SurfbirdCalidris virgata
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii
- Inca TernLarosterna incaNT
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Ducks & geese5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Oressochen jubatusOressochen jubatus
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensNT
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
Songbirds143 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Stilpnia larvataStilpnia larvata
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Pacific AntwrenMyrmotherula pacifica
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Tawny-crested TanagerTachyphonus delatrii
- Black-billed ThrushTurdus ignobilis
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
- Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinus
- Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster
- Purple-throated FruitcrowQuerula purpurata
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Rufous-winged TanagerTangara lavinia
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus
- Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinis
- Black-tipped CotingaCarpodectes hopkei
- Fulvous-vented EuphoniaEuphonia fulvicrissa
- Chestnut-backed AntbirdMyrmeciza exsul
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funerea
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Dusky-faced TanagerMitrospingus cassinii
- Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
- Blue-crowned manakinLepidothrix coronata
- Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
- Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
- Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannae
- Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
- Lemon-spectacled TanagerChlorothraupis olivacea
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
- Southern Nightingale-WrenMicrocerculus marginatus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
- Black-capped TanagerStilpnia heinei
- Chalcothraupis ruficervixChalcothraupis ruficervix
- Short-tailed Pygmy TyrantMyiornis ecaudatus
- Black-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus granadensis
- Tawny-breasted flycatcherMyiobius villosus
- Golden-crowned FlycatcherMyiodynastes chrysocephalus
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Tschudi's TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavus
- Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
- Red-faced SpinetailCranioleuca erythrops
- Lineated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla subalaris
- Eastern WoodhaunterHyloctistes subulatus
- Spot-crowned WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes affinis
- Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferii
- Green ManakinXenopipo holochlora
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Golden TanagerTangara arthus
- Saffron-crowned TanagerTangara xanthocephala
- Scarlet-browed TanagerHeterospingus xanthopygius
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Common Bush TanagerChlorospingus flavopectus
- Ochre-breasted TanagerChlorothraupis stolzmanni
- Three-striped WarblerBasileuterus tristriatus
- Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus
- White-cheeked AntbirdGymnopithys leucaspis
- Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
- Immaculate AntbirdMyrmeciza immaculata
- Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolor
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Streak-chested AntpittaHylopezus perspicillatus
- White-lored AntpittaHylopezus fulviventris
- Glossy-black ThrushTurdus serranus
- Andean SolitaireMyadestes ralloides
- White-naped Brush-finchAtlapetes albinucha
- Grey-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
- Eye-ringed FlatbillRhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Olive-backed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus triangularis
- Spotted WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Streaked XenopsXenops rutilans
- Half-collared GnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventris
- Blue-winged Mountain-tanagerAnisognathus somptuosus
- Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennis
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicus
- Checker-throated AntwrenEpinecrophylla fulviventris
- Uniform AntshrikeThamnophilus unicolor
- Russet-crowned WarblerMyiothlypis coronata
- Synallaxis azaraeSynallaxis azarae
- Mionectes olivaceusMionectes olivaceus
- Black-capped Pygmy-tyrantMyiornis atricapillus
- Gray-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis
- Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensis
- Slaty SpinetailSynallaxis brachyura
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- White-bearded ManakinManacus manacus
- Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
- Purple HoneycreeperCyanerpes caeruleus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Olive-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis semiflava
- Guianan Streaked AntwrenMyrmotherula surinamensis
- Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
- Cinereous BecardPachyramphus rufus
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Western Slaty-antshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysops
- Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Red-capped manakinPipra mentalis
- Scarlet-thighed DacnisDacnis venusta
- Scarlet-and-white TanagerChrysothlypis salmoni
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Thicket AntpittaHylopezus dives
- Long-tailed TyrantColonia colonus
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Cinnamon BecardPachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
Other birds56 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Spectacled ParrotletForpus conspicillatus
- Spot-breasted WoodpeckerColaptes punctigula
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
- Chrysuronia humboldtiiChrysuronia humboldtii
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Brown-throated ParakeetAratinga pertinax
- Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Choco ToucanRamphastos brevis
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Pionopsitta pulchraPionopsitta pulchra
- Pallid DoveLeptotila pallida
- Polyerata rosenbergiPolyerata rosenbergi
- Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectus
- Fork-tailed WoodnymphThalurania furcata
- Plumbeous PigeonPatagioenas plumbea
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
- Western White-tailed TrogonTrogon chionurus
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Red-headed BarbetEubucco bourcierii
- Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoni
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
- Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterus
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Uranomitra franciaeUranomitra franciae
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Black-breasted PuffbirdNotharchus pectoralis
- White-whiskered PuffbirdMalacoptila panamensis
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Tawny-bellied HermitPhaethornis syrmatophorus
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Scarlet-fronted ParakeetAratinga wagleri
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
- Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
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 November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/21°98 mm
- Feb27°/21°97 mm
- Mar27°/21°125 mm
- Apr27°/21°188 mm
- May27°/21°169 mm
- Jun27°/21°107 mm
- Jul27°/21°92 mm
- Aug28°/21°91 mm
- Sep27°/21°108 mm
- Oct26°/21°181 mm
- Nov26°/21°191 mm
- Dec26°/21°140 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Dagua River.
River in Colombia
Dagua River is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Colombia.
264 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 9,674 open records.
The most recorded are the Quiscalus mexicanus, the Brown Pelican and the Great White Egret.
26 species come for the summer, 39 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Marbled Godwit and Short-billed Dowitcher.
The most species are recorded in March and in November.
Get there and watch
- Hotel Delfinesplace to stay · 3.1 km · 6 within 10 km
- Buenaventuranearest town · 4.3 km in a straight line
- Gerardo Tobar López Airport (BUN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at CLO airport (Cali)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 6places to stay within 10 kmHotel Delfines, MOTEL JAMILA, Hotel Torre Mar and 3 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Other places nearby.
Dagua River
Colombia
- 69Birdyas Score
- 264Species
- 66Migrants
- 4Threatened
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
Colombia · 82 km
- 62Birdyas Score
- 287Species
- 70Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5208666) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 9,674 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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