Birds to See in Colombia in December
94 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
94 bird species on our list for Colombia are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Roadside Hawk, Cattle Egret, Turkey Vulture and Crimson-backed Tanager. New this month: Great Curassow and Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Residents
(38)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Tanager
Tangara aurulentaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Ammodramus aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Recorded all year
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(46)Present outside the breeding season
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Jul–May
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made