Rare Birds in Colombia
Our list for Colombia has 66 rare birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 5 summer visitors, 25 winter visitors, 18 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Colombia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiSummer visitorRare76–84 cmRecorded all year
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorRare10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–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