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
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentRare16–20 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaSummer visitorRare10–11 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great CurassowCrax rubraWinter visitorRare84–92 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataPassage migrantRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceRare18–19 cm
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