Uncommon Birds in Colombia
Our list for Colombia has 36 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents and 20 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Colombia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 36, most common first
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Golden TanagerTangara aurulentaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaWinter visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
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