Colombia
What is recorded in Colombia
- Species
- 9,727
- Grid cells
- 100,355
- Records
- 18,827,442
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 5,001
- Birds 1,819
- Bony fish 1,507
- Amphibians 605
- Reptiles 386
- Mammals 377
- Sharks and rays 32
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Colombia, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Colombia, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Blue-grey Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Black-billed Thrush
Turdus ignobilis
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Great Thrush
Turdus fuscater
Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Scrub Tanager
Stilpnia vitriolina
Yellow-headed Caracara
Milvago chimachima
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Colombia.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Colombia on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.