Site Report: Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos, Colombia
Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) - Male
Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis)
Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus)
Slender-billed Tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris)
Shining-green Hummingbird (Chrysuronia goudoti)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata)
Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis) - Female
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) - Male
Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) - Female
Bicolored Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) - Male
Orinocan Saltator (Saltator orenocensis)
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum)
Buffy Hummingbird (Leucippus fallax)
Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) - Male
Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) - Male
White-whiskered Spinetail (Synallaxis candei)
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) - Male
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia) - Female
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
Olive-gray Saltator (Saltator olivascens)
Pearl Kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii)
Bare-eyed Pigeon (Patagioenas corensis)
Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) - Female
Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) - Female
Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides)
Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia) - Male
Violet-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris collaris)
Striped Saddlebags (Tramea darwini)
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Trinidad Euphonia (Euphonia trinitatis)
Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Russet-throated Puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis)
Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
Glaucous Tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa)
Rainbow Whiptail (Cnemidophorus arenivagus)
Giant Dusky Ameiva (Ameiva praesignis)
White-patterned Skipper (Chiothion asychis)
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) - Juvenile
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) - Immature
Chestnut Piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus)
Pale-tipped Tyrannulet (Inezia caudata)
Tocuyo Sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
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Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) - Male
Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis)
Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus)
Slender-billed Tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris)
Shining-green Hummingbird (Chrysuronia goudoti)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata)
Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis) - Female
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) - Male
Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea) - Female
Bicolored Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) - Male
Orinocan Saltator (Saltator orenocensis)
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum)
Buffy Hummingbird (Leucippus fallax)
Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) - Male
Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) - Male
White-whiskered Spinetail (Synallaxis candei)
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) - Male
Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia) - Female
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
Olive-gray Saltator (Saltator olivascens)
Pearl Kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii)
Bare-eyed Pigeon (Patagioenas corensis)
Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus) - Female
Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) - Female
Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides)
Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia) - Male
Violet-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris collaris)
Striped Saddlebags (Tramea darwini)
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Trinidad Euphonia (Euphonia trinitatis)
Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
Russet-throated Puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis)
Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
Glaucous Tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa)
Rainbow Whiptail (Cnemidophorus arenivagus)
Giant Dusky Ameiva (Ameiva praesignis)
White-patterned Skipper (Chiothion asychis)
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis)
Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) - Juvenile
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) - Immature
Chestnut Piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus)
Pale-tipped Tyrannulet (Inezia caudata)
Tocuyo Sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis)
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
Swamp
Visits
- 2024-10-13: After our trip to the mountains, the next place to visit was the swampy east coast near Venezuela. Of course, it can never be easy, and the cash machine was out of order in the supermarket. We figured out the cash situation in the nearby shopping mall, and we continued on to the swamps near Camarones. After a long drive, we arrived in a mosquito-filled dry forest and scrubland full of all kinds of birds.
- 2024-10-14: We were up early at the crack of dawn to explore the swamps
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (120 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(3 records)
Class: Insects
(3 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Skippers
- White-patterned Skipper (Chiothion asychis)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Striped Saddlebags (Tramea darwini)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Short-horned Grasshoppers
- Violet-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris collaris)
Phylum: Chordates
(117 records)
Class: Birds
(115 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (3 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Roadrunners
- Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(2 records)
- Family: Jacamars
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
- Family: Puffbirds
- Russet-throated Puffbird (Hypnelus ruficollis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (6 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax)
- Green-rumped Parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
- Order: Pelicans
(28 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- Family: Flamingos
- American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Grebes
- Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
- White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
- Family: Jacanas
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(40 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus pileatus)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor)
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- Tocuyo Sparrow (Arremonops tocuyensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris)
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus)
- White-whiskered Spinetail (Synallaxis candei)
- Family: Swallows
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Glaucous Tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa)
- Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides)
- Olive-gray Saltator (Saltator olivascens)
- Orinocan Saltator (Saltator orenocensis)
- Trinidad Euphonia (Euphonia trinitatis)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)
- Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet (Nesotriccus murinus)
- Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum)
- Pale-tipped Tyrannulet (Inezia caudata)
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer)
- Slender-billed Tyrannulet (Inezia tenuirostris)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(14 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Collared Plover (Anarhynchus collaris)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Wilson's Plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Double-striped Thick-knee (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Rufous-vented Chachalaca (Ortalis ruficauda)
- Family: New World Quail
- Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Chestnut Piculet (Picumnus cinnamomeus)
- Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(2 records)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Giant Dusky Ameiva (Ameiva praesignis)
- Rainbow Whiptail (Cnemidophorus arenivagus)