Site Report: Perija
Ignita Wasp Moth (Chrysocale ignita)
Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens)
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
Northern Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
Southern Emerald-Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris)
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) - Perija
Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus)
Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
Perija Thistletail (Asthenes perijana)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) - Juvenile
Streak-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti)
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys)
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Ignita Wasp Moth (Chrysocale ignita)
Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens)
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
Northern Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
Southern Emerald-Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta)
Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris)
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) - Perija
Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus)
Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
Perija Thistletail (Asthenes perijana)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) - Juvenile
Streak-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti)
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys)
Mountain
Visits
- 2024-10-15: We were up before dawn driving on some more rutted roads to the top of the reserve. From there, it was possible to see the ever-present lightning storm above Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. We slowly worked our way down the mountain, and back to Santa Marta.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (62 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Ignita Wasp Moth (Chrysocale ignita)
Phylum: Chordates
(61 records)
Class: Birds
(61 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(7 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
- Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi)
- Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
- Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
- Lesser Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
- Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Band-winged Nightjar (Systellura longirostris)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara wagleri)
- Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Order: Perching Birds (45 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens)
- Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch (Atlapetes latinuchus)
- Northern Slaty Brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus)
- Perija Brushfinch (Arremon perijanus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
- Gray-throated Warbler (Myiothlypis cinereicollis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Perija Thistletail (Asthenes perijana)
- Rufous Spinetail (Synallaxis unirufa)
- Streak-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti)
- Caribbean Hornero (Furnarius longirostris)
- Family: Swallows
- Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus)
- Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa)
- White-sided Flowerpiercer (Diglossa albilatera)
- Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
- Bluish Flowerpiercer (Diglossa caerulescens)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Perija Tapaculo (Scytalopus perijanus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Andean Solitaire (Myadestes ralloides)
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus ruficeps)
- Spectacled Tyrannulet (Zimmerius improbus)
- Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
- Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii)
- White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
- Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Family: Wrens
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (2 records)