Southwest Colombia Photos
There's a lot of "eye candy" in Central Colombia. These photos were taken by Lisa and Li Li (LL), Misty Vaughn (MV), Jerry Johnson (JJ), Laurie Kosmiski (LK), Liza Weissler (LW), Mac Walter (MW), and Wendy Naruo (WN). They're a small sample of the wonders that await you in this scenic and diverse country.
Green-and-Black Fruiteater (WN)
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (MW)
Long-tailed Sylph (WN)
Clearwing Satyr - Pseudohaetera mimica (MV)
Spectacled Parrotlet (MV)
Andean Emerald (LL)
Pseudoxycheila bipustulata, a striking Andean Carabid (LL)
Toucan Barbet (MV)
The Andes are rich in Ferns (MV)
Fawn-breasted Tanager (WN)
Birding lodges throughout the Andes are famous for their delicious soups (LL)
Streaked Xenops (LL)
Termales del Ruiz
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (JJ)
Elleanthus sp. (LL)
Crowned Woodnymph (LL)
Many-striped Canastero (LW)
Colombian Chachalaca (MW)
Andean Motmot (LL)
Torrent Duck (MW)
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (MV)
Gray-browed Brush Finch (WN)
Bronzy Inca (WN)
Acorn Woodpecker is at its southern limit, along with oaks, in Central Colombia (LL)
Andean Cock-of-the Rock (MW)
Empress Brilliant (LL)
Black-and-Gold Tanager (LL)
Sobralia sp. (LL)
Purplish-mantled Tanager (MW)
Booted Racket-tail (MV)
White-capped Dipper (WN)
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (LL)
Southern Emerald Toucanet (MW)
Eumastax sp. (WN)
Black Solitaire (LL)
Bronze-olive Pygmy-tyrant (LL)
Scrub Tanager (WN)
Rufous-throated Tanager (LL)
Greenish Puffleg (LL)
Purple-throated Woodstar (LL)
Orange-breasted Fruiteater (LL)
Eighty-eight Butterfly (WN)
Grass-green Tanager (WN)
Flame-rumped Tanager (LL)
Rufous-gaped Hillstar (MW)
Grayish Piculet (MW)