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| Many Options for Birding Colombia in 2010 1. Our Prime Trip: This trip will be an 18 day trip with Lelis Navarrete as the lead bird guide and John Drummond as the Host. This 2010 trip begins with the main trip running April 3 to 15 and with a great Santa Marta extension April 15 to 20, 2010. This trip is described in more detail on this web page. 2. Additional Dates Include: a. November 8 to 24, 2009 b. May 9 to 25, 2010 c. Prime Trip: April 3 to 20, 2010 d. October 10 to 26, 2010 e. November 2010: 2 Trips Likely (please call about these dates) |
Colombia 2010
| Brief Itinerary: The Cauca Valley Special and the Santa Marta Endemics Extension Main Trip: April 3 to 15, 2010 Saturday, April 3, 2010: Arrival in Cali, and birding at nearby Cloud Forest (Km 18) patch at and at lodge, Finca Mi Universo. Sunday, April 4: More birding back at KM 18 Cloud Forest (few more key endemics and more great birding) and gardens of Luis Mazariegos. Monday, April 5: Early morning birding the Yotoco Forest, afternoon birding at Laguna de Sonso. Tuesday, April 6: Early Morning birding the Cañon del Rio Barbas and late afternoon in El Cairo. Wednesday, April 7: Full day birding in El Cairo (humid, moss covered forest) for many west slope Chocó specialties (including many new birds at lower elevations). Thursday, April 8: Early morning birding El Cairo (up on San José del Palmar road) and drive to Otún Quimbaya and bird La Suiza Lodge area. Friday, April 9: Morning birding Otún Quimbaya, afternoon birding in Rio Blanco and drive to Manisales. Saturday, April 10: Full day birding at Rio Blanco Reserve. Sunday, April 11: Early morning birding the highlands of Nevado del Ruiz National Park, afternoon birding the Bellavista Reserve. Monday, April 12: Full day birding Bellavista Reserve. Tuesday, April 13: Early morning birding at Bellavista Reserve and the Victoria surroundings and birding at key spots on drive to La Vega in the afternoon. Wednesday, April 14: Early morning birding in La Vega, and late afternoon birding in marshes near Bogotá. Thursday, April 15: Early morning birding in La Florida marshes near Bogotá and transfer to the airport for the international flights back home (main trip) and/or on to Santa Marta (extension trip). The Santa Marta Endemics Extension: April 15 to 20 Thursday, April 15: Early morning birding in La Florida marshes near Bogota and catch our mid-day flight to Santa Marta. Late afternoon birding along the Naguange entrance to Tayrona National Park. Friday, April 16: Morning birding the Tayrona National Park and transfer back to Santa Marta, afternoon birding the Las Tinajas Road in route to Santa Marta. Saturday, April 17: Early morning drive to Via Parque Isla Salamanca (cacti dominated dry scrub) for birding all morning, afternoon return to pass through Santa Marta city to the small and charming town of La Minca and up to El Dorado Reserve (with some keen late afternoon birding). Sunday, April 18: Full day birding El Dorado Reserve, including San Lorenzo Ridge road and more. Monday, April 19: Full day El Dorado Reserve and evening birding at Dorado Lodge. Tuesday, April 20: Early morning birding near El Dorado and return to Santa Marta to catch our flight to Bogotá. A more detailed itinerary can be reviewed starting to the left. Please feel free to contact us to discuss any trip detail or to answer any questions you may have. |
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| Trip Description: The Cauca Valley Special and the Santa Marta Endemics Extension The Cauca Valley is one of the important eco-regions in Colombia. Cauca Valley is home to a handful of endemic species not seen anywhere else in the country. The Western and Central Cordilleras on both flanks of the valley harbor many species with ranges restricted to the cloud forests and grassland Páramos of the mountains. Some of these species are shared with bordering Ecuador but most of them are more easily seen in Colombia where their population of such species are either better represented or found in areas of easier access. This trip will allow us to look for 21 Colombian endemic species. Note: This main trip starts after flights arrive in Cali (before noon) and the trip ends in Bogata. The extension can end with a flights from Bogata or Barranquilla. Please contact us before arranging your flights for this trip, otherwise you may incur additional transfer and lodging costs. Saturday, April 3, 2010: Arrival in Cali, and birding at nearby Clould Forest patch and at lodge, Finca Mi Universo. Upon arrival at Cali international airport by noon, we will greet you there and then at noon (or earlier based upon arrival times) head towards the cloud forest at Km18 to check in our lodge. Our lodge is located within access to wonderful forest and hummingbird feeders. We will spend the rest of day birding in the vicinity of our lodge. Several hummingbirds are possible here including, White-necked Jacobin, Andean Emerald, Speckled Hummingbird, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Blue-headed Sapphire, Buff-tailed Coronet, Bronzy Inca, Long-billed Starthroat, Booted Raquet-tail, Long-tailed Sylph and Purple-throated Woodstar to name a few. We will also be looking for other species along a road that borders the forest and is free of traffic. Lodging that night at Finca Mi Universo. Sunday, April 4: More birding back at KM 18 Cloud Forest (few more key endemics and more great birding) and gardens of Luis Mazariegos. We will spend the entire morning at Km 18 looking for the first stars of our trip, the striking and beautiful endemic Multicolored Tanager and the endemic Colombian Chachalaca. Other species possible here include Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Azara´s and Red-faced Spinetails, Streak-capped Treehunter, Lineated Foliage-gleaner, Bar-crested Antshrike, Green-and-black Fruiteater, Golden winged Manakins, Barred Becard, Oleaginous Hemispingus (fairly common here), the endemic Flame-rumped Tanager (separated species from the Lemon-rumped Tanager) and Yellow-throated Brush-Finch. With a bit of luck we could also find the Rufous-crested Tanager, the uncommon (for this locality) Purplish-mantled Tanager and the rare Yellow-headed Manakin. After lunch we will head towards the small town of Buga where we will spend the night. On the way we will stop at the house of our friend Luis Mazariegos, an authority on Colombian hummingbirds, and a well known photographer whose works have appeared in several publications including the Handbook of the Birds of the World. Luis is also a great host and a humble person. His gardens are full of hummingbird feeders and he has at least 4 or 5 species that come to his feeders most of the time. The gaudy Rubby Topaz is one of them and the close-up views of the male Topaz will certainly make for a great day’s finale. Loding that night in Buga. Monday, April 5: Early morning birding the Yotoco Forest, afternoon birding at Laguna de Sonso. A mere half an hour drive will take us from Buga to the Yotoco pretected forest. The Yotoco headquarters are surrounded by forest allowing plenty of views of Bat Falcon, Colombian Chachalaca (endemic), Scarlet-fronted Parakeets and Bronze-winged Parrot. The forest trail and some of the fruiting trees close to the main house will give us a chance for Collared Trogon, the endemic Grayish Piculet (fairly common here), Bar-crested Antshrike, White-throated Spadebill, Whiskered Wren, White-breasted Wood-Wren, Rufous-naped Greenlet, Golden-crowned Warbler, Guira Tanager, Golden-naped Tanager and Blue-naped Chlorophonia. We will also look for the secretive Yellow-headed Manakin and likely have another opportunity to enjoy the endemic Multicolored Tanager. After lunch we will go to the Laguna de Sonso in our way to Filandia. The water level in Laguna de Sonso is variable, and the birds we’ll see will depend on the amount of flooding when we’re there. We will have a chance for many waterbirds including various common and widespread herons, ibises, Limpkins, ducks, waders and kingfishers. To mention a few specialties, we have a good chance for Snail Kite, Cinnamon Teal and the uncommon Masked Duck. The deciduous habitat surrounding the lake are home to Spectacled Parrotlet, Dwarf Cuckoo, Greyish Piculet (uncommon but possible here) Spot-breasted and Red-crowned Woodpeckers, Jet Antbird, Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant, Pied Water-Tyrant, the endemic Apical Flycatcher, Cinereous Becard, Guira Tanagers, Yellow-hooded Blackbird. After a wonderful day of birding we drive to Filandia arriving there in the late afternoon or early evening where we will check in our charming and pleasant hotel. Lodging at Hotel Filandia. Tuesday, April 6: Early Morning birding the Cañon del Rio Barbas and late afternoon in El Cairo. Early Morning birding the Cañon del Rio Barbas and El Cairo. After an early breakfast we will head to the “Cañon del Rio Barbas” (Barbas River Canyon). We will bird down a road where we will get eye-level views of the tree tops, home to the endemic and localized Turquoise Dacnis-Tanager. Other species from the Rio Barbas Canyon will include Blue-headed Parrot, Green Hermit, Northern White-crowned Tapaculo, Red-headed Barbet, Rufous-naped Greenlet , Highland Hepatic Tanager, Flame-rumped Tanager, Scrub Tanager, Beryl-spangled Tanager, Black-capped Tanager, Green Honeycreeper, Gray Seedeater, Yellow-throated Brush-Finch and Black-winged Saltator. After lunch we will drive to the small town of El Cairo and do some late afternoon birding in the vicinity. Lodging that night in El Cairo. Full trip description continued below, starting with April 7. |
| Trip Description: Main Trip Continued Wednesday, April 7: Full day birding in El Cairo (humid, moss covered forest) for many west slope Chocó specialties (including many new birds at lower elevations). After an early breakfast we will drive to a humid, moss covered forest near El Cairo where many west slope Chocó specialties occur. We will be looking for special, rare and little-known endemic Gold-ringed Tanager (better seen here than anywhere else), and the not-so-gaudy but still rare and local endemic Munchique Wood- Wren.Other wonders of the area include Green and Tawny-bellied Hermits, Western Emerald, Violet-tailed Sylph, Velvet-purple Coronet, White-tailed Hillstar, Empress Brilliant, Brown Inca, Highland Motmot, Yellow-vented Woodpecker, Rufous Spinetail, Spotted Barbtail, Pacific Tuftedcheek, the difficult-to-find Fulvous-dotted Treerunner, UniformTreehunter, the rare Bicolored Antvireo, Yellow-breasted Antpitta, Nariño Tapaculo, Orange-breasted Fruiteater, Black Solitaire, the difficult- to-find Indigo Flowerpiercer, Golden-collared Honeycreeper, Glistening- green Tanager, Black-chinned Mountain Tanager, Purplish-mantled Tanager (better seen here than anywhere else), Chocó Brushfinch and Chestnut-breasted Euphonia. At lower elevations we’ll look for the localized endemic Crested Ant-Tanager. Night in El Cairo. Thursday, April 8: Early morning birding El Cairo (up on San José del Palmar road) and drive to Otún Quimbaya and bird La Suiza Lodge area. This morning we will be up early to visit the wonderful San José del Palmar road just above El Cairo to look for any species that might have eluded us in our previous day before heading to Otún Quimbaya for the afternoon. The La Suiza lodge is a fabulous place. The lodge is surrounded by beautiful forest and all you have do to see forest birds is to step out of you cabin and stroll along the road entering the park. The reserve is the best place to look for the local and endemic Cauca Guan (long thought to be extinct until a healthy population was rediscovered in 1989 near Pereira at the actual location of the Otun-Quimbaya Reserve). We will also be looking for the endemics Chestnut Wood-Quail and Stiles´s Tapaculo, Sickle-winged Guan, Greenish Puffleg, Highland Motmot, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Streak-capped Treehunter, Moustached Antpitta, Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet, Rufous-breasted Flycatcher, Variegated and Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrants, Chestnut- breasted Wren, Pale-eyed and Glossy-black Thrushes and White-capped Tanagers, among many others. Here we will see the enigmatic Red- ruffed Fruitcrow which is better seen in this location than anywhere else in its South American range. Night at La Suiza Lodge in Otum Quimbaya. Friday, April 9: Morning birding Otún Quimbaya, afternoon birding in Rio Blanco and drive to Manisales. In the morning we will bird the trail at the end of the road heading into the park. At a slightly higher elevation, this is a good place to look for the much sought after Torrent Duck and White- capped Dipper. We will also look for other specialties of the area like Golden-plumed Parakeet, Multicolored Tanger (endemic), Dusky Piha, Slaty Brush-finch. We will try to find any other important bird that we may have missed the previous day. After an early lunch we will head to the Rio Blanco reserve beyond the city of Manisales for a late afternoon of birding before returning to our hotel in Manisales. Night in Manisales. Saturday, April 10: Full day birding at Rio Blanco Reserve. The Rio Blanco reserve not only provides quality water to the city of Manisales but habitat to many wonderful bird species that can be seen just by walking on the gentle slope tracks that cut through the forest. There are hummingbird feeders by the main house which are attended by a constant flow of hummingbirds including Speckled Hummingbird, Fawn- breasted Brilliant, Buff-tailed Coronet, Bronzy Inca, Collared Inca, Tourmaline Sunangel, Long-tailed Sylph and White-bellied Woodstar. They have also started an Antpitta feeding station where the very local and endemic Brown-banded Antpitta sneaks into the territory of a dominant pair of Chestnut-crowned Antpittas.A few other species also show up at the banquette of worms, like the Bicolored Antpitta and the Stripe-headed Brush-Finch. We will have a good chance to see the endemic Chestnut Wood-Quail. Other birds we may encounter: Rusty-faced Parrot, Golden- plumed Parakeet, Andean Toucanet, Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Rufous Spinetail, Montane Foliage- gleaner, Streaked Xenops, Pearled Treerunner, Spotted Barbtail, Striped Treehunter, Tyranine Woodcreeper, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Long- tailed Antbird, the rare and elusive Hooded Antpitta, Backish Tapaculo, Ash-colored Tapaculo, and Spillman's Tapaculo, Night in Manisales. Full trip description continued at top of page to the right and below the short itinerary (starts with April 11). |
| Trip Description: Main Trip Continued from Below Sunday, April 11: Early morning birding the highlands of Nevado del Ruiz National Park, afternoon birding the Bellavista Reserve. Another early start will find us at first light in the upper cloud and elfin forest along the way to Nevado del Ruiz National Park, where our main goal will be to look for the rare and endemic Rufous-fronted Parakeet. There we also have a chance for Shining Sunbeam, Black-thighed and Golden-breasted Pufflegs, Great Sapphirewing, Viridian Metaltail and Páramo Tapaculo. Other possibilities are the rare and seldom seen Ocellated Tapaculo and the uncommon Black-backed Bush Tanager. At a higher elevation close to the National Park entrance we will be looking for the Bearded Helmetcrest, which is hard to find anywhere else, as well as White-chinned Thistletail, Andean Tit-Spinetail, Stout- billed Cinclodes, Tawny Antpitta, Plain-colored Seedeater and Plumbeous Sierra-Finch. The marshy areas and water ponds will also give us a chance for Andean Teal and Noble Snipe. Later on in the day we will drive over the Central Andes pass heading towards the Magdalena River to the small town of Victoria and on to our next birding destination, the surprising IBA Bellavista Reserve. Lodging that night in Victoria. Monday, April 12: Full day birding Bellavista Reserve. A very short drive from Victoria will take us to the Bellavista reserve where many special birds will surely get our attention including Blue-ground Dove, the endemic Tolima Dove, Black-throated Mango, Shining-green Hummingbird, Violet-bellied Hummingbird, White-vented Plumeleteer, Northern Violaceous Trogon, Tody Motmot, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Barred Puffbird, the endemic White-mantled Barbet, Collared Aracari, Citron-throated Toucan, Olivaceous Piculet, Bar-crested Antshrike, Western Slaty Antshrike, Northern White-fringed Antwren, Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant, Golden-headed and White-bearded Manakins, Black- bellied Wren, Yellow-backed Tanager, the endemic Sooty Ant-Tanager, Crimson-rumped Tanager, Plain-colored Tanager, Scrub Tanager, Golden-hooded Tanager, Yellow-tufted Dacnis, Black-striped Sparrow, Rufous-capped Warbler, the endemic Velvet-fronted Euphonia, Thick- billed and Orange-billed Euphonias. Lodging that night in Victoria. Tuesday, April 13: Early morning birding at Bellavista Reserve and the Victoria surroundings and birding at key spots on drive to La Vega in the afternoon. This morning we will bird the Bellavista Reserve in the early morning looking for any species that we may have missed. After lunch we will head towards the town of San Juan de La Vega stopping on the way for Pearl Kite, White-tailed Kite, Scarlet- fronted Parakeet, Spectacled Parrotlet, Dwarf Cuckoo, Spot-breated Woodpecker, Barred Antshrike, Mouse-colored Tyrannulet, Pale- breasted Thrush and Black-faced Tanager. Lodging that night in La Vega. Wednesday, April 14: Early morning birding in La Vega, and late afternoon birding in marshes near Bogotá. In the morning we will explore various areas in the La Vega valley looking for Short-tailed Emerald, Red-billed Scythebill, Bar-crested Antshrike, the very local and rare race of the Rusty-breasted Antpitta, the endemic Apical Flycatcher, Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Gray- throated Warbler, Plain-colored Tanager and Black-headed Brush- Finch. Early in the afternoon we will head to Bogotá stopping in one of the marshy habitats of either La Florida or La Conejera to look for Noble Snipe, the endemics Bogotá Rail and Silvery-throated Spinetail, the weird looking Subtropical Doradito and the nearly endemic Rufous- browed Conebill. We will spend the night at our comfortable hotel in Bogata. Thursday, April 15: Early morning birding in La Florida marshes near Bogotá and transfer to the airport for the international flights back home (main trip) and/or on to Santa Marta (extension trip).
Trip Description continued below covering details on the Santa Marta Extension. |
| The Santa Marta Endemics Extension Trip: April 15 to 20 The Santa Marta Endemics: The “Sierra Nevada of the Santa Marta Mountains” is a clear example of bird speciation resulting from a long period of isolation; the green, humid and lush mountain range is isolated from the rest of the Andes by a “sea” of dry forest providing the “Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta” with the highest bird endemism area in Colombia. Her more than 25% (20 species) of the Colombian endemics occur and there are at least 39 endemic subspecies (some of which might even deserve the rank of a full species!). The drier areas surrounding the mountains are also home to a handful number of bird species that are only shares with remote areas of Venezuela including, 3 more Colombian endemics; such birding bonanza is only parallel by the beauty of the sunset of the Caribbean ocean watched from the comfortable balcony of “El Dorado” lodge. Thursday, April 15: Early morning birding in La Florida marshes near Bogota and catch our mid-day flight to Santa Marta. Late afternoon birding along the Naguange entrance to Tayrona National Park. After an early morning and before our flight to Santa Marta city we will have a short drive to La Florida marshes in route to the airport where we will look for Noble Snipe, the endemics Bogota Rail and Silvery-throated Spinetail, the weird looking flycatcher Subtropical Doradito and the nearly endemic Rufous-browed Conebill. Once we arrive to Santa Marta we will drive to the Neguanje entrance of the Tayrona National Park in search of the rare and local Black-backed Antshrike and maybe with a bit of luck will also find the much localized Tocuyo Sparrow. We will spend the night in Tayrona. Friday, April 16: Morning birding the Tayrona National Park and transfer back to Santa Marta, afternoon birding the Las Tinajas Road in route to Santa Marta. The various trails and main road of Tayrona National Park will offer many opportunities to look for forest species including the ultra rare and hard to come by endemic Blue-knobbed Curassow (YES, we have seen the Curassow inside the park!) along with Crested Guan, Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Keel-billed Toucan, Yellow-billed Cuckoo (only during migration), Rufous-breasted Hermit, Western Long-tailed Hermit, Sooty-capped Hermit, White-chinned Sapphire, White-necked Puffbird, Cocoa Woodcreeper, Red- billed Scythebill, Western-Slaty Anshrike, Jet Antbird, Northern White-fringed Antwren, White-bellied Antbird, Lance- tailed Manakin, Southern Bentbill, Yellow-brested Flycatcher, Golden-fronted Greenlet, Gray-headed Tanager, Carib Grackle, Yellow Oriole and Orange-crowned Oriole. After lunch we will start our return to Santa Marta stopping along the way to bird along the “Las Tinajas” side road and try for the range restricted Lilac-tailed Parakeet along with a set of more common species including Red-crowned Woodpecker, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Blue-crowned Motmot, Orange-chinned Parakeet, Coppery Emerald, White-bearded Manakin, Pale-breasted Thrush and Bicolored Wren. Lodging that night in Santa Marta. Saturday, April 17: Early morning drive to Via Parque Isla Salamanca (cacti dominated dry scrub) for birding all morning, afternoon return to pass through Santa Marta city to the small and charming town of La Minca and up to El Dorado Reserve (with some keen late afternoon birding). We will leave Santa Marta very early in the morning to be at first light in the Cacti dominated dry scrub of “ Via Parque Isla Salamanca” to look for the endemic Chestnut-winged Chachalaca. This Chachalaca often sits on top of the Candelabra Cactus to sun bath in the early morning, and we will be waiting for them with our scope. Soon after we will head for the Cocos visitor center inside “PVIS” (Salamanca Park) to walk through mangrove forest in search of one of the rarest birds in Colombia the enigmatic and endemic Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird. Other birds here include Bare-eyed Pigeon, Red-rumped Woodpecker, Brown- throated Parakeet, Northern Scrub-Flycatcher, Black-crested Antshrike, the common Bicolored Conebill, Bronzed Cowbird (for some this is the Bronze-brown Cowbird, an endemic species to Colombia) and the rare Chestnut Piculet; as soon as the heat of the day arrives we will explore the wetlands protected in the park (birds communities will vary accordingly with the month of the year and water level and depending on whether our customers hail from the New World or the Old World, (just ask us for the possibilities!). Here we will be looking for Fulvous Whistling-duck, Black-bellied Whistling-duck, Cinnamon Teal, White-cheeked Pintail, Black-necked Stilt, several Sandpipers, Gulls and Plover species, Black-collared Hawk, Glossy Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Pied Water-tyrant and White-headed Marsh- Tyrant. After lunch and during the heat of the day we will drive back to the small town of La Minca; during the last hours of light we will look for birds in the semi-deciduous dry forest near La Minca, such as White-vented Plumeleteer, Scaled Piculet, Santa Marta Foliage Gleaner (endemic species), Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant, Cinereous Becard, Rufous- breasted Wren, Rufous-and-white Wren, Swallow Tanager (endemic subspecies), Dull-collored Grassquit, Rusty Flowerpiercer, Crimson-backed Tanager and Golden-winged Sparrow. Later on in the day, we will drive to higher elevation toward the world famous “El Dorado” Reserve with many exciting stops along the way looking for Scaled Pigeon, Coppery Emerald, Steely-vented Hummingbird, White-vented Plumeleteer, the rare and endemic Blossomcrown, the endemic Santa Marta Woodstar, Collared Aracari, the endemic Santa Marta Toucanet, Yellow-billed Toucanet, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Pale-breasted Spinetail , Streaked Xenops, Montane Foliage-gleaner, Cocoa Woodcreeper, Slaty Antwren, the endemic Santa Marta Tapaculo, Golden-breasted Fruiteater, Olive-striped Flycatcher, Venezuelan Tyrannulet, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, the endemic White-lored Warbler and the endemic Santa Marta Brush-Finch. Lodging that night in Jenian Lodge. Sunday, April 18: Full day birding El Dorado Reserve, including San Lorenzo Ridge road and more. The next two days will be devoted to further exploration of the San Lorenzo Ridge road above the “Jeniam Lodge” where many of the special birds from the mountains occur. Most of efforts will be dedicated to looking for Band-tailed Guan, Sickle-winged Guan, Lined Quail-Dove, the endemic Santa Marta Parakeet, Mountain Velvetbreast , the endemic White-tailed Starfrontlet, the endemic Black-backed Thornbill, Masked Trogon, White-tipped Quetzal, Streak- capped Spinetail, the endemic Rusty-headed Spinetail, Flamulated Treehunter, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, the endemic Santa Marta Antpitta, Rusty-breasted Antpitta, the endemic Brown-rumped Tapaculo, Golden-breasted Fruiteater, Black-capped Tyrannulet, Great Thrush (endemic subspecies), the endemic Yellow-crowned Whitestart, the endemics Santa and White-lored Warblers, Blue-capped Tanager, the endemic Santa Marta Mountain-Tanager, Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush, Yellow-legged Thrush, the endemic Santa Marta Brush- Finch and Stripe-headed Brush-Finch. Lodging that night in Jenian Lodge. Monday, April 19: Full day El Dorado Reserve and evening birding at Dorado Lodge. Species of note here include Black-fronted Wood-Quail, Gray-throated Leaftosser, Montane Woodcreeper, White-throated Tyrannulet, Black- throated Tody-Tyrant, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant, Black-hooded Thrush, Páramo Seedeater and Slate-throated Whitestart, all of which are represented as endemic subspecies restricted to the Santa Marta Mountain range. A small bit of stamina during the nights, and we will also look for the recently described Santa Marta Screech- Owl, which has been recorded very close to the lodge. Day 18. Early morning birding near El Dorado and return to Santa Marta to catch our flight to Bogotá.
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