The following is a list of the 83 known
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
species in
Colombia (about 4% of Colombian species) with notes about their general distribution.
Twenty-three (28%) of the species are found only in the
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (English: ''Snow-Covered Mountain Range of Saint Martha'') is an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, separate from the Andes range that runs through the north of the country. Reaching an elevation of ...
, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia with a very high degree of endemism.
Endemic bird list
Image gallery
Image:Ortalis garrula.jpg, ''Ortalis garrula''
Image:Ortalis columbiana.JPG, ''Ortalis columbiana''
Image:Crax albertiPCCA20051227-1981B.jpg, ''Crax alberti''
Image:RhamphomicronDorsaleKeulemans.jpg, ''Ramphomicron dorsale''
Image:MonographTrochi4Goul 0226.jpg, ''Coeligena prunellei''
Image:MonographTrochi5Goul 0116.jpg, ''Amazilia castaneiventris''
Image:Capito hypoleucus.jpg, ''Capito hypoleucus''
Image:Grayish Piculet MatthewGable.JPG, ''Picumnus granadensis''
Image:MelanerpesPulcherSmit cleaned.png, ''Melanerpes pulcher''
Image:Pyrrhura viridicata.jpg, ''Pyrrhura viridicata''
Image:Grallaria bangsi.jpg, ''Grallaria bangsi''
Image:SynallaxisSmit.jpg, ''Synallaxis fuscorufa''
Image:Myiotheretes pernix.jpg, ''Myiotheretes pernix''
Image:Apical.Flycatcher Matthew.Gable.jpg, ''Myiarchus apicalis''
Image:PoecilothraupisMelanogenys.jpg, ''Anisognathus melanogenys''
Image:ChlorochrysaNitidissimaKeulemans.jpg, ''Chlorochrysa nitidissima''
Image:Dusky-headed Brush-finch (8079919489).jpg, ''Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus''
Image:Yellow-crowned Whitestart.jpg, ''Myioborus flavivertex''
Image:Basileuterus basilicus.jpg, ''Basileuterus basilicus''
Image:EuphoniaConcinnaSmit.jpg, ''Euphonia concinna''
References
See also
*
List of birds of Colombia
{{Biodiversity of Colombia
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Birds