Tatamá National Natural Park (

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: ''Parque Nacional Natural Tatamá'' or ''PNN Tatamá'') is a national park in the Cordillera Occidental, Colombia. Established in 1987, the park encompasses of primary west-Andean tropical and subtropical rainforest, temperate cloud forest, and páramo habitat in an area that spans the departments of Risaralda, Chocó and Valle del Cauca, within the Chocó bioregion. The protected area is of high scientific interest because of its rich biodiversity and the unique state of conservation of its ecosystems. The park is home to tributaries of the San Juan and Cauca Rivers and, in its highest elevation area, to Páramo Tatamá, which along Frontino and El Duende, represents one of the only three

páramos Páramos may refer to: * Páramos (comarca), a comarca in Spain * Páramos, Venezuela, a region in the Cordillera de Mérida The Cordillera de Mérida is a series of mountain ranges, or massif, in northwestern Venezuela. The Cordillera de Mérida ...

in Colombia that have not been altered by humans. Cerro Tatamá, the highest peak in the Cordillera Occidental, reaching an elevation of , lies within the park.

Flora and fauna

Over 560 species of orchids can be found in the park, many of which are endemic to the area (such as the Montezuma maxillaria). The protected area is also a popular birding destination in Colombia with more than 620 bird species recorded, including 16 endemic to Colombia (of which seven are only found in the western Cordillera): * Colombian Chachalaca *

Chestnut Wood-Quail The chestnut wood quail (''Odontophorus hyperythrus'') is a bird species in the family Odontophoridae, the New World quail. It is found only in Colombia. Taxonomy and systematics The chestnut wood quail has at various times been proposed or ...

* Dusky Starfrontlet * Grayish Piculet *

Yellow-eared Parrot The yellow-eared parrot (''Ognorhynchus icterotis'') is an endangered parrot of the tropics in South America. It is found in the Andes of Colombia. This species was thought to be extinct up until April 1999, when a group of researchers that were ...

* Parker's Antbird * Chamí Antpitta * Tatama Tapaculo * Munchique Wood-Wren *

Red-bellied Grackle The red-bellied grackle (''Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster'') is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. Its genus, ''Hypopyrrhus'', is monotypic. One of the grackles, it is endemic to Colombia where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical ...

Crested Ant-Tanager The crested ant tanager (''Habia cristata'') is a bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Taxonomy and systematics The crested ant tanager was originally placed in family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. In the early 2000 ...

Black-and-Gold Tanager The black-and-gold tanager (''Bangsia melanochlamys'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References ...

* Gold-ringed Tanager *

Multicolored Tanager The multicoloured tanager (''Chlorochrysa nitidissima'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to the mountains of Colombia, and as of 2010 has been categorized as vulnerable (VU) by the IUCN. Description The multicolor ...

* Turquoise Dacnis *

Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer The chestnut-bellied flowerpiercer (''Diglossa gloriosissima'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-al ...

Access

The park can only be accessed via Montezuma Road (

: Camino de Montezuma), a dirt road that starts in the town of Pueblo Rico and winds up Cerro Montezuma to a military base at its summit, . The Montezuma Rainforest Ecolodge property (), located near the entrance of the park, is the main gateway to the protected area.

References

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