Colombia - Multicolored Tanager Tour

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1 Colombia - Multicolored Tanager Tour Naturetrek Report kindly compiled by tour participant David Newman Naturetrek Mingledown Barn Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ UK T: +44 (0) E: info@naturetrek.co.uk W:

2 Colombia - Multicolored Tanager Tour Tour participants: Ferney Saigado (manager), Edwin Campbell (local guide) and Hector (driver) with eight Naturetrek clients. Day 1 Thursday 9th Overnight flight from London to Bogota. Day 2 Friday 10th We arrived at Bogota International Airport and walked to the domestic side to meet one of the tour participants who had arrived a day early to see Bogota a tour she had enjoyed. The flight to Cali was delayed by around 40 minutes, but we were met at Cali Airport and made our way to the Cali Campestre Country Club for a very nice breakfast in beautiful surroundings. We familiarised ourselves with good views of a number of species, and then had a walk around the extensive and beautiful grounds, as the sun broke through the clouds. Huge iguanas resting in the tree tops and Agouti running around on the ground, together with a variety of stunning butterflies, added to the biodiversity. After three hours we had made a good list. We then left for Finca Lolita at KM18 (San Antonio). This is a beautiful little hotel, with lots of character and excellent food. On arrival at Lolita, we had great views of a Crimson-rumped Toucanet and masses of different hummers (hummingbirds). After a very nice, rather late, lunch we explored the grounds for a number of additional species, including Yellow-faced Grassquit at the only site we saw them on the trip. Day 3 Saturday 11th We left early for the Queremal Anchioaya road, stopping at Casa Donna for a good breakfast and more hummingbirds and tanagers, then in somewhat misty conditions down the road, stopping and walking around the road at various spots for a rich array of species. We had a packed lunch and later in the afternoon returned to Casa Donna for tea, and views of a pair of Toucan Barbets. The big tree on the property was laden with unripe fruit and in a few weeks other tours should find this a magnet for many fruit eaters. On the way back to Lolita, we stopped to see a male Lyre-tailed Nightjar roosting against a roadside cutting. Day 4 Sunday 12th We left Finca Lolita after dawn today, so a quick check of the feeders, where a family of Inca Jays had decided to drop by. We headed to Alejandra de Chorio along a narrow rural road on the ridge from San Antonio. This is a popular Sunday venue with locals, coming in groups for breakfast/lunch and to photograph the wonderful range of birds on the feeders. Here we met with a pair Multi-colored Tanagers giving excellent views and our only pair of the trip. We explored a length of the country road, seeing locals out cycling or walking the area too, and found a number of forest birds new to the trip. After lunch we drove to Laguna de Sunso wetland reserve which protects a beautiful area of swamps and savanna-style gallery forest (reminiscent to me of the Llanos in Venezuela) with Snail Kites, Apical Flycatcher Naturetrek December 17 1

3 and a good range of new species for the trip. A thunderstorm crashed about nearby, but we kept dry, and as darkness rapidly settled, we were on our way to Buga for overnight in a rather grand old hotel. Day 5 Monday 13th We left before dawn for Montezuma Mountain in Tatama National Park, changing to our four-wheel drive vehicles at Peublo Rico. In a small town north of Virginia, we learnt about the Colombian game Teha which we were to see again in a number of other places. A heavy pie-shaped iron weight is thrown at a wet clay target and the aim is to hit the white ceramic triangle filled with gunpowder which explodes when you get a bullseye. A fine roadside tree in fruit had a variety of colourful birds, including the only Turquoise Dacnis for the trip, and we made a point of stopping here again on the return journey on day six. As we headed up the mountain road to Montezuma, thick cloud enveloped us and the rain started and did not really stop until we left 48 hours later. However, despite the rain, the hummers and tanagers around the lodge were busy feeding and we had an enjoyable hot lunch watching them. Some preferred to spend the afternoon here where coffee and teas were constantly available, whilst others faced the rain in the forest. Our local guide knew the forest well, and Black Solitaire was quickly found, along with woodcreepers and other forest birds. At a bridge he put out a little rice and called to a pair of Olive Finches who popped out of the under-growth to give excellent views of this normally retiring bird. Day 6 Tuesday 14th We left in the dark for the road end at the summit, just after which is a military post. The rain eased down to a mist for a while and allowed us to have close views of Munchique Wren, a picnic breakfast of hot coffee sat in picnic chairs that our drivers had brought with them, new hummers, new tanagers, and some fabulous orchids. However, as the rain returned and made birding rather difficult, we headed by vehicle back to the lodge for a hot lunch, where some decided to stay, whilst others returned to the forest trail. Our guides worked hard, and we had misty views of Gold-ringed Tanager, a party of six Black Solitaires, and a few new birds for the trip, but unfortunately the rain probably reduced bird activity. However, with over six metres of rain per year in this area of Columbia, one is bound to meet it sometimes. Day 7 Wednesday 15th It was still raining at breakfast, so we left as soon as we had finished for Otun-Quimbaya in the foothills of the Central Range. First, we had to brave a few landslides on our road, which our drivers managed with spades and machetes, and we admired the rivers now as torrents. Approaching Otun, we stopped to have views from a quiet bridge of a pair of Torrent Ducks with White-capped Dipper and Torrent Tyrannulet and Black Phoebe busy feeding around the few still emergent rocks. At Otun we had lunch, and then headed into the nearby forest, where we quickly met half a dozen Red-ruffed Fruit-crows, and even heard the males booming. The endemic Cauca Guan showed up nicely, and we had the chance to compare them with the more widespread Sickle-winged Guan. As the sun dropped, the sky cleared, and we birded until too dark to see around the grounds, where a couple of Red Howler Monkeys were perched in a tree. 2 Naturetrek December 17

4 Day 8 Thursday 16th Our luck finally changed; the only rain was during our indoor lunch, and whilst it was misty in the mountains, our binoculars remained dry and the cameras could really come into play. We left in the dark, had a hot breakfast in a roadside café and headed into Los Nevados National Park. We went up until the visitor centre and toll-gates where there was no reason to go further, as a few Buffy Helmetcrests did their stuff on the Espletias. One of the group met a Tawny Antpitta so close to her on the track she was unable to focus on it. A flock of endemic Rufous-fronted Parakeets perched in low trees, Andean Teal, Stout-billed Cinclodes and Plumbeous Sierrafinches roamed the tiny mountain school, and the flora was stunning in this beautiful paramo environment. We had lunch at the hotel Temales de Ruiz an unexpected highlight I ll say no more. Wonderful! The afternoon was overcast and misty, but we descended the mountain on a quiet road, finding lots of birds and admiring the flora, particularly the ferns and many different fuchsias. Day 9 Friday 17th We left our very comfortable hotel in Manizales 30 minutes later than planned, held up further by busy traffic jams at 6.30am, and too late for the Bicoloured Antpitta feeding at our next destination, the Rio Blanco reserve a water catchment area with about 30% consisting of cleared farmland but with plenty of sub-tropical forest. The Chestnut-crowned, Slaty-crowned and Brown-banded Antpittas all appeared on cue for their worm breakfast, and we admired the hummingbirds. There was a cry of excitement and, hurrying up the road to the forest area, we had brief views of a Masked Tanager, one of the most difficult to find tanagers of the trip. The whole day was spent birding the roadsides. A Tayra was seen collecting fruits, and Sickle-winged Guan and Black-billed Mountain Toucans also paid a visit. At intervals there appeared to be no birds around and then the next, we were surrounded by a feeding mixed flock and trying to get on to all the various species before they moved on and the next arrived. It was classic tropical forest birding at its best and we had a great day. Day 10 Saturday 18th We headed out of Manizales towards Pereira and stopped at the Came Guadua lake and wetland, where we had breakfast and lunch, watching a great variety of wetland and woodland birds. The sun briefly put in an appearance and it was relaxing. We were still getting new species for the trip when we had to tear ourselves away for the airport for the flight to Bogota, where some were staying overnight to join the Santa Marta trip, and others were leaving Naturetrek for new destinations. Day 11 Monday 19th Arrival back in the UK. Another fabulous Naturetrek tour had ended, but great memories and some evocative photographs to remember it by. Total species for the trip species were heard only but mainly difficult birds to get other than by call. Receive our e-newsletter Join the Naturetrek ing list and be the first to hear about new tours, additional departures and new dates, tour reports and special offers. Visit to sign up. Naturetrek December 17 3

5 Colombia - Multicolored Tanager Tour Species Lists Birds ( =recorded but not counted; E = Endemic; N = Near Endemic; I = Introduced H = heard only; m/f = male/female if significant) 1 Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 6 2 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Torrent Duck Merganetta armata 2 4 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 2 6 Andean Teal - N Anas andium 3 7 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Colombian Chachalaca - E Ortalis columbiana Andean Guan Penelope montagnii 7 10 Cauca Guan - E Penelope perspicax 11 Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 1 15 Striated Heron Butorides striata Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 2 20 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 1 23 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 5 24 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus H 27 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 1 28 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis 1 Naturetrek December 17 1

6 29 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 6 30 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus 2 32 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 1 34 Grey-necked Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus 1 35 Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus 1 36 Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans 1 37 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 2 38 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata American Coot Fulica americana 4 40 Limpkin Aramus guarauna 3 41 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 1 44 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 1 45 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1 46 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 3 50 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Rock Dove - I Columba livia Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 2 53 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea 1 55 Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia H H 59 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Mottled Owl Strix virgata H H 2 Naturetrek December 17

7 61 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 1 62 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis H H 64 Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra 1 65 Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis White-whiskered Hermit - N Phaethornis yaruqui 2 70 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae 1 72 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 1m 1m Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans 3 76 Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis 1f 1f 1m 77 Green Thorntail Discosura conversii 1f 78 Western Emerald - N Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica Blue-headed Sapphire - N Hylocharis grayi 1 81 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae Steely-vented Hummingbird - N Amazilia saucerottei Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula Empress Brilliant - N Heliodoxa imperatrix White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens Velvet-purple Coronet - N Boissonneaua jardini Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi 1 Naturetrek December 17 3

8 93 Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena Brown Inca - N Coeligena wilsoni 1 95 Collared Inca Coeligena torquata Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae 1 97 Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera 1 98 Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus 6 99 Tourmaline Sunangel - N Heliangelus exortis Black-thighed Puffleg - N Eriocnemis derbyi Golden-breasted Puffleg - N Eriocnemis mosquera Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini White-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii 3m 105 Buffy Helmetcrest - E Oxypogon stuebelii Viridian Metaltail - N Metallura williami Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani 1m 108 Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii Violet-tailed Sylph - N Aglaiocercus coelestis Geoffroy's Wedgebill Schistes geoffroyi Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps 1m 114 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 1m 115 Masked Trogon Trogon personatus 1m 116 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata H 121 Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii 1m 1m 2 1m 122 Toucan Barbet - N Semnornis ramphastinus Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus Naturetrek December 17

9 125 Black-billed Mountain Toucan Andigena nigrirostris Greyish Piculet - E Picumnus granadensis x H 127 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 1 5 H Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus H 131 Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans Rufous-fronted Parakeet - E Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii Stout-billed Cinclodes - N Cinclodes excelsior Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae H Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens H 148 Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufum Uniform Treehunter - N Thripadectes ignobilis Plain Xenops Xenops minutus Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans 2 Naturetrek December 17 5

10 157 Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Great Antshrike Taraba major H H 161 Bar-crested Antshrike - N Thamnophilus multistriatus 2 H Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans Zeledon's Antbird Myrmeciza zeledoni Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla Bicolored Antpitta - N Grallaria rufocinerea H 166 Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula H 167 Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis Brown-banded Antpitta - E Grallaria milleri Slaty-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis H 171 Nariño Tapaculo - N Scytalopus vicinior H 172 Spillmann's Tapaculo - N Scytalopus spillmanni H 173 Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus H 174 Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans H 175 Tatama Tapaculo Scytalopus "alto pisones" H 176 Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus H 178 Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus H Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis Naturetrek December 17

11 189 Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus obscurus Crowned Chat-Tyrant - N Silvicultrix frontalis Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema H 203 Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer H 215 Apical Flycatcher - E Myiarchus apicalis Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus H H 218 Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii 1f 1f 220 Orange-breasted Fruiteater - N Pipreola jucunda 3 Naturetrek December 17 7

12 221 Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis H 228 Black-billed Peppershrike - N Cyclarhis nigrirostris Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus H 233 Black-collared Jay Cyanolyca armillata 234 Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis Inca Jay Cyanocorax yncas Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis Sooty-headed Wren Pheugopedius spadix Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis H H H 247 Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus H 248 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 5 H H Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 2 H 2 H 2 H 250 Munchique Wood Wren - E Henicorhina negreti Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus H 252 Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus H 8 Naturetrek December 17

13 253 Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides H H H 255 Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris H 256 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Black Solitaire - N Entomodestes coracinus Great Thrush Turdus fuscater Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster Yellow-collared Chlorophonia - N Chlorophonia flavirostris Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea 2 H 267 Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia 1m 272 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca American Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva 1 2m 276 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus Golden-fronted Whitestart - N Myioborus ornatus Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris 1m Naturetrek December 17 9

14 285 Northern Mountain Cacique Cacicus leucoramphus Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha Black-headed Brushfinch - N Arremon atricapillus Grey-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis Olive Finch Arremon castaneiceps Pale-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes pallidinucha Tricolored Brushfinch Atlapetes tricolor Slaty Brushfinch Atlapetes schistaceus Dusky Bush Tanager - N Chlorospingus semifuscus Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii Black-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus melanotis Grey-hooded Bush Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus Flame-rumped Tanager - E Ramphocelus flammigerus Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala Black-and-gold Tanager - E Bangsia melanochlamys 2 10 Naturetrek December 17

15 317 Gold-ringed Tanager - E Bangsia aureocincta Lacrimose Mountain Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus Black-chinned Mountain Tanager - N Anisognathus notabilis Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata Purplish-mantled Tanager - N Iridosornis porphyrocephalus Glistening-green Tanager - N Chlorochrysa phoenicotis Multicolored Tanager - E Chlorochrysa nitidissima Golden Tanager Tangara arthus Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala Rufous-throated Tanager - N Tangara rufigula Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia Scrub Tanager - N Tangara vitriolina Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei Turquoise Dacnis - E Dacnis hartlaubi 1m Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta 3f 343 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira Scarlet-and-white Tanager - N Chrysothlypis salmoni H 348 Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons 2 Naturetrek December 17 11

16 349 Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides 2 1m 350 Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer - E Diglossa gloriosissima Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea Plumbeous Sierra Finch Phrygilus unicolor Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Slate-coloured Grosbeak Saltator grossus Black-winged Saltator - N Saltator atripennis Greyish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta Thick-billed Seed Finch Oryzoborus funereus Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema Hepatic Tanager Piranga hepatica 1f 373 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 1f 1f 375 Crested Ant Tanager - E Habia cristata 2 H Ochre-breasted Tanager - N Chlorothraupis stolzmanni H 377 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Naturetrek December 17

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