eBird Field Checklist
La Guajira, CO
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665 species (+80 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Tinamous
Highland Tinamou
Gray Tinamou
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Red-legged Tinamou
Screamers
Northern Screamer
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Comb Duck
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
dabbling duck sp.
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Masked Duck
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca
Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Band-tailed Guan
Andean Guan
Crested Guan
Wattled Guan
Sickle-winged Guan
Blue-billed Curassow
Yellow-knobbed Curassow
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Crested Bobwhite
Black-fronted Wood-Quail
Flamingos
American Flamingo
American/Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Bare-eyed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Patagioenas sp.
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Scaled Dove
ground dove/Inca Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Lined Quail-Dove
quail-dove sp.
Eared Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Greater Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Little Cuckoo
Dwarf Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Dark-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Gray-capped Cuckoo
Nightjars
Nacunda Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Band-winged Nightjar
Common Pauraque
Todd's Nightjar
White-tailed Nightjar
Chuck-will's-widow
Rufous Nightjar
Potoos and Oilbird
Great Potoo
Common Potoo
Oilbird
Swifts
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Band-rumped Swift
Chimney Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Chaetura sp.
White-tipped Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Green Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Pale-bellied Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Sooty-capped Hermit
hermit sp.
Sparkling Violetear
Brown Violetear
Lesser Violetear
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Black-throated Mango
Green-breasted Mango
Longuemare's Sunangel
Speckled Hummingbird
Perija Metaltail
Tyrian Metaltail
Bronzy Inca
White-booted Racket-tail
Violet-fronted Brilliant
Long-billed Starthroat
Santa Marta Woodstar
Rufous-shafted Woodstar
Red-billed Emerald
Coppery Emerald
Riccordia/Cynanthus/Chlorostilbon sp.
Lazuline Sabrewing
White-vented Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Buffy Hummingbird
Steely-vented Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Shining-green Hummingbird
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
White-chinned Sapphire
Violet-bellied Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Mangrove Rail
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Finfoots
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Southern Lapwing
Siberian Sand-Plover
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Snowy Plover
plover sp.
Wattled Jacana
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Belcher's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Kelp Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
Large-billed Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Black-capped Petrel
black-and-white shearwater sp.
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Agami Heron
Pinnated Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Capped Heron
Whistling Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Striated Heron
Green Heron
Striated/Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Cocoi Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Scarlet Ibis
White x Scarlet Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy Ibis
Green Ibis
Bare-faced Ibis
Buff-necked Ibis
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Andean Condor
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Cathartes sp.
new world vulture sp.
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Tiny Hawk
Semicollared Hawk
Black-collared Hawk
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Savanna Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Solitary Eagle
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-rumped Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
White Hawk
Gray-lined Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Spectacled Owl
Great Horned Owl
Andean Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Golden-headed Quetzal
Crested Quetzal
Black-tailed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Collared Trogon
Masked Trogon
new world trogon sp.
Motmots
Whooping Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
Russet-throated Puffbird
Moustached Puffbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Barbets and Toucans
Southern Emerald-Toucanet
Groove-billed Toucanet
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Channel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Scaled Piculet
Olivaceous Piculet
Chestnut Piculet
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Campephilus sp./Lineated Woodpecker
Golden-green Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Saffron-headed Parrot
Red-billed Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
Pionus sp.
Yellow-crowned Parrot
Orange-winged Parrot
Scaly-naped Parrot
Turquoise-winged Parrotlet
Green-rumped Parrotlet
Spectacled Parrotlet
Forpus sp.
Brown-throated Parakeet
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Military Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Red-and-green Macaw
Blue-crowned Parakeet
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Great Antshrike
Black-crested Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Black-backed Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
White-flanked Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Rusty-winged Antwren
Northern White-fringed Antwren
Klages's Antbird
Santa Marta Antbird
White-bellied Antbird
Gnateaters and Antpittas
Scaled Antpitta
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
Perija Antpitta
Rusty-breasted Antpitta
Tapaculos
Santa Marta Tapaculo
Perija Tapaculo
Scytalopus sp.
Antthrushes
Black-faced Antthrush
Leaftossers and Miners
Gray-throated Leaftosser
Woodcreepers
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus sp.
Straight-billed Woodcreeper
Red-billed Scythebill
Brown-billed Scythebill
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Montane Woodcreeper
woodcreeper sp.
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
Streaked Xenops
Caribbean Hornero
Montane Foliage-gleaner
Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner
Spotted Barbtail
Streak-backed Canastero
Perija Thistletail
Streak-capped Spinetail
Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Pale-breasted Spinetail
White-whiskered Spinetail
Rusty-headed Spinetail
Rufous Spinetail
Stripe-breasted Spinetail
Synallaxis sp.
Manakins
Lance-tailed Manakin
White-bibbed Manakin
White-bearded Manakin
Golden-headed Manakin
Cotingas
Green-and-black Fruiteater
Golden-breasted Fruiteater
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
Bearded Bellbird
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Russet-winged Schiffornis
Barred Becard
Cinereous Becard
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Black-and-white Becard
One-colored Becard
becard sp.
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Olive-striped Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant
Southern Bentbill
Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-winged Flatbill
Ochre-lored Flatbill
Cinnamon Flycatcher
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
White-throated Tyrannulet
Northern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Forest Elaenia
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Small-billed Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
Black-capped Tyrannulet
Spectacled Tyrannulet
Golden-faced Tyrannulet
Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant
Slender-billed Tyrannulet
Pale-tipped Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Smoke-colored Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Fuscous Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant
White-headed Marsh Tyrant
Pied Water-Tyrant
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Venezuelan Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
Venezuelan/Panama Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Cattle Tyrant
Lesser Kiskadee
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Rusty-margined/Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus sp.
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Scrub Greenlet
Golden-fronted Greenlet
greenlet sp.
Yellow-throated Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Chivi Vireo
Red-eyed/Chivi Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Black-whiskered Vireo
vireo sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Black-chested Jay
Green Jay
Cyanocorax sp.
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
White-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Brown-chested Martin
new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Brown-bellied Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
Long-billed Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Scaly-breasted Wren
House Wren
Band-backed Wren
Stripe-backed Wren
Bicolored Wren
Black-bellied Wren
Whiskered Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Buff-breasted Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Hermit Wood-Wren
Dippers
White-capped Dipper
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Tropical Mockingbird
Thrushes
Andean Solitaire
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus sp.
Pale-breasted Thrush
Yellow-legged Thrush
White-necked Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Pale-eyed Thrush
Black-hooded Thrush
Great Thrush
Glossy-black Thrush
thrush sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Golden-rumped Euphonia
Blue-naped Chlorophonia
Trinidad Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
euphonia sp.
Lesser Goldfinch
Andean Siskin
Red Siskin
Spinus sp.
Thrush-Tanager
Rosy Thrush-Tanager
New World Sparrows
Common Chlorospingus
Grassland Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Tocuyo Sparrow
Sierra Nevada Brushfinch
Perija Brushfinch
Golden-winged Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Santa Marta Brushfinch
Slaty Brushfinch
Yellow-breasted Brushfinch
Blackbirds
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Russet-backed Oropendola
Crested Oropendola
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-backed Oriole
Orange-crowned Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Venezuelan Troupial
Yellow Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Shiny/Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Carib Grackle
Oriole Blackbird
Yellow-hooded Blackbird
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Chestnut-capped Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Three-striped Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Gray-throated Warbler
White-lored Warbler
Canada Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Yellow-crowned Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Vermilion Cardinal
Golden Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
Black-faced Tanager
Magpie Tanager
Hooded Tanager
Fulvous-headed Tanager
Gray-headed Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Crimson-backed Tanager
Blue-capped Tanager
Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager
Lacrimose Mountain Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Glaucous Tanager
Palm Tanager
Black-headed Tanager
Black-capped Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Swallow Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Purple Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Bicolored Conebill
White-eared Conebill
Black Flowerpiercer
White-sided Flowerpiercer
Saffron Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Lesson's Seedeater
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Large-billed Seed-Finch
Gray Seedeater
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Paramo Seedeater
Pileated Finch
Bananaquit
Black-faced Grassquit
Dull-colored Grassquit
Sooty Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Orinocan Saltator
Olive-gray Saltator
Streaked Saltator
saltator sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.