Colombia Important Bird Area
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
287 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Vg.juan · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
170 species in January.136 species in February.145 species in March.186 species in April.190 species in May.130 species in June.122 species in July.134 species in August.93 species in September.140 species in October.141 species in November.163 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
287 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 287Speciesrecorded more than once
- 70Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,871Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,574 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 4Owls
- 2Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 190Songbirds
- 76Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 287 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
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- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Leucopternis princepsLeucopternis princeps
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Buteo albicaudatusButeo albicaudatus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Owls4 species
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- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
Waders2 species
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- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Ducks & geese1 species
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- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Songbirds190 species
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- Andean SolitaireMyadestes ralloides
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Stilpnia vitriolinaStilpnia vitriolina
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Golden TanagerTangara arthus
- Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysops
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Black-billed ThrushTurdus ignobilis
- Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatus
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrola
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Grey-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Stilpnia cyanicollisStilpnia cyanicollis
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Metallic-green TanagerTangara labradorides
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
- Black-capped TanagerStilpnia heinei
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- Streaked saltatorSaltator striatipectus
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Blue-winged Mountain-tanagerAnisognathus somptuosus
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Whiskered WrenPheugopedius mystacalis
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Bar-crested AntshrikeThamnophilus multistriatus
- Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennis
- Three-striped WarblerBasileuterus tristriatus
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Montane WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Red-faced SpinetailCranioleuca erythrops
- Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
- Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostris
- Lineated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla subalaris
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Ashy-throated Bush-tanagerChlorospingus canigularis
- Andean Cock-of-the-rockRupicola peruvianus
- Multicoloured TanagerChlorochrysa nitidissimaNT
- Swallow TanagerTersina viridis
- Golden-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes hemichrysus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Streaked XenopsXenops rutilans
- Rufous-naped GreenletHylophilus semibrunneus
- Chalcothraupis ruficervixChalcothraupis ruficervix
- Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys
- Scale-crested Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus pileatus
- Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster
- Golden-winged ManakinMasius chrysopterus
- Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
- White-naped Brush-finchAtlapetes albinucha
- Red TanagerPiranga flava
- Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
- Chestnut-capped Brush FinchArremon brunneinucha
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Golden-rumped EuphoniaEuphonia cyanocephala
- Barred BecardPachyramphus versicolor
- Synallaxis azaraeSynallaxis azarae
- Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescens
- Montane Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia striaticollis
- Slate-coloured SeedeaterSporophila schistacea
- Spotted BarbtailPremnoplex brunnescens
- Blue-naped ChlorophoniaChlorophonia cyanea
- Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolor
- Cyphorhinus dichrousCyphorhinus dichrous
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Beryl-spangled TanagerTangara nigroviridis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Marble-faced Bristle-tyrantPhylloscartes ophthalmicus
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Orange-billed Nightingale-thrushCatharus aurantiirostris
- Russet-crowned WarblerMyiothlypis coronata
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Mouse-coloured TyrannuletPhaeomyias murina
- Yellow-bellied SiskinSpinus xanthogastrus
- White-winged TanagerPiranga leucoptera
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Parker's AntbirdCercomacra parkeri
- Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensis
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Grey SeedeaterSporophila intermedia
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Inca JayCyanocorax yncas
- Apical FlycatcherMyiarchus apicalis
- Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
- Mountain ElaeniaElaenia frantzii
- Dusky LeaftosserSclerurus obscurior
- Cinnamon FlycatcherPyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Sooty-headed TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseiceps
- Chestnut-crowned AntpittaGrallaria ruficapilla
- Narino TapaculoScytalopus vicinior
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- White-wingedPachyramphus polychopterus
- Guira TanagerHemithraupis guira
- Slaty-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon superciliaris
- Streak-necked FlycatcherMionectes striaticollis
- Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
- Ramphocaenus melanurusRamphocaenus melanurus
- Streaked TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes boissonneautii
- Saffron-crowned TanagerTangara xanthocephala
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- White-capped DipperCinclus leucocephalus
- Dull-colored GrassquitAsemospiza obscura
- Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferii
- Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinus
- Fawn-breasted TanagerPipraeidea melanonota
- Yellow-breasted Brush-FinchAtlapetes latinuchus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- Blackish TapaculoScytalopus latrans
- Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephala
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Torrent TyrannuletSerpophaga cinerea
- Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- White-breasted Wood-wrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Olive-backed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus triangularis
- Streak-headed AntbirdDrymophila striaticeps
- Platyrinchus mystaceusPlatyrinchus mystaceus
- Slaty SpinetailSynallaxis brachyura
- Sharp-tailed StreamcreeperLochmias nematura
- Common Bush TanagerChlorospingus flavopectus
- Pale-vented ThrushTurdus obsoletus
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicus
- Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funerea
- Stilpnia larvataStilpnia larvata
- Black-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus granadensis
- Variegated Bristle-TyrantPhylloscartes poecilotis
- Golden-crowned FlycatcherMyiodynastes chrysocephalus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Yellow-headed ManakinXenopipo flavicapilla
- Turquoise Dacnis-TanagerDacnis hartlaubiNT
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Jet AntbirdCercomacra nigricans
- Immaculate AntbirdMyrmeciza immaculata
- Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinus
- Glossy-black ThrushTurdus serranus
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Uniform AntshrikeThamnophilus unicolor
- Striolated ManakinMachaeropterus striolatus
- Grey-browed BrushfinchArremon assimilis
- Mionectes olivaceusMionectes olivaceus
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia variegaticeps
- Black-faced TanagerSchistochlamys melanopis
- Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassorii
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Slaty FinchHaplospiza rustica
- Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosa
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensis
- Smoke-colored PeweeContopus fumigatus
- Flavescent FlycatcherMyiophobus flavicans
- Rusty Flower-piercerDiglossa sittoides
- Crested Ant-TanagerHabia cristata
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Pale-eyed ThrushTurdus leucops
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Blue-lored AntbirdHafferia immaculata
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
Other birds76 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Colombian ChachalacaOrtalis columbiana
- Scarlet-fronted ParakeetAratinga wagleri
- Andean MotmotMomotus aequatorialis
- Crimson-rumped ToucanetAulacorhynchus haematopygus
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Spectacled ParrotletForpus conspicillatus
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica
- Red-headed BarbetEubucco bourcierii
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- White-booted Racket-tailOcreatus underwoodii
- Saucerottia saucerotteiSaucerottia saucerottei
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Western EmeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchus
- Grayish PiculetPicumnus granadensis
- Green HermitPhaethornis guy
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Purple-throated WoodstarCalliphlox mitchellii
- Uranomitra franciaeUranomitra franciae
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Chestnut Wood-QuailOdontophorus hyperythrus
- Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Scaly-naped AmazonAmazona mercenaria
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterus
- Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus
- White-throated Quail-DoveZentrygon frenata
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
- Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatus
- Spot-breasted WoodpeckerColaptes punctigula
- Brown Violet-earColibri delphinae
- Buff-tailed CoronetBoissonneaua flavescens
- White-tailed HillstarUrochroa bougueri
- Bronzy IncaCoeligena coeligena
- Grey-headed DoveLeptotila plumbeiceps
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Sparkling Violet-earColibri coruscans
- Moustached PuffbirdMalacoptila mystacalis
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Speckled HummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenys
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- Fawn-breasted BrilliantHeliodoxa rubinoides
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Aramides cajaneaAramides cajanea
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineola
- White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensis
- Green-fronted LancebillDoryfera ludovicae
- Chestnut-fronted MacawAra severus
- White-throated ToucanetAulacorhynchus albivitta
- Greenish PufflegHaplophaedia aureliae
- Plain-breasted Ground-DoveColumbina minuta
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Lyre-tailed NightjarUropsalis lyra
- Great TinamouTinamus major
- Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
- Powerful WoodpeckerCampephilus pollens
- Sickle-winged GuanChamaepetes goudotii
- Golden-headed QuetzalPharomachrus auriceps
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Tawny-breasted TinamouNothocercus julius
- Yellow-vented WoodpeckerVeniliornis dignus
- Masked TrogonTrogon personatus
- White-throated WedgebillSchistes albogularis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/19°79 mm
- Feb26°/19°78 mm
- Mar26°/19°104 mm
- Apr26°/20°163 mm
- May26°/20°140 mm
- Jun26°/20°79 mm
- Jul27°/19°61 mm
- Aug27°/19°56 mm
- Sep26°/19°74 mm
- Oct25°/19°151 mm
- Nov25°/19°165 mm
- Dec25°/19°109 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park.
National park in Colombia
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Colombia, 1,574 m above the sea.
287 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,871 open records.
The most recorded are the Andean Solitaire, the Southern House Wren and the Tropical Kingbird.
26 species come for the summer, 40 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- 20 Pesoscampsite · 7.8 km · 3 within 10 km
- Finca Cielos Abiertosplace to stay · 5.6 km · 17 within 10 km
- Jamundínearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport (CLO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at CLO airport (Cali)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3campsites within 10 km20 Pesos, Rancho Super Cheers, Refugio Piedra Luna
- 17places to stay within 10 kmFinca Cielos Abiertos, Arbol d'Agua, La Fonda Pance and 14 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Farallones de Cali National Natural Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas34 mountains within 25 kmLoma de Peña Negra · 2.6 kmCerro Pico de Loro · 5.5 kmFarallones de Cali4,050 m · 12 kmCuchilla de Las Piedras · 15 kmLomas del Remolino · 17 kmCuchilla del Pozo · 17 kmLomas de Balsa Brigada · 20 kmLomas del Santisimo · 21 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
Colombia
- 62Birdyas Score
- 287Species
- 70Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3049635) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,871 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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