COLOMBIA December 2009 |
From Dec 06 to 19, 2009, Sheridan Coffey and myself birded the eastern Andes, north coast, and Santa Marta Mtns of Colombia (for the first leg in the Andes, Dan Peak joined us) using Medellin-based birding guide Pablo Flores Valencia click here to email Pablo.
The following Santa Marta subspecies/forms were all seen at, above, or below the
Lodge, Cuchillo de San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (except as noted):
White-rumped Gawk Buteo leucorrhus: .
Record shot of an adult
Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori: .
Plain -brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa lafresnayei: - from above Minca.
Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus sanctaemartae:.
Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii browni:.
Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus magdalenae: - from above Minca.
White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus abditivus: - from above Minca.
Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis affinis: .
Bown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys mirandae: .
Pale-bellied Thrush Turdus leucomelas albiventer:
Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides hyperythra: .
