Birds Check List

Bird Check List Reserva Tinamú Manizales

There have been registered 270 bird species distributed in 49 families. The most numerous families are: flycatchers (Tyrannidae) with 41, tanagers (Thraupidae) with 25, hummingbirds (Trochilidae) with 21 and warblers (Parulidae) with 18 species.

Of the total of 270 species, 234 are resident, 36 are borealis migratory, 4 endemic. 13 near endemic and 2 vulnerable. Colombia is the country of birds with more than 1950 species; Caldas has about 50% of birds of Colombia, and Manizales has 450 (approx.) thanks to the different ecosystems and climatic zones between 170 and 5.400 m.a.s.l., that provide high biodiversity.

More than 170 species of birds travel to the country from the north of the continent escaping from the winter, these birds are called migratory and come to Colombia usually between September and October and return back to the north of the continent between April and May.