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COLOMBIA ENDEMIC PART 1 / (19 nights) / + 550 Species Andes & Choco This is the first part of an incredible tour focused in endemic and near-endemic birds of Colombia, in where is possible to see 35 endemic and 51 near endemics in Eastern, Central and Western Andes. A tour in where the number of birds can pass 550 species and you will enjoy the magical mountains, nice temperatures and amazing landscapes of this beautiful and mega-diverse country! Enjoy also the coffee culture in the different villages that you will visit in this route.

Top Bird Species (1) Brown-breasted Parakeet (2) Silvery-throated Spinetail (3) Cundinamarca Antpitta (4) East Andean Antbird (5) Green-bearded Helmetcrest (6) Bogota Rail (7) Apolinar´s Marsh Wren (8) Black Inca

(9) Mountain Grackle (10) Niceforo´s Wren (11) Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird (12) Apical Flycatcher (13) Greyish Piculet (14) Cauca Guan (15) Chestnut Wood-Quail (16) Multicolored Tanager

(17) Stile´s Tapaculo (18) Fuerte´s Parrot (19) Black-and-gold Tanager (20) Gold-ringed Tanager (21) Munchique Wood-Wren (22) Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer (23) Parker´s Antbird (24) Alto-Pisones Tapaculo

(25) Crested Ant-Tanager (26) Brown-banded Antpitta (27) Buffy Helmetcrest (28) Rufous-fronted Parakeet (29) Yellow-eared Parrot (30) Antioquia Wren (31) Urrao Antpitta (32) Paramillo Tapaculo

(33) Dusky Starfrontlet (34) Red-bellied Grackle (35) Colombian Chachalaca

Itinerary Day 1. Arrival to Bogota International Airport Arrival to El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, you will be transfer in a private transportation to a hotel in the city; if you arrive early you will can take dinner in hotel and this will be included; our guide or represent of Manakin Nature Tours will be waiting for you in the airport or hotel. Day 2. Chingaza National Park, La Calera Hummigbird Garden (Eastern Andes) We will leave early in the morning for Chingaza National Park high in the eastern Andes, a really nice paramo ecosystem with many interesting species and landscapes. In the afternoon we will visit La Calera Hummingbird Garden I where you can see some of the most important species of hummers in eastern Andes and after we will come back to Bogota to rest! Other interesting birds this day include: Coopery-bellied Puffleg, Rufous-browed Conebill, Purple-backed Thronbill, Paramo Seedeater, Plush-capped Finch, Pale-naped Brush-Finch, Smoky Bush-Tyrant, Black-billed Mountain Toucan, Black-headed Hemispingus and many more. Endemic Birds: (1) Brown-breasted Parakeet; (2) Silvery-throated Spinetail. Near-Endemic Birds: (1) Blue-throated Starfrontlet; (2) Matorral Tapaculo; (3) Golden-fronted Whitestart; (4) Coopery-bellied Puffleg

Day 3. Monterrerondo (Eastern Andes) We will search birds in Monterredondo location in the cloud forest of eastern Andes. A trip of 3 hours from Bogota to find some of the most important birds on the ridge. In the afternoon we will come back to Bogota to rest in same hotel. Some birds of interest this day include: Andean Pygmy-Owl, Golden-crowned Tanager, Andean Guan, Green and Black Fruiteater, Glitteringthroated Emerald, Green-bellied Hummingbird, Crimson-mantlet Woodpecker, Blackish Tapaculo, Black collared Jay, Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager and many more. Endemic Birds: (3) Cundinamarca Antpitta; (4) East Andean Antbird

Day 4. Sumapaz National Park, transfer Tunja (North-Eastern Andes) This day we will search birds in the amazing and so beautiful Sumapaz National Park or Paramo de Sumapaz, in where the landscape and the diversity of birds, and plants, will be the attraction, in the afternoon we will transfer to the colonial city of Tunja to rest in a nice hotel

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in the downtown. You will can see some very interesting birds as Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Redcrested Cotinga, Black-chested Buzzard Eagle, Many-striped Canastero, Chestnut-winged Cinclodes, Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant, Tawny Antpitta, Andean Ruddy Duck, and many more. Endemic Birds: (5) Green-bearded Helmetcrest; (6) Bogota Rail; (7) Apolinar´s Marsh Wren Near-Endemic Birds: (5) Bronze-tailed Thronbill

Day 5. Rogitama Reserve, transfer Soata (North-Eastern Andes) We will visit the gardens of Roberto Chavaro in Rogitama Reserve, a clear example of conservation in this area of Colombia in where we will search some important species of hummingbirds; in the afternoon we will transfer to Soata village at north-east a nice community close to the dry forest of Chicamocha Canon; we will see birds also in Paramo de Susacon on the road to Soata. Some interesting birds this day include: Lazuline Sabrewing, Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch, Azare´s Spinetail, Noble Snipe, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Sedge Wren, Black-tailed Trainbearer and many more. Endemic Birds: (8) Black Inca Near-Endemic Birds: (6) Short-tailed Emerald; (7) Moustached Brush-Finch

Day 6. Soata Oak Forest (North-Eastern Andes) All the morning we will explore the beautiful Oak Forest of Soata in where we will search some very important species; in the afternoon we will come back to the same forest searching more new birds. Some interest birds this day include: Black-capped Tyrannulet, Redhooded Tanager, Mountain Woodcreeper, Bicoloured Hawk, Blue-black Tanager, Bluish Flowerpiercer, Pale-adge Flycatcher, Browncapped Vireo, Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant, Smoky-browned Woodpecker, Tyrian Metaltail and many more. Endemic Birds: (9) Mountain Grackle Near-Endemic Birds: (8) Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

Day 7. Soata Dry Forest (Chicamocha Canon) - (North-Eastern Andes) We will search more birds in the dry forest of Chicamocha Canon, a very nice place with an amazing landscape of pale mountains and spiny vegetation. In the afternoon we will transfer to Bogota city again to rest. Some interesting birds this day include: Bicoloured Wren, White-tailed Kite, Golden-crowned Warbler, Buff-breasted Wood-Wren, Pearly vented Cuckoo, Bare-faced Ibis, Streak-headed Woodcreeper, Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Crimson-backed Tanager, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Yellow-throated Vireo and many more. Endemic Birds: (10) Niceforo´s Wren, (11) Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird, (12) Apical Flycatcher

Day 8. Flight to Pereira, Otun-Quimbaya National Park - (Central Andes) We will fight early in the morning to Pereira city to move to Otun-Quimbaya National Park, a beautiful cloud forest on the heart of central Andes. We will search some birds on the road that include Red-faced Spinetail, Mustached Puffbird, Bronze winged Parrot, Long-bill Starthroat, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Golden-bellied Woodpecker, Black Phoebe, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird and many more. Endemic Birds: (13) Greyish Piculet

Day 9. Otun-Quimbaya National Park - (Central Andes) We will look for wonderful birds all day in the Otun-Quimbaya Sanctuary of Fauna and Flora; this is a lovely place in the central Andes with some very important and rare birds; we’ll search for birds on a little-used road or on the paths inside the forest. Otun is very good for owling, so we do night explorations in this reserve / Night in Otun-Quimbaya National Park. Some interesting birds in Otun for this day are: Golden-plumed Parakeet Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Chestnut-breasted Wren Wattled Guan, Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant, Andean Solitaire, Oleagineous Hemispingus, Golden-headed Quetzal, White-winged Becard, Western Emerald, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Emerald Toucanet, Spotted Barbtail, Speckle faced Parrot and many more. Endemic Birds: (14) Cauca Guan; (15) Chestnut Wood-Quail; (16) Multicolored Tanager; Stile´s Tapaculo (17) Near-Endemic Birds: (9) Hooded Antpitta; (10) Moustached Antpitta; (11) Colombian Screech-Owl; (12) Rufous-breasted Flycatcher; (13) Flame-rumped Tanager; (14) Scrub Tanager

Day 10. Transfer Santa Rosa, Finca El Cortaderal (Central Andes) We will search incredible birds in this new location for birding in central Andes in where recently was rediscover a new population of the critical endangered Fuerte´s Parrot; a fantastic cloud forest in La Finca El Cortaderal in Santa Rosa de cabal municipality; in the afternoon we will transfer to Montezuma Reserve in the Choco Bio-Region. Some important

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birds that are possible to see in this location include also, Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan, Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Ocellated Tapaculo, Chestnut-naped Antpitta, Dusky Piha, Hooded Mountain Tanager and many more. Endemic Birds: (18) Fuerte´s Parrot

Day 11-12. Montezuma Rainforest Reserve (Western Andes) Montezuma is one of the best places to bird in Colombia, with an elevation gradient on the track from 1100 to 2800 meters, making this places one of the most diverse areas in all Colombia with more than 600 species recorded. We can see many endemics and nearendemics of the Choco Region; we will explore in two complete days 4 different spots on the birding track: Los Chorros (highest spot), Cajones (medium spot) and Clarita and Rio Claro (lower spots). The diversity in this four spots is special. Some very important birds in Montezuma for this two days include: Sickle-winged Guan, Western Emerald, White-tailed Hillstar, Greenish Puffleg, Crested and Goldenheaded Quetzal, White-faced Nunbird, Lineated Foliage-gleaner, Streak-capped Treehunter, Barred and Scaled Fruiteater, Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant, Olivaceous Piha, Flame-faced Tanager, Tricolored Brush-Finch, Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Black-winged Saltator, Red-headed Barbet, Rufous-breasted Antthrush, Striped Manakin, Zeledon´s Antbird, Ochre-breasted Antpitta, Barred Hawk, Chestnutheaded Oropendola, Lanceolated Monklet, Brown-billed Scytebill, Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner, Golden Tanager, White-headed Wren and many more. Endemic Birds: (19) Black-and-gold Tanager; (20) Gold-ringed Tanager; (21) Munchique Wood-Wren; (22) Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer; (23) Parker´s Antbird; (24) Alto-Pisones Tapaculo, (25) Crested Ant-Tanager Near-Endemics Birds: (15) Violet tailed Sylph; (16) Brown Inca; (17) Velvet-purple Coronet; (18) Empress Brilliant; (19) Purple-throated Woodstart; (20) Toucan Barbet; (21) Fulvous-dotted Treerunner; (22) Uniform Treehunter; (23) Bar-crested Antshirke; (24) Bicolored Antvireo; (25) Yellow-breasted Antpitta; (26) Choco Tapaculo; (27) Nariño Tapaculo; (28) Orange-breasted Fruiteater; (29) Club-winged Manakin; (30) Choco Vireo; (31) Beautiful Jay; (32) Sooty headed Wren; (33) Black Solitaire; (34) Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager; (35) Purplish mantlet Tanager; (36) Glistering Green Tanager; (37) Rufousthroated Tanager; (38) Scarlet and White Tanager; (39) Indigo Flowerpiercer; (40) Dusky Bush-Tanager; (41) Tanager Finch; (42) Yellow-green Brush-Finch; (43) Ochre-breasted Tanager; (44) Yellow-collated Chlorophonia

Day 13. Montezuma Rainforest Reserve, transfer to Manizales (Western Andes) We will search more birds in the low elevations of Montezuma, after lunch, we will transfer to Manizales city in central Andes in where we will rest. Day 14. Rio Blanco Natural Reserve (Central Andes) All day birding in Rio Blanco Natural Reserve, one of the most famous places in Colombia to see birds by the Antpitta feeders; in this location the mixed flocks and the amazing number of birds are fantastic and very easy to see. We will search at night for some owl and nightjar species. Some interesting birds to see in Rio Blanco include: Rusty-faced Parrot Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Slate-crowned Antpitta, Undulated Antpitta, Chestnut-naped Antpitta Dusky Piha, Yellow-vented Woodpecker, Bar-bellied Woodpecker, Powerful Woodpecker, Masked Saltator, Ocellated Tapaculo, Ash-coloured Tapaculo, Green-and-black Fruiteater, Barred Fruiteater, Black-collared Jay, Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager, Golden-plumed Parakeet, Red-hooded Tanager, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Swallow-tailed Nightjar, Whitethroated Hawk, Black-capped Hemispingus, Yellow-billed Cacique, Chestnut-crested Cotinga, White-throated Screech-Owl, Rufous-banded Owl, Wedge-billed Hummingbird, Bronzy Inca and many more. Endemic Birds: (26) Brown-banded Antpitta Near Endemic Birds: (45) Bicoloured Antpitta; (46) Agile Tit-Tyrant

Day 15. Nevado del Ruiz National Park (Central Andes) Birding in the high elevations (4,000 meters) in Los Nevados National Park (Nevado del Ruiz), an incredible paramo in the central Andes with many special birds and amazing landscapes; we will visit the fantastic hummingbird feeders of “termales” in where you will can see some amazing hummers; in the afternoon we will transfer to Jardin Village in Antioquia department, one of the most beautiful little village www.manakinnaturetours.com We make your birding and wildlife holidays an unforgettable and wonderful experience

in Colombia. Some important birds possible to see in el Ruiz include: Andean Condor, Andean Duck, Paramo Tapaculo, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Noble Snipe, Andean Pygmy Owl, Swordbellied Hummingbird, Shining Sunbean, Golden-breasted Puffleg, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Viridian Metaltail, Many-striped Canastero, White-chinned Thistletail, Andean Tit-Spinetail, Whitecapped Tanager, Paramo Seedeater, Slate-coloured Seedeater, Golden-crowned Tanager and many more. Endemic Birds: (27) Buffy Helmetcrest; (28) Rufous-fronted Parakeet Near Endemic Birds: (47) Black-thighed Puffleg; (48) Golden-breasted Puffleg; (49) Crescent-faced Antpitta; (50) Black-backed Bush-Tanager

Day 16. Yellow-ear Parrot Reserve (Central Andes) We’ll watch birds all day in the Yellow-eared Parrot Reserve, the best place in Colombia to see this very important species of parrot; we’ll search for birds in Alto de Ventanas locations on the road from Jardin to Rio Sucio village; we’ll have breakfast and lunch in the field, and early in the morning we’ll search for some owls on the road; we’ll come back to Jardin in the afternoon to rest. Some birds possible in Jardin are: Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Yellow-vented Woodpecker, Spillmann’s Tapaculo, Blackish Tapaculo, Ocellated Tapaculo, Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher, Green-and-black Fruiteater, Barred Fruiteater, Golden-collared Honeycreeper, Chestnut-crested Cotinga, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Rufous Antpitta, Chestnut-naped Antpitta, Black-collared Jay, Streak-throated Bush-Tanager, Lachrymose Mountain-Tanager, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, Sharp´s Wren, White-browed Spinetail and many more. Endemic Birds: (29) Yellow-eared Parrot

Day 17. Bolombolo Location, transfer to Urrao (Cauca Valley) Early in the morning we’ll visit the amazing lek of Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (one of the best in the neo-tropics), where the birds come 2-3 meters close to us. Sometimes it’s possible to see 20-25 males calling. After breakfast in Jardin we will transfer to Bolombolo, near the Cauca River, a nice dry forest that has some very interesting and important birds. In the afternoon we will transfer to Urrao Vilage close to Las Orquideas National Park. Some important birds in Jardin and Bolombolo include: Black-chested Jay, Andean Cock of the Rock, Speckle-breasted Wren, Black-striped Sparrow, Cocoa Woodcreeper, Spectacled Parrotlet, Rufous-naped Greenlet, Moustached Puffbird, Golden-crowned Warbler, Greenish Elaenia, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch and many more. Endemic Birds: (30) Antioquia Wren

Day 18. Starfrontlet Reserve – Colibri del Sol (Central Andes) Early in the morning we will leave from Urrao village in direction to Starfrontlet Reserve in Las Orquideas National Park; a nice walk of 2 hours on a beautiful valley with amazing cloud forest around, in where is possible to see so beautiful birds. We will visit antpitta and hummingbird feeders on the reserve in where we will have some important targets. In the afternoon we will come back to Urrao and Medellin at night. Some important birds that are possible to see in Starfrontlet include: Tawny-breasted Tinamou, Black-throated Flowerpiercer, Slaty-backed ChatTyrant, Mask Trogon and many more. Endemic Birds: (31) Urrao Antpitta; (32) Paramillo Tapaculo; (33) Dusky Starfrontlet

Day 19. La Romera Reserve, Medellin (Central Andes) (1700 m / 5570 Ft – 15-23 °C / 59 – 73.4 °F) In the morning we’ll visit La Romera Natural Reserve in Sabaneta village, a nice secondary forest on Medellin Mountains; we’ll have lunch in a typical “paisa” restaurant, and in the afternoon we will move to Medellin city to finish this amazing birding tour. Some birds in La Romera Reserve include: Pale-eyed Thrush, Green Jay, Slate-throated Whitestar, Black-billed Peppershirke, Golden-naped Tanager, Black-capped Tanager, Andean Motmot and many more. Endemic Birds: (34) Red-bellied Grackle; (35) Colombian Chachalaca Near Endemic Birds: (51) Yellow-headed Manakin

Day 20. International Flight to home from Bogota

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COLOMBIA Endemic 1: Andes & Choco Tour Available All Year, is not limited per weather or activity of birds TOUR PRICES & GROUP SIZE 2 PAX $ 7.980

3 PAX $ 6.620

4 PAX $ 6.300

5 PAX $ 5.610

6 PAX $ 5.200

7 PAX $ 5.040

8 PAX $ 4.770

9 PAX $ 4.550

10 PAX $ 4.340

SRS $ 570

Net Price per Person / Double Accommodation in USD from Bogota  For Private Tours of 1 person, please write us Deposit: 500 USD per person. Tour Deposits can be paid in per bank transfer, cash or credit card via PayPal (with an increase of 4.9%), please write to [email protected] if you have question about payments Included in Cost: Accommodation in double win or marriage rooms, all meals from dinner on Day 1 through breakfast Day 20 with open menu in restaurants and places in where is available, 2 snacks daily that include bottle water, fruit, etc., Water available all the time on the bus – big bottle to recharge the potable bottles, one national beer, soda, bottle water or juice included with meals, private transfer airport – hotel – airport, all ground transportation including 4x4 vehicles where is necessary, domestic flights in economy class, entrances to reserves and national parks, Colombian event insurance and bilingual professional birding and wildlife guide. Not Included: International flights and taxes, toiletries, laundry service, room service, tips or gratuity, medical expenses (not covered for evet insurance), alcoholic drinks, international phone calls, activities not included in the itinerary, extensions of a trip due to circumstances beyond our control Accommodation: Our hotels and lodges vary in quality but all are within close proximity to many of areas we wish to go birding; MANAKIN NATURE TOURS, just operate high quality tours, in this case you can be sure that hotels ad lodges will be from good to high quality, safe and clean. For more details about hotels that we use in this tour, please write us or call us. Tour Code: This is a fairly standard birding tour with early morning starts and evening finishes to each day. One some days we may take picnic lunches in order to no waste time during the middle of the day or having to leave site. The weather can be unpredictable with rain and sunshine both likely. At higher altitudes it can be chilly. We have an amazing photo opportunities for many species of hummingbirds and other species coming to feeders, we will also be looking for a good number of species that are very rare and seldom seen, but we will going to areas that hold these sought after species. Reservations: You can plan your tour any date of year, but depends of availability; if you have a group of bird-watching friends and you want to be in charge of organizing the group, we can give you a very special price if your group of friends is more than 5 people. Please ask for this option. [email protected] All Pictures by Manakin Nature Tours ©. In order of appearance: Antioquia Wren, Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer, Purplish-mantled Tanager, Brown-banded Antpitta, Golden-ringed Tanager, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Crested Ant-tanager, Rufous-fronted Parakeet, Goldenfronted Whitestart, White-faced Nunbird and Yellow-ear Parrot.

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