Northern Colombia Birding Trail: Sierra Nevada Mountains & Guajira Desert

We start in Barranquilla at 6:00 am, transport to kilometer 4, Vía Parque Salamanca, a place of dry forests, mangroves and wetlands. Here we will look for species such as: Pied Puffbird, Snail Kite, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Wood Stork, Northern Screamer, Chesnut-winged Chachalaca, Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird, Russet-throated Puffbird, Large-billed Tern, Black-collared Hawk, Bicolored Conebill, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Scaled Dove, Dwarf Cuckoo, Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Pear Kite, Red-rumped Woodpecker, Brown-throated Parakeet, Straight-billed Woodcreeper. Lunch in Tasajera area, we continue by vehicle to the La Cabaña area where we can observe: Military Macaw, Blue-headed Parrot, Keel-billed Toucan, Crested Oropendola, Scaled Pigeon, White-bearded Manakin, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Black-backed Antshrike, Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant, Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Whooping Motmot.

Starting at 6:00 am, Birding around Minca, return to the hotel for breakfast at 8:30 am, departure on the main road to Campano and Bella Vista, on the way we stop at several places to look for different species of birds : Santa Marta Brushfinch, Sierra Nevada Brushfinch, Santa Marta Tapaculo, Santa Marta Antbird, Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner, Rusty-breasted Antpitta, Swallow Tanager, Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Venezuelan Tyrannulet, Golden-winged Sparrow, Coppery Emerald, Santa Marta Woodstar, Santa Marta Blossomcrown, White-lored Warbler, Gartered Trogon.

Accomodation hostal el Ramo (cuchilla de San Lorenzo)

Breakfast at 6:00 am, Birding on the route: Santa Marta Emerald Tocanet, Spotted Barbtail, Black-fronted Wood-Quail, White-tailed Starfrontlet, Hermit Wood-Wren, Santa Marta Mountain Tanager, Santa Marta Antpitta, Black-throated Tody-Tyrant, White-tipped Quetzal, Montane Foliage-gleaner. Birding 3:30 pm around the hostal looking for the Santa Marta Screech-Owl.

Accomodation Mountain house (Bella Vista)

Starting at 5.15 am – Birding cuchilla de san Lorenzo, we get back to the hostal at 9:00am, check out; especies Santa Marta Parakeet, Yellow-crowned Whitestart, Streak-capped Spinetail, Rusty-headed Spinetail, Paramo Seedeater, Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant. Departure back, we stop on the route to look for species that are missing to be reported, lunch en route to the Tayrona area, accommodation in the surroundings of the Tayrona National Park. Birding in the afternoon, dinner.

Starting at 06:00 am – Birding near the hotel: White-bearded Manakin, Lance-tailed Manakin, Blue-billed Curassow, Southern Bentbill, White-bellied Antbird, Crested Guan. Lunch in Don Diego.

Acommodation in Camarones Guajira

Starting at 5.45 am, birding in the dry forest accompanied by a local guide, look for the key species : Chestnut Piculet, Buffy Hummingbird, Trinidad Euphonia, Orinocan Saltator, Vermilion Cardinal, Scarlet Ibis, Tocuyo Sparrow, Crested Bobwhite, Pale-legged Hornero, Pileated Finch, Rufous-vented Chachalaca, White-whiskered Spinetail, Glaucous Tanager, Northern Scrub-Flycatcher, Green-rumped Parrotlet, Slender-billed Tyrannulet.

Lunch and return to Santa Marta, end of the service