🇨🇴Animals recorded in Colombia

Which animals have been recorded in Colombia? 912,296 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Tropical Kingbird, Black Vulture, Blue-gray Tanager.

• 912,296 records
• 1,200+ species
• 58 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Tropical Kingbird, Black Vulture, Blue-gray Tanager. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Colombia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus	Aves Tyrannidae	7,818
	Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	Aves Cathartidae	7,089
	Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus	Aves Thraupidae	6,478
	House Wren Troglodytes aedon	Aves Troglodytidae	5,862
	Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis	Aves Passerellidae	5,504
	Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris	Aves Accipitridae	5,440
	Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani	Aves Cuculidae	5,389
	Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus	Aves Tyrannidae	5,098
	Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura	Aves Cathartidae	4,929
	Bananaquit Coereba flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	4,740
	Great Thrush Turdus fuscater	Aves Turdidae	4,449
	Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis	Aves Turdidae	4,331
	Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum	Aves Thraupidae	4,249
	Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis	Aves Tyrannidae	4,194
	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis	Aves Charadriidae	4,152
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	4,066
	Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster	Aves Tyrannidae	4,010
	blue-and-white swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca	Aves Hirundinidae	3,843
	Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum	Aves Tyrannidae	3,834
	Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina	Aves Thraupidae	3,730
	Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca	Aves Parulidae	3,724
	Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis	Aves Icteridae	3,707
	Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana	Aves Cuculidae	3,557
	Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima	Aves Falconidae	3,334
	Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus	Aves Thraupidae	3,318
	Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis	Aves Hirundinidae	3,295
	Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis	Aves Thraupidae	3,224
	Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	3,173
	Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys	Aves Troglodytidae	2,999
	Scrub Tanager Stilpnia vitriolina	Aves Thraupidae	2,928
	American Kestrel Falco sparverius	Aves Falconidae	2,805
	Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae	Aves Furnariidae	2,775
	Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus	Aves Thraupidae	2,728
	Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus	Aves Tyrannidae	2,721
	Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria	Aves Fringillidae	2,696
	Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus	Aves Parulidae	2,657
	Striated Heron Butorides striata	Aves Ardeidae	2,627
	Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris	Aves Fringillidae	2,614
	Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola	Aves Thraupidae	2,557
	Southern Caracara Caracara plancus	Aves Falconidae	2,419
	scorpions Tityus pachyurus	Arachnida Buthidae	2,417
	Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta	Aves Thraupidae	2,387
	Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa	Aves Tyrannidae	2,344
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	2,310
	Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus	Aves Thraupidae	2,303
	Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii	Aves Thraupidae	2,262
	Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia	Aves Cuculidae	2,246
	Snowy Egret Egretta thula	Aves Ardeidae	2,239
	Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis	Aves Corvidae	2,189
	Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana	Aves Jacanidae	2,165
	Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens	Aves Thraupidae	2,153
	Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata	Aves Alcedinidae	2,142
	Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens	Aves Furnariidae	2,122
	Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans	Aves Tyrannidae	2,112
	Summer Tanager Piranga rubra	Aves Cardinalidae	2,106
	Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus	Aves Thraupidae	2,095
	Magdalena Sorubim Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum	— Pimelodidae	2,059
	Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus	Aves Tyrannidae	2,034
	Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia	Aves Parulidae	2,025
	Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus	Aves Troglodytidae	1,991