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Colombia is the #1 country in the world for bird diversity!
Bird lovers will relish the opportunities for bird watching here in Colombia, with a staggering number of 1,876 species reported so far, Colombia is the leader in incredible bird diversity with 116 important bird zones in the country and with another 50 areas being studied.
Watch birds unique to this area!
Colombia’s rich geographical lands provide a number of different environments for these 1,876 species.
From stretching mountains, the lush coastal jungles and rainforests, tropical islands and fruitful forests and wetlands you can find such endemic and almost endemic birds like Yellow Eared Parrot, the Dusky Starfrontlet, Sooty-capped Puffbird, Keel-billed Toucan, Sapphire- bellied Hummingbird, Amercian Flamingo, Screech Owls, Macaws and Pelicans just to name a few.
Colombia is also home to a number of migrating birds that can be seen at certain times of the year.
With such an important bird fauna in the country, Colombia attracts many Ornithologists (bird watchers and experts).
Learn about birds from specialists
Mantaraya proudly deals with some top Ornithologists and arranges tours with them to the many bird destinations that occupy 40 % of the country such as the breathtaking seaside mountain ranges of Santa Marta, the lush and thick tropical jungle of Choco on the pacific coast, the wild and famous Amazonian jungle, the beautiful and mystic Andean mountains, the tropical Rosario islands, and to some of Colombia’s beautiful and abundant wetlands like Los llanos.
Apart from bird watching tours there are also fantastic volunteer programs to take apart in to help gain awareness and upkeep conservation within this striving bird paradise!
For more information on bird tours or volunteer programs please contact us at Mantaraya!
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