Colombia · Caldas Department
Bosque de San Carlos/La Virginia
225 species and 20,801 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, July and September–November, with up to 88 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
Rainbow-bearded ThornbillChalcostigma herrani
Viridian MetaltailMetallura williami
Glossy FlowerpiercerDiglossa lafresnayii
Scarlet-bellied Mountain TanagerAnisognathus igniventris
Paramo TapaculoScytalopus opacus
Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
Golden-crowned TanagerIridosornis rufivertex
White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrys
Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanni
Pale-naped BrushfinchAtlapetes pallidinucha
Equatorial AntpittaGrallaria saturata
Black FlowerpiercerDiglossa humeralis
Golden-fronted WhitestartMyioborus ornatus88 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 225 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hacienda El Bosque5 km328 species
- Hotel Termales del Ruíz6 km292 species
- PNN Los Nevados - Centro de Visitantes Brisas8 km221 species
- El Color de mis Rêves Glamping9 km240 species
- Recinto del Pensamiento14 km361 species
- Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco – Lodge15 km567 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
- Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
- Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami
- Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
- Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex
- Golden-fronted Whitestart Myioborus ornatus
- Pale-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes pallidinucha
- Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera
- Black-backed Bush Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni
- Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
- Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
- Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata
- Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
- Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
- Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Andean Teal Anas andium
- Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
- Black-thighed Puffleg Eriocnemis derbyi
- Buffy Helmetcrest Oxypogon stuebelii
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
- Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
- Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
- Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
- Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons
- Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
- White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
- Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium jardinii
- Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
- Andean Siskin Spinus spinescens
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus
- White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa
- White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
- Superciliaried Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris
- Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Crowned Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix frontalis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
- Grey-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis
- Slaty Brushfinch Atlapetes schistaceus
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
- Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata
- Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis
- Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii
- Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
- Masked Mountain Tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Paramo Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii
- White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
- Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
- Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
- Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
- Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
- Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris
- Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Smoky Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
- Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-chested Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis eximia
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
- Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenarius
- Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
- Bicolored Antpitta Grallaria rufocinerea
- Pale-footed Swallow Orochelidon flavipes
- Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus
- Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-collared Jay Cyanolyca armillata
- Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens
- Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata
- Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
- Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
- Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
- Citrine Warbler Myiothlypis luteoviridis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
- Oleaginous Hemispingus Sphenopsis frontalis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Carunculated Caracara Daptrius carunculatus
- Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
- Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
- Black-headed Hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Slaty-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana
- Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
- Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
- Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
- Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
- White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
- Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis
- Streak-headed Antbird Drymophila striaticeps
- Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
- Brown-banded Antpitta Grallaria milleri
- Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
- Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus
- Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps
- Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Tyranniscus cinereiceps
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bosque de San Carlos/La Virginia?
February–March, July and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 88 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bosque de San Carlos/La Virginia?
225 species, from 20,801 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bosque de San Carlos/La Virginia in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Thrush, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Viridian Metaltail, Glossy Flowerpiercer and Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.