Colombia · Valle del Cauca Department
Humedal Platanares
198 species and 25,737 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and October–December, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
Striated HeronButorides striata
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Bare-faced IbisPhimosus infuscatus
Yellow-headed CaracaraDaptrius chimachima
Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
Spectacled ParrotletForpus conspicillatus
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticoraxSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Vereda Chicoral14 km314 species
- Ecolodge La Minga15 km291 species
- Finca Alejandría "El Paraiso de Los Colibries"18 km365 species
- Finca La Araucana18 km300 species
- Bosque de Niebla Km. 1819 km387 species
- Finca Bosque de Niebla19 km282 species
All 198 species recorded here
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Wedge-tailed Grass Finch Emberizoides herbicola
- Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
- Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Greyish Piculet Picumnus granadensis
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Scrub Tanager Stilpnia vitriolina
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Grey Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Steely-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia saucerottei
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
- Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Colombian Chachalaca Ortalis columbiana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Humedal Platanares?
February and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Humedal Platanares?
198 species, from 25,737 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Humedal Platanares in November?
The most recorded in November: Wattled Jacana, Striated Heron, Tropical Kingbird, Blue-black Grassquit and Snowy Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.