Colombia · Distrito Capital de Bogotá
Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolivar
165 species and 28,250 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
Great EgretArdea alba
Sparkling VioletearColibri coruscans
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Summer TanagerPiranga rubraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jardin Botánico José Celestino Mutis1 km235 species
- Humedal Córdoba Sector 3 / RAMSAR5 km219 species
- RFP Bosque Oriental de Bogotá – Cerro Monserrate7 km276 species
- Parque La Florida10 km395 species
- Observatorio de Colibries14 km226 species
- Parque Natural Chicaque24 km521 species
All 165 species recorded here
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Andean Siskin Spinus spinescens
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Andean Teal Anas andium
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis
- Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolivar?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 98 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolivar?
165 species, from 28,250 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolivar in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied-billed Grebe, Great Thrush, Eared Dove, Great Egret and Sparkling Violetear.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.