Colombia · Valle del Cauca Department
RN Laguna de Sonso
352 species and 182,432 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and October–November, with up to 228 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Spectacled ParrotletForpus conspicillatus
Bare-faced IbisPhimosus infuscatus
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Yellow-headed CaracaraDaptrius chimachima
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
Striated HeronButorides striataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- SUEE Birding12 km265 species
- Ecohotel El Diamante14 km305 species
- RN Rio Bravo – Entrada23 km375 species
- RN Rio Bravo – Carretera28 km407 species
- Providencia Parque Ecológico - Piedechinche32 km228 species
- Humedal Platanares33 km198 species
All 352 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Greyish Piculet Picumnus granadensis
- Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Scrub Tanager Stilpnia vitriolina
- Steely-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia saucerottei
- Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Grey Seedeater Sporophila intermedia
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Colombian Chachalaca Ortalis columbiana
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Wedge-tailed Grass Finch Emberizoides herbicola
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Andean Emerald Uranomitra franciae
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Choco Elaenia Myiopagis parambae
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Rufous-naped Greenlet Pachysylvia semibrunnea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Black-faced Tanager Schistochlamys melanopis
- Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
- Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
- Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
- Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Blue-lored Antbird Hafferia immaculata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Blue-headed Sapphire Chrysuronia grayi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-capped Tanager Stilpnia heinei
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuliger
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at RN Laguna de Sonso?
February–March and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 228 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at RN Laguna de Sonso?
352 species, from 182,432 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at RN Laguna de Sonso in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Neotropic Cormorant, Spectacled Parrotlet, Bare-faced Ibis and Cocoi Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.