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The Andean condor is the national bird of Colombia.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Colombia.According to the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society (AOS), the avifauna of Colombia has 1907 confirmed species.
Some estimations of lifespans of wild birds has exceeded 50 years. In 1983, the Guinness Book of World Records considered the longest-lived bird of any species with a confirmed lifespan was an Andean condor that died after surviving 72 years in captivity, having been captured from the wild as a juvenile of undetermined age. [20]
Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...
The following is a list of the 83 known endemic bird species in Colombia (about 4% of Colombian species) with notes about their general distribution. [1] [2] Twenty-three (28%) of the species are found only in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia with a very high degree of endemism.
Italian sparrow (national bird) Passer italiae [38] Jamaica: Red-billed streamertail (national bird) Trochilus polytmus [39] Latvia: White wagtail (national bird) Motacilla alba [30] Two-spotted ladybird (national insect) Adalia bipunctata [30] Lithuania: White stork (national bird) Ciconia ciconia [40] Mongolia: Saker falcon (national bird ...
G. Gartered trogon; Giant cowbird; Giant snipe; Glaucous tanager; Golden-fronted greenlet; Golden-green woodpecker; Golden-headed manakin; Golden-spangled piculet
The Vultur gryphus also known as the Andean condor is the national bird of Colombia.. The Andean condor inhabits the Andes mountain range. Although it is primarily a scavenger, feeding on carrion, this species belongs to the New World vulture family Cathartidae.
The horned screamer is the official bird of both the Department of Arauca and the Municipality of Arauca in Colombia, [13] as well as a symbol of the National Reserve of Churute in Ecuador. [14] The department and its capital are named after the bird, which is called arauco or aruco in Spanish.