Natural Sierra de Chiribiquete National Park

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Massive table-top mountains rise abruptly from the lowland rainforest of southeastern Colombia, their sheer sandstone cliffs and isolated summits creating some of the most dramatic topography in the Amazon basin. These tepuis—ancient geological formations capped with nutrient-poor soils and persistent mist—dominate the landscape of this vast 86,867-square-kilometre national park, which straddles the border between Caquetá and other regions in the Colombian Amazon. The park encompasses a remarkable mosaic of habitats: humid lowland forests teeming with understory life, transitional zones where forest meets rock face, and high-altitude cloud forests clinging to the plateau summits. Rivers carve through the terrain, creating whitewater corridors and oxbow lakes that pulse with aquatic fauna. This ecological diversity supports an extraordinary array of wildlife across every vertical layer—from small mammals and amphibians in the leaf litter to migratory and resident birds navigating the canopy and open sky, and large terrestrial mammals that roam the forest floor and clearings.

For wildlife photographers and serious birdwatchers, few regions in South America offer such raw biodiversity compressed into a single protected landscape. The park's isolation—accessed primarily via river and requiring genuine expedition logistics—ensures that visitors encounter landscapes and animal behaviour largely undisturbed by human presence. Birds of prey ride thermals above the escarpments; the dawn chorus erupts with astonishing density and variety across the lowland forest; amphibians and reptiles occupy niches from forest streams to canopy bromeliads. The wet season brings peak activity and water levels that open riverine access to otherwise inaccessible territories, while the geological drama of the tepuis themselves provides unmatched compositional opportunities for landscape and wildlife photography. This is frontier natural history—a destination for those willing to embrace genuine remoteness in exchange for encounters with intact Amazonian ecosystems and the creatures that depend upon them.

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Cyanocorax violaceus

Opisthocomus hoazin

Whistling Heron

Syrigma sibilatrix

White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus

Yellow-crowned Amazon

Amazona ochrocephala

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Rupornis magnirostris

Chestnut-eared Aracari

Pteroglossus castanotis

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Thraupis palmarum

Buff-necked Ibis

Theristicus caudatus

Green-backed Trogon

Coragyps atratus

Swallow-winged Puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Smooth-billed Ani

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

Melanerpes cruentatus

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Speckled Chachalaca

Ortalis guttata

Nyctibius grandis

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos

Tropical Mockingbird

Sicalis flaveola

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes melambrotus

Ictinia plumbea

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

Butorides striata

Sarcoramphus papa

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

White-chinned Jacamar

Galbula tombacea

Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Pitangus sulphuratus

White-bearded Manakin

Manacus manacus

Black-tailed Tityra

Black-billed Thrush

Turdus ignobilis

Yellow-backed Tanager

Hemithraupis flavicollis

Horned Screamer

Penelope jacquacu

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Columbina squammata

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Pilherodius pileatus

Amazon Kingfisher

Chloroceryle amazona

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

Red-breasted Meadowlark

Leistes militaris

Crested Oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Purple Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

Cairina moschata

Crestless Curassow

Mitu tomentosum

Eurypyga helias

Bare-faced Ibis

Phimosus infuscatus

Jacamerops aureus

Yellow-billed Nunbird

Monasa flavirostris

Many-banded Aracari

Pteroglossus pluricinctus

Amazonian Antshrike

Thamnophilus amazonicus

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Amazonian Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus ornatus

Golden-headed Manakin

Ceratopipra erythrocephala

White-banded Swallow

Atticora fasciata

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Yellow-browed Sparrow

Ammodramus aurifrons

Nyctidromus albicollis

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata

Patagioenas speciosa

Rufescent Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes burrovianus

Pandion haliaetus

Geranospiza caerulescens

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Amazonian Motmot

White-fronted Nunbird

Monasa morphoeus

Scarlet-crowned Barbet

Capito aurovirens

Channel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos vitellinus

Lettered Aracari

Pteroglossus inscriptus

Red-necked Woodpecker

Campephilus rubricollis

Falco rufigularis

Amazona farinosa

Orange-winged Amazon

Amazona amazonica

Pompadour Cotinga

Xipholena punicea

Blackish Nightjar

Nyctipolus nigrescens

Pheugopedius coraya

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

White-winged Swallow

Tachycineta albiventer

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

Dichrozona cincta

Imeri Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis flavescens

Spot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax naevius

Cliff Flycatcher

Hirundinea ferruginea

Oriole Blackbird

Gymnomystax mexicanus

White-throated Tinamou

Tinamus guttatus

Cinereous Tinamou

Crypturellus cinereus

Crypturellus soui

Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

Grey-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata

Phaethornis ruber

Great-billed Hermit

Phaethornis malaris

Ruby-topaz Hummingbird

Chrysolampis mosquitus

Long-billed Starthroat

Heliomaster longirostris

White-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes cyanus

Crotophaga major

Pheasant Cuckoo

Dromococcyx phasianellus

Plumbeous Pigeon

Patagioenas plumbea

Patagioenas subvinacea

Blue Ground Dove

Claravis pretiosa

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Grey-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

Zenaida auriculata

Ash-throated Crake

Mustelirallus albicollis

Aramus guarauna

Anhinga anhinga

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

Grey-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

Black Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus tyrannus

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

Great Black Hawk

Buteogallus urubitinga

Grey-lined Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Buteo albonotatus

Athene cunicularia

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl

Megascops watsonii

Black-tailed Trogon

Trogon melanurus

Amazonian Trogon

Trogon ramonianus

Blue-crowned Trogon

Amazonian Black-throated Trogon

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

Chloroceryle inda

Baryphthengus martii

Yellow-billed Jacamar

Galbula albirostris

White-necked Puffbird

Notharchus hyperrhynchus

Ivory-billed Aracari

Pteroglossus azara

Golden-collared Toucanet

Selenidera reinwardtii

Golden-green Woodpecker

Piculus chrysochloros

Spot-breasted Woodpecker

Colaptes punctigula

Variable Woodpecker

Cream-colored Woodpecker

Ringed Woodpecker

Celeus torquatus

Red-throated Caracara

Ibycter americanus

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Barred Forest Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

Lined Forest Falcon

Micrastur gilvicollis

Collared Forest Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

Cobalt-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris cyanoptera

Orange-cheeked Parrot

Pyrilia barrabandi

Black-headed Parrot

Pionites melanocephalus

White-eyed Parakeet

Psittacara leucophthalmus

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Long-billed Woodcreeper

Nasica longirostris

Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes certhia

Black-banded Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes picumnus

Elegant Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus elegans

Buff-throated Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus guttatus

Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner

Philydor pyrrhodes

Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner

Automolus ochrolaemus

Eastern Woodhaunter

Automolus subulatus

Plain-crowned Spinetail

Synallaxis gujanensis

Pale-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albescens

Spot-winged Antshrike

Pygiptila stellaris

Black-throated Antbird

Myrmophylax atrothorax

Moustached Antwren

Myrmotherula ignota

Myrmotherula brachyura

White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

Long-winged Antwren

Myrmotherula longipennis

Plain-throated Antwren

Isleria hauxwelli

Dusky-throated Antshrike

Thamnomanes ardesiacus

Cinereous Antshrike

Thamnomanes caesius

Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

Blackish-grey Antshrike

Thamnophilus nigrocinereus

Plain-winged Antshrike

Thamnophilus schistaceus

Mouse-colored Antshrike

Thamnophilus murinus

Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

Great Antshrike

Common Scale-backed Antbird

Willisornis poecilinotus

Peruvian Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis peruviana

Yellow-browed Antbird

Hypocnemis hypoxantha

Cercomacroides tyrannina

Cercomacra cinerascens

Black-chinned Antbird

Hypocnemoides melanopogon

Dot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax punctulatus

Silvered Antbird

Sclateria naevia

Spot-winged Antbird

Myrmelastes leucostigma

Black-faced Antbird

Myrmoborus myotherinus

White-shouldered Antbird

Akletos melanoceps

Black-faced Antthrush

Formicarius analis

Wing-barred Piprites

Piprites chloris

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

Tyrannulus elatus

Myiopagis gaimardii

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

White-lored Tyrannulet

Ornithion inerme

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet

Camptostoma obsoletum

Slender-footed Tyrannulet

Zimmerius gracilipes

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

White-eyed Tody-Tyrant

Hemitriccus zosterops

Double-banded Pygmy Tyrant

Lophotriccus vitiosus

Helmeted Pygmy Tyrant

Lophotriccus galeatus

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus latirostris

Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus sylvia

Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum

Brownish Twistwing

Cnipodectes subbrunneus

Yellow-margined Flatbill

Tolmomyias assimilis

White-crested Spadebill

Platyrinchus platyrhynchos

Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

Sayornis nigricans

Eastern Wood Pewee

Contopus virens

Drab Water Tyrant

Ochthornis littoralis

Machetornis rixosa

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Grey-capped Flycatcher

Myiozetetes granadensis

Dusky-chested Flycatcher

Myiozetetes luteiventris

Lesser Kiskadee

Philohydor lictor

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Variegated Flycatcher

Empidonomus varius

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Greyish Mourner

Rhytipterna simplex

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Swainson's Flycatcher

Myiarchus swainsoni

Large-headed Flatbill

Ramphotrigon megacephalum

Rufous-tailed Flatbill

Ramphotrigon ruficauda

Cinnamon Attila

Attila cinnamomeus

Citron-bellied Attila

Attila citriniventris

Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Querula purpurata

Lipaugus vociferans

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

Tyranneutes stolzmanni

Blue-capped Manakin

Lepidothrix coronata

Striolated Manakin

Machaeropterus striolatus

Varzea Schiffornis

Schiffornis major

Brown-winged Schiffornis

Schiffornis turdina

Cinereous Mourner

Laniocera hypopyrra

Chestnut-crowned Becard

Pachyramphus castaneus

Tropical Royal Flycatcher

Onychorhynchus coronatus

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Hylophilus flavipes

Dusky-capped Greenlet

Pachysylvia hypoxantha

Vireo olivaceus

Brown-chested Martin

Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

Black-capped Donacobius

Donacobius atricapilla

Thrush-like Wren

Campylorhynchus turdinus

White-breasted Wood Wren

Henicorhina leucosticta

Southern Nightingale-Wren

Microcerculus marginatus

Trilling Gnatwren

Ramphocaenus melanurus

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Pale-breasted Thrush

Turdus leucomelas

Olive Oropendola

Psarocolius bifasciatus

Red-rumped Cacique

Cacicus haemorrhous

Molothrus bonariensis

Quiscalus lugubris

Velvet-fronted Grackle

Lampropsar tanagrinus

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Amazonian Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia rothschildii

Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Short-billed Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes nitidus

Bluish-grey Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Slate-colored Grosbeak

Saltator grossus

Coereba flaveola

Grey-headed Tanager

Eucometis penicillata

Cissopis leverianus

Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana

Variegated Tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus

Least Nighthawk

Chordeiles pusillus

Nyctibius griseus

Short-tailed Swift

Chaetura brachyura

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

White-bearded Hermit

Phaethornis hispidus

Straight-billed Hermit

Phaethornis bourcieri

Black-eared Fairy

Heliothryx auritus

Black-throated Mango

Anthracothorax nigricollis

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus largipennis

Coccycua minuta

Common Ground Dove

Columbina passerina

Grey-winged Trumpeter

Psophia crepitans

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus melanoleucus

Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Chloroceryle aenea

Galbula leucogastra

Paradise Jacamar

Brown-banded Puffbird

Notharchus ordii

Spotted Puffbird

White-chested Puffbird

Malacoptila fusca

Tawny-tufted Toucanet

Selenidera nattereri

Chestnut Woodpecker

Dusky-billed Parrotlet

Forpus modestus

Deroptyus accipitrinus

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

White-chinned Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla merula

Ocellated Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus ocellatus

Atlantic Plain Xenops

Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner

Automolus infuscatus

Ornate Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla ornata

Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla erythrura

Rufous-backed Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla haematonota

Myrmotherula menetriesii

Southern White-fringed Antwren

Formicivora grisea

Pearly Antshrike

Megastictus margaritatus

White-cheeked Antbird

Gymnopithys leucaspis

Chestnut-crested Antbird

Rhegmatorhina cristata

Black-headed Antbird

Percnostola rufifrons

Rufous-crowned Elaenia

Elaenia ruficeps

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

Golden-crowned Spadebill

Platyrinchus coronatus

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Guianan Cock-of-the-rock

Rupicola rupicola

Xenopipo atronitens

Ochre-crowned Greenlet

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Hauxwell's Thrush

Turdus hauxwelli

Rufous-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia rufiventris

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Icterus cayanensis

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga striata

Rose-breasted Chat

Granatellus pelzelni

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

Red-shouldered Tanager

Tachyphonus phoenicius

Fulvous Shrike-Tanager

Stilpnia nigrocincta

White-chested Titi

Cheracebus lugens

Greater Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx bilineata

Lesser Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx leptura

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Carollia perspicillata

Pallas's Long-tongued Bat

Glossophaga soricina

Tricolored Big-eared Bat

Glyphonycteris sylvestris

Common Sword-nosed Bat

Lonchorhina aurita

Common Fringe-lipped Bat

Trachops cirrhosus

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus elongatus

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus hastatus

Guianan Spear-nosed Bat

Phyllostomus latifolius

Dwarf Little Fruit Bat

Rhinophylla pumilio

Brown Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus concolor

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus lituratus

Dark Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus obscurus

Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat

Artibeus planirostris

Little Big-eyed Bat

Chiroderma trinitatum

MacConnell's Bat

Mesophylla macconnelli

Common Tent-making Bat

Uroderma bilobatum

Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat

Vampyressa thyone

Common Black Myotis

Myotis nigricans

Riparian Myotis

Myotis riparius

White-throated Round-eared Bat

Lophostoma silvicola

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