BIRDING SITES- CHINGAZA NATIONAL PARK

endemic, Flame-winged parakeet, Brown-breasted Parakeet, Pyrrhura calliptera, parque Nacional Chingaza, Birding tour eastern andes with Bogota Birding

in this section you will find information about good birding spots in Bogota Birding. We have started with a presentation of our favourite spots, and the list of site descriptions will get longer during our birding tour at Bogota area.

1- Chingaza National Park

Chingaza National Park is located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes, in the northeast of Bogota DC in the departments of Cundinamarca and Meta of Colombia.

It is with lonely landscapes and cloudy where you can see the iconic frailejones, which make a beautiful and unique set with arnica and mosses. Chingaza factory is a real water proof is Siecha gaps and Chingaza, glacial, clarification needed  and the fact that there exists great Chuza reservoir, which supplies water to the capital. Height: 800 to 4,020 m; Weather: Warm-Temperate – Cold; Temperature: 4 °C - 21.5 °C

Blue throated Strafronlet - Coeligena helianthea (@Mauricio Rueda)

NEAR ENDEMIC,  Rufous-browed Conebill

Glossy flowerpiercer ,Diglossa lafresnayii, parque Nacional Chingaza, Birding tour eastern andes with Bogota Birding

Parque Natural Chingaza


Day trips to the Chingaza National Park

Day trips and half-day trips can be arranged at any time of the year. Please contact us for more information and bookings. Our prices for guidings in our local area start very nice  for half a day and  for a whole day of birdwatching. The price per person decreases as more people join the trip, and at four or more participants the price is low per person for a full day of birdwatching. When booking, please specify whether you would like to share costs and guide with others or not. Lunches, long-distance pick-ups and other services are not included but can be arranged on request

BIRDS CHINGAZA AREA

Targets, endemic and Endangered Birds: Silvery-throated Spinetail, Matorral Tapaculo, Brown-breasted Parakeet, Black Billed Toucan,  Rufous-browed Conebill, Golden-fronted Whitestart,  

Glowing & Coopery-bellied Pufflegs,  Black Tailed Trainbearer, Purple- Black Thorbill, Blued Throated Starfronlet, Golden Bellied Starfronlet, Great Sapphirewing, Sword Hummingbird, 

VIDEO PALE BELLIED TAPACULO (SCYTALOPUS GRISEICOLLIS)- ENDEMIC BOGOTA BIRD

Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Black-headed Hemispingus, Rufous Antpitta, Undulated Antpitta , White Chinned Whistletail, , Red-crested Cotinga, Andean Pygmy-Owl

copper bellied puffleg (Eriocnemis cupreoventris)- near endemic

Additional comments

The Chingaza is easily reached both by car; count on roughly two hours driving from Bogota. Please note that the Chingaza is a very flat area without many references and a complicated road network, so it is easy for new visitors to lose the orientation. Road indications to the most important spots have recently been added, yet it is still difficult to find the right way.

El  Mundo Nuevo and Reserva Bioandina near Chingaza are both very important nesting places for birds. Here you enjoy the to see several flock mixt

Most of the photographs on this National Park page belong to Bogota Birding . A wider selection of his photos can be seen by clicking HERE.. soon

Andean Pygmy-Owl- Chingaza National Park

VIDEO - BLACK BILLED TOUCAN (ANDIGENA NIGRIROSTRIS)