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Sites - Leticia

Site evaluation: 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars
Species:  
Elevation: 95-110 m
Climate: Hot and humid
Trails: Guided and self-guid
Accommodation: 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars
Food: 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars
Hot water: Yes
Electricity: Yes
Communications: Cell phone
Region: Eastern Lowlands
Location: Leticia, Dept of Amazonas
Summary: Colombia’s far-stung frontier-town of Leticia is served by daily flights from Bogotá, allowing easy access to the heart of the vast Amazonian lowland forests, with much excellent birding. Positioned on the northern bank of the Río Amazon, the safe and pleasant town of Leticia provides access to two excellent birding localities for all the Amazonian specialties. Good forest is easily accessed along a 20 km road heading north out of the town. A rich gradient of habitats along the Leticia road can be found from the airport, with grassland and scrub progressing through secondary forest to tall primary forest in the north. Good forest is best explored using trail networks from km 7, 10, and above, which have a variety of open, secondary and terra firme forest species.
Endemics:
Key Species: Harpy Eagle, Pheasant Cuckoo, Great Potoo, Pavonine Quetzal, Paradise Jacamar, Rusty-breasted Nunlet, Plain-breasted Piculet, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper, Chestnut-winged Hookbill, Point-tailed Palmcreeper, Black Bushbird, Black-spotted Bare-eye, Striated Antthrush, Band-tailed Oropendula
Access: Leticia is accessible by flights from Bogota and Cali
Site Description: In town look for Canary-winged Parakeet, Spotted Tody-Flycatcher and Orange-headed Tanager. Bird trails at Km 7 "Tacana" and Km 10 "La Arensa” along the only road north of Leticia, with both non-forest and terra firme forest species encountered. With time, it is worth exploring trails further along the road, which runs to km 24 and continues as a trail to km 90. Forest-edges beside small open areas are generally very productive. Also check Parque Santander in town during the early morning for Thrush-like Wren and Orange-headed Tanager. Around the airport is well worth birding, particularly at dusk, both for crepuscular species and open-country species including Double-collared Seedeater.

A sampling of the key sites might include:

Leticia airport area; Black-banded Crake (in swampy roadside vegetation), Glittering-throated Emerald, Dusky-headed Parakeet, Festive Amazon, White-eyed Parakeet, Canary-winged Parakeet, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Fuscous Flycatcher, Black-capped Donacobius, Turquoise Tanager, Orange-headed Tanager, and Double-collared Seedeater.

Km 7; Harpy Eagle, Undulated Tinamou, White-bearded Hermit, Pale-throated Barbthroat, White-necked Jacobin, Pygmy Kingfisher, Orange-cheeked Parrot, Paradise Jacamar, Screaming Piha, Ringed Woodpecker, Chestnut Woodpecker, Black-banded Woodcreeper, Dusky-chested and Sulphury Flycatchers, Riverside Tyrant, and Band-tailed Oropendula.

Km 10; Cinerous Tinamou, Variable Chacalaca, Grey-headed Kite, Red-throated Caracara, Olive-spotted Hummingbird, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Marron-tailed Parakeet, Short-tailed Parrot, Orange-cheeked Parrot, Ruddy Quail-dove, Ivory-billed, Many-banded, and Letered Araçari, White-breasted Toucan, White-browed Purpletuft, Cream-colored Woodpecker, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Point-tailed Palmcreeper (in palms along road just before km 10), Castelnau's Antshrike, Spot-winged Antbird, Small-headed Elaneia, and Rusty-fronted Tody-tyrant.
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