What’s your favourite chicken species?
A tricky query! As you begin birding, you additionally begin to type a transparent record of your favourite birds in your thoughts, such because the Black-backed Grosbeak. That chicken to me is an emblem of the place I come from as a birder.
However then there may be the Inexperienced-bearded Helmetcrest, essentially the most iconic species on the Sumapaz paramo birding hotspot. Each these species are only for Bogota, my native patch.
What’s your identify, and the place do you reside?
My identify is Luis García Cuartas and I dwell in Bogotá, extra exactly on the way in which to the Sumapaz paramo birding hotspot, the countryside of the capital metropolis.
What are the principle areas or areas you cowl as a chicken information?
I’m a chicken information based mostly in Bogota and specialize within the surrounding space together with the Western, Central, and Japanese Andes of Colombia. This stretches from the unbelievable and the biggest paramo on this planet at my native patch in Usme, throughout cloudy, humid, and dry forests upon the Andes of Colombia, to the valleys of the Magdalena and the Cauca rivers.
How lengthy have you ever been a chicken information?
5 unbelievable years.
How did you get into chicken guiding?
I obtained into this whereas beginning a birding tourism firm offering logistics and options for the Sumapaz paramo birding hotspot. I used to be impressed by the folks touring to Colombia to look at birds and have enjoyable – a complete new life expertise for me.
What are the features of being a chicken information that you just like greatest? Which features do you dislike most?
For me, there´s one thing fantastic in birding and guiding within the cultural interchange whereas on a tour: After all, we discuss lots about birds, however we additionally share features of our cultures and traditions, in addition to the context we dwell in – this makes such a tour a good richer expertise. That and being outdoor respiratory contemporary air and discovering the wonders of nature is what I like greatest. The one factor that I don’t like is that point flies when you have enjoyable.
What are the highest 5-10 birds in your area which might be essentially the most fascinating for visiting birders?
That is my number of 10 targets you could have in Bogotá and the environment in lower than every week:
- Inexperienced-bearded Helmetcrest – a member of the exceptional Helmetcrest group of hummingbirds and one of many three species present in Colombia, this chicken could be noticed within the Sumapaz páramo close to Bogotá
- Black Inca – we will discover this hummer in Arcabuco Boyacá the place folks name it “The prince of Arcabuco”
- Golden-bellied Starfrontlet, an astonishing hummingbird price having fun with, an actual jewel
- Sword-billed Hummingbird, properly there’s not a lot to say about this man, at all times spectacular within the highlands of Cundinamarca
- Bogotá Rail, an iconic, endangered however lovely endemic of Bogota.
- Black-billed Mountain-Toucan – the Mountain-Toucans are very engaging birds which might be straightforward to find by voice and their vibrant colours present a distinction to the forest in Guasca
- Brown-breasted Parakeet, a flyby of a flock of those noisy and colourful parakeets is at all times a pleasure, aside from the Mountain Toucan, they’re the principle targets of the world
- Muisca Antpitta, one of many splits from Grallaria rufula is now another endemic to Colombia, restricted to the japanese vary, you’ll be able to have this within the wild or at a feeding station
- Cundinamarca Antpitta, an exquisite discovery and one of many latest endemic species of Colombia with a pleasant story so that you can know
- Black-backed Grosbeak, El Rey del Bosque, a 12 months spherical lively chicken at Chiguaza Reserve in Bogota.
Are you able to define at the very least one typical birdwatching journey in your space? Please briefly describe the areas, the important thing birds, and the approximate period of such a visit
Bogotá Basic Birding, every week within the Andean plateau discovering superb birds visiting unimaginable habitats and iconic locations with one of the best of the native tastes and traditions.
Day 1: BOGOTÁ, Sumapaz paramo birding hotspot (3800 m asl), roadside birding + Chiguaza Reserve (2750 m asl) reforested grazing and feeding stations.
Targets: Inexperienced-bearded Helmetcrest, Apolinar’s Wren, White-chinned Thistletail, Bronze-tailed Thornbill, Boyaca Antpitta, Noble Snipe, Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Black-backed Grosbeak, Rufous-browed Conebill, Inexperienced-tailed Trainbearer, Silvery-throated Spinetail, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager.
Day 2: Guasca CUNDINAMARCA, Observatorio de Aves de Los Andes (3200 m asl), forest birding and feeding stations.
Sword-billed Hummingbird, Brown-breasted Parakeet, Muisca Antpitta, Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Andean Potoo, Chestnut-bellied Chlorophonia, Mountain Velvetbreast, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Masked Trogon.
Day 3: Arcabuco BOYACA, Rogitama Biodiversidad (3000 m asl), reforested forest and feeding stations.
Black Inca, Lazuline Sabrewing, Gorgeted Woodstar, Brief-tailed Emerald, Southern-emerald Toucanet, Golden-fronted Redstart.
Day 4: Soacha CUNDINAMARCA, Chicaque Park (2000 m asl) cloud forest + Campo Tangara hummingbird observatory.
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet, Tourmaline Sunangel, Buff-tailed Coronet. Beryl-spangled Tanager, Blue-necked Tanager, Inexperienced-and-black Fruiteater, Plushcap, Black-eared Hemispingus, Collared Inca.
Day 5: Guayabetal CUNDINAMARCA, Sendero La Herrería (1200-2000 m asl) cloud forest and feeding stations.
Lengthy-tailed Sylph, Collared Inca, Bronze-tailed Inca, Cundinamarca Antpitta, Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Rufous-banded Owl, Lengthy-tailed Tapaculo, Noticed Barbtail
Rufous-banded Owl
Day 6: BOGOTÁ, La Florida Park (2600 m asl) wetland + Monserrate hill (3100 m asl) hummingbird observatory and Museo del Oro guided go to.
Bogota Rail, Spot-flanked Gallinule, Subtropical Doradito, Andean Duck, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Andean Guan, Blue-throated Starfrontlet, Shining Sunbeam, Glowing Puffleg
The Bogota Basic Birding Tour could be custom-made by combining it with the West and Central Andes, extending it to a ten to 12-day journey.
What different options are you able to give to birders fascinated by your space?
- One of the best time for doing the “Bogotá Basic Birding” is July by way of September and December by way of March
- Personalized for photographers.
- Binoculars 10*42 and past work nice.
- Scope supplied by me.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is fascinated by birding with you, how can they greatest contact you?
Please e-mail me to luisgarcia@mutar.com.co or WhatsApp me +573158815449
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