SONSO LAGOON BIRDWATCHING

The lagoon is one of the only remaining wetlands in the Cauca Valley and one of Colombia’s best wetland birding localities. The reserve sits at 950 m (3,100 ft), and encompasses 2,000 ha (5,000 ac), and is home to the near-endemic Scrub Tanager and Bar-crested Antshrike. Apical Flycatcher and Grayish Piculet are two endemic birds that are relatively easy to see in the tropical dry forests surrounding the lagoon. More than 160 species have been recorded at Sonso Lagoon, including Ruby Topaz, Jet Antbird, Great Antshrike, Spectacled Parrotlet, Crested Caracara, and the secretive Striped Cuckoo.The wetland is teeming with aquatic birds, including Blue- winged Teal, Fulvous and Black-bellied Whistling- Ducks, Limpkin, Anhinga, Blackish Rail, lenst Bittern, White-Throated Crake and Black-crowned Night-heron.

Apical Flycatcher Miyarchus apicalis  By Carlos Mario Wagner

Grayish Piculet Picummus granadensis By Christopher Calonje