Are you looking for a tropical escape to one of the world’s ‘birdiest’ countries?  Would you like to travel with a top-tier guide and support Caribbean bird conservation at the same time? If so, you’re in luck! This September, you can join Ernesto Reyes, a Cuban bird guide and longtime member and supporter of BirdsCaribbean, on his 2025 trip to Colombia. The trip will take place from September 5th to 15th.

What can you expect on this South American birding adventure?

Colombia is not only one of the most biodiverse countries in the world—it’s also the country with the largest species list—with a whopping 1,966 species, including 79 endemics and 135 near endemics!

Explore some of Colombia’s picturesque habitats including high elevation paramo, foothill cloud forests, low elevation dry forest, and habitats along the Pacific coast. Visit feeders and see some of South America’s renowned jewels from a diverse array of glittering hummingbirds to a spectacle of tropical tanagers. Not to mention, this trip includes opportunities to see both charismatic and secretive species like toucans, parrots, tinamous, antpittas, and a diverse array of wetland birds.

You’ll also learn about local conservation projects and meet members of the local communities facilitating these efforts. And, as those of you know from our Cuba tours, traveling with Ernesto is sheer joy—you will definitely enjoy your time birding with him at some of the most exciting birding hotspots in Colombia.

Travel with Ernesto and support Caribbean bird conservation

Ernesto has been a long-time friend and supporter of BirdsCaribbean. He guides our Cuba birding tours and receives rave reviews for his excellent knowledge of birds, history, and culture, and for his kindness and good humor.

For every person who signs up for this trip after reading our blog, Ernesto will donate $100US to BirdsCaribbean. When you register, be sure to mention that you found out about the tour through BirdsCaribbean. Please copy our Operations Manager, Alexia Morales, on your email to Ernesto and/or take a screenshot of your registration and send to Alexia (Alexia.Morales@birdscaribbean.org), for tracking purposes.

Thank you, Ernesto, for your invaluable support in helping us achieve our Caribbean bird conservation goals!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to increase your life list and see birds you’ve seen on National Geographic specials and dreamed of seeing yourself. Sign up today and don’t forget to mention that you’re signing up “in favor of BirdsCaribbean” on your registration form!

If you’re interested in learning more, peruse the detailed itinerary here and contact Ernesto at zapatarail2014@gmail.com

Colombia is a beautiful country because of its landscape, its people, and its BIRDS!

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager. (Photo by Carlos Roberto Chavarria)

A common open country bird of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes, The Scrub Tanager is most often encountered in solitary pairs, although it occasionally joins other species at fruiting trees.

A Columbian endemic, the Grayish Piculet can be found in humid forest, second growth scrub, and woodland of the northwestern region of the country. (Photo by Timo Mitzen, ML 548536411)

An arrestingly beautiful hummingbird, the Velvet-purple Coronet can appear all dark in low light, but its iridescent blue-purple body absolutely dazzles when seen well!

The striking Blue-necked Tanager sports a brilliant blue or violet hood, black back, broad black breast band, and greenish straw wing coverts.

The Orange-bellied Euphonia is usually found in pairs or small groups, and typically feeds relatively low above the ground.

White-bellied Woodstars hover with a slow, bumblebee-like flight, allowing them to discreetly sip nectar from territories claimed by other hummingbirds.

Three-striped Warbler is a target species for day two of the tour, a trip to Bosque de niebla, a natural reserve in the Valle del Cauca recognized for hosting a species not so easy to observe and photograph.

2025 Tour with Ernesto and E&T Tours

Upcoming 2026 birding tours with E&T Tours

February 1 – 10, 2026

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September  5 – 15, 2026

Central Andes Birding Tour

December 1 – 11, 2026

Caribbean Coast

When you register, be sure to mention that you found out about the tour through BirdsCaribbean. Please copy our Operations Manager, Alexia Morales, on your email to Ernesto and/or take a screenshot of your registration and send to Alexia (Alexia.Morales@birdscaribbean.org), for tracking purposes. Thank you!