List of birds of Colombia

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Colombia. According to the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society (AOS), the avifauna of Colombia has 1912 confirmed species. Of them, 84 are endemic, four have been introduced by humans, and 78 are rare or vagrants. One of the endemic species is believed to be extinct. An additional 39 species are hypothetical (see below).

The Colombian department of San Andrés and Providencia is much closer to Nicaragua than to the South American mainland, so the SACC does not address records there. A 2015 publication adds 16 species whose only Colombian records are from that province and also five species to the mainland list. It also does not include one species that the SACC recognizes. Three of the 16 are also considered hypothetical. A 2020 publication adds two more species (one offshore vagrant and a vagrant to the mainland). (The SACC does not address records from more than 200 miles offshore.)

Unless noted otherwise, the list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) are those of the SACC. Capitalization within English names follows Wikipedia practice, i.e. only the first word of a name is capitalized unless a place name such as São Paulo is used.

The total number of species presented here is 2037. Of them, 87 are endemic, 138 are vagrants, and one species is of uncertain origin. Included are 56 species listed in a 1959 publication; none of them have been confirmed by the SACC since then. Six species listed in GBIF are included; they also are unconfirmed by the SACC.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence.

• (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Colombia
• (E) Endemic - a species endemic to Colombia
• (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Colombia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
• (H) Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC
• (SA) San Andrés - a species whose only Colombian records are from the department of San Andrés and Providencia
• (UN) Unconfirmed - a species from a source other than the SACC or the cited 2015 and 2020 publications and unconfirmed by the SACC

Population status symbols are those of the Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The symbols apply to the species' worldwide status, not their status solely in Colombia. The symbols and their meanings, in increasing order of peril, are: