Abstract
A list of bird species with historic and current records in Santiago de Cali is presented. Santiago de Cali is the main city in the Western Andes mountain range of Colombia, with a total area of 561.7 km² and an altitudinal range from 950 to 4,070 m a.s.l. A list of 561 species was obtained based on a revision and compilation of bibliographic references, databases of regional ornithological collections, and the eBird citizen science platform. These species include 487 breeding residents, 72 nearctic-neotropical migrants, and two introduced species. Records for another 25 species were found, but need further evidence in order to be included. There are information gaps in the National Natural Park Farallones de Cali, the banks of the Cauca River and wetlands in the area. The list presented here includes seven Colombian endemics, 52 near-endemics, 22 nationally threatened birds, and 26 species globally threatened. At the regional level in the state of Valle del Cauca 86 birds are threatened and six are potentially extinct. These results place Santiago de Cali as an area of high ornithological importance, as well as it identifies research and conservation priorities to guarantee the long-term presence of avifauna in the region.
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