Chingaza National Natural Park

🇨🇴 Colombia

🐻 Spectacled Bear Páramo

🧭 Guide required ⏱ 1 day 🥾 Moderate trails

🌍 #213 Global · 3.4 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #33 in South America #97 in Tropical Forest

Eastern Andes, Colombia 1379 spp. recorded

Chingaza is the páramo that supplies most of Bogátá's water, rising just northeast of the capital. Its frailejón grasslands, glacial lakes and cloud forest make it the best-known spectacled-bear refuge near a major city.

4.597° N 73.758° W

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Andean Bear

Tremarctos ornatus

40–50% · Likely

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager

Anisognathus igniventris

50–60% · Likely

Green Dotted Treefrog

Dendropsophus molitor

30–40% · Possible

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

Eriocnemis cupreoventris

10–20% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

70–80% · Very likely

Great Thrush

Turdus fuscater

70–80% · Very likely

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

60–70% · Likely

White-throated Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus leucophrys

40–50% · Likely

Masked Flowerpiercer

Diglossa cyanea

40–50% · Likely

Tyrian Metaltail

Metallura tyrianthina

40–50% · Likely

Golden-fronted Redstart

Myioborus ornatus

40–50% · Likely

Pale-bellied Tapaculo

Scytalopus griseicollis

40–50% · Likely

Band-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas fasciata

30–40% · Possible

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

30–40% · Possible

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

30–40% · Possible

Rufous-browed Conebill

Conirostrum rufum

30–40% · Possible

⭐ Iconic Species

Andean Bear

Tremarctos ornatus

40–50% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

70–80% · Very likely

Brazilian Guinea Pig

Cavia aperea

20–30% · Possible

Brumback's Night Monkey

Aotus brumbacki

10–20% · Possible

Mountain Coati

Nasua olivacea

Insufficient data

Stump-tailed Porcupine

Echinoprocta rufescens

Insufficient data

Lagothrix lagotricha

Lagothrix lagothricha

Insufficient data

Mountain Lion

Puma concolor

Insufficient data

Common Opossum

Didelphis marsupialis

Insufficient data

Tapeti

Sylvilagus brasiliensis

Insufficient data

Red-tailed Squirrel

Sciurus granatensis

Insufficient data

Neotropical Otter

Lontra longicaudis

Insufficient data

Gray Four-eyed Opossum

Philander opossum

Insufficient data

⭐ Iconic Species

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager

Anisognathus igniventris

50–60% · Likely

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

Eriocnemis cupreoventris

10–20% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

Great Thrush

Turdus fuscater

70–80% · Very likely

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

60–70% · Likely

White-throated Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus leucophrys

40–50% · Likely

Masked Flowerpiercer

Diglossa cyanea

40–50% · Likely

Tyrian Metaltail

Metallura tyrianthina

40–50% · Likely

Golden-fronted Redstart

Myioborus ornatus

40–50% · Likely

Pale-bellied Tapaculo

Scytalopus griseicollis

40–50% · Likely

Band-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas fasciata

30–40% · Possible

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

30–40% · Possible

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

30–40% · Possible

Rufous-browed Conebill

Conirostrum rufum

30–40% · Possible

Pale-naped Brush-Finch

Atlapetes pallidinucha

30–40% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

Striped Lightbulb Lizard

Riama striata

20–30% · Possible

Duméril's Whorltail Iguana

Stenocercus trachycephalus

10–20% · Possible

Flat Andes Anole

Anolis heterodermus

Insufficient data

Thickhead Ground Snake

Atractus crassicaudatus

Insufficient data

🦎 No photo available

Anolis inderenae

Insufficient data

Mountain Sipo

Chironius monticola

Insufficient data

Bogotá Anadia

Anadia bogotensis

Insufficient data

Fire-bellied Snake

Erythrolamprus epinephalus

Insufficient data

🦎 No photo available

Bothrocophias myrringae

Insufficient data

Boddaert's Tropical Racer

Mastigodryas boddaerti

Insufficient data

Common Caiman

Caiman crocodilus

Insufficient data

Geco Leopardo De Los Llanos

Gonatodes riveroi

Insufficient data

⭐ Iconic Species

Green Dotted Treefrog

Dendropsophus molitor

30–40% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

Bogota Robber Frog

Pristimantis bogotensis

10–20% · Possible

Pyburn's Robber Frog

Pristimantis savagei

Insufficient data

Pristimantis medemi

Pristimantis medemi

Insufficient data

Giant Marine Toad

Rhinella horribilis

Insufficient data

Pristimantis nervicus

Pristimantis nervicus

Insufficient data

Amazon Climbing Salamander

Bolitoglossa altamazonica

Insufficient data

Atelopus lozanoi

Insufficient data

Elegant Robber Frog

Pristimantis elegans

Insufficient data

Eastern Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

Insufficient data

Animal Events

🐻

Spectacled Bear Foraging

JanFebMarOctNovDec

Andean spectacled bears feed on páramo plants and forest fruit, occasionally seen crossing the grasslands or climbing for bromeliads.

Andean Bear

Tremarctos ornatus

40–50% · Likely

🐸

Páramo Frog Rains

AprMayOctNov

Rains fill the high wetlands with the calls of breeding frogs across the bogs and stream edges.

Green Dotted Treefrog

Dendropsophus molitor

30–40% · Possible

🦌

Páramo Deer & Mountain Tanagers

JanFebJunJulAugDec

White-tailed deer graze the open páramo at dawn while scarlet-bellied mountain tanagers flash through the shrub line.

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

70–80% · Very likely

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager

Anisognathus igniventris

50–60% · Likely

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

40–50

50–60

30–40

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

50–60

20–30

50–60

50–60

20–30

40–50

40–50

30–40

60–70

70–80

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager

50–60

70–80

40–50

60–70

40–50

50–60

40–50

60–70

30–40

50–60

30–40

50–60

Green Dotted Treefrog

40–50

30–40

20–30

20–30

20–30

50–60

10–20

0–10

10–20

30–40

0–10

30–40

Coppery-bellied Puffleg

20–30

20–30

0–10

20–30

10–20

0–10

10–20

10–20

10–20

10–20

10–20

0–10

White-tailed Deer

70–80

80–90

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

80–90

70–80

70–80

70–80

50–60

60–70

70–80

80–90

70–80

80–90

60–70

80–90

70–80

70–80

Rufous-collared Sparrow

50–60

60–70

40–50

50–60

70–80

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

White-throated Tyrannulet

40–50

60–70

40–50

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

Masked Flowerpiercer

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

40–50

30–40

30–40

50–60

40–50

20–30

40–50

Tyrian Metaltail

40–50

60–70

30–40

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

20–30

40–50

Golden-fronted Redstart

40–50

40–50

40–50

50–60

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

30–40

30–40

30–40

40–50

Pale-bellied Tapaculo

30–40

50–60

30–40

30–40

30–40

50–60

40–50

40–50

30–40

40–50

30–40

40–50

Band-tailed Pigeon

30–40

40–50

20–30

30–40

50–60

30–40

30–40

20–30

10–20

30–40

40–50

30–40

30–40

30–40

20–30

30–40

40–50

20–30

30–40

10–20

30–40

40–50

50–60

40–50

Southern House Wren

20–30

20–30

30–40

30–40

40–50

30–40

30–40

10–20

20–30

40–50

40–50

40–50

Rufous-browed Conebill

30–40

50–60

30–40

30–40

20–30

30–40

30–40

30–40

20–30

30–40

20–30

30–40

Animal Events

🐻 Spectacled Bear Foraging

🦌 Páramo Deer & Mountain Tanagers

🐸 Páramo Frog Rains

Sighting Zones

Warm areas are where all species together are recorded most, so they track where people go as much as where animals are. For one species, see the map on its own page.

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ Good

🐻 Spectacled Bear Páramo

🦜

Biodiversity

Excellent

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

4.8 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

878

🐒 Mammals

289

🦎 Reptiles

153

🐸 Amphibians

59

1379 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

53 Threatened 110 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Good

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

2.6 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

50%

📊

Coverage (190 species at ≥5% of 1379 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

14%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (10 bird, 2 mammal)

47% Global avg

37%

🔭

Species per 10 outings (distinct species a visitor would meet over 10 outings — effort held equal across parks)

132 Global avg

140

🌟

Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)

14 Global avg

6

⭐

High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

10

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