Birds endemic to Bolivia

The following is a list of all the known endemic Bolivian birds. The country has a total of 1448 species, but as many parts of it are unexplored, there may well be 100 more to go. The Latin name appears first, followed by the English and then any local names if known.

Ara rubrogenys Red-fronted Macaw Least known of all macaws.
Habitat: Restricted to a small semi-desert mountainous area. It is highly endangered, and there may only be 150 or so birds left in the wild; the least known of all South American parrots. Red list.

Aglaeactis pamela Black-hooded Sunbeam
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Red list.

Discosura letitiae Coppery Thorntail
Habitat: Known only from two old male specimens. Red list.

Simoxenops striatus Bolivian Recurvebill
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. Red list.

Oreopsar bolivianus Bolivian Blackbird
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and pastureland. Red list.

Compsospiza garleppi Cochabamba Mountain Finch
Habitat: Between 9,000 and 12,000ft in semi-arid valleys containing Polylepis spp., Alnus spp. and other associated small trees and shrubs. Red list.

Myrmethorula grisea Yungas Antwren Hormiguerito grisante
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. Red list.

Grallaria erythrotus Rufous-faced Antpitta Chululu cara colorado
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. Red list.

Schizoaeca harterti Black-throated Thistletail
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Red list.

Cranioleuca henricæ Inquisivi Spinetail Curutie de Inquisivi
Habitat: Discovered in 1993; subtropical or tropical dry forests and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss. Red list.

Scytalopus zimmeri Zimmer's Tapaculo Churrin de Zimmer
Habitat: An edemic which prefers subtropical or tropical moist montanes to subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and rocky areas. It is named after the American ornithologist John Todd Zimmer, who wrote on neo-tropical birds for the American Museum of Natural History. Red list.

Tarphonomus harterti Bolivian Earthcreeper Bandurrita boliviana
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. Red list.

Asthenes berlepschi Berlepsch's Canastero Canastero de Berlepsch
Habitat: An endemic which lives in subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss. Red list.

Turdus haplochrous Unicoloured Thrush Zurzal
Habitat: Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Red list. Hemitriccus spodiops Yungas Tody-Tyrant Habitat: Subtropical or tropical moist montanes. Red list.