Rich Cimino will deliver a presentation on the Birds of Colombia at the Winged Migration Expo on Mare Island on Saturday, January 31st at 10:50am. Rich is leading Colombia Birding Tours in March and November 2026. Colombia is renowned for its exceptional avian diversity, Colombia is home to 1,945 bird species according to eBird, including 176 endemic species. The country encompasses 29 distinct habitat types. Rich’s presentation will highlight several of these habitats, beginning in the metropolitan area of Cali and ascending the western Andes Mountains to the elevated Paramo region, characterized by grass and shrub environments. The second portion of the presentation will focus on Caribbean bird species, starting in the humid forests near Santa Marta on the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Rich Cimino is the proprietor and field guide at yellowbilledtours.com.