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Colombia

South America · South America

Total Species
5221
Threatened
369
CR + EN + VU
Population
50 882 884
Area
1 141 748 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 58
Endangered 120
Vulnerable 191
Near Threatened 187
Least Concern 2990
Data Deficient 122
Not Evaluated 1457
Extinct in the Wild 3
Extinct 24

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2867
Plantae 2196
Fungi 151
Chromista 6
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Colombia

Trinidad palm

Sabal mauritiiformis

Near Threatened

plains bristle grass

Setaria macrostachya

Not Evaluated

Vaillant's frog

Lithobates vaillanti

Least Concern

dwarf butterfly orchid

Prosthechea pygmaea

Least Concern

Bloodflower

Asclepias curassavica

Least Concern

Blue Dawn Flower

Ipomoea indica

Not Evaluated

Blue Field Madder

Sherardia arvensis

Extinct

Blue panicum

Panicum antidotale

Not Evaluated

White-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes cyanus

Least Concern

Neotropical Bluet

Enallagma novaehispaniae

Least Concern

Tropical almond

Terminalia catappa

Not Evaluated

Common Clam Lichen

Hypocenomyce scalaris

Least Concern

Tropical white morning-glory

Ipomoea alba

Least Concern

Bristle Sedge

Carex microglochin

Least Concern

tropical smokebush

Euphorbia cotinifolia

Least Concern

tropical threefold

Trixis inula

Not Evaluated

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

tallowwood

Ximenia americana

Least Concern

Brittle Swan-neck Moss

Campylopus fragilis

Not Evaluated

true senna

Senna alexandrina

Not Evaluated

Jimsonweed

Datura metel

Not Evaluated

Sandbur

Cenchrus latifolius

Not Evaluated

Trumpet Trees

Handroanthus chrysanthus

Least Concern

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

Trumpet tree

Cecropia obtusifolia

Least Concern

Fringed rue

Ruta chalepensis

Not Evaluated

trumpet-tree

Cecropia peltata

Least Concern

Trumpet Trees

Handroanthus capitatus

Vulnerable

Trumpet Trees

Handroanthus barbatus

Near Threatened

purple dropseed

Sporobolus purpurascens

Not Evaluated

Thalia lovegrass

Eragrostis atrovirens

Least Concern

Tunbridge filmy fern

Hymenophyllum tunbrigense

Extinct

Broad-Leaved Plantain

Plantago major

Least Concern

Tailed Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium caudatum

Endangered

Tucuxi

Sotalia fluviatilis

Data Deficient

Jio

Commelina benghalensis

Least Concern

Velvety Fruit-eating Bat

Enchisthenes hartii

Least Concern

Brook Flatsedge

Cyperus bipartitus

Not Evaluated

broom weed

Sida ulmifolia

Not Evaluated

tufted capuchin

Sapajus apella

Least Concern

Edging Lobelia

Lobelia erinus

Not Evaluated

Brown Beret Lichen

Baeomyces rufus

Least Concern

South American skullcap

Scutellaria racemosa

Least Concern

Coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

Not Evaluated

tufted rock beardless moss

Gymnostomum aeruginosum

Least Concern

Brown indianhemp

Hibiscus cannabinus

Not Evaluated

tobacco-tree

Solanum erianthum

Not Evaluated

Tolima Blossomcrown

Anthocephala berlepschi

Vulnerable

Tomes's Rice Rat

Nephelomys albigularis

Least Concern

Fiveangled dodder

Cuscuta pentagona

Not Evaluated

Kiss me quick

Portulaca pilosa

Not Evaluated

Tusilla

Dorstenia contrajerva

Not Evaluated

Tungoil tree

Vernicia fordii

Least Concern

brown woolly monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

Vulnerable

Fiddlewood

Vitex gaumeri

Least Concern

Turkey berry

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

Buckhorn

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Not Evaluated

Turkey tangle fogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Least Concern

four-wing evening-primrose

Oenothera tetraptera

Not Evaluated

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

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