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Colombia

South America · South America

Total Species
5221
Threatened
374
CR + EN + VU
Population
50 882 884
Area
1 141 748 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 57
Endangered 124
Vulnerable 193
Near Threatened 189
Least Concern 3025
Data Deficient 122
Not Evaluated 1434
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

Straw-colored Sylph

Macrothemis inacuta

Least Concern

rufous tree rat

Diplomys labilis

Least Concern

Ivory-striped Sylph

Macrothemis imitans

Least Concern

Masked Clubskimmer

Brechmorhoga pertinax

Least Concern

Morning-glory

Ipomoea carnea

Not Evaluated

Sooty Saddlebags

Tramea binotata

Least Concern

Fine-banded Amberwing

Perithemis lais

Least Concern

mosaic-plant

Fittonia albivenis

Not Evaluated

Rusted Stubble Lichen

Calicium salicinum

Least Concern

Malachite Darner

Remartinia luteipennis

Least Concern

Slender Clubskimmer

Brechmorhoga praecox

Least Concern

White-eyed Skimmer

Fylgia amazonica

Least Concern

Yellow-lined Skimmer

Orthemis biolleyi

Least Concern

Mosquito Basil

Ocimum campechianum

Least Concern

Legume

Calopogonium galactioides

Least Concern

Mottled spurge

Euphorbia lactea

Not Evaluated

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Santa Marta White-fronted Capuchin

Cebus malitiosus

Endangered

mountain-cabbage

Euterpe precatoria

Least Concern

giant horsetail

Equisetum giganteum

Not Evaluated

Mountain Cocoa

Theobroma gileri

Vulnerable

gyro damson

Gyrocarpus americanus

Not Evaluated

Salted Ruffle Lichen

Parmotrema crinitum

Vulnerable

mountain papaya

Vasconcellea pubescens

Not Evaluated

mountain soursop

Annona montana

Not Evaluated

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

magenta lilly-pilly

Syzygium paniculatum

Not Evaluated

Crimson bottlebrush

Callistemon citrinus

Not Evaluated

New Zealand Christmastree

Metrosideros excelsa

Not Evaluated

Parsley Spleenwort

Asplenium cristatum

Not Evaluated

Greater Red-Hot-Poker

Kniphofia praecox

Not Evaluated

Mountain Tapir

Tapirus pinchaque

Vulnerable

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

Wild Birdnest Fern

Asplenium serratum

Not Evaluated

Burnished-buff Tanager

Stilpnia cayana

Least Concern

Cutleaf Spleenwort

Asplenium abscissum

Least Concern

Bush beardgrass

Schizachyrium condensatum

Not Evaluated

Yellow Pouncewort

Lejeunea flava

Not Evaluated

Japanese lovegrass

Eragrostis tenella

Least Concern

tropical sprangletop

Leptochloa virgata

Not Evaluated

Oldfield grass

Anthephora hermaphrodita

Least Concern

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Indian murainagrass

Polytrias indica

Least Concern

Stargrass

Cynodon plectostachyus

Not Evaluated

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Madagascar ragwort

Senecio madagascariensis

Not Evaluated

Silkleaf

Lagascea mollis

Not Evaluated

Guavaberry

Myrciaria floribunda

Not Evaluated

Juba's-bush

Iresine diffusa

Not Evaluated

lax hornpod

Mitreola petiolata

Least Concern

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Golden Leather Fern

Acrostichum aureum

Not Evaluated

Indian paintbrush

Castilleja arvensis

Least Concern

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

Wild Potato Vine

Ipomoea tiliacea

Least Concern

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

cow-tongue fern

Campyloneurum phyllitidis

Not Evaluated

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

Gaping dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia ringens

Not Evaluated

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