A las aves de mi llano: un recuento de avifauna desde el folclore de la Orinoquia colombiana

Abstract. A las aves de mi llano: a bird checklist by the Colombian Orinoco folklore. Birds are one of the most commonly biological groups referred on the folklore and cultural expressions. Birds and music are both sources of inspiration and pride in the Orinoquia region, in the eastern region of the Andes. We attempted to identify almost 95 bird species named in the musical poem, A las aves de mi llano (in English, To the birds of my Llanos) by Tirso Deldado, which is a folkloric expression from Casanare, Colombia. We also present the taxonomic identity of other components of biodiversity mentioned in this musical poem.