# Appendix D: Species categorization of richness

Many of the most biodiverse regions in the planet have incomplete, or inaccurate data. Following is a sample table to show species richness, and biodiversity risk for a sample BCP in the Putumayan Amazon. It is incomplete. While the table is simple, the data itself, and data sources are characteristically underdeveloped. 

Some easy-to-use public data sources for gathering this data include (but are definitely not limited to):

* [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=7196\&verifiable=any\&view=species)
* [Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)](https://www.gbif.org/country/CO/about)
* [eBird](https://ebird.org/region/CO?yr=all)

Of note, traditional medicine doctors “taitas” in the region describe a medicinal plant formulary of nearly 3,000 vascular plants, nearly double the characterized vascular plants in Western science for the region. 

#### **Table 10. Species richness and biodiversity risk in Colombia**

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th></th><th width="110"></th><th width="114"></th><th width="135"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Taxonomy</td><td># Species</td><td># Endemic</td><td># Threatened</td><td>Zone</td></tr><tr><td>All species</td><td><a href="https://cifras.biodiversidad.co/">75,947</a></td><td><a href="http://reporte.humboldt.org.co/biodiversidad/2018/cap2/203/#seccion3">8,803</a></td><td><a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/search/stats?landRegions=CO&#x26;searchType=species">12,594</a></td><td>Colombia</td></tr><tr><td>Trees</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/bccm/v11n1/v11n1a02.pdf">2197</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/2-plantas-endemicas-de-la-amazonia-colombiana/">280</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/3-plantas-amenazadas-de-la-amazonia-colombiana/">106</a></td><td>Putumayo</td></tr><tr><td>Vascular plants</td><td><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00126860">1223</a></td><td><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328150251_ENDEMISMO_DE_LAS_PLANTAS_CON_FLORES_EN_LA_AMAZONIA_COLOMBIANA_Endemism_of_flowering_plants_in_the_Colombian_Amazonian_region">346</a></td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?kingdom=plantae&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;threatUICN=LC&#x26;threatUICN=VU&#x26;threatUICN=EN&#x26;threatUICN=CR">121</a></td><td>Putumayo</td></tr><tr><td>Amphibians</td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">183</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">8</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">11</a></td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Reptiles</td><td><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357989857_Biological_diversity_and_ecological_networks_in_the_Amazon">371</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">9</a></td><td><a href="https://ierna.sinchi.org.co/informe/02-fauna-de-la-amazonia-colombiana-2021/">14</a></td><td>Amazon rainforest</td></tr><tr><td>Birds</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/bccm/v11n1/v11n1a02.pdf">598</a></td><td><a href="https://ipt.biodiversidad.co/sib/resource?r=aicas_fase3">23</a></td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?class=Aves&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;threatUICN=LC&#x26;threatUICN=NT&#x26;threatUICN=VU&#x26;threatUICN=EN&#x26;threatUICN=CR">141</a></td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Insects</td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?kingdom=animalia&#x26;class=Insecta&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;habitat=Humedales_Ci%C3%A9nagas">190</a></td><td><a href="https://repositorio.accefyn.org.co/bitstream/001/43/1/ACCEFVN-AC-spa-1999-Insectos%20de%20Colombia..pdf">12</a></td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?class=Insecta&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;department=CO-PUT">6</a></td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Mammals</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&#x26;pid=S0370-39082013000200009">154</a></td><td>*</td><td><a href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&#x26;pid=S0370-39082013000200009%7D">19</a></td><td>Putumayo</td></tr><tr><td>Fish</td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?class=Actinopterygii&#x26;class=Actinopteri&#x26;class=Sarcopterygii&#x26;class=Elasmobranchii&#x26;class=Chondrichthyes&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;habitat=Humedales_Ci%C3%A9nagas">46</a></td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr><tr><td>Fungi</td><td><a href="https://catalogo.biodiversidad.co/search/basic?kingdom=fungi&#x26;department=CO-AMA&#x26;department=CO-CAQ&#x26;department=CO-PUT&#x26;habitat=Humedales_Ci%C3%A9nagas">95</a></td><td>*</td><td>*</td><td>Wetlands, Putumayo/Caquetá/Amazonas</td></tr></tbody></table>

\* No data available, \*\* Estimations only