List of invasive species in Colombia

Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia, the governmental organization that oversees and manages national parks in Colombia, has provided an official list of species that are considered to be invasive under the following resolutions:{{Cite web |last=Colombia |first=Parques Nacionales Naturales de |title=Listado oficial de especies invasoras para Colombia |url=https://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/portal/es/especies-exoticas-con-potencial-invasor/listado-oficial-de-especies-invasoras-para-colombia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320141044/https://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/portal/es/especies-exoticas-con-potencial-invasor/listado-oficial-de-especies-invasoras-para-colombia/ |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=25 August 2022 |website=Parques Nacionales Naturales De Colombia |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Listado oficial de especies invasoras para Colombia |url=http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.4402 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519055422/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.4402 |archive-date=2014-05-19 |access-date=2014-05-19 |website=Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia |language=es}}

Resolution 848 of 2008{{Cite web |date=23 May 2008 |title=RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (0848) |url=http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/res_0848.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124222034/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/res_0848.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-24 |access-date=2014-05-19 |website=MINISTERIO DE AMBIENTE, VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO TERRITORIAL}}
Resolution 132 of 2010{{Cite web |date=4 August 2010 |title=RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (0132) |url=http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/Resolucin0132de04deagostode2010pezleon.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124221956/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/Resolucin0132de04deagostode2010pezleon.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-24 |access-date=2014-05-19 |website=MINISTERIO DE AMBIENTE, VIVIENDA Y DESARROLLO TERRITORIAL UNIDAD ADMINISTRATIVA ESPECIAL DEL SISTEMA DE PARQUES NATURALES NACIONALES |language=es}}
Resolution 207 of 2010{{Cite web |date=3 February 2010 |title=RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (0207) |url=http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/Resolucion0207de2010pezleonycamarontigreojumbo.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124222021/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/Resolucion0207de2010pezleonycamarontigreojumbo.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-24 |access-date=2014-05-19 |language=es}}
Resolution 654 of 2011{{Cite web |date=7 April 2011 |title=RESOLUCIÓN NÚMERO (654) |url=http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/res_0654_070411caracolgigante.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124222011/http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/PNN/portel/libreria/pdf/res_0654_070411caracolgigante.pdf |archive-date=2013-01-24 |access-date=2014-05-19 |language=es}}
Resolution 346 of 2022{{Cite web |date= 24 March 2022|title=RESOLUCIÓN No. 0346|url=https://www.minambiente.gov.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Resolucion-0346-de-2022.pdf|access-date=2022-12-01 |language=es}}

There are also additional species listed below from more recent sources.

==Species==

Species officially declared as invasive are shown in bold.

=Invertebrates=

Aedes albopictus (tiger mosquito){{Cite web |date=25 November 2019 |title=Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/94897 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814235924/http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/94897 |archive-date=2022-08-14 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en}}
Anastrepha fraterculus (South American fruit fly){{Cite journal |title=Anastrepha fraterculus (South American fruit fly)|url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.1079/cabicompendium.5648|access-date=2022-01-12 |journal=CABI Compendium|year=2022 |doi=10.1079/cabicompendium.5648 |last1=Norrbom |first1=A. |doi-access=free }}
Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid) {{Cite web |date=16 November 2021|title=Aphis spiraecola (Spirea aphid) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6221 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005102209/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6221 |archive-date=2021-10-05 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en}}
Callinectes exasperatus (rugose swimming crab)
Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid){{Cite web |date=22 November 2019 |title=Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16743 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012014952/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16743 |archive-date=2021-10-12 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en}}
Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly){{Cite web |date=16 November 2019 |title=Cerataphis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12367 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007045014/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12367 |archive-date=2021-10-07 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en}}
Charybdis hellerii (blue jaiba crab)
Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid){{Cite web |date=20 November 2019 |title=Cinara cupressi sensu lato (Cypress aphid) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/13579 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315152320/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/13579 |archive-date=2022-03-15 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en}}
Corbicula fluminea (Asian basket clam){{cite journal |last1=De La Hoz Aristizábal |first1=M. V. |date= 2008|title=First record in Colombia for Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Corbiculidae), an invasive species. |journal= Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research|volume=37 |pages=197–202 |doi=10.25268/bimc.invemar.2008.37.1.346|doi-access=free }}
Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite){{Cite web |date=22 November 2019 |title=Cryptotermes brevis (powderpost termite) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16441 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010003116/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16441 |archive-date=2021-10-10 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en}}
Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid){{Cite web |title=Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16747 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2021-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116165319/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16747 |url-status=live }}
Deroceras invadens (tramp slug){{Cite web |title=Deroceras invadens (tramp slug) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/121099 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011202237/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/121099 |url-status=live }}
Deroceras laeve (marsh slug){{Cite web |title=Deroceras laeve (meadow slug) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/85751 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2021-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012021211/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/85751 |url-status=live }}
Electroma sp., a genus of Vulsellidae
Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale){{Cite web |title=Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28432 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819070920/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28432 |url-status=live }}
Linepithema humile (Argentine ant){{Cite web |title=Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/30839 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806015948/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/30839 |url-status=live }}
Lissachatina fulica (giant African snail)
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug){{Cite web |title=Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40171 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2022-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120051150/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40171 |url-status=live }}
Melanoides tuberculata (red-rimmed melania){{Cite web |title=Melanoides tuberculata (red-rimmed melania) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/75617 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611011541/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/75617 |url-status=live }}
Monomorium pharaonis (pharaoh ant){{cite journal |last1= Wetterer|first1=James K |date=April 2010 |title= Worldwide spread of the pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |url=https://antwiki.org/wiki/images/0/04/Wetterer%2C_J.K._2010._Worldwide_spread_of_the_pharaoh_ant%2C_Monomorium_pharaonis.pdf |journal=Myrmecological News |volume=13 |pages=115–129 |access-date=1 December 2022}}
Paratrechina fulva (crazy ant){{Cite report |url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/51025/19_000.pdf |title=Invasive Ant Threat - Paratrechina fulva |last1=Stanley |first1=Margaret |last2=Harris |first2=Richard |publisher=Biosecurity New Zealand |issue=19 |last3=Berry |first3=Jo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040258/https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/51025/19_000.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2019 |url-status=dead}}
Penaeus monodon (Asian tiger shrimp)
Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant)
Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug){{Cite web |date=12 May 2022 |title=Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109097 |url-status=live |access-date=27 August 2022 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |archive-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616155238/https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109097 }}
Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crayfish){{cite news |last=Wight |first=Andrew |date=28 September 2022 |title=Education Is Key To Fighting Colombia's Crayfish Invasion |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewwight/2022/09/28/education-is-key-to-fighting-colombias-crayfish-invasion/?sh=3ae48c37799e |work=Forbes |location=Medellin, Colombia |access-date=1 December 2022}}
Raoiella indica (red palm mite){{Cite web |title=Raoiella indica (red palm mite) |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/46792 |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=CABI Invasive Species Compendium |language=en |archive-date=2022-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807172052/http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/46792 |url-status=live }}
Tetranychus urticae (mite){{Cite journal |last1=E |first1=Maria Piedad Baptiste |last2=L |first2=Lina Marcela García |last3=Acevedo-Charry |first3=Orlando |last4=Acosta |first4=Andrés |last5=Alarcón |first5=Jairo |last6=Arévalo |first6=Emilio |last7=Avella |first7=Ginna Carolina |last8=Blanco |first8=Argelina |last9=Botero |first9=Jorge E. |last10=Caicedo-Portilla |first10=José Rancés |last11=Martínez |first11=Catalina Camelo |last12=Camelo-Calvo |first12=Maria Paula |last13=Certuche-Cubillos |first13=Katherine |last14=Chasqui |first14=Luis |last15=Cifuentes |first15=Yanira |date=30 June 2022 |title=GRIIS - Colombia |url=https://www.gbif.org/dataset/168568e7-eb5f-4ef6-8c59-f73ceaf57e91 |journal=Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species |doi=10.15468/yznr8v |access-date=27 August 2022 |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321022816/https://www.gbif.org/dataset/168568e7-eb5f-4ef6-8c59-f73ceaf57e91 |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |title=Tetranychus urticae (two-spotted spider mite)|url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.1079/cabicompendium.53366|access-date=2022-01-12 |journal=CABI Compendium|year=2022 |doi=10.1079/cabicompendium.53366 |s2cid=253603945 |doi-access=free }}

=Fish=

Cyprinus carpio (common carp) {{Cite web |title=Introduced Species Fact Sheets - Cyprinus carpio carpio |url=https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/introsp/708/en |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations |archive-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827112537/https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/introsp/708/en |url-status=live }}
Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass)
Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout)
Oreochromis mossambicus (black tilapia)
Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia){{Cite journal |last1=Avendaño |first1=Carlos Mario Marín |last2=Ramírez |first2=Néstor Jaime Aguirre |date=2017-03-06 |title=Spatial and temporal variation of fish assemblage associated with aquatic macrophyte patches in the littoral zone of the Ayapel Swamp Complex, Colombia |url=http://www.scielo.br/j/alb/a/b3j3BPZyb9W3V63g4D9Mk4c/?lang=en |journal=Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia |language=en |volume=29 |doi=10.1590/S2179-975X6016 |issn=2179-975X |access-date=2022-08-27 |archive-date=2022-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430213116/https://www.scielo.br/j/alb/a/b3j3BPZyb9W3V63g4D9Mk4c/?lang=en |url-status=live |doi-access=free |hdl=10495/13207 |hdl-access=free }}
Pterois volitans (red lionfish){{Cite journal |last1=García-Urueña |first1=Rocío |last2=P |first2=Arturo Acero |last3=Coronado-Carrascal |first3=Víctor |date=2015-11-13 |title=Reef fish community in presence of the lionfish (Pterois volitans) in Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean |url=https://revistamvz.unicordoba.edu.co/article/view/13 |journal=Revista MVZ Córdoba |language=es |volume=20 |issue=supl |pages=4989–5003 |doi=10.21897/rmvz.13 |issn=1909-0544 |access-date=2022-08-27 |archive-date=2021-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919230751/https://revistamvz.unicordoba.edu.co/article/view/13 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}
Salmo trutta (brown trout)
Trichogaster pectoralis (snakeskin gourami)

=Amphibians=

Eleutherodactylus coqui (common coquí)
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Johnstone's whistling frog){{cite journal |last1=Leonhardt |first1=Franziska |last2=Jimenez-Bolaño |first2=Juan David|last3=Ernst |first3=Raffael |date=18 April 2019 |title=Whistling invaders: Status and distribution of Johnstone's Whistling frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Barbour, 1914), 25 years after its introduction to Colombia |journal=NeoBiota |volume= 45 |pages= 39–54|doi=10.3897/neobiota.45.33515 |doi-access=free }}
Lithobates catesbeianus (American bullfrog)

=Mammals=

Canis familiaris (domestic dog){{cite news |last=Jaramillo |first=Maria Paulina Baena |date=3 November 2015 |title=Return To The Wild: When Abandoned Dogs And Cats Become Predators |url=https://worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/return-to-the-wild-when-abandoned-dogs-and-cats-become-predators |work=WorldCrunch |access-date=1 December 2022}}
Felis catus (cats){{cite journal |last1=Sedano-Cruz |first1=Raul |date=September 2022 |title=Estimated number of birds killed by domestic cats in Colombia. |journal=Avian Conservation and Ecology |volume=17 |issue=2 |doi= 10.5751/ACE-02200-170216|doi-access=free }}
Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus; see hippopotamus in Colombia)
Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
Rattus rattus (black rat)

= Birds =

Columba livia (rock dove){{cite journal |last1= Murillo-Pacheco|first1=Johanna I. |last2=Bonilla Rojas |first2=Wilian F. |last3=De Las Casas |first3=Juan Carlos|date=31 December 2013 |title= Listado y anotaciones sobre la historia natural de las aves del litoral de San Andrés de Tumaco, Nariño (Colombia).|url=http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/290 |journal=Biota Colombiana |volume=14 |issue=2 |access-date=1 December 2022}}
Lonchura malacca (tricoloured munia)
Passer domesticus (house sparrow)