| birds |
| 1. |
Great
Tinamou |
flushed
one at the primary forest in Cuyabeno |
| 2. |
Little
Tinamou |
one
calling in varzae forest in Cuyabeno |
| 3. |
Undulated
Tinamou |
several
heard calling in Cuyabeno |
| 4. |
Andean
Teal |
five
seen in Cajas; two in Laguna Toreadora and three in Laguna Illincocha;
also two seen from the bus in a highland lake during the bus ride
between Quito and Lago Agrio |
| 5. |
White-cheeked
Pintail |
several
groups with a total of some 150 birds in Ecuasal |
| 6. |
Andean
Ruddy Duck |
a
male in Laguna Illincocha and in Laguna Toreadora, Cajas; one
male in the lake at Cotopaxi; twelve in Laguna de Cuicocha |
| 7. |
Muscovy
Duck |
seen
daily in very small numbers in Cuyabeno |
| 8. |
Waved
Albatross |
two
nesting birds and an abandoned "nest" (an egg on the
ground) seen on Isla de la Plata |
| 9. |
Red-billed
Tropicbird |
at
least ten birds seen around Isla de la Plata, including two juveniles |
| 10. |
Blue-footed
Booby |
common
along the coast, very common on Isla de la Plata, but no nestlings
were seen |
| 11. |
Nazca
Booby
(split Masked Booby) |
common
at Isla de la Plata, including nestlings |
| 12. |
Red-footed
Booby |
one
dark morph seen flying above the ocean just before entering Isla
de la Plata; a lucky sighting; white morphs don't occur on the
island |
| 13. |
Brown
Pelican |
common
along the coast |
| 14. |
Peruvian
Pelican |
around
200 at Ecuasal; small numbers just north of Salinas; two at Puerto
Lopez |
| 15. |
Neotropic
(or Olivacious) Cormorant |
common
at Cuyabeno and in ponds in the west |
| 16. |
Anhinga |
one
or two seen daily at Cuyabeno |
| 17. |
Magnificent
Frigatebird |
common
along the coast, with many breeding pairs (including displaying
males); even two birds in the Río Guayas in the middle
of Guayaquil |
| 18. |
Striated
Heron
(old split Green-backed Heron) |
common
along the Río Aguarico in Cuyabeno and several at the west
coast, e.g. Ecuasal |
| 19. |
Snowy
Egret |
common
in the east and west of the country |
| 20. |
Tricoulored
Heron |
two
at Ecuasal |
| 21. |
Black-crowned
Night-heron |
six
at Ecuasal |
| 22. |
Yellow-crowned
Night-heron |
one
near Montañita |
| 23. |
Cattle
Egret |
common
in the east and west of the country |
| 24. |
Great
(White) Egret |
very
common along the west coast, occasionally seen throughout the
rest of the country, including one in the central valley |
| 25. |
Rufescent
Tiger-heron |
in
all three seen in Cuyabeno; two adults and an immature bird |
| 26. |
Chilean
Flamingo |
up
to 300 in Ecuasal |
| 27. |
Pied-billed
Grebe |
common
at Ecuasal, one pair in Laguna Cuicocha |
| 28. |
Silverly
Grebe
(possible future split: Northern Silverly Grebe of Ecuador and
Colombia) |
a
pair at Laguna Cuicocha; it´s irregular at this spot |
| 29. |
King
Vulture |
seen
several times a day in Cuyabeno |
| 30. |
Black
vulture |
common
throughout the country; even two in Quito |
| 31. |
Greater
Yellow-headed Vulture |
common
in the eastern lowlands |
| 32. |
Turkey
Vulture |
common
in the west; though they occur in the east, all Cathartes checked
there were Greater Yellow-heads |
| 33. |
Swallow-tailed
Kite |
parties
up to 25 were seen in the eastern lowlands, one bird passed Mindo
Lindo |
| 34. |
Plumbeous
Kite |
a
nest building pair in Dracaena was observed every day during our
stay in Cuyabeno |
| 35. |
Pearl
Kite |
one
near La Libertad in the western lowlands |
| 36. |
Double-toothed
Kite |
just
three birds seen, all in Cuyabeno |
| 37. |
Hook-billed
Kite |
one
female along the road near Lago Agrio, one male in Cuyabeno |
| 38. |
Grey-headed
Kite |
a
juvenile in Cuyabeno |
| 39. |
Cinereous
Harrier |
a
male and female in the central valley between Ambato and Cuenca |
| 40. |
Savanna
Hawk |
several
in the western lowlands east of Guayaquil |
| 41. |
Great
Black Hawk |
a
beautiful adult perched nearby along the river in Cuyabeno near
the Kapok island |
| 42. |
Black-collared
Hawk |
a
perched adult along the river in Cuyabeno |
| 43. |
Slate-coloured
Hawk |
two
seen in and one just outside Cuyabeno |
| 44. |
Variable
Hawk |
occasionally
seen, mostly in the central valley or at the paramo |
| 45. |
Short-tailed
Hawk |
one
near Baños, possibly a second here too |
| 46. |
Roadside
Hawk |
several
seen in the western lowlands, none in the east and one in Mindo |
| 47. |
Black
Hawk-eagle |
one
above the obelisk road in Mindo |
| 48. |
Plain-breasted
Hawk |
one
just outside Quito; several other accipiter-like raptors
were seen from the bus, but were not identified |
| 49. |
Hariss's
Hawk |
one
of the more common raptors along the coast |
| 50. |
Black
Caracara |
two
seen in Cuyabeno |
| 51. |
Caranculated
Caracara* |
two
seen from the bus en route from Quito to Ago Agrio, one
in Cajas and two in Cotopaxi near the museum |
| 52. |
Northern
Crested Caracara |
quite
common in the western lowlands |
| 53. |
Laughing
Falcon |
one
just outside the Cuyabeno reserve; seen on the same spot on the
way over the park and the way back |
| 54. |
Bat
Falcon |
one
in Cuyabeno |
| 55. |
American
Kestrel |
common
troughout the country |
| 56. |
Sickle-winged
Guan |
six
at the refugio road in Mindo |
| 57. |
Speckled
Chachalaca |
one
seen from the canoe in Cuyabeno |
| 58. |
Wattled
Jacana |
common
in the lowlands east of Guayaquil; more than ten were seen from
the bus |
| 59. |
White-throated
Crake |
in
all four heard around Mindo, inlcuding one in a field at the edge
of the village |
| 60. |
Sungrebe |
one
along the river in Cuyabeno; missed a second one that the guide
saw swimming for cover |
| 61. |
Sunbittern |
one
gave good views; it was seen in a field along a river near the
start of the "Cock-of-the-rock trail" |
| 62. |
Andean
(or Slate-coloured) Coot |
hundreds
in a lake between Ambato and Cuenca and around fourty in the lake
at Cotopaxi, but surprisingly none in Cajas |
| 63. |
American
Oystercatcher |
up
to eight in the Ecuasal ponds; uncommon |
| 64. |
Hudsonian
Whimbrel
(split Whimbrel) |
(just)
one at Ecuasal, two seen from the bus in another saltpan south
of Montañita |
| 65. |
Black-necked
Stilt
(old split Black-winged Stilt) |
very
common at Ecuasal, occasionally seen elsewhere along the coast
(eg. in the saltpan south of Montañita) |
| 66. |
Snowy
Plover
(possible future split from the Old World´s Kentish Plover) |
around
15 seen at Ecuasal, including a chick |
| 67. |
Killdeer |
eight
above the football pitch at La Libertad, two at Ecuasal: local
but increasing |
| 68. |
Sanderling |
about
five at Ecuasal |
| 69. |
Wilson's
Phalarope |
around
thirty in Ecuasal, including one almost in summer plummage |
| 70. |
Ruddy
Turnstone |
eight
in Ecuasal |
| 71. |
Greater
Yellowlegs |
one
at Ecuasal and one at 3.800 metres in the lake at Cotopaxi |
| 72. |
Grey
Gull |
around
50 of these beautiful gulls in Ecuasal, including several in breeding
plummage |
| 73. |
Kelp
Gull |
one
adult at Ecuasal seen in flight: scarce |
| 74. |
Grey-hooded
(or Grey-headed) Gull
(possible future split from the African subspecies) |
common
around Ecuasal; around twenty nests were found: some ten were
abandoned, nine were with eggs (mostly two) and one had two very
young chicks |
| 75. |
Andean
Gull |
several
en route in the Andes, a colony at the lake in Cotopaxi,
none at Cajas |
| 76. |
Laughing
Gull |
two
immatures at Ecuasal |
| 77. |
Gull-billed
Tern |
common
around Ecuasal, where up to 250 pairs breed; many juveniles were
seen and one juvenile was found dead |
| 78. |
Royal
Tern |
up
to twenty birds seen in a single group |
| 79. |
Elegant
Tern |
one
splendid adult in breeding plummage between the Royal Terns; obviously
smaller, with a long, slightly drooping bill with yellow tip,
longer crested than Royal and with a hint of a pink colour on
the chest |
| 80. |
Common
Tern |
two
in winter plummage at Ecuasal |
| 81. |
South
American Tern |
two
birds at Ecuasal: see text box at part 1 of this report |
| 82. |
Band-tailed
Pigeon |
one
seen near Nono, two at a lower elevation of the Cotopaxi park |
| 83. |
Plumbeous
Pigeon |
several
at Cuyabeno |
| 84. |
Ruddy
Pigeon |
two
along the refugio road, Mindo and one from the bus, near Nono;
several at Cuyabeno |
| 85. |
Pale-vented
Pigeon |
one
at the Dracaena camp, Cuyabeno |
| 86. |
Eared
Dove |
very
common at higher elevations and at the coastal lowlands, only
around human settlements (including Quito) |
| 87. |
Common
Ground-dove |
one
just outside Quito |
| 88. |
Croaking
Ground-dove |
common
in Cuenca and in the western lowlands |
| 89. |
Ecuadorian
Ground-dove* |
several
in the western lowlands east of Guayaquil |
| 90. |
Pallid
Dove* |
one
at the base of the hill of the Cock-of-the-rock lek |
| 91. |
White-tipped
Dove |
four
along the refugio road, Mindo and a road kill at the Machalilla
N.P. |
| 92. |
Grey-fronted
Dove |
several
in Cuyabeno, including the Dracaena camp, Cuyabeno |
| 93. |
Blue-and-yellow
Macaw |
often
seen flying ahead in Cuyabeno; biggest group: 12 |
| 94. |
Chestnut-fronted
Macaw |
seen
far less often than Blue-and-yellow; in all some ten birds were
seen flying by |
| 95. |
Pacific
Parrotlet* |
common
along the coast; in Montañita a group of 200 was seen |
| 96. |
Cobalt-winged
Parakeet |
common
throughout Cuyabeno |
| 97. |
Red-masked
Parakeet* |
a
group of four and a group of seven in the middle of Salinas |
| 98. |
Black-headed Parrot |
three
crossing the river in Cuyabeno |
| 99. |
Mealy
Parrot |
also
three birds crossing the river in Cuyabeno |
| 100. |
Blue-headed
Parrot |
two
birds seen well at Dracaena, several others heard seen badly in
flight |
| 101. |
Bronze-winged
Parrot |
three
seen flying by from the main street in Mindo |
| 102. |
Red-billed
Parrot |
common
around Mindo; also seen perched |
| 103. |
Little
Cuckoo |
one
in the village of Mindo |
| 104. |
Squirrel
Cuckoo |
common
both around Mindo and in Cuyabeno |
| 105. |
Greater
Ani |
occasionally
seen along rivers in Cuyabeno |
| 106. |
Smooth-billed
Ani |
common
in the eat and west |
| 107. |
Groove-billed
Ani |
common
in the western lowlands; not in Mindo |
| 108. |
Striped
Cuckoo |
two
in Machalilla N.P. |
| 109. |
Hoatzin |
common
in Cuyabeno, but only seen at and near the Laguna Grande |
| 110. |
Tropical
Sreech-owl |
one
calling for two nights around Dracaena camp, Cuyabeno |
| 111. |
Tawny-bellied
Screech-owl |
one
calling around Dracaena camp, Cuyabeno on a night I didn´t
hear the Tropical! |
| 112. |
Burrowing
Owl |
in
all nine around Ecuasal, Salinas |
| 113. |
Black-banded
Owl |
one
in the Dracaena camp; heard well and seen flying by in the dusk |
| 114. |
Oilbird |
one
heard in Mindo at night |
| 115. |
Common
Potoo |
one
calling near the Dracaena camp at dawn |
| 116. |
Lesser
Nighthawk |
one
on a telephone wire at daylight near Guayaquil |
| 117. |
Pauraque |
one
on the road when heading to the Cock-of-the-rocks in the dark,
Mindo |
| 118. |
White-collared
Swift |
common
at both slopes of the Andes |
| 119. |
Chestnut-collared Swift |
just
one or two, above the village in Mindo; swifts pass by here in
great numbers an hour before dusk or so |
| 120. |
Grey-rumped
Swift |
a
few above Mindo village |
| 121. |
Short-tailed
Swift |
common
in the east |
| 122. |
Neotropical
(or Fork-tailed) Palmswift |
common
in Cuyabeno |
| 123. |
White-whiskered
Hermit* |
one
along the refugio road and one just outside the village |
| 124. |
Tawny-bellied
Hermit |
one
at the refugio trail and one at the Cock-of-the-rock lek, Mindo |
| 125. |
Great-billed
Hermit
(split Long-tailed Hermit) |
common
in Cuyabeno |
| 126. |
White-bearded
Hermit |
several
in Cuyabeno |
| 127. |
Stripe-throated
Hermit |
one
along the refugio road |
| 128. |
Purple-bibbed
Whitetip* |
several
around the feeders at Mindo Lindo |
| 129. |
Booted
Racket-tail |
one
male near the Cock-of-the-rock lek, Mindo and common around the
feeders in Mindo Lindo (also in easily seen in the patch of forest
here) |
| 130. |
Short-tailed
Woodstar* |
two
at Isla de la Plata; both around the old hotel |
| 131. |
White-bellied
Woodstar |
several
female-types around the feeders at Mindo Lindo |
| 132. |
White-necked
Jacobin |
three
along the refugio road and one along the obelisk road, both Mindo |
| 133. |
Green
Violetear |
one
along the Río Mindo near the butterfly ("mariposa")
farm |
| 134. |
Sparkling
Violetear |
common
at higher elevations, often in gardens (including Quito) |
| 135. |
Fiery
Topaz |
a
female in Cuyabeno |
| 136. |
Empress
Brilliant* |
one
male near the entrance of the trail to the Cock-of-the-rock lek
and a male at the feeders, Mindo Lindo |
| 137. |
Rufous-tailed
Hummingbird |
common
at Mindo village and around the feeders, Mindo Lindo |
| 138. |
Amazilia
Hummingbird |
one
in the hotel garden in Salinas |
| 139. |
Andean
Emerald |
one
at the refugio road and several around the feeders at Mindo Lindo |
| 140. |
Blue-tailed
Hummingbird |
one
in Dracaena camp, Cuyabeno |
| 141. |
Ecuadorian
(Chimborazo) Hillstar* |
two
males and two females at Cajas and one female at Cotopaxi (note
that the males ought to outnumber the females) |
| 142. |
Brown
Inca* |
low
numbers at the hummingbird feeders at Mindo Lindo |
| 143. |
Rainbow
Starfrontlet* |
one
near the park entrance of Cajas |
| 144. |
Black-tailed
Trainbearer |
common
at higher elevations; mainly seen in Quito |
| 145. |
Green-tailed
Trainbearer |
one
at Baños |
| 146. |
Violet-tailed
Sylph * |
common
around the feaders at Mindo Lindo, a few seen elsewhere around
Mindo, mainly the obelisk road |
| 147. |
Velvet-purple
Coronet* |
probably
the most common hummer around the feeders at Mindo Lindo |
| 148. |
Blue-mantled
Thornbill |
about
four birds in the Polylepis in Cajas |
| 149. |
Black-tailed
Trogon |
a
pair at Cuyabeno |
| 150. |
Amazonian
White-tailed Trogon
(split White-tailed Trogon) |
a
male at Cuyabeno, several heard calling |
| 151. |
Masked
Trogon |
a
pair at Mindo Lindo at the eastern border of the "garden" |
| 152. |
Blue-crowned
Trogon |
a
male at the Kapok island, Cuyabeno |
| 153. |
Golden-headed
Quetzal |
in
all four birds seen at different spots around Mindo; their calls
can be heard everywhere here |
| 154. |
Crimson-rumped
Toucanet |
one
gave great views near Mindo village at the start of the refugio
trail |
| 155. |
Many-banded
Aracari |
a
big flock along the river near the Dracaena camp was seen |
| 156. |
Ivory-billed
Aracari |
one
in the Dracaena camp; it´s tiny! |
| 157. |
White-throated
Toucan |
common
in Cuyabeno, where flocks of up to eight birds were seen |
| 158. |
Chestnut-mandibled
Toucan |
two
heard near the Cock-of-the-rock lek |
| 159. |
Chocó
Toucan* |
one
bird heard along the refugio road, Cuyabeno |
| 160. |
Ringed
Kingfischer |
common
in Cuyabeno |
| 161. |
Amazon
Kingfisher |
common
in Cuyabeno |
| 162. |
Green
Kingfisher |
just
one seen at Ecuasal |
| 163. |
Green-and-rufous
Kingfisher |
up
to six seen in Cuyabeno |
| 164. |
Rufous
Motmot |
up
to four seen along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 165. |
Blue-crowned
Motmot |
one
in the Dracaena camp, Cuyabeno |
| 166. |
Violacious
Jay |
common
in the eastern lowlands |
| 167. |
Purplish
Jacamar |
two
in Cuyabeno |
| 168. |
Gilded
Barbet
(split Black-spotted Barbet) |
a
two pairs and a single were seen in Cuyabeno |
| 169. |
Red-headed
Barbet |
a
female along the refugio road, Cuyabeno |
| 170. |
Black-fronted
Nunbird |
common
in Cuyabeno |
| 171. |
Yellow-billed
Nunbird |
just
one in varzéa forest, Cuyabeno |
| 172. |
Swallow-winged
Puffbird |
two
different flocks of up to eight birds were seen in Cuyabeno, eg.
at the Tarapuy community; the occur along the rivers |
| 173. |
Lineated
Woodpecker |
several
in Cuyabeno, including a pair in the Dracaena camp |
| 174. |
Crimson-crested
Woodpecker |
one
pair along the river in Cuyabeno |
| 175. |
Guayaquil
Woodpecker* |
three
birds along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 176. |
Golden-olive
Woodpecker |
one
along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 177. |
Chestnut
Woodpecker |
one
in Cuyabeno |
| 178. |
Scale-breasted
Woodpecker |
a
pair in Cuyabeno |
| 179. |
Smoky-brown
Woodpecker |
common
around Mindo |
| 180. |
Black-cheeked
Woodpecker |
just
one in Mindo |
| 181. |
Olivacious
Piculet |
one
at the beginning of the refugio road |
| 182. |
Straight-billed
Woodcreeper |
several
in Cuyabeno |
| 183. |
Wedge-billed
Woodcreeper |
one
at the base of the hill of the Cock-of-the-rocks |
| 184. |
Strong-billed
Woodcreeper |
two
seen at the base of the hill of the Cock-of-the-rocks, Mindo
|
| 185. |
Buff-throated
Woodcreeper |
several
along the refugio road |
| 186. |
Ocellated
Woodcreeper |
one
gave good views in Cuyabeno, where I saw another "probable"
too |
| 187. |
Spotted
Woodcreeper |
one
heard along the refugio road and one seen along the obelisk road,
Mindo |
| 188. |
Long-billed
Woodcreeper |
often
heard (listen to its eerie call); seen twice |
| 189. |
Slaty
Spinetail |
common
around Mindo |
| 190. |
Dark-breasted
Spinetail |
common
in the mountains around Baños |
| 191. |
Rufous
Spinetail |
common
around Mindo |
| 192. |
Andean
Tit-spinetail |
quite
common at Cajas and a three at Cotopaxi in the area behind the
campside |
| 193. |
Many-striped
Canastero |
a
few at Cajas N.P. |
| 194. |
Pearled
Treerunner |
this
surprisingly handsome bird was seen twice in Polylepis forest
in Cajas at the large patch between the road and Laguna Toreadora |
| 195. |
Lineated
Foliage-gleaner |
one
along the refugio trail, Mindo |
| 196. |
Scaly-throated
Foliage-gleaner |
common
around Mindo, including a ringed one at Mindo Lindo |
| 197. |
Ruddy
Foliage-gleaner |
one
perfectely seen along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 198. |
Buff-throated
Foliage-gleaner |
one
along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 199. |
Buff-fronted
Foliage-gleaner |
heard
along the refugio trail |
| 200. |
Stout-billed
Cinclodes |
occasionally
between the Bar-winged´s (see below) |
| 201. |
Bar-winged
Cinclodes |
common
at high elevations of Cajas and Cotopaxi |
| 202. |
Pacific
Hornero*
(split Pale-legged Hornero) |
common
in the west, eg. in the village of Mindo they can be seen everywhere |
| 203. |
Collared
Antshrike* |
one
seen well in the dry scrub of Machalilla N.P. |
| 204. |
Uniform
Antshrike |
one
heard at the Cock-of-the-rock lek |
| 205. |
Grey
Antwren |
secondary
growth in terra firme forest of Cuyabeno |
| 206. |
Río
Suno Antwren* |
one
heard in Cuyabeno near the Laguna Grande |
| 207. |
Pygmy
Antwren |
one
seen in Cuyabeno |
| 208. |
Plain-throated
Antwren |
good
views in Cuyabeno |
| 209. |
Pacific
Antwren
(split Streaked Antwren; see 210) |
two
in the village of Mindo |
| 210. |
Amazonian
Streaked-Antwren |
one
gave good views along a river in Cuyabeno |
| 211. |
Silvered Antbird |
two
heard at Cuyabeno |
|
212.
|
Chestnut-backed
Antbird |
one
along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 213. |
Sooty
Antbird |
several
heard at Cuyabeno |
| 214. |
Immaculate
Antbird |
one
along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 215. |
Tawny
Antpitta |
one
at the large patch of Polylepis at the Laguna Toreadora,
Cajas and one at a scrubby part of the plateau at Cotopaxi |
| 216. |
Tawny-rumped
Tyrannulet |
five
or so in a patch of forest near Otavalo |
| 217. |
Marbled-faced
Bristle-tyrant |
one
near the Cock-of-the-rock lek, Mindo |
| 218. |
Southern
Beardless Tyrannulet
(possibly the two Ecuadorian ssp. are split off in the future) |
several
around Mindo and along the coast |
| 219. |
Yellow
Tyrannulet |
several
around Mindo |
| 220. |
Grey-and-white
Tyrannulet* |
one
near in the bushes behind the old hotel at Isla de la Plata |
| 221. |
Yellow-bellied
Elaenia |
several
at Mindo |
| 222. |
Sierran
Elaenia |
one
in a patch of forest near Otavalo |
| 223. |
Common
Tody-flycatcher |
one
in the village of Mindo |
| 224. |
Scale-crested
Pygmy-tyrant |
very
common in the Mindo area |
| 225. |
Torrent
Tyrannulet |
common
along the Río Mindo |
| 226. |
Ornate
Flycatcher |
one
along the refugio road and a pair at Mindo Lindo, Mindo |
| 227. |
White-throated
Tyrannulet |
five
in several Polylepis patches in Cajas |
| 228. |
Bran-coloured
Flycatcher |
five
or so along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 229. |
Black-billed
Shrike-tyrant |
one
at Cajas |
| 230. |
Paramo
Ground-tyrant
(split Plain-capped Ground-tyrant) |
five
or so on and near the plateau, Cotopaxi |
| 231. |
Spot-billed
Ground-tyrant |
two
on the plateau, Cotopaxi; this subspecies is endemic |
| 232. |
Vermilion
Flycatcher |
common
along at the coastal lowlands, one in an outskirt of Quito |
| 233. |
Red-rumped
Bush-tyrant |
one
at 4.200 metres just north of the Laguna Toreadora |
| 234. |
Brown-backed
Chat-tyrant |
three
at Cotopaxi: two behind the campsite and one near the lake |
| 235. |
Black
Phoebe |
seen
at a variety of places (eg. Mindo, Baños, Cuenca), but
never in great numbers |
| 236. |
Masked
Water-tyrant |
this
very beautiful flycatcher is easily found around the rivers in
Mindo; I saw about ten |
| 237. |
Drab
Water-tyrant |
one
along the river in Cuyabeno; supposed to be common |
| 238. |
Cinnamon
Attila |
several
heard an two seen along the rivers in Cuyabeno |
| 239. |
Screaming
Piha |
one
seen and commonly heard in the primary (not varzea) forest of
Cuyabeno; this is defenitely the most "tropical" sound
I ever heard! |
| 240. |
Black-tailed
Flycatcher |
one
in Cuyabeno |
| 241. |
Dusky-capped
Flycatcher |
several
around Mindo |
| 242. |
Tropical
Kingbird |
one
of the most common birds in the lowlands and at middle elevation
levels |
| 243. |
Boat-billed
Flycatcher |
a
pair in Cuyabeno |
| 244. |
White-ringed
Flycatcher |
several
along the refugio trail, Mindo |
| 245. |
Streaked
Flycatcher |
a
pair was seen well in Cuyabeno |
| 246. |
Golden-crowned
Flycatcher |
common
around Mindo |
| 247. |
Great
Kiskadee |
common
along rivers in Cuyabeno |
| 248. |
Lesser
Kiskadee |
common
along rivers in Cuyabeno |
| 249. |
Social
Flycatcher |
common
in the east and west; eastern ssp. grandis virtually endemic
(also extreme north Peru) |
| 250. |
Cinnamon
Becard |
one
on the edge of the village and two along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 251. |
White-winged
Becard |
both
very distinct subspecies seen; several singing males around Mindo
(e.g. near the Cock-of-the-rock lek) and a pair and a singing
male in Cuyabeno (the pair was at the Dracaena camp); in the west
the males are grey, in the east they are black |
| 252. |
Black-tailed
Tityra |
in
all two pairs and a single seen in Cuyabeno, including the Dracaena
camp |
| 253. |
Masked
Tityra |
one
along the refugio road and one near the Cock-of-the-rock lek,
Mindo |
| 254. |
Plum-throated
Cotinga |
one
perfectly seen at the community of Tarapuy, Cuyabeno |
| 255. |
Purple-throated
Fruitcrow |
just
one along the river in Cuyabeno |
| 256. |
Andean
Cock-of-the-rock |
visited
a lek near Mindo (take a guide; it´s almost impossible to
find it yourself) where at least fifteen males were displaying;
go there, it´s very spectaculair! |
| 257. |
Várzea
Schiffornis (or Greater Manakin or Várzea Mourner or Cinnamon
Mourner) |
this
scarce species is said to be heard far more often than seen, but
one gave very good views in Cuyabeno at the Kapok island |
| 258. |
Grey-breasted
Martin |
not
uncommon in the western lowlands, especially around Salinas |
| 259. |
Brown-bellied
Swallow |
common
throughout the Andes |
| 260. |
Blue-and-wite
Swallow |
common
on both slopers of the Andes |
| 261. |
White-winged
Swallow |
common
along the rivers in Cuyabeno, one in Lago Agrio |
| 262. |
White-banded
Swallow |
less
common than species mentioned above, but still seen quite often
in Cuyabeno |
| 263. |
Southern
Rough-winged Swallow |
common,
especially at both slopes of the Andes; on both slopes a different
subspecies occurs (the western one has a pale rump) |
| 264. |
Chestnut-collared
Swallow* |
occasionally
seen in the lowlands, e.g. in Ecuasal |
| 265. |
Thrush-like
Wren |
two
singing males around the Dracaena camp, Cuyabeno |
| 266. |
Fasciated
Wren* |
one
bird seen in Machalilla N.P. |
| 267. |
Bay
Wren |
this
very nice wren is easily seen and heard around Mindo |
| 268. |
House
Wren |
common
throughout |
| 269. |
Grey-breasted
Wood-wren |
common
around Mindo, but far more often heard than seen; and that´s
not so bad, as its song is very beautiful |
| 270. |
Long-tailed
Mockingbird |
common
along the coast; at Isla de la Plata the slightly larger endemic
subspecies platesis occurs |
| 271. |
Tropical
Mockingbird |
one
singing bird on the airport of Bonaire |
| 272. |
Black-capped
Donacobius |
one
seen from the bus between Cuyabeno and Lago Agrio |
| 273. |
Tropical
Gnatcatcher |
common
everywhere along the coast |
| 274. |
Slaty-capped
Shrike-vireo |
two
along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 275. |
Red-eyed
Vireo |
common
around Mindo |
| 276. |
Brown-capped
Vireo |
one
along the refugio road, Mindo |
| 277. |
Lesser
Greenlet |
one
in Puerto Lopez |
| 278. |
Paramo
Pipit |
one
near the campsite, Cotopaxi |
| 279. |
White-capped
Dipper |
common
along the Río Mindo; seen best while inner tubing |
| 280. |
Chiuanco
Thrush |
several
in Cuenca |
| 281. |
Great
Thrush |
common
at high altitudes, including Quito |
| 282. |
Glossy-backed
Thrush |
one
seen from the bus at the south-western slope of the Andes |
| 283. |
Ecuadorian
Thrush* |
several
in (orchid garden) and around Mindo |
| 284. |
Tropical
Parula |
very
common around Mindo |
| 285. |
Slate-coloured
Whitetart |
one
near the Cock-of-the-rock lek and a pair along the obelisk road |
| 286. |
Olive-crowned
Yellowthroat |
a
singing male just outside Mindo village |
| 287. |
Three-striped
Warbler |
several
seen along refugio trail, near the Cock-of-the-rock lek and Mindo
Lindo |
| 288. |
Buff-rumped
Warbler |
several
seen along refugio trail, near the Cock-of-the-rock lek and Mindo
Lindo |
| 289. |
Bananaquit |
common
around Mindo village, a few along the refugio trail and one in
Lago Agrio and Cuyabeno |
| 290. |
Giant
Conebill |
one
seen fouraging actively in the small patch of Polylepis right
behind the ranger station at Lagunu Illincocha |
| 291. |
Tit-like
Dacnis |
see
Giant Conebill; two females seen very close by (within two metres
distance), a male was seen pretty well at the edge of the "forest" |
| 292. |
Black
Flowerpiercer |
several
were seen near the campsite at Cotopaxi |
| 293. |
Rusty
Flowerpiercer |
a
female in the garden of the Kolibri Bar, Quito |
| 294. |
Yellow-bellied
Dacnis |
a
pair gave good views at Cuyabeno |
| 295. |
Orange-bellied
Euphonia |
common
around Mindo and in Cuyabeno; western ssp. quitensis is
endemic |
| 296. |
Swallow
Tanager |
a
female just outside Mindo village, near the yellow bridge |
| 297. |
Green-and-gold
Tanager |
several
along the river in Cuyabeno |
| 298. |
Blue-necked
Tanager |
common
around Mindo; the western subspecies cyanopygia is endemic
to Ecuador |
| 299. |
Bay-headed
Tanager |
two
seen around Mindo: one along the refugio trail and one in the
village |
| 300. |
Guira
Tanager |
a
male passing the river at Cuyabeno |
| 301. |
Fawn-breasted
Tanager |
common
in and around Mindo |
| 302. |
Golden
Tanager |
one
of the most common tanagers around Mindo; western ssp. goodsoni
is endemic |
| 303. |
Silver-throated
Tanager |
occasionally
seen fouraging with the Golden´s |
| 304. |
Flame-faced
Tanager |
this
splendid tanager was seen once along the refugio trail |
| 305. |
Beryl-spangled
Tanager |
one
at Mindo Lindo |
| 306. |
Blue-grey
Tanager |
the
most common tanager around: seen throughout the country, both
the western and eastern subspecies; the latter has a double white
wingbar |
| 307. |
Palm
Tanager |
only
seen in the east: several around communities in Cuyabeno and two
in Baños (at 1.800 mtrs; according to Ridgeley & Greenfeld
mostly to 1.300 mtrs.) |
| 308. |
Masked
Crimson Tanager |
common
in Cuyabeno |
| 309. |
Lemon-rumped
Tanager
(split Flame-rumped Tanager) |
common
around Mindo |
| 310. |
Magpie
Tanager |
one
near the entrance of Cuyabeno |
| 311. |
White-lined
Tanager |
several
around Mindo; mostly in the village itself |
| 312. |
Yellow-throated
Bush-tanager |
several
in the cloudforest around Mindo |
| 313. |
Fulvous
Shrike-tanager |
a
male in Cuyabeno |
| 314. |
Buff-throated
Saltator |
several
around Mindo, including one feeding a Giant Cowbird young (a parasite) |
| 315. |
Black-winged
Saltator |
a
few heard along the refugio trail, one seen at the obelisk road,
Mindo |
| 316. |
Red-capped
Cardinal |
quite
common in Cuyabeno |
| 317. |
Southern
Yellow Grosbeak |
seen
throughout the country, both in the highlands and lowlands |
| 318. |
Black-backed
Grosbeak |
one
male on the edge of the village of Baños |
| 319. |
Hooded
Siskin |
surprisingly
only seen at Baños, where common |
| 320. |
Blue-black
Grassquit |
one
male at the bus station of Lago Agrio |
| 321. |
Variable
Seedeater |
common
in and around Mindo |
| 322. |
Yellow-bellied
Seedeater |
common
in and around Mindo |
| 323. |
Parrot-billed
Seedeater* |
a
flock at Puerto López |
| 324. |
Dull-coloured
Grassquit |
one
along the refugio road |
| 325. |
Lesser
Seed-finch |
a
few birds around one of the settlements in Cuyabeno |
| 326. |
Plain-coloured
Seedeater |
one
in Cotopaxi, mainly around the marsh |
| 327. |
Plumbeous
Sierra-finch |
common
at both Cajas and Cotopaxi |
| 328. |
Rufous-naped
Brush-finch |
in
all three at different spots around Mindo |
| 329. |
Rufous-collared
Sparrow |
very
common around human settlements at higher elevations |
| 330. |
Collared
Warbling-finch * |
common
at Isla de la Plata, especially around the old hotel |
| 331. |
Yellow-rumped
Cacique |
very
common in Cuyabeno |
| 332. |
Russet-backed
Oropendola |
very
common in Cuyabeno |
| 333. |
Crested Oropendola |
far
less common than Russet-backed in Cuyabeno |
| 334. |
Peruvian
Meadowlark |
just
three en route to Cuenca near Alausi |
| 335. |
Yellow-tailed
Oriole |
two
seen from the bus in the lowlands near Guyaquil |
| 336. |
White-edged
Oriole* |
one
bird in the scrub of Machalilla |
| 337. |
Orange-backed
Troupial
(split Troupial) |
one
seen from the bus near the Cuyabeno reserve |
| 338. |
Scrub
Blackbird |
common
in the western lowlands |
| 339. |
Shiny
Cowbird |
common
around Mindo village |
| 340. |
Velvet-fronted
Grackle |
common
along the rivers in Cuyabeno |
| 341. |
Giant
Cowbird |
two
adults near Mindo village, one juvenile was fed by a Buff-throated
Saltator in the village (they are parasites) |
|
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|
House
Sparrow |
this
exotic species was common in Cuenca and along the coast |
