Trip Reports

Southern Ecuador 10th - 20th September 2005, author Mark Gurney (added September 25, 2005)
(Marañón endemics, Jocotoco Antpitta, Crescent-faced Antpitta, Neblina Metaltail, Violet-throated Metaltail, Masked Mountain-Tanager, Pale-headed Brush-Finch)

Birding Trip to Ecuador 2nd - 17th July 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 25, 2004)

Ecuador - 22nd November to 8th December 2003 by Steve Arlow, author Surfbirds Admin (link created September 24, 2004)
(La Selva, Tandayapa Valley, Machalilla National Park)

Northern Ecuador - 16th May - 6th June 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
(with photos of Double-toothed Kite, Broad-billed Motmot, Green Honeycreeper, Northern Violaceous Trogon, Black-fronted Nunbird and Blue-gray Tanager)

Northern Ecuador - 23rd February - 10th March 2003, author Peter Nash (added September 24, 2004)
(Choco Region and Pasochoa Wildlife Refuge)

Report of mammals and birds recorded at Bilsa Biological Station and other sites in north-west Ecuador - September - October 2002-, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)

Yasuní Research Station and Yanayacu Research Station, Eastern Ecuador - September 2002 and March 2003, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)

Northern Ecuador, December 2003 - January 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)
(700+ species including Ocellated Tapaculo, Barred Antthrush, Rusty-belted Tapaculo, Striped Manakin, Scaled Fruiteater, Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater, Giant Conebill, San Isidro Mystery Owl, Beautiful Jay, Club-winged Manakin, Chestnut-belted Gnateater and)

Sacha Lodge, Ecuador - 13th-21st March 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004)

The Galapagos Islands and Southern Ecuador - 17th April to 4th May 2004, author Peter Nash (added September 24, 2004)
(Waved Albatross, Peruvian Pelican, Lava Heron, Lava Gull, Nazca Booby, Oilbird)

Northern Ecuador - 17th - 30th September 2002 (lots of hummer pics), author Surfbirds Admin (link created September 24, 2004)
(Participants: Adrian Harper, Shirley Harper, Mark Harper and Brian Smith.)

Ecuador - 21st July - 19th August 2001, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)

Ecuador (including a few sites in coastal Peru), May 25th - August 21st 2001, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)
(This is a very long report !)

Ecuador - October 2000, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 23, 2004)

Ecuador - 26th August - 3rd September 2005, author Mike Nelson (added September 22, 2007)
(Sacha Lodge)

Extraordinary Ecuador - 18th January – 5th March 2007, author Graeme Wallace (added September 17, 2007)
(950 species in 45 memorable days)

Ecuador - 4th - 9th April 2010, author David Scott (added October 7, 2010)
(Tandayapa Valley and beyond, 5 nights Tandayapa Lodge, 2 nights in Quito)

Ecuador: Andes to the Amazon, Rockjumper Birding Tour, September 5th - 19th, 2011, author Forrest Rowland (added October 23, 2011)
(Mindo/Tandayapa region, Papallacta, Sacha Lodge)

Sani Lodge, Ecuador, August 2004, author Mark Gurney (added October 17, 2005)
(Sani Lodge, Rufous Potoo, Cocha Antshrike, Ochre-striped Antpitta, White-lored Antpitta)

Ecuador - Mindo/Las Gralarias - 12-13th Sept 2006, author Mary Crickmore (added October 15, 2006)
(Las Gralarias, Crested Quetzal, Masked Trogon)

Eastern Pacific Cruise - October 29th - November 22nd 2009, author Gail Mackiernan (link created October 1, 2010)
(California, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Chile, Yellow-footed Gull, Galapagos, De Fillipe's and Juan Fernandez Petrels, Hornby's Stormpetrel, Chestnut-throated Huet-huet)

South-east Ecuador - November 2007, author Martin Reid (added November 28, 2007)
(Yankuam, Orange-throated Tanager, Paquisha, Red-billed Tyrannulet, Straw-backed Tanager)

Peru, Galapagos and Ecuadorian Amazon and highlands - 17th August - 8th September 2007, author Steve Arlow (added November 26, 2007)
(with many stunning photos)

Ecuador - San Jorge Eco-Lodges & Sani Jungle Lodge - July 16th - August 6th 2011, author Elise Faike (added November 23, 2011)
(White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant)

Southern Ecuador, author Mark Sutton (added November 22, 2005)
(Cerro Blanco, Salinas, Santa Elena, Buenaventura, Tapichalaca, Valladolid, Rio Bombuscaro, Cajas, Jocotoco Antpitta)

NW-Ecuador: Birding the Chocó properly, author Dušan M. Brinkhuizen (added November 20, 2010)
(Playa de Oro, Yalare, Cerro Golondrinas, Mashpi, Rufous-crowned Antpitta, Purplish-mantled Tanager, Star-Chested Treerunner, Choco Vireo, Five-Colored Barbet, Berlepsch's Tinamou, Indigo Flowerpiercer, Black Solitaire)

Ecuador - The Birding & Hiking Circuit in Ecuador - October 21st - 28th 2008, author Anthony Gucciardi (added November 17, 2008)
(Mindo, Tandayapa, Cosanga, Antisana, Papallacta, Tena, Pichincha Mountain, 6 Climate steps, powerful woodpecked, purple throated woodstar, Inca Jay, Band Winged Nightjar, Striped Cuckoo, Black Vulture, Choco Toucan)

Ecuador - Jan 14 – Feb 13, 2009, author Jon Hornbuckle (added May 27, 2009)
(Canande, Wild Sumaco, Gareno, NWC, Tapichalaca, Macara, Yunguilla, Banded Ground-cuckoo, Jocotoco, White-bellied & Peruvian Antpittas, Black-necked Red-Cotinga, Mountain Tapir)

Ecuador "A Country for Birdwatchers" April 21-30, 2006 Tico Tours Familiarization Tour, author Michael R. Boatwright (added May 26, 2006)
(This tour stayed at Hotel Cafe Cultura, Maquipucuna Lodge, and Napo Wildlife Center. Other locations visited included Antisana Reserve, Yanacocha Reserve, Sachatamia Lodge, Papallacta Pass, Guagno Lodge, and Cabanas San Isidro.)

Southern Ecuador - January 2006, author Forrest Rowland (added May 22, 2006)
(Jocotoco, Crescent-faced Antpitta, Piura Hemispingus)

North-west Ecuador - 15-16 March 2006, author Forrest Rowland (added May 22, 2006)
(Giant Antpitta, Yellow-breasted Antpitta, Moustached Antpitta, Blue-whiskered Tanager, Scarlet-breasted Dacnis)

Shiripuno Lodge, Ecuador - May 7-13, 2007, author Nick Athanas & Scott Olmstead (added May 16, 2007)
(Nocturnal Curassow, Fiery Topaz, Ochre-striped Antpitta, Black-necked Red-Cotinga, incredible mixed-species flocks.)

Shiripuno Lodge: The Wanted List - Ecuador - Amazon Lowlands - February 2009, author Jarol Fernando Vaca (added March 9, 2009)
(Salvin's Curassow, Rio Suno Antwren, Ochre-striped Antpitta, Black-banded Crake)

Ecuador, Eastern Slope Nov. 2006, author Roger Wolfe (link created March 5, 2007)
(Papallacta, Guango, San Isidro, Pancho Enriquez, Avestours)

Galapagos Islands - January 27 - February 4, 2011, author Forrest Rowland (added March 29, 2011)
(Genovesa, Santa Cruz, Floreana, Espanola, South Plazas, and Baltra )

The Galapagos Islands and Ecuador - 30th September - 15th October 2004, author Steve Bird (added March 20, 2007)
(all the Galapagos endemics)

Ecuador - Nov/Dec 2006, author Scott Bowers (link created March 2, 2011)

Ecuador - Galapagos Islands - December 2006, author Scott Bowers (link created March 2, 2011)

Paz de las Aves - Antpittas like you have never seen them before, author Mark Gurney (added March 14, 2006)
(Ecuador, Mindo, Tandayapa, Giant Antpitta, Yellow-breasted Antpitta, Moustached Antpitta)

Ecuador: West Slope-Canande Reserve, author Roger Wolfe (link created March 1, 2009)
(Antisana, Papallacta, Yanacocha, Bellavista, Satchatamia, Milpe, Canande Reserve)

Ecuador - in search of the Harpy Eagle and more - 7-22 April 2008, author Gordon Ellis (added June 5, 2008)

Ecuador - February 13- 27 2011, author Mary-Slater Linn (added June 29, 2011)
(The Magic Birding Circuit)

North-west Ecuador - 2003-2006, author Mark Gurney (added June 24, 2007)
(Tandayapa Valley, Milpe, Paz de las Aves, Mindo, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Yanacocha)

Ecuador - Masphi - Choco Vireo & other rare Choco endemics close to Quito , author Dušan M. Brinkhuizen (added June 20, 2010)
(Choco Vireo, Indigo Flowerpiercer, Black Solitaire, Pacific Tuftedcheek, Moss-backed Tanager)

Southern Ecuador: 2nd to 16th April 2011, author Ian Merrill (added June 19, 2011)
(Dark-backed Wood-Quail, Andean Potoo, Lanceolated Monklet, Moustached and Jocotoco Antpittas, Ocellated Tapaculo, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Orange-throated Tanager, Tanager Finch.)

Ecuador - Shiripuno, Sumaco, Guacamayos and Papallacta - 8th - 22nd February 2010 , author Gordon Ellis (added June 15, 2010)
(Shiripuno, Sumaco)

Upper Amazonian Ecuador, Harpy Eagle Dash, 9-11 June, 2006, author Forrest Rowland (added June 15, 2006)
(Harpy Eagle, Rufous Potoo, Chestnut-tailed Antbird, Nocturnal Curassow)

NW Ecuador whirlwind trip, 4-7 June, 2006, author Forrest Rowland (added June 15, 2006)
(Double-banded Graytail, Yellow-breasted Antpitta, Moustached Antpitta, Giant Antpitta, Scarlet-breasted Dacnis, Esmeraldas Antbird, Pacific Tuftedcheek)

Ecuador, Tandayapa Scout Trip May 29 - 31, June 1-2, 2006, author Forrest Rowland (added June 14, 2006)
(Uniform Treehunter, Tanager Finch, Ochre-breasted Antpitta, Cloud Forest Pygmy-Owl)

Ecuador - six months, two pairs of socks - 2005-06, author Pete Hosner (added June 12, 2006)