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Systematic List - Birds
Nomenclature and sequence follow Ridgely & Greenfield (2001).
Key
Cc = Calicali Pass
CM = Chone Marshes
Cx = Cotopaxi NP
FR = Four Rivers
GL = Guango Lodge
LB = Los Bancos
LS = La Selva
PLC = Parque La Carolina, Quito
PP = Papallacta Pass
PVM = Pedro Vicente Maldonado
RP = Rio Palenque
SI = San Isidro
SM = Segua Marsh
Ta = Tandayapa
Ti = Tinalandia
YA = Yanacocha
Great Tinamou Tinamus major
1 heard LS 17/5. 1 heard RP 2/6.
Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus
1 heard LS 19/5
Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
1 heard LS 17/5 & 19/5. 1 heard PVM 28/5 & 1/6. 1 heard RP 2/6. 2 heard Ti 4/6
Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus
2 heard LS 19/5.
Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus
1 heard LS 17/5.
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
1 + 2 juvs. RP 2/6. 10+ CM 3/6.
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
25+ CM 3/6.
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata maginificens
2 perched in lakeside trees (!) SM 3/6.
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
200+ SM 3/6.
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
3 SM 3/6.
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
c10 CM 3/6.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
c10 CM 3/6. 150+ SM 3/6.
Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
1 female between Baeza and SI 22/5. Pair SI 23/5.
Andean Teal Anas andium
c20 Cx 5/6.
Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
30+ Papallacta Lake 22/5
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
Singles on banks of Rio Napo 17/5, 19/5 & 21/5. 5+ SM 3/6.
Great Egret Ardea alba
1 Rio Napo 17/5. Very common SM 3/6.
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
On banks of Rio Napo: 3 17/5, 1 19/5, 7 21/5. Common SM 3/6.
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
3 CM 3/6.
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
On banks of Rio Napo: 7 17/5, 1 19/5. 3 PVM 1/6. Common SM 3/6.
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
1 LS 18/5. 1 banks of Rio Napo 21/5. c20 CM 3/6. 50+ SM 3/6.
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
5 CM 3/6.
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
5 SM 3/6. Listed as a 'casual vagrant' to Ecuador in Ridgely & Greenfield, however it has recently been shown to occur regularly at SM (Lopez-Lanus & Gastezzi, 2000).
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
100+ SM 3/6.
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Common in most places. The largest count was 100+ gathered by the river below Ti 4/6.
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Common everywhere.
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
5 along Rio Napo and at LS 17/5.
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
4 LB 26/5.
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
1 near El Carmen, en route to CM, 3/6. A scarce and local species in Ecuador, but probably increasing.
Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
Seen most days at LS, as a pair were nesting beside the canopy hide.
Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
1 Ta 29/5; 1 Ta 31/5.
Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps
1 Ta 29/5
Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meriodionalis
1 CM 3/6.
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
3 PP 22/5
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
1 LS 19/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 2 Ta 29/5; 1 PVM 1/6; 1 CM 4/6.
White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
1 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 29/5.
Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma
4 PP 24/5; 2 Cx 5/6; 2 Cc 6/6.
Black Caracara Daptrius ater
2 LS 17/5; 5 LS 18/5 & 19/5; 1 LS 21/5.
Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus
3 PP 24/5; 2 Cx 5/6.
Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima
Up to 4 seen almost daily at LS.
Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
1 LS 17/5.
Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
1 at Puerto Quito near PVM 1/6.
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
1 Quito-GL 21/5; 1 YA 25/5; 1 Cc 6/6.
Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
1 seen at dusk Ti 4/6.
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 PVM 28/5.
Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
4 in flight LS 18/5.
Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
2 seen perched but through the mist at YA 25/5.
Common Piping-Guan Pipile pipile
1 flying over the canopy hide at LS 20/5.
Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
2 seen well perched by the road to the research station, Upper Ta Valley, 29/5.
Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops
Brief flight views of one flushed on the trails at Ti 4/6.
Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
1 heard Ta 31/5.
White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
1 seen only by Ann at RP 28/5; 1 heard but wouldn't show at PVM 1/6.
Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
1 seen briefly on two occasions CM 3/6, running in well-vegetated marshland behind the cemetery. A very rare and threatened species in Ecuador, which however is known from the nearby SM (Lopez-Lanus & Gastezzi, 2000).
Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis
Several heard and 1 seen briefly by Andrew at Cx 5/6.
Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica
c10 CM 3/6.
Azure Gallinule Porphyrula flavirostris
3 from the dugout canoe on Lake Mandacocha, LS 20/5.
Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus
c20 CM 3/6.
Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
c15 on the lake at Cx 5/6.
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
30+ CM 3/6.
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
c9 calling in flight at the radio mast PP 24/5.
Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
6 Cx 5/6.
Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
1 on an island in the Rio Napo, LS 19/5.
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
1 Selva Island, Rio Napo, LS 20/5.
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
1 CM 3/6.
Andean Gull Larus serranus
1 Lake Papallacta PP 21/5; 2 Lake Papallacta PP 22/5; 60+ Cx 5/6.
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
3 CM 3/6.
Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris
2 on Rio Napo LS 20/5 & 21/5.
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Noted in towns en route to GL 22/5.
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
Up to c20 SI 22-24/5; 2 YA 25/5; c20 Ta 31/5.
Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis
10 Selva Island, Rio Napo, LS 20/5; 1 CM 3/5.
Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea
1 Mindo 26/5.
Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea
1 from Canopy hide LS 20/5; 1 Ta 26/5.
Dusky Pigeon Columba goodsoni
1 PVM 28/5.
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
c20 PLC 17/5; several others seen at various locations around Quito.
Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
5 Cc 6/6.
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi
5 RP 2/6; c20 CM 3/6.
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
3 Ta 31/5
Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
1 Puerto Quito 1/6; 1 RP 2/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
1 heard LS 18/5.
Sapphire Quail-Dove Geotrygon saphirina
1 called out and coaxed onto the trail by Jose, and seen well LS 20/5.
Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa
5 in flight LS 19/5; 4 in flight LS 20/5.
Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata
3 in flight LS 17/5.
Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys
c10 seen briefly in flight between CM and Santa Domingo 3/6.
Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
15 at salt lick LS 19/5.
Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
8 LB, eventually seen well in the scope 26/5; c10 PVM 28/5.
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
4 PVM 1/6; c20 en route to CM 3/6.
Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera
Up to 20 seen daily at LS.
Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
10 Upper Ta Valley, 29/5 & 31/5.
White-capped Parrot Pionus seniloides
10+ SI 23/5 & 24/5.
Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
c20 LB 26/5.
Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
Up to 8 at LS 18-20/5.
Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenaria
4 Upper Ta Valley 29/5; 1 Ta 31/5.
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
Singles seen on 19/5 & 20/5 LS; 2 PVM 28/5.
Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
1 carrying food near Mindo 26/5; 1 PVM 2/6.
Greater Ani Crotophaga major
Up to 8 seen daily at LS.
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
Seen daily at LS; 3 LB 26/5; c10 PVM 28/5.
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
c20 CM 4/6.
Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin
Seen daily at LS, inc. 18 on 18/5.
Tropical Screech-Owl Otus choliba
1 heard LS 19/5.
Rufescent Screech-Owl Otus ingens
1 heard Ta 31/5.
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Otus watsonii
Roosting birds seen at LS 17/5, 18/5 & 20/5.
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
1 heard LS 20/5.
'San Isidro Mystery Owl' Strix sp.
1 spotlighted, seen and heard well SI 23/5. This species has features of both the western Black-and-white Owl S. nigrolineata and the Amazonian lowland Black-banded Owl S. huhula. It is considered by some observers to be an undescribed eastern slope endemic.
Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
Superb views of a tree-roosting bird at Ta 30/5.
Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus
Excellent view LS 19/5.
Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
1 Ti 4/6.
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
1 Ta 29/5; 1 heard Ta 31/5.
Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
1 roosting at the edge of Garza Cocha lake LS 20/5; 1 RP 3/6.
Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
1 evenings 23-25/5 SI.
Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca
1 LS 19/5; 2 LS 20/5.
Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
1 male seen well in the spotlight Old Nono-Mindo road 26/5.
White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
2 LB 26/5; c10 Ta 29/5; c10 PVM 1/6.
Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
c10 PVM 28/5; 10+ Ta 29/5; 3 Ta 31/5.
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
2 Ti 4/6. The very similar but much rarer Chapman's Swift Chaetura chapmani was not eliminated.
Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
4 LS 17/5.
Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
c15 LS 20/5; c20 PVM 28/5; 2 PVM 1/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
2 LS 17/5; 2 Ti 4/6.
Neotropical Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata
Seen daily at LS.
White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
2 Mindo 26/5; 2 FR 30/5; 1 Puerto Quito 1/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
2 Ta 27/5.
Baron's Hermit Phaethornis baroni
1 FR 30/5.
Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris
1 LS 19/5.
White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus
1 LS 18/5 & 19/5.
Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
1 PVM 28/5.
Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
1 Ta 25/5, 26/5 & 29/5.
White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
2 Mindo 26/5.
Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae
1 seen daily at Ta.
Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
1 SI; up to 5+ seen daily Ta.
Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
1 PLC 17/5; 1 seen daily at Ta.
Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
1 PVM 28/5.
Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisuguss
1 LS 17/5.
Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
5 YA 25/5; up to 5 seen daily at Ta.
Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi
2 Mindo 26/5; 1 PVM 30/5.
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
A feisty hummer; several seen daily at Ta.
Andean Emerald Agyrtria franciae
3 YA 25/5; seen daily at Ta.
Purple-chested Hummingbird Amazilia rosenbergi
1 PVM 28/5.
Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
10+ GL 23/5; 1-2 seen most days Ta.
Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini
Up to c20 seen daily Ta.
Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix
1 female Ta 25/5. A scarce species in Ecuador.
Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
2 Mindo 26/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
1 SI 22/5;2 SI 23/5; up to 3 seen daily at Ta.
Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
1 at high altitude Cx 5/6.
White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri
1 SI 23/5 & 24/5.
Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
3 Cc 6/6.
Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
2 YA 25/5; 1 Cx 5/6.
Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
1 YA 25/5.
Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
4 YA 25/5.
Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
Up to 5 SI 22-24/5.
Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
1-2 seen daily at Ta.
Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
2 GL 22/5; up to 10 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 25 & 26/5.
Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
3 YA 25/5.
Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
Up to 5 seen daily at Ta.
Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
1 SI 23/5.
Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
1 Mindo Lindo 30/5 - stunning!
Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
3 Upper Ta Valley 29/5.
Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis
10+ GL 21/5.
Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis
1 female YA 25/5, on the last feeder along the track, and associating with other pufflegs to provide a valuable comparison. The warden saw a male on a different feeder while we were there. Seeing this critically endangered species was one of the highlights of the trip.
Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
5 YA 25/5.
Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera
1 YA 25/5.
Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
c20 seen daily at Ta.
Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
2 PLC 17/5; 1 Quito 6/6.
Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
1 YA 25/5.
Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
5+ GL 21 & 22/5; 3 YA 25/5; 1 Cx 5/6.
Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
1 GL 21/5; 3 GL 22/5; 10+ SI 23/5.
Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
Up to 4 seen daily Ta. So beautiful.
Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
2 PVM 28/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii
20+ seen daily Ta.
White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
1 Ta 25/5, 27/5 & 29/5.
Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
1 flight views only Old Nono-Mindo road 26/5.
Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
2 heard Ta 27/5.
Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
1 LS 18/5.
Ecuadorian Trogon Trogon mesurus
1 LB 26/5.
Chocó Trogon Trogon comptus
1 LB 26/5.
Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
1 showing the characters of this species at RP 2/6. Slaty-tailed Trogon is however rare in Ecuador and confined to Esmeraldas (Ridgely & Greenfield, 2001). Our guide Iain Campbell later considered it to have been an immature Ecuadorian Trogon T. mesurus, even though it responded to a tape of Slaty-tailed Trogon and definitely had dark eyes. We disagree with this identification and provisionally consider that it was a Slaty-tailed Trogon from south of its mapped range, until evidence is forthcoming which shows that immature Ecuadorian Trogons also have dark eyes.
Amazonian White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis
1 female LS 19/5.
Western White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
1 heard PVM 28/5; 1 RP 2/6.
Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
1 LS 20/5; 1 RP 2/6.
Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
1 Ta 26/5, 30/5 & 31/5 - regularly seen in the regeneration area below the lodge.
Northern Violaceous Trogon Trogon caligatus
1 PVM 1/6. 1 RP 2/6.
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
1 LS 18/5; 3 Rio Napo 21/5; 1 Puerto Quito 1/6; 4+ CM 3/6.
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
2 Rio Napo 21/5.
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
1 Puerto Quito 1/6; 2 RP 2/6; 6+ CM 3/6.
Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
1 heard Ta 28/5; 3 FR 30/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
2 PVM 1/6; 1 RP 2/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
White-eared Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
2 island on Rio Napo 19/5.
Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
1 PVM 1/6; 3 RP 2/6.
White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
1 Mandacocha lake LS 20/5.
White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
2 Puerto Quito 1/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Brown Nunlet Nonnula brunnea
1 LS, S side of Rio Napo, 19/5.
White-faced Nunbird Hapaloptila castanea
1 heard Ta 27/5.
Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons
4+ LS 18/5.
White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus
1 LS 19/5; 2 LS 20/5.
Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus
2 PVM 1/6.
Gilded Barbet Capito auratus
2 LS 18/5.
Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni
1 LS 20/5.
Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
1 PVM 28/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus
2 seen well Ta 27/5; 2 heard Ta 29 & 30/5.
Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
1 SI 24/5.
Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
1 Ta 27/5 & 30/5; 2 Ti 4/6.
Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii
1 LS 19/5; 1 heard LS 20/5.
Pale-mandibled Araçari Pteroglossus erythropygius
1 LB 26/5; 6 PVM 28/5; 2 RP 2/6; 4 Ti 4/6.
Many-banded Araçari Pteroglossus pluricinctus
4 LS 17/5; 1 LS 20/5.
Lettered Araçari Pteroglossus inscriptus
2 LS 20/5.
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena laminirostris
3 heard YA 25/5 - unusual at this site; 2 heard Ta 29/5; 1 Ta 31/5.
Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos culminatus
2 LS 17/5.
Chocó Toucan Ramphastos brevis
1 PVM 28/5.
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii
1 PVM 1/6.
White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus cuvieri
2 LS 17/5; 3 LS 18/5; 1 LS 19/5.
Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus lafresnayi
1 LS 20/5.
Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
1 PVM 28/5.
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
3 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 31/5.
Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
1 PVM 1/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans
1 flight views only seen by Ann LS 20/5.
Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
1 PVM 28/5.
Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus
1 LS 18/5.
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
1 LB 28/5.
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
6+ LS 17/5; 3+ LS 18/5.
Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
2 PVM 28/5; 3 PVM 1/6; 3 RP 2/6; 2 Ti 4/6.
Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
1 LS 19/5.
Chocó Woodpecker Veniliornis chocoensis
1 PVM 28/5.
Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
2 PVM 28/5.
Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus
1 Ta 27/5.
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
1 Mindo 26/5.
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
4 LS 18/5; 1 LS 19/5; 1 LS 20/5.
Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis
1 PVM 28/5; 1 female RP 2/6.
Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
1 Ta 29/5 - very aggressive response to tape!
Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
2 Cx 5/6.
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
4 PP 24/5; 2 Cx 5/6.
Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
1 Mindo 25/5; 2 PVM 28/5; 2 PVM 1/6; 5+ CM 3/6.
Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
1 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 29/5.
Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
1 PVM 28/5; 2 PVM 1/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis
1 heard LS 20/5.
White-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis propinqua
1 LS 20/5.
White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
1 YA 25/5.
Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
1 Ta 25/5.
Parker's Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpecula
3 Selva Island, Rio Napo 20/5.
Streak-backed Canastero Asthenes wyatti
1 Cx 5/6.
Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
2 PP 24/5.
Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiacus
3 LS 20/5.
Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
2 Ta 29/5.
Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri
1 heard LS 19/5.
Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
2 SI 24/5; 1 Ta 31/5.
Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
1 Ta 27/5.
Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuligera
1 Ta 30/5.
Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
1 Ta 27/5.
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
1 LB 26/5.
Eastern Woodhaunter Hyloctistes subulatus
1 LS 20/5.
Chestnut-winged Hookbill Ancistrops strigilatus
1 LS 19/5 & 20/5.
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
1 LB 26/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 1 Ta 29/5.
Bamboo Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis
1 heard LS 19/5.
Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner Automolus infuscatus
1 LS 19/5.
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus
1 PVM 28/5.
Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
1 Ta 31/5.
Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps
1 Ta 30/5.
Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
1 PVM 28/5.
Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
1 LS 20/5; 1 PVM 28/5.
Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
1 LB 26/5; 1 FR 30/5.
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
1 LS 18/5; 2 PVM 28/5.
Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris
1 heard LS 18/5.
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
1 LS 20/5.
Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
2 Ta 27/5.
Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
1 LS 19/5.
Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
2 LS 18/5; 1 LS 20/5.
Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
1 PVM 1/6.
Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
1 Ta 27/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
3 PVM 28/5; 1 RP 2/6.
Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
3 SI 22/5; 2 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 27/5 & 29/5.
Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
1 Ti 4/6.
Great Antshrike Taraba major
1 heard PVM 28/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
1 heard Selva Island, Rio Nap, 20/5.
Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
1 heard Ta 27/5; 1 Ta 30/5.
Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
2 PVM 28/5; 2 FR 30/5; 1 RP 2/6.
Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
1 heard Ti 4/6.
Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus
2 LS 19/5.
Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius
1 LS 19/5.
Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
1 heard LS 19/5.
Short-billed Antwren Myrmotherula obscura
4 LS 18/5; 1 LS 19/5.
Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
1 Ti 4/6.
Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli
1 LS 18/5 & 19/5.
Ornate Antwren Myrmotherula ornata
1 LS 19/5 & 20/5.
Rufous-tailed Antwren Myrmotherula erythrura
1 LS 19/5.
White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
2 LS 19/5. 1 PVM 28/5.
Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
1 Ta 30/5.
Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
2 PVM 28/5.
Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
1 Ta 30/5; 2 Ta 31/5.
Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
1 heard LS 18/5.
Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus
1 LS 20/5.
Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
1 LS 19/5.
Black-and-white Antbird Myrmochanes hemileucus
1 heard LS 20/5.
Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
1 heard LS 18/5.
Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra
1 heard LS 18/5.
White-shouldered Antbird Myrmeciza melanoceps
1 female LS 19/5.
Sooty Antbird Myrmeciza fortis
1 LS 19/5.
Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
1 PVM 28/5.
Esmeraldas Antbird Myrmeciza nigricauda
1 FR 30/5.
Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata
1 heard LS 18/5.
Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
1 heard LS 20/5.
Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
1 FR 30/5.
Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
1 Ta 27/5.
Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
1 heard Ta 27/5; 1 heard Ta 31/5.
Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni
1 heard then gave very brief views Ta 27/5.
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
1 SI 24/5; 1 Ta 29/5.
Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
1 heard PP 24/5; 1 heard Cx 5/6.
Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona
1 heard LS 19/5.
Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
1 Ta 27/5.
Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus
1 heard and seen well LS 18/5.
Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
1 seen + 1 heard YA 25/5.
Nariño Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
1 heard and seen briefly Ta 27/5.
Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
1 heard YA 25/5; 1 heard and seen Ta 29/5.
Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
3 heard YA 25/5; 1 heard and seen very well Ta 29/5. Superb!
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
1 PVM 28/5 & 1/6; 1 RP 2/6.
Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
1 PVM 28/5 & 1/6; 1 RP 2/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Slender-footed Tyrannulet Zimmerius gracilipes
1 LS 18/5 & 20/5.
Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillum
1 PVM 28/5.
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
1 PVM 28/5.
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
1 LS 18/5.
Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
1 LS 20/5.
Yellow-crowned Elaenia Myiopagis flavivertex
1 LS 20/5.
Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
1 RP 2/6.
White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
1 SI 23/5.
Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
1 Ta 29/5.
Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus obscurior
1 LS 18/5. A rare and little-known species, best located by its thin 'zweeeeuw' call. This individual was seen (and photographed) in trees at the clearing where the La Selva boardwalk meets the Rio Napo.
White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
2 YA 25/5.
White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
3 YA 25/5; 1 Cx 5/6.
White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
2 SI 23/5.
Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
2 Mindo 26/5.
Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
2 PLC 17/5; 1 PP 22/5.
Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
1 Ta 27/5.
Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
1 FR 30/5; 1 PVM 1/6.
Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
1 RP 2/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
1 LS 19/5.
Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
1 Puerto Quito 1/6; 1 RP 2/6.
Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni
1 Ta 30/5.
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
1 LB 26/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 2 Ta 31/5; c10 Ti 4/6.
White-eyed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus zosterops
1 heard LS 19/5.
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps
1 seen by Andrew SI 24/5.
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
2 PVM 28/5.
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
1 LS 18/5 & 20/5.
Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
1 PVM 28/5.
Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus
1 seen well at LS on S side of Rio Napo 19/5.
Zimmer's Flatbill Tolmomyias assimilis
1 LS 18/5.
Yellow-margined Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
1 PVM 28/5; 1 Puerto Quito 1/6.
White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
1 PVM 28/5.
Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
1 Ti 4/6.
Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
2 LB 26/5; 1 FR 30/5.
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
1 RP 2/6.
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
1 FR 30/5.
Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans
1 Ta 27/5, 30/5 & 31/5.
Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
1 Ta 31/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Handsome Flycatcher Myiophobus pulcher
2 SI 23/5.
Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
1 SI 22/5; 2 SI 23/5; c5 SI 24/5.
Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
2 SI 23/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 1 Ta 29/5.
Gray-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus
1 RP 2/6.
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
2 SI 22/5; 1 SI 23/5; 1 Ti 4/6.
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
1 near El Carmen 3/6.
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
2 Cx 5/6.
Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
1 SI 23/5.
White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis andicola
2 Cc 6/6. Now very rare and local, Calacali Pass is the only reliable site for this species in Ecuador.
Paramo Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpina
3 PP 24/5; 3 Cx 5/6.
Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
2 PVM 28/5.
Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
1 Mindo 26/5; c 20 CM 3/6; 3 Ti 4/6.
Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
2 LS 20/5.
Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus
1 seen briefly by Andrew by Mandacocha Lake LS 18/5.
Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
1 FR 30/5.
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
1 heard LS 18/5; 2 LB 26/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 1 Ta 31/5; 1 RP 2/6.
Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes
2 SI 23/5.
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
2 LS 18/5.
Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
c10 Rio Napo 17/5; 1 LS 18/5; 1 FR 30/5; 3 RP 2/6.
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Common at LS.
Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
3 PVM 28/5 & 1/6; c10 Ti. Known to our Tropical Birding guides as "The English Flycatcher" because of its constant whining note.
Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
1 LS 20/5.
Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris
1 LS 20/5.
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
1 LS 17/5 & 19/5; 1 RP 2/6.
Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
2 LB 26/5; 2 Ta 27/5; 3 Ta 31/5.
Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
1 RP 2/6.
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus
1 LS 17/5 & 19/5.
Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea
1 LS 20/5.
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Common and seen almost daily at most sites.
Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
1 PVM 1/6.
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrranus savana
1 on Rio Napo island LS 20/5.
Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
1 Ta 29/5.
Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
3 PVM 28/5; 3 RP 2/6; 2 Ti 4/6.
White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
1 LS 18/5.
Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus
2 LS 20/5.
One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
1 PVM 1/6.
Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana
c10 LS 20/5.
Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
1 PVM 28/5; 2 PVM 2/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
2 PVM 28/5.
Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
2 YA 25/5.
Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
1 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 29/5.
Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
1 Ta 27/5.
Olivaceous Piha Lipaugus cryptolophus
7 Ta 27/5. A very unusual number of sightings for what is normally a solitary and inconspicuous bird, and we suspected it may have been a family party.
Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
Heard most days at LS, but impossible to see.
Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
2 from canopy hide LS 20/5.
Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
1 LS 19/5.
Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
5 LS 18/5; 6 PVM 1/6.
Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
1 seen briefly by Ann on roost island in Rio Napo 19/5.
Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana
c10 lekking in valley Old Nono-Mindo road 26/5.
Blue-crowned Manakin Pipra coronata
1 LS 20/5.
Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus
2 Ta 27/5.
White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
Heard Ta 26/5 & 28/5; 2 seen well and displaying Puerto Quito 1/6.
Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus
1 Ta 26/5.
Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora
1 FR 30/5. A shy and inconspicuous bird, this species is seen regularly by the first stream crossing at FR provided you walk very quietly and stealthily. It duly performed on cue.
Orange-crested Manakin Heterocercus aurantiivertex
1 LS 18/5. A scarce and local species in Ecuador. Heard and briefly seen along the boardwalk between the Rio Napo and Garza Cocha Lake.
Wing-barred Piprites Piprites chloris
1 LS 20/5.
Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
2 YA 25/5; 2 Ta 29/5.
Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra
3 Ta 29/5.
Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus
2 LS 17/5; 5 LS 18/5; c10 LS 19/5.
Inca Jay Cyanocorax yncas
3 SI 22/5; 4 SI 23.5.
Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
Heard PVM 28/5; 2 heard and eventually seen Ti 4/6. Best located by its monotonous even-pitched whistle, this is a very difficult species to see well as it generally stays motionless and hidden high in the canopy then suddenly flies a long distance to another hidden song perch.
Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
1 Ta 27/5.
Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus
2 LS 20/5.
Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
1 PVM 28/5 & 1/6.
Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
1 heard 26/5, 1 heard then brief flight views only Ta 27/5.
Pale-eyed Thrush Platycichla leucops
2 Ti 4/6.
Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
Common at higher elevations.
Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
1 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 31/5.
Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
2 LS 18/5; 1 LS 20/5.
Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
5+ Santa Domingo; 1 Ti 4/6.
White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis
1 LS 18/5.
White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
2 in river below GL 22/5; 1 in stream at a bridge along Old Nono-Mindo road 25/5.
Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
4 Rio Napo 20/5.
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
c20 en route to CM 3/6.
White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
Common along Rio Napo and at LS.
Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina
c10 PLC 17/5; c20 SI 22-24/5; c20 Cc 5/6.
Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Seen daily except at LS.
White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata
c20 Rio Napo 17/5.
White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis
2 LB 26/5; c10 PVM 28/5.
Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Seen daily except at LS & SI.
Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapillus
5 by Mandi Cocha lake LS 20/5.
Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus
6 LS 18/5.
Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
1 PVM 28/5; 2 Ti 4/6.
Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
1 LB 26/5; 2 Ti 4/6.
Plain-tailed Wren Thryothorus euophrys
Heard at Ta 25/5 & 29/5; 2 Ta 31/5.
Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
1 RP 2/6.
Coraya Wren Thryothorus coraya
1 LS 19/5.
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
1 PVM 28/5; 1 Ta 31/5; 2 RP 2/6.
Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
1 SI 23/5.
White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
1 LS 18/5 & 20/5.
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
Often heard. Only birds seen were 1 Ta 27/5 & 31/5.
Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
1 LS 19/5 and often heard 17/5-20/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 1 FR 30/5.
Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
1 seen briefly by Andrew RP 2/6.
Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
2 LS 19/5.
Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
1 LS 20/5; 1 PVM 28/5; 1 Ta 1/6.
Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
3 LB 26/5; 1 Ta 27/5; 5+ PVM 28/5.
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
2 LB 28/5.
Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
3+ GL 22/5; 5+ SI 23/5; 1 Ta 27/5; 2 PVM 28/5; 2 Ta 31/5.
Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
2 PP 22/5; 2 Ta 29/5.
Black-crested Warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus
1 Ta 29/5.
Chocó Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys
1 FR 30/5.
Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
2 Ta 27/5.
Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus
1 Ta 29/5.
Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda
3 PVM 28/5; 2 Puerto Quito 1/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
1 seen daily at Ta.
Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
3 LS 18/5; 1 LS 20/5; 2 PVM 1/6.
Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
4 LS 20/5; 1 PVM 28/5 & 1/6; 1 RP 2/6; 2 Ti 4/6.
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
1 PVM 1/6.
Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata
1 LS 18/5.
Yellow-tufted Dacnis Dacnis egregia
2 PVM 28/5; 4 PVM 1/6; 2 RP 2/6; 2 Ti 4/6.
Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer
1 LS 17/5; 2 LS 18/5; 1 LS 20/5.
Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
5 PLC 17/5; 10+ PP 22/5; 2 Cx 5/6.
Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
2 YA 25/5.
Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
1 SI 23/5; 1 Ta 29/5.
Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossopis caerulescens
5+ SI 23/5.
Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossopis cyanea
2 SI 23/5; 3 YA 25/5; 1 Ta 27/5 & 29/5.
Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
2 Ya 25/5.
Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
3 PP 22/5; 1 Ya 25/5.
White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
1 SI 23/5; 2 Ta 25/5; 1 Ta 27/5.
Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
2 PVM 1/6; 2+ RP 3/6.
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
4 LS 18/5; 1 Ta 31/5; 1 RP 2/6; 2 Ti 4/6.
Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala
1 Cc 6/6.
Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
2 LB 26/5; c10 Ta 27/5; 1 PVM 28/5.
White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
1 LS 20/5.
Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
1 Ta 27/5; 1 FR 30/5.
Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris
4 LS 17/5; 2 LS 18/5.
Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara rufigula
1 LB 28/5.
Gray-and-gold Tanager Tangara palmeri
4 PVM 28/5; 3 PVM 1/6.
Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
1 Ta 25/5 & 27/5; 3 Ta 30/5.
Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
3 Ti 4/6.
Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala
2+ SI 23/5.
Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
2 Ta 29/5.
Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix
1 Ta 29/5; 3 Ta 31/5.
Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides
1 Ta 27/5.
Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
2 SI 23/5; up to c.10 seen daily at Ta.
Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
4 YA 25/5.
Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei
1 Ta 31/5.
Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis
1 SI 23/5; 4 PVM 1/6; 2 RP 2/6.
Masked Tanager Tangara nigrocincta
3 LS 20/5.
Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata
6+ PVM 1/6.
Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana
1 LS 18/5.
Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys
1 LS 20/5.
Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis
1 LS 17/5.
Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii
2 LS 20/5.
Yellow-bellied Tanager Tangara xanthogastra
1 seen by Ann LS 20/5.
Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
2 LB 26/5; 2 PVM 28/5; 1 RP 2/6.
Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex
2 YA 25/5.
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
6 YA 25/5.
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
2 SI 23/5; 6 Ta 27/5.
Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana
10 Old Nono-Mindo road 25/5.
Moss-backed Tanager Bangsia edwardsi
2 LB 26/5; 1 LB 28/5. An endangered species. Quite easy to see at this site as it keeps returning to favoured perches in the open.
Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
2 Old Nono-Mindo road 25/5.
Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
1 LB 26/5; 2 LB 28/5.
Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
1 LS 17/5; 2 LS 20/5; c10 SI 23/5; 2 PVM 1/6; c10 Ti 4/6.
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
4 LS 20/5; 4+ PVM 1/6; 4+ RP 2/6; 2 Ti 4/6.
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
2 LS 18/5.
Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus icteronotus
5 LB 26/5; 4+ PVM 28/5; 10+ en route to CM 3/6.
Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
1 heard and seen well LB 26/5; 2 heard FR 30/5. Known to our Tropical Birding guides as "The American Tanager" because of its endless loud cacophony.
Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
3 Puerto Quito 1/6; c10 RP 2/6; 3 Ti 4/6.
Fulvous-crested Tanager Tachyphonus surinamus
1 LS 19/5 & 20/5.
White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
c10 PVM 28/5; 2 PVM 1/6; 2 RP 2/6.
Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
2 SI 23/5.
Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus
5 Ta 29/5.
Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis
6 FR 30/5.
Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris
2 YA 25/5; 1 Cx 5/6.
Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus melanotis
1 SI 23/5.
Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
1 PVM 28/5; 2 PVM 1/6; 3 RP 2/6; 5 Ti 4/6.
Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
1 Ta 27/5; 2 Ta 31/5; 4 PVM 1/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
1 LS 18/5; 2 LS 20/5.
Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
2 RP 2/6; 1 Ti 4/6.
Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
2 LS 17/5; 1 LS 18/5 & 19/5.
Southern Yellow-Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
2 Cc 6/6.
Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides
1 RP 2/6.
Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak Parkerthraustes humeralis
1 LS 20/5.
Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
c10 PVM 28/5; 4 PVM 1/6; 1 RP 2/6; c10 CM 3/6.
Lesser Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
2 PVM 28/5.
Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
2 Mindo 26/5; 2 PVM 28/5; 5+ RP 2/6; 10+ CM 3/6.
Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
5 island on Rio Napo, LS 20/5.
Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
2 Mindo 26/5; 1 PVM 28/6; 1 Puerto Quito 1/6.
Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco
5 CM 3/6.
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris
10+ island on Rio Napo, LS 20/5.
Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
3 PP 22/5.
Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
1 Cc 6/6.
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor
2 PP 24/5; 4 Cx 5/6.
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Phrygilus plebejus
2 PP 24/5; 2 Cc 6/6.
Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
1 Cc 6/6.
Rufous-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes rufinucha
2 YA 25/5.
Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor
1 LB 28/5.
White-winged Brush-Finch Atlapetes leucopterus
1 in scrub below the lodge at Ta 31/5.
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
1 Ta 27/5.
Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
1 PVM 28/5; 2 FR 30/5.
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
Very common, e.g. Quito, towns and villages generally.
Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
Common at LS.
Northern Mountain-Cacique Cacicus leucoramphus
20+ SI 23/5.
Subtropial Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
3 SI 22/5; 2 SI 23/5.
Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus
2 PVM 1/6.
Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
c10 LS 17/5.
Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
3 LS 18/5; 1 LS 20/5; 3 SI 23/5.
Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis
1 LS 17/5.
Olive Oropendola Gymnostinops yuracares
2 LS 17/5.
Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
c100 CM 3/6.
Giant Cowbird Scaphidura oryzivora
1 Ti 4/6.
Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi
c10 PVM 28/5.
Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
2 Ti 4/6.
Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus
3 LS 19/5; 2 LS 20/5.
Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa
3 CM 3/6.
Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
3 Cc 6/6.
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
c10 CM 4/6.
Systematic List - Mammals
Nomenclature and sequence follow Duff & Lawson (2001).
Southern Opossum Didelphis marsupialis
1 on road at night near Ta village 28/5.
Central American Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus
1 feeding at night on wasps attracted to the hummingbird feeders on the porch at Ta 29/5.
Forest Rabbit (Tapeti) Sylvilagus brasiliensis
c.10 YA 25/5. The form in Ecuador is called Paramo Rabbit.
Black Agouti Dasyprocta fuliginosa
1 LS 18/5.
Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Tracks on island in Rio Napo, LS 20/5.
Tayra Eira barbara
1 PVM 28/5. Gave excellent views as it crossed and recrossed the track.
South American Squirrel Monkey Saimiri sciureus
1 LS 19/5, 3 LS 20/5.
White-fronted Capuchin Cebus albifrons
4+ LS 18/5.