Every place has its special birds. Some may be endemic species found nowhere else in the world, while others are more easily seen in certain areas or are simply notable birds remembered as highlights of any tour. The table below lists some birds of special interest found in the areas covered by this tour.
E=Endemic (Found nowhere else); EN=Endangered
LC=Localized within country; NE=Near Endemic; NT=Near Threatened
TH=Threatened; V=Vulnerable, Very Local, or Rare and Local
| 1 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei | LC |
| 2 | Bartlett's Tinamou | Crypturellus bartletti | LC |
| 3 | Curve-billed Tinamou | Nothoprocta curvirostris | NE |
| 4 | Silvery Grebe | Podiceps occipitalis | LC |
| 5 | Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | LC |
| 6 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | LC |
| 7 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | LC |
| 8 | Horned Screamer | Anhima cornuta | LC |
| 9 | Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | LC |
| 10 | Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus | NT |
| 11 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | LC |
| 12 | Slender-billed Kite | Rostrhamus hamatus | LC |
| 13 | Semicollared Hawk | Accipiter collaris | NT |
| 14 | Plumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis plumbeus | NT |
| 15 | Barred Hawk | Leucopternis princeps | NE |
| 16 | Solitary Eagle | Harpyhaliaetus solitarius | NT |
| 17 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | NT |
| 18 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | NT |
| 19 | Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizastur melanoleucus | LC |
| 20 | Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Oroaetus isidori | NT |
| 21 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | LC |
| 22 | Plumbeous Forest-Falcon | Micrastur plumbeus | NE |
| 23 | Orange-breasted Falcon | Falco deiroleucus | LC |
| 24 | Wattled Curassow | Crax globulosa | V |
| 25 | Dark-backed Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanonotus | E |
| 26 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | LC |
| 27 | Black-banded Crake | Anurolimnas fasciatus | LC |
| 28 | Brown Wood-Rail | Aramides wolfi | V |
| 29 | Red-winged Wood-Rail | Aramides calopterus | LC |
| 30 | Azure Gallinule | Porphyrio flavirostris | LC |
| 31 | Andean Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | LC |
| 32 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | LC |
| 33 | Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias | LC |
| 34 | Pied Lapwing | Vanellus cayanus | LC |
| 35 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | LC |
| 36 | Imperial Snipe | Gallinago imperialis | NT |
| 37 | Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe | Attagis gayi | LC |
| 38 | Yellow-billed Tern | Sterna superciliaris | LC |
| 39 | Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | LC |
| 40 | Dusky Pigeon | Patagioenas goodsoni | NE |
| 41 | Maroon-chested Ground-Dove | Claravis mondetoura | LC |
| 42 | Military Macaw | Ara militaris | V |
| 43 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambigua | EN |
| 44 | Red-masked Parakeet | Aratinga erythrogenys | NT |
| 45 | Barred Parakeet | Bolborhynchus lineola | LC |
| 46 | Pacific Parrotlet | Forpus coelestis | NE |
| 47 | Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet | Touit huetii | LC |
| 48 | Rose-faced Parrot | Pionopsitta pulchra | NE |
| 49 | Festive Amazon | Amazona festiva | LC |
| 50 | Red-fan Parrot | Deroptyus accipitrinus | LC |
| 51 | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | LC |
| 52 | Choco Screech-Owl | Megascops centalis | NE |
| 53 | Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium nubicola | NT |
| 54 | Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | LC |
| 55 | Long-tailed Potoo | Nyctibius aethereus | LC |
| 56 | Andean Potoo | Nyctibius maculosus | LC |
| 57 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | LC |
| 58 | Sand-colored Nighthawk | Chordeiles rupestris | LC |
| 59 | Choco Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi | NE |
| 60 | Blackish Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigrescens | S |
| 61 | Lyre-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis lyra | LC |
| 62 | White-chested Swift | Cypseloides lemosi | LC |
| 63 | Spot-fronted Swift | Cypseloides cherriei | LC |
| 64 | Tooth-billed Hummingbird | Androdon aequatorialis | LC |
| 65 | Lazuline Sabrewing | Campylopterus falcatus | LC |
| 66 | Napo Sabrewing | Campylopterus villaviscensio | NT |
| 67 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | LC |
| 68 | Festive Coquette | Lophornis chalybeus | LC |
| 69 | Black-bellied Thorntail | Popelairia langsdorffi | LC |
| 70 | Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | LC |
| 71 | Western Emerald | Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus | LC |
| 72 | Rufous-throated Sapphire | Hylocharis sapphirina | LC |
| 73 | Olive-spotted Hummingbird | Leucippus chlorocercus | LC |
| 74 | Purple-chested Hummingbird | Polyerata rosenbergi | NE |
| 75 | Ecuadorian Piedtail | Phlogophilus hemileucurus | NT |
| 76 | Empress Brilliant | Heliodoxa imperatrix | NE |
| 77 | White-tailed Hillstar | Urochroa bougueri | LC |
| 78 | Buff-tailed Coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens | LC |
| 79 | Velvet-purple Coronet | Boissonneaua jardini | NE |
| 80 | Ecuadorian Hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo | E |
| 81 | Brown Inca | Coeligena wilsoni | NE |
| 82 | Gorgeted Sunangel | Heliangelus strophianus | NE |
| 83 | Tourmaline Sunangel | Heliangelus exortis | LC |
| 84 | Black-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis nigrivestis | E |
| 85 | Golden-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis mosquera | LC |
| 86 | Hoary Puffleg | Haplophaedia lugens | NT |
| 87 | Purple-bibbed Whitetip | Urosticte benjamini | NE |
| 88 | Violet-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus coelestis | NE |
| 89 | Little Woodstar | Chaetocercus bombus | EN |
| 90 | Choco Trogon | Trogon comptus | NE |
| 91 | Coppery-chested Jacamar | Galbula pastazae | E |
| 92 | Orange-fronted Barbet | Capito squamatus | NT |
| 93 | Toucan Barbet | Semnornis ramphastinus | NT |
| 94 | Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena laminirostris | NT |
| 95 | Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan | Andigena hypoglauca | NT |
| 96 | Choco Toucan | Ramphastos brevis | NE |
| 97 | Choco Woodpecker | Veniliornis chocoensis | NE |
| 98 | Lita Woodpecker | Piculus litae | NE |
| 99 | Guayaquil Woodpecker | Campephilus gayaquilensis | NT |
| 100 | Double-banded Graytail | Xenerpestes minlosi | NE |
| 101 | Fulvous-dotted Treerunner | Margarornis stellatus | NT |
| 102 | Uniform Treehunter | Thripadectes ignobilis | NE |
| 103 | Greater Scythebill | Campylorhamphus pucherani | NT |
| 104 | Cocha Antshrike | Thamnophilus praecox | E |
| 105 | Bicolored Antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis | V |
| 106 | Moustached Antwren | Myrmotherula ignota | NE |
| 107 | Stub-tailed Antbird | Myrmeciza berlepschi | NE |
| 108 | Giant Antpitta | Grallaria gigantea | NE |
| 109 | Moustached Antpitta | Grallaria alleni | V |
| 110 | Yellow-breasted Antpitta | Grallaria flavotincta | NE |
| 111 | Narino Tapaculo | Scytalopus vicinior | NE |
| 112 | Black-necked Red-Cotinga | Phoenicircus nigricollis | V |
| 113 | Orange-breasted Fruiteater | Pipreola jucunda | NE |
| 114 | Olivaceous Piha | Snowornis cryptolophus | LC |
| 115 | Dusky Piha | Lipaugus fuscocinereus | LC |
| 116 | Purple-throated Cotinga | Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema | LC |
| 117 | Black-tipped Cotinga | Carpodectes hopkei | NE |
| 118 | Long-wattled Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus penduliger | NE |
| 119 | Amazonian Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus ornatus | LC |
| 120 | Andean Cock-of-the-Rock | Rupicola peruviana | LC |
| 121 | Club-winged Manakin | Machaeropterus deliciosus | NE |
| 122 | Orange-crested Manakin | Heterocercus aurantiivertex | LC |
| 123 | Varzea Schiffornis | Schiffornis major | LC |
| 124 | Gray-breasted Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus griseipectus | S |
| 125 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | NT |
| 126 | Slaty Becard | Pachyramphus spodiurus | EN |
| 127 | Purple Martin | Progne subis | V |
| 128 | Pale-footed Swallow | Notiochelidon flavipes | LC |
| 129 | White-thighed Swallow | Neochelidon tibialis | LC |
| 130 | Band-backed Wren | Campylorhynchus zonatus | LC |
| 131 | Stripe-throated Wren | Thryothorus leucopogon | LC |
| 132 | Buff-breasted Wren | Thryothorus leucotis | LC |
| 133 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | V |
| 134 | Black Solitaire | Entomodestes coracinus | NE |
| 135 | Pale-eyed Thrush | Platycichla leucops | LC |
| 136 | Chestnut-bellied Thrush | Turdus fulviventris | LC |
| 137 | Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus | LC |
| 138 | Ecuadorian Thrush | Turdus maculirostris | NE |
| 139 | Dagua Thrush | Turdus daguae | NE |
| 140 | Slate-throated Gnatcatcher | Polioptila schistaceigula | NE |
| 141 | Black-collared Jay | Cyanolyca armillata | V |
| 142 | Beautiful Jay | Cyanolyca pulchra | NT |
| 143 | Lemon-chested Greenlet | Hylophilus thoracicus | LC |
| 144 | Rufous-naped Greenlet | Hylophilus semibrunneus | LC |
| 145 | Black-billed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis nigrirostris | LC |
| 146 | Yellow-bellied Siskin | Carduelis xanthogastra | LC |
| 147 | Lesser Goldfinch | Carduelis psaltria | V |
| 148 | Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea | V |
| 149 | Choco Warbler | Basileuterus chlorophrys | NE |
| 150 | Giant Conebill | Oreomanes fraseri | NT |
| 151 | White-capped Tanager | Sericossypha albocristata | LC |
| 152 | Dusky Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus semifuscus | NE |
| 153 | Black-eared Hemispingus | Hemispingus melanotis | LC |
| 154 | Western Hemispingus | Hemispingus ochraceus | V |
| 155 | Orange-headed Tanager | Thlypopsis sordida | LC |
| 156 | Scarlet-and-white Tanager | Chrysothlypis salmoni | NE |
| 157 | Dusky-faced Tanager | Mitrospingus cassinii | LC |
| 158 | Gray-headed Tanager | Eucometis penicillata | LC |
| 159 | Fulvous Shrike-Tanager | Lanio fulvus | V |
| 160 | Scarlet-browed Tanager | Heterospingus xanthopygius | LC |
| 161 | Tawny-crested Tanager | Tachyphonus delatrii | LC |
| 162 | Moss-backed Tanager | Bangsia edwardsi | NE |
| 163 | Masked Mountain-Tanager | Buthraupis wetmorei | V |
| 164 | Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager | Anisognathus notabilis | NE |
| 165 | Fulvous-vented Euphonia | Euphonia fulvicrissa | LC |
| 166 | Yellow-collared Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia flavirostris | NE |
| 167 | Glistening-green Tanager | Chlorochrysa phoenicotis | NE |
| 168 | Gray-and-gold Tanager | Tangara palmeri | LC |
| 169 | Blue-whiskered Tanager | Tangara johannae | NE |
| 170 | Emerald Tanager | Tangara florida | NE |
| 171 | Rufous-throated Tanager | Tangara rufigula | LC |
| 172 | Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | LC |
| 173 | Scrub Tanager | Tangara vitriolina | LC |
| 174 | Golden-hooded Tanager | Tangara larvata | LC |
| 175 | Black-capped Tanager | Tangara heinei | LC |
| 176 | White-bellied Dacnis | Dacnis albiventris | V |
| 177 | Scarlet-thighed Dacnis | Dacnis venusta | LC |
| 178 | Scarlet-breasted Dacnis | Dacnis berlepschi | NE |
| 179 | Short-billed Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes nitidus | V |
| 180 | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | LC |
| 181 | Black-backed Bush-Tanager | Urothraupis stolzmanni | LC |
| 182 | Crimson-breasted Finch | Rhodospingus cruentus | NE |
| 183 | Slate-colored Seedeater | Sporophila schistacea | V |
| 184 | Lesson's Seedeater | Sporophila bouvronides | V |
| 185 | Large-billed Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus crassirostris | LC |
| 186 | Blue Seedeater | Amaurospiza concolor | V |
| 187 | Paramo Seedeater | Catamenia homochroa | LC |
| 188 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivacea | LC |
| 189 | Slaty Finch | Haplospiza rustica | LC |
| 190 | Rusty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa sittoides | LC |
| 191 | Bluish Flowerpiercer | Diglossopis caerulescens | LC |
| 192 | Olive Finch | Lysurus castaneiceps | LC |
| 193 | Tanager Finch | Oreothraupis arremonops | NE |
| 194 | White-rimmed Brush-Finch | Atlapetes leucopis | LC |
| 195 | Masked Saltator | Saltator cinctus | NT |
| 196 | Pale-eyed Blackbird | Agelasticus xanthophthalmus | V |
| 197 | Red-rumped Cacique | Cacicus haemorrhous | V |
| 198 | Ecuadorian Cacique | Cacicus sclateri | NE |
| 199 | Green Oropendola | Psarocolius viridis | LC |
| 200 | Band-tailed Oropendola | Ocyalus latirostris | V |
| 201 | Oriole Blackbird | Gymnomystax mexicanus | LC |
| 202 | Velvet-fronted Grackle | Lampropsar tanagrinus | LC |
