List of target birds for this tour broken down by locations we visit.

Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	Curve-billed Tinamou	Nothoprocta curvirostris	ECNP	NE
2	Pale-browed Tinamou	Crypturellus transfasciatus	AY,JFR,UR	NE
3	Bearded Guan	Penelope barbata	Many	NE
4	Salvin's Curassow	Mitu salvini	PB	BC
5	Rufous-headed Chachalaca	Ortalis erythroptera	Many	NE
6	Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus erythrops	BR	NE
7	Dark-backed Wood-Quail	Odontophorus melanonotus	BR	E
8	Ecuadorian Ground Dove	Columbina buckleyi	Many	NE
9	Ochre-bellied Dove	Leptotila ochraceiventris	Many	NE
10	Scrub Nightjar	Nyctidromus anthonyi	R	NE
11	White-whiskered Hermit	Phaethornis yaruqui	BR,R	NE
12	White-throated Daggerbill	Schistes albogularis	BR	NE
13	Tourmaline Sunangel	Heliangelus exortis	ECNP	NE
14	Little Sunangel	Heliangelus micraster	Many	NE
15	Purple-throated Sunangel	Heliangelus viola	Many	NE
16	Royal Sunangel	Heliangelus regalis	CC	NE
17	Violet-tailed Sylph	Aglaiocercus coelestis	BR,ECNP	NE
18	Ecuadorian Hillstar	Oreotrochilus chimborazo	ECNP	NE
19	Viridian Metaltail	Metallura williami	Many	NE
20	Violet-throated Metaltail	Metallura baroni	ECNP	E
21	Neblina Metaltail	Metallura odomae	CT,PC	NE
22	Hoary Puffleg	Haplophaedia lugens	BR	NE
23	Brown Inca	Coeligena wilsoni	BR	NE
24	Rainbow Starfrontlet	Coeligena iris	Many	NE
25	Velvet-purple Coronet	Boissonneaua jardini	BR	NE
26	Rufous-gaped Hillstar	Urochroa bougueri	BR	NE
27	Purple-bibbed Whitetip	Urosticte benjamini	BR	NE
28	Empress Brilliant	Heliodoxa imperatrix	BR	NE
29	Short-tailed Woodstar	Myrmia micrura	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
30	Purple-collared Woodstar	Myrtis fanny	BR,PB,PC,UR	NE
31	Esmeraldas Woodstar	Chaetocercus berlepschi	AY	E
32	Purple-throated Woodstar	Philodice mitchellii	ECNP,UR	NE
33	Western Emerald	Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus	BR	NE
34	Tumbes Hummingbird	Thaumasius baeri	JFR,UR	NE
35	Amazilia Hummingbird	Amazilis amazilia	Many	NE
36	Ecuadorian Rail	Rallus aequatorialis	ECNP	BC
37	Brown Wood-Rail	Aramides wolfi	R	NE
38	Andean Condor	Vultur gryphus	ECNP	AT
39	Black-and-chestnut Eagle	Spizaetus isidori	Many	EN
40	Gray-backed Hawk	Pseudastur occidentalis	AY,BR,JFR,R	NE
41	Peruvian Screech-Owl	Megascops roboratus	CT,JFR,PC,UR	NE
42	Ecuadorian Trogon	Trogon mesurus	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
43	Coppery-chested Jacamar	Galbula pastazae	CC,CL,LZ,PB	NE
44	Purplish Jacamar	Galbula chalcothorax	CC	BC
45	Toucan Barbet	Semnornis ramphastinus	BR	NE
46	Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan	Andigena laminirostris	BR	NE
47	Ecuadorian Piculet	Picumnus sclateri	AY,JFR,UR	NE
48	Carunculated Caracara	Daptrius carunculatus	ECNP,HFR,PC	NE
49	Gray-cheeked Parakeet	Brotogeris pyrrhoptera	BR,JFR,R,UR	NE
50	Red-faced Parrot	Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops	CT,ECNP,HFR PC	NE
51	Rose-faced Parrot	Pyrilia pulchra	BR	NE
52	Lilacine Amazon	Amazona lilacina	R	E
53	Pacific Parrotlet	Forpus coelestis	Many	NE
54	El Oro Parakeet	Pyrrhura orcesi	BR	E
55	White-necked Parakeet	Pyrrhura albipectus	CL,LZ,PB	NE
56	Cordilleran Parakeet	Psittacara frontalus	HFR,PC	NE
57	Chapman's Antshrike	Thamnophilus zarumae	JFR,UR	NE
58	Collared Antshrike	Thamnophilus bernardi	Many	NE
59	White-streaked Antvireo	Dysithamnus leucostictus	PB	BC
60	Gray-headed Antbird	Ampelornis griseiceps	JFR,UR	NE
61	Esmeraldas Antbird	Sipia nigricauda	BR	NE
62	Elegant Crescentchest	Melanopareia elegans	Many	NE
63	Giant Antpitta	Grallaria gigantea	BR	NE
64	Moustached Antpitta	Grallaria alleni	BR	NE
65	Watkins's Antpitta	Grallaria watkinsi	AY,JFR,PC,UR	NE
66	Yellow-breasted Antpitta	Grallaria flavotincta	BR	NE
67	Crescent-faced Antpitta	Grallaricula lineifrons	HFR	NE
68	Loja Tapaculo	Scytalopus androstictus	CT,PC,UR	NE
69	Ecuadorian Tapaculo	Scytalopus robbinsi	BR	E
70	Chusquea Tapaculo	Scytalopus parkeri	CT,HFR,PB,PC	NE
71	Spillmann's Tapaculo	Scytalopus spillmanni	BR	NE
72	Black-hooded Antthrush	Formicarius destructus	AY,BR,R	NE
73	Pacific Hornero	Furnarius cinnamomeus	Many	NE
74	Stout-billed Cinclodes	Cinclodes excelsior	ECNP	NE
75	Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner	Syndactyla ruficollis	JFR,UR	NE
76	Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner	Clibanornis erythrocephalus	AY,JFR,UR	NE
77	Uniform Treehunter	Thripadectes ignobilis	BR	NE
78	Mouse-colored Thistletail	Asthenes griseomurina	Many	NE
79	Equatorial Graytail	Xenerpestes singularis	CC,CL,LZ,PB	NE
80	Line-cheeked Spinetail	Cranioleuca antisiensis	Many	NE
81	Blackish-headed Spinetail	Synallaxis tithys	JFR,R,UR	NE
82	Necklaced Spinetail	Synallaxis stictothorax	AY,R	NE
83	Jet Manakin	Chloropipo unicolor	PB	NE
84	Club-winged Manakin	Machaeropterus deliciosus	BR	NE
85	Orange-breasted Fruiteater	Pipreola jucunda	BR	NE
86	Black-chested Fruiteater	Pipreola lubomirskii	CL,PB	BC
87	Chestnut-bellied Cotinga	Doliornis remseni	CT,HFR,PC	NE
88	Chestnut-crested Cotinga	Ampelion rufaxilla	CL,CT	AT
89	Amazonian Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus ornatus	CC,CL,LZ,PB	AT
90	Long-wattled Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus penduliger	BR	NE
91	Foothill Schiffornis	Schiffornis aenea	CC,CL,PB	NE
92	Green-backed Becard	Pachyramphus viridis	CC,CL,LZ,PB	NE
93	Slaty Becard	Pachyramphus spodiurus	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
94	Orange-banded Flycatcher	Nephelomyias lintoni	CT,HFR,PB,PC	NE
95	Rufous-winged Tyrannulet	Mecocerculus calopterus	BR,JFR,LZ,PC	NE
96	Black-crested Tit-Tyrant	Anairetes nigrocristatus	HFR,UR	NE
97	Tumbesian Tyrannulet	Nesotriccus tumbezanus	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
98	Maranon Tyrannulet	Nesotriccus maranonicus	PC,UR	NE
99	Pacific Elaenia	Myiopagis subplacens	Many	NE
100	Coopmans's Elaenia	Elaenia brachyptera	BR	NE
101	Choco Tyrannulet	Zimmerius albigularis	AY,BR	NE
102	Peruvian Tyrannulet	Zimmerius viridiflavus	BR,HFR,JFR,UR	NE
103	Fulvous-faced Scrub-Tyrant	Euscarthmus fulviceps	Many	NE
104	Gray-and-white Tyrannulet	Pseudelaenia leucospodia	R	NE
105	Olive-chested Flycatcher	Myiophobus cryptoxanthus	CC,CL,LZ,PB	NE
106	Gray-breasted Flycatcher	Lathrotriccus griseipectus	Many	NE
107	Tumbes Pewee	Contopus punensis	Many	NE
108	Jelski's Chat-Tyrant	Silvicultrix jelskii	HFR,PC,UR	NE
109	Ochraceous Attila	Attila torridus	AY,BR	BC
110	Sooty-crowned Flycatcher	Myiarchus phaeocephalus	Many	NE
111	Baird's Flycatcher	Myiodynastes bairdii	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
112	Black-billed Peppershrike	Cyclarhis nigrirostris	BR	NE
113	Beautiful Jay	Cyanolyca pulchra	BR	NE
114	Turquoise Jay	Cyanolyca turcosa	Many	BC
115	White-tailed Jay	Cyanocorax mystacalis	JFR,PC,R,UR	NE
116	Chestnut-collared Swallow	Petrochelidon rufocollaris	Many	NE
117	Fasciated Wren	Campylorhynchus fasciatus	Many	NE
118	Superciliated Wren	Cantorchilus superciliaris	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
119	Long-tailed Mockingbird	Mimus longicaudatus	Many	NE
120	Black Solitaire	Entomodestes coracinus	BR	NE
121	Plumbeous-backed Thrush	Turdus reevei	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
122	Marañon Thrush	Turdus maranonicus	PB	NE
123	Ecuadorian Thrush	Turdus maculirostris	Many	NE
124	Saffron Siskin	Spinus siemiradzkii	AY,JFR,UR	NE
125	Tanager Finch	Oreothraupis arremonops	BR	NE
126	Dusky Chlorospingus	Chlorospingus semifuscus	BR,UR	NE
127	Tumbes Sparrow	Rhynchospiza stolzmanni	UR	NE
128	Black-capped Sparrow	Arremon abeillei	JFR,R,UR	NE
129	Marañon Sparrow	Arremon nigriceps	AY	NE
130	White-rimmed Brushfinch	Atlapetes leucopis	PC	NE
131	White-headed Brushfinch	Atlapetes albiceps	JFR,UR	NE
132	White-winged Brushfinch	Atlapetes leucopterus	Many	NE
133	Bay-crowned Brushfinch	Atlapetes seebohmi	CT,JFR,UR	NE
134	White-edged Oriole	Icterus graceannae	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
135	Black-lored Yellowthroat	Geothlypis auricularis	Many	NE
136	Three-banded Warbler	Basileuterus trifasciatus	Many	NE
137	Choco Warbler	Myiothlypis chlorophrys	BR	NE
138	Gray-and-gold Warbler	Myiothlypis fraseri	Many	NE
139	Ochre-breasted Tanager	Chlorothraupis stolzmanni	BR	NE
140	Ecuadorian Seedeater	Amaurospiza aequatorialis	BR,UR	NE
141	Black-eared Hemispingus	Sphenopsis melanotis	BR,JFR,PC,UR	NE
142	Moss-backed Tanager	Bangsia edwardsi	BR	NE
143	Orange-throated Tanager	Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron	CC	NE
144	Black-chinned Mountain Tanager	Anisognathus notabilis	BR	NE
145	Glistening-green Tanager	Chlorochrysa phoenicotis	BR	NE
146	Rufous-throated Tanager	Ixothraupis rufigula	BR	NE
147	Yellow-tufted Dacnis	Dacnis egregia	BR,R	NE
148	Black-backed Bush Tanager	Urothraupis stolzmanni	ECNP	NE
149	Tit-like Dacnis	Xenodacnis parina	ECNP	NE
150	Collared Warbling Finch	Poospiza hispaniolensis	AY,JFR	NE
151	Parrot-billed Seedeater	Sporophila peruviana	AY,R,UR	NE
152	Drab Seedeater	Sporophila simplex	UR	NE
153	Crimson-breasted Finch	Rhodospingus cruentus	AY,BR,JFR,R	NE
154	Black-winged Saltator	Saltator atripennis	BR	NE
155	Black-cowled Saltator	Saltator nigriceps	JFR,PC,UR	NE

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

ADDITIONAL INFO
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BIRDING LOCALES

• Ayampe Reserve (AY)
• Buenaventura Reserve (BR)
• Cerro Toledo (CT)
• Copalinga Lodge (CL)
• Cordillers del Condor (CC)
• El Cajas National Park (ECNP)
• Huashapamba Forest Reserve (HFR)
• Jorupe Reserve (JFR)
• Manglares-Churute (R)
• Old Loja-Zamora Road (LZ)
• Podocarpus-Bombuscaro (PB)
• Podocarpus-Cajanuma (PC)
• Utuana Reserve (UR)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	6
NE	Near Endemic	138
CR	Critically Endangered	0
EN	Endangered	1
BC	Best Seen in This Country	7
AT	Always a Target	3