TAPICHALACA RESERVE
ECUADOR
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 2,000 |
| Altitude (m): | 1980-3050 |
| # Species*: | 314 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 314 |
| # Endemics*: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 17 |
| Species/100 ha*: | 15.7 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Wet temperate forest | |
SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
List of species at this locale that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or that occur only locally (LC) in the country. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
| 1 | Tawny-breasted Tinamou | Nothocercus julius | RR | |
| 2 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei | LC | |
| 3 | Bearded Guan | Penelope barbata | NE | NT |
| 4 | Sickle-winged Guan | Chamaepetes goudotii | RR | |
| 5 | Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus speciosus | NT | |
| 6 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea | V | |
| 7 | Maroon-chested Ground Dove | Paraclaravis mondetoura | LC | |
| 8 | White-throated Quail-Dove | Zentrygon frenata | RR | |
| 9 | Swallow-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis segmentata | LC | |
| 10 | Lyre-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis lyra | LC | |
| 11 | Andean Potoo | Nyctibius maculosus | LC | |
| 12 | Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | LC | |
| 13 | White-tipped Swift | Aeronautes montivagus | LC | |
| 14 | Tawny-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis syrmatophorus | RR | |
| 15 | Green-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae | RR | |
| 16 | Amethyst-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus amethysticollis | RR | |
| 17 | Flame-throated Sunangel (Little Sunangel) | Heliangelus micraster | NE | |
| 18 | Long-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii | RR | |
| 19 | Green-headed Hillstar | Oreotrochilus stolzmanni | NE | |
| 20 | Rufous-capped Thornbill | Chalcostigma ruficeps | RR | |
| 21 | Rainbow-bearded Thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani | LC | |
| 22 | Viridian Metaltail | Metallura williami | NE | |
| 23 | Neblina Metaltail | Metallura odomae | NE | |
| 24 | Greenish Puffleg | Haplophaedia aureliae | LC | |
| 25 | Glowing Puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita | RR | |
| 26 | Bronzy Inca | Coeligena coeligena | RR | |
| 27 | Collared Inca | Coeligena torquata | RR | |
| 28 | Rainbow Starfrontlet | Coeligena iris | NE | |
| 29 | Buff-winged Starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae | RR | |
| 30 | Chestnut-breasted Coronet | Boissonneaua matthewsii | RR | |
| 31 | Booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii | RR | |
| 32 | Fawn-breasted Brilliant | Heliodoxa rubinoides | RR | |
| 33 | Blackish Rail | Pardirallus nigricans | RR | |
| 34 | Imperial Snipe | Gallinago imperialis | LC | NT |
| 35 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | LC | |
| 36 | Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Spizaetus isidori | RR | EN |
| 37 | Semicollared Hawk | Accipiter collaris | LC | |
| 38 | Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus solitarius | LC | NT |
| 39 | White-rumped Hawk | Parabuteo leucorrhous | RR | |
| 40 | White-throated Hawk | Buteo albigula | RR | |
| 41 | White-throated Screech-Owl | Megascops albogularis | RR | |
| 42 | Rufescent Screech-Owl | Megascops ingens | RR | |
| 43 | Pacific Pygmy-Owl (Peruvian Pygmy-Owl) | Glaucidium peruanum | RR | |
| 44 | Rufous-banded Owl | Ciccaba albitarsis | RR | |
| 45 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | LC | |
| 46 | Golden-headed Quetzal | Pharomachrus auriceps | RR | |
| 47 | Crested Quetzal | Pharomachrus antisianus | RR | |
| 48 | Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus | RR | |
| 49 | Andean Motmot | Momotus aequatorialis | RR | |
| 50 | White-faced Nunbird | Hapaloptila castanea | LC | |
| 51 | Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan | Andigena hypoglauca | RR | NT |
| 52 | Black-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena nigrirostris | LC | |
| 53 | Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Dryobates fumigatus | RR | |
| 54 | Yellow-vented Woodpecker | Dryobates dignus | RR | |
| 55 | Bar-bellied Woodpecker | Dryobates nigriceps | RR | |
| 56 | Powerful Woodpecker | Campephilus pollens | RR | |
| 57 | Crimson-bellied Woodpecker | Campephilus haematogaster | LC | |
| 58 | Barred Parakeet | Bolborhynchus lineola | LC | |
| 59 | Red-billed Parrot | Pionus sordidus | RR | |
| 60 | Speckle-faced Parrot | Pionus tumultuosus | RR | |
| 61 | Scaly-naped Parrot | Amazona mercenarius | LC | |
| 62 | White-necked Parakeet | Pyrrhura albipectus | NE | V |
| 63 | Golden-plumed Parakeet | Leptosittaca branickii | LC | |
| 64 | Scarlet-fronted Parakeet | Psittacara wagleri | LC | NT |
| 65 | Rufous-rumped Antwren | Euchrepomis callinota | RR | |
| 66 | Uniform Antshrike | Thamnophilus unicolor | RR | |
| 67 | Bicolored Antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis | NE | V |
| 68 | Streak-headed Antbird | Drymophila striaticeps | RR | |
| 69 | Chestnut-crowned Gnateater | Conopophaga castaneiceps | LC | |
| 70 | Jocotoco Antpitta | Grallaria ridgelyi | NE | EN |
| 71 | Chestnut-naped Antpitta | Grallaria nuchalis | RR | |
| 72 | White-bellied Antpitta | Grallaria hypoleuca | RR | |
| 73 | Peruvian Antpitta | Grallaricula peruviana | NE | NT |
| 74 | Slate-crowned Antpitta | Grallaricula nana | RR | |
| 75 | Ocellated Tapaculo | Acropternis orthonyx | RR | |
| 76 | Ash-colored Tapaculo | Myornis senilis | LC | |
| 77 | Paramillo Tapaculo | Scytalopus canus | EN | |
| 78 | Long-tailed Tapaculo | Scytalopus micropterus | RR | |
| 79 | Blackish Tapaculo | Scytalopus latrans | RR | |
| 80 | Chusquea Tapaculo | Scytalopus parkeri | NE | |
| 81 | Rufous-breasted Antthrush | Formicarius rufipectus | RR | |
| 82 | Barred Antthrush | Chamaeza mollissima | RR | |
| 83 | Tyrannine Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla tyrannina | RR | |
| 84 | Olive-backed Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus triangularis | RR | |
| 85 | Greater Scythebill | Drymotoxeres pucheranii | NT | |
| 86 | Montane Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger | RR | |
| 87 | Streaked Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii | RR | |
| 88 | Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper | Lochmias nematura | LC | |
| 89 | Montane Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia striaticollis | RR | |
| 90 | Lineated Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla subalaris | RR | |
| 91 | Flammulated Treehunter | Thripadectes flammulatus | RR | |
| 92 | Striped Treehunter | Thripadectes holostictus | LC | |
| 93 | Spotted Barbtail | Premnoplex brunnescens | RR | |
| 94 | White-browed Spinetail | Hellmayrea gularis | RR | |
| 95 | Mouse-colored Thistletail | Asthenes griseomurina | NE | |
| 96 | Spectacled Prickletail | Siptornis striaticollis | LC | |
| 97 | Ash-browed Spinetail | Cranioleuca curtata | RR | V |
| 98 | Rufous Spinetail | Synallaxis unirufa | RR | |
| 99 | Green-and-black Fruiteater | Pipreola riefferii | RR | |
| 100 | Chestnut-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rufaxilla | LC | |
| 101 | Andean Cock-of-the-rock | Rupicola peruvianus | RR | |
| 102 | Olivaceous Piha | Snowornis cryptolophus | LC | |
| 103 | Dusky Piha | Lipaugus fuscocinereus | LC | |
| 104 | Barred Becard | Pachyramphus versicolor | RR | |
| 105 | Streak-necked Flycatcher | Mionectes striaticollis | RR | |
| 106 | Rufous-breasted Flycatcher | Leptopogon rufipectus | LC | |
| 107 | Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant | Phylloscartes ophthalmicus | RR | |
| 108 | Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant | Pseudotriccus pelzelni | RR | |
| 109 | Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant | Pseudotriccus ruficeps | RR | |
| 110 | Black-throated Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus granadensis | LC | |
| 111 | Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant (Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher) | Poecilotriccus ruficeps | RR | |
| 112 | Fulvous-breasted Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus | RR | |
| 113 | Orange-banded Flycatcher | Nephelomyias lintoni | NE | NT |
| 114 | Rufous-winged Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus calopterus | NE | |
| 115 | Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus minor | RR | |
| 116 | Highland Elaenia | Elaenia obscura | LC | |
| 117 | Black-capped Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias nigrocapillus | RR | |
| 118 | Ashy-headed Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias cinereiceps | RR | |
| 119 | Loja Tyrannulet** | Zimmerius flavidifrons | NE | |
| 120 | Flavescent Flycatcher | Myiophobus flavicans | RR | |
| 121 | Olive-chested Flycatcher | Myiophobus cryptoxanthus | NE | |
| 122 | Rufous-tailed Tyrant | Knipolegus poecilurus | LC | |
| 123 | Crowned Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca frontalis | RR | |
| 124 | Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca diadema | RR | |
| 125 | Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris | RR | |
| 126 | Pale-edged Flycatcher | Myiarchus cephalotes | RR | |
| 127 | Lemon-browed Flycatcher | Conopias cinchoneti | RR | V |
| 128 | Golden-crowned Flycatcher | Myiodynastes chrysocephalus | RR | |
| 129 | Turquoise Jay | Cyanolyca turcosa | RR | |
| 130 | Pale-footed Swallow | Orochelidon flavipes | RR | |
| 131 | Gray-mantled Wren | Odontorchilus branickii | RR | |
| 132 | Plain-tailed Wren | Pheugopedius euophrys | RR | |
| 133 | Rufous Wren | Cinnycerthia unirufa | RR | |
| 134 | Sharpe's Wren | Cinnycerthia olivascens | RR | |
| 135 | Chestnut-breasted Wren | Cyphorhinus thoracicus | RR | |
| 136 | Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus fuscater | RR | |
| 137 | Pale-eyed Thrush | Turdus leucops | LC | |
| 138 | Marañon Thrush | Turdus maranonicus | NE | |
| 139 | Chestnut-bellied Thrush | Turdus fulviventris | LC | |
| 140 | Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys | RR | |
| 141 | Bronze-green Euphonia | Euphonia mesochrysa | RR | |
| 142 | Olivaceous Siskin | Spinus olivaceus | RR | |
| 143 | Short-billed Bush-Tanager (Short-billed Chlorospingus) | Chlorospingus parvirostris | RR | |
| 144 | Ashy-throated Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus canigularis | RR | |
| 145 | Common Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavopectus | RR | |
| 146 | Chestnut-capped Brushfinch | Arremon brunneinucha | RR | |
| 147 | Olive Finch | Arremon castaneiceps | RR | NT |
| 148 | Pale-naped Brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidinucha | RR | |
| 149 | Northern Mountain Cacique** | Cacicus leucoramphus | RR | |
| 150 | Three-striped Warbler | Basileuterus tristriatus | RR | |
| 151 | Citrine Warbler | Myiothlypis luteoviridis | RR | |
| 152 | Red-hooded Tanager | Piranga rubriceps | RR | |
| 153 | Black-faced Tanager | Schistochlamys melanopis | LC | |
| 154 | White-capped Tanager | Sericossypha albocristata | RR | V |
| 155 | Rufous-crested Tanager | Creurgops verticalis | RR | |
| 156 | Black-capped Hemispingus | Kleinothraupis atropileus | RR | |
| 157 | Oleaginous Hemispingus | Sphenopsis frontalis | RR | |
| 158 | Black-eared Hemispingus | Sphenopsis melanotis | LC | |
| 159 | Rufous-chested Tanager | Thlypopsis ornata | RR | |
| 160 | White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | LC | |
| 161 | Hooded Mountain Tanager | Buthraupis montana | RR | |
| 162 | Masked Mountain Tanager | Tephrophilus wetmorei | LC | V |
| 163 | Grass-green Tanager | Chlorornis riefferii | RR | |
| 164 | Black-chested Mountain Tanager | Cnemathraupis eximia | RR | |
| 165 | Lacrimose Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus lacrymosus | RR | |
| 166 | Blue-winged Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus somptuosus | RR | |
| 167 | Yellow-throated Tanager | Iridosornis analis | LC | |
| 168 | Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota | RR | |
| 169 | Golden-naped Tanager | Chalcothraupis ruficervix | RR | |
| 170 | Silver-backed Tanager (Silvery Tanager) | Stilpnia viridicollis | RR | |
| 171 | Beryl-spangled Tanager | Tangara nigroviridis | RR | |
| 172 | Metallic-green Tanager | Tangara labradorides | RR | |
| 173 | Blue-browed Tanager | Tangara cyanotis | RR | |
| 174 | Saffron-crowned Tanager | Tangara xanthocephala | RR | |
| 175 | Flame-faced Tanager | Tangara parzudakii | RR | |
| 176 | Golden-collared Honeycreeper | Iridophanes pulcherrimus | RR | |
| 177 | Capped Conebill | Conirostrum albifrons | RR | |
| 178 | Glossy Flowerpiercer | Diglossa lafresnayii | RR | |
| 179 | White-sided Flowerpiercer | Diglossa albilatera | RR | |
| 180 | Bluish Flowerpiercer | Diglossa caerulescens | LC | |
| 181 | Plushcap | Catamblyrhynchus diadema | LC | |
| 182 | Slaty Finch | Spodiornis rustica | LC | |
| 183 | Gray-hooded Bush Tanager | Cnemoscopus rubrirostris | RR | |
| 184 | Paramo Seedeater | Catamenia homochroa | LC | |
| 185 | Masked Saltator | Saltator cinctus | LC |
* 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.
PRESENCE CODES
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| E | Endemic |
| LC | Local |
| NE | Near Endemic |
| RR | Range Restricted |
STATUS CODES
| NT | Near Threatened |
| V | Vulnerable |
| EN | Endangered |
| CR | Critically Endangered |