ECUADOR BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
ECUADOR
| Start: | 10/22/2006 |
| End: | 11/10/2006 |
| Duration: | 20 days |
| #Species: | 538 |
| #Endemics: | 31 |
| #Heard Only: | 43 |
2006 Northern Ecuador Birding Tour
ENDEMIC BIRDS POSSIBLE FOR TOUR
List of endemic and near endemic birds for locations visited on this tour along with which species were actually seen. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN. Endemic birds (E) are those with a restricted range in a single country. Near endemic birds (NE) are those with a restricted range in two (or rarely three) neighboring countries. The right-most column indicates whether species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen.*
| 1 | Curve-billed Tinamou | Nothoprocta curvirostris | NE | |
| 2 | Rufous-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis erythroptera | NE | |
| 3 | Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus erythrops | NE | Y |
| 4 | Dark-backed Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanonotus | E | |
| 5 | Dusky Pigeon | Patagioenas goodsoni | NE | |
| 6 | Ecuadorian Ground Dove | Columbina buckleyi | NE | |
| 7 | Ochre-bellied Dove | Leptotila ochraceiventris | NE | |
| 8 | White-whiskered Hermit | Phaethornis yaruqui | NE | Y |
| 9 | White-throated Daggerbill | Schistes albogularis | NE | |
| 10 | Gorgeted Sunangel | Heliangelus strophianus | NE | Y |
| 11 | Tourmaline Sunangel | Heliangelus exortis | NE | Y |
| 12 | Violet-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus coelestis | NE | Y |
| 13 | Ecuadorian Hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo | NE | Y |
| 14 | Viridian Metaltail | Metallura williami | NE | |
| 15 | Hoary Puffleg | Haplophaedia lugens | NE | |
| 16 | Black-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis nigrivestis | E | |
| 17 | Golden-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis mosquera | NE | Y |
| 18 | Brown Inca | Coeligena wilsoni | NE | Y |
| 19 | Velvet-purple Coronet | Boissonneaua jardini | NE | Y |
| 20 | Rufous-gaped Hillstar | Urochroa bougueri | NE | |
| 21 | Purple-bibbed Whitetip | Urosticte benjamini | NE | Y |
| 22 | Empress Brilliant | Heliodoxa imperatrix | NE | |
| 23 | Purple-collared Woodstar | Myrtis fanny | NE | |
| 24 | Purple-throated Woodstar | Philodice mitchellii | NE | Y |
| 25 | Western Emerald | Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus | NE | Y |
| 26 | Amazilia Hummingbird | Amazilis amazilia | NE | |
| 27 | Purple-chested Hummingbird | Polyerata rosenbergi | NE | |
| 28 | Gray-backed Hawk | Pseudastur occidentalis | NE | |
| 29 | Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium nubicola | NE | |
| 30 | Blue-tailed Trogon | Trogon comptus | NE | Y |
| 31 | Ecuadorian Trogon | Trogon mesurus | NE | |
| 32 | Choco Black-throated Trogon | Trogon cupreicauda | NE | |
| 33 | Coppery-chested Jacamar | Galbula pastazae | NE | |
| 34 | Orange-fronted Barbet | Capito squamatus | NE | |
| 35 | Toucan Barbet | Semnornis ramphastinus | NE | Y |
| 36 | Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena laminirostris | NE | Y |
| 37 | Plumbeous Forest-Falcon | Micrastur plumbeus | NE | |
| 38 | Carunculated Caracara | Daptrius carunculatus | NE | |
| 39 | Gray-cheeked Parakeet | Brotogeris pyrrhoptera | NE | |
| 40 | Rose-faced Parrot | Pyrilia pulchra | NE | |
| 41 | Pacific Parrotlet | Forpus coelestis | NE | |
| 42 | El Oro Parakeet | Pyrrhura orcesi | E | |
| 43 | Red-masked Parakeet | Psittacara erythrogenys | NE | |
| 44 | Gray-headed Antbird | Ampelornis griseiceps | NE | |
| 45 | Esmeraldas Antbird | Sipia nigricauda | NE | |
| 46 | Lunulated Antbird | Oneillornis lunulatus | NE | |
| 47 | Elegant Crescentchest | Melanopareia elegans | NE | |
| 48 | Giant Antpitta | Grallaria gigantea | NE | Y |
| 49 | Moustached Antpitta | Grallaria alleni | NE | Y |
| 50 | Yellow-breasted Antpitta | Grallaria flavotincta | NE | Y |
| 51 | Peruvian Antpitta | Grallaricula peruviana | NE | |
| 52 | Ecuadorian Tapaculo | Scytalopus robbinsi | E | |
| 53 | Spillmann's Tapaculo | Scytalopus spillmanni | NE | |
| 54 | Black-hooded Antthrush | Formicarius destructus | NE | |
| 55 | Pacific Hornero | Furnarius cinnamomeus | NE | Y |
| 56 | Stout-billed Cinclodes | Cinclodes excelsior | NE | Y |
| 57 | Uniform Treehunter | Thripadectes ignobilis | NE | |
| 58 | Equatorial Graytail | Xenerpestes singularis | NE | |
| 59 | Line-cheeked Spinetail | Cranioleuca antisiensis | NE | |
| 60 | Orange-crowned Manakin | Heterocercus aurantiivertex | NE | |
| 61 | Club-winged Manakin | Machaeropterus deliciosus | NE | |
| 62 | Orange-breasted Fruiteater | Pipreola jucunda | NE | |
| 63 | Long-wattled Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus penduliger | NE | |
| 64 | Foothill Schiffornis | Schiffornis aenea | NE | |
| 65 | Green-backed Becard | Pachyramphus viridis | NE | |
| 66 | Pacific Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus pacificus | NE | |
| 67 | Rufous-winged Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus calopterus | NE | |
| 68 | Pacific Elaenia | Myiopagis subplacens | NE | |
| 69 | Coopmans's Elaenia | Elaenia brachyptera | NE | |
| 70 | Choco Tyrannulet | Zimmerius albigularis | NE | |
| 71 | Peruvian Tyrannulet | Zimmerius viridiflavus | NE | |
| 72 | Fulvous-faced Scrub-Tyrant | Euscarthmus fulviceps | NE | |
| 73 | Olive-chested Flycatcher | Myiophobus cryptoxanthus | NE | |
| 74 | Gray-breasted Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus griseipectus | NE | |
| 75 | Tumbes Pewee | Contopus punensis | NE | |
| 76 | Black-billed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis nigrirostris | NE | Y |
| 77 | Beautiful Jay | Cyanolyca pulchra | NE | |
| 78 | White-tailed Jay | Cyanocorax mystacalis | NE | |
| 79 | Fasciated Wren | Campylorhynchus fasciatus | NE | |
| 80 | Black Solitaire | Entomodestes coracinus | NE | |
| 81 | Plumbeous-backed Thrush | Turdus reevei | NE | |
| 82 | Ecuadorian Thrush | Turdus maculirostris | NE | Y |
| 83 | Saffron Siskin | Spinus siemiradzkii | NE | |
| 84 | Tanager Finch | Oreothraupis arremonops | NE | |
| 85 | Dusky Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus semifuscus | NE | Y |
| 86 | White-rimmed Brushfinch | Atlapetes leucopis | NE | |
| 87 | White-winged Brushfinch | Atlapetes leucopterus | NE | Y |
| 88 | Black-lored Yellowthroat | Geothlypis auricularis | NE | |
| 89 | Three-banded Warbler | Basileuterus trifasciatus | NE | |
| 90 | Choco Warbler | Myiothlypis chlorophrys | NE | Y |
| 91 | Gray-and-gold Warbler | Myiothlypis fraseri | NE | |
| 92 | Ochre-breasted Tanager | Chlorothraupis stolzmanni | NE | Y |
| 93 | Ecuadorian Seedeater | Amaurospiza aequatorialis | NE | |
| 94 | Black-eared Hemispingus | Sphenopsis melanotis | NE | Y |
| 95 | Moss-backed Tanager | Bangsia edwardsi | NE | |
| 96 | Black-chinned Mountain Tanager | Anisognathus notabilis | NE | |
| 97 | Purplish-mantled Tanager | Iridosornis porphyrocephalus | NE | |
| 98 | Glistening-green Tanager | Chlorochrysa phoenicotis | NE | |
| 99 | Rufous-throated Tanager | Ixothraupis rufigula | NE | |
| 100 | Scrub Tanager | Stilpnia vitriolina | NE | Y |
| 101 | Yellow-tufted Dacnis | Dacnis egregia | NE | Y |
| 102 | Indigo Flowerpiercer | Diglossa indigotica | NE | |
| 103 | Black-backed Bush Tanager | Urothraupis stolzmanni | NE | |
| 104 | Crimson-breasted Finch | Rhodospingus cruentus | NE | |
| 105 | Black-winged Saltator | Saltator atripennis | NE | Y |
*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.
BIRDING LOCALES
ENDEMIC CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 4 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 101 |