ECUADOR BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
ECUADOR
| Start: | 10/08/2006 |
| End: | 10/22/2006 |
| Duration: | 15 days |
| #Species: | 459 |
| #Endemics: | 78 |
| #Heard Only: | 45 |
2006 Southern Ecuador Birding Tour
List of target birds for locations visited on this tour along with which target species were acually seen. Target birds are those we can see only at one or two sites or are range-restricted, endemic, or near endemic in the country. The location column indicates where species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*
| 1 | Andean Tinamou | Nothoprocta pentlandii | RS | |
| 2 | Horned Screamer | Anhima cornuta | SS | MC |
| 3 | Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis sylvicola | SS | |
| 4 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | US | MC,SE |
| 5 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | RS | |
| 6 | Rufous-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis erythroptera | SS | |
| 7 | Bearded Guan | Penelope barbata | US | TR |
| 8 | Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus erythrops | OS | |
| 9 | Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | AS | SE |
| 10 | Silvery Grebe | Podiceps occipitalis | OS | |
| 11 | Ochre-bellied Dove | Leptotila ochraceiventris | RS | |
| 12 | West Peruvian Dove | Zenaida meloda | US | SE |
| 13 | Gray-capped Cuckoo | Coccyzus lansbergi | RS | |
| 14 | Anthony's Nightjar (Scrub Nightjar) | Nyctidromus anthonyi | OS | |
| 15 | Tumbes Swift** | Chaetura ocypetes | OS | |
| 16 | Baron's Hermit** | Phaethornis baroni | SS | BU |
| 17 | Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | OS | |
| 18 | Amethyst-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus amethysticollis | US | TR |
| 19 | Flame-throated Sunangel (Little Sunangel) | Heliangelus micraster | US | PC,TR |
| 20 | Purple-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus viola | US | PC,UR |
| 21 | Green Thorntail | Discosura conversii | SS | BU |
| 22 | Ecuadorian Piedtail | Phlogophilus hemileucurus | SS | PB |
| 23 | Ecuadorian Hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo | US | EC |
| 24 | Mountain Avocetbill | Opisthoprora euryptera | OS | |
| 25 | Rufous-capped Thornbill | Chalcostigma ruficeps | SS | TR |
| 26 | Blue-mantled Thornbill | Chalcostigma stanleyi | SS | EC |
| 27 | Rainbow-bearded Thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani | OS | |
| 28 | Viridian Metaltail | Metallura williami | SS | PC |
| 29 | Violet-throated Metaltail | Metallura baroni | SS | EC |
| 30 | Neblina Metaltail | Metallura odomae | OS | |
| 31 | Glowing Puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita | SS | TR |
| 32 | Rainbow Starfrontlet | Coeligena iris | US | PC,TR,UR |
| 33 | Mountain Velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi | SS | EC |
| 34 | Violet-fronted Brilliant | Heliodoxa leadbeateri | SS | PB |
| 35 | Giant Hummingbird | Patagona gigas | SS | |
| 36 | Short-tailed Woodstar | Myrmia micrura | SS | SE |
| 37 | Little Woodstar | Chaetocercus bombus | RS | |
| 38 | Tumbes Hummingbird | Leucippus baeri | SS | MA |
| 39 | Amazilia Hummingbird | Amazilia amazilia | SS | CV |
| 40 | Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | OS | |
| 41 | Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | US | MC |
| 42 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | AS | SE |
| 43 | \Gray Gull\ | Leucophaeus modestus | AS | SE |
| 44 | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | US | SE |
| 45 | /Sandwich Tern/ | Thalasseus sandvicensis | US | SE |
| 46 | Peruvian Pelican | Pelecanus thagus | US | SE |
| 47 | Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | SS | MC |
| 48 | Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | SS | SE |
| 49 | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus | OS | YU |
| 50 | Gray-backed Hawk | Pseudastur occidentalis | SS | BU |
| 51 | Band-bellied Owl | Pulsatrix melanota | RS | |
| 52 | Ecuadorian Trogon | Trogon mesurus | US | UR |
| 53 | Black-streaked Puffbird | Malacoptila fulvogularis | SS | PB |
| 54 | Coppery-chested Jacamar | Galbula pastazae | OS | LZ |
| 55 | Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan | Andigena hypoglauca | SS | |
| 56 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | OS | |
| 57 | Ecuadorian Piculet | Picumnus sclateri | SS | JR |
| 58 | Scarlet-backed Woodpecker | Dryobates callonotus | OS | |
| 59 | Yellow-vented Woodpecker | Dryobates dignus | SS | |
| 60 | Bar-bellied Woodpecker | Dryobates nigriceps | SS | |
| 61 | Crimson-bellied Woodpecker | Campephilus haematogaster | OS | |
| 62 | Carunculated Caracara | Phalcoboenus carunculatus | SS | EC |
| 63 | Mountain Caracara | Phalcoboenus megalopterus | RS | |
| 64 | Gray-cheeked Parakeet | Brotogeris pyrrhoptera | SS | MC |
| 65 | Red-faced Parrot | Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops | OS | |
| 66 | Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis | RS | |
| 67 | El Oro Parakeet | Pyrrhura orcesi | US | |
| 68 | White-necked Parakeet | Pyrrhura albipectus | US | LZ,PB |
| 69 | Golden-plumed Parakeet | Leptosittaca branickii | SS | TR |
| 70 | Chapman's Antshrike | Thamnophilus zarumae | US | JR |
| 71 | White-streaked Antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus | OS | |
| 72 | Yellow-breasted Antwren | Herpsilochmus axillaris | OS | |
| 73 | Jet Antbird | Cercomacra nigricans | OS | |
| 74 | Gray-headed Antbird | Ampelornis griseiceps | OS | UR |
| 75 | Elegant Crescentchest | Melanopareia elegans | SS | SE |
| 76 | Watkins's Antpitta | Grallaria watkinsi | OS | JR |
| 77 | Jocotoco Antpitta | Grallaria ridgelyi | US | |
| 78 | Chestnut-naped Antpitta | Grallaria nuchalis | OS | PC |
| 79 | Rufous Antpitta | Grallaria rufula | SS | PC |
| 80 | Tawny Antpitta | Grallaria quitensis | US | EC |
| 81 | Slate-crowned Antpitta | Grallaricula nana | OS | |
| 82 | Ash-colored Tapaculo | Myornis senilis | OS | |
| 83 | El Oro Tapaculo (Ecuadorian Tapaculo) | Scytalopus robbinsi | RS | |
| 84 | Chusquea Tapaculo | Scytalopus parkeri | OS | PC |
| 85 | Red-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus trochilirostris | SS | JR |
| 86 | Chestnut-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes albidiventris | US | EC |
| 87 | Stout-billed Cinclodes | Cinclodes excelsior | US | EC |
| 88 | Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla ruficollis | SS | JR,UR |
| 89 | Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner | Clibanornis erythrocephalus | SS | JR |
| 90 | Flammulated Treehunter | Thripadectes flammulatus | SS | |
| 91 | Black-billed Treehunter | Thripadectes melanorhynchus | OS | |
| 92 | Andean Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura andicola | SS | EC |
| 93 | White-browed Spinetail | Hellmayrea gularis | SS | PC |
| 94 | Many-striped Canastero | Asthenes flammulata | US | EC |
| 95 | Streak-backed Canastero | Asthenes wyatti | OS | |
| 96 | Mouse-colored Thistletail | Asthenes griseomurina | US | EC |
| 97 | Equatorial Graytail | Xenerpestes singularis | OS | PB |
| 98 | Spectacled Prickletail | Siptornis striaticollis | RS | |
| 99 | Blackish-headed Spinetail | Synallaxis tithys | SS | JR |
| 100 | Necklaced Spinetail | Synallaxis stictothorax | US | SE |
| 101 | Blue-rumped Manakin | Lepidothrix isidorei | SS | PB |
| 102 | Club-winged Manakin | Machaeropterus deliciosus | SS | |
| 103 | Red-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rubrocristatus | OS | EC,PC |
| 104 | Chestnut-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rufaxilla | RS | |
| 105 | Andean Cock-of-the-rock | Rupicola peruvianus | SS | LZ,PB |
| 106 | Amazonian Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus ornatus | OS | |
| 107 | Long-wattled Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus penduliger | OS | BU |
| 108 | Pacific Royal-Flycatcher** | Onychorhynchus occidentalis | OS | |
| 109 | Tawny-breasted Flycatcher | Myiobius villosus | SS | |
| 110 | Rufous-breasted Flycatcher | Leptopogon rufipectus | OS | |
| 111 | Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant | Phylloscartes orbitalis | RS | |
| 112 | Black-throated Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus granadensis | SS | TR |
| 113 | Black-and-white Tody-Tyrant (Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher) | Poecilotriccus capitalis | OS | |
| 114 | Orange-banded Flycatcher | Nephelomyias lintoni | SS | TR |
| 115 | White-throated Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus leucophrys | SS | EC |
| 116 | Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus minor | SS | |
| 117 | Black-crested Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes nigrocristatus | OS | |
| 118 | Tufted Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes parulus | US | EC,LCRD |
| 119 | Foothill Elaenia | Myiopagis olallai | OS | PB |
| 120 | Ashy-headed Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias cinereiceps | SS | |
| 121 | Gray-and-white Tyrannulet | Pseudelaenia leucospodia | OS | |
| 122 | Orange-crested Flycatcher | Myiophobus phoenicomitra | OS | PB |
| 123 | Olive-chested Flycatcher | Myiophobus cryptoxanthus | SS | LZ |
| 124 | Gray-breasted Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus griseipectus | SS | BU |
| 125 | \White-browed Ground-Tyrant\ | Muscisaxicola albilora | SS | |
| 126 | Crowned Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca frontalis | SS | LZ |
| 127 | Jelski's Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca jelskii | SS | |
| 128 | Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca fumicolor | US | EC |
| 129 | White-browed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca leucophrys | RS | |
| 130 | Short-tailed Field Tyrant | Muscigralla brevicauda | US | MC,SE |
| 131 | Ochraceous Attila | Attila torridus | OS | |
| 132 | Lemon-browed Flycatcher | Conopias cinchoneti | SS | LZ |
| 133 | Baird's Flycatcher | Myiodynastes bairdii | SS | JR |
| 134 | Snowy-throated Kingbird | Tyrannus niveigularis | SS | |
| 135 | White-tailed Jay | Cyanocorax mystacalis | US | JR,SE |
| 136 | Pale-footed Swallow | Orochelidon flavipes | SS | PC,TR |
| 137 | Tumbes Swallow | Tachycineta stolzmanni | SS | |
| 138 | Chestnut-collared Swallow | Petrochelidon rufocollaris | US | UR |
| 139 | Gray-mantled Wren | Odontorchilus branickii | SS | |
| 140 | Fasciated Wren | Campylorhynchus fasciatus | US | JR |
| 141 | Whiskered Wren | Pheugopedius mystacalis | OS | |
| 142 | Superciliated Wren | Cantorchilus superciliaris | SS | MC |
| 143 | Rufous Wren | Cinnycerthia unirufa | SS | TR |
| 144 | Chestnut-breasted Wren | Cyphorhinus thoracicus | OS | |
| 145 | Long-tailed Mockingbird | Mimus longicaudatus | US | CV,JR,MA,MC YU |
| 146 | (Andean Slaty-Thrush) | Turdus nigriceps | SS | |
| 147 | Paramo Pipit | Anthus bogotensis | OS | |
| 148 | Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys | OS | |
| 149 | Bronze-green Euphonia | Euphonia mesochrysa | OS | PB |
| 150 | Short-billed Bush-Tanager (Short-billed Chlorospingus) | Chlorospingus parvirostris | SS | LZ |
| 151 | Tumbes Sparrow | Rhynchospiza stolzmanni | US | CV |
| 152 | Black-capped Sparrow | Arremon abeillei | US | JR,MA |
| 153 | White-headed Brushfinch | Atlapetes albiceps | US | |
| 154 | Pale-headed Brushfinch | Atlapetes pallidiceps | US | YU |
| 155 | Bay-crowned Brushfinch | Atlapetes seebohmi | US | JR,UR |
| 156 | Peruvian Meadowlark | Leistes bellicosa | AS | MC,SE |
| 157 | Northern Mountain Cacique** | Cacicus leucoramphus | SS | PC |
| 158 | White-edged Oriole | Icterus graceannae | US | JR,SE |
| 159 | Black-lored Yellowthroat** | Geothlypis auricularis | SS | MC |
| 160 | Citrine Warbler | Myiothlypis luteoviridis | SS | TR |
| 161 | Red-hooded Tanager | Piranga rubriceps | SS | |
| 162 | Ochre-breasted Tanager | Chlorothraupis stolzmanni | OS | |
| 163 | Black-and-white Tanager | Conothraupis speculigera | OS | |
| 164 | Rufous-crested Tanager | Creurgops verticalis | OS | |
| 165 | Black-capped Hemispingus | Kleinothraupis atropileus | SS | TR |
| 166 | Piura Hemispingus** | Sphenopsis piurae | RS | |
| 167 | Hooded Mountain-Tanager | Buthraupis montana | US | PC |
| 168 | Black-chested Mountain-Tanager | Cnemathraupis eximia | SS | |
| 169 | Orange-eared Tanager | Chlorochrysa calliparaea | US | LZ,PB |
| 170 | Rufous-throated Tanager | Ixothraupis rufigula | OS | |
| 171 | Silver-backed Tanager (Silvery Tanager) | Stilpnia viridicollis | SS | TR |
| 172 | Golden-eared Tanager | Tangara chrysotis | SS | LZ,PB |
| 173 | Saffron-crowned Tanager | Tangara xanthocephala | SS | TR |
| 174 | Yellow-tufted Dacnis** | Dacnis egregia | SS | BU |
| 175 | Golden-collared Honeycreeper | Iridophanes pulcherrimus | SS | |
| 176 | Giant Conebill | Conirostrum binghami | SS | EC |
| 177 | Cinereous Conebill | Conirostrum cinereum | SS | |
| 178 | Black Flowerpiercer | Diglossa humeralis | SS | LZ |
| 179 | Tit-like Dacnis | Xenodacnis parina | SS | EC |
| 180 | Plumbeous Sierra-Finch | Geospizopsis unicolor | US | EC |
| 181 | Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch | Geospizopsis plebejus | OS | |
| 182 | Band-tailed Sierra-Finch | Porphyrospiza alaudinus | OS | |
| 183 | Black-headed Hemispingus | Pseudospingus verticalis | SS | PC |
| 184 | Gray-hooded Bush Tanager | Cnemoscopus rubrirostris | US | |
| 185 | Collared Warbling-Finch | Poospiza hispaniolensis | US | SE |
| 186 | Parrot-billed Seedeater | Sporophila peruviana | US | SE |
| 187 | Chestnut-throated Seedeater | Sporophila telasco | SS | |
| 188 | Drab Seedeater | Sporophila simplex | SS | |
| 189 | Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | SS | |
| 190 | Plain-colored Seedeater | Catamenia inornata | SS | EC |
| 191 | Paramo Seedeater | Catamenia homochroa | OS | |
| 192 | (Crimson-breasted Finch) | Rhodospingus cruentus | OS | |
| 193 | Black-cowled Saltator | Saltator nigriceps | SS | UR |
* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through September 2014 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
PRESENCE CODES
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |
LIKELIHOOD CODES
| AS | Always Seen |
| US | Usually Seen |
| SS | Sometimes Seen |
| OS | Occasionally Seen |
| RS | Rarely Seen |