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Country:	Ecuador
Start:	06/19/2010
End:	06/27/2010
Duration:	9 days
Guide:	Galo Real
#Species:	190
#Endemics:	17
#Heard Only:	14

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Endemic Birds

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//	Boreal Visitor
\\	Austral Visitor
\|\|	Transient
##	Non-breeding Dispersal
<>	Erratic
()	Breeding Season Only
{}	Very Rare/Casual/Vagrant
[]	Accidental

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AS	Always Seen
US	Usually Seen
SS	Sometimes Seen
OS	Occasionally Seen
RS	Rarely Seen

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BOTR	Road above Rio Canande Reserve
CUT	Cutucu Ridge
EIV	Central Highlands from Banos toward Rio Palenque
LOWR	Lower elevation road en route to Rio Palenque from the highlands
MRB	Mirador de Los Bancos
RCR	Rio Canande Reserve
RPR	Rio Palenque Reserve
SNP	Sangay National Park
UPB	Upano River & Macas
XFR	Transfer from Rio Palenque to Rio Canande
XFR1	Transfer from Rio Canande Reserve to Los Bancos

Trip Report Narrative

2010 Ecuador Esmeraldas Trip Report
Target Birds List

List of target birds for locations visited on this tour along with which target species actually 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. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

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1	Berlepsch's Tinamou	Crypturellus berlepschi	RS
2	Rufous-headed Chachalaca	Ortalis erythroptera	SS
3	Baudo Guan	Penelope ortoni	RS
4	Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus erythrops	OS
5	Tawny-faced Quail	Rhynchortyx cinctus	OS
6	Silvery Grebe	Podiceps occipitalis	OS
7	Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle	Geranoaetus melanoleucus	OS	EIV
8	Andean Lapwing	Vanellus resplendens	SS
9	Dusky Pigeon	Patagioenas goodsoni	US	BOTR,RCR,RPR
10	Black-winged Ground-Dove	Metriopelia melanoptera	SS
11	Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove**	Geotrygon purpurata	OS
12	Spot-winged Parrotlet	Touit stictopterus	OS
13	Rose-faced Parrot	Pyrilia pulchra	US	BOTR,RCR
14	Banded Ground-Cuckoo	Neomorphus radiolosus	RS
15	Choco Screech-Owl**	Megascops centalis	RS
16	Choco Poorwill	Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi	OS	RCR
17	White-chested Swift	Cypseloides lemosi	OS
18	Baron's Hermit**	Phaethornis baroni	SS	RPR
19	Blue-fronted Lancebill	Doryfera johannae	OS
20	Tooth-billed Hummingbird	Androdon aequatorialis	SS
21	Blue-mantled Thornbill	Chalcostigma stanleyi	SS
22	Viridian Metaltail	Metallura williami	OS
23	Greenish Puffleg	Haplophaedia aureliae	SS
24	Shining Sunbeam	Aglaeactis cupripennis	SS
25	Violet-fronted Brilliant	Heliodoxa leadbeateri	SS
26	Giant Hummingbird	Patagona gigas	SS
27	Purple-chested Hummingbird	Amazilia rosenbergi	SS
28	Choco Trogon (Blue-tailed Trogon)	Trogon comptus	SS	RPR
29	Ecuadorian Trogon	Trogon mesurus	SS
30	Barred Puffbird	Nystalus radiatus	SS	BOTR
31	Coppery-chested Jacamar	Galbula pastazae	SS
32	Orange-fronted Barbet	Capito squamatus	US	RCR,XFR
33	Choco Toucan	Ramphastos brevis	SS	BOTR
34	Scarlet-backed Woodpecker	Veniliornis callonotus	SS
35	Choco Woodpecker	Veniliornis chocoensis	OS
36	Lita Woodpecker	Piculus litae	SS
37	Crimson-bellied Woodpecker	Campephilus haematogaster	OS	RPR
38	Sapayoa	Sapayoa aenigma	OS
39	Many-striped Canastero	Asthenes flammulata	US
40	Streak-backed Canastero	Asthenes wyatti	OS
41	White-chinned Thistletail	Asthenes fuliginosa	US
42	Flammulated Treehunter	Thripadectes flammulatus	OS
43	White-streaked Antvireo	Dysithamnus leucostictus	SS
44	Moustached Antwren	Myrmotherula ignota	SS	RCR
45	Long-tailed Antbird	Drymophila caudata	SS
46	Esmeraldas Antbird	Myrmeciza nigricauda	OS
47	Black-headed Antthrush	Formicarius nigricapillus	SS	RPR
48	Chestnut-crowned Gnateater	Conopophaga castaneiceps	OS
49	Rufous-crowned Antpitta	Pittasoma rufopileatum	RS
50	Long-tailed Tapaculo	Scytalopus micropterus	OS
51	Choco Tapaculo	Scytalopus chocoensis	RS
52	Agile Tit-Tyrant	Anairetes agilis	SS
53	Variegated Bristle-Tyrant	Phylloscartes poecilotis	OS
54	Ashy-headed Tyrannulet	Phyllomyias cinereiceps	SS
55	Pacific Flatbill	Rhynchocyclus pacificus	US
56	Tawny-breasted Flycatcher	Myiobius villosus	SS
57	Gray-breasted Flycatcher	Lathrotriccus griseipectus	OS
58	\White-browed Ground-Tyrant\	Muscisaxicola albilora	SS
59	Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant	Agriornis montanus	SS
60	Crowned Chat-Tyrant	Ochthoeca frontalis	OS
61	Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant	Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris	SS
62	Sooty-crowned Flycatcher	Myiarchus phaeocephalus	SS
63	Black-chested Fruiteater	Pipreola lubomirskii	OS
64	Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater	Pipreola frontalis	SS
65	Long-wattled Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus penduliger	OS
66	Dusky Piha	Lipaugus fuscocinereus	OS
67	Black-tipped Cotinga	Carpodectes hopkei	SS	BOTR,RCR
68	Club-winged Manakin	Machaeropterus deliciosus	SS
69	Blue-rumped Manakin	Lepidothrix isidorei	SS
70	Green Manakin	Xenopipo holochlora	SS	RCR
71	Speckled Mourner	Laniocera rufescens	RS
72	Pale-footed Swallow	Orochelidon flavipes	OS
73	Gray-mantled Wren	Odontorchilus branickii	OS
74	Sharpe's Wren	Cinnycerthia olivascens	OS
75	Stripe-throated Wren	Cantorchilus leucopogon	OS
76	Bar-winged Wood-Wren	Henicorhina leucoptera	OS
77	Slate-throated Gnatcatcher	Polioptila schistaceigula	OS
78	Rufous-brown Solitaire	Cichlopsis leucogenys	RS
79	Chiguanco Thrush	Turdus chiguanco	SS
80	Dagua Thrush**	Turdus daguae	OS
81	Choco Warbler**	Basileuterus chlorophrys	SS
82	Rufous-crested Tanager	Creurgops verticalis	SS
83	Black-capped Hemispingus	Hemispingus atropileus	SS
84	Superciliaried Hemispingus	Hemispingus superciliaris	SS
85	Oleaginous Hemispingus	Hemispingus frontalis	OS
86	Black-headed Hemispingus	Hemispingus verticalis	SS
87	Gray-hooded Bush Tanager	Cnemoscopus rubrirostris	SS
88	Giant Conebill	Oreomanes fraseri	SS
89	Scarlet-and-white Tanager	Chrysothlypis salmoni	OS
90	Scarlet-browed Tanager	Heterospingus xanthopygius	SS	BOTR,RCR
91	Vermilion Tanager	Calochaetes coccineus	SS
92	Golden-chested Tanager	Bangsia rothschildi	RS
93	Hooded Mountain-Tanager	Buthraupis montana	SS
94	Yellow-throated Tanager	Iridosornis analis	OS
95	Orange-eared Tanager	Chlorochrysa calliparaea	SS	SNP
96	Gray-and-gold Tanager	Tangara palmeri	OS
97	Saffron-crowned Tanager	Tangara xanthocephala	SS	SNP
98	Golden-eared Tanager	Tangara chrysotis	OS
99	Rufous-winged Tanager	Tangara lavinia	SS	RCR,XFR
100	Blue-browed Tanager	Tangara cyanotis	OS
101	Yellow-tufted Dacnis**	Dacnis egregia	SS	RCR
102	Scarlet-breasted Dacnis	Dacnis berlepschi	SS	RCR,XFR
103	Golden-collared Honeycreeper	Iridophanes pulcherrimus	SS
104	Band-tailed Seedeater	Catamenia analis	SS
105	Paramo Seedeater	Catamenia homochroa	OS
106	Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (Deep-blue Flowerpiercer)	Diglossa glauca	US
107	#Crimson-breasted Finch#	Rhodospingus cruentus	SS
108	Slaty Brush-Finch	Atlapetes schistaceus	SS
109	Yellow-green Bush-Tanager	Chlorospingus flavovirens	RS
110	Lemon-spectacled Tanager	Chlorothraupis olivacea	RS
111	Ochre-breasted Tanager	Chlorothraupis stolzmanni	OS	RCR,RPR
112	Black-backed Grosbeak	Pheucticus aureoventris	OS
113	Peruvian Meadowlark	Sturnella bellicosa	OS
114	Orange-crowned Euphonia	Euphonia saturata	SS	BOTR
115	Bronze-green Euphonia	Euphonia mesochrysa	SS
116	Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia	Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys	OS

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