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	Baron's Hermit**	Phaethornis baroni	BR,R	NE
13	White-throated Daggerbill	Schistes albogularis	BR	NE
14	Tourmaline Sunangel	Heliangelus exortis	ECNP	NE
15	Little Sunangel	Heliangelus micraster	Many	NE
16	Purple-throated Sunangel	Heliangelus viola	Many	NE
17	Royal Sunangel	Heliangelus regalis	CC	NE
18	Violet-tailed Sylph	Aglaiocercus coelestis	BR,ECNP	NE
19	Ecuadorian Hillstar	Oreotrochilus chimborazo	ECNP	NE
20	Viridian Metaltail	Metallura williami	Many	NE
21	Violet-throated Metaltail	Metallura baroni	ECNP	E
22	Neblina Metaltail	Metallura odomae	CT,PC	NE
23	Hoary Puffleg	Haplophaedia lugens	BR	NE
24	Brown Inca	Coeligena wilsoni	BR	NE
25	Rainbow Starfrontlet	Coeligena iris	Many	NE
26	Velvet-purple Coronet	Boissonneaua jardini	BR	NE
27	Rufous-gaped Hillstar	Urochroa bougueri	BR	NE
28	Purple-bibbed Whitetip	Urosticte benjamini	BR	NE
29	Empress Brilliant	Heliodoxa imperatrix	BR	NE
30	Short-tailed Woodstar	Myrmia micrura	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
31	Purple-collared Woodstar	Myrtis fanny	BR,PB,PC,UR	NE
32	Esmeraldas Woodstar	Chaetocercus berlepschi	AY	E
33	Purple-throated Woodstar	Philodice mitchellii	ECNP,UR	NE
34	Western Emerald	Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus	BR	NE
35	Tumbes Hummingbird	Thaumasius baeri	JFR,UR	NE
36	Amazilia Hummingbird	Amazilis amazilia	Many	NE
37	Ecuadorian Rail	Rallus aequatorialis	ECNP	BC
38	Brown Wood-Rail	Aramides wolfi	R	NE
39	Andean Condor	Vultur gryphus	ECNP	AT
40	Black-and-chestnut Eagle	Spizaetus isidori	Many	EN
41	Gray-backed Hawk	Pseudastur occidentalis	AY,BR,JFR,R	NE
42	Peruvian Screech-Owl	Megascops roboratus	CT,JFR,PC,UR	NE
43	Ecuadorian Trogon	Trogon mesurus	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
44	Coppery-chested Jacamar	Galbula pastazae	CC,CL,LZ,PB	NE
45	Purplish Jacamar	Galbula chalcothorax	CC	BC
46	Toucan Barbet	Semnornis ramphastinus	BR	NE
47	Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan	Andigena laminirostris	BR	NE
48	Ecuadorian Piculet	Picumnus sclateri	AY,JFR,UR	NE
49	Carunculated Caracara	Daptrius carunculatus	ECNP,HFR,PC	NE
50	Gray-cheeked Parakeet	Brotogeris pyrrhoptera	BR,JFR,R,UR	NE
51	Red-faced Parrot	Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops	CT,ECNP,HFR PC	NE
52	Rose-faced Parrot	Pyrilia pulchra	BR	NE
53	Lilacine Amazon	Amazona lilacina	R	E
54	Pacific Parrotlet	Forpus coelestis	Many	NE
55	El Oro Parakeet	Pyrrhura orcesi	BR	E
56	White-necked Parakeet	Pyrrhura albipectus	CL,LZ,PB	NE
57	Cordilleran Parakeet	Psittacara frontalus	HFR,PC	NE
58	Chapman's Antshrike	Thamnophilus zarumae	JFR,UR	NE
59	Collared Antshrike	Thamnophilus bernardi	Many	NE
60	White-streaked Antvireo	Dysithamnus leucostictus	PB	BC
61	Gray-headed Antbird	Ampelornis griseiceps	JFR,UR	NE
62	Esmeraldas Antbird	Sipia nigricauda	BR	NE
63	Elegant Crescentchest	Melanopareia elegans	Many	NE
64	Giant Antpitta	Grallaria gigantea	BR	NE
65	Moustached Antpitta	Grallaria alleni	BR	NE
66	Watkins's Antpitta	Grallaria watkinsi	AY,JFR,PC,UR	NE
67	Yellow-breasted Antpitta	Grallaria flavotincta	BR	NE
68	Crescent-faced Antpitta	Grallaricula lineifrons	HFR	NE
69	Loja Tapaculo	Scytalopus androstictus	CT,PC,UR	NE
70	Ecuadorian Tapaculo	Scytalopus robbinsi	BR	E
71	Chusquea Tapaculo	Scytalopus parkeri	CT,HFR,PB,PC	NE
72	Spillmann's Tapaculo	Scytalopus spillmanni	BR	NE
73	Black-hooded Antthrush	Formicarius destructus	AY,BR,R	NE
74	Pacific Hornero	Furnarius cinnamomeus	Many	NE
75	Stout-billed Cinclodes	Cinclodes excelsior	ECNP	NE
76	Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner	Syndactyla ruficollis	JFR,UR	NE
77	Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner	Clibanornis erythrocephalus	AY,JFR,UR	NE
78	Uniform Treehunter	Thripadectes ignobilis	BR	NE
79	Mouse-colored Thistletail	Asthenes griseomurina	Many	NE
80	Equatorial Graytail	Xenerpestes singularis	CC,CL,LZ,PB	NE
81	Line-cheeked Spinetail	Cranioleuca antisiensis	Many	NE
82	Blackish-headed Spinetail	Synallaxis tithys	JFR,R,UR	NE
83	Necklaced Spinetail	Synallaxis stictothorax	AY,R	NE
84	Jet Manakin	Chloropipo unicolor	PB	NE
85	Club-winged Manakin	Machaeropterus deliciosus	BR	NE
86	Orange-breasted Fruiteater	Pipreola jucunda	BR	NE
87	Black-chested Fruiteater	Pipreola lubomirskii	CL,PB	BC
88	Chestnut-bellied Cotinga	Doliornis remseni	CT,HFR,PC	NE
89	Chestnut-crested Cotinga	Ampelion rufaxilla	CL,CT	AT
90	Amazonian Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus ornatus	CC,CL,LZ,PB	AT
91	Long-wattled Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus penduliger	BR	NE
92	Foothill Schiffornis	Schiffornis aenea	CC,CL,PB	NE
93	Yellow-cheeked Becard**	Pachyramphus xanthogenys	CC,CL	NE
94	Slaty Becard	Pachyramphus spodiurus	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
95	Orange-banded Flycatcher	Nephelomyias lintoni	CT,HFR,PB,PC	NE
96	Rufous-winged Tyrannulet	Mecocerculus calopterus	BR,JFR,LZ,PC	NE
97	Black-crested Tit-Tyrant	Anairetes nigrocristatus	HFR,UR	NE
98	Tumbesian Tyrannulet	Nesotriccus tumbezanus	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
99	Maranon Tyrannulet	Nesotriccus maranonicus	PC,UR	NE
100	Pacific Elaenia	Myiopagis subplacens	Many	NE
101	Coopmans's Elaenia	Elaenia brachyptera	BR	NE
102	Choco Tyrannulet	Zimmerius albigularis	AY,BR	NE
103	Loja Tyrannulet**	Zimmerius flavidifrons	BR,HFR,JFR,UR	NE
104	Peruvian Tyrannulet	Zimmerius viridiflavus	UR	NE
105	Fulvous-faced Scrub-Tyrant	Euscarthmus fulviceps	Many	NE
106	Gray-and-white Tyrannulet	Pseudelaenia leucospodia	R	NE
107	Olive-chested Flycatcher	Myiophobus cryptoxanthus	CC,CL,LZ,PB	NE
108	Gray-breasted Flycatcher	Lathrotriccus griseipectus	Many	NE
109	Tumbes Pewee	Contopus punensis	Many	NE
110	Jelski's Chat-Tyrant	Silvicultrix jelskii	HFR,PC,UR	NE
111	Ochraceous Attila	Attila torridus	AY,BR	BC
112	Sooty-crowned Flycatcher	Myiarchus phaeocephalus	Many	NE
113	Baird's Flycatcher	Myiodynastes bairdii	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
114	Black-billed Peppershrike	Cyclarhis nigrirostris	BR	NE
115	Beautiful Jay	Cyanolyca pulchra	BR	NE
116	Turquoise Jay	Cyanolyca turcosa	Many	BC
117	White-tailed Jay	Cyanocorax mystacalis	JFR,PC,R,UR	NE
118	Chestnut-collared Swallow	Petrochelidon rufocollaris	Many	NE
119	Fasciated Wren	Campylorhynchus fasciatus	Many	NE
120	Superciliated Wren	Cantorchilus superciliaris	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
121	Long-tailed Mockingbird	Mimus longicaudatus	Many	NE
122	Black Solitaire	Entomodestes coracinus	BR	NE
123	Plumbeous-backed Thrush	Turdus reevei	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
124	Marañon Thrush	Turdus maranonicus	PB	NE
125	Ecuadorian Thrush	Turdus maculirostris	Many	NE
126	Saffron Siskin	Spinus siemiradzkii	AY,JFR,UR	NE
127	Tanager Finch	Oreothraupis arremonops	BR	NE
128	Dusky Chlorospingus	Chlorospingus semifuscus	BR,UR	NE
129	Tumbes Sparrow	Rhynchospiza stolzmanni	UR	NE
130	Black-capped Sparrow	Arremon abeillei	JFR,R,UR	NE
131	Marañon Sparrow	Arremon nigriceps	AY	NE
132	White-rimmed Brushfinch	Atlapetes leucopis	PC	NE
133	White-headed Brushfinch	Atlapetes albiceps	JFR,UR	NE
134	White-winged Brushfinch	Atlapetes leucopterus	Many	NE
135	Bay-crowned Brushfinch	Atlapetes seebohmi	CT,JFR,UR	NE
136	White-edged Oriole	Icterus graceannae	AY,JFR,R,UR	NE
137	Black-lored Yellowthroat	Geothlypis auricularis	Many	NE
138	Three-banded Warbler	Basileuterus trifasciatus	Many	NE
139	Choco Warbler	Myiothlypis chlorophrys	BR	NE
140	Gray-and-gold Warbler	Myiothlypis fraseri	Many	NE
141	Ochre-breasted Tanager	Chlorothraupis stolzmanni	BR	NE
142	Ecuadorian Seedeater	Amaurospiza aequatorialis	BR,UR	NE
143	Piura Hemispingus**	Sphenopsis piurae	JFR,UR	NE
144	Moss-backed Tanager	Bangsia edwardsi	BR	NE
145	Orange-throated Tanager	Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron	CC	NE
146	Black-chinned Mountain Tanager	Anisognathus notabilis	BR	NE
147	Glistening-green Tanager	Chlorochrysa phoenicotis	BR	NE
148	Rufous-throated Tanager	Ixothraupis rufigula	BR	NE
149	Yellow-tufted Dacnis	Dacnis egregia	BR,R	NE
150	Black-backed Bush Tanager	Urothraupis stolzmanni	ECNP	NE
151	Tit-like Dacnis	Xenodacnis parina	ECNP	NE
152	Collared Warbling Finch	Poospiza hispaniolensis	AY,JFR	NE
153	Parrot-billed Seedeater	Sporophila peruviana	AY,R,UR	NE
154	Drab Seedeater	Sporophila simplex	UR	NE
155	Crimson-breasted Finch	Rhodospingus cruentus	AY,BR,JFR,R	NE
156	Black-winged Saltator	Saltator atripennis	BR	NE
157	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	140
CR	Critically Endangered	0
EN	Endangered	1
BC	Best Seen in This Country	7
AT	Always a Target	3