After a long (18hr) flight via Bogota (where I’d already added 5 new species from out the window!- Brown-bellied Swallow, Tropical Kingbird, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Great Thrush and Andean Lapwing), I finally touched down in Quito airport, tired, but itching to go birding! I was picked up from the airport by one of Bellavista Lodge’s (where I’d be volunteering for the next 2 months) drivers, on the 2 hour drive to the lodge we made our way through Quito’s hot, polluted and busy streets and into the Cloud Forest, I managed another 3 new species: Black Vulture, Eared Dove and American Kestrel.
When we finally made it to the lodge I grabbed a bite to eat and Nelson Apolo, one of the guides there took me birding round one of the trails, new species came thick and fast.. 43 of them in fact! That evening I got two mammal ticks: Olinguito and Tayra. The next day I got lots more lifers, the best of which being a Common Potoo sat on one of the buildings at night!
A couple
of days later I joined some visiting birders down to the Angel Paz
reserve which has different species to Bellavista due to the lower
altitude, highlights here included Band-winged
Nightjar, Paraque,
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock,
Yellow-bellied Antpitta,
Giant Antpitta,
Ochre-breasted Antpitta,
Rufous-breasted Antthrush,
Dark-backed Woodquail,
Golden-headed Quetzal,
Swallow-tailed Kite
and Olive-capped Yellowthroat.
The next day I did the same thing and headed down to Milpe where highlights included: Broad-billed Motmot, Orange-billed Sparrow, River Bank Warbler, Gira Tanager, Choco Toucan, Swallow Tanager, Golden-winged Manakin, Choco Warbler, Choco Tyrannulet, Guayaquil Woodpecker, Collared Aracari and Spotted Nightingale Thrush.
The next
two weeks were spent birding Bellavista with highlights including
Plushcap, Tanager
Finch, Black-and-chestnut
Eagle, Yellow-vented
Woodpecker, White-throated
Hawk, White-rumped Hawk and Rufous
Tanager, I also finally saw Spillman’s
Tapaculo and Chestnut-crowned
Antpitta after hearing many!
It was finally time for my trip to Gareno Lodge in the Amazon with Nelson, we headed down to Quito with Bellavista transport and from there hopped on a bus to Puyo (a short 9hr journey away.. I found buses in Ecuador tend to be a very cheap and fairly easy way to travel, unlike those back home, In fact it costs roughly the same for the 9 hour journey to Puyo as it would to get a bus from Hereford to my patch at Wellington GPs which takes 20 minutes….), we passed Sugar Cane, Yucca and Balsa Wood plantations on the journey and 9hrs later at 1am we stepped into the humid Amazonian night, found a hotel and quickly fell asleep, the next morning we were up early and headed to a café for breakfast, which involved sampling some of the local cuisine, including ‘chontacuro’- a type of palm-eating grub… not something I’m in a hurry to try again it has to be said! We got a taxi to a nearby reserve called Cascada Hola Vida where highlights included: Paradise Tanager, Yellow-headed Vulture, Thrush-like Wren, Magpie Tanager, Green Kingfisher and a group of Brown-mantled Tamarin monkeys!
That afternoon we got a bus to Tena where we spent another night. Very early the next morning a pickup truck with one of Gareno’s guides in picked us up from the hotel and we headed to Laguna Pikawe, our first stop on the way to Gareno, as we waited for it to get light the incredible bubbling calls of Russet-backed Oropendolas began emanating from the trees, when it was light enough we piled into a canoe and headed out onto the lake, new birds started appearing.. American Purple Gallinule, Chestnut-eared Aracari, Lettered Aracari, Striated Heron, Crested Oropendola, Orange-backed Troupial, White-bearded Hermit, Speckled Chachalaca, Grey-necked Wood Rail, Amazon Kingfisher, Slender-billed Kite, Gilded Barbet, Black-fronted Nunbird, Dark-billed Cuckoo and the prehistoric Hoatzin, whose young have spurs on their wings like little feathery dinosaurs! we also saw 2 new monkey species: Black-mantled Tamarin and Spider Monkey!!
Further along the road to Gareno and deeper into the Amazon we did some more birding, finding species including: Opal-rumped Tanager and Opal-crowned Tanager, Ornate Hawk Eagle, Black Hawk Eagle, Southern Lapwing, Black Caracara and White-winged Swallow. It was depressing how degraded the rainforest looked along all of the roads we’d been along so far, with most converted to agricultural land with just a few sad looking trees left standing and it was only now as we got closer to Gareno lodge did it feel like we were entering proper rainforest.
Finally we
reached the lodge with just a few hours of daylight left, we were
taken to the day roosts of two of my target species: Rufous
Potoo and Crested Owl…
what a fantastic start! In the fading light I managed a couple of new
species including Yellow-browed Antbird and Spot-winged Antshrike
around the huge army ant swarm, which I’ll warn aren’t fun when
they start crawling up your legs and getting bitey… they’re no
wood ants, these things have serious jaws! As it got dark the
rainforest came alive, and the sound was just mind-blowing, an experience I’ll never forget!
After dinner we went for a night walk
to see what we could find, insects everywhere including a monstrous
cricket with a body at least 3 inches long!, massive whip-scorpions
and tarantulas, frogs, and a snake coiled up in a tree, we heard
Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
but they evaded our best efforts at finding them with their
ventriloquist abilities. The next day we were up at the crack of dawn
and the lifers again came thick and fast! The first of these being 2
Cream-coloured Woodpeckers
leaving their roost in a bromeliad, another stint at the antswarm
revealed a Peruvian Warbling Antbird,
a Scale-backed Antbird
and the amazing White-plumed Antbird!
Highlights from the rest of the day included Boat-billed
Flycatcher, Golden-headed
Manakin, Olive
Oropendola, White-fronted
Nunbird, Green-backed
Trogon, Speckled
Spinetail, Fasciated
Antshrike, King
Vulture, White-browed
Purpetuft, Spangled
Cotinga, Screaming
Piha, Blue-backed
Manakin and Blue-crowned
Manakin. Another night walk produced a
probable Pit Viper sp, and the Tawny-bellied
Screech Owls
again evaded us.
The next
morning proved why it’s called a rainforest, torrential rain all
morning. Despite this we spent the whole morning birding, getting
soaked to the skin but I added two new species, through fogged up
bins. Late morning the pickup truck took us back to Tena, via the
port town on the Rio Napo to see the group of White-faced
Capuchin Monkeys
who resided there. From Tena we got a bus
back to Quito where I left Nelson who headed on elsewhere and I spent
the night in a hostel there before heading back to Bellavista in the
morning.
The next couple of weeks at Bellavista were a little quieter and I spent them targeting missing species, I added some good species though including: Tyrannine Woodcreeper, White-faced Nunbird and Barred Becard.
On the 16th I headed up to Antisana reserve high in the Andes above the treeline, although it was a little touch-and-go as to whether we could get there due to the recent eruption of Cotopaxi Volcano which had covered the southern half of Quito in ash (although as usual the media blew it out of all proportion, if you’ll pardon the pun, and it wasn’t half as bad as made out, just a thin film of ash on all the cars was the only indication it happened…). But all was fine and I was soon birding in the high Paramo, highlights included: Andean Coot, Silvery Grebe, Andean Teal, Andean Ruddy Duck, Yellow-billed Pintail, Andean Condor, Black-chested Buzzard-eagle, Carunculated Caracara, Paramo Pipit, Giant Hummingbird, Ecuadoran Hillstar, Shining Sunbeam, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Andean Lapwing, Black-faced Ibis and Paramo Ground Tyrant. There was also a White-tailed Deer.
Back at Bellavista I managed to add few new species including Swallow-tailed Nightjar, Undulated Antpitta and best of all the Ocellated Tapaculo which I’d come so close to seeing so many times finally gave itself up, albeit briefly! A fantastic trio of birds! An Andean Slender Mouse Opossum also visited the bananas at Bellavista for two
consecutive nights, which I was pleased with as it’s a hard species to catch up with!
A day hike down to Tandayapa yielded a few new species of which the highlight was a pair of stunning White-capped Dippers displaying on the stream which runs through the village, I could’ve watched them until dusk but I had a Lyre-tailed Nightjar to dip!
It was now
nearing the end of my trip but I still had two more trips lined up to
see a few more new species before I headed home, the first of these
being another trip down to Angel Paz as I’d heard news of a family
of the newly discovered Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl frequenting the area
around the Cock-of-the-rock Lek. So I arranged transport down there,
but soon learned that they’d not been seen all day today for the
first time since they’ve been there, so things weren’t looking
too optimistic, but the next day we headed down there anyway and as
I’d expected there was no sign of any owls, there were however a
pair of very cool Scaled Fruiteaters
as some consolation, however, just as we were thinking of moving on
one of the other birders who had been there for the lek shouted that
the Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl
was there, and there they were, bird of the trip for sure!
Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl |
The next night back at Bellavista I went owling with Nelson and one of the other volunteers Saul, this proved fruitful with an Andean Pygmy Owl found, the closest cousin of CFPO, another great species!
My last
trip away from Bellavista was to Silanche in the western lowlands, I
got there for first light after spending the night in Pedro Vincente
Maldonado, highlights here included Red-capped
Manakin, White-bearded
Manakin- mechanical clicking sounds and all,
Scarlet-bellied Dacnis,
White-whiskered Puffbird,
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan,
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift,
Red-masked Parakeet,
Pacific Hornero,
Gartered Trogon,
White-tailed Trogon,
Blue-whiskered Tanager,
Little Cuckoo,
Rufous-tailed Jacamar,
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
and Tooth-billed Hummingbird.
Back in Pedro Vincente Maldonado I noted my first House
Sparrows of the trip- mega! And a single
Snowy Egret on a
stream.
My last week at Bellavista yielded just one new bird species- Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant.
On the 8th
of September I headed in to Quito for the final time and once I’d
checked in to my hotel in Tababela I got a taxi to Quito Airport
Pond, a little known site but well worth a visit for any birder with
a few hours to kill in Quito! I saw some great species there and the
birding was in total contrast to the rest of my trip! There were 2
Andean Gull, c25
Wilson’s Phalarope,
at least 1 Greater Yellowlegs,
several Lesser Yellowlegs,
good numbers of Pectoral,
Baird’s and Least
Sandpipers, a Stilt
Sandpiper (only the second highland record
for Ecuador), several Pied-billed Grebe,
a Blue-winged Teal
amongst a group of Yellow-billed Pintail,
and two Peregrine came
through, flushing all the waders, it was like being back home already.
The next day I was on a plane home after a fantastic bird-filled 2 months where I’d racked up 415 species, a list of which I’ve included below, after each species I’ve added a note of where they were seen (that I can remember!)
Quito
City: Q
Silanche:
S
Cascada
Hola Vida: C
Gareno: G
Bellavista:
B
Tandayapa:
T
Tony’s
House: TH
Johnie’s
House: J
Angel Paz:
AP
Laguna
Pikawe: L
Milpe: M
Antisana:
A
Bogota
Airport: BA
Puyo->Gareno
journey: PG
Pedro
Vincento Maldonado: PVM
Alambi: AB
Bellavista->Mindo
road: BM
Birds
Speckled
Chachalaca
|
L
|
Sickle-winged
Guan
|
B,
T
|
Dark-backed
Wood Quail
|
AP,
B
|
Andean
Teal
|
A
|
Yellow-billed
Pintail
|
A,
QAP
|
Andean
Duck
|
A
|
Pied-billed
Grebe
|
QAP
|
Silvery
Grebe
|
A
|
Black-faced
Ibis
|
A
|
Striated
Heron
|
L
|
Great
Egret
|
BA,
PG
|
Snowy
Egret
|
PVM
|
Cattle
Egret
|
Widespread
open lowlands
|
Turkey
Vulture
|
Widespread
|
Black
Vulture
|
Widespread
|
Greater
Yellow-headed Vulture
|
C,
G
|
King
Vulture
|
G
|
Andean
Condor
|
A
|
Hook-billed
Kite
|
B
|
Swallow-tailed
Kite
|
AP,
L
|
Black
Hawk Eagle
|
PG
|
Ornate
Hawk Eagle
|
PG
|
Black-and-chestnut
Eagle
|
B
|
Double-toothed
Kite
|
PG
|
Plain-breasted
Hawk
|
B
|
Plumbeous
Kite
|
C,
PG
|
Slender-billed
Kite
|
L
|
Roadside
Hawk
|
Widespread
open areas
|
White-rumped
Hawk
|
B,
TH, BM
|
Black-chested
Buzzard Eagle
|
A,
QAP
|
White-throated
Hawk
|
TH
|
Short-tailed
Hawk
|
B,
S
|
Black
Caracara
|
PG
|
Carunculated
Caracara
|
A
|
American
Kestrel
|
Widespread
open areas
|
Bat
Falcon
|
B
|
Peregrine
Falcon
|
QAP
|
Grey-necked
Wood Rail
|
L
|
Purple
Gallinule
|
L
|
Andean
Coot
|
A
|
Southern
Lapwing
|
PG
|
Andean
Lapwing
|
A
|
Greater
Yellowlegs
|
QAP
|
Lesser
Yellowlegs
|
QAP
|
Spotted
Sandpiper
|
QAP,
A, PG
|
Least
Sandpiper
|
QAP
|
Baird's
Sandpiper
|
QAP
|
Pectoral
Sandpiper
|
QAP
|
Stilt
Sandpiper
|
QAP
|
Wilson's
Phalarope
|
QAP
|
Andean
Gull
|
QAP
|
Rock
Dove
|
Urban
areas
|
Band-tailed
Pigeon
|
B,
T, TH
|
Plumbeous
Pigeon
|
B
|
Ruddy
Pigeon
|
M,
G
|
Dusky
Pigeon
|
S
|
Eared
Dove
|
Urban
areas, Open areas
|
Black-winged
Ground Dove
|
A
|
Pallid
Dove
|
M
|
White-throated
Quail Dove
|
B
|
Red-masked
Parakeet
|
S
|
White-eyed
Parakeet
|
L
|
Maroon-tailed
Parakeet
|
B,
M
|
Barred
Parakeet
|
B
|
Blue-headed
Parrot
|
G
|
Red-billed
Parrot
|
B,
T, TH, J, M
|
Scaly-headed
Parrot
|
B,
M
|
Southern
Mealy Amazon
|
G,
PG
|
Hoatzin
|
L
|
Greater
Ani
|
L
|
Smooth-billed
Ani
|
Widespread
open lowlands
|
Little
Cuckoo
|
S
|
Squirrel
Cuckoo
|
B,T,
S, M
|
Dark-billed
Cuckoo
|
L
|
Crested
Owl
|
G
|
Andean
Pygmy Owl
|
B
|
Cloud-forest
Pygmy Owl
|
AP
|
Common
Potoo
|
B,
TH
|
Rufous
Potoo
|
G
|
Rufous-bellied
Nighthawk
|
B
|
Paraque
|
AP
|
Band-winged
Nightjar
|
B,
AP
|
Swallow-tailed
Nightjar
|
B
|
Chestnut-collared
Swift
|
B
|
White-collared
Swift
|
Widespread
|
Short-tailed
Swift
|
G,
PG
|
Lesser
Swallow-tailed Swift
|
S
|
Rufous-breasted
Hermit
|
Amazon
|
White-whiskered
Hermit
|
S
|
White-bearded
Hermit
|
Amazon
|
Tawny-bellied
Hermit
|
B,
AB
|
Straight-billed
Hermit
|
G
|
Tooth-billed
Hummingbird
|
S
|
White-necked
Jacobin
|
B,
TH, T, AP, J, AB
|
Brown
Violetear
|
B,
TH, T, AB, J
|
Green
Violetear
|
B,
TH, T, AB, J, AP
|
Sparkling
Violetear
|
B,
TH, T, AB, J, AP, Q
|
Western
Emerald
|
TH,
AP
|
Fork-tailed
Woodnymph
|
G
|
Rufous-tailed
Hummingbird
|
AB,
AP
|
Andean
Emerald
|
B,
T, TH, J, AB, AP
|
Glittering-throated
Emerald
|
C
|
Blue-chested
Hummingbird
|
S
|
Speckled
Hummingbird
|
B,
TH, T, AB, J, AP
|
Fawn-breasted
Brilliant
|
B,
TH, T, J
|
Green-crowned
Brilliant
|
AB
|
Empress
Brilliant
|
J,
TH
|
Buff-tailed
Coronet
|
B,
TH, T, J, AB, AP
|
Velvet-purple
Coronet
|
J,
TH, AB
|
Shining
Sunbeam
|
A
|
Ecuadorean
Hillstar
|
A
|
Mountain
Velvetbreast
|
B,
TH
|
Brown
Inca
|
AP,
TH
|
Collared
Inca
|
B,
J, TH, T, AB, AP
|
Giant
Hummingbird
|
A,
Q
|
Gorgeted
Sunangel
|
B,
J, TH, T
|
Purple-bibbed
Whitetip
|
B,
TH, AP
|
Booted
Racket-tail
|
B,
TH, J, T, AB, AP
|
Black-tailed
Trainbearer
|
A,
Q
|
Green-tailed
Trainbearer
|
B,
TH
|
Tyrian
Metaltail
|
A
|
Violet-tailed
Sylph
|
B,
J, TH, AB
|
Wedge-billed
Hummingbird
|
AP
|
Purple-crowned
Fairy
|
S
|
Long-billed
Starthroat
|
C
|
Purple-throated
Woodstar
|
B,
J, TH, T, AB, AP
|
Golden-headed
Quetzal
|
AP
|
Crested
Quetzal
|
B
|
White-tailed
Trogon
|
S
|
Green-backed
Trogon
|
G
|
Gartered
Trogon
|
S
|
Masked
Trogon
|
B
|
Green
Kingfisher
|
C
|
Amazon
Kingfisher
|
L
|
Ringed
Kingfisher
|
C
|
Rufous
Motmot
|
S
|
Broad-billed
Motmot
|
M
|
White-eared
Jacamar
|
L
|
Rufous-tailed
Jacamar
|
S
|
White-whiskered
Puffbird
|
S
|
White-faced
Nunbird
|
B
|
Black-fronted
Nunbird
|
L
|
White-fronted
Nunbird
|
G
|
Orange-fronted
Barbet
|
S
|
Gilded
Barbet
|
L
|
Red-headed
Barbet
|
TH,
T, AB, AP
|
Toucan
Barbet
|
B,
T, TH, AP
|
Crimson-rumped
Toucanet
|
B,
T, AP, M
|
Lettered
Aracari
|
L
|
Chestnut-eared
Aracari
|
L
|
Collared
Aracari
|
M
|
Plate-billed
Mountain Toucan
|
B,
AP, J
|
Choco
Toucan
|
M
|
Yellow-throated
Toucan
|
S
|
Yellow-tufted
Woodpecker
|
L,
C
|
Black-cheeked
Woodpecker
|
S
|
Smoky-brown
Woodpecker
|
M
|
Yellow-vented
Woodpecker
|
B
|
Golden-olive
Woodpecker
|
T,
S
|
Crimson-mantled
Woodpecker
|
B
|
Spot-breasted
Woodpecker
|
L
|
Cream-coloured
Woodpecker
|
G
|
Lineated
Woodpecker
|
S
|
Powerful
Woodpecker
|
B
|
Guayaquil
Woodpecker
|
M,
S
|
Chestnut-winged
Cinclodes
|
A
|
Stout-billed
Cinclodes
|
A
|
Pacific
Hornero
|
S
|
Streak-backed
Canastero
|
A
|
Rufous
Spinetail
|
B,
M
|
Azara's
Spinetail
|
B,
T, TH, J, AP, AB
|
Dark-breasted
Spinetail
|
C
|
Red-faced
Spinetail
|
M,
B
|
Speckled
Spinetail
|
G
|
Rusty-winged
Barbtail
|
B
|
Spotted
Barbtail
|
B
|
Pearled
Treerunner
|
B,
J
|
Streaked
Tuftedcheek
|
B
|
Scaly-throated
Foliage-gleaner
|
M
|
Lineated
Foliage-gleaner
|
B
|
Rufous-rumped
Foliage-gleaner
|
C
|
Buff-fronted
Foliage-gleaner
|
M
|
Striped
Treehunter
|
B,
J, TH
|
Plain
Xenops
|
G
|
Streaked
Xenops
|
C
|
Tyrannine
Woodcreeper
|
B
|
Plain-brown
Woodcreeper
|
C
|
Olivaceous
Woodcreeper
|
C
|
Wedge-billed
Woodcreeper
|
M,
C, G, S
|
Strong-billed
Woodcreeper
|
B,
T
|
Buff-throated
Woodcreeper
|
G
|
Spotted
Woodcreeper
|
M,
S
|
Streak-headed
Woodcreeper
|
S
|
Montane
Woodcreeper
|
B,
T, TH, J, AP, AB
|
Fasciated
Antshrike
|
G
|
Great
Antshrike
|
L
|
Uniform
Antshrike
|
T
|
Mouse-coloured
Antshrike
|
G
|
Black-crowned
Antshrike
|
S
|
Cinereous
Antshrike
|
G
|
Spot-winged
Antshrike
|
G
|
Streak-headed
Antbird
|
B,
J
|
Grey
Antbird
|
C
|
Peruvian
Warbling Antbird
|
G
|
Yellow-browed
Antbird
|
G
|
Blue-lored
Antbird
|
M
|
White-plumed
Antbird
|
G
|
Bicoloured
Antbird
|
G
|
Common
Scale-backed Antbird
|
G
|
Rufous-breasted
Antthrush
|
AP
|
Undulated
Antpitta
|
B
|
Giant
Antpitta
|
AP
|
Chestnut-crowned
Antpitta
|
B
|
Yellow-bellied
Antpitta
|
AP
|
Ochre-breasted
Antpitta
|
AP
|
Ocellated
Tapaculo
|
B
|
Spillman's
Tapaculo
|
B
|
Blackish
Tapaculo
|
B
|
Sooty-headed
Tyrannulet
|
S
|
Black-capped
Tyrannulet
|
B
|
Forest
Elaenia
|
G
|
Grey
Elaenia
|
G
|
White-cresed
Elaenia
|
B
|
Sierran
Elaenia
|
B
|
Brown-capped
Tyrannulet
|
S
|
Southern
Beardless-Tyrannulet
|
S
|
White-tailed
Tyrannulet
|
B
|
Rufous-winged
Tyrannulet
|
AP
|
White-banded
Tyrannulet
|
B
|
Torrent
Tyrannulet
|
AB
|
Yellow
Tyrannulet
|
BM
|
Rufous-headed
Pygmy Tyrant
|
B
|
Choco
Tyrannulet
|
M,
S
|
Marble-faced
Bristle Tyrant
|
J
|
Streak-necked
Flycatcher
|
B,
T, TH, M
|
Olive-striped
Flycatcher
|
BM
|
Ochre-bellied
Flycatcher
|
G
|
Slaty-capped
Flycatcher
|
M
|
Flavescent
Flycatcher
|
B,
T
|
Ornate
Flycatcher
|
M
|
Scale-crested
Pygmy Tyrant
|
T
|
Double-banded
Pygmy Tyrant
|
G
|
Common
Tody Flycatcher
|
S
|
White-throated
Spadebill
|
M
|
Cinnamon
Flycatcher
|
B,
TH, J
|
Black
Phoebe
|
T,
AP
|
Smoke-coloured
Peewee
|
B,
J
|
Paramo
Ground Tyrant
|
A
|
Black-billed
Shrike-Tyrant
|
A
|
Masked
Water Tyrant
|
S
|
Yellow-bellied
Chat-Tyrant
|
B
|
Slaty-backed
Chat-Tyrant
|
B
|
Brown-backed
Chat-Tyrant
|
A
|
Piratic
Flycatcher
|
S,
C, G
|
Rusty-margined
Flycatcher
|
S
|
Social
Flycatcher
|
S,
C, G
|
Grey-capped
Flycatcher
|
C
|
Golden-crowned
Flycatcher
|
B
|
Streaked
Flycatcher
|
S
|
Boat-billed
Flycatcher
|
G,
BM
|
Sulphury
Flycatcher
|
PG
|
Crowned-Slaty
Flycatcher
|
PG
|
Snowy-throated
Kingbird
|
S
|
Tropical
Kingbird
|
Open
areas throughout
|
Dusky-capped
Flycatcher
|
G
|
Red-crested
Cotinga
|
B
|
Green-and-black
Fruiteater
|
B,
TH, J, T, AP
|
Scaled
Fruiteater
|
AP
|
Andean
Cock-of-the-Rock
|
AP,
TH, T
|
Spangled
Cotinga
|
G
|
Screaming
Piha
|
G
|
Golden-winged
Manakin
|
M
|
Blue-crowned
Manakin
|
G
|
White-bearded
Manakin
|
S
|
Blue-backed
Manakin
|
G
|
Red-capped
Manakin
|
s
|
Golden-headed
Manakin
|
G
|
Sulphur-rumped
Myobius
|
G
|
Black-crowned
Tityra
|
L
|
Black-tailed
Tityra
|
G
|
Masked
Tityra
|
M
|
White-browed
Purpletuft
|
G
|
Barred
Becard
|
B
|
Chestnut-crowned
Becard
|
C
|
White-winged
Becard
|
T
|
Pink-throated
Becard
|
G
|
Brown-capped
Vireo
|
B
|
Red-eyed
Vireo
|
M,B
|
Turquoise
Jay
|
B,
TH, T, AP, J, AB
|
Violacious
Jay
|
L,
PG, G
|
White-winged
Swallow
|
PG
|
Grey-breasted
Martin
|
PG
|
Blue-and-White
Swallow
|
Common
Throughout
|
Brown-bellied
Swallow
|
A
|
White-banded
Swallow
|
C
|
White-thighed
Swallow
|
G
|
Southern
Rough-winged Swallow
|
C
|
Thrush-like
Wren
|
C
|
Sepia-brown
Wren
|
B
|
Plain-tailed
Wren
|
B,
TH, J, T, AB
|
House
Wren
|
M,
C, J
|
Mountain
Wren
|
B
|
White-breasted
Wood-Wren
|
G
|
Grey-breasted
Wood-Wren
|
B,
J, T, TH, M
|
Tropical
Gnatcatcher
|
G
|
Slate-throated
Gnatcatcher
|
S
|
Slaty-backed
Nightingale-Thrush
|
BM
|
Spotted
Nightingale-Thrush
|
M
|
Great
Thrush
|
Common
in Highlands
|
Glossy-black
Thrush
|
B
|
Pale-vented
Thrush
|
M
|
Ecuadorian
Thrush
|
T,
AB, AP
|
Black-billed
Thrush
|
C,
G
|
White-capped
Dipper
|
T,
AB
|
House
Sparrow
|
PVM
|
Paramo
Pipit
|
A
|
Hooded
Siskin
|
A
|
Thick-billed
Euponia
|
AB
|
Golden-rumped
Euphonia
|
AP
|
Wite-lored
Euphonia
|
G
|
White-vented
Euphonia
|
L
|
Orange-bellied
Euphonia
|
Common
in forested areas
|
Rufous-bellied
Euphonia
|
G
|
Olive-crowned
Yellowthroat
|
AP
|
Tropical
Parula
|
M
|
Black-crested
Warbler
|
B
|
Riverbank
warbler
|
M
|
Choco
Warbler
|
M
|
Russet-crowned
Warbler
|
B,
TH, J, T, AB, M
|
Three-striped
Warbler
|
B,
M, T
|
Slate-throated
Whitestart
|
B,
TH, J, T, AB, M
|
Spectacled
Whitestart
|
B
|
Crested
Oropendola
|
L
|
Russet-backed
Oropendola
|
Lowlands
|
Olive
Oropendola
|
G
|
Yellow-rumped
Cacique
|
Lowlands
|
Orange-backed
Troupial
|
L
|
Giant
Cowbird
|
S,
PVM
|
Shiny
Cowbird
|
C
|
Bananaquit
|
AB
|
Rufous-collared
Sparrow
|
Common
in Highlands
|
Yellow-browed
Sparrow
|
PG
|
Orange-billed
Sparrow
|
M
|
Chestnut-capped
Brushfinch
|
B
|
Tricoloured
Brushfinch
|
AP
|
Yellow-breasted
Finch
|
BM
|
White-winged
Brushfinch
|
B,
J
|
Dusky
Bush Tanager
|
B,
T, TH, J, AP, AB, M
|
Yellow-throated
Bush Tanager
|
C,
M
|
Magpie
Tanager
|
C
|
Black-capped
Hemispingus
|
B
|
Western
Hemispingus
|
B
|
Rufous-chested
Tanager
|
B
|
Flame-crested
Tanager
|
G
|
Tawny-crested
Tanager
|
S
|
White-lined
Tanager
|
T,
AB
|
Masked
Crimson Tanager
|
L
|
Silver-beaked
Tanager
|
C,
PG, G
|
Lemon-rumped
Tanager
|
AP,
M, BM, S
|
Blue-grey
Tanager
|
C,
G, AP, M, S
|
Palm
Tanager
|
C,
G, AP, M, S
|
Blue-capped
Tanager
|
B
|
Blue-and-Yellow
Tanager
|
Q
|
Hooded
Mountain Tanager
|
B
|
Blue-winged
Mountain Tanager
|
B,
TH, J, T, AP
|
Grass-green
Tanager
|
B
|
Orange-eared
Tanager
|
C
|
Turquoise
Tanager
|
C,
PG, G
|
Paradise
Tanager
|
C,
PG, G
|
Blue-whiskered
Tanager
|
S
|
Golden
Tanager
|
M,
AP, AB, T, TH, J, B
|
Silver-throated
Tanager
|
AB
|
Flame-faced
Tanager
|
AP,
B, T, TH
|
Yellow-bellied
Tanager
|
G
|
Bay-headed
Tanager
|
M,
S, G, C
|
Rufous-winged
Tanager
|
S
|
Golden-naped
Tanager
|
;
|
Metallic-green
Tanager
|
B
|
Blue-necked
Tanager
|
M
|
Masked
Tanager
|
G
|
Beryl-spangled
Tanager
|
B,
T, TH, AP, M
|
Blue-and-Black
Tanager
|
B
|
Opal-rumped
Tanager
|
PG,
G
|
Opal-crowned
Tanager
|
PG,
G
|
Swallow
Tanager
|
M,
C
|
Black-faced
Dacnis
|
PG
|
Yellow-tufted
Dacnis
|
S
|
Yellow-bellied
Dacnis
|
PG,
G
|
Blue
Dacnis
|
PG,
G
|
Scarlet-breasted
Dacnis
|
S
|
Purple
Honeycreeper
|
C,
PG, G
|
Green
Honeycreeper
|
C,
G, S
|
Scarlet-browed
Tanager
|
S
|
Guira
Tanager
|
M
|
Yellow-backed
Tanager
|
G
|
Capped
Conebill
|
B,
T, TH, J
|
Black
Flowerpiercer
|
A,
Q
|
White-sided
Flowerpiercer
|
B,
J
|
Masked
Flowerpiercer
|
B,
T, TH, J, AB, AP
|
Tanager
Finch
|
B
|
Plumbeous
Sierra Finch
|
A
|
Ash-breasted
Sierra Finch
|
A
|
Blue-black
Grassquit
|
M
|
Variable
Seedeater
|
S,
PVM
|
Yellow-bellied
Seedeater
|
B,
AP
|
Chestnut-bellied
Seedeater
|
C
|
Thick-billed
Seedfinch
|
BM
|
Chestnut-bellied
Seed Finch
|
C
|
Band-tailed
Seedeater
|
Q
|
Plushcap
|
B
|
Ochre-breasted
Tanager
|
M
|
Golden
Grosbeak
|
M,
B
|
Slate-coloured
Grosbeak
|
S
|
Buff-throated
Saltator
|
T,
AB
|
Black-winged
Saltator
|
T,
AB
|
Mammals
|
|
White-tailed
Deer
|
A
|
Tayra
|
B
|
Olinguito
|
B
|
Kinkajou
|
B
|
White-eared
Opossum
|
B,
S
|
Adean
Slender Mouse-Opossum
|
B
|
Western
Red-tailed Squirrel
|
B,
AP
|
Western
Dwarf Squirrel
|
BM
|
Agouti
|
BM
|
White-faced
Capuchin
|
Puerto
Napo
|
Spider
Monkey
|
L
|
Black-mantled
Tamarin
|
L
|
Brown-mantled
Tamarin
|
C
|
Dwarf
Mouse
|
B
|
Arnoura
Fistulata
|
B
|
Thomasomys
sp
|
B
|
Oryzomys
sp
|
B
|
Shrew
sp
|
B
|
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