MINDO LOMA & LIST 
ECUADOR

PICHINCHA (c)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W 40ha hilly, 1700m 
Protected/registered status 
November to March (time visited)

 

Birding Site Guide

This reserve is well signed off the main Quito road at KM74. Accommodation is being built, and there is already an operating cafe with excellent hummingbird feeders. This small reserves forest adjoins other much larger areas of forest and birding is good. There are trails through the forest, one leading steeply up to a 60m waterfall. It is one of the best sites to look for Black Solitaire (only site maybe) and Glittering Green Tanager. 

 

MINDO LOMA bird list 2006 

  • Herons, Bitterns and Egrets Ardeidae
  • Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  • American Vultures Cathartidae
  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  • Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Osprey Accipitridae
  • Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
  • Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
  • Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
  • Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
  • White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
  • Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori
  • Falcons and Caracaras Falconidae
  • Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
  • Merlin Falco columbarius
  • Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Cracidae
  • Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
  • Wattled Guan Crax globulosa
  • Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
  • New World Quails Odontophoridae
  • E Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
  • Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Rallidae
  • White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
  • Pigeons and Doves Columbidae
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
  • Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea
  • Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea
  • E Blue Ground-Dove Columbina pretiosa
  • White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
  • White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata
  • Parrots and Macaws Psittacidae
  • Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
  • Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
  • Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissima
  • Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
  • White-capped Parrot Pionus seniloides
  • Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenaria
  • Cuckoos and Anis Cuculidae
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
  • Typical Owls Strigidae (4)
  • Rufescent Screech-Owl Otus ingens
  • E Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nubicola
  • Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis
  • Mottled Owl Strix virgata
  • Potoos Nyctibiidae
  • Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
  • Nightjars and Nighthawks Caprimulgidae
  • Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
  • Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
  • Swifts Apodidae
  • White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
  • Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutilus
  • Hummingbirds Trochilidae
  • Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
  • Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
  • Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
  • Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus
  • Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
  • Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
  • E Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini
  • E Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix
  • Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
  • Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
  • White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri
  • E Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
  • Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
  • Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
  • E Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
  • E Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophinus
  • E Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens
  • Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
  • Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
  • E Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
  • Wedge-billed Hummingbird Schistes geoffroyi
  • Purple-throated Woodstar Philodice mitchellii
  • White-bellied Woodstar Acestrura mulsant
  • Trogons and Quetzals Trogonidae
  • Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
  • Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
  • Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
  • New World Barbets Capitonidae
  • E Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus
  • Toucans Ramphastidae
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
  • E Pale-mandibled Aracari Pteroglossus erythropygius
  • E Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena laminirostris
  • E Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis
  • Woodpeckers and Piculets Picidae
  • Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
  • Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
  • Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
  • Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus
  • Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
  • Ovenbirds Furnariidae
  • Azara’s Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
  • Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
  • E Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
  • Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
  • Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuligera
  • Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
  • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
  • Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
  • Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
  • Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps
  • E Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
  • Woodcreepers Dendrocolaptidae
  • Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
  • Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus promeropirhynchus
  • Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
  • Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lachrymiger
  • Scythebills Campylorhamphus
  • Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
  • Typical Antbirds Thamnophilidae
  • Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
  • Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudate
  • Ground Antbirds Formicariidae
  • Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
  • E Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni
  • Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
  • E Yellow-breasted Antpitta Grallaria flavotincta
  • Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
  • Tapaculos Rhinocryptidae
  • E Nariño Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
  • Spillmann’s Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
  • Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae
  • Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias cinereiceps
  • Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
  • White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
  • Sulphur-beilled Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor
  • E Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus
  • Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
  • Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
  • Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni
  • Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
  • Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
  • Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans
  • Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
  • Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
  • Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
  • Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
  • One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
  • Cotingas Cotingidae
  • Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
  • E Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda
  • Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
  • Olivaceous Piha Lathria cryptolophus
  • Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana
  • Manakins Pipridae
  • Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus
  • Jays Corvidae
  • E Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra
  • Vireos Vireonidae
  • Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
  • Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
  • Thrushes Turdidae
  • Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
  • E Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus
  • Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
  • Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas
  • Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
  • Pale-eyed Thrush Platycichla leucops
  • Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
  • E Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
  • Dippers Cinclidae
  • White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucopcephalus
  • Swallows and Martins Hirundinidae
  • Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
  • Wrens Troglodytidae
  • Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon
  • Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
  • Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
  • New World Warblers Parulidae
  • Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
  • Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
  • Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
  • Black-lored Yellowthroat Geothlypis auricularis
  • Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
  • Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
  • Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus
  • Tanagers etc. Thraupidae
  • Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
  • Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
  • White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
  • E Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris
  • Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
  • E Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
  • Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
  • Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
  • Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix
  • Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides
  • Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
  • Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei
  • E Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosornis porphyrocephala
  • Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
  • E Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus notabilis
  • Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
  • Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
  • Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
  • Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus ecteronotus
  • Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
  • E Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus
  • Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis
  • Western Hemispingus Hemispingus ochraceus
  • Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
  • Saltators, Grosbeaks and Cardinals Cardinalidae
  • Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
  • Emberizine Finches Emberizidae
  • Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
  • Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
  • Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
  • Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor
  • Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
  • Olive Finch Lysurus castaneiceps
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
  • Cardueline Finches Fringillidae
  • Yellow-bellied Siskin Carduelis xanthogastra 
  • E is endemic to region

Adapted and updated from Peter A. Hosner’s list and reproduced with the kind permission of the owners of Mindo Loma.


Species Notes 
In all --- species of bird have so far been recorded. 

Sought After Species: 

Other Fauna 

A total of -- species of mammals. 
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: BSG, Peter A. Hosner’s

 

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