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Written by Charles Hesse
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Sep 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
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LOJA & LIST
ECUADOR
LOJA (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (19th, 26th, 28th February, 2006)
Birding Site Guide
I passed this area several times on the bus and birded roadside scrub a little (Streak-headed Woodcreeper, Speckle-chested Wren & Pacific Elania) when it broke down 2 hours before Loja coming from Quito. I also saw several new birds on the bus to Huaquillas on the border with Peru including Peruvian Meadowlark, Gray-breasted Martin & Bay-winged Hawk.
I saw 30 species including 4 lifers
Species seen
Great Egret Ardea alba Seen journey Laja
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Seen journey Laja
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Seen journey Laja
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Seen journey Laja
American Kestrel Falco sparverius Seen journey Laja
Rock Pigeon Columba livia Introduced
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata Seen journey Laja
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Seen journey Laja
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Seen journey Laja
(Pacific Hornero) Furnarius leucopus Seen journey Laja
Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens Possibly
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus Heard
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Seen journey Laja
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Seen journey Laja
Speckle-breasted Wren Thryothorus sclateri
House Wren Troglodytes aedon Seen journey Laja
Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus Seen journey Laja
Great Thrush Turdus fuscater Seen journey Laja
Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Heard
Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Heard
Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa Seen journey Laja
Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas Possibly
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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Last Updated ( Aug 21, 2008 at 03:54 PM )
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