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Written by Charles Hesse
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Sep 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
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AYAMPE & LIST
ECUADOR
Region (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (31st July, 2006)
Birding Site Guide
I used Puerto Lopez as a base when visiting Ayampe but there are also a couple of places to stay in this small coastal town. Puerto Lopez is just 25 minutes away by regular bus (50c) though, so getting here early in the morning is not a problem. I stayed at Hostal Sol Inn in PL for $6 for a single room. There are also many restaurants and also internet here although it is expensive and a little slow. There are several birding areas within walking distance of the town. The first is some ponds and a kind of an estuary at the rive mouth on the Ayampe side. Here I saw several species of water birds including Stilt Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher and Great Blue Heron. Another birding site is inland along the river. Again on the Ayampe side follow the road along a bit where it forks, the left staying on the valley floor and crossing the small river several times and the right climbing a little up the right side of the valley. Along the valley floor I saw Masked Water-Tyrant, Masked Yellowthroat and heard Watkin’s Antpitta whereas on the right trail I heard Little Tinamou and saw Violaceous Trogon, Red-rumped Woodpecker and Western Slaty-Antshrike. The last site I visited was along the main road towards Montañita. The road climbs up and at the top before it starts going down again, I saw Guira Tanager, Yellow-tufted Dacnis and Sooty-headed Tyrannlet. Follow the road down, and about 2km or half an hour’s walk from Ayamp, you reach a right turn in the road. This spot is excellent and I saw Grey-backed Hawk, White-bearded Manakin, Black-cheeked Woodpecker and Bay Wren in forest by the road. Back in Ayampe, there are bushes with many red flowers, behind these, towards the ocean is a big tree in which I saw Pearl Kite.
I saw 103 species including 9 lifers
Species seen
Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Heard only
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens photo'd
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias photo'd
Great Egret Ardea alba
Snowy Egret Egretta thula photo'd
Striated Heron Butorides striata photo'd
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea photo'd
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus photo'd
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura photo'd
Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii photo'd
Gray-backed Hawk Leucopternis occidentalis Endangered photo'd Recorded
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus photo'd
Gray Hawk Asturina nitida photo'd Recorded
Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans Heard only
Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera Vulnerable Possibly heard
White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis Heard only
Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia photo'd Recorded
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia photo'd
Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus photo'd
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla photo'd Recorded
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla photo'd
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica photo'd Recorded
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris Vulnerable Heard only
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Recorded
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani photo'd
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris photo'd
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum Heard only
Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
(Baron's Hermit) Phaethornis baroni
Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus photo'd
(Ecuadorian Trogon) Trogon mesurus
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Recorded
(Chestnut-mandibled Toucan) Ramphastos swainsonii Recorded
Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Possibly heard. Recorded
(Pacific Hornero) Furnarius leucopus
Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura Heard only
Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
Great Antshrike Taraba major
Collared Antshrike Sakesphorus bernardi Possibly heard
Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha photo'd
Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Recorded
Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
Watkins's Antpitta Grallaria watkinsi Heard only. Recorded
White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus Recorded
Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus Heard only
Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus photo'd
Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta photo'd Recorded
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus photo'd
Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Recorded
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus photo'd
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus
Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus Heard only
Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus
Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
Gray-and-gold Warbler Basileuterus fraseri
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris Recorded
(Yellow-tufted Dacnis) Dacnis egregia photo'd
Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus
Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris photo'd
Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus photo'd
Golden-bellied Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi
Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Author Charles Hesse
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