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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