MILPE AND RIO SILANCHE BIRD LISTS
ECUADOR
ESMERALDAS (Quito), (NW)
00o00´/00o00´ (lower montane to montane)
Anytime ()
Birding Site Guide
By W. Miles McMullan (2006)
The first definitive refers to Milpe, the second to Rio Silanche
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui yes yes
- Great Egret Ardea alba yes yes
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula yes yes
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis yes yes
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus yes yes
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura yes yes
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus yes yes
- Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis yes yes
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus yes no
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus yes yes
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus yes yes
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea no yes
- Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus yes yes
- Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor no yes
- Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbea yes yes
- Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps yes yes
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbea no yes
- Gray-backed Hawk Leucopternis occidentalis no yes
- Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps yes no
- Gray Hawk Asturina nitida no yes
- Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris yes yes
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus yes yes
- White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula yes yes
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus no yes
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans yes yes
- Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis yes yes
- Plumbeous Forest-Falcon Micrastur plumbeus yes no
- Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus yes yes
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis yes yes
- Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops yes yes
- Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus yes yes
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis yes yes
- Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi no yes
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia no yes
- Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea yes yes
- Dusky Pigeon Columba goodsoni no yes
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi no yes
- Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida yes yes
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa no yes
- Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura yes yes
- Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys no yes
- Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis yes yes
- Rose-faced Parrot Pionopsitta pulchra yes yes
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus no yes
- Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus yes yes
- Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis no yes
- Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa no yes
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana yes yes
- Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta yes yes
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani yes yes
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris no yes
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia yes yes
- Choco Screech-Owl Otus centralis yes no
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata yes yes
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata yes yes
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata yes yes
- Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nubicola yes no
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus yes yes
- Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris no yes
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis yes yes
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila no yes
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris yes yes
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus no yes
- Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris yes yes
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis yes yes
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri yes no
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila yes no
- White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui yes yes
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis yes yes
- Tooth-billed Hummingbird Androdon aequatorialis yes no
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora no yes
- Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae yes no
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii yes yes
- Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi yes yes
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie no yes
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl yes yes
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis no yes
- Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi no yes
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula yes no
- Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni yes no
- Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini yes no
- Wedge-billed Hummingbird Augastes geoffroyi yes no
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti yes yes
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris yes no
- Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii yes no
- Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus yes yes
- White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis yes yes
- Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus no yes
- White-eyed Trogon Trogon comptus yes yes
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris yes yes
- Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus yes yes
- Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps yes no
- Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata no yes
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana no yes
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii yes yes
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum no yes
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda no yes
- Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus no yes
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos no yes
- Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus yes no
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis no yes
- Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata yes yes
- Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus no yes
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii yes yes
- Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus yes no
- Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus yes yes
- Pale-mandibled Aracari Pteroglossus erythropygius yes yes
- Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii yes yes
- Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis yes yes
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus yes yes
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani yes yes
- Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus yes yes
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus yes no
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii no yes
- Lita Woodpecker Piculus litae no yes
- White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus yes yes
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus yes yes
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus no yes
- Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster yes no
- Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis yes yes
- Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus yes yes
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura yes yes
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops yes no
- Double-banded Graytail Xenerpestes minlosi no yes
- Plain Xenops Xenops minutus no yes
- Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans no yes
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps yes no
- Western Woodhaunter Hyloctistes virgatus yes yes
- Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni yes no
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens yes no
- Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis yes no
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris yes no
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus yes no
- Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus no yes
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa no yes
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus yes yes
- Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae no yes
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus no yes
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius yes yes
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii yes yes
- Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris no yes
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus yes no
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus no yes
- Great Antshrike Taraba major no yes
- Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha no yes
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus yes yes
- Griscom's Antwren Myrmotherula ignota no yes
- Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica yes yes
- Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris no yes
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris no yes
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor yes no
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis yes yes
- Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota yes no
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina no yes
- White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota no yes
- Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi no yes
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul yes yes
- Esmeraldas Antbird Myrmeciza nigricauda yes no
- Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata yes no
- Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus no yes
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris yes no
- Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei yes yes
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata no yes
- Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger yes no
- White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus yes yes
- Blue-crowned Manakin Pipra coronata no yes
- Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis no yes
- Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus yes no
- Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus yes no
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus no yes
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum yes yes
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola no yes
- Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps no yes
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata yes yes
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster yes yes
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea yes yes
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus no yes
- Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus yes yes
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris yes yes
- Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni yes no
- Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps yes yes
- Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias cinereiceps yes no
- Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops yes yes
- Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus no yes
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus yes yes
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps no yes
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum yes yes
- Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephala yes yes
- Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus yes yes
- Fulvous-breasted Flatbill Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus yes no
- Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis no yes
- Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus yes yes
- Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans yes yes
- Orange-crested Flycatcher Myiophobus phoenicomitra yes no
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus yes yes
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus no yes
- Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus yes no
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius no yes
- Black-tailed Flycatcher Myiobius atricaudus no yes
- Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus yes no
- Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta yes yes
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus yes yes
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus yes yes
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra yes no
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer yes yes
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua yes yes
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis yes yes
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis yes yes
- Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis no yes
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittata no yes
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus yes yes
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius yes yes
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus yes yes
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus yes yes
- Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus yes yes
- One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous yes yes
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata yes yes
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor yes yes
- Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea no yes
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca yes no
- White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis yes yes
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis yes yes
- Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus yes yes
- Stripe-throated Wren Thryothorus leucopogon no yes
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon yes yes
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis yes no
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys yes no
- Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus yes yes
- Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides yes no
- Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas yes no
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus no yes
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus yes no
- Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris yes yes
- Dagua Thrush Turdus daguae yes no
- White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus yes no
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris no yes
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea no yes
- Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula no yes
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys yes no
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus yes yes
- Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus yes yes
- Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis yes yes
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis yes yes
- Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris yes yes
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Carduelis xanthogastra yes yes
- Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi yes no
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla yes yes
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava yes yes
- Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus yes no
- Choco Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys yes yes
- Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus yes no
- Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda yes yes
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola yes yes
- Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus yes no
- Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis yes yes
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira yes yes
- Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis yes yes
- Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni no yes
- Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii yes yes
- Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni yes yes
- Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius no yes
- White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus yes yes
- Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii yes yes
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus yes yes
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera yes no
- Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus yes yes
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum yes yes
- Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus icteronotus yes yes
- Moss-backed Tanager Bangsia edwardsi yes no
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota yes no
- Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata no yes
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris yes yes
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa no yes
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta no yes
- Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster yes yes
- Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris yes no
- Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis yes no
- Gray-and-gold Tanager Tangara palmeri yes yes
- Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae no yes
- Emerald Tanager Tangara florida yes yes
- Golden Tanager Tangara arthus yes no
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala yes yes
- Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii yes no
- Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara rufigula yes no
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola yes yes
- Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia no yes
- Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis yes yes
- Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata yes yes
- Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer yes yes
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta no yes
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana no yes
- Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi no yes
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza yes yes
- Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus yes yes
- Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis yes no
- Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus no yes
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina yes yes
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina yes yes
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa no yes
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis yes yes
- Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis no yes
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor no yes
- Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura yes yes
- Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor yes no
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris yes yes
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris yes yes
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus yes yes
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus yes yes
- Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis no yes
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides no yes
- Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi yes yes
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis yes yes
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas no yes
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis no yes
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