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MINDO area & LIST (to 40km radius) 
ECUADOR

PICHINCHA (NW)

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Protected/registered status 
November to March (time visited)

 

Birding Site Guide

Includes sites accessed off the Quito-Santo Domingo road (1700m) (all close to San Miguel de Los Bancos ckm100): ALAMBI, BELLAVISTA, EL PAHUMA, MANGALOMA, MILPE, MILPE GARDEN, MILPE CIRCUIT, MINDO, MINDO LOMA, MIRADOR RIO BLANCO RESTUARANT, NONO-MINDO ROAD, PACHA QUIND, REFUGIO PAZ DE LAS ANTPITTAS, RESERVA LAS GRALARIAS, RIO SILANCHE, SACHATAMIA LODGE, SEPTIMO PARAISMO HOTEL, TANDAYAPA, TINALANDIA, VERDECOCHA, YANACOCHA. The full bird list for this area is below all the accounts. For notes and species lists seen by individual contributors, please see the seperate accounts of the same name. 



This account deals with birding sites within 40km (24.85 miles) radius of the village of Mindo, (so covering an area of c.502,857ha) which is situated 7km S of the main Quito highway, on the NW foothills of Pichincha volcano, Pichincha province. As the vulture glides it is less than 40km to the far side of Quito, but by road nearly twice as far. The habitats range in altitude from 400m lowland forests at Rio Silanche to 4675m paramo of Pichincha volcano (above Yanacocha). In this small but highly diverse region there have been 676 species of birds recorded! See the full list at the bottom of this account. Unfortunately this areas forests are not without their threats, and forest clearance here is continuing at an alarming rate. The perceived view of foreigners that this area is a ecotourist magnet and that therefore the environment is well protected for this purpose is false. Although there are many protected areas, these are mainly private and of small size. The total amount of protected forest amounts to only a small fraction of the whole and the protected areas will suffer the effects of fragmentation if present trends continue. 
Some examples of the scale of forest destruction I have come across may illustrate the point. The forest at Rio Silanche used to stretch from the (then new) highway at Pedro Vicente Maldonado to the reserve some 15km N, at least 22,500ha. This has all been completely cleared, except for the 70ha reserve, in the last 8 years! Species such as Banded Ground-Cuckoo which used to occur have gone and doubtless many other species will follow. The magnificent 700ha Mangaloma forest is very much like Rio Silanche used to be. This forest is also imminently threatened and will probably suffer the same fate, since only 200ha are in a reserve and the other owners are even now clearing their forests (the noise of several chainsaws was very evident on my visits). These owners are willing to sell (according to the Mangaloma Reserve owners) but funds need to be found fast. (Contact details for the foundation that owns the reserve are given in the account here and the separate account for this reserve). At Mindo, when I visited 10 years ago, forest in some parts came right to the edge of the village. On recent visits I have noticed this is no longer the case and nearly all the forest on the lower slopes around the village has gone (and the village has doubled in size). The forested slopes across from Reserva Las Gralarias are also being cleared, and during my stay new patches were seen to be created daily across the valley. Even near the reserve, on the far side, a farmer has cleared the trees and is grazing cows.

 
ALAMBI 250ha 1500m

Non-residents $5 fee to bird

 

 
The Alambi lodge is very conveniently situated 5km west from Tandayapa (on the old Nono-Mindo road) and less than 0.5km from the main Quito highway. It is signed at KM52, and has guesthouse, dormitory and camping facilities situated in forest along the Alambi river. The main Quito road bridge over the Alambi is a short walk from the lodge and a good place to find White-capped Dipper. The hummingbird feeders are reliable for Western Emerald and White-necked Jacobin.


White-capped Dipper (Hiro, August 06)























 
 

The owner is Tania, and contact by email is to her brother at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Website www.rioalambi.com

 
BELLAVISTA LODGE 00º15’N 78º38’W Lies at the top of the Tandayapa Ridge at 2000-2200m. 


Take the turnoff from the main Quito Occidental highway on the left at KM62 to 63, if leaving Quito, right if coming in, where the sign says Bellavista, the road is called Miraflores follow this stone road up into the hills to the T junction with the old Nono-Mindo road there is then a sign saying turn left, it is then 1.2km from Miraflores T junction to Bellavista lodge. All this road is excellent birding, with extensive forest all around, though trails are few. This road can be birded for several km until the junction with the old Nono-Mindo, the birding along there is also good. At the junction going left will lead to the lodge within a couple of km. 


EL PAHUMA ORCHID RESERVE

 
At c.KM45 on the main Quito road is a good site for White-tailed Hillstar (JL). Park at the restuarant and cross the road, go into the wooden building and to the balcony where the hummingbird feeders are and you should see them quickly. 


MANGALOMA (see separate account for bird list and personal accounts) 700ha (200ha reserve) 730m primary lowland forest 



Fundación Imaymana PRE-BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL 


THIS MAGNIFICENT RESERVE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT. THE RESERVE COMPRISES 200HA OF A 700HA BLOCK OF FOREST, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE OTHER FOREST OWNERS ARE RAPIDLY CLEARING THEIR FOREST. THEY ARE PREPARED TO SELL AND FUNDACIÓN IMAYMANA IS EXTREMELY KEEN TO PURCHASE AS MUCH FOREST AS POSSIBLE, BUT THEY LACK FUNDS. If all this forest could be saved it would represent the largest single such foothill block of forest in Pichincha province and the last refuge in Pichincha for such birds as Banded Ground-Cuckoo and Long-wattled Umbrellabird. If you can help please contact the foundation (they have English speaking people). 


Take the main road from Quito through the town of San Miguel de Los Bancos and shortly after between KM104-105 there is a well signed right-hand turning to Pachijal. Take this unsurfaced road and follow for 3km, then there is a left turn which goes down another unsurfaced road/track for another 3km. After this there is the entrance lane which continues straight ahead, and for this section 4-wheel-drive is required. This lane is 2km long and reaches a large bamboo gate first and then a further few hundred metres the main gate which is signed Mangoloma Reserve. The owners will only allow pre-book and paid visits ($10 each), pay at Canopy, which is signed right off the main Quito road (outbound) at Miraflores (opposite to the turning to Bellavista Research Centre road) at KM64 (just after Bellavista turn off on other side). Follow the signs saying Tocanopy on this road a short way then take a left turning to Canopy. 


This site has the best and most extensive forest in lowland Pichincha, and the bird list in this virtually unstudied area is already well over 300 species. To visit this private reserve you must prebook, and entry fee is $5 each. There is basic accommodation $15 each a night. 


Banded Ground-Cuckoo, Long-wattled Umbrellabird and other great rarities occur here. 


Tel. 084798986 (Agustina Arcos) or for tucanopy 099665468 


Email. 
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MILPE (see separate account for bird list) 00º01’50.44”S, 78º51’59.31”W Primary lowland/foothill rain forest and regenerating forest, c.100ha, 1165m entry $5 


As with Rio Silanche, this reserve is managed by the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation it is remnant forest and also supports many choco endemics, but with slightly different species present due to the differences in elevation. The approach road to this reserve provides some very good birding and time should be taken to do so. The approach road turn-off from the main Quito road is at KM91. Milpe adjoins a large area of private forest. 


Pale-mandibled Aracari (Hiro, August 06)























 
 

The entrance is well signed about 5km down the good dirt approach road. From the toilet block you can follow the path to a picnic area, where there is a sign showing the 4 trails, which vary in length from a couple of hours to the longest which can take most of the day. 



Mindo Cloudforest Foundation Tel. 59393551949 or 59362606227 Fax 59322241038 Email

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MILPE GARDEN 12ha 


No entry fee but a $5 contribution is appreciated A short way further along the road that Milpe reserve is on is another private reserve called Milpe Garden. This site has excellent forest and very good wide well kept trails. 


MILPE CIRCUIT

 
Even further along the Milpe road is another private reserve, where a lodge is being built, no further details. 


MINDO 00º02’S 78º48’W 1300m 


The village of Mindo provides excellent opportunities to bird within easy walking distance. The turn-off to the village is at KM78 along the Quito-San Miguel de Los Bancos road, and it is 7km along down this road to the village. There are now many places to stay and places to eat. The village is now a lively, trendy favoured backpackers destination and well set up for tourists. There is a bus to the village, but this only runs once a day, other buses will drop you at the turn-off on the main road. 


As the road enters town, take the right turn opposite the church and follow this a short way over the first bridge over the River Mindo, continue along this road for a couple of km until the road passes over a second larger river. Here is a good place to look for Sunbittern, White-capped Dipper, Green'fronted Lancebill and Torrent Tyrannulet. After dark travel back the same way to town, less than a km back stop where a tall cliff follows the right side of the road and drops away on left to pasture. Here look up the cliff side for Lyre-tailed Nightjar which forages in short flights along the cliff. At the town square there are trails leading to the river and private trails such as the Yellow House Trail which you can pay a small fee to bird. Returning back to the main Quito road, just at the junction of the Mindo turnoff is a tiny police station. Look on the wires about here under the street lights for Black-and-white Owl. 


MINDO LOMA (see separate account for bird list) 40ha 


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 large 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. 


MIRAFLORES 

(Charles Hesse 20th-22nd February, 2006. See separate account for species seen) 

This is an excellent birding area less than 2 hours by bus from Quito. Buses leave from the Flor de Valle terminal in Quito and cost about $1.50. I stayed at a friends place in the tiny village of Miraflores (1,900m) 30 minutes before Mindo at about km 65 but there are many places to stay in Mindo. In fact this town seems to have grown up on birding. There is nowhere to stay in Miraflores as yet but the Arcos family are building accomodation. They have also built a 'Canopy tour', a slide through the trees. There is great birding on the property with many interesting species of tanager, hummingbird and antpitta. Giant and Moustached Antpitta were both heard nearby as was Toucan Barbet. Walking around the town of Mindo and the several km stretch of from the main road down into town can also be productive. Hitching along the roads is fairly easy. I saw 125 species including 36 lifers 

MIRADOR RIO BLANCO RESTUARANT, SAN MIGUEL DE LOS BANCOS 

From Quito, as you enter town the restaurant is within the first hundred metres or so on the left. This is the most pleasant place to eat and stay in this otherwise ugly main road town. The food is very good and fairly cheap and the view of the Rio Blanco gorge if not too cloudy is spectacular. The other main attraction here are the numerous bird feeders (and short forest trails) which attract a wide range of species, similar to those found at Milpe, but often much easier to see. On my numerous visits the best day I have had there we saw the following species, all within a couple of hours Pale-mandibled Aracari, Black-striped Sparrow, Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant, Black-winged Saltator, Green Honeycreeper, Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Thick-billed and Orange-bellied Euphonias and a host of tanagers including Flame-faced, Silver-throated, Emerald, Blue-necked, Rufous-throated, Palm, Blue-grey, White-lined, Lemon-rumped, Golden and several hummingbirds including White-whiskered Hermit, Rufous-tailed Hummer, Green Thorntail and Green-crowned Woodnymph. 


NONO-MINDO ROAD (see YANACOCHA & UPPER NONO-MINDO ROAD & LIST separate account for bird list) 


Now an ecotourist route (Tandayapa Ecoroute and Mirador Ecoroute) which offers official protection, this famous road has many of the best birding places along it including BELLAVISTA, MINDO, PACHA QUIND, SACHATAMIA, SEPTIMO PARAISMO HOTEL, TANDAYAPA LODGE and VERDECOCHA, with sites such as YANACOCHA and others accessed via it (see rest of this account). It used to link Nono to Mindo but as Quito has expanded (so that Nono will soon be a suburb) links Quito to Mindo. A small section of the old road, just before the Mindo turn-off has been incorporated into the new highway, so the old road appears to stop at the new highway before reaching Mindo. The last section of the old road from the new highway to Mindo is now paved. Access from the Quito end is either via Avinida Occidental n end (on outskirts) where there is a turning (left heading out, requiring turning back on the in-bound highway to access) onto Machala Road (there is a sign across the highway saying Preservemos la Naturaleza). Follow Machala Road up, and this becomes the Nono-Mindo road (or for Yanacocha take the right hand turn above Nono through the gate, following the signs). An easier alternative is to leave Quito, passing the second (and last) pay toll, only a short way past this at KM26 is a left turn onto a unsurfaced road which is signed Nono-Mindo Ecotourist Route, follow the Ecotourist Route signs.


Birding is good anywhere along this road, though the best forest is in the mid-section between the turn-off for Yanacocha and Bellavista. Under the new designation reforestation along the route is taking place in some parts, and theoretically at least no more forest should be felled. The terrain is mountainous (between 1500m (Tandayapa) and 2750m (Nono area) with the road following one side of a steep and impressively forested valley from Quito, before crossing the Alambi river at Tandayapa village and climbing the opposite hillside towards Bellavista. The road continues to the junction of Miraflores road (Bellavista Research Centre road which descends to the main Quito highway). Carrying straight on past this junction leads eventually to a few scattered houses of Santa Rosa, the road then quickly descends to the Quito highway in a couple of km and emerges very close to the Mindo turn-off (KM78). 


PACHA QUIND 130ha 


Rufous-tailed Hummer (Hiro, August 06)























 
 

$5 entrance fee no visits before 10.00 in morning! 


Less than a couple of km below Bellavista lodge on the old Nono-Mindo road, is Tony Nunnery’s private reserve. It is 3.2km from the Miraflores T junction with the old Nono-Mindo road to Tony’s. It is unsigned and the path to the house is very concealed, if uncertain ask at Bellavista lodge. This 8 year old, 130ha reserve is excellent for hummingirds, but there are also many trails. The reserve is very close to or adjoins Bellavista’s land and lower down there is another 400ha reserve, and also the Mindo-Nambillo Protection Forest of 19,200ha.

 
Volunteers are required to help with forest restoration work, free lodging is provided, but food and meals are not. Volunteers are expected to work 3 hours a day on the project. Of the 366 species recorded, 43 are hummingbirds, probably the highest total anywhere? 


REFUGIO PAZ DE LAS ANTPITTAS (see separate account for personal accounts) 1780-1927m, 120ha (70ha forest), primary forest patch degraded in some marginal areas, entrance fee $10 each 


From the main road coming from Quito, turn left at KM66 and follow for 4km along the Mindo-Nanegalito road. Unfortunately the reserve is not signed with a name, but there is a large tourist ‘do and don’t’ board in English, keep an eye out for this and park there. There is a small food place, souvenir stall and house and these are owned by the same people. Obviously for the Cock-of-the-Rock lek and the antpittas you need to arrive before dawn, and preferably pre-booked. The place has only been going 9 months (July 2006). 


This is a unique place because of the unique Ecuadorian who created the reserve. Nowhere else in the world can you experience a man calling out 3 species of antpitta, which he does using their individual names. Maria is a Giant Antpitta, Willy and Esmereldas are Yellow-breasted Antpittas, and there are also Moustached Antpittas. Angel Paz worked for the logging company that was logging in his area, but he wanted to save the forest on his families 60ha, as he went about his work he noticed he antpittas and tried to bring them into the open with meat scraps. Of course being antpittas they disappeared as soon as they could, however Angel noticed if he landed the food right at the antpittas feet it would quickly take it before disappearing. He worked on this for 2 or more months until he could get them to come at his call. They now hop out of cover right into the open of the path and follow him to the waiting amazed audience of birders. Most times 3 species should appear, though the shyer Moustached sometimes gets bullied away by the smaller Yellow-breasted (as happen on my first visit). But there are other special birds to see here besides the antpitta circus. It is probable that the first birds seen will be the amazing Andean Cock-of-the-Rock lek, where presently 8 males display. Beautiful Jays, while uncommon, are sometimes seen too. At the hummingbird feeders, White-bellied Woodstar can be identified by its distinctive wing drone even before being seen and Purple-bibbed Whitetip can sometimes be seen. 


At present this small patch of forest has plenty to offer, but without some effort on the Paz families part to extend the reserve the special birds could gradually be lost as the remaining forest becomes more fragmented and the reserve more isolated. It is to be hoped they will work with other families in the area to continue the good work. 

RESERVA LAS GRALARIAS (see separate account for bird list) 

Primary montane cloud forest and regenerating pasture/forest, 225ha, 1,800-2,100m accommodation at 2000m

 
This is an excellent relatively new private reserve (1998), aimed primarily at nature conservation, and which deliberately provides only for pre-booked individuals and small groups with personal friendly service, it is not therefore signed from the main road. Accommodation for 12 people is currently provided by the owner, Jane Lyons, with more visitor accommodation being built. The reserve is 225ha with some land recently purchased (2006) and there are currently 10.85km of signed well-maintained trails with more being developed. Contact details, costs and bookings can be found on the website. 


Though there are many sought after species at this excellent reserve, some are easier to see at other places, but since pre-booking is mandatory here, groups tend to come for more than just one night, even if they do not do all their birding on the reserve. This allows more time to look around. The advantages of this reserve is that it is very quiet, few people on the well maintained trails means a better chance of seeing shy species and that is certainly true here for antpittas, guans and especially the usually difficult to find Dark-backed Wood-Quail. There are several good areas for antpittas close to the accommodation (within 10 minutes for Giant, Moustached and Yellow-breasted species), especially on Guan Gulch and Señior Tim’s Trail. Moustached Antpitta occurs in several areas, near the bottom of Puma Trail being a second place, and a second area for Giant is on Antpitta Trail. Señior Tim’s Trail is also the best places to see the wood-quails, at dawn and dusk on the track, though they can be heard widely about the reserve. The Sickle-winged Guan is easily found on Parrot’s Hill Trail close to Guan Gulch, though it to can be found almost anywhere. 


The seasonal Crested Quetzal can be heard from the house, around the Sister’s Loop Trail and the top of Puma Trail, Golden-headed Quetzal is best looked for on Nunbird Ridge and Peccary Trail. Masked Trogon is common. Powerful Woodpecker is often seen along the top trails. Golden-winged Manakin can be found along Brothers Trail and Antpitta Trail. Bronze-Olive Pygmy-Tyrant can be looked for at the lower entrance gate and on Antpitta Trail. These lower trails are the places for Scaled and Orange-breasted Fruit-eaters and Green-fronted Lancebill is best searched for along streams in the lower section particularly along Lucy’s Creek Trial. 


The toucans, mountain-toucans and Toucan Barbet can occur virtually anywhere, with the higher elevations being best for Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan. Parrot family species can likewise be encountered anywhere, but views of flyover birds are often frustratingly prevented by terrain or foliage. Woodcreepers and furnariids although generally reasonably common all about, can take some finding. The many and busy hummingbird feeders are a real attraction with 14 or more species easily seen, some not so easy to come by elsewhere. 


Yellow-faced Grassquit and Yellow-bellied Siskin are best found in front of the wooden workers quarters near the road between the 2 gates. The former is scarce but the siskin is fairly frequent. 


Jane also runs Mindo Bird Tours, which has 2 full-time English-speaking guides and private transport for small and large groups and provides tour-led excursions and trips not just in the local area but throughout South America, including the Galapagos Islands. www.mindobirds.com.ec


RIO SILANCHE (see separate account for bird list)00º08’700’’N 79º08’490’’W 417m 


Primary lowland rain forest, 70ha, below 500m, entry $5

 
The remnant forest here is managed by the Mindo Cloudforest Foundation and supports many of the chocó endemics. Sadly the forest here which used to cover well over 22,500ha and stretched unbroken from the main road to the reserve has all been cleared in the last 8 years and this is continuing today, leaving only this small reserve. Many good species have already been lost from the area but birding is still very good. There are 3 trails, 2 loop trails on the side of the visitor centre and one across the dirt track. This superb reserve lies at km127 along the main road from Quito (just after the town of Pedro Vicente Maldonado) and is 6km down a dirt road to the N (right). There is a signed car park and track leading to the 30m high canopy viewing tower (a substantial steel and concrete structure). Entry fee, T-shirts and checklists can be bought from the house/administration facility located at the base of the tower. 


There is a trail from the base of the tower that goes in a loop with a further longer loop off of it. There are other trails located outside the car park. Turn left and walk a short way along the dirt track, there are barbwire gates on both sides which gives access to the short loop trails. 


Mindo Cloudforest Foundation Tel. 59393551949 or 59362606227 Fax 59322241038 Email

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SACHATAMIA LODGE

 
This birders lodge is well located and signed on the main road just before the turn off for Mindo village (about KM78). It has a little forest of its own, but the main attraction is surely the ease of access to all the surrounding sites mentioned in this account. 


SEPTIMO PARAISMO HOTEL 

Take the signed turning to Mindo village at KM? within 2km is a signed turning for the hotel, which is set in grounds of 420ha of good forest. There is a signed trail up the hillside on the entry road on the right and another trail beyond the hotel (these 2 trails join) which then leads far into the valley. Other minor trails are also about and there are hummingbird feeders. 

TANDAYAPA 00º15’N 78º38’W 1600m 


$3 entry fee for non-residents to bird 


On the old Nono-Mindo road coming from Quito at the far side of Tandayapa village (e side), strangely totally unsigned and up a grass track on the right but out of view is Tandayapa Lodge. 


TINALANDIA 00º19’S 79º02’W 700-800m 


QUITO and surrounding area ECUADOR PICHINCHA 


Giant Hummingbird can be found in suburbs of Quito, where there are flowering agave plants. 


VERDECOCHA, PICHINCHA VOLCANO (see separate account for bird list) 2750-3200m montane forest, pasture and degraded forest with introduced trees. 

This private reserve and trout farm is located below and adjoins to Yanacocha. Access is from the old stone Nono-Mindo road, which is followed for several km, past the small town of Nono, then take the signed left turning for a waterfall (cascadia). The reserve is 9km along here. The road is very rough in places and much worse from the entrance to the property, 4-wheel drive is recommended or the owner will meet you at the entrance, if you have pre-arranged. Accommodation and meals are available, with very good 3 bedrooms with en suite set in beautiful surroundings with hummingbird feeders all around. 


YANACOCHA, PICHINCHA VOLCANO (see separate account for bird list) 00º10’S 78º35’W 3200-3600m, 1,250ha, high altitude montane forest, access to paramo above is possible but actual reserve includes little. 


Access is from the old stone Nono-Mindo road, which is followed for several km before a Yanacocha signed left turning through a white-pillar archway. The sign says 10km to reserve. The road is very rough in places and 4-wheel drive is recommended. 


Yanacocha is a Fundacion Jocotoco reserve quite near Quito. You can contact the foundation office in Quito or just turn up and pay your entry fee to the 2 guardaparques. If you don't have your own transport, you can hire a pick up to take you up. From the centre of Quito, first go to the area of Cotocollao. Find the plaza (or parque central) and look for pick-ups (camionetas) to take you up. The drivers know the site. The ride up there took about 50 minutes along a bad road (which may be improved in the future) and I managed to haggle the driver down to $12. A camioneta leaves about 5:30 in the morning to the community of Yanacocha near the entrance to the reserve. It may be possible to get a ride up this. Alternatively (if you're a glutton for punishment), you could get on a bus towards Nono and get off at the (signed) turning up towards the reserve, a further 10km uphill. Entrance to the reserve costs $5. There are many hummingbird feeders along the main trail of the reserve where you can see many good species well. I failed to see the critically endangered endemic Black-breasted Puffleg which appears to be present only from December to mid-July. May and June being the best months. At the end of the trail is an area opf forest where I saw Stout-billed Cinclodes and some flowerpiercers. Before this is a fork, the left to a large pipe-tunnel under a hill. Apparently on the far side is some nice paramo habitat. To get back down to Quito, you can take the community truck at about 4pm, but beware, it doesn't go on Tuesdays and Fridays. Alternatively you could walk down to the junction with the Nono road from where you have a better chance to get a bus or hitch. On the walk down, I saw Short-eared Owl. I saw 26 species including 4 lifers 


MINDO BIRDLIST taxonomy follows R.S. Ridgely and P.J. Greenfield 2001 Birds of Ecuador (includes all areas within 40km radius of Mindo village). The list is first given with recommended sites for many species and then the same list is repeated below without sites given so it can be copied and pasted more easily for use in a checklist. This list contains 676 species. 

 

  • TINAMOUS TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae (these may not be the only sites, and sites may be seasonal)
  • Great Tinamou Tinamus major Mangaloma
  • Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius Yanacocha
  • Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris Yanacocha
  • CORMORANTS & SHAGS PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
  • Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
  • DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
  • Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
  • Andean Teal Anas andium
  • Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
  • Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
  • Andean Ruddy-Duck Oxyura ferruginea
  • HERONS, BITTERNS & EGRETS CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
  • Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
  • Great Egret Ardea alba
  • Snowy Egret Egretta thula
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  • Striated Heron Butorides striatus
  • STORKS CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
  • Wood Stork Mycteria americana
  • AMERICAN VULTURES FALCONIFORMES: Cathartidae
  • Andean Condor Vultur gryphus Yanacocha
  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  • KITES, EAGLES, HAWKS & OSPREY FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  • Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
  • Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
  • Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
  • Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
  • Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
  • Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
  • Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris
  • Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus
  • Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
  • Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbea
  • Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbea Rio Silanche
  • Gray-backed Hawk Leucopternis occidentalis Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps
  • Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
  • Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus Nono-Mindo Road
  • Gray Hawk Asturina nitida Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
  • White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous Nono-Mindo Road
  • Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
  • Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
  • White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
  • Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
  • Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Mangaloma
  • Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma
  • Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis RSR
  • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus RSR
  • Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus RSR
  • Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori
  • FALCONS & CARACARAS FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
  • Northern Crested-Caracara Caracara cheriway
  • Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus Yanacocha
  • Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
  • Plumbeous Forest-Falcon Micrastur plumbeus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus Mangaloma, Milpe, Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
  • American Kestrel Falco sparverius
  • Merlin Falco columbarius
  • Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Yanacocha
  • Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus Yanacocha
  • Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Yanacocha
  • CURASSOWS, GUANS & CHACHALACAS GALLIFORMES: Cracidae
  • Andean Guan Penelope montagnii Yanacocha
  • Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni Mangaloma
  • Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens Mangaloma, Mindo Loma
  • Wattled Guan Aburria aburri Mindo Loma
  • Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii Reserva Las Gralarias
  • NEW WORLD QUAILS GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae
  • Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus Reserva Las Gralarias
  • RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
  • White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
  • Sora Porzana carolina
  • Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis Yanacocha
  • Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi Rio Silanche
  • Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
  • Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus
  • Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
  • SUNBITTERN GRUIFORMES: Eurypygidae
  • Sunbittern Eurypyga helias Mindo
  • SANDPIPERS, SNIPES & PHALAROPES CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
  • Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
  • Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
  • Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
  • Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
  • Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
  • Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Verdecocha
  • Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
  • [Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago]
  • Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
  • Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
  • Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
  • Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
  • SEEDSNIPES CHARADRIIFORMES: Thinocoridae
  • Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi Yanacocha?
  • PLOVERS & LAPWINGS CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
  • Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
  • PIGEONS & DOVES COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
  • Rock Dove Columba livia
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
  • Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea
  • Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea
  • Dusky Pigeon Columba goodsoni Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
  • Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
  • Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi
  • Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
  • Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura
  • Black-winged Ground-Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
  • White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
  • Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata Mangaloma
  • White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata
  • Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana Mangaloma
  • PARROTS & MACAWS PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa Rio Silanche
  • Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
  • Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissima Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Rose-faced Parrot Pionopsitta pulchra Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Rio Silanche
  • Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus Reserva Las Gralarias
  • White-capped Parrot Pionus seniloides Bellavista
  • Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
  • Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis Mangaloma
  • Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenaria
  • Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • CUCKOOS & ANIS CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
  • Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
  • Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
  • Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
  • Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
  • Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
  • Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
  • Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
  • Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
  • Banded Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus Mangaloma (Rio Silanche historical)
  • BARN OWLS STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
  • Barn Owl Tyto alba
  • TYPICAL OWLS STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
  • Choco Screech-Owl Otus centralis Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Rufescent Screech-Owl Otus ingens Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • White-throated Screech-Owl Otus albogularis Verdecocha
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Yanacocha
  • Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nubicola Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
  • Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata Mangaloma, Mindo
  • Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata (scarce everywhere)
  • Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsus Mindo Loma, Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Stygian Owl Asio stygius Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
  • Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii RSR
  • OILBIRD CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Steatornithidae
  • Oilbird Steatornis caripensis Reserva Las Gralarias
  • POTOOS CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Nyctibiidae
  • Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
  • Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus
  • Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
  • NIGHTJARS & NIGHTHAWKS CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
  • Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
  • Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
  • Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
  • Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra Mindo, Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • SWIFTS APODIFORMES: Apodidae
  • White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
  • Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
  • Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei Mangaloma (reported), Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
  • White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
  • Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
  • HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIFORMES: Trochilidae
  • Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri Mangaloma, Milpe
  • White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
  • Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
  • Baron's Hermit Phaethornis baroni Mangaloma
  • Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Tooth-billed Hummingbird Androdon aequatorialis Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
  • White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora Alambi, Septimo Paraismo
  • Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
  • Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
  • Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Mangaloma
  • Green Thorntail Discosura conversii Mirador
  • Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus Alambi
  • Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi Milpe
  • Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
  • Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia Mirador (1 record)
  • Andean Emerald Agyrtria franciae Bellavista, Pacha Quind
  • Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis Rio Silanche
  • Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
  • Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini Alambi, Septimo Paraismo
  • Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix
  • Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula Alambi, Milpe
  • Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
  • White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi Yanacocha
  • Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Collared Inca Coeligena torquata Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • E Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis Yanacocha
  • Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestitus Yanacocha
  • Turquoise-throated Puffleg Eriocnemis godini ?
  • Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani Yanacocha
  • Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera Yanacocha
  • Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens (rare everywhere, no recent reports)
  • Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
  • Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae Yanacocha
  • Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna Pacha Quind, Yanacocha
  • Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum Yanacocha
  • Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani Yanacocha
  • Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi Yanacocha?
  • Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera Yanacocha
  • Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi Yanacocha
  • Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
  • Wedge-billed Hummingbird Augastes geoffroyi (scarce everywhere)
  • Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii
  • Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
  • White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant Refugio Paz de Las Antpittas
  • Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor RSR
  • TROGONS & QUETZALS TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
  • Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus Bellavista, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Choco Trogon Trogon comptus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Western White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Collared Trogon Trogon collaris Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Masked Trogon Trogon personatus Bellavista, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Northern Violaceous Trogon Trogon caligatus Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • KINGFISHERS CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
  • Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
  • Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
  • MOTMOTS CORACIIFORMES: Momotidae
  • Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • JACAMARS PICIFORMES: Galbulidae
  • Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda Rio Silanche
  • Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus Rio Silanche
  • PUFFBIRDS PICIFORMES: Bucconidae
  • White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos Rio Silanche
  • Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus Mangaloma, Milpe
  • White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • White-faced Nunbird Hapaloptila castanea Reserva Las Gralarias, Yanacocha
  • NEW WORLD BARBETS PICIFORMES: Capitonidae
  • Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus
  • TOUCANS PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
  • Pale-mandibled Aracari Pteroglossus erythropygius
  • Stripe-billed Aracari Pteroglossus sanguineus Mangaloma
  • Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena laminirostris Bellavista, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • WOODPECKERS & PICULETS PICIFORMES: Picidae
  • Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
  • Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
  • Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
  • Lita Woodpecker Piculus litae Rio Silanche
  • Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
  • Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
  • Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
  • Choco Woodpecker Veniliornis chocoensis Mangaloma
  • Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
  • Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
  • Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster Mangaloma, Milpe
  • OVENBIRDS PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae
  • Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior Verdecocha
  • Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
  • Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola Verdecocha
  • Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
  • Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
  • Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
  • White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
  • Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
  • White-chinned Thistletail Schizoeaca fuliginosa Yanacocha
  • Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
  • Double-banded Graytail Xenerpestes minlosi Rio Silanche
  • Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
  • Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
  • Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
  • Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuligera Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
  • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
  • Western Woodhaunter Hyloctistes virgatus Mangaloma
  • Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
  • Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
  • Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus Bellavista, Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
  • Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps
  • Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
  • Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
  • Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
  • Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
  • Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis Mangaloma
  • WOODCREEPERS PASSERIFORMES: Dendrocolaptidae
  • Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
  • Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus Rio Silanche
  • Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
  • Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
  • Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
  • Greater Scythebill Campylorhamphus pucherani Yanacocha
  • Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Rio Silanche
  • Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus Mangaloma, Milpe, Mindo Loma, Rio Silanche
  • TYPICAL ANTBIRDS PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae
  • Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Great Antshrike Taraba major
  • Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
  • Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Mangoloma
  • Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps Mangoloma
  • Griscom's Antwren Myrmotherula ignota Rio Silanche
  • Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica Rio Silanche
  • Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias, Verdecocha
  • Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota Milpe
  • Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Esmeraldas Antbird Myrmeciza nigricauda Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi Rio Silanche
  • Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis Mangaloma
  • ANTTNRUSHES & ANTPITTAS PASSERIFORMES: Formicariidae
  • Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
  • Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
  • Rufous-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma rufopileatum
  • Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea Bellavista, Refugio Paz de Las Antpittas, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis Yanacocha
  • Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni Refugio Paz de Las Antpittas, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Plain-backed Antpitta Grallaria haplonota
  • Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla Pacha Quind
  • Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Yellow-breasted Antpitta Grallaria flavotincta Refugio Paz de Las Antpittas, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris (scarce everywhere)
  • TAPACULOS PASSERIFORMES: Rhinocryptidae
  • Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Narino Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
  • Spillman's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx Reserva Las Gralarias, Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • TYRANT FLYCATCHERS PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae
  • Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
  • Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus Verdecocha
  • Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias cinereiceps
  • Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias uropygialis
  • Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
  • Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
  • Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
  • Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
  • Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
  • Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
  • Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
  • White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
  • Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
  • White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
  • White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
  • White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
  • Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus
  • Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor Mindo Loma?
  • Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea Alambi, Mindo
  • Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
  • Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis
  • Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
  • Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
  • Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
  • Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
  • Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
  • Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant Phylloscartes ophthalmicus
  • Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
  • Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni
  • Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
  • Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
  • Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
  • Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps
  • Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
  • Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
  • Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus
  • Fulvous-breasted Flatbill Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus
  • Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
  • Yellow-margined Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
  • White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
  • Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
  • Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
  • Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
  • Black-tailed Flycatcher Myiobius atricaudus
  • Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
  • Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus
  • Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans
  • Orange-crested Flycatcher Myiophobus phoenicomitra
  • Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
  • Handsome Flycatcher Myiophobus pulcher
  • Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
  • Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
  • Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
  • Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
  • Gray-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus
  • Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
  • Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
  • Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
  • Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
  • Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
  • Crowned Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca frontalis
  • Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema
  • Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius
  • Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
  • Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
  • Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montana
  • White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis andicola
  • Paramo Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpina
  • White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
  • Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
  • Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
  • Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
  • Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
  • Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
  • Western Sirystes Sirystes albogriseus
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
  • Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus Mangaloma
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
  • Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
  • Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
  • Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti
  • White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittata Rio Silanche
  • Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
  • Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
  • Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
  • Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
  • Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
  • Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
  • White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
  • Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
  • One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
  • Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
  • Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
  • COTINGAS PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae
  • Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata Verdecocha
  • Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Olivaceous Piha Snowornis cryptolophus Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus Mangaloma
  • Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata Mangaloma
  • Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger Mangaloma
  • Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana Refugio Paz de Las Antpittas
  • MANAKINS PASSERIFORMES: Pipridae
  • Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis Rio Silanche
  • Blue-crowned Manakin Pipra coronata Rio Silanche
  • Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus Mangaloma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus Milpe
  • Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora Mangaloma
  • Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus
  • CROWS, JAYS & MAGPIES PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
  • Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa Reserva Las Gralarias, Verdecocha
  • Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra Refugio Paz de Las Antpittas, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • VIREOS, PEPPERSHRIKES & SHRIKE-VIREOS PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae
  • Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris
  • Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
  • Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
  • Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
  • Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps Mangaloma
  • THRUSHES PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
  • Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
  • Rufous-brown Solitaire Cichlopsis leucogenys (no recent records)
  • Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus Mindo Loma
  • Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater Bellavista, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
  • Pale-eyed Thrush Platycichla leucops Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Great Thrush Turdus fuscater Bellavista
  • Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus Bellavista, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus Milpe
  • Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • DIPPERS PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae
  • White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus Alambi
  • SWALLOWS & MARTINS PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
  • Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
  • Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
  • White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
  • Sand Martin Riparia riparia
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • WRENS PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae
  • Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
  • Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
  • Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
  • Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
  • Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
  • Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
  • Plain-tailed Wren Thryothorus euophrys
  • Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
  • Stripe-throated Wren Thryothorus leucopogon Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon
  • Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
  • White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta Mangaloma
  • Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
  • Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus Mangaloma
  • Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
  • GNATCATCHERS & GNATWRENS PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae
  • Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
  • Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus Mangaloma
  • Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
  • Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • PIPITS & WAGTAILS PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
  • Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • NEW WORLD WARBLERS PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae
  • Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
  • Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
  • Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
  • Yellow Warbler Dendroica aestiva
  • Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
  • Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
  • Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
  • [Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens]
  • Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
  • American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
  • Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
  • Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
  • Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
  • Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
  • Black-crested Warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus
  • Choco Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys
  • Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
  • Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus
  • Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda
  • TANAGERS, HONEYCREEPERS etc. PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae
  • Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
  • Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
  • Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
  • Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
  • Yellow-tufted Dacnis Dacnis egregia
  • Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
  • Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi
  • Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons Reserva Las Gralarias, Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Giant Conebill Oreomanes fraseri Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossopis caerulescens Yanacocha
  • Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossopis cyanea
  • Indigo Flowerpiercer Diglossopis indigotica Yanacocha
  • Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
  • Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
  • Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides Yanacocha
  • Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota Mangaloma, Milpe
  • Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris Milpe, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
  • Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala Yanacocha
  • Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
  • White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata Rio Silanche
  • Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa Rio Silanche
  • Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis Mangalomo, Mindo Loma, Milpe
  • Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara rufigula Mangaloma, Milpe, Mirador
  • Gray-and-gold Tanager Tangara palmeri Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Golden Tanager Tangara arthus Bellavista, Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Emerald Tanager Tangara florida Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala (no recent confirmed records)
  • Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii Reserva Las Gralarias, Milpe
  • Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
  • Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii Bellavista
  • Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei Bellavista, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina Quito
  • Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosornis porphyrocephala Mindo Loma
  • Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus Yanacocha
  • Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus Bellavista, Mindo, Reserva Las Gralarias, Verdecocha
  • Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus notabilis Bellavista, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana Verdecocha
  • Black-chested Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis eximia Yanacocha
  • Moss-backed Tanager Bangsia edwardsi Milpe
  • Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager Dubusia taeniata Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii Bellavista
  • Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis
  • Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
  • Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
  • Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala
  • Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis Yanacocha
  • Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus icteronotus
  • Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
  • Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
  • White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
  • Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps Verdecocha
  • Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis Milpe?
  • Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus
  • Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis
  • Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
  • Black-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis Yanacocha
  • Western Hemispingus Hemispingus ochraceus
  • Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
  • SALTATORS, GROSBEAKS & CARDINALS PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
  • Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
  • Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
  • Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
  • Southern-Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
  • Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
  • Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides Mangaloma
  • EMBERIZINE FINCHES PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
  • Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea Mangaloma, Reserva Las Gralarias, Canopy
  • Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
  • Lesser Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis Mangaloma, Rio Silanche
  • Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
  • Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
  • Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor Reserva Las Gralarias, Yanacocha
  • Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis Verdecocha
  • Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Phrygilus plebejus Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus Verdecocha
  • Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola Yanacocha
  • Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica Reserva Las Gralarias, Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Rufous-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes rufinucha
  • Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor
  • White-winged Brush-Finch Atlapetes leucopterus
  • Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
  • Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Buarremon torquatus Verdecocha, Yanacocha
  • Olive Finch Lysurus castaneiceps Mindo Loma, Reserva Las Gralarias
  • Tanager Finch Oreothraupis arremonops Bellavista
  • Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris Mangaloma, Milpe, Rio Silanche
  • Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
  • Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
  • AMERICAN ORIOLES & BLACKBIRDS PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae
  • Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus
  • Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
  • Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
  • Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
  • Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi
  • Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
  • CARDUELINE FINCHES PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
  • Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica Yanacocha
  • Andean Siskin Carduelis spinescens
  • Yellow-bellied Siskin Carduelis xanthogastra
  • Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
  • OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus




  • Mirador is a Restaurant in Los Bancos
  • RSR is a record from Robert Ridgely and Paul Greenfield's book; The Birds of Ecuador (2001)



The same list is below without the sites given 


  • TINAMOUS TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae
  • Great Tinamou Tinamus major
  • Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius
  • Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
  • Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris
  • CORMORANTS & SHAGS PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
  • Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
  • DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
  • Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
  • Andean Teal Anas andium
  • Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
  • Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
  • Andean Ruddy-Duck Oxyura ferruginea
  • HERONS, BITTERNS & EGRETS CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
  • Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
  • Great Egret Ardea alba
  • Snowy Egret Egretta thula
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  • Striated Heron Butorides striatus
  • STORKS CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
  • Wood Stork Mycteria americana
  • AMERICAN VULTURES FALCONIFORMES: Cathartidae
  • Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  • KITES, EAGLES, HAWKS & OSPREY FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  • Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
  • Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
  • Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
  • Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
  • Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
  • Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
  • Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
  • Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris
  • Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus
  • Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
  • Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbea
  • Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbea
  • Gray-backed Hawk Leucopternis occidentalis
  • Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps
  • Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
  • Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
  • Gray Hawk Asturina nitida
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
  • White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
  • Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
  • Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
  • White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
  • Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
  • Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
  • Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma
  • Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
  • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus
  • Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
  • Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
  • Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori
  • FALCONS & CARACARAS FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
  • Northern Crested-Caracara Caracara cheriway
  • Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus
  • Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
  • Plumbeous Forest-Falcon Micrastur plumbeus
  • Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
  • Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
  • American Kestrel Falco sparverius
  • Merlin Falco columbarius
  • Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
  • Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
  • Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
  • Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
  • CURASSOWS, GUANS & CHACHALACAS GALLIFORMES: Cracidae
  • Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
  • Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni
  • Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
  • Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
  • Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
  • NEW WORLD QUAILS GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae
  • Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops
  • Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
  • RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
  • White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
  • Sora Porzana carolina
  • Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis
  • Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi
  • Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
  • Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus
  • Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
  • SUNBITTERN GRUIFORMES: Eurypygidae
  • Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
  • SANDPIPERS, SNIPES & PHALAROPES CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
  • Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
  • Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
  • Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
  • Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
  • Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
  • Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
  • Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis
  • [Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago]
  • Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
  • Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
  • Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
  • Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
  • SEEDSNIPES CHARADRIIFORMES: Thinocoridae
  • Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
  • PLOVERS & LAPWINGS CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
  • Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
  • PIGEONS & DOVES COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
  • Rock Dove Columba livia
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
  • Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea
  • Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea
  • Dusky Pigeon Columba goodsoni
  • Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
  • Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
  • Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi
  • Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
  • Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura
  • Black-winged Ground-Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
  • White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
  • Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
  • Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata
  • White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata
  • Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
  • PARROTS & MACAWS PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa
  • Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys
  • Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
  • Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
  • Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
  • Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissima
  • Rose-faced Parrot Pionopsitta pulchra
  • Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
  • Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
  • White-capped Parrot Pionus seniloides
  • Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
  • Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
  • Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenaria
  • Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
  • CUCKOOS & ANIS CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
  • Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
  • Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
  • Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
  • Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
  • Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
  • Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
  • Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
  • Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
  • Banded Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus
  • BARN OWLS STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
  • Barn Owl Tyto alba
  • TYPICAL OWLS STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
  • Choco Screech-Owl Otus centralis
  • Rufescent Screech-Owl Otus ingens
  • White-throated Screech-Owl Otus albogularis
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
  • Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii
  • Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nubicola
  • Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
  • Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
  • Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
  • Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
  • Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
  • Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsus
  • Stygian Owl Asio stygius
  • Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
  • Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii
  • OILBIRD CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Steatornithidae
  • Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
  • POTOOS CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Nyctibiidae
  • Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
  • Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus
  • Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
  • NIGHTJARS & NIGHTHAWKS CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
  • Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
  • Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
  • Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
  • Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
  • Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata
  • Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
  • SWIFTS APODIFORMES: Apodidae
  • White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
  • Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
  • Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
  • Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
  • Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
  • White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
  • Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
  • HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIFORMES: Trochilidae
  • Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
  • White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
  • Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
  • Baron's Hermit Phaethornis baroni
  • Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
  • White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
  • Tooth-billed Hummingbird Androdon aequatorialis
  • Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
  • White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
  • Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae
  • Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
  • Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
  • Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
  • Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
  • Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
  • Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi
  • Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
  • Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia
  • Andean Emerald Agyrtria franciae
  • Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
  • Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi
  • Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
  • Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini
  • Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix
  • Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
  • Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
  • Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
  • White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri
  • Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
  • Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
  • Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
  • Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
  • Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
  • Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
  • Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
  • Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
  • Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
  • Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
  • Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
  • E Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis
  • Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestitus
  • Turquoise-throated Puffleg Eriocnemis godini
  • Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
  • Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera
  • Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens
  • Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
  • Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
  • Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
  • Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
  • Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
  • Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
  • Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi
  • Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera
  • Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
  • Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
  • Wedge-billed Hummingbird Augastes geoffroyi
  • Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
  • Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii
  • Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
  • White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
  • Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
  • Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
  • TROGONS & QUETZALS TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
  • Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
  • Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
  • Choco Trogon Trogon comptus
  • Western White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
  • Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
  • Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
  • Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
  • Northern Violaceous Trogon Trogon caligatus
  • KINGFISHERS CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
  • Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
  • Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
  • MOTMOTS CORACIIFORMES: Momotidae
  • Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
  • Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
  • JACAMARS PICIFORMES: Galbulidae
  • Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
  • Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus
  • PUFFBIRDS PICIFORMES: Bucconidae
  • White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
  • Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus
  • White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
  • Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata
  • White-faced Nunbird Hapaloptila castanea
  • NEW WORLD BARBETS PICIFORMES: Capitonidae
  • Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus
  • Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
  • Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus
  • TOUCANS PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
  • Pale-mandibled Aracari Pteroglossus erythropygius
  • Stripe-billed Aracari Pteroglossus sanguineus
  • Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena laminirostris
  • Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis
  • Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii
  • WOODPECKERS & PICULETS PICIFORMES: Picidae
  • Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
  • Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
  • Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
  • Lita Woodpecker Piculus litae
  • Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
  • Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
  • Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
  • Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
  • Choco Woodpecker Veniliornis chocoensis
  • Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
  • Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis dignus
  • Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
  • Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
  • Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis
  • Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
  • Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
  • OVENBIRDS PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae
  • Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
  • Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
  • Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
  • Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
  • Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
  • Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
  • Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
  • White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
  • Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
  • White-chinned Thistletail Schizoeaca fuliginosa
  • Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
  • Double-banded Graytail Xenerpestes minlosi
  • Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
  • Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
  • Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
  • Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
  • Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuligera
  • Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
  • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
  • Western Woodhaunter Hyloctistes virgatus
  • Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
  • Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
  • Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus
  • Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus
  • Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
  • Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps
  • Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
  • Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
  • Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
  • Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
  • Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
  • WOODCREEPERS PASSERIFORMES: Dendrocolaptidae
  • Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
  • Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
  • Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
  • Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
  • Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
  • Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
  • Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
  • Greater Scythebill Campylorhamphus pucherani
  • Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
  • Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
  • TYPICAL ANTBIRDS PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae
  • Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
  • Great Antshrike Taraba major
  • Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
  • Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
  • Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
  • Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
  • Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
  • Griscom's Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
  • Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
  • Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris
  • White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
  • Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
  • Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
  • Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
  • Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
  • Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
  • White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
  • Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata
  • Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
  • Esmeraldas Antbird Myrmeciza nigricauda
  • Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi
  • Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
  • ANTTNRUSHES & ANTPITTAS PASSERIFORMES: Formicariidae
  • Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
  • Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
  • Rufous-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma rufopileatum
  • Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea
  • Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
  • Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
  • Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni
  • Plain-backed Antpitta Grallaria haplonota
  • Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
  • Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis
  • Yellow-breasted Antpitta Grallaria flavotincta
  • Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula
  • Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
  • Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
  • TAPACULOS PASSERIFORMES: Rhinocryptidae
  • Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
  • Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor
  • Narino Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
  • Spillman's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
  • Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
  • TYRANT FLYCATCHERS PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae
  • Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
  • Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
  • Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias cinereiceps
  • Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias uropygialis
  • Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
  • Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
  • Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
  • Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
  • Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
  • Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
  • Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
  • White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
  • Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
  • White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
  • White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
  • White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
  • Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus
  • Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor
  • Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
  • Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
  • Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis
  • Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
  • Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
  • Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
  • Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
  • Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
  • Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant Phylloscartes ophthalmicus
  • Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
  • Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni
  • Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
  • Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
  • Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
  • Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps
  • Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
  • Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
  • Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus
  • Fulvous-breasted Flatbill Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus
  • Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
  • Yellow-margined Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
  • White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
  • Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
  • Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
  • Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
  • Black-tailed Flycatcher Myiobius atricaudus
  • Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
  • Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus
  • Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans
  • Orange-crested Flycatcher Myiophobus phoenicomitra
  • Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
  • Handsome Flycatcher Myiophobus pulcher
  • Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
  • Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
  • Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
  • Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
  • Gray-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus
  • Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
  • Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
  • Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
  • Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
  • Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
  • Crowned Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca frontalis
  • Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema
  • Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius
  • Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
  • Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
  • Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montana
  • White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis andicola
  • Paramo Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpina
  • White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
  • Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
  • Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
  • Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
  • Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
  • Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
  • Western Sirystes Sirystes albogriseus
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
  • Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
  • Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
  • Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
  • Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti
  • White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittata
  • Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
  • Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
  • Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
  • Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
  • Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
  • Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
  • White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
  • Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
  • One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
  • Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
  • Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
  • COTINGAS PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae
  • Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
  • Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
  • Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
  • Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda
  • Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
  • Olivaceous Piha Snowornis cryptolophus
  • Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
  • Black-tipped Cotinga Carpodectes hopkei
  • Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
  • Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger
  • Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana
  • MANAKINS PASSERIFORMES: Pipridae
  • Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis
  • Blue-crowned Manakin Pipra coronata
  • Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus
  • White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
  • Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus
  • Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora
  • Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus
  • CROWS, JAYS & MAGPIES PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
  • Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
  • Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra
  • VIREOS, PEPPERSHRIKES & SHRIKE-VIREOS PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae
  • Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris
  • Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
  • Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
  • Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
  • Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
  • THRUSHES PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
  • Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
  • Rufous-brown Solitaire Cichlopsis leucogenys
  • 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
  • Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
  • Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
  • Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
  • Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
  • DIPPERS PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae
  • White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
  • SWALLOWS & MARTINS PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
  • Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
  • Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina
  • Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
  • White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis
  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
  • Sand Martin Riparia riparia
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • WRENS PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae
  • Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
  • Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
  • Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
  • Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
  • Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
  • Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
  • Plain-tailed Wren Thryothorus euophrys
  • Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
  • Stripe-throated Wren Thryothorus leucopogon
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon
  • Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
  • White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
  • Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
  • Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
  • Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
  • GNATCATCHERS & GNATWRENS PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae
  • Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
  • Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
  • Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
  • Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula
  • PIPITS & WAGTAILS PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
  • Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
  • NEW WORLD WARBLERS PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae
  • Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
  • Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina
  • Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
  • Yellow Warbler Dendroica aestiva
  • Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
  • Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
  • Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
  • [Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens]
  • Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
  • American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
  • Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
  • Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
  • Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
  • Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
  • Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
  • Black-crested Warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus
  • Choco Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys
  • Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
  • Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus
  • Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda
  • TANAGERS, HONEYCREEPERS etc. PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae
  • Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
  • Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
  • Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
  • Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
  • Yellow-tufted Dacnis Dacnis egregia
  • Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
  • Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi
  • Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
  • Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
  • Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
  • Giant Conebill Oreomanes fraseri
  • Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossopis caerulescens
  • Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossopis cyanea
  • Indigo Flowerpiercer Diglossopis indigotica
  • Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
  • Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
  • White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
  • Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
  • Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
  • Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni
  • Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata
  • Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
  • Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris
  • Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
  • Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
  • Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala
  • Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
  • White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
  • Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
  • Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
  • Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
  • Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara rufigula
  • Gray-and-gold Tanager Tangara palmeri
  • Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
  • Emerald Tanager Tangara florida
  • Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
  • Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala
  • Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
  • Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix
  • Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides
  • Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
  • Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
  • Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei
  • Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina
  • Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis
  • Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata
  • Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae
  • Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
  • Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia
  • Purplish-mantled Tanager Iridosornis porphyrocephala
  • Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex
  • Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
  • Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus
  • Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
  • Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus notabilis
  • Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana
  • Black-chested Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis eximia
  • Moss-backed Tanager Bangsia edwardsi
  • Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager Dubusia taeniata
  • Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
  • Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis
  • Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
  • Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
  • Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala
  • Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis
  • Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus icteronotus
  • Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
  • Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
  • White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
  • Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps
  • Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
  • Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
  • White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
  • White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
  • Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
  • Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius
  • Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis
  • Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus
  • Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis
  • Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
  • Black-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus
  • Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris
  • Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis
  • Western Hemispingus Hemispingus ochraceus
  • Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
  • SALTATORS, GROSBEAKS & CARDINALS PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
  • Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
  • Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
  • Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
  • Southern-Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
  • Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
  • Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides
  • EMBERIZINE FINCHES PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
  • Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea
  • Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
  • Lesser Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
  • Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
  • Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
  • Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
  • Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
  • Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
  • Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
  • Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
  • Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
  • Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor
  • Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Phrygilus plebejus
  • Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus
  • Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
  • Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
  • Rufous-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes rufinucha
  • Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor
  • White-winged Brush-Finch Atlapetes leucopterus
  • Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
  • Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Buarremon torquatus
  • Olive Finch Lysurus castaneiceps
  • Tanager Finch Oreothraupis arremonops
  • Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
  • Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
  • Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
  • AMERICAN ORIOLES & BLACKBIRDS PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae
  • Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus
  • Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
  • Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
  • Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
  • Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi
  • Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
  • CARDUELINE FINCHES PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
  • Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
  • Andean Siskin Carduelis spinescens
  • Yellow-bellied Siskin Carduelis xanthogastra
  • Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
  • OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus 

Other Fauna 

Flora 

Author: BSG

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