VERDECOCHA, PICHINCHA VOLCANO & LIST 
ECUADOR

PICHINCHA (e)

00º05’ 853’’S 78º36’ 391’’W 2,200-3,500m montane forest, pasture and degraded forest with introduced trees. 
Protected/registered status 
November to March (time visited)

 

Birding Site Guide

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. 

 

Nubesierra Foundation, Murgeón OE3-236 y Av. América 1er. Piso Tel. (593) (02) 2563-481 Web. www.verdecocha.com Email. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

 

VERDECOCHA bird list 2006 

  • Tinamidae
  • Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus Julius
  • Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris
  • Anatidae
  • Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
  • Ardeidae
  • Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
  • Cathartidae
  • Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  • Accipitridae
  • Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
  • Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
  • Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
  • Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
  • Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris
  • Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
  • Barred Hawk Leucopternis princes
  • White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous
  • Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
  • White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
  • Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma
  • Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
  • Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori
  • Falconidae
  • Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus
  • Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
  • American Kestrel Falco sparverius
  • Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
  • Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
  • Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
  • Cracidae
  • Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
  • Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
  • Odontophoridae
  • Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
  • Rallidae
  • Sora Porzana Carolina
  • Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis
  • above species uncertain first page of list missing
  • Scolopacidae
  • Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
  • Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
  • Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
  • Columbidae
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
  • Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea
  • White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata
  • Psittacidae
  • Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
  • Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
  • White-capped Parrot Pionus seniloides
  • Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenaria
  • Cuculidae
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
  • Strigidae
  • White-throated Screech-Owl Otus albogularis
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
  • Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii
  • Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis
  • Stygian Owl Asio stygius
  • Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
  • Caprimulgidae
  • Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
  • Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
  • Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata
  • Apodidae
  • White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
  • Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutilus
  • Trochilidae
  • Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
  • Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
  • Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus
  • Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
  • Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
  • Fawn-breasted Briliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
  • Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
  • Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
  • Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
  • Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanoperus
  • Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
  • Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
  • Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
  • Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
  • Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
  • Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis
  • Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
  • Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera
  • 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
  • Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
  • White-bellied Woodstar Acestrura mulsant
  • Trogonidae
  • Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
  • Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
  • Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
  • Momotidae
  • Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
  • Capitonidae
  • Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus
  • Ramphastidae
  • Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena laminirostris
  • Picidae
  • Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
  • Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
  • Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
  • Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
  • Furnariidae
  • Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
  • Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
  • Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
  • Azara’s Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
  • Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
  • White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
  • Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
  • Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
  • Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
  • Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
  • Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
  • Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus
  • Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
  • Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
  • Dendrocolaptidae
  • Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
  • Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
  • Thamnophilidae
  • Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudate
  • Formicariidae
  • Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
  • Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
  • Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis
  • Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula
  • Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
  • Rhinocrytidae
  • Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
  • Unicoloured Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor
  • Spillman’s Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
  • Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
  • Tyrannidae
  • Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
  • Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias uropygialis
  • White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
  • Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
  • White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
  • White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
  • White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
  • Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
  • Agile Tit-Tyrant Anairetes agilis
  • Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
  • Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
  • Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
  • Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
  • 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 Ochthoeca diadema
  • Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius
  • Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
  • Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
  • Paramo Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpine
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
  • Black-&-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
  • Cotingidae
  • Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatusa
  • Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
  • Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
  • Corvidae
  • Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
  • Vireonidae
  • Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
  • Turdidae
  • Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
  • Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Cathars fuscater
  • Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
  • Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
  • Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
  • Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
  • Hirundinidae
  • Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina
  • Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
  • Troglodytidae
  • Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
  • Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
  • Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
  • Plain-tailed Wren Thyothorus euophrys
  • Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon
  • Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
  • Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
  • Motacillidae
  • Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
  • Parulidae
  • Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
  • Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
  • Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanovephalus
  • Black-crested Warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus
  • Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
  • Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus
  • Thraupidae
  • Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
  • Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
  • Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
  • Giant Conebill Oreomanes fraseri
  • Masked Flowerpiercer Diflossa cyanea
  • Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
  • Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
  • White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
  • Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata
  • Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
  • Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
  • Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
  • 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
  • Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex
  • Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
  • Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
  • Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus notabilis
  • Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis Montana
  • Black-chested Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis eximia
  • Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager Dubusia taeniata
  • Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
  • Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala
  • White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
  • Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps
  • Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus
  • Black-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus
  • Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris
  • Western Hemispingus Hemispingus ochraceus
  • Plushcap Catamblyhynchus diadema
  • Cardinalidae
  • Southern Yellow-Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
  • Emberizidae
  • 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
  • Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
  • Rufous-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes latinuchus
  • Tricoloured Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor
  • Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon brunneinucha
  • Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Buarremon torquatus
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
  • Icteridae
  • Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons 

    List kindly provided by owners of Verdecocha 

    Sought After Species: 

    Other Fauna 

    A total of -- species of mammals. 

    There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

    Flora

 

Author; BSG

 

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