Northern Ecuador
23 February–11 March 2004
Private tour for Brain and
Margaret Sykes
Guide: Mark Gurney
23 February
Brian and Margaret
had decided that they would rather get out and see some birds instead of
acclimatising in Quito, so I met them at the airport and we set off for
Antisana straight away in search of Black-faced Ibises, Andean
Condors, and other páramo specialities.
Several groups of ibises were feeding on the plain, surrounded by Carunculated
Caracaras, and on the drive up we encountered Stout-billed and Bar-winged
Cinclodes, Páramo Pipit, Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant, Páramo
Ground-Tyrant, and Streak-backed Canastero. Further on, we walked round the lake shore a
little to get good views of Silvery Grebe, Andean Lapwing, Yellow-billed
Pintail, Andean Teal, and Andean Coot. On the way back down we saw a couple of
Condors soaring, and caught up with some stunning male Ecuadorian Hillstars.
The next day Brian
and Margaret were off to Sacha Lodge for five nights in Amazonia. I met them again on 28th to be greeted by
lots of gripping stories of antbirds and macaws, and we drove down the eastern
slope of the Andes to Guango Lodge.
28 February
The hummingbirds
at Guango were as good as ever, with the spectacular Sword-billeds attracting
a lot of interest, but the star of the show was the Glowing Puffleg,
which flashed glittering purple and gold at us. The Torrent Duck family was still present, and we saw both
parents and their youngster on the river.
Two gorgeous Plushcaps were a good finish to the day and we
enjoyed the welcoming hot toddies with our dinner by the fireplace.
29 February
Setting off before
dawn to reach the antennas at the Papallacta Pass, everything was looking good
till we passed the village of Papallacta and hit low clouds. The antennas were cloaked in fog, so we
headed down a little to the Polylepis woodland hoping for a break in the cloud
and a good mixed flock. We were lucky
with both, and were able to get good views of Giant Conebills, Pearled
Treerunners, Páramo Seedeaters, White-throated Tyrannulets,
and a Red-crested Cotinga. The
cloud had even lifted enough for us to see the Andean Ruddy-Ducks on the
nearby lake. Back up at the Pass,
things were still looking bad, so we went down again, this time to Papallacta
Lake, where we enjoyed a good show from a Tawny Antpitta, a Black-chested
Buzzard-Eagle, and Viridian Metaltails.
By this time, it
was getting late and we knew that we had to try for the Rufous-bellied
Seedsnipe up by the antennas, even if visibility was still less than
30m. It was. But we persisted, and were rewarded with a bird right next to the
path, which was just as well because if it had been any further away it would
have been lost in the mist. Down at the
bottom of the Pass, below the cloud, we found Andean Tit-Spinetail, White-chinned
Thistletail, and Many-striped Canastero, making for a good morning
despite the weather.
After lunch back
at Guango, we had another look down at the river. No Torrent Ducks this time, but two Grey-breasted
Mountain-Toucans in a fruiting tree were one of the highlights of the
trip. We reached our next destination,
Cabañas San Isidro, in the evening, and after a great dinner we saw the
celebrated Mystery Owl in its favourite tree by the car park.
01 March
We did not have to
go far for our first morning at San Isidro.
The shelter outside the dining room has hummingbird feeders that attract
Bronzy and Collared Incas, Long-tailed Sylphs, and the
very nice Chestnut-breasted Coronet amongst others. The adjacent stand of bamboo is home to Long-tailed
Antbirds, one of my favourites, and Brian was eventually persuaded that a
brown streaky thing could actually be very attractive. More instantly appealing were the very cute Rufous-crowned
Tody-Flycatchers, which were not at all shy. Several tanagers passed through in a small flock, including Blue-winged
Mountain-Tanagers, and once it became light enough to see in the forest we
set off in search of some skulkers. We
succeeded, with an Equatorial Rufous-vented Tapaculo and a Unicoloured
Tapaculo both seen typically briefly.
The road leading
away from the cabañas passes through good forest, and the birds are often
easier to see here than along the trails.
We ran into a couple of mixed flocks here, with Black-billed
Peppershrike, Plushcap, and Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
amongst fifteen or so species, and the bonus of an Emerald Toucanet
feeding in a fruiting tree.
02 March
Today was our
earliest start, needed so that we could arrive at the forest along the Loreto
road at dawn. One of the first sounds
that greeted us was the croaking of Channel-billed Toucans, one of which
was seen briefly in the canopy. We came
across only two mixed flocks, but they kept us busy for the whole morning. They disappeared into the forest at times,
but we never had to wait more than a few minutes before one or the other came
back to the road with new birds having joined.
Paradise Tanagers were probably the most numerous species, and
there were several Spotted, Yellow-bellied, Green-and-gold,
and Scarlet Tanagers, and two Ecuadorian Tyrannulets were
helpfully singing to each other, making their identification easy. Other species that joined in at one time or
another, included Lafresnaye's Piculet, Ornate Flycatcher, Grey-mantled
Wren, Cerulean Warbler, Black-faced and Blue Dacnises, and Olive-striped Flycatcher. In the gaps between the appearances of
flocks we occupied ourselves with a few hummingbirds (including a male Wire-crested Thorntail), and big things: Amazonian White-tailed Trogon, Many-banded
Araçari, Crested Oropendola, and a rather bedraggled male Amazonian Umbrellabird.
Even during the
mid-day lull the birds kept on coming, but we still had other sites to get to,
so we reluctantly left and started the journey back. We heard Lined Antshrikes calling at our first stop, but after I
sank up to a foot in soft mud Brain and Margaret decided it was best not to
follow. The antshrike quest was
therefore abandoned. Further along the road
we had solid ground in the form of rockfaces, which were home to three very
obliging Cliff Flycatchers. Our
last stops were both unscheduled ones.
One was to identify the dark shapes that flew across in front of us as Silver-beaked
Tanagers, and we also saw Magpie Tanagers, Chestnut-bellied
Seedeaters, and Yellow Tyrannulet.
The other was caused by a silhouette in the top of a small tree, which
turned into one of two Scaled Pigeons.
03 March
After a day in the
lowlands, today we went higher, to the Guacamayos Ridge. The forest here often has good mixed flocks,
and there is always the chance of seeing an antpitta or two. Our first good birds were a pair of Green-and-black
Fruiteaters, and for the rest of the morning we seemed to run into them all
the time. Time stalking a Slate-crowned
Antpitta was well spent, and we came across a good flock as we
returned. Citrine Warbler, Spotted
Barbtail, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Grass-green Tanager, and Lacrimose
Mountain-Tanager were all new for the trip, we got even better views of Long-tailed
Antbirds, and even though it was our fourth, another Plushcap was
still a highlight.
Lunch back at the
cabañas gave us another chance to sample the great food, and a walk down the
road afterwards gave us Yellow-vented and Crimson-mantled Woodpeckers
before we drove back to Quito.
04 March
Leaving the
eastern slope behind, it was now time to start our journey down the western
side of the Andes. We began just
outside Quito at the Yanacocha reserve, where the hummingbirds come big and
bright. Golden-breasted and Sapphire-vented
Pufflegs continually fight for best position with Buff-winged
Starfrontlets and Great Sapphirewings. Even though we would see lots later in the day at Tandayapa, a Buff-tailed
Coronet was unusual at this high altitude, and took on all-comers at the
end set of feeders, even the impressively armed Sword-billed Hummingbird. We had had no luck with the antpittas on the
way up to the end of the trail, but as we turned to start on our way back, a Rufous
Antpitta was obligingly walking along the path in front of us. We did not bother with the Unicoloured
Tapaculos, having seen them at San Isidro, but we did get good views of an Ash-coloured,
one of the few dark tapaculos that is actually different from all the
others. A Barred Fruiteater, two
Andean Guans, and the huge and spectacular Black-breasted
Mountain-Tanager were other good species to pick up on the way back.
On the drive down
to Tandayapa Bird Lodge, we stopped a couple of times to admire Slaty-backed
Bush-Tyrants, and for flocks of tanagers and an obliging Tyrannine
Woodcreeper. At the lodge balcony,
seventeen species of hummingbird, including the superb Velvet-purple Coronet
and four other Chocó endemics, appeared at the feeders before dusk, when two Sickle-winged
Guans came in to feed on fruits.
05 March
Our first day at
Tandayapa was spent exploring the area around the lodge. We started at dawn in the hide in the
forest, and were treated to superb views of Scaled Antpitta hopping about
in front of the lights. After letting
the birds come to us for an hour, it was time to go and find some by walking
the trails. Two male Golden-headed
Quetzals and a Golden-winged Manakin provided some spectacular
colour, in contrast with the skulking Nariño Tapaculo, and the three Dark-backed
Wood-Quails that ran across the path.
Back on the lower deck before lunch, we looked out on tree tops with
tanagers and Crimson-rumped Toucanets and saw Andean
Cock-of-the-Rocks lekking across the valley.
06 March
Heading down to
the lowlands near San Miguel de Los Bancos, our next morning was a good one for
raptors, with Swallow-tailed Kite, Plumbeous Kite, and Bat
Falcon amongst others, and a Snail Kite, which must have been a
vagrant from the populations lower down and further south. Pale-mandibled Araçari, Chestnut-backed
Antbird, Ecuadorian Thrush, Chocó Warbler, and Grey-mantled
Wren and eighteen species of tanager were much appreciated, but the
highlight of the day was the displaying Club-winged Manakin, with its
curious bowing dance. Lunch in Mindo
gave us time to admire some new hummingbirds and White-capped Dippers on
the river.
07 March
The upper
Tandayapa Valley was our destination today to look for some of the higher
altitude species. The two most
spectacular of these must be Toucan Barbet and Plate-billed
Mountain-Toucan, both of which we found feeding in fruiting trees. A very odd call from low down in the
roadside vegetation, turned out to be a fledgling Spillmann's Tapaculo
that was still covered in down. It
walked around by the edge of the road, providing us with some of the best views
anyone has probably ever had of this species!
We found an adult a little later on, which was much less obliging.
At dusk we waited
in the lower valley for Lyre-tailed Nightjar to appear and were not
disappointed. A female came down and
began fly catching from branches on the cliff face, and a long-tailed male flew
briefly over against the dusky sky.
08 March
As a contrast to
yesterday, today we went lower again, to Four Rivers. The forest trails here provided us with some good views of two
secretive species — Southern Nightingale-Wren and Black-headed
Ant-thrush — and other forest dwellers, including Tawny-faced Gnatwren,
and three impressive Guayaquil Woodpeckers climbing around on the
thicker branches.
In the afternoon
we went back to Los Bancos hoping for some good mixed flocks or maybe a toucan
or two. We did find one good flock with
a Russet Antshrike and a Brown-backed Scythebill in it, and at
one time a Broad-billed and a Rufous Motmot shared the same
tree. Brian remarked that he was
watching a thrush with a pale vent, which rather fittingly turned out to be a Pale-vented
Thrush.
09 March
We left Tandayapa
Bird Lodge for Santo Domingo de Los Colorados for our last couple of
nights. On the way we made sure we were
at the small road near Pedro Vicente Maldonado early in the morning where we
spent over an hour watching almost forty species pass back and forth in a mixed
flock that included five species of woodcreeper, twenty tanagers (Blue-whiskered
amongst them), Orange-fronted Barbet, and Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo. Once the flock had passed we were able to
concentrate on other birds, such as Laughing Falcon, Striped Cuckoo,
Pale-mandibled Araçari, and Dusky Pigeon.
Arriving at our
hotel in the afternoon gave us time to do some birding in the gardens, which
had plenty of Pacific Horneros and Ecuadorian Thrushes (both of
them Tumbesian endemics), a Black-throated Mango, and a Saffron Finch. The finch is a recent arrival in this part
of Ecuador, spreading up from the south where it is more common.
10 March
Brain and Margaret
decided that it would be good to have a change from forest birding, and we set
off for the wetlands near Chone, rather long drive but well worth the
time spent on the road. The first area
we stopped at was covered with Wattled Jacanas, Masked Water-Tyrants,
and American Purple Gallinules, with Chestnut-collared Swallows
flying overhead, and Ecuadorian Ground-Doves in the fields. The best sighting though, was a pair of Masked
Ducks hiding amongst the emergent vegetation of the marshes. White-tailed and Pearl Kites
watched us from roadside wires as we made our way to the main lake, where Ospreys
and Ringed Kingfishers were on the lookout for fish. On the lake Pied-billed Grebes, Least
Grebes, and Neotropic Cormorants shared the open water with Black-bellied
and Fulvous Whistling-Ducks, whilst Glossy Ibises, Limpkins,
Black-necked Stilts, Cocoi Herons and Striated Herons
waded in the shallows. All this, whilst
a couple of Magnificent Frigatebirds circled overhead, making for a
great day with some very different birds to those we had encountered so far.
11 March
This was the last
day of the tour, and before we headed back to Quito we returned to the forest
again, this time at Río Palenque Science Centre. Almost as soon as we got out of the car we found a Plumbeous
Hawk sitting in a bare tree and a Barred Puffbird calling from a
high branch. Along the trails we
encountered more good birds: White-whiskered Puffbirds, Orange-fronted
Barbet, Northern Barred-Woodcreeper, Ochraceous Attila, Grey-and-gold
Warbler, and Scarlet-rumped Cacique. The plantations were not without birds, and gave us our only Pacific
Antwren of the trip and a nice male Pacific Parrotlet. Unfortunately the trail to the Band-tailed
Barbthroat lek was rather muddy but we cleaned up back at the hotel where
we had lunch watching a couple of huge iguanas.
Arriving back in
Quito late afternoon gave Brain and Margaret time to relax before their flight
home the next day. I do not know how
many species they added at Sacha, but we saw 457 on the part of the trip we did
together, including 22 Restricted-range Species, 52 hummingbirds, and 66
tanagers.
This list does not
include species heard only. Globally
threatened species are in red, Restricted-range
Species, as identified by BirdLife International's Endemic Bird Areas, are in bold.
Taxonomy and
nomenclature follow Ridgely, Robert S. and Paul J. Greenfield. The Birds of
Ecuador. 2001. Ithica, NY: Comstock Publishing.
Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata
magnificens
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
Great Egret Ardea alba
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna
bicolor
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna
autumnalis
Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
Andean Teal Anas andium
Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
Andean Ruddy-Duck Oxyura ferruginea
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax
uncinatus
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides
forficatus
Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbea
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus
melanoleucus
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma
Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres
cachinnans
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus
melanonotus
Limpkin Aramus guarauna
Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica
Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus
Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
Andean Gull Larus serranus
Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis
Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea
Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea
Dusky Pigeon Columba goodsoni
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina
buckleyi
Croaking Ground-Dove Columbina cruziana
Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
Black-winged Ground-Dove Metriopelia
melanoptera
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon
frenata
Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura
melanura
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus
chalcopterus
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga
sulcirostris
Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
Mottled Owl Strix virgata
Black-banded Owl Strix huhula
Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
White-collared Swift Streptoprocne
zonaris
Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura
cinereiventris
Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes
ruckeri
White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis
yaruqui
Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis
syrmatophorus
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
Wire-crested Thorntail Popelairia
popelairii
Green Thorntail Popelairia conversii
Western Emerald Chlorostilbon
melanorhynchus
Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania
fannyi
Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia
oenone
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia
tzacatl
Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae
Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa
rubinoides
Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix
Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa
jacula
Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua
matthewsii
Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua
flavescens
Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua
jardini
Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus
chimborazo
Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya
lafresnayi
Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena
lutetiae
Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera
ensifera
Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes
cyanopterus
Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis
Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestitus
Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis
mosquera
Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte
benjamini
Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte
ruficrissa
Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia
victoriae
Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami
Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma
stanleyi
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma
herrani
Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus
coelestis
Wedge-billed Hummingbird Schistes
geoffroyi
Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox
mitchellii
White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocerus
mulsant
Amazonian White-tailed Trogon Trogon
viridis
Western White-tailed Trogon Trogon
chionurus
Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus
auriceps
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
Broad-billed Motmot Electron
platyrhynchum
Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus
White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila
panamensis
Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus
Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus
Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus
prasinus
Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus
haematopygus
Pale-mandibled Araçari Pteroglossus
erythropygius
Many-banded Araçari Pteroglossus
pluricinctus
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan Andigena
laminirostris
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena
hypoglauca
Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos
vitellinus
Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus
lafresnayi
Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes
pucherani
Yellow-vented Woodpecker Veniliornis
dignus
Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis
fumigatus
Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis
kirkii
Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus
rubiginosus
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus
rivolii
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus
gayaquilensis
Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes
excelsior
Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura
andicola
Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea
gularis
Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca
erythrops
White-chinned Thistletail Schizoeaca
fuliginosa
Streak-backed Canastero Asthenes wyatti
Many-striped Canastero Asthenes
flammulata
Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis
guttuligera
Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
Pearled Treerunner Margarornis
squamiger
Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia
striaticollis
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia
variegaticeps
Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes
boissonneautii
Striped Treehunter Thripadectes
holostictus
Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes
virgaticeps
Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla
subalaris
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor
rufus
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus
ochrolaemus
Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla
tyrannina
Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla
fuliginosa
Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus
griseicapillus
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus
spirurus
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes
sanctithomae
Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus
lachrymosus
Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus
erythropygius
Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus
triangularis
Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes
souleyetii
Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes
lacrymiger
Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus
trochilirostris
Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus
pusillus
Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus
atrinucha
Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula
fulviventris
Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias
quixensis
Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata
Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius
nigricapillus
Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula
Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
Slate-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula
nana
Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor
Equatorial Rufous-vented Tapaculo Scytalopus
micropterus
Nariño Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus
spillmanni
Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola
riefferii
Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
Olivaceous Piha Lathria cryptolophus
Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus
ornatus
Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola
peruviana
White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
Golden-winged Manakin Masius
chrysopterus
Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus
deliciosus
Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion
brunneicapillum
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma
obsoletum
Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia
flavogaster
Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes
striaticollis
Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes
olivaceus
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon
rufipectus
Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus
ruficeps
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes gualaquizae
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias
griseiceps
Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias
cinereiceps
Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius
chrysops
White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus
leucophrys
White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus
poecilocercus
Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus
minor
White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus
stictopterus
Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus
pileatus
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus
ruficeps
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum
nigriceps
Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum
cinereum
Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus
flavicans
Handsome Flycatcher Myiophobus pulcher
Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus
fasciatus
Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias
cinnamomea
Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus
rubinus
Crowned Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca frontalis
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix
diadema
Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca
cinnamomeiventris
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca
rufipectoralis
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca
fumicolor
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes
striaticollis
Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes
fumigatus
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis
montana
Páramo Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpina
Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
Ochraceous Attila Attila torridus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus
tuberculifer
Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus
cephalotes
Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus
pitangua
Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes
cayanensis
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes
chrysocephalus
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes
maculatus
Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus
niveigularis
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus
melancholicus
Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus
cinnamomeus
White-winged Becard Pachyramphus
polychopterus
One-colored Becard Pachyramphus
homochrous
Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon
cyanoleuca
Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon
murina
White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon
tibialis
Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx
ruficollis
Chestnut-collared Swallow Petrochelidon
rufocollaris
Páramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
White-capped Dipper Cinclus
leucocephalus
Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus
zonatus
Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus
branickii
Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia
olivascens
Plain-tailed Wren Thryothorus euophrys
Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus
marginatus
Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus
longicaudatus
Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus
dryas
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Pale-eyed Thrush Platycichla leucops
Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii
Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates
cinereiventris
Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila
schistaceigula
Inca Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus
Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
Olivaceous Greenlet Hylophilus
olivaceus
Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius
leucotis
Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis
gujanensis
Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis
nigrirostris
Yellow-bellied Siskin Carduelis
xanthogastra
Olivaceous Siskin Carduelis olivacea
Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca
Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis
semiflava
Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis
Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus
miniatus
Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus
melanocephalus
Gray-and-gold Warbler Basileuterus
fraseri
Chocó Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys
Citrine Warbler Basileuterus
luteoviridis
Black-crested Warbler Basileuterus
nigrocristatus
Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus
coronatus
Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus
tristriatus
Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus
fulvicauda
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum
sitticolor
Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
Giant Conebill Oreomanes fraseri
Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana
Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis
riefferii
Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus
ophthalmicus
Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus
semifuscus
Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus
flavigularis
Black-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus
atropileus
Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus
superciliaris
Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus
frontalis
Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus
melanotis
Western Hemispingus Hemispingus
ochraceus
Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus
cassinii
Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis
stolzmanni
White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus
luctuosus
Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus
delatrii
White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus
icteronotus
Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis
cyanocephala
Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis
bonariensis
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
Moss-backed Tanager Bangsia edwardsi
Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis
montana
Black-chested Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis
eximia
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus
lacrymosus
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus
igniventris
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus
somptuosus
Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea
melanonota
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia
laniirostris
Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia
cyanocephala
Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia
xanthogaster
Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia
cyanea
Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis
Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae
Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara
schrankii
Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
Silver-throated Tanager Tangara
icterocephala
Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara
xanthocephala
Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
Yellow-bellied Tanager Tangara
xanthogastra
Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata
Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara
rufigula
Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix
Metallic-green Tanager Tangara
labradorides
Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis
Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata
Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara
nigroviridis
Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei
Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata
Yellow-tufted Dacnis Dacnis egregia
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus
unicolor
Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila
nigricollis
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila
castaneiventris
Lesser Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia
inornata
Páramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa
albilatera
Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa
lafresnayii
Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossopis
caerulescens
Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossopis cyanea
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
Pale-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes
pallidinucha
Rufous-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes
latinuchus
Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes
tricolor
Slaty Brush-Finch Atlapetes schistaceus
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Buarremon
brunneinucha
Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Buarremon
torquatus
Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon
aurantiirostris
Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops
conirostris
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia
capensis
Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
Black-winged Saltator Saltator
atripennis
Southern Yellow-Grosbeak Pheucticus
chrysogaster
Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa
Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi
Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus
Subtropical Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
Northern Mountain-Cacique Cacicus
leucoramphus
Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons