Bird List

Here's our complete list from 10 January to 7 March. 148 Species, 110 life birds (j). Birds were, after all, one of the main reasons Ecuador called us in the first place.

Anatdae: Ducks, geese and swans
Andean Ruddy Duck
Andean Teal (m)
Muscovy (j)

Ardeidae: Herons, Bitterns and Egrets
Cattle Egret
Great Egret

Cathartidae: American Vultures
Andean Condor
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

Accipitridae:Kites, Hawks, Eagles and Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Cinereous Harrier (m)
Barred Hawk
Black-chested Buzzard Eagle
Roadside Hawk
Variable Hawk (m)

Falconidae: Falcons and Caracaras
Carunculated Caracara
Barred Forest-falcon
American Kestrel
Aplomado Falcon

Cracidae: Curassows, Guans and Chachalacs
Wattled Guan
Sickle-winged Guan (j)

Rallidae:Rains, Gallinules and Coots
Sora
Andean Coot

Scolopacidae: Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes
Yellow-legs sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Andean Snipe

Charadriidae: Plovers and Lapwings
Andean Lapwing

Laridae: Gulls and Terns
Andean Gull

Columbidae: Pigeons and Doves
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eared Dove
Common Ground Dove

Psittacidae: Parrots and Macaws
Red-billed Parrot
Bronze-winged Parrot

Cuculidae: Cuckoos and Anis
Squirrel Cuckoo (western race)
(eastern race) (m)
Smooth-billed Ani

Caprimulgidae: Nightjars and Nighthawks
Band-tailed Nightjar

Apodidae: Swifts
White-collared Swift

Trochilidae: Hummingbirds
White-whiskered Hermit
Green-fronted Lancebill (?)
White-necked Jacobin
Brown Violetear
Sparkling Violetear
Green Thorntail
Green-crowned Woodnymph
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Andean Emerald
Purple-billed Whitetip
Empress Brilliant
Green-crowned Brilliant
Ecuadorian Hillstar
White-tailed Hillstar
Giant Hummingbird
Shining Sunbeam
Brown Inca
Collared Inca (m)
Rainbow Starfrontlet (m)
Buff-tailed Coronet
Purple-thoated Sunangel
Golden-breasted Puffleg (m)
Booted Racket-tail
Black-tailed Trainberrer
Green-tailed Trainberrer
Tyrian Metaltail (m)
Violet-tailed Sylph
Purple-crowned Fairy
Purple-throated Woodstar

Trogonidae: Trogons and Quetzals
Golden-headed Quetzal
Masked Trogon

Motmotidae: Motmots
Rufous Motmot

Capitonidae: New World Barbets
Red-headed Barbet
Tucan Barbet

Ramphastidae: Tucans
Crimson-rumped Tucanet
Pale-mandibled Araçari
Plate-billed Mountain Tucan
Chocó Tucan

Picidae: Woodpeckers and Piculets
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Yellow-vented Woodpecker

Furnariidae: Ovenbirds
Bar-winged Ciclonides
Pacific Hornero
Many-striped Canastero (m)
Pearled Tree Runner

Dendrocolaptidae: Woodcreepers
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Montane Woodcreeper
Red-billed Sythebill (j)

Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers
Tuffted Tit Tyrant
Ornate Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Vermillion Flycatcher
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (m)
Paramo Ground Tyrant
Tropical Kingbird
Becard Sp. (Whtie winged/Black Capped)
Masked Tityra

Cotingidae: Cotingas
Cock-of-the-Rock

Corvidae: Crows, Jays and Magpies
Inca Jay (m)

Turdidae: Thrushes
Swanson’s Thrush
Great Thrush
Ecuadorian Thrush

Cinclidae: Dippers
White-capped Dipper (m)

Hirundinidae: Swallows and Martins
Grey-breasted Martin
Brown-bellied Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
White-banded Swallow (m)
Barn Swallow

Troglodytidae: Wrens
House Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-wren
Chestnut-breasted Wren (m)

Motacillidae: Pipits and Wagtails
Paramo Pipit

Parulidae:New World Warblers
Tropical Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Slate-throated Whitestart
Spectacled Whitestart

Traupidae: Tanagers, Honeycreepers, Bananaquit and Plushcap
Bananaquit
Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Blue Dacnis (m)
Masked Flowerpiercer
White-sided Flowerpiercer
Fawn-breasted Tanager
Orange-billed Euphonia
Golden Tanager
Flame-faced Tanager
Golden-naped Tanager
Metalic-green Tanager
Beryl-spangled Tanager
Blue and Black Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanger
Blue-grey Tanager
Palm Tanager
Lemon-rumped Tanager
Magpie Tanager (m)
White-winged Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
Dusky Bush Tanager

Cardinalidae: Saltators, Grosbeaks and Cardinals
Southern Yellow-Grosbeak

Emberizidae: Emberizine Finches
Black-and-white Seedeater
Plumbous Sierra Finch
Band-tailed Sierra Finch
Rufous Collared Sparrow

Icteridae: American Orioles and Blackbirds
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Northern Mountain Cacique (m)
Peruvian Meadowlark


(m) seen by M. only
(j) seen by J. only