Trip reports

Ecuador, November 2009

Jeremy Barker

Bird species seen:

Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus

Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris

Andean Guan Penelope montagnii

Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii

Blue-winged Teal Anas discors

Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica

Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani

Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii

Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis

Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus

Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii

Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus

Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

Pale-mandibled Araçari Pteroglossus torquatus

Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps

Ecuadorian Trogon Trogon melanurus

Masked Trogon Trogon personatus

Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii

Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquatus

Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana

Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana

Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani

Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys

Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis

Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus

White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris

Tumbes/Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura ocypetes/cinereiventris

Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aenea

White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui

Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus

Baron's Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus

Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans

West Andean Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus

Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi

Andean Emerald Agyrtria franciae

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl

Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia

Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys

Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix

Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides

Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula

Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo

Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis

Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi

Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus

Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni

Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera

Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini

Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani

Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini

Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii

Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae

Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina

Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi

Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera

Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis

Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii

Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii

Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Phalaenopsis nubicola

Peruvian Pygmy Owl Phalaenopsis peruanum

Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis

Feral Pigeon Columba livia var. domestica

Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata

Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea

Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata

Pacific Dove Zenaida meloda

Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi

Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana

White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi

Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida

Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

Slate-coloured Coot Fulica ardesiaca

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

Sanderling Calidris alba

Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri

Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus

Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens

Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Andean Gull Larus serranus

Laughing Gull Larus atricilla

Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan

Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

Royal Tern Sterna maxima

Elegant Tern Sterna elegans

Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus

Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus

Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens

Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus

Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris

Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma

Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus

American Kestrel Falco sparverius

Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis

Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus

Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii

Nazca Booby Sula granti

Red-footed Booby Sula sula

Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi

Great Egret Ardea alba

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Striated Heron Butorides striata

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea

Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Andean Condor Vultur gryphus

Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus

Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata

Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma tethys

Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris

Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum

Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum

Tumbes Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina

Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola

Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens

White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps

White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys

White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus

Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea

Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus

Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus

Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus

Handsome Flycatcher Myiophobus pulcher

Smoke-coloured Pewee Contopus fumigatus

Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus

Tumbes Pewee Contopus cinereus

Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens

Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans

Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor

Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis

Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris

Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus

Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica

Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus

Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus

Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis

Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda

Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus

Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus

Collared Antshrike Sakesphorus bernardi

Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor

Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis

Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus

Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior

Pacific Hornero Furnarius leucopus

Necklaced Spinetail Synallaxis stictothorax

Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops

Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata

Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger

Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii

Western Woodhaunter Hyloctistes subulatus

Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris

Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans

Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea

Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni

Scrub Antpitta Grallaria watkinsi

Yellow-breasted Antpitta Grallaria flavotincta

Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis

Narino Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior

Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys

White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus

Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides

Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

Great Thrush Turdus fuscater

Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus

Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus nudigenis

Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus

Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus

Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis

Speckle-breasted Wren Thryothorus sclateri

Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus

Superciliated Wren Thryothorus superciliaris

House Wren Troglodytes aedon

Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis

Grey-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys

Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea

Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea

Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina

Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca

White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis

Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis

Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica

Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

Pale-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes pallidinucha

Rufous-naped Brush-Finch Atlapetes rufinucha

Tricoloured Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor

Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi

Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca

Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata

Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus

Spectacled Redstart Myioborus melanocephalus

Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus

Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda

Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum

Giant Conebill Oreomanes fraseri

Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus

Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis

Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis

Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira

Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava

Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus

Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus

Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis

Black-chested Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis eximia

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus

Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager Dubusia taeniata

Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota

Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris

Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster

Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris

Golden Tanager Tangara arthus

Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala

Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola

Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides

Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis

Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis

Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza

Black-backed Bush-Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni

Crimson Finch-Tanager Rhodospingus cruentus

Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor

Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Phrygilus plebejus

Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus

Collared Warbling-Finch Poospiza hispaniolensis

Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina

Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina

Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis

Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana

Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor

Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis

Plain-coloured Seedeater Catamenia inornata

Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii

Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis

Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossopis cyaneus

Golden-bellied Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster

Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus

Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis

Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus

Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela

Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas

Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa

Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi

Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus

Other species

Lepidoptera

Southern Lady Vanessa carye

Glaucous Cracker Hamadryas glauconome

Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae

Heliconius atthis

Oleria sp

Helenor Morpho Morpho helenor

Smudged Crescent Castilia eranites

Aphrissa boisduvalii

Lesbia Sulphur Colias lesbia

Pereute leucodrosime

Crimson-patch Longwing Heliconius erato

Marysas Hairstreak Pseudolycaena marysas