Southern Ecuador

SOUTHERN ECUADOR



October 24, 2014, to November 9, 2014

with Gary Rosenberg.



South America is the Bird Continent and the largest number of species can be found in the Andean countries between Colombia and Peru. Colombia is the champ with close to 2000 species (20% of the world’s birds); it also has the largest number of endemics and near-endemics (restricted area species) and, less glamorously, some of the most threatened species. Peru and Brazil are not far behind in this competition but ‘little’ Ecuador, with over 1650 species, easily takes the prize for species density or, if you prefer, species per square inch! Ecuador is also a pretty safe place and it is fairly well set up for eco-tourism. This all started with the Galapagos but it has since extended to cover the cloud forests of the Andes, the Amazonian lowlands east of the mountains and the coastal areas of the west. New threats to the environment – oil extraction in the Amazonian areas, mining in the cloud forest – are endangering this delicate balance, not least because they have government sponsorship and foreign investment. But for the moment, Ecuador remains very high on most birders’ lists.



A major player in this game is the Jocotoco Foundation which was originally established to protect a small population of a newly discovered antpitta – named Jocotoco (‘Hocotoco’) from its call – that was discovered relatively recently and occupies only a very restricted range. The foundation has now established a series of notable reserves, mostly in the south (although one is on the slopes of the Volcano Pinchicha just outside of Quito), and protecting habitat essential for the survival of several threatened species. These supplement the existing National Parks and Reserves which cover some 18% of the country.



We have made several trips to Ecuador but this was the first time we visited the south. The trip began in the once notorious port city of Guayaquil, today the largest and most bustling urban center in Ecuador. It took us from the coastal areas to the foothills and then higher slopes of the mountains whose cloud forests guard many rich forms of life. At our farthest reach, we were in the Cordillera del Condor in the eastern foothills of Amazonia and close to the Peruvian border. Jorupe, also near the border of Peru but to the west, preserves a remarkable dry ‘Tumbesian’ forest with its own special forms of life. In between were preserves and parks at various elevations in the foothills and higher reaches of the mountains.



Our guide was Gary Rosenberg, an experienced ornithologist and genial trip leader, with a superb ear, a quick draw on the spotting scope and a lot of experience with Ecuadorian birds. Just what is needed to find skulking birds in the dense jungle foliage!



Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to check many of the exact locales with Gary; hence the many question marks in the species list. The dates and bird names are accurate but not always the exact spot of the sighting.



ITINERARY:

Friday, October 24, 2014: arrival in Guayaquil via Miami. Grand Hotel Guayaquil.



Saturday, October 25: morning trip to Parque El Lago, a local reservoir and park     just outside of Guayquil. Overnight again at the Grand Hotel Guayaquil.



Sunday, October 26: Santa Elena Peninsula: dry forest, coastal areas, salinas (Equasal ponds) Again night at the Grand Hotel Guayaquil.



Monday, October 27: Departure from Guayaquil to Manglares Churute (Churute Mangrove Ecological Preserve, a wetlands area near Guayaquil); then a drive to Santa Rosa with a stop for lunch; afterwards to Umbrellabird Lodge at 500 meters in the Buenaventura Reserve, a rare example of forested foothills on the Western slope of the Andes. This is a Jocotoco Foundation lodge and, in addition to the spectacular Long-wattled Umbrellabird and many other species, it has open hummingbird feeder trays surrounding an open porch/dining area and these attract unbelievable numbers of hummers and many other birds, as well as a whole family of coatis.





Tuesday, October 28: All day at the Umbrellabird Lodge and Buenaventura Reserve; morning from the lodge up the road; in the afternoon to the upper area along the old highway; part of this was almost washed away leaving only a very narrow, precarious path that was a bit scary to cross.



Wednesday, October 29: Roadside birding below Umbrellabird Lodge in the early morning and then a long drive to Copalinga Lodge arriving in mid-afternoon; late afternoon birding on the Tinamou Trail. Copalinga is a beautifully run private ecolodge less than 3 km from the Bombuscaro entrance to Podocarpus National Park. This locale is at c. 1000 meters and is considered an extension of the Eastern slope of the Andes so it has a different set of birds.



Thursday, October 30: All day at Copalinga, in Podacarpus National Park and on the Rio Bombuscaro.



Friday, October 31: Copalinga in the morning before driving to Yankaum on the Nangaritza River at the base of the Cordillera del Condor; afternoon on the road on the east side of the river. Until recently, the road ended at the lodge but there is now a bridge across the river and a road that goes into still heavily forested areas on the other side. There is a striking sculpture on the bridge depicting Arutam, a spirit being, riding his toucan which will fly him home to the top of Cordillera del Condor (see picture below). Besides toucans and many birds of eastern and Amazonian affinities, the bird life here includes species previously known only from Peru; the target bird is the Orange-throated Tanager, a spectacular tanager in its own genus, previously known only from a remote and dangerous part of Peru.





Saturday, November 1: All day on the road from Yankuam with a siesta break enabling me to observe the tanagers and other birds feeding on a fruiting tree in the lodge garden; the lodge itself could use a little sprucing up but the activity in the gardens and around the buildings was dynamic. It was here that I saw a trio of Sharpbills, a bird barely known from this corner of Ecuador (discovered here by the legendary Theodore Parker shortly before his death in a plane crash); this was probably my best sighting of the trip.



Sunday, November 2: Road from Yankuam in the morning; drive back to Copalinga in    the afternoon.



Monday, November 3: Copalinga to Loja with stop on the bridge to the Cajanuma sector of Podocarpus National Park; afterwards drive to Tapichalaca with birding stops (Quebrada Honda Trail); Casa Simpson is a Jocotoco lodge at 2500 meters on the eastern slope of the Andes and on the grounds of the Tapichalaca Reserve, the site of the discovery of the Jocotoco Antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi) in 1997 which was the original impetus for the Jocotoco Foundation.



Tuesday, November 4: All day at the Tapichalaca Reserve; Jocotoco Trail in the       morning; road below Valladolid in the afternoon



Wednesday, November 5: Road from Tapichalaca (towards Valladolid) in the morning; then long ride to the Jorupe Reserve with occasional birding stops (via Cariamanga); night at the Jocotoco Foundation’s Urraca or White-tailed Jay Lodge in the middle of a dry Tumbesian forest dominated by the fantastical ceiba tree.







Thursday, November 6: Jorupe all morning; bridge to Peru over Macara River in the early afternoon; then trail near entrance to the reserve to find yet another       difficult antpitta.



Friday, November 7: Jorupe to Zapotillo to Celica to Pinas where we stay in a hotel. This ride included a stop at the old town dump of Zapotillo which, as hot, dusty and unpleasant as it might be, harbored one of the best birds of the trip, the Tumbes Tyrant, another bird believed to have been a Peruvian endemic until it was found here.



Saturday, November 8: From Pinas, we return to the Buenaventura Reserve and bird the main trail (not the washed out road); several good birds here, including the endangered El Oro Parakeet, made a splendid finale to the trip. At 11:30 am we begin the long drive back to Guayaquil with lunch stop in Santa Rosa



Sunday, November 9: Return to New York; non-stop flight on LAN Ecuador



BIRD LIST (* = life bird)



Gray Tinamou (Tinamus tao) – from blind at Copalinga, 10/29; this is considered a difficult bird, restricted to mature forests; the Copalinga bird performed an elaborate threat display to drive away two Gray-fronted Doves that were coming in to feed. Vulnerable.

HLittle Tinamou (Crypturellus soul) – heard at Yankuam; 11/2

HPale-browed Tinamou (C. transfasciatus) – seen by some but only heard by me at Jorupe on 10/13



Horned Screamer (Anhima comuta) – seen on first day out of Guayaquil at Manglares Churute (10/27)



Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) – On Macara River at Peru border 11/6; considered rare & local

White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis) – Equasal ponds, 10/26

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) – Equasal ponds, 10/26



*Rufous-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera) – seen and heard on several days at Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe 10/27,29,  ll/6. Vulnerable

Speckled Chachalaca (O. guttata) – Yankaum? 10/31, 11/2



HRufous-fronted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus erythrops) – heard at Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27,29



Least Grebe (Tacybaptus dominicus) – Parque El Lago 10/25

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) – Parque El Lago, Equasal ponds 10/25,26



*Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) – Equasal ponds 10/26



Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) – Manglares Churute 10/27



Magnficent Frigatebird (Fregeta americana) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Manglares Churute 10/25-27



Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) – Santa Elena 10/26

Peruvian Booby (S. variegata) – Santa Elena 10/26



Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax basilianus) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Manglares Churute, Rio Macara 10/25-27, 11/16



Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena 10/25,26

Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus) – Santa Elena 10/26



Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Striated Heron (Butorides striata) – Parque El Lago, Rio Macara 10/25, 11/12

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) – many locations from shore to uplands

Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) – Parque El Lago, Equasal ponds,  Rio Macara, rd to Pinas 10/25,26, 11/6,7

Great Egret (A, alba) – Parque El Lago, Equasal ponds, Manglares Churute, Rio Macara, rd to Pinas, Buenaventura 10/25-27, 11/6-8

Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Snowy Egret (E. thula) – same locations as Great Egret

Little Blue Heron (E. caerulea) – Parque El Lago, road to Pinas 10/25, 11/7



White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) – Equasal ponds, Manglares Churute 10/26,27

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) – Parque El Lago, Equasal ponds, Buenaventura 10/25,26, 11/8



Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) – almost every day

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (C. melambrotus) – Yankuam 11/1,2

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) – almost every day



Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) – Parque El Lago 10/25

White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute 10/25,27

Pearl Kite (Gampsonyux swainsonii) – Manglares Churute, roadside wire (somewhere on road from Jorupe to Pinas?) 10/27, 11/7

Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis) – Podocarpus Nat’l Park 10/30 (or near river?)

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) – Yankuam, road to Tapichalaca (or was it on the ride to Jorupe?) 10/9,10, 12

Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) – Manglares Churue 10/27, Buenaventura Rd?  11/8

Plumbeous Kite (Icticia plumbea) – Yankuam 10/31, 11/1,2

*Plain-breasted (Sharp-shinned) Hawk (Accipiter ventralis [striatus]) – road from Umbrellabird Lodge 10/29

Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Rio Macara, road to Pinas 10/25,26, 11/6,7

Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) – several locations both in lowlands and in foothills 10/25,26 11/2,7

Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) – Santa Elena, Rio Macara? 10/26, 11/6

Variable Hawk (Buteo poysoma) – Santa Elena, road from Jorupe to Pinas? 10/26,     11/7

White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis) – Yankuam 11/1

*Gray-backed Hawk (L. occidentalis) – Buenaventura 11/8 Endangered

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) – road from Jorupe to Pinas? 11/7

Short-tailed Hawk (B. brachyurus) – Yankuam, road to Jorupe 10/31, 11/1,5



Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) – Manglares Churute or another wetland from the road out 10/27



HBlackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) – heard from marsh back of gas station on  road to Yankuam? 10/31

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) – road between Jorupe and Pinas? 11/7

Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus) – Parque El Lago 10/25



Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmaatus) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Wilson’s Plover (C. wilsonia) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Killdeer (C. vociferus) –  Manglares Churute? 10/27

Snowy (Kentish) Plover (C. nivosus) – Equasal Ponds 10/26

Collared Plover (C. collaris) – Equasal Ponds 10/26



American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) – Santa Elena coast 10/26



Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) – Equasal Ponds, Manglares Churute, Rio Macara, road from Jorupe to Pinas 10/26,27 ll/7,8



Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) – Santa Elena coast, Equasal ponds 10/26

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) – Lago El Parque, Equasal ponds, Rio Macara, road from Jorups to Pinas (10/25,26 11/7,8

Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Lesser Yellowlegs (T. flavipes) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Willet (T. semipalmata) – Equasal ponds 10//25

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Surfbird (Aphriza virgata) – Santa Elena coast 10/26

Sanderling (Calidris alba) --  Equasal ponds, Santa Elena coast 10/26

Semipalmated Sandpiper (C. pusilla) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Western Sandpiper (C. mauri) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Least Sandpiper (C. minutilla) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) – Equasal ponds 10/26



Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute 10/25,27



Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) – Santa Elena 10/26

Gray Gull (Leucophaeus modestus) --  Santa Elena 10/26

Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) – Santa Elena (Equasal?) 10/26

Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) – Santa Elena coast 10/26

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) – Equasal ponds 10/26

Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) – Santa Elena 10/26



Ecuadorian Ground-Dove (Columbina buckleyi) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute? 10/25,27

Croaking Ground-Dove (C. cruziana) – Santa Elena, Tapichalaca, Rio Macara, etc. 10/26 11/5-7

Blue Ground-Dove (Claravis pretiosa) – Tapichalaca 11/6

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) – widespread in towns

Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata) – Tapichalaca (other highland areas?) 11/3-5

Plumbeous Pigeon (P. plumbea) – Copalinga, Yankuam, Tapichalaca 10/30 ll/1,4

Ruddy Pigeon (P. subvinacea) – Yankuam, Buenaventura 11/1,8

West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida meloda) – Santa Elena area 10/26

Eared Dove (Z. auriculata) – several road locations 11/5,7

White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi) – Parque El Lago, Jorupe 10/25, 11/6,7

Gray-fronted Dove (L. pallida) – 2 birds approaching feeder but flushed by Gray Tinamou, Copalinga 10/29

White-throated Quail-Dove (Geotrygon frenata) – Tapichalaca (Tocotoco trail) 11/4. After this was seen at a feeding site on the Tocotoco Trail, an injured bird was picked up by Gary on the road, apparently hit by a car.



                                                                                          Lorna Salzman

Squirrel Cuckoo (Playa cayana) – many locales incl. 10/28,30,31, ll/1,2

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) – common in lowlands

Groove-billed Ani (C. sulcirostris) – replaces Smooth-billed in southern uplands



HPeruvian Screech-Owl (Megascops roboratus) – heard only at Jorupe 11/6,7

HSpectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) – heard only at Jorupe 11/7

HBand-bellied Owl (P. melanota) – heard only at Yankuam (or Copalinga?) 11/2

*Black-and-white Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27,28

Peruvian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium peruanum) – Lago El Lago, Santa Elena, Tapichalaca 10/25-27, 11/5



Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) – Copalinga 10/30,31 11/3

Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens) – Copalinga 10/30 an Eastern bird and very local



Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila) – Tapichalaca area 11/4

White-collared Swift (S. zonaris) – several locations incll. 10/27, 11/1,2,7 the only easily identified swift (because of size)

Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) – Buenaventura 10/28

(*)Short-tailed (Tumbes) Swift (C. brachyuran ocyptes) – El Lago, Jorupe or Rio Macara 10/25, 11/6 The Eastern ssp may be a separate species



White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) – Umbrellabird Lodge (Buenaventura) 10/27-29

[White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini) – Yankuam 11/1 seem by some but not by me]

[Gray-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) – 10/31 seen by some but not by me]

White-whiskered Hermit (P. yaruqui) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

Green Hermit (P. guy) – Copalinga Lodge 10/29-31 11/2

Long-billed Hermit (P. longirostris) – Umbrellabird Lodge? 10/27

Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga 10/27,28,30

Sparkling Violetear (C. coruscans) –  Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga 10/28-31

Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) – Copalinga, Yamkuam 10/30 11/1,2

*Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis) – Tapichalaca 11/4

*Little (Flame-throated) Sunangel (H. micraster) – Tapichalaca 11/3,4

[Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii) – 10/31 seen by others but not by me]

Green Thorntail (D. conversii) – 10/27-29

*Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus) – Copalinga 10/30. Vulnerable.

Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingi) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Violet-tailed Sylph (A. coelestis) – Copalinga, Buenaventura 10/30 11/8

Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) – Copalinga? 11/3

[Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita) – Tapichalaca or Copalinga 11/3 seen by others but not by me]

Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) – Tapichalaca 11/4-5

Buff-winged Starfrontlet (C. lutetiae) – Tapichalaca 11/3

Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) – Tapichalaca 11/3-5

*Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) – Copalinga 10/29-30

Fawn-breasted Brilliant (H. rubinoides) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27

Green-crowned Brilliant (H. jacula) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27-28

Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris) –  Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe 10/27, 11/6-7

[White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant) – Jorupe? 11/5 seen by others but not by me]

*Little Woodstar (C. bombus) – Yankuam? 10/31. Vulnerable.

[Short-tailed Woodstar (Myrmia micrura) – Umbrellabird Lodge? 10/27 seen by others but not by me]

*Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) – Copalinga 10/30, 11/2

Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27

Fork-tailed Woodnymph (T. furcata) – Copalinga 10/30-31

*Tumbes Hummingbird (Leucippus baeri) – somewhere on the road back 11/7

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacati) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27-29

Amazilia Hummingbird (A. amazilia) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Manglares Churute, Tapichalaca, Jorupe 10/25,27 11/3,6-7

Andean Emerald (A. franciae) –  Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga? 10/27-30

Glittering-throated Emerald (A. fimbriata) – Copalinga 10/29, 11/2

Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) – Copalinga 10/29-30, 11/2

Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila julie) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27-29 (30+ hummers)



Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) – road to Tapichalaca, Buenaventura 11/5,8

*Ecuadorian Trogon (Trogon mesurus) – Manglares Cherute?, Umbrellabird Lodge? 10/27,29

Green-backed Trogon (T. viridis) – Tapichalaca (or road to) 10/31 Split from the White-tailed Trogon

*Amazonian Trogon (T. ramonianus) – Yankuan 11/1 This is a split from the Violaceous Trogon (T. violaceus)

HCollared Trogon (T. collaris) – Buenaventura? 11/8 heard only

Masked Trogon (T. personatus) – Tapichalaca 11/3,4



Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Cherute? Rio Bombuscaro, Rio Macara 10/25,27,30 11/6,7

Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Cheruta, Rio Macara 10/25,27 11/6



Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) –  Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

Whooping Motmot (Momotus subrufescens) – Parque El Lago, Umbrellabird or Copalinga, Jorupe 10/25,29 11/6,7

Andean Motmot (M. aequaltorialis) – where? 11/3



*Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastzae) – Copalinga (Podacarpus) 10/30. Vulnerable.

Purplish Jacamar (G. chalcothorax) -- Yankuam 10/31 11/1,2



White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus) – Yankuam 11/1

Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus) – Umbrellabird or Copalinga Lodge 10/29



Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus) – Yankuam 11/1

Lemon-throated Barbet (Eubucco richardsoni) – Copalinga or Yankaum? 10/31

HRed-headed Barbet (E. bourcierii) – Copalinga (Podacarpus) 10/30 heard only



*Black-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27-29

HChoco Toucan (R. brevis) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27-28 heard only

Channel-billed Toucan (R. vitellinus) – Yankaum 10/31, 11/1

Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus presinus) –  Tapichalaca or below Valladolid 11/4

HGray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) – Tapichalaca or below Valladolid 11/4 heard only

Golden-collared Toucanet (Selenidera reinwardtii) – seen perched in deep foliage with only pieces visible from different angles; side road at Yankaum 11/2

Collared Aracari (Pteroglassus torquatus) – Umbrellabird Lodge? 10/27

[Many-banded Aracari (P. pluricinctus) – Yankuam? 11/1 seen by others but not by me]



*Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri) – Jorupe 11/6

*Olivaceous Piculet (P. olivaceus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28,29

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus) – Yankuam 10/31, 11/1

Smoky-brown Woodpecker (Picoides fumigatus) – somewhere on last day 11/8

Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (Veniliornis callonotus) – Jorupe 11/6

Golden-Olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) – Parque El Lago, Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe 10/25,29 11/7

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (C. rivolii) – Tapichalaca 11/3,4

Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) – Copalinga or Yankuam?, Tapichalaca 10/31, 11/3

Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilius melanoleucos) – Yankuam? 10/31, 11/2

Guayaquil Woodpecker (C. gayaquilensis) – Jorupe 11/6. Near Threatened



Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans) – Santa Elena, Manglares Churute, Jorupe (or by river?) 10/26,27 11/6

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) – Santa Elena, Manglares Churute, Rio Macara, road from Jorupe? 10/26,27 11/6,7

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) – Santa Elena 10/26

Bat Falcon (F. rufigularis) – Jorupe 11/6



*Red-masked Parakeet (Aratinga erythrogenys) – Manglares Churute, Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27,28 11/6-8 Near Threatened

White-eyed Parakeet (A. leucophthalma) – Yankuam, Tapichalaca 11/1,2,5

*El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi) – Buenaventura 11/8 Endemic & Endangered.

*White-necked Parakeet (P. albipectus) – Copalinga? 10/29-30

Dusky-billed Parrotlet (Forpus modestus) -- Copalinga or Yankuam 10/31

Pacific Parrotlet (F. coelestis) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Jorope, Buenaventura or road back 10/25-26 11/5,7-8

*Gray-cheeked Parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhoptera) – Manglares Churute, Jorupe 10/27, 11/6 Endangered

Cobalt-winged Parakeet (B. cyanoptera) – Yankuam 11/1,2

Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus) – Yankuam 10/31, 11/1,2

Bronze-winged Parrot (P. chalcopterus) – Manglares Churute, Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura? 10/27-29, 11/8

Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa) – Yankuam 11/1



*Chapman’s Antshrike (Thamnophilus zarumae) – road to Jorupe? 11/5

HLined Antshrike (T. tenuepunctatus) – Yankuam 10/31 heard only

Collared Antshrike (T. bernardi) – Santa Elena, Jorupe 10/26, 11/6

Western Slaty-Antshrike (T. atrinucha) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28,29

Plain-winged Antshrike (T. schistaeus) – Yankuaum 11/1

Uniform Antshrike (T. unicolor) – Buenaventura 11/8

HWhite-shouldered Antshrike (T. aethiops) – Yankuam? 10/31 heard only

Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) – Jorupe? 11/6

Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

[Gray Antwren (M. menetriesii) – Yankuam 11/2 seen by others but not by me]

*Rufous-winged Antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus) – Yankuam 10/31-11/2

HPeruvian Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis peruviana) –  Yankuam 10/31 heard only

HBlack Antbird  (Cercomacra serva) – Yankuam 10/31 heard only

*Jet Antbird (C. nigricans) –  Manglares Cherute or Umbrella Lodge? 10/27

White-browed Antbird (Myrmoborus leucophrys) –  Ynakuam 11/1

[Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28 seen by others but not by me]

*Esmeraldas Antbird (M. nigricauda) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28



*Undulated Antpitta (Grallaria squamigera) – Tapichalaca 11/4

HScaled Antpitta (G. guatimalensis) – Buenaventura 11/8 heard only

HPlain-backed Antpitta (G. haplonota) – Copalinga 10/30 heard only

*Watkin’s Antpitta (G. watkinsi) – Jorupe 11/7. Near threatened.

*Jocotoco Antpitta (G. ridgelyi) – Tapichalaca 11/4. Endangered.

HChestnut-naped Antpitta (G. ridgelyi) – Tapichalaca 11/4 heard only



[Ash-colored Tapaculo or Blackish Tapaculo (Myiornis senilis or Scytalopus latrans) – Tapichalaca 11/4 seen by others but not by me]

Spillman’s Tapaculo (S. spillmanni) – Tapichalaca 11/3-4

*Chusquea Tapaculo (S. parkeri) – Tapichalaca 11/3



Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus) – Copalinga, Tapichalaca, Jorupe 10/29-30 11/4,6

Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) – Yankuam 10/31, 11/2

Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29

[Red-billed Scythebill (Campylorhamphus trochilirostris) – Yankuam 11/5 seen by others but not by me]

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii) – Umbrellabird or Copalinga, Jorupe 10/29, 11/6

Montane Woodcreeper (L. lacryimiger) – Copalinga or Tapichalaca 11/3

Lineated Woodcreeper (L. albolineatus) – Yankuam 11/1

Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

Streaked Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes boissoneautii) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Pale-legged (Pacific) Hornero (Furnarius leucopus) – widespread in lowlands 10/25-27, 11/5-8

Dusky-cheeked (Bamboo) Foliage-gleaner (Anabazenops dorsalis) – Yankuam 11/1

Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor erythrocercum) – Yankuam 11/1-2

Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia variegaticeps) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura 10/28, 11/8

Montane Foliage-gleaner (A. striaticollis) – Copalinga (Podacarpus) 10/30

HRufous-necked Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla ruficollis) – Jorupe 11/6 heard only. Vulnerable

HRuddy Foliage-gleaner (Automolus rubiginosus) – Yankuam 11/2 heard only

Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger) – Tapichalaca 11/3,4

Rufous-fronted Thornbird (Phacellodomus rufifrons) – Tapichalaca 11/4

*Mouse-colored Thistletail (Asthenes griseomurina) – Tapichalaca 11/3

[Ash-browed Spinetail (Cranioleuca curtata) – Copalinga 10/30 seen by others but not by me]

Line-cheeked Spinetail (C. antisiensis) – Umbrellabird or Copalinga? 10/29

Azara’s Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga or Tapichalaca?, Jorupe 10/28-29 11/3,8

Dark-breasted Spinetail (S. albigularis) – Copalinga or Yankuam? 10/31

Rufous Spinetail (S. unirufa) – Copalinga or Tapichalaca 11/3

Slaty Spinetail (S. brachuyura) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29

*Blackish-headed Spinetail (S. tithys) – Jorupe 11/6. Endangered.

HDusky Spinetail (S. moesta) – Yankuam? 10/31 heard only

Necklaced Spinetail (S. stictothorax) – Santa Elena 10/26


[Sooty-headed Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias griseiceps) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28 seen by others but not by me]

Black-capped Tyrannulet (P. nigrocapillus) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Ashy-headed Tyrannulet (P. cinereiceps) -- ?? Tapichalaca 11/5

HYellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus) –  Yankuam 11/1 heard only

*Foothill Elaenia (Myiopagis olallai) – Copalinga 10/30.  Vulnerable.

*Pacific Elaenia (M. subplacens) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe 10/29, 11/6  

Greenish Elaenia (M. viridicata) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/29

Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) – Tapichalaca? 11/4

White-crested Elaenia (E. albiceps) --  Tapichalaca? 11/5

[Small-billed Elaenia (E. parvirostris) –  ? Copalinga? 10/30 seen by others but not by me]

Mottle-backed Elaenia (E. gigas) –  Yankuam, Tapichalaca (below Valladolid) 11/1,4

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum) – widespread 10/25-29, 11/6-8

[White-tailed Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus poecilocercus) – Tapichalaca? 11/4 seen by others but not by me]

White-banded Tyrannulet (M. stictopterus) – Copalinga? 11/3

Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea) – Rio Nangaritza?  11/2

Yellow Tyrannulet (Pseudotriccus pelzelni) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/29

*Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus melorhyphus) – Santa Elena 10/26

Golden-faced Tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops) – Copalinga, Tapichalaca? 10/30, 11/5

Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (Phylloscartes ophthalmicus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

*Ecuadorian Tyrannulet (P. qualaquizae) –  Umbrellabird Lodge , Copalinga 10/29,30, 11/1. Near threatened.

Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes olivaceus) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga? Buenaventura 10/28-29, 11/8

Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Lepopogon superciliaris) – Umbellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Benaventura 10/28,30 11/8

Ornate Flycatcher (Myioriccus ornatus) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Buenaventura 10/28, 30-31, 11/8

*White-bellied Pygmy-Tryant (Myiornis albivenris) -- Yankuam  (a Peruvian bird recently found here) 11/2

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27-28

[Black-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis) – Tapichalaca 11/4 seen by others but not by me]

*Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus capitalis) – Yankuam 11/1

*Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher (P. calopterus) – Yankuam 10/31-11/2

Common Tody-Flycatcher (T. cinereum) – widespread 10/27-11/4

HBrownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus) –  Manglares Churute, Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27,29 heard only

Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe 10/28-29, 11/6

HYellow-breasted Flycatcher (T. flaviventris) – Yankuam 10/31 heard only

HRoyal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) – Manglares Churute? 10/27 heard only

[Olive-chested Flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus) – Yankuam 11/1 seen by others but not by me]

Bran-colored Flycatcher (M. fasciatus) – Manglares Churute, Jorupe 10/27, 11/6

[Tawny-breasted Flycatcher (Myiobius villosus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28 seen by others but not by me]

Black-tailed Flycatcher (M. atricaudus) – Umbrellabird Lodge? 10/29

Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus) – Tapichalaca 11/3-4

Cliff Flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea) – Tapichalaca? 11/3

*Orange-banded Flycatcher (Nephelomyias lintoni) – Tapichalaca (road below Valladolid?) 11/4 Near Threatened

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) –  Umbrellabird Lodge, Yankuam 10/28, 11/1

HSmoke-colored Pewee (C. fumgatus) – Copalinga? 10/31 heard only

Western Wood-Pewee (C. sordidulus) – Yankuam 11/1

Eastern Wood-Pewee – (C. virens) – Yankuam 11/1

Tumbes (Tropical) Pewee (C. punensis [cinereus]) – Jorupe 11/6 possible split

*Blackish Pewee (C. nigrescens) – Yankuam 11/1

Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute (or Umbrellabird Lodge?) 10/25,27, 11/7

Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute, road from Jorupe 10/25,27, 11/7

*Rufous-tailed Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus) – Tapichalaca??? 11/5

Smoky Bush-Tyrant (Miotheretes fumigatus) – Tapichalaca or road below 11/4

Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) – Parque El Lago 10/25

*Tumbes Tyrant (Tumbezia salvini) – old town dump near Zapotillo  11/7. This bird was formerly considered a Peruvian endemic but this dry, dusty, disheartening spot has an Ecuadorian population of this attractive Tumbesian bird. Near threatened.

[Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca diadema) – Tapichalaca 11/4 seen by others but not by me]

Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant (O. cinnamomeiventris) – Tapichalaca 11/5

Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus) – Yankuam?, Tapichalaca? 10/31, 11/ 2,4

Short-tailed Field Tyrant (Muscigralla brevicauda) – Santa Elena 10/26

Piratic Flycatcher (Legaus leucophalus) – Copalinga 10/29-30

Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis) – Manglares Churute? 10/27

Social Flycatcher (M. similis) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute , Copalinga?, Tapichalaca? 10/25,27,31, 11/4

Gray-capped Flycatcher (M. granadensis) – Yankuam 11/1

Dusky-chested Flycatcher (M. luteiventris) – Yankuam 11/1

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) – Yankuam 10/31, 11/2

Lemon-browed Flycatcher (Conopias cinchoneti) – Yankuam 11/1. Vulnerable.

*Baird’s Flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii) – Parque El Lago, road from Jorupe 10/25, 11/7

Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitanga) – many locales 10/28-29, 11/1,6-7

Snowy-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus niveigularis) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute 10/25,27

Tropical Kingbird (T. melancholicus) – widespread 10/25,27-31, 11/1-2, 4-5, 7-8

Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Yankuam, Tapichalaca, Buenaventura 10/27-29 11/1, 4,8

Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (M. phaeocephalus) – Manglares Churute 10/27



Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) – Yankuam 11/1 – 3 birds seen by me and one other person in the garden of the Yankuam Lodge. Although Gary has never seen it here, the only Ecuadorian range for this bird is in this area (first identified in this area by Ted Parker, I believe) and the species is unmistakable.



Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii) – 11/4

HGray-tailed Piha (Snowornis subalaaris) – 11/1 heard only

*Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27 two or three birds displaying inside the forest, bouncing up and down, showing the inflated and lengthening wattle and giving strange calls. Vulnerable.

Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana) – 11/1



HDwarf Tyrant-Manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni) – Yankuam 11/1 heard only

Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29

*Striped Manakin (M. regulus) – Copalinga 10/30, 11/1

[Blue-rumped Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata) – Copalinga 10/30 seen by others but not by me]

HWhite-bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/27-29 heard only

*Green Manakin (Xenopipo holochlora) – Buenaventura 11.8

Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) – Copalinga 10/30



Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor) – Yankuam 11/2

Masked Tityra (T. cayana) – Yankuam 11/1-2

White-browed Purpletuft (Iodopleura isabellae) – Yankuam !1/1-2

*Yellow-cheeked (Green-backed) Becard (Pachyramphus viridis [xanthogenys) – Yankuam, Tapichalaca 10/31-11/14. There are differences of opinion on the relationship between these forms but the South American Classification Committee of the AOU (SACC) lists this bird as Green-backed.

[Barred Becard (P, versicolor) – Tapichalaca 11/4 seen by others but not by me]

*Slaty Becard (P. spodiurus) – Jorupe 11/6. Endangered.

Cinnamon Becard (P. cinnamomeus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28,29

[White-winged Becard (P. polychopterus) – Copalinga 10/31 seen by others but not by me]

One-colored Becard (P. homocrhous) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura 10/28-29, 11/8

*Wing-barred Piprites (Piprites chloris) –  Yankuam 11/1 



Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis) – Parque El Lago, Manglares Churute, Jorupe 10/25,27 11/4-6

*Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo (Vireolanius leucotis) –  Yankuam? 10/31 (Least Concern)

Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys) – Copalinga or Tapicalaca?, Buenaventura 11/3,5,8

Red-eyed Vireo (V. olivaceus) –  Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29 (resident or migrant?)

*Olivaceous Greenlet (Hylophilus olivaceus) – Copalinga 10/30,31. Near Threatened.

Lesser Greenlet (H. decurtatus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29



Turquoise Jay (Cyaolyca turcosa) – Copalinga or Tapichalaca? 11/3

Violaeceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus) – Yankuam 10/31-11/2

Green (Inca) Jay (C. yncas) – Copalinga, Tapichalaca 10/30, 11/4-5

*White-tailed Jay (C. mystacalis) – Jurupe 11/6-7 common at the lodge feeders





Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) – widespread in higher areas 10/28-11/5,8

Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina) – Copalinga or Tapichalaca? 11/3

*Pale-footed Swallow (Atticora fasciata) – Tapichalaca 11/4

White-banded Swallow (A. fasciata) – Yankuam (on Rio Nangaritsa 11/2

Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalnga, Jorupe, Buenaventura 10/28,30-31 11/6-8

Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybe) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Manglares Churute, Umbrellabird, Buenaventura 10/25-27,29, 11/8 (probably elsewhere)

Chestnut-collared Swallow (Petrochelidon rufocollaris) – colony on church in Carianenga? 11/5



HScaly-breasted (Nightingale) Wren (Microcerculus marginatus) – Yankuam 11/2 heard only

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) – widespread 10/25-27,31 11/6-7 (probably elsewhere as well)

Mountain Wren (T. solstitialis) – Tapichalaca? 11/4

Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus) – Parque El Lago, Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe 10/25,27-29 11/6-7

Thrush-like Wren (C. turdinus) – Yankuam 11/1-2

*Plain-tailed Wren (Pheugopedius (Thyrothorus) euophrys) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Whiskered Wren (P. (T.) mystacalis) – Jorupe 11/7

HCoraya Wren (P. (T.) coraya) – Yankuam 10/31 11/1-2 heard only

*Speckle-breasted Wren (P. (T.) sciateri) – Umbrellabird Lodge? Jorupe10/29 11/6

HBay Wren (Cantorchilus sigricapillus) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura 10/28-29 11/8  heard only

Superciliated Wren (C. superciliaris) – Santa Elena, Manglares Churute 10/26-27

Rufous Wren (Cinnycerthia olivascens) – Tapichalaca 11/3-4

HWhite-breasted Wood-Wren (Henichorhina leucosticta) – 10/31 11/2 heard only

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (H. leucophrys) – Tapichalaca, Buenaventura 11/4-5,8

Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus) – Umbrellabird Lodge? 10/28



Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptile plumbea) – Santa Elena, Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe 10/26-27,29 11/5-7



Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) – wetlands somewhere on road to Yankuam 10/31



White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephaus) – from bridge on road to Cajanuma sector of Podocarpus Nat’l Park 11/3



Andean Solitaire (Myadestes ralloides) – heard on 10/28 (Umbrellabird Lodge), seen on 11/8 (Buenaventura)

Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) –  Copalinga, Yankuam, Buenaventura 10/29-11/1,8

*Plumbeous-backed Thrush (Turdus reevei) – Jorupe 11/6

Ecuadorian Thrush (T. maculirostris) – Jorupe 11/6-7

[Black-billed Thrush (T. ignobilis) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/30-31, 11/2 seen by others but not by me]

*Marañon Thrush (T. maranonicus) – Tapichalaca 11/4 another Peruvian bird that just barely gets into Ecuador

Great Thrush (T. nigriceps) – Tapichalaca 11/3-5

Chiguanco Thrush (T. chiguanco) – Tapichalaca 11/5

White-necked Thrush (T. albicollis) – Copalinga 10/30, 11/3



Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus) – common in lowland, Tumbesian area 10/26-27,29, 11/5-7



Black-faced Tanager (Schistochlamys melanopis) – Tapichalaca 11/4 another Peruvian bird that just barely gets into Ecuador

Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/30, 11/1-2

Black-capped Hemispingus (Hemispingus  atropileus) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris) – Yankuam, Tapichalaca 11/2,4

Rufous-chested Tanager (Thlypopsis ornata) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Flame-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus cristatus) – Yankuam 11/1

White-shouldered Tanager (T. luctuosus) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29

Tawny-crested Tanager (T. delatrii) – Copalinga? 10/30

White-lined Tanager (T. rufus) – Yankuam 11/1,2

Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/29-11/2

Lemon-rumped (Flame-rumped) Tanager (R. icteronotus [flammigerus]) – 10/27-29, 11/8 split from the Flame-rumped Tanager of Colombia accepted by Ridgely and Jocotoco guide

Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) – Umbrellabird Lodge (coelestis), Coplalinga & Yankuam (quaesita), Jorupe (coelestis) 10/25,27-11/2,4-7

Palm Tanager (T. palmarum) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/29-11/2

*Orange-throated Tanager (Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron) – Yankuam 10/31,11/1, a large, colorful tanager formerly thought to be endemic to a small, remote area of Peru, this species can now be much more easily (and safely) seen on the Ecuador side. Vulnerable. 

Hooded Mountain-Tanager (Buthraupis montans) – Tapichalaca 11/4

*Black-chested Mountain-Tanager (B. eximia) –  Tapichalaca? 11/3

Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) – Tapichalaca 11/3-4

Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager (Dubusia taeniata) – Tapichalaca 11/4 

Fawn-breasted Tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota) – Buenaventura 11/8

Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea) – Copalinga 10/30

*Silvery (Silver-backed) Tanager (Tangara viridicollis) – Tapichalaca, Jorupe 11/4-5,7

Masked Tanager (T. nigrocincta) – Yankuam, road to Tapichalaca 11/1,2

Blue-necked Tanager (T. larvata) – Copalinga, Yamkuam, Tapichalaca 10/29-11/2,4

Yellow-bellied Tanager (T. xanthogastra) – Yankuam 11/1-2

Spotted Tanager (T. punctata) – Copalinga 10/29-30

[Blue-and-black Tanager (T. vassorii) – Tapichalaca 11/3-4 seen by others but not by me]

Beryl-spangled Tanager (T. nigroviridis) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga 10/28,30

Turquoise Tanager (T. mexicana) – Yankuam 11/2

Paradise Tanager (T. chilensis) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/29-11/2

Opal-rumped Tanager (T. velia) – Yankuam? 10/31 

Bay-headed Tanager (T. gyrola) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Yankuam 10/28-11/1,8

Golden-eared Tanager (T. chrysotis) – Copalinga 10/30

Flame-faced Tanager (T. parzudakii) – Umbrellabird Lodge or Copalinga, Buenaventura 10/29, 11/8

Green-and-gold Tanager (T. schrankii) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/29-11/2

Golden Tanager (T. arthus) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Buenaventura 10/28-30, 11/8

Silver-throated Tanager (T. icterocephala) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Buenaventura 10/28, 11/8

Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis) – Coplalinga, Yankuam 10/29-30, 11/1

Black-faced (Yellow-tufted) Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) – Copalinga, Yankuam (lineata) 10/30-11/2

Yellow-bellied Dacnis (D. flaviventer) – Yankuam 10/31-11/2

Blue Dacnis (D. cayana) – Yankuam 10/31, 11/2

Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) – Yankuam 10/31-11/2

Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Yankuam 10/27-11/2

*Golden-collared Honeycreeper (Iridophanes pulcherrimus) – Copalinga? 10/30

Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28-29

Yellow-backed Tanager (H. flavicollis) – Yankuam 11/2

Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Capped Conebill (C. albifrons) – Tapichalaca? 11/3?

Glossy Flowerpiercer (Diglossa ) – Tapichalaca 11/3

White-sided Floweriercer (D.) – Tapichalaca 11/3,4

Rusty Flowerpiercer (D. sittoides) – Tapichalaca 11/3

Masked Flowerpiercer (D. cyanea) – Tapichalaca 11/4-5

*Plushcap (Catamblyrhynchus diadema) – Tapichalaca 11/3



Collared Warbling-Finch (Poospiza hispaniolensis) – Santa Elena 10/26

Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) – Parque El Lago, Jurupe (Macara) 10/25, 11/6

Blue-black Grassquit (Volatina jacarina) – road from Coplinga, Yankuam, rd below Jurupe 10/31, 11/2,7

Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina) – Umbrellabird Lodge area 10/27-29

Yellow-bellied Seedeater (S. nigricollis) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Tapichalaca 10/28, 11/4

Parrot-billed Seedeater (S. peruviana) – Santa Elena 10/26

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (S. castaneiventris) – Yankuam 11/1-2

Chestnut-throated Seedeater (S. telasco) – Jorupe 11/7

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch (Oryzoborus angolensis) – Copalinga or Yankuam? 10/31

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

Red-crested (-pileated) Finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus) –  Yankuam 11/1

Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga 10/27,29, 31

Bananaquit (Coereba faveola) – Copalinga, Yankuam, Jurupe 10/27-30, 11/1,7

Dull-colored Grassquit (Tiaris obscurus) – Tapilacha 11/4



[Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak (Pakerthraustes humeralis) – Copalinga or Yankuam? 10/31 seen by others but not by me]

Slate-colored Grosbeak (Saltator grossus) – Copalinga? Yankuam 10/31, 11/2

Buff-throated Saltator (S. maximum) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Buenaventura 10/27-31, 11/8

Black-winged Saltator (S. atripennis) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga 10/28, 11/7

Grayish Saltator (S. coerulescens) – Yankuam 10/31-11/1

*Black-cowled Saltator (S. nigriceps) – Jorupe 11/5,7

Streaked Saltator (S. striatipectus) – Tapichalaca, Jorupe (other Tumbesian areas?) 11/4,6



Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Tapichalaca, Jorupe 10/28, 11/3-5,7

Yellow-browned Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/30-11/2

*Tumbes Sparrow (Rhynchospiza stolzmanni) – Jorupe or area 11/5

HBlack-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris) – Umbrellabird Lodge or Copalinga? 10/29 heard only

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

*Black-capped Sparrow (A. abeillei) – Jorupe 11/6



Pale-naped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes pallidinucha) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Tricolored Brush-Finch (A. tricolor) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/28

Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch (A. latinuchus) – Tapichalaca 11/3-4

White-winged Brush-Finch (A. leucopterus) – Jorupe or area 11/7

[White-headed Brush-Finch (A. pallidiceps) – Tumbes area 11/7 my big miss of the trip; seen by others but not by me (I was too exhausted to climb the last hot dusty hill!]



Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe, Buenaventura 10/28, 11/7-8

Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager (C. flavigularis) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga 10/27-30

Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager (C. canigularis) – Copalinga 10/30

(Highland) Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) – Jorupe 11/6-7

Summer Tanager (P. rubra) – Copalinga 10/30-31

Scarlet Tanager (P. olivacea) – Yankuam? 10/31

*Red-hooded Tanager (P. rubriceps) – Copalinga or Tapichalaca 11/3



Golden-bellied (Southern Yellow) Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Umbrellabird Lodge 10/25-26,29

*Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides) – Umbrellabird Lodge 10/29



Tropical Parula (Parula pitiayumi) – Manglares Churute?, Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Tapichalaca, Jorupe, Buenaventura 10/27-30, 11/4,6,8

[Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) – Copalinga 10/30 seen by others but not by me]

Blackburnian Warbler (D. fusca) – Copalinga, Tapichalaca? Jorupe 10/30, 11/3,6

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis semiflava) – Umbrellabird Lodge or area 10/29

[Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) – Copalinga 10/30 see by others but not by me]

Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) (Myioborus miniatus) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Copalinga, Tapichalaca 10/28,30 11/3-5

Spectacled Redstart (Whitestart) (M. melanocephalus) – Tapichalaca? 11/4

*Gray-and-gold Warbler (Basileuterus fraseri) – Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe, Buenaventura 10/28-29, 11/6-8

Citrine Warbler (B. luteoviridis) – Tapichalaca 11/4

Black-crested Warbler (B. nigrocristatus) – Tapichalaca 11/3-4

Russet-crowned Warbler (B. coronatus) – Copalinga or Tapichalaca, 11/3 (seen by some), 11/5 (heard)

*Three-banded Warbler (B. trifasciatus) – Tapichalaca? 11/3,5

Three-striped Warbler (B. tristriatus) – Jorupe? Buenaventura 11/3,5,7-8

Buff-rumped (Riverbank) Warbler (Phaeothlypis fulvicauda) – Copalinga , Yankuam 10/30-31, 11/1-2



Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/30-31, 11/1-2

Crested Oropendola (P. decumanus) – Copalinga, Yankuam 10/29-11/2

Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) – Parque El Lago, Yankuam 10/25,31-11/1-2

White-edged Oriole (Icterus graceannae) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Jorupe 10/25-26,11/6-7







Yellow-tailed Oriole (I. mesomelas) – Jorupe 11/6

Epaulet Oriole (I. cayanensis) – Yankuam? 10/31 This bird is not listed for Ecuador in any of the books; the confusion is apparently due to the fact that it has been very recently lumped with the Moriche Oriole which is now considered a ssp of the Epaulet!

Scrub Blackbird (Dives warszewiczi) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Manglares Churute, Umbrellabird Lodge, Jorupe area, etc. 10/25-27,29? 11/5-6

Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) – Parque El Lago, Santa Elena, Manglares Churute 10/25-57

Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) –  Parque El Lago, Santa Elena 10/25-26

Peruvian Meadowlark (Sturnella bellicosa) – Santa Elena 10/26



*Saffron Siskin (Sporagra siemiradzkii) – Jorupe Jorupe 11/6 Vulnerable



*Orange-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia saturata) – Parque El Lago, Umbrellabird Lodge, Yankuam 10/25,27-28 11/2

Thick-billed Euphonia (E. laniirostris) – Copalinga, Jorupe, Buenaentura 10/29-31, 11/6-8

Golden-rumped Euphonia (E. cyanocephala) – Copalinga, Tapichalaca 10/29, 11/5

Golden-bellied (White-lored) Euphonia (E. chrysopasta) –  Yankuam 11/1 

Bronze-green Euphonia (E. mesochrysa) – Copalinga or Yankuam? 10/30 

White-vented Euphonia (E. minuta) – Yankuam 11/1-2

Orange-bellied Euphonia (E. xanthogaster) –  Manglares Churuta? Copalinga, Yankaum, Buenaventura 10/27,29-30 11/1,8



House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) – widespread in towns

 

515 birds seen or heard by entire group (something under 500 for me)

72 life birds



ALSO SEEN

Guayaquil Squirrel -- Jorupe

Mantled Howler Monkey

Common Squirrel Monkey – Rio Macara

Coatamundi – Umbrellabird Lodge

Eric Salzman
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East Quogue NY 11942
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