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The Birding & Hiking Circuit in Ecuador
Bird List
October 21 – 28, 2008
Author: Anthony Gucciardi
Tour Leader: Dr. Jorge Cruz; San Jorge Eco-Tours
Species listed by Region + Altitude (alphabetical order by common name)
Highland Rainforest and Paramo, Foothills of Pichincha Mountain (3,100m a.s.l. – 3,800m a.s.l.): San Jorge, Quito.
Band-tailed pigeon (Columba fasciata)
Band Winged Nightjar (Caprimulaus longirostris)
Barred Parakeet (Bolborhynchus lineola)
Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
Black-crested Warbler (Basileuterus nigrocristatus)
Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia vicforiae)
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Thraupis bonariensis)
Brown-bellied Swallow (Notiochelidon murina)
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)
Chestnut-collared Swift (Cypseloides rutilus)
Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna)
Hooded Siskin (Carduelis magellanica)
Masked Flowerpiercer (Dialossopis cyanea)
Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger)
Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya larresnayi)
Paramo Seedeater (Catamenia homochroa)
Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger)
Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
Rufous-winged Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus calopterus)
Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)
Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)
Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus)
Smoky Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes fumigatus)
Southern Yellow Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)
Spectacled Whitestart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis)
Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus)
Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyriathina)
Variable Hawk (Buteo polysoma)
White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)
White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)
White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
Cloud forest in western slopes of Andes (1,500m a.s.l.): San Jorge, Tandayapa
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruviana)
Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae)
Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae)
Bar-bellied Woodpecker (Veniliornis nigriceps)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster)
Barred Becard (Pachyramphus versicolor)
Beautiful Jay (Cvanolyca pulchra)
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei)
Black-winged Saltator (Saltator atrivennis)
Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
Blue-capped Tanager (Thraupis cyanocephala)
Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)
Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii)
Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae)
Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys)
Buff-tailed Coronet
Cerulean Warbler ( Dendroica cerulea)
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ru ilcapilla)
Choco Warbler (Basileuterus chlorophrys)
Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnarnomea)
Collared Inca
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Piculus rivolii)
Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus)
Curve-billed Tinamou (Nothoprocta curvirostris)
Dull-colored Grassquit (Tiaris obscura)
Ecuadorian Thrush (Turdus maculirostris)
Empress Brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix)
Flavescent Flycatcher (My-Lophobus flavicans)
Glossy-black Thrush (Turdus serranus)
Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus a. auriceps)
Golden-naped Tanager (Tangara ruficervix)
Golden-rumped Euphonia (Euphonia cyanocephala)
Gorgeted Sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)
Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)
Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus)
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thaltirania fannyi)
Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus)
Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus)
Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus)
Metallic-green Tanager (Tangara labradorides)
Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster)
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris)
Plumbeous Pigeon (Columba plumbea)
Powerful Woodpecker (Campephilus pollens)
Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini)
Purple-throated Woodstar (Calliphiox mitchellii)
Red-billed Parrot (Pionus sordidus)
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)
Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
Streak-necked Flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis)
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus)
Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora Peregrina)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
Three-striped Warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus)
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Turquoise Jay (Cyanolyca turcosa)
Variable Seedeater (Sporophila (aurita coryina)
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis)
Western Emerald (Chlorostibon melanorynchus)
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
White-necked Jacobin
White-sided Flowerpiercer (Digiossa albilatera)
White-tailed Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus poecilocercus)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
Famous Nono-Mindo road (1,300 a.s.l.): San Jorge, Tandayapa
Black-and-white Owl ( Strix nigrolineata)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus (ruficapillus martii)
Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
Whiskered Wren (Thryothorus mystacalis)
Band-rumped Swift (Chaetura spinicauda)
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Cinnamon Woodpecker ( Celeus loricatus)
Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
Double-banded Graytail
Dusky Pigeon (Columba goodsoni)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
Golden-faced Tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops)
Golden-crowned Tanager (Iridosornis rufivertex)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Lesser Seed-Finch (oryzoborus angolensis )
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
Little Cuckoo (Piaya minuta)
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)
Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes olivaceus)
Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
Pale-vented Thrush (Turdus obsoletus)
Plain Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinea plumbea)
Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)
Purple-chested Hummingbird ( Amazilia rosenbergi)
Red-rumped Woodpecker (Veniliornis kirkii)
Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus microrhynchus)
Slaty Becard (Pachyramphus spodiurus)
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher ( Myarchus phaeocephalus.)
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
Tawny-breasted Flycatcher (Myiobius villosus)
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila vlumbea)
Tufted Flycatcher
Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila julie)
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Yellow-bellied Siskin (Carduelis xanthogastra)
Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Milpe, lower sup-tropical rainforest in western slopes of Andes (900m a.s.l.): San Jorge, Milpe
Bananaquit Bat Falcon (Falco ruflaularis)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)
Blue-and-white Swallow (Notiochelidon cyanoleuca)
Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis)
Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitanqua)
Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chakopterus)
Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni)
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner (Philydor rulus)
Buff-rumped Warbler (Basileuterus fulvicauda)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch (Buarremon brunneinucha)
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)
Choco Toucan (Ramphastos brevis)
Choco Trogon (Trogon comptus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Collared Trogon (Trogon coilaris)
Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
Dark-backed Wood-Quail (Odontophorus melanonotus)
Dusky Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus semifuscus)
Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida)
Esmeraldas Antbird (Myrmeciza niqricauda)
Fasciated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum salmoni)
Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis)
Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
Golden-winged Manakin (Masius chrylopterus)
Gray Elaenia ( Myopiagis caniceps)
Gray-and-gold Tanager (Tangara valmeri)
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrvs)
Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
Green Thorntail (Popelairia conversii)
Greenish Elaenia (Myiopagis viridicata)
Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis)
Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Immaculate Antbird (Myrmeciza immaculata)
Lesser Elaenia ( Elaenia chiriquensis)
Lineated Woodpecker Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Long-tailed Antbird (Drymophila caudata)
Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)
Masked Tityra
Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)
Ochre-breasted Tanager (Chlorothraupis stoizmanni)
Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
Ornate Flycatcher (Mviotriccus ornatus)
Pacific Hornero
Pale-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus erythropygius)
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
Red-masked Parakeet ( Aratinga erythrogenys)
Ruddy Pigeon (Columba subvinacea)
Rufous-naped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes latinuchus)
Rufous-throated Tanager (Tangara rufigula)
Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanenlis)
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus vileatus)
Scaled Fruiteater (Ampelioidies tschudii)
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia variegat
Sepia-brown Wren (Cinnycerthia veruana)
Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptorogon superciliaris)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes sirnilis)
Streak-capped Treehunter (Thripadectes virgaticeps)
Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes promeropirhvnchu)
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius barbatus)
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Swallow-Tanager (Tersina viridis)
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus)
Tricolored Brush-Finch (Atlapetes tricolor)
Tropical Parula (Parula pitiayumi)
Velvet-purple Coronet
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
White-bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus)
White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
White-thighed Swallow (Neochelidon tibialis)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera)
Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola )
Yellow-collared Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia flavirostris)
Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus fiavigula fs)
South-eastern slopes of Andes, Papallacta and Cuyuja (3,000, - 4,000m a.s.l.): road to San Jorge, CosangaAmethyst Woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina)
Andean Tit-Spinetail (Lepthasteruna andicola)
Bar-winged Cinclodes ( Cinclodes fuscus)
Black-capped Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias niqrocapilius)
Blue-mantled Thornbill (Chalcostigma stanleyi)
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Crested Quetzal (Pharomachrus antisianus)
Dusky Piha ( Lipaugus fuscucinereus)
Ecuadorian Hillstar ( Oreotrochilus chimborazo)
Emerald Toucanet ( Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)
Giant Conebill ( Oreomanes fraseri)
Greater Yellowlegs ( Tringa melanoleuca)
Inca Jay (Cyanocorax incas)
Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingi)
Many-striped Canastero
Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis)
Northern Mountain Cacique ( Cacicus leucoramphus)
Pale-naped Brush-Finch (Atlapetes Pallidinucha)
Paramo Ground-Tyrant (Musciaxicola alpina)
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch
Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant ( Cnemarchus erythropygius)
Rufous Wren (Cinnycerthia unirula)
Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaecephalus)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior)
Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata colombiana)
Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis)
White-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus stictopterus)
Yellow-billed Pintail
Antisana National Reserve eastern slopes of Andes in sub-tropical Amazon (2,000m a.s.l.) road to San Jorge, Cosanga
Ash-browed Spinetail ( Craneoleuca curtata)
Bare-necked Fruitcrow
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis debilis)
Black-faced Dacnis ( Dacnis lineata)
Blackpoll Warbler ( Dendroica striata)
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
Bronzy Inca ( Coeligena coeligena)
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus Melanoleucos)
Equatorial Graytail
Fiery-throated Fruiteater (Pipreola chlorolepidota)
Glittering-throated Emerald (Amazilia fimbriata fluviatilis)
Grayish Saltator (Saltator coerulensces )
Great-tailed Grackle
Lafresnaye's Piculet (Picumnus lafresnayi)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus Inscriptus)
Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)
Magpie Tanager (Cissopis l. leverian)
Many-banded Aracari (Pteroglossus Inscriptus)
Mealy Amazon ( Amazona farinosa)
Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher ( Leptogon rufipectus)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura)
Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus c. carbo)
Spotted Tanager ( Tangara punctata)
Thrush-like Wren (Campylorhynchus turdinus)
Turquoise Tanager ( Tangara mexicana)
White-banded Swallow
White-bellied Dacnis
White-throated Kingbird
White-winged Swallow
Yellow-bellied Tanager ( Tangara xantogastra )
Cosanga, eastern slopes of Andes in tropical Amazon (2,000m a.s.l.)
: San Jorge, Cosanga
Andean Potoo (Nyctibius maculosus)
Black Headed Hemispingus ( Hemispingus verticalis)
Bluish Flowerpiercer ( Diglossopis caerulescens )
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
Common Bush-Tanager ( Chlorospingus oftalmicus)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii)
Flammulated Treehunter (Thripadectes flammulatus)
Foothill Screech-Owl (Otus roraimae napensi)
Lyre-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis lyra)
Masked Crimson Tanager
Olivaceous Siskin ( Carduelis olivacea)
Olive Finch ( Lysurus castaneiceps)
Olive-backed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus t. triangularis)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophalus)
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis gayi)
Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus speciosus)
Russet-backed Oropendola
Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara Xantocephala)
Sickle-winged Guan (Chamaepetes goudotii)
Streaked Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolavtes boissonneautii)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Tyrannine Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla tyrannina)
Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager(Chloropingus parvirostris)
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