Ecuador Bird Watching Trip Report
March 4 – 23, 2007
List of Birds

San Jorge de Milpe Orchid & Bird Reserve (Subtropical Rainforest):
Bananaquit Bat Falcon, Bay-headed Tanager, Bicolored Antbird, Black Vulture, Black-crowned Tityra, Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Blue-and-white Swallow, Blue-necked Tanager, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Bronze-winged Parrot, Brown Inca, Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, Buff-rumped Warbler, Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch, Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Choco Toucan, Choco Trogon, Cinnamon Becard, Collared Trogon, Common Potoo, Dark-backed Wood-Quail, Dusky Bush-Tanager, Emerald Tanager, Esmeraldas Antbird, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Glistening-green Tanager, Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Golden-winged Manakin, Gray Elaenia, Gray-and-gold Tanager, Gray-breasted Wood-Wren, Gray-rumped Swift, Green Honeycreeper, Green Thorntail, Greenish Elaenia, Guayaquil Woodpecker, Guira Tanager, House Wren, Immaculate Antbird, Lanceolated Monklet, Lesser Elaenia, Lineated Woodpecker, Long-tailed Antbird, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Masked Tityra, Masked Water-Tyrant, Ochre-breasted Tanager, Orange-billed Sparrow, Ornate Flycatcher, Pacific Hornero, Pale-mandibled Aracari, Palm Tanager, Plain-brown Woodcreeper, Red-masked Parakeet, Ruddy Pigeon, Rufous-naped Brush-Finch, Rufous-throated Tanager, Russet Antshrike, Rusty-margined Flycatcher, Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Scaled Fruiteater, Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner, Sepia-brown Wren, Shiny Cowbird, Silver-throated Tanager, Sirystes, Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Smooth-billed Ani, Social Flycatcher, Streak-capped Treehunter, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, Swallow-Tanager, Tawny-faced Gnatwren, Toucan Barbet, Tricolored Brush-Finch, Tropical Parula, Velvet-purple Coronet, Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, White-bearded Manakin, White-lined Tanager, White-ringed Flycatcher, White-thighed Swallow, White-throated Spadebill, White-winged Tanager, Yellow Tyrannulet, Yellow-collared Chlorophonia, Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager

San Jorge de Tandayapa Humminging Bird Reserve (Cloud Forest):
Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Andean Emerald, Azara's Spinetail, Bar-bellied Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Barred Becard, Beautiful Jay, Beryl-spangled Tanager, Black Phoebe, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-capped Tanager, Black-winged Saltator, Blue-black Grassquit, Blue-capped Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager, Booted Racket-tail, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Brown Violetear, Brown-capped Vireo, Buff-tailed Coronet, Cerulean Warbler, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Choco Warbler, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Collared Inca, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Curve-billed Tinamou, Dull-colored Grassquit, Ecuadorian Thrush, Empress Brilliant, Flavescent Flycatcher, Glossy-black Thrush, Golden Tanager, Golden-headed Quetzal, Golden-naped Tanager, Golden-rumped Euphonia, Gorgeted Sunangel, Grass-green Tanager, Green Violetear, Green-crowned Brilliant, Green-crowned Woodnymph, Hook-billed Kite, Lemon-rumped Tanager, Masked Trogon, Metallic-green Tanager, Orange-bellied Euphonia, Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Plumbeous Pigeon, Powerful Woodpecker, Purple-bibbed Whitetip, Purple-throated Woodstar, Red-billed Parrot, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-headed Barbet, Ringed Kingfisher, Roadside Hawk, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, Rufous-chested Tanager, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Russet-crowned Warbler, Scrub Blackbird, Sierran Elaenia, Slaty Finch, Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant, Smoke-colored Pewee, Snowy-throated Kingbird, Souther Rough-winged Swallow, Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Sparkling Violetear, Speckled Hummingbird, Squirrel Cuckoo, Streak-necked Flycatcher, Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant, Swallow-tailed Kite, Tawny-bellied Hermit, Tennessee Warbler, Thick-billed Euphonia, Three-striped Warbler, Tropical Kingbird, Turkey Vulture, Turquoise Jay, Variable Seedeater, Violet-tailed Sylph, Western Emerald, White-capped Dipper, White-necked Jacobin, White-sided Flowerpiercer, White-tailed Tyrannulet, White-tipped Dove, Yellow-bellied Seedeater

San Jorge Botanical Reserve (High Barren Plains/Highland Rainforest/Paramo):
Band-tailed Nightjar, Band-tailed Pigeon, Band-winged Nightjar, Barred Parakeet, Black Flowerpiercer, Black-crested Warbler, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Brown-bellied Swallow, Cattle Egret, Cinereous Conebill, Eared Dove, Great Sapphirewing, Great Thrush, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Hooded Siskin, Masked Flowerpiercer, Montane Woodcreeper, Mountain Velvetbreast, Paramo Seedeater, Pearled Treerunner, Plain-colored Seedeater, Purple-backed Thornbill, Red-crested Cotinga, Rock Pigeon, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Rufous-winged Tyrannulet, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Shining Sunbeam, Slate-throated Whitestart, Smoky Bush-Tyrant, Southern Yellow Grosbeak, Spectacled Whitestart, Tawny Antpitta, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Tyrian Metaltail, Variable Hawk, White-bellied Woodstar, White-collared Swift, White-crested Elaenia, White-throated Tyrannulet,

Pappallacta Pass & Cuyuja (Highland Rainforest/Andean Cloud Forest):  
Amethyst Woodstar, Andean Tit-Spinetail, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Black-capped Tyrannulet, Blue-mantled Thornbill, Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Crested Quetzal, Dusky Piha, Ecuadorian Hillstar, Emerald Toucanet, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Giant Conebill, Greater Yellowlegs, Inca Jay, Long-tailed Sylph, Many-striped Canastero, Mountain Wren, Northern Mountain Cacique, Pale-naped Brush-Finch, Paramo Ground-Tyrant, Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Rufous Wren, Sedge Wren, Spotted Sandpiper, Stout-billed Cinclodes, Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet, Torrent Duck, Tourmaline Sunangel, White-banded Tyrannulet, Yellow-billed Pintail

Nono-Mindo Road:
Bay Wren, Black-and-white Owl, Broad-billed Motmot, Dot-winged Antwren, Rufous Motmot, Torrent Tyrannulet, Whiskered Wren

Pedro Vicente Maldonado(Subtropical Rainforest):
Band-rumped Swift, Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Blue-chested Hummingbird, Buff-throated Saltator, Cinnamon Woodpecker, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Double-banded Graytail, Dusky Pigeon, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Dusky-faced Tanager, Golden-faced Tyrannulet, Golden-hooded Tanager, House Sparrow, Lesser Seed-Finch, Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Little Cuckoo, Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Olivaceous Piculet, Olive-striped Flycatcher, Pacific Parrotlet, Pale-vented Thrush, Plain Xenops, Plumbeous Kite, Purple Honeycreeper, Purple-chested Hummingbird, Red-rumped Cacique, Red-rumped Woodpecker, Slaty Becard, Sooty-crowned Flycatcher, Streaked Xenops, Striped Cuckoo, Tawny-breasted Flycatcher, Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Tropical Gnatcatcher, Tufted Flycatcher, Violet-bellied Hummingbird, Western Wood-Pewee, White-throated Crake, Yellow-bellied Siskin, Yellow-tufted Dacnis  

Yanacocha Reserve (Cloud Forest):
Andean Guan, Barred Fruiteater, Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Blue-and-black Tanager, Blue-backed Conebill, Broad-winged Hawk, Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant, Buckley's Forest-Falcon, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Crowned Chat-Tyrant, Glossy Flowerpiercer, Golden-breasted Puffleg, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Superciliaried Hemispingus, Sword-billed Hummingbird

San Jorge de Cosanga-Yanayacu Bird & Wildlife Reserve (Andean Cloud Forest):
Andean Potoo, Black-eared Hemispingus, Bluish Flowerpiercer, Canada Warbler, Common Bush-Tanager, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Flame-faced Tanager, Flammulated Treehunter, Foothill Screech-Owl, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Masked Crimson Tanager, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Olivaceous Siskin, Olive Finch, Olive-backed Woodcreeper, Orange-eared Tanager, Piratic Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail, Russet-backed Oropendola, Saffron-crowned Tanager, Sickle-winged Guan, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Summer Tanager, Tyrannine Woodcreeper, Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager 

El Hollin (Amazon Rainforest foothills):
Ash-browed Spinetail, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Black-and-white Seedeater, Black-billed Thrush, Black-faced Dacnis, Blackpoll Warbler, Blue Dacnis, Bronzy Inca, Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Equatorial Graytail, Fiery-throated Fruiteater, Glittering-throated Emerald, Grayish Saltator, Great-tailed Grackle, Lafresnaye's Piculet, Lettered Aracari, Long-tailed Tyrant, Magpie Tanager, Many-banded Aracari, Mealy Amazon, Paradise Tanager, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Rufous-breasted Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager, Short-tailed Swift, Silver-beaked Tanager, Spotted Tanager, Streaked Saltator, Thrush-like Wren, Turquoise Tanager, White-banded Swallow, White-bellied Dacnis, White-throated Kingbird, White-winged Swallow, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Tanager  

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