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During trips in the last several years, we have seen a cumulative total of over 400 species in Southern Ecuador, with most trips averaging about 330 seen species.  This list includes species seen on those trips.  As usual, some are common, some less common, and some quite rare.  I have not included some species that are widespread and fairly common throughout the neotropics.

Pale-browed Tinamou
Bearded Guan
Sickle-winged Guan
Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Speckled Chachalaca
Fasciated Tiger-heron  
King Vulture
Gray-headed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Plain-breasted Hawk
Gray-backed Hawk
Savanna Hawk
Harris' Hawk
Barred Hawk
White-rumped Hawk
Great-black Hawk
Black Hawk-eagle
Ornate hawk-eagle
Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Laughing Falcon
Bat Falcon
Crested Caracara
Ecuadorian Ground-dove
Blue Ground-dove
Croaking Ground-dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Plumbeous Pigeon
Eared Dove
Pallid Dove
Gray-fronted Dove
Ochre-bellied Dove
White-throated Quail-dove
Red-masked Parakeet
White-eyed Parakeet
Golden-plumed Parakeet
El Oro parakeet
White-necked Parakeet
Pacific Parrotlet  
Gray-cheeked Parakeet
Rose-faced Parrot

Red-billed Parrot
Bronze-winged Parrot
Scaly-naped Parrot
Striped Cuckoo
Peruvian Screech-owl
Pacific (Peruvian) Pygmy-owl
Band-bellied Owl
Spectacled Owl
Black-and white Owl
Burrowing Owl
Common Pauraque
Tumbes Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Chestnut-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
Pale-tailed Barbthroat
Gray-chinned Hermit
White-whiskered Hermit
Tawny-bellied Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Green Hermit
Great-billed Hermit
Green-fronted Lancebill
Brown Violetear
Green Violetear
Sparkling Violetear
Purple-crowned Fairy
Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Fiery-throated Sunangel
Green Thorntail
Wire-crested Thorntail
Spangled Coquette
Speckled Hummingbird
Long-tailed Sylph
Glowing Puffleg
Bronzy Inca
Brown Inca
Collared Inca  
Buff-winged Starfrontlet   
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Violet-fronted Brilliant
Green-crowned Brilliant
Fawn-breasted Brilliant
White-bellied Woodstar
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Tumbes Hummingbird
Amazilia Hummingbird
Andean Emerald
Rufous-capped Thornbill
Golden-tailed Sapphire
Violet-bellied Hummingbird

Ecuadorian Trogon
Collared Trogon
Masked Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Broad-billed Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Andean (Highland) Motmot
Whooping (Blue-crowned) Motmot
Coppery-chested Jacamar
Barred Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
Black-streaked Puffbird
Lanceolated Monklet
Red-headed Barbet
Chestnut-tipped Toucanet
Pale-mandibled Araçari
Gray-breasted Mountain-toucan
Black-billed Mountain-toucan
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Choco Toucan
Olivaceous Piculet
Lafresnaye's Piculet
Ecuadorian Piculet
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Scarlet-backed Wooodpecker
Little Woodpecker
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Bar-bellied Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Guayaquil Woodpecker
Pacific Hornero
Rufous-fronted Thornbird
Azara's Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Dark-breasted Spinetail
Blackish-headed Spinetail
Rufous-necked Spinetail
Rufous Spinetail
Ash-browed Spinetail
Line-cheeked Spinetail
Streaked Tuftedcheek
Pearled Treerunner
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Montane Foliage-gleaner
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Plain-brown Woodcreeper 
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Olive-backed Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Red-billed Scythebill
Streaked Xenops
Great Antshrike
Collared Antshrike
Lined Antshrike
Chapman's Antshrike
Western Slaty-antshrike
Uniform Antshrike
Russet Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Foothill Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Checker-throated Antwren
Yellow-breasted Antwren
Long-tailed Antbird
Blackish Antbird
White-backed Fire-eye
Immaculate Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Chestnut-naped Antpitta
Jocotoco Antpitta
Undulated Antpita
Watkin's Antpitta
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
Rufous Antpitta
White-crowned Tapaculo
Chusquea Tapaculo
Elegant Crescentchest
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
Black-capped Tyrannulet
Pacific Elaenia
Mottle-backed Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Southern Beardless-tyrannulet
White-banded Tyrannulet
White-tailed Tyrannulet
Torrent Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-tyrant
Golden-faced Tyrannulet
Loja Tyrannulet
Marble-faced Bristle-tyrant

Variegated Bristle-tyrant
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet
Streak-necked Flycatcher
Olive-striped Flycatcher  
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
Ornate Flycatcher
Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant
Black-throated Tody-tyrant
Rufous-crowned Tody-flycatcher
Common Tody-flycatcher
Golden-winged Tody-flycatcher
Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Brownish Twistwing
Olivaceous Flatbill
Pacific Royal Flycatcher
White-throated Spadebill
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Orange-banded Flycatcher
Olive-chested Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flyctcher
Black-tailed Flycatcher
Cinnamon Flycatcher
Gray-breasted Flycatcher
Smoke-colored Pewee
Tumbes Pewee
Rufous-tailed Tyrant
Little Ground-tyrant
Smoky Bush-tyrant
Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant
Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant
Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant
Short-tailed Field-tyrant
Long-tailed Tyrant
Lemon-browed Flycatcher
Baird's Flycatcher
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher
Short-crested Flycatcher
Green-and-black Fruiteater
Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater
Barred Fruiteater
Long-wattled Umbrellabird
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
Blue-rumped Manakin
White-bearded Manakin
Club-winged Manakin
Striped Manakin
One-colored Becard
Black-and-white Becard
Barre
d Becard
Slaty Becard
Yellow-cheeked Becard

Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Brown-capped Vireo
Lesser Greenlet  
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Turquoise Jay
Inca Jay
White-tailed Jay
Gray-breasted Martin
Chestnut-collared Swallow
Brown-bellied Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
White-banded Swallow

Fasciated Wren
Rufous Wren
Bay Wren
Mountain Wren
Gray-mantled Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-wren
Speckle-breasted Wren
Plain-tailed Wren

Song Wren
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Andean Solitaire
Pale-eyed Thrush
Great Thrush
Glossy-black Thrush
Ecuadorian Thrush
Plumbeous-backed Thrush
Pale-vented Thrush
Black-billed Thrush
Maranon Thrush
Chestnut-bellied Thrush
Long-tailed Mockingbird
Blue Dacnis
Black-faced Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Golden-collared Honeycreeper
Blue-backed Conebill
Capped Conebill
Masked Flowerpiercer
White-sided Flowerpiercer
Glossy Flowerpiercer
Black-faced Tanager
White-capped Tanager
Magpie Tanager
Guira Tanager
Orange-eared Tanager
Golden Tanager
Silvery (Silver-backed) Tanager
Saffron-crowned Tanager
Flame-faced Tanager
Green-and-gold tanager
Golden-crowned Tanager
Golden-eared Tanager
Paradise Tanager
Turquoise Tanager
Yellow-bellied Tanager
Beryl-spangled Tanager
Blue-and-black Tanager
Golden-naped Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager
Spotted Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Lacrimose Mountain-tanager
Hooded Mountain-tanager
Blue-winged Mountain-tanager
Grass-green Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Blue-capped Tanager
Lemon-rumped Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
Rufous-chested Tanager
White-lined Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
Common Bush-tanager
Ashy-throated Bush-tanager
Yellow-throated Bush-tanager
Yellow-whiskered Bush-tanager
Gray-hooded Bush-tanager
Black-capped Hemispingus
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-winged Saltator
Streaked Saltator
Black-cowled Saltator
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Tumbes Sparrow
Band-tailed Sierra-finch
Slaty Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Dull-colored Grassquit
Variable Seedeater
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Black-and-white Seedeater
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Chestnut-bellied Seed-finch
Black-billed Seed-finch
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Black-capped Sparrow
Pale-naped Brush-finch
Rufous-naped Brush-finch
Tricolored Brush-finch
White-winged Brush-finch
Ochre-breasted Tanager
Golden-bellied (S. Yellow) Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Crimson-breasted Finch
Tropical Parula
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Masked (Black-lored) Yellowthroat
Slate-throated Whitestart
Spectacled Whitestart
Cerulean Warbler
Canada Warbler
Citrine Warbler
Black-crested Warbler         
Gray-and-gold Warbler
Three-banded Warbler
Three-striped Warbler
Russet-crowned Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Northern Mountain-cacique
Subtropical Cacique
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Russet-backed Oropendola
Crested Oropendula
Scrub Blackbird
White-edged Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Peruvian Meadowlark
Saffron Siskin
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Olivaceous Siskin
Thick-billed Euphonia
Bronze-green Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia     
Orange-crowned Euphonia
Blue-naped Chlorophonia

 

 


Last updated: January 16, 2012.