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List of Birds - Ecuador-Birding Trip

I have listed only the new birds we saw during our Magic Birding Circuit. George Cruz (owner and our guide) saw a lot more birds than we did; I did not list those birds. Go Ecuador-Birding

Hosteria San Jorge Quito- Highland Barren Plains, Highland Rainforest & Paramo

Tawny Antpitta, Cinereous Conebill, Red Crested Cotinga, Eared Dove, White-tipped Dove, White Crested Elaenia, Rufous-naped Brush-Finch, Black Flower-piercer, Masked Flower-piercer, Southern-Yellow Grosbeak, Variable Hawk, Tyrian Metaltail, Band-tailed Nightjar, Band-winged Nightjar, Barred Parakeet, Band-tailed Pigeon, Rock Dove, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Great Sapphirewing, Paramo Seedeater, Plain-coloured Seedeater, Hooded Siskin, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Azara’s Spinetail, Shining Sunbeam, Brown-bellied Swallow, White-collared Swift, Blue and Yellow Tanager, (H) Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager, (H) Ash-coloured Tapaculo, (H) Unicoloured Tapaculo, Purple-backed Thornbill, Great Thrush, Curve-billed Tinamou, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Pearled Treerunner, Rufous-winged Tyrannulet, White-throated Tyrannulet, Smoky Bush-Tyrant, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Mountain Velvetbreast, Green Violet-ear, Sparkling Violet-ear, Black-crested warbler, Slate-throated Whitestart, Spectacled Whitestart, White-bellied Woodstar.

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San Jorge de Milpe- Subtropical Rainforest

Smooth-billed Ani, Bicoloured Antbird, Esmeraldas Antbird, Immaculate Antbird, Long-tailed Antbird, (H) Ochre-breasted Antpitta, (H) Scaled Antpitta, Russet Antshrike, Pale-mandible Aracari, Bananaquit, Toucan Barbet, Cinnamon Becard, Yellow-collared Chlorophonia, Velvet-purple Coronet, Shiny Cowbird, Cattle Egret, Greenish Elaenia, Grey Elaenia, Lesser Elaenia, Bat Falcon, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch, Tricoloured Brush-Finch, Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Ornate Flycatcher, Rusty-margined Flycatcher, Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher, White-ringed Flycatcher, Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner, Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner, Scaled Fruiteater, Tawny-faced Gnatwren, (H) Wattled Guan, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Pacific Hornero, Green Honeycreeper, Brown Inca, Golden-winged Manakin, White-bearded Manakin, Lanceolated Monklet, (H) Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Red-masked Parakeet, Bronze-winged Parrot, Tropical Parula, Ruddy Pigeon, Common Potoo, Dark-backed Wood-Quail, (H) Brown-billed Scythebill, Western Sirystes, (H) Andean Solitaire, White-throated Spadebill, Orange-billed Sparrow, Blue and White Swallow, White-thighed Swallow, Grey-rumped Swift, Bay-headed Tanager, Blue-grey Tanager, Blue-necked Tanager, Dusky Bush-Tanager, Emerald Tanager, Glistening-green Tanager, Grey and Gold Tanager, Guira Tanager, Ochre-breasted Tanager, Palm Tanager, Rufous-throated Tanager, Silver-throated Tanager, Swallow Tanager, White-lined Tanager, White-winged Tanager, Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager, Green Thorntail, Swainson’s Thrush, Black-crowned Tityra, Masked Tityra, Choco Toucan, Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan, Streak-capped Treehunter, Collared Trogon, Choco Trogon, Yellow Tyrannulet, Masked Water-Tyrant, Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Black Vulture, Buff-rumped Warbler, Choco Warbler, Montane Woodcreeper, Plain-brown Woodcreeper, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, (H) Crimson-bellied Woodpecker, Guayaquil Woodpecker, Lineated Woodpecker, Grey-breasted Wood-Wren, House Wren, Sepia-brown Wren. San Jorge de Tandayapa & Nono-Mindo Road- Highland Rainforest

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, (H) Giant Antpitta, (H) Rufous-breasted Antthrush, Red-headed Barbet, Barred Becard, Scrub Blackbird, Empress Brilliant, Green-crowned Brilliant, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Buff-tailed Coronet, Squirrel Cuckoo, White-capped Dipper, White-tipped Dove, Sierran Elaenia, Andean Emerald, Western Emerald, Golden-rumped Euphonia, Orange-bellied Euphonia, Thick-billed Euphonia, Slaty Finch, White-sided Flower-piercer, Bran-coloured Flycatcher, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Flavescent Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Streak-necked Flycatcher, Blue-black Grassquit, Dull-coloured Grassquit, Sickle-winged Guan, Broad-winged Hawk, Roadside Hawk, Tawny-bellied Hermit, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Speckled Hummingbird, Collard Inca, White-necked Jacobin, Beautiful Jay, Turquoise Jay, Snowy-throated Kingbird, Tropical Kingbird, Ringed Kingfisher, Hook-billed Kite, Swallow-tailed Kite, Red-billed Parrot, Smoke-coloured Pewee, Black Phoebe, Plumbeous Pigeon, Golden-headed Quetzal, Booted Racket-tail, Black-winged Salatator, Variable Seedeater, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Azara’s Spinetail, (H) Slaty Spinetail, Gorgeted Sunangel, Barn Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Violet-tailed Sylph, Beryl-spangled Tanager, Black-capped Tanager, Blue-capped Tanager, Blue-grey Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, Flame-faced Tanager, Golden Tanager, Golden-naped Tanager, Grass-green Tanager, Lemon-rumped Tanager, Metallic-green Tanager, Rufous-chested Tanager, (H) Narino Tapaculo, Ecuadorian Thrush, Glossy-back Thrush, Plate-billed Mountain Toucan, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Masked Trogon, Southern-beardless Tyrannulet, White-tailed Tyrannulet, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant, Smoky Bush-Tyrant, Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant, Brown Violet-ear, Green Violet-ear, Sparkling Violet-ear, Brown-capped Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Turkey Vulture, Blackburnian Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Russet-crowned Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Three-striped Warbler, Purple-bibbed Whitetip, Montane Woodcreeper, Green-crowned Woodnymph, Bar-bellied Woodpecker, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Powerful Woodpecker, Purple-throated Woodstar, White-bellied Woodstar, (H) Plain-tailed Wren, (H) Rufous Wren.

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San Jorge de Cosanga- Cloud Forest

(H) White-throated Quail Dove, Bluish Flower-piercer, Rufous-breasted Flycatcher, Sickle-winged Guan, Black-eared Hemispingus, Bronzy Inca, (H) Club-winged Manakin, (H) Highland Motmot, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Russett-backed Oropendola, Foothill-Screech owl, Eastern Wood-Pewee, (H) Andean Potoo, Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail, Olivaceous Siskin, Common Bush-Tanager, Flame-faced Tanager, Saffron-crowned Tanager, Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager, (H) Cusquea Tapaculo, (H) Equatorial Rufous-vented Tapaculo, Flammulated Treehunter, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Canada Warbler, Russet-crowned Warbler, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Olive-backed Woodcreeper, Tyrannine Woodcreeper. Go Ecuador-Birding

Mindo / Nambillo Falls- Cloud Forest

Dot-winged Antwren, Broad-billed Motmot, Rufous Motmot, Swallow-tailed Nightjar, Black-and-white Owl, Torrent Tyrannulet, Bay Wren, Whiskered Wren. Go Ecuador-Birding

Yanacocha- Cloud Forest & Highland Rainforest

(H) Undulated Antpitta, Blue-backed Conebill, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Glossy Flower-piercer, Barred Fruiteater, Andean Guan, Superciliaried Hemispingus, Sword-billed Hummingbird, American Kestrel, Golden-breasted Puffleg, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Blue and Black Tanager, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Pearled Treerunner, Brown-backed Chat Tyrant, Crowned Chat-Tyrant. Go Ecuador-Birding

Pedro Vicente Maldonado- Subtropical Forest

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

Papallacta Pass & Cayuga Gardens- Cloud Forest & Paramo

Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Northern Mountain Cacique, Many-striped Canastero, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Stout-billed Cinclodes, Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Giant Conebill, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Torrent Duck, Pale-naped Brush Finch, Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Ecuadorian Hillstar, Speckled Hummingbird, Inca Jay, White-capped Parrot, Dusky Piha, Yellow-billed Pintail, Crested Quetzal, Spotted Sandpiper, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Andean Tit-Spinetail, Tourmaline Sunangel, Long-tailed Sylph, Blue-mantled Thornbill, Emerald Toucanet, Black-capped Tyrannulet, Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet, White-banded Tyrannulet, White-throated Tyrannulet, Paramo Ground-Tyrant, Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Amethyst Woodstar, White-bellied Woodstar, Mountain Wren, Rufous Wren, Sedge Wren, Greater Yellowlegs. Go Ecuador-Birding

Road to Coca- Amazon Basin Tropical Rainforest

Lettered Aracari, Many-banded Aracari, Black-faced Dacnis, Blue Dacnis, White-bellied Dacnis, Glittering-throated Emerald, Olive Finch, Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher, Piratic Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Fiery-throated Fruiteater, Great-tailed Grackle, Equatorial Greytail, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, White-throated Kingbird, (H) Mealy Parrot, Lafresnaye’s Piculet, Greyish Saltator, Streaked Saltator, Black and White Seedeater, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Ash-browed Spinetail, White-banded Swallow, White-winged Swallow, Short-tailed Swift, Magpie Tanager, Masked Crimson Tanager, Orange-eared Tanager, Paradise Tanager, Scarlet Tanager, Silver-beaked Tanager, Spotted Tanager, Summer Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, Yellow-bellied Tanager, Black-billed Thrush, Long-tailed Tyrant, Blackpoll warbler, Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Thrush-like Wren. Go Ecuador-Birding

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