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Northwest Ecuador Bird List 2023-12-14 - 2:35 p.m. Note: My 200+ new Life Birds are in All Caps. I have chosen to leave "heard-only" birds off the list. Also, one of the life birds is Swainson's Thrush, which isn't really a life bird since I've seen it before but it had never been added to my list in the past. All in all, a whirlwind of new species with a heavy focus on adorable hummingbirds & tanagers. My newest raptors are Carunculated Caracara & the amazing Barred Hawk, first well seen perched beside the path where the rain had encouraged it to shelter and again seen soaring the next day to give us good views of its flying field marks. BERLEPSCH'S TINAMOU TORRENT DUCK-- cute family with 3 chicks YELLOW-BILLED PINTAIL ANDEAN TEAL ANDEAN DUCK ANDEAN GUAN SILVERY GREBE Rock Pigeon Pale-vented Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Plumbeous Pigeon DUSKY PIGEON Common Ground-Dove White-tipped Dove WHITE-THROATED QUAIL DOVE Eared Dove Smooth-billed Ani Squirrel Cuckoo Common Potoo SPOT-FRONTED SWIFT White-collared Swift GRAY-RUMPED SWIFT Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift White-necked Jacobin WHITE-TIPPED SICKLEBILL BAND-TAILED BARBTHROAT TAWNY-BELLIED HERMIT WHITE-WHISKERED HERMIT Sparkling Violet-ear Brown Violet-ear Lesser Violet-ear Purple-crowned Fairy GORGETED SUNANGEL TOURMALINE SUNANGEL Green Thorntail SPECKLED HUMMINGBIRD LONG-TAILED SYLPH VIOLET-TAILED SYLPH ECUADORIAN HILLSTAR (Female & nest only) MOUNTAIN AVOCETBILL BLACK-TAILED TRAINBEARER TYRIAN METALTAIL VIRIDIAN METALTAIL SAPPHIRE-VENTED PUFFLEG SHINING SUNBEAM BROWN INCA COLLARED INCA BUFF-WINGED STARFRONTLET MOUNTAIN VELVETBREAST SWORD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD GREAT SAPPHIREWING BUFF-TAILED CORONET CHESTNUT-BREASTED CORONET VELVET-PURPLE CORONET WHITE-BOOTED RACKETTAIL RUFOUS-GAPED HILLSTAR PURPLE-BIBBED WHITETIP FAWN-BREASTED BRILLIANT Green-crowned Brilliant EMPRESS BRILLIANT Giant Hummingbird PURPLE-COLLARED WOODSTAR WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR PURPLE-THROATED WOODSTAR WESTERN EMERALD Crowned Woodnymph (many Green-crowned but also an unusual Emerald-Bellied) Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ANDEAN EMERALD PURPLE-CHESTED HUMMINGBIRD Blue-chested Hummingbird Violet-bellied Hummingbird SLATE-COLORED COOT Southern Lapwing ANDEAN LAPWING RUFOUS-BELLIED SEEDSNIPE ANDEAN GULL Neotropical Cormorant Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret ANDEAN IBIS Andean Condor Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Hook-tailed Kite Swallow-tailed Kite BARRED HAWK Roadside Hawk Variable Hawk-- white & dark morph Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Gray-lined Hawk Broad-winged Hawk GOLDEN-HEADED QUETZAL BLUE-TAILED (CHOCO) TROGON WHITE-TAILED TROGON MASKED TROGON RUFOUS MOTMOT Broad-billed Motmot Ringed Kingfisher BARRED PUFFBIRD White-whiskered Puffbird ORANGE-FRONTED BARBET RED-HEADED BARBET TOUCAN BARBET CRIMSON-RUMPED TOUCANET GREY-BREASTED MOUNTAIN TOUCAN PLATE-BILLED MOUNTAIN TOUCAN PALE-MANDIBLED ARACARI YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN CHOCO TOUCAN OLIVACEOUS PICULET Black-cheeked Woodpecker SMOKY BROWN WOODPECKER Red-rumped Woodpecker SCARLET-BACKED WOODPECKER POWERFUL WOODPECKER GUAYAQUIL WOODPECKER Lineated Woodpecker Golden-olive Woodpecker CRIMSON-MANTLED WOODPECKER CARUNCULATED CARACARA American Kestrel Aplomado Falcon ROSE-FACED PARROT RED-BILLED PARROT (Pionus) Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus) BRONZE-WINGED PARROT (Pionus) RUFOUS-RUMPED ANTWREN UNIFORM ANTSHRIKE Russet Antshrike PACIFIC ANTWREN Slaty Antwren STREAK-HEADED (LONG-TAILED) ANTBIRD ZELEDON'S ANTBIRD MOUSTACHED ANTPITTA CHESTNUT-CROWNED ANTPITTA CHESTNUT-NAPED ANTPITTA YELLOW-BREASTED ANTPITTA EQUATORIAL ANTPITTA TAWNY ANTPITTA OCELLATED TAPACULO RUFOUS-BREASTED ANTTHRUSH Plain-brown Woodcreeper Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Strong-billed Woodcreeper BLACK-STRIPED WOODCREEPER Spotted Woodcreeper Streak-headed Woodcreeper MONTANE WOODCREEPER PLAIN XENOPS Streaked Xenops PACIFIC TUFTEDCHEEK STREAKED TUFTEDCHEEK PALE-LEGGED (PACIFIC) HORNERO CHESTNUT-WINGED CINCLODES STOUT-BILLED CINCLODES SCALY-THROATED FOLIAGE-GLEANER LINEATED FOLIAGE-GLEANER STREAK-CAPPED TREEHUNTER STRIPED (WESTERN) WOODHAUNTER PEARLED TREERUNNER ANDEAN TIT-SPINETAIL MANY-STRIPED CANASTERO WHITE-CHINNED THISTLETAIL RED-FACED SPINETAIL SOOTY SPINETAIL GOLDEN-WINGED MANAKIN-- only saw females, sad! CLUB-WINGED MANAKIN -- he even sang a little ORANGE-BREASTED FRUITEATER RED-CRESTED COTINGA ANDEAN COCK OF THE ROCK Masked Tityra Northern (Thrush-like) Schiffornis Cinnamon Becard ONE-COLORED BECARD TAWNY-BREASTED FLYCATCHER SLATY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER BLACK-CAPPED PYGMY-TYRANT Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Common Tody-Flycatcher ORNATE FLYCATCHER BROWN-CAPPED TYRANNULET Southern Beardless Tyrannulet WHITE-TAILED TYRANNULET WHITE-BANDED TYRANNULET TUFTED TIT-TYRANT YELLOW TYRANNULET Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Greenish Elaenia SOOTY-HEADED TYRANNULET TAWNY-RUMPED TYRANNULET CHOCO (GOLDEN-FACED) TYRANNULET SMOKE-COLORED PEWEE Western Wood-Pewee Black Phoebe Vermilion Flycatcher-- male PLAIN-CAPPED (PARAMO) GROUND-TYRANT SMOKY BUSH-TYRANT MASKED WATER-TYRANT CHESTNUT-BELLIED (SLATY-BACKED) CHAT-TYRANT RUFOUS-BREASTED CHAT-TYRANT BROWN-BACKED CHAT-TYRANT Dusky-capped Flycatcher Rusty-margined Flycatcher Streaked Flycatcher SNOWY-THROATED KINGBIRD Tropical Kingbird BLACK-BILLED PEPPERSHRIKE Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo CHOCO VIREO Brown-capped Vireo Red-eyed Vireo TURQUOISE JAY INCA JAY Blue-and-white Swallow BROWN-BELLIED SWALLOW Southern Rough-winged Swallow Gray-breasted Swallow House Wren MOUNTAIN WREN GRASS (SEDGE) WREN Band-backed Wren PLAIN-TAILED WREN Bay Wren RUFOUS WREN GRAY-BREASTED WOOD-WREN WHITE-CAPPED DIPPER Tropical Mockingbird SLATY-BACKED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH SWAINSON'S THRUSH BLACK SOLITAIRE ECUADORIAN THRUSH GREAT THRUSH GLOSSY-BLACK THRUSH Golden-rumped Euphonia Thick-billed Euphonia ORANGE-BELLIED EUPHONIA Hooded Siskin YELLOW-THROATED CHLOROSPINGUS (BUSH-TANAGER) DUSKY CHLOROSPINGUS (BUSH-TANAGER) GRAY-BROWED (STRIPE-HEADED) BRUSHFINCH Orange-billed Sparrow Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Rufous-collared Sparrow TRICOLORED BRUSHFINCH SLATY BRUSHFINCH PALE-NAPED BRUSHFINCH YELLOW-BREASTED (RUFOUS-NAPED) BRUSHFINCH WHITE-WINGED BRUSHFINCH Scarlet-rumped Cacique (NORTHERN) MOUNTAIN CACIQUE Shiny Cowbird SCRUB BLACKBIRD Tropical Parula Blackburnian Warbler THREE-STRIPED WARBLER BLACK-CRESTED WARBLER BUFF-RUMPED WARBLER CHOCO (GOLDEN-BELLIED) WARBLER RUSSET-CROWNED WARBLER Canada Warbler Slate-throated Redstart SPECTACLED REDSTART (WHITESTART) Dusky-faced Tanager Summer Tanager GOLDEN (SOUTHERN YELLOW) GROSBEAK BLACK-CAPPED HEMISPINGUS TAWNY-CRESTED TANAGER (BVD) Flame-rumped (Lemon-rumped) Tanager MOSS-BACKED TANAGER HOODED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER BLUE-CAPPED TANAGER MASKED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER GRASS-GREEN TANAGER (BVD) BLACK-CHESTED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER LACRIMOSE MOUNTAIN-TANAGER (BVD) SCARLET-BELLIED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER BLUE-WINGED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER BLACK-CHINNED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER GOLDEN CROWNED TANAGER Fawn-breasted Tanager GLISTENING GREEN TANAGER Blue-gray Tanager Palm Tanager RUFOUS-THROATED TANAGER GOLDEN-NAPED TANAGER GRAY-AND-GOLD TANAGER Golden-hooded Tanager BLUE-NECKED TANAGER BLUE-AND-BLACK TANAGER BERYL-SPANGLED TANAGER Bay-headed Tanager FLAME-FACED TANAGER GOLDEN TANAGER EMERALD TANAGER Silver-throated Tanager Swallow-Tanager BLACK-FACED (YELLOW-TUFTED) DACNIS SCARLET-BREASTED DACNIS Green Honeycreeper BLUE-BACKED CONEBILL CAPPED CONEBILL Cinereous Conebill BLACK FLOWERPIERCER GLOSSY FLOWERPIERCER WHITE-SIDED FLOWERPIERCER INDIGO FLOWERPIERCER MASKED FLOWERPIERCER PLUSHCAP BLACK-BACKED BUSH-TANAGER PLUMBEOUS SIERRA FINCH ASH-BREASTED SIERRA FINCH Saffron Finch Blue-black Grassquit THICK-BILLED (LESSER) SEED-FINCH Variable Seedeater Yellow-bellied Seedeater PLAIN-COLORED SEEDEATER Bananaquit Buff-throated Saltator BLACK-WINGED SALTATOR back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2024 by Elaine Radford