Baeza eBird Field Checklist in Ecuador

The Napo Province in Ecuador is a Life Hotspot

Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii) is one of the most distinctive hummingbirds with his long tail rackets and prominent white or orange leg puffs.  It is found in the Andean cordillera of northern Venezuela, western Colombia, and on the eastern slope of the Andes in Ecuador.

The Napo Province in Ecuador is a Life Hotspot, it holds one of the most biodiverse on the planet, the diversity of Life Zones from the Andes with active volcanoes, Elfin Cloudforest, Foothills, and Amazonian Lowlands.

Total 342 species (+5 other taxa) – Year-round, All Years.

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Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)  An amazing duck of fast-flowing Andean rivers, it rests on rocks in rushing water and not associated with other ducks, with a wide distribution on Andean rivers from Venezuela to southern Chile.

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The Closest Andean Cock of the Rock Lek in Ecuador.

Its a 15 minutes drive from San Francisco de Borja and you drive to the parking lot, which is the best place to begin a close inspection into lekking the lekking grounds.

The Lekking arena is made on a set of trees crowned attached by mossy branches and lianas, there is bamboo typical from this area a thorny medium-sized locally used.

The land where the amazing dance of the genes take place is under private land, Conservation initiatives should be leading the change toward the economy of the Conservation

A gem of these Realms, In the Birding Geek: A Rarity Around!

The spectacular White-capped Tanager is the largest of the managers is around these forests as well, recently recorded along the Borja River.

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Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes from far southwestern Colombia south to Peru.

Waterfowl

1. Muscovy Duck (Domestic type)
2. Torrent Duck

Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows

1. Andean Guan
2. Wattled Guan
3. Sickle-winged Guan

Pigeons and Doves

1. Rock Pigeon
2. Band-tailed Pigeon
3. Plumbeous Pigeon
4. Ruddy Pigeon
5. White-throated Quail-Dove

Cuckoos

1. Greater Ani
2. Smooth-billed Ani
3. Squirrel Cuckoo

Nightjars

1. Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
2. Swallow-tailed Nightjar
3. Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

1. White-chested Swift
2. White-chinned Swift
3. Chestnut-collared Swift
4. White-collared Swift
5. Gray-rumped Swift

Hummingbirds

1. White-necked Jacobin
2. Green Hermit
3. Tawny-bellied Hermit
4. Great-billed Hermit
5. Gray-chinned Hermit
6. Green-fronted Lancebill
7. Geoffroy’s Daggerbill
8. Brown Violetear
9. Lesser Violetear
10. Sparkling Violetear
11. Black-throated Mango
12. Tourmaline Sunangel
13. Wire-crested Thorntail
14. Speckled Hummingbird
15. Long-tailed Sylph
16. Tyrian Metaltail
17. Bronzy Inca
18. Collared Inca
19. Buff-winged Starfrontlet
20. Mountain Velvetbreast
21. Sword-billed Hummingbird
22. Buff-tailed Coronet
23. Chestnut-breasted Coronet
24. Booted Racket-tail
25. Green-backed Hillstar
26. Black-throated Brilliant
27. Fawn-breasted Brilliant
28. Violet-fronted Brilliant
29. Long-billed Starthroat
30. White-bellied Woodstar
31. Gorgeted Woodstar
32. Violet-headed Hummingbird
33. Napo Sabrewing
34. Fork-tailed Woodnymph
35. Many-spotted Hummingbird
36. Glittering-throated Emerald
37. Golden-tailed Sapphire

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Shorebirds

1. Southern Lapwing
2. Killdeer
3. Spotted Sandpiper

Cormorants and Anhingas

1. Neotropic Cormorant

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

1. Fasciated Tiger-Heron
2. Great Egret
3. Cattle Egret

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

1. Black Vulture
2. Turkey Vulture
3. Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
4. White-tailed Kite
5. Hook-billed Kite
6. Swallow-tailed Kite
7. Black Hawk-Eagle
8. Black-and-chestnut Eagle
9. Double-toothed Kite
10. Plumbeous Kite
11. Gray-bellied Hawk
12. Tiny Hawk
13. Semicollared Hawk
14. Barred Hawk
15. Roadside Hawk
16. White-rumped Hawk
17. Variable Hawk
18. Broad-winged Hawk
19. Short-tailed Hawk
20. White-throated Hawk

Owls

1. White-throated Screech-Owl
2. Rufescent Screech-Owl
3. Burrowing Owl
4. Rufous-banded Owl

Trogons and Quetzals

1. Golden-headed Quetzal
2. Crested Quetzal
3. Collared Trogon
4. Masked Trogon

Motmots

1. Andean Motmot
2. Rufous Motmot

Kingfishers

1. Amazon Kingfisher
2. Green Kingfisher

Barbets and Toucans

1. Red-headed Barbet
2. Southern Emerald-Toucanet
3. Chestnut-tipped Toucanet
4. Black-billed Mountain-Toucan
5. Golden-collared Toucanet 
6. White-throated Toucan

Woodpeckers

1. Lafresnaye’s Piculet
2. Smoky-brown Woodpecker
3. Yellow-vented Woodpecker
4. Powerful Woodpecker
5. Lineated Woodpecker
6. Golden-olive Woodpecker
7. Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
8. Spot-breasted Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

1. Barred Forest-Falcon
2. Collared Forest-Falcon
3. Black Caracara
4. American Kestrel
5. Merlin
6. Bat Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

1. Red-billed Parrot
2. Speckle-faced Parrot
3. Blue-headed Parrot
4. Orange-winged Parrot
5. Scaly-naped Parrot

Antbirds

1. Lined Antshrike
2. Streak-headed Antbird
3. Blackish Antbird
4. White-backed Fire-eye
5. Spot-backed Antbird
6. Gnateaters and Antpittas
7. Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
8. Chestnut-naped Antpitta
9. White-bellied Antpitta
10. Rufous Antpitta
11. Slate-crowned Antpitta

Tapaculos

1. Ash-colored Tapaculo
2. Blackish Tapaculo
3. Long-tailed Tapaculo

Antthrushes

1. Rufous-breasted Antthrush
2. Barred Antthrush

Woodcreepers

1. Strong-billed Woodcreeper
2. Olive-backed Woodcreeper
3. Montane Woodcreeper

Ovenbirds

1. Streaked Xenops
2. Streaked Tuftedcheek
3. Rusty-winged Barbtail
4. Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner
5. Montane Foliage-gleaner
6. Flammulated Treehunter
7. Spotted Barbtail
8. Pearled Treerunner
9. Spectacled Prickletail
10. Ash-browed Spinetail
11. Dusky Spinetail
12. Azara’s Spinetail
13. Rufous Spinetail

Cotingas

1. Green-and-black Fruiteater
2. Barred Fruiteater
3. Black-chested Fruiteater
4. Red-crested Cotinga
5. Andean Cock-of-the-rock
6. Dusky Piha

Becards, Tityras, and Allies

1. Masked Tityra
2. Foothill Schiffornis
3. Barred Becard
4. White-winged Becard
5. Black-and-white Becard

Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies

1. Streak-necked Flycatcher
2. Olive-striped Flycatcher
3. Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
4. Variegated Bristle-Tyrant
5. Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant
6. Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant
7. Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant
8. Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
9. Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher
10. Common Tody-Flycatcher
11. Fulvous-breasted Flatbill
12. Cinnamon Flycatcher
13. Cliff Flycatcher
14. Handsome Flycatcher
15. White-lored Tyrannulet
16. White-tailed Tyrannulet
17. White-banded Tyrannulet
18. Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet
19. White-crested Elaenia
20. Sierran Elaenia
21. Torrent Tyrannulet
22. Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
23. Black-capped Tyrannulet
24. Ashy-headed Tyrannulet
25. Golden-faced Tyrannulet

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

1. Flavescent Flycatcher
2. Olive-chested Flycatcher
3. Bran-colored Flycatcher
4. Olive-sided Flycatcher
5. Smoke-colored Pewee
6. Western Wood-Pewee
7. Eastern Wood-Pewee
8. Black Phoebe
9. Vermilion Flycatcher
10. Rufous-tailed Tyrant
11. Smoky Bush-Tyrant
12. Pied Water-Tyrant
13. Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant
14. Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant
15. Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant
16. Long-tailed Tyrant
17. Short-crested Flycatcher
18. Pale-edged Flycatcher
19. Great Kiskadee
20. Social Flycatcher
21. Gray-capped Flycatcher
22. Lemon-browed Flycatcher
23. Golden-crowned Flycatcher
24. Piratic Flycatcher
25. Tropical Kingbird
26. Eastern Kingbird
27. Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Vireos

1. Black-billed Peppershrike
2. Olivaceous Greenlet
3. Brown-capped Vireo

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

1. Turquoise Jay
2. Green Jay

Donacobius

1. Black-capped Donacobius

Martins and Swallows

1. Blue-and-white Swallow
2. Pale-footed Swallow
3. Brown-bellied Swallow
4. Southern Rough-winged Swallow
5. Gray-breasted Martin
6. Brown-chested Martin
7. White-winged Swallow
8. Bank Swallow
9. Barn Swallow

Wrens

1. Wing-banded Wren
2. Gray-mantled Wren
3. House Wren
4. Mountain Wren
5. Plain-tailed Wren
6. Coraya Wren
7. Sharpe’s Wren
8. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Dippers

1. White-capped Dipper

Thrushes

1. Andean Solitaire
2. Swainson’s Thrush
3. Pale-eyed Thrush
4. Black-billed Thrush
5. Chestnut-bellied Thrush
6. Great Thrush
7. Glossy-black Thrush

Old World Sparrows

1. House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

1. Blue-naped Chlorophonia
2. Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
3. Thick-billed Euphonia
4. Golden-rumped Euphonia
5. Orange-bellied Euphonia
6. Hooded Siskin
7. Olivaceous Siskin

New World Sparrows

1. Yellow-throated Chlorospingus
2. Short-billed Chlorospingus
3. Ashy-throated Chlorospingus
4. Common Chlorospingus
5. Yellow-browed Sparrow
6. Gray-browed Brushfinch
7. Orange-billed Sparrow
8. Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
9. Rufous-collared Sparrow
10. Slaty Brushfinch

Blackbirds

1. Red-breasted Meadowlark
2. Yellow-billed Cacique
3. Russet-backed Oropendola
4. Crested Oropendola
5. Scarlet-rumped Cacique
6. Mountain Cacique
7. Shiny Cowbird
8. Giant Cowbird

Wood-Warblers

1. Black-and-white Warbler
2. Tennessee Warbler
3. Mourning Warbler
4. American Redstart
5. Cerulean Warbler
6. Tropical Parula
7. Blackburnian Warbler
8. Blackpoll Warbler
9. Three-striped Warbler
10. Citrine Warbler
11. Black-crested Warbler
12. Russet-crowned Warbler
13. Canada Warbler
14. Slate-throated Redstart
15. Spectacled Redstart

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

1. Summer Tanager
2. Scarlet Tanager
3. Red-hooded Tanager
4. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
5. Tanagers and Allies
6. Magpie Tanager
7. White-capped Tanager
8. Black-capped Hemispingus
9. Oleaginous Hemispingus
10. Black-eared Hemispingus
11. Orange-headed Tanager
12. White-lined Tanager
13. Silver-beaked Tanager
14. Hooded Mountain-Tanager
15. Grass-green Tanager
16. Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager
17. Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager
18. Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager
19. Yellow-throated Tanager
20. Fawn-breasted Tanager
21. Orange-eared Tanager
22. Blue-gray Tanager
23. Palm Tanager
24. Blue-capped Tanager
25. Spotted Tanager
26. Golden-naped Tanager
27. Black-capped Tanager
28. Blue-necked Tanager
29. Blue-and-black Tanager
30. Beryl-spangled Tanager
31. Blue-browed Tanager
32. Turquoise Tanager
33. Golden-eared Tanager
34. Saffron-crowned Tanager
35. Flame-faced Tanager
36. Golden Tanager
37. Swallow Tanager
38. Blue Dacnis
39. Green Honeycreeper
40. Golden-collared Honeycreeper
41. Capped Conebill
42. White-sided Flowerpiercer
43. Rusty Flowerpiercer
44. Deep-blue Flowerpiercer
45. Bluish Flowerpiercer
46. Masked Flowerpiercer
47. Slaty Finch
48. Gray-hooded Bush Tanager
49. Blue-black Grassquit
50. Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
51. Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
52. Caqueta Seedeater
53. Black-and-white Seedeater
54. Yellow-bellied Seedeater
55. Bananaquit
56. Grayish Saltator