Ecuador 14th - 24th April 2016

Andean Cock of the Rock is one of the New World’s best looking birds

Tour Leader: Lisle Gwynn All photos in this report were taken by Lisle Gwynn Species depicted in photographs are named in BOLD RED www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 1 Introduction

Ecuador is surely one of the best wildlife photography destinations on the planet. It offers endless excellent birds to photograph in a country that is now amply set-up for the travelling photographer. In almost every corner of the country there are plenty of lodges, ranches and reserves that offer feeders that attract stunning neotropical birds into perfect photographic range.

This tour was a private custom tour organised with the key aim being to photograph as many species of hummingbird as possible, to use multi-flash techniques to create beautiful freeze-motion images of these fast-moving birds, and to photograph any other wildlife that was available along the way. We succeeded wildly in this regard and far exceeded the group’s previous record for number of species photographed with a final tally of 58 species of hummingbird seen, the vast majority of which were photographed well. Along the way we also shot a wide variety of beautiful tanagers, honeycreepers, jays, woodpeckers, parrots and macaws, woodcreepers, flowerpiercers, redstarts and saltators, as well as the highlight of the tour - a Spectacled Bear.

During this 10 day tour we covered both the west and east slopes of the Andes, visiting three superb lodges and multiple other locations, staying in excellent accommodation, enjoying great local food and enjoying this safe and accessible neotropical gem amid the towering Andes.

PART I: THE WESTERN ANDEAN SLOPE

Our time in the stunning Andean country of Ecuador began with 5 days on the western slope of the Andes based out of the very comfortable Tandayapa Bird Lodge. The beauty of an extended stay at Tandayapa is the access it gives to a variety of elevations and habitat types within easy and short striking distance, as well as being one of the very best lodges in the world not only for neotropical birds in general, but especially for hummingbirds. Many times I have sat on the deck here and before I’ve finished a single cup of fantastic coffee I have counted 15+ species of hummingbird, often with many individuals - truly impressive. We spent a lot of time around the lodge and within the scenic Tandayapa Valley as it offers great shooting opportunities right on the doorstep, and also because the trip was primarily geared towards photographing hummingbirds. Of course one of the most novel photography techniques developed in recent times as far as wildlife goes is the use of multiple flashes to secure ‘frozen’ images of hummingbirds with no wing movement. When done correctly it can be truly incredible, and so we spent at least half of each day at Tandayapa shooting hummingbirds with this technique, achieving fantastic results as we went. Hummingbirds photographed here included: Booted Racket-tail, Buff-tailed Coronet, Violet-tailed Sylph, Purple-throated Woodstar, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, White-necked Jacobin, Purple-bibbed Whitetip, Brown Inca, Tawny-bellied Hermit, Fawn- breasted Brilliant, Green-crowned Brilliant, Sparkling Violetear, Green Violetear, Brown Violetear, Andean Emerald, Western Emerald and Velvet- purple Coronet. The feeders at the lodge are also often fantastic and on this occasion we were able to photograph, at close range, a variety of forest birds like Red-headed Barbet, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Masked Trogon, Rufous Motmot, Blue-gray, Flame-faced, Golden, Lemon-rumped, Metallic-green and Silver-throated Tanagers.

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Crimson-rumped Toucanet at Tandayapa Bird Lodge

Lemon-rumped Tanager www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 3 Further afield we visited a couple of other great shooting locations nearby. The lower-elevation Rio Suamox area offers a little known ranch with some great feeder set-ups and on this day we teamed it with the Mirador Rio Blanco restaurant which also has some fantastic feeders to make for a brilliant day. We shot to our hearts’ content from early morning until dusk, scoring excellent images of a wide variety of birds including Black and Turkey Vultures, Swallow-tailed Kite, Roadside Hawk, Scaled Pigeon, Ruddy Pigeon, Rufous Motmot, Black- cheeked Woodpecker, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Pacific Parrotlet, Red-billed Parrot, Great Antshrike, Spotted Woodcreeper, Red-billed Scythebill, Ornate Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Snowy-throated and Tropical Kingbirds, One- coloured Becard, Ecuadorian Thrush, Buff-rumped Warbler, Orange-crowned and Thick-billed Euphonias, and a bevy of tanagers that included Lemon-rumped, Blue- gray, Palm, Blue-capped, Fawn-breasted, Blue-necked, Rufous-throated, Bay- headed, Golden, Flame-faced, Swallow and other gems like Scarlet-thighed Dacnis and both Green and Purple Honeycreepers.

Blue-necked Tanager is almost incomparable in its beauty

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Rufous-throated Tanager

Golden-olive Woodpecker at Samoa www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 5

Bananaquit at Tandayapa Bird Lodge

One of the highlights of both birding and photography trips to the north-western corner of Ecuador is a visit to Paz de Las Aves, a ranch famous for its habituated antpittas and other birds. We left the lodge early to arrive before dawn for a special shoot, making our way in the dark along a short trail to a spacious blind. Here we were greeted by a series of loud and close ghostly warbles and gargles. Soon, through the dim morning, we spotted the ephemeral glow of a male Andean Cock of the Rock. Before long we were getting great opportunities to photograph these iconic denizens of the cloudforest. Once we had had our fill of these bright orange stunners it was time to meet some of the ‘tame’ residents - first up was a family of Dark-backed Wood Quail that followed us along the trail for a way, but it was our first encounter with the previously unknown and practically mythical Giant Antpitta. This was the first of 5 species we photographed this morning, with great opportunities for Moustached, Ochre-breasted, Yellow-breasted and Scaled Antpitta. One of the other star residents here is a very cute, very tame and very photographable Rufous-breasted Antthrush named ‘papito’, but by mid- morning it was the superb breakfast empanadas, amazing coffee and feeders covered in Velvet- purple Coronets that had stolen our attention. The clapping and goose-honking of Toucan Barbets had us quickly dashing to the fruit feeders for shots of this bizarre Choco endemic.

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Velvet-purple Coronet at Paz de Las Aves

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Rufous-breasted Antthrush

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Giant Antpitta

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The second part of this Ecuadorian epic took us to the eastern half of the country, climbing high over the Papallacta Pass and the high Andes as we went. Our next base was the lovely and much cooler Guango lodge where we enjoyed a refreshing temperature change and even some light rain. Here we split our time between shooting around the lodge and making an excursion up to the high lands. The shooting around the lodge was particularly productive with many different species presenting themselves for photos including Turquoise and Inca Jays, Sickle-winged Guan, Spectacled Whitestart, Masked and Glossy Flowerpiercers, Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan, Andean Motmot, Mountain Cacique and the beautiful Torrent Duck. Of course the hummingbirds stole the show and we added multiple species to our already- burgeoning list including Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Mountain Velvetbreast, Collared Inca, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Tourmaline Sunangel, Glowing Puffleg, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Tyrian Metaltail, Mountain Avocetbill, Long-tailed Sylph, White-bellied Woodstar, Speckled Hummingbird and the iconic Sword- billed Hummingbird.

White-bellied Woodstar

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Red-headed Barbet

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The iconic Sword-billed Hummingbird

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Chestnut-breasted Coronet

An excursion up to the top of the Papallacta Pass provided us with further opportunities with Stout-billed and Chestnut-winged Cinclodes, Tawny Antpitta, Plumbeous Mountain Finch, Variable Hawk and a brief Andean Condor, but it was a mammal that really stole the show here. We were incredibly lucky to encounter a phenomenal Spectacled Bear as we made our way along an old track along the mountainside, shocking all of us and sending the cameras into overdrive. Some great shots were obtained before we left for the lodge to tell those that hadn’t joined us of our luck.

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After a scenic drive eastward downslope toward the Amazon we arrived at our third and final lodge of the tour - Wild Sumaco. Here we were afforded a whole new set of birds, often enjoyed from the scenic panoramic deck that skirts the lodge main building. Here we sipped cold drinks and shot fly-over Military Macaws and swinging Graells’s Tamarin, whilst the hummingbird feeders that flanked the deck provided many more new birds. Between these feeders and a set of feeders just down the road we racked up an impressive tally of new hummingbirds, including Great-billed Hermit, Blue-fronted Lancebill, Ecuadorian Piedtail, Violet- headed Hummingbird, Napo Sabrewing, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Violet- bellied Hummingbird, Black-throated Brilliant, Gould’s Jewelfront, Violet- fronted Brilliant, Rufous-vented Whitetip, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Many- spotted Hummingbird and the absolutely bizarre Wire-crested Thorntail,

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Wire-crested Thorntail

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Masked Flowerpiercer

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Spectacled Whitestart

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Green Thorntail

Purple-throated Woodstar

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Violet-tailed Sylph

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Booted Racket-tail

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Western Emerald

Blue-winged Mountain Tanager www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 21

BIRD LIST The taxonomy of the bird list follows: Clements, James F., White, Anthony W., and Fitzpatrick, John W. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. Cornell, 2007. This list is up to date with the major changes published by Cornell up until April 2016.

Column 2 lists species’ IUCN Red List status

Numbers: 231 bird species were seen, many of which were photographed

DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL ANATIDAE

1 Torrent Duck Merganetta armata

GUANS, CHACHALACAS, CURASSOWS CRACIDAE

2 Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii

NEW WORLD QUAIL ODONTOPHORIDAE

3 Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus

CORMORANTS AND SHAGS PHALACROCORACIDAE

4 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus

HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS ARDEIDAE

5 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE

6 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

7 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura jota

HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES ACCIPITRIDAE

8 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus

9 Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris

10 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris

11 Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma

12 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus

SEEDSNIPES THINOCORIDAE

13 Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi latreillii

PIGEONS AND DOVES COLUMBIDAE

14 Rock Pigeon Columba livia

15 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa

16 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 22

17 Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea

18 Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea

19 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata

20 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi

21 White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata

CUCKOOS CUCULIDAE

22 Greater Ani Crotophaga major

23 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana

24 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani

SWIFTS APODIDAE

25 Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila

26 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE

27 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy

28 Straight-billed Hermit Phaethornis bourcieri

29 Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris

30 Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus

31 Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri

32 White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui

33 Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus

34 Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae

35 Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae

36 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora

37 Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae

38 Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus

39 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans

40 Green-breasted (Black-throated) Mango Anthracothorax prevostii iridescens

41 Wire-crested Thorntail Discosura popelairii

42 Green Thorntail Discosura conversii

43 Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 23

44 Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus

45 Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti

46 Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio

47 Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata

48 Crowned (Green-crowned) Woodnymph Thalurania colombica

49 Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie

50 Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae

51 Blue-chested Hummingbird Amazilia amabilis

52 Purple-chested Hummingbird Amazilia rosenbergi

53 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl

54 Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys

55 Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides

56 Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula

57 Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix

58 Black-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa schreibersii

59 Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens

60 Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri

61 Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens

62 Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii

63 Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini

64 Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi

65 Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni

66 Collared Inca Coeligena torquata

67 Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae

68 Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera

69 Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus

70 Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis

71 Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita

72 Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani

73 Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa

74 Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 24

75 Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii

76 Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina

77 Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera

78 Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi

79 Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis

80 Wedge-billed Hummingbird Schistes geoffroyi

81 Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti

82 Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii

83 White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant

84 Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus

85 Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone

TROGONS TROGONIDAE

86 Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps

87 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris

88 Masked Trogon Trogon personatus

MOTMOTS MOMOTIDAE

89 Andean (Highland) Motmot Momotus aequatorialis aequatorialis

90 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii

KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE

91 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquatus

JACAMARS GALBULIDAE

92 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda

NEW WORLD BARBETS CAPITONIDAE

93 Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii

TOUCAN-BARBETS SEMNORNITHIDAE

94 Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus

TOUCANS RAMPHASTIDAE

95 Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus Pteroglossus torquatus 96 Collared (Pale-mandibled) Aracari erythropygius

97 Yellow-throated (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 25

WOODPECKERS PICIDAE

98 Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus

99 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani

100 Smoky-brown Woodpecker Picoides fumigatus

101 Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus

102 Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii

103 Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis

FALCONS AND CARACARAS FALCONIDAE

104 Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus

105 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans

106 American Kestrel Falco sparverius

NEW WORLD AND AFRICAN PARROTS Psittacidae

107 Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis

108 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus

109 Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus

110 Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus Pyrrhura melanura malanura/ 111 Maroon-tailed Parakeet souancei

112 Military Macaw Ara militaris

TYPICAL ANTBIRDS THAMNOPHILIDAE

113 Great Antshrike Taraba major

114 Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor

115 Zeledon's (Immaculate) Antbird Myrmeciza zeledoni

ANTPITTAS GRALLARIIDAE

116 Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea

117 Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni

118 Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis

119 Plain-backed Antpitta Grallaria haplonota

120 Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

121 Yellow-breasted Antpitta Grallaria flavotincta

122 Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 26

123 Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris

ANTTHRUSHES FORMICARIIDAE

124 Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus

OVENBIRDS AND WOODCREEPERS FURNARIIDAE

125 Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus

126 Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

127 Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris

128 Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger

129 Buffy (Pacific) Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii johnsoni

130 Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii

131 Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuliger

132 Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior

133 Chestnut-winged (Bar-winged) Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris

134 Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps

135 Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger

136 Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops

137 Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS TYRANNIDAE

138 White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus

139 Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea

140 Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis

141 Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris

142 Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus

143 Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus

144 Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus

145 Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis

146 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis

147 Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis

148 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

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149 Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii

150 Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus

MANAKINS PIPRIDAE

151 Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus

152 Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus

TITYRAS AND ALLIES TITYRIDAE

153 Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata

154 Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Pachyramphus polychopterus 155 White-winged Becard dorsalis

156 Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus

157 One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous VIREOS, SHRIKE-BABBLERS AND ERPORNIS VIREONIDAE

158 Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys

CROWS JAYS AND MAGPIES CORVIDAE

159 Green (Inca) Jay Cyanocorax yncas yncas

160 Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa

SWALLOWS HIRUNDINIDAE

161 Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

162 Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina

163 White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis

164 Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

WRENS TROGLODYTIDAE

165 House Wren Troglodytes aedon

166 Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis

167 Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus

168 Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa

169 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys

THRUSHES AND ALLIES TURDIDAE

170 Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris

171 Great Thrush Turdus fuscater www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 28

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS MIMIDAE

172 Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus

NEW WORLD WARBLERS PARULIDAE

173 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi

174 Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) Myioborus miniatus

175 Spectacled Redstart (Whitestart) Myioborus melanocephalus

176 Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristatus

178 Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronatus

179 Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus

180 Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda

TANAGERS AND ALLIES THRAUPIDAE

181 White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Ramphocelus flammigerus 182 Flame-rumped (Lemon-rumped) Tanager icteronotus

183 Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus

184 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum

185 Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala

186 Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota

187 Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix

188 Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei

189 Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina

190 Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis

191 Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara rufigula

192 Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii

193 Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis

194 Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides

195 Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola

196 Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii

197 Golden Tanager Tangara arthus

198 Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala

199 Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 29

200 Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta

201 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza

202 Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii

203 Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis

204 White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera

205 Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyaneus

206 Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema

207 Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor

208 Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola

209 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

210 Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii

211 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus

212 Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis

BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS EMBERIZIDAE

213 Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha

214 Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris

215 Tricolored Brushfinch Atlapetes tricolor

216 Yellow-breasted (Rufous-naped) Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus

217 White-winged Brushfinch Atlapetes leucopterus leucopterus

218 Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

219 Dusky Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus semifuscus

220 Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus flavigularis

CARDINALS AND ALLIES CARDINALIDAE

221 Golden-bellied (Southern Yellow) Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster

TROUPIALS AND ALLIES ICTERIDAE

222 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

223 Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus

224 Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus

225 (Northern) Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus leucoramphus

226 Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page 30

FINCHES, EUPHONIAS AND ALLIES FRINGILLIDAE

227 Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata

228 Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris

229 Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster

230 Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris

OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIDAE

231 House Sparrow Passer domesticus

MAMMALS (partial list)

1 Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis

2 Tapeti (Brazilian Rabbit) Sylvilagus brasiliensis

3 Spectacled Bear Tremarctos ornatus

4 Graells's (Black-mantled) Tamarin Saguinus graellsi

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