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Highland Rarities and Tumbesian Endemics Tropical Birding Trip Report SOUTHERN ECUADOR January 2017 A Tropical Birding SET DEPARTURE tour SOUTHERN ECUADOR: Highland Rarities and Tumbesian Endemics Main tour: 7th – 23rd January 2017 Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension: 23rd – 26th January 2017 Tropical Birding Tour Leader: Jose Illanes This Long-wattled Umbrellabird at Buenaventura was voted as one of the birds of the trip INTRODUCTION: This is often ranked among the Ecuador-based guides as their favorite trip in the country, and it is easy to see why when you view the highlights from this trip, which again produced some of South America’s most wanted birds… Our tour started in the Pacific lowlands among the mangroves and wetlands of Manglares-Churute Ecological Reserve. That got our tour off to a good start with Horned Screamer nearby, Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, and Jet Antbird. From there we traveled south to Buenaventura, one of a number of Jocotoco Conservation Foundation reserves visited on the 1 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page Tropical Birding Trip Report SOUTHERN ECUADOR January 2017 trip. Arguably, the Long-wattled Umbrellabird was the key bird seen there (as usual), but this was complimented by plenty of other top-notch birds too, like Club-winged Manakin, Gray-backed Hawk, Ochraceous Attila, and El Oro Parakeet (Buenaventura represents the only reliable place to see this very rare and extremely local parakeet). Between Buenaventura and our next Jocotoco Foundation reserve, Jorupe, we added yet more quality to the bird list with specialties like White-headed Brushfinch. Jorupe is a hotspot for endemics of the Tumbesian region, one of the richest mainland areas for endemics in the world, and this tour proved no different; the excellent feeders produced White-tailed Jay and Pale-browed Tinamou, and the reserve and day trips from there produced Watkins’s Antpitta, Ecuadorian Piculet, West Peruvian Screech-Owl, Henna-headed Foliage-Gleaner, and Elegant Crescentchest. A little higher in the mountains from Jorupe, we birded Sozoranga and Utuana, with their very different suite of birds; Rainbow Starfrontlet, Black-crested Tit-Tyrant, and Black-cowled Saltator were just some of the standouts from these areas. The endangered Jocotoco Antpitta was seen typically well at a feeding station at Tapichalaca Our trajectory higher into the Andes continued with a visit to the temperate cloudforest of Cerro Toledo, where the local Neblina Metaltail, and Rainbow-bearded Thornbill featured, before we moved on to another location with similar habitat, Tapichalaca. At this next stop, the Jocotoco Antpitta of course took pride of place on the bird list, but was supported by many other quality birds during our two-night stay; Rufous and Slate-crowned Antpittas were also seen, along with Barred Fruiteater, while Maranon Thrush was seen downslope from there. Our next stop was markedly different, as we descended into the humid foothills of the eastern slope of the Andes, at the simple Yankuam Lodge that sits in close proximity to a number of species hard to find elsewhere in the region White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant, Blackish Pewee, Zimmer’s Antbird, Purplish Jacamar, and the handsome Black-and-white Tody-tyrant were all seen there, along with the bird that put this place on the map, the stunning Orange-throated Tanager. We remained in the foothills for our next stay, this time at the more upmarket Copalinga Lodge, near the Rio Bombuscaro section of 2 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page Tropical Birding Trip Report SOUTHERN ECUADOR January 2017 Podocarpus National Park. This area produced some goodies too, such as the local White-breasted Parakeet, Amazonian Umbrellabird, Yellow-breasted Antwren, Black-streaked Puffbird, Foothill Elaenia, and a bunch of beautiful Tanagers. The grounds of the lodge itself produced some of the highlights of the entire tour, with the scarce Little Woodstar, and Spangled Coquette at the verbena flowers in the garden, and the regular Gray Tinamou coming into a forest feeding station. Just before departing for Cuenca some road birding added Torrent Duck, Andean Cock- of-the-rock, and Lanceolated Monklet to the list too. A side trip from Cuenca to the remote Yungilla reserve (another Jocotoco Foundation property) yielded one of the rarest birds in South America, the endemic Pale-headed Brushfinch, along with another antpitta, this time Chestnut-crowned. The last birding spot on the main trip was at the high elevation El Cajas National Park where we found Tit-like Dacnis, Violet-throated Metaltail, Ecuadorian Hillstar, and the often hard-to-find Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant. On the Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension that extremely rare and local hummingbird was found, along with some final specialties Chilean Flamingo, Pacific Royal Flycatcher, Saffron Siskin, and Sulphur-throated Finch, to finish off what had been a really successful trip in one of the great birding regions of South America. We finished up with a total of 650 bird species, of which 603 were seen. The most popular birds of the trip were Jocotoco Antpitta, Orange-throated Tanager, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Esmeraldas Woodstar, Giant Conebill, and Lanceolated Monklet, while these other species also got worthy mentions amongst the group: Pale-headed Brushfinch, Ecuadorian Hillstar, Gray Tinamou, Rufous-necked Wood-rail, Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager, Rainbow Starfrontlet, Plushcap, Turquoise Jay, Piura Hemispingus, and Paradise Tanager. Bird-filled wetlands near Santa Rosa 3 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page Tropical Birding Trip Report SOUTHERN ECUADOR January 2017 TOUR SUMMARY: MAIN TOUR Day 1 (of birding): Manglares Churute to Buenaventura We started out from the city of Guayaquil, having met up there the night before, and headed out to Manglares Churute Ecological Reserve. Along the journey there (around 45 minutes), we picked up some common birds of the area, like Savanna Hawk, Snail Kite, and Wattled Jacana. Once we arrived at the reserve, we birded along a dirt road, where we saw Orange-crowned Euphonia, Olivaceous Piculet, Superciliaried Wren, our first Guayaquil and Scarlet-backed Woodpeckers, White-bearded Manakin, Gray-chinned Parakeet, and Jet Antbird, which gave us great looks. Later on, while on a nearby mangrove boardwalk, we managed to see the very scarce and elusive Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, a real bonus bird as it is very rarely seen there. A local park guide, Jairo, then took us to see Horned Screamer at nearby La Lagartera Reservoir, where we also saw White-checked Pintail, White Ibis, multiple Comb Ducks, and Ecuadorian Ground-Dove, Masked Water-Tyrant, and the colorful Peruvian Meadowlark. We took lunch along the road in the village of Puerto Inca. Much of the afternoon was spent driving southwards towards Buenaventura reserve, although we birded near Santa Rosa on the way. Birding a local shrimp farm produced a slew of birds like, Tricolored and Cocoi Herons, Wood Stork, and Roseate Spoonbill (photo page before), while nearby Croaking Ground Dove, and Short-tailed Field Tyrant were found. At the end of the day we pulled into Buenaventura reserve, where we stayed at Umbrellabird Lodge for the next two nights. Violet-bellied Hummingbird at Buenaventura 4 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] Page Tropical Birding Trip Report SOUTHERN ECUADOR January 2017 Day 2: Buenaventura This reserve is owned by a local NGO, the Jocotoco Foundation, which now has 11 different protected areas in Ecuador, a number of which we visited on this tour. We started our birding right on the doorstep of Umbrellabird Lodge, where we watched a flurry of birds feeding around restaurant/feeders just after dawn, which included Black-crowned Antshrike, Plain-brown, Spotted Streaked-headed, and Olivaceous Woodcreepers, and Gray-and-gold Warbler snatching up moths from the lodge lights. After this appetizer, we went to the traditional display area for the Long-wattled Umbrellabird, after which the lodge was named. Once again, Buenaventura proved itself to be one of the most reliable places on the planet for this species, as a male was easily seen at its usual spot along a forest trail. Continuing birding along the trails, we found other interesting species like, Russet Antshrike, Choco Toucan, Collared (Pale-mandibled) Araçari, Collared Trogon, Chestnut-backed Antbird, Black-winged and Buff-throated Saltators, Yellow-throated and Ashy-throated Chlorospinguses, and Blue-necked and Rufous-throated Tanagers. Beside those species inside the forest, we enjoyed the hummingbird species coming to the lodge feeders too, like White- necked Jacobin, Violet-bellied Hummingbird (photo page 4), Green Thorntail, Green-crowned Brilliant, and the local “Emerald-bellied” form of Crowned Woodnymph. After lunch, we birded within open habitat below the lodge, that produced Gray-backed Hawk, Gray-headed Kite, Black-striped Sparrow, Yellow- throated (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan, Thick-billed Seed-Finch, Yellow-bellied and Greenish Elaenias, and Red-rumped Woodpecker. Our major target for the afternoon though was a little higher up, where we saw dozens of El Oro Parakeets coming to their purpose-built nest boxes. A nice feeding flock also showed right around the parakeet spot, where we managed to see Silver-throated Tanager, Black-and-white Becard, Scaly-throated Foliage-Gleaner, and the scare Rufous-winged Tyrannulet. On the way back to the lodge we spotted a Fasciated Tiger-Heron standing along a creek too. That appeared to be the end of the day’s birding, but then a Black-and-white Owl was also seen around the lodge lights after darkness fell. Day 3: Buenaventura and El Empalme For our final morning in Buenaventura, we birded near the lodge, and found Choco Toucan, Collared (Pale- mandibled) Araçari, and even a Long-wattled Umbrellabird in trees by the restaurant. After checking out of the lodge, we carried on birding the entrance road out, finding Gartered Trogon, Olivaceous Piculet, Brownish Twistwing, Rufous-headed Chachalaca, and Ochraceous Attila.
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