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2014 Ecuador Tour Species List BIRD CHECKLIST Leader: Eagle-Eye Tours 2014 Ecuador Héctor Gómez de Silva BIRD SPECIES No Common Name Scientific Name TINAMOUS 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major 2 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 3 Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus 4 Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL 5 Torrent Duck Merganetta armata GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS 6 Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata 7 Andean Guan Penelope montagnii 8 Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu 9 Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis 10 Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii NEW WORLD QUAIL 11 Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus CORMORANTS AND SHAGS 12 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus ANHINGAS 13 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga IBISES 14 Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS 15 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 16 Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum 17 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 18 Great Egret Ardea alba 19 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 20 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 21 Striated Heron Butorides striata 22 Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus 23 Agami Heron Agamia agami NEW WORLD VULTURES 24 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 25 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 26 Greater Yellow-headed VultureCathartes melambrotus 27 Andean Condor Vultur gryphus OSPREY 28 Osprey Pandion haliaetus HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES 29 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 30 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 31 Slender-billed Kite Helicolestes hamatus 32 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea 33 Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens 34 Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma 35 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus 36 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 37 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Page 1 of 13 BIRD CHECKLIST Leader: Eagle-Eye Tours 2014 Ecuador Héctor Gómez de Silva BIRD SPECIES No Common Name Scientific Name 38 Gray-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus 39 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 40 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus FALCONS AND CARACARAS 41 Black Caracara Daptrius ater 42 Carunculated Caracara Phalcoboenus carunculatus 43 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 44 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 45 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis LIMPKIN 46 Limpkin Aramus guarauna RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 47 Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans 48 Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps 49 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea 50 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 51 Slate-colored (Andean) Coot Fulica ardesiaca PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 52 Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus 53 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 54 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris JACANAS 55 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES 56 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 57 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca SEEDSNIPES 58 Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi GULLS 59 Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus 60 Laughing Gull Chroicocephalus atricilla TERNS 61 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex PIGEONS AND DOVES 62 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 63 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis 64 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa 65 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 66 Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea 67 Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea 68 Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni 69 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata 70 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina 71 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 72 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 73 Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida 74 Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla 75 Sapphire Quail-Dove Geotrygon saphirina Page 2 of 13 BIRD CHECKLIST Leader: Eagle-Eye Tours 2014 Ecuador Héctor Gómez de Silva BIRD SPECIES No Common Name Scientific Name PARROTS 76 Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura 77 White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalma 78 Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii 79 Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus 80 Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna 81 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao 82 Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera 83 Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii 84 Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus 85 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus 86 Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus 87 Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica 88 Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenaria 89 Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala 90 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa HOATZIN 91 Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin CUCKOOS 92 Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta 93 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 94 Greater Ani Crotophaga major 95 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani OWLS 96 Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba 97 Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii 98 Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota 99 Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata 100 Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES 101 Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris 102 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 103 Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca POTOOS 104 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis 105 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus SWIFTS 106 Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila 107 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne 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