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Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 A Tropical Birding SET DEPARTURE tour Southern Ecuador: Highland Rarities and Tumbesian Endemics & Woodstar Extension 12 January – 2 February 2020 TOUR LEADER: By José Illanes Report and photos by José Illanes Jocotoco Antpitta from Tapichalaca Reserve One of my favorite trips in Ecuador! We birded from sea level all the way up to the high Andes, and apart from the high number of birds we enjoyed beautiful landscapes everywhere we went and enjoyed delicious Ecuadorian cuisine. Some of the trip highlights included Horned Screamer, the “big boy” Long-wattled Umbrellabird, awesome White-tailed Jay, stunning Purple-throated Sunangel and Rainbow Starfrontlet at Utuana, the rare Masked Mountain-Tanager, antpittas like Jocotoco and Crescent-faced, Orange-throated Tanager, the rare Chestnut-bellied Cotinga, and many, many more. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.1 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 Blue Ground-Dove from Jorupe Reserve MAIN TOUR: January 13: Manglares Churute Reserve to Buenaventura. As we all had arrived the day before for dinner, this morning we left Guayaquil, one of the largest cities in Ecuador, towards Churute. In took us just about an hour to get there, and while driving there we spotted a few common species like Wattled Jacana, Snail Kite, Ringed Kingfisher, Gray-breasted Martin and a few Savanna Hawks as well. Once we arrived in the park, most of our birding was from the road since there can be a lot of mosquitos along the trails. Some of the first birds to show up were Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, Bronzy-winged Parrot, White Ibis, Pacific Parrotlet, and Gray-cheeked Parakeet. A pygmy-owl call brought in many other species that we were looking for like Orange-crowned Euphonia, Tropical Gnatcatcher, Olivaceous Piculet, Fasciated and Superciliaried Wrens, Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Plain Antvireo, Lesser Greenlet, Ecuadorian Thrush Long-billed Gnatwren, Amazilia Hummingbird, and Long-billed Starthroat. Farther along the road we saw White-bearded Manakin along with several Tumbesian endemics like Scarlet-backed Woodpecker, Gray-and- gold Warbler, (Pacific) Royal Flycatcher, and the colorful Ecuadorian Trogon. Our quick visit to the mangrove forest gave us the chance to see (Mangrove) Yellow Warbler and a Green Kingfisher that was fishing from the branches. Before leaving the park, we also spotted a soaring Hook-billed Kite, a Bicolored Hawk, and a nicely perched White-necked Puffbird. We then decided to bird at the Lagartera dam where we saw a few more interesting species like Ecuadorian and Plain-breasted Ground-Doves, Peruvian Meadowlark, Chestnut-throated Seedeater, Limpkin, Black-bellied and Fulvous Whistling-Ducks, Cocoi Heron, Anhinga and the bizarre looking Horned Screamer that we were hoping for. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.2 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 Peruvian Pygmy-Owl from Manglares Churute After lunch in a local restaurant, we drove towards Puerto Jelí, a small fishing village, which took us just about two and half hours driving. Once we arrived there we added a bunch of species to our list, and some of them were Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork (at least a couple hundred of them), Gull-billed and Royal Terns, Striated, Little Blue, and Tricolored Herons. The cute White-cheeked Pintail was in a small pond before the port, and nearby we also had Long-tailed Mockingbird, Great-tailed Grackle, Vermilion Flycatcher, and an approachable Burrowing Owl. Near the village were Whimbrel, Magnificent Frigatebird, Willet, Brown Pelican, American Oystercatcher, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, and a major target, the Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, which finally came into view inside the mangroves. After such a successful stop, we drove straight to Umbrellabird Lodge, which took us another hour, arriving for dinner. Rufous-necked Wood-Rail at Puerto Jelí www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.3 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 January 14: Buenaventura Reserve. After a nice rest, our birding started after breakfast. One of our target species for the morning was the localized endemic El Oro Parakeet, which we saw perching near their nest boxes in the upper part of the Buenaventura Reserve. The same general area brought us Azara’s Spinetail, Beryl- spangled and Silver-throated Tanagers, Thick-billed and Orange-bellied Euphonias, Yellow-throated Chlorospingus, and the skulky Whiskered Wren as well. Hummingbird feeders in this part of the reserve were attracting great stuff like Violet-tailed Sylph, Brown Inca, Andean Emerald, Booted Racket-tail, White-necked Jacobin, and the stunning Velvet-purple Coronet. For rest of the morning we birded along another dirt road, where along a river we picked up Torrent Tyrannulet, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, and found a small mixed feeding flock where we encountered Golden-naped, Golden, and Rufous-throated Tanagers, Streaked Xenops, Slaty- capped Flycatcher, Brown-capped Vireo, Spotted Woodcreeper, Scaly-throated Foliage-Gleaner, Andean Solitaire, and Collared Trogon. We even managed to call in a Golden-headed Quetzal, which I thought was a nice way to end the morning. White-necked Jacobin from Umbrellabird Lodge After lunch and rest, we did a little birding around the lodge feeders, where we saw some new hummers for the trip like Green-crowned Brilliant, Crowned (Emerald-bellied) Woodnymph, Brown Violetear, Green Thorntail, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, and Violet-bellied Hummingbird. The bright Green Honeycreeper was also coming quite regularly to the feeders. Late in the afternoon, we dedicated our time trying to get another target species from the reserve, the amazing Long-wattled Umbrellabird. Fortunately we had nice looks of single male coming to display near its regular lek site. On our way back to the lodge, we saw a White-whiskered Hermit feeding on Heliconia flowers, along with Chocó and Yellow-throated Toucans, Zeledon’s Antbird, Spotted Nightingale-Thrush, a lekking Club-winged Manakin, Zone-tailed Hawk, Gartered Trogon, and Swallow-tailed and Gray-headed Kites. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.4 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 Long-wattled Umbrellabird from Buenaventura Reserve January 15: Buenaventura Reserve, El Empalme to Jorupe Reserve. This was our final, clean up period in Buenaventura, and so we spent some time in the upper end of the dirt road that cuts through the reserve, finding Guayaquil Woodpecker, Bay and Song Wrens, White-throated Spadebill, Chocó Daggerbill, and Olive- crowned Yellowthroat. A feeding flock there, also got us Ochre-breasted and Guira Tanagers, Line-cheeked Spinetail, Uniform Antshrike, and the rare Rufous-winged Tyrannulet as well. The same road also produced a very rare sighting of a mother and kitten Ocelot for some, and we got to see a Rose-faced Parrot, Short-tailed and Barred Hawks overhead. After lunch back at Umbrellabird Lodge, we prepared to leave the reserve, taking in some birds along the entrance road out, like Thick-billed Seedfinch, Yellow and Sooty-headed Tyrannulets, Black-striped Sparrow, Red-rumped Woodpecker, and two real goodies: Black-and-white Tanager, and the evasive Ochraceous Attila which had given us a hard time until then. The next period involved a long drive south, before stopping about an hour north of the border with Peru, at El Empalme. The habitat had changed drastically from the morning, gone was the wet rainforest and in its place was tropical, dry scrub. A short spell of road birding there produced Tumbes Sparrow, White-headed Brushfinch, Baird’s Flycatcher, Scarlet-backed Woodpecker, Pacific Elaenia, and Tumbes Hummingbird. After this brief, but rewarding stop, we went towards Urraca Lodge, just shy of the Peruvian border. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.5 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 Ochraceous Attila at Buenaventura Reserve (above) Tumbes Hummingbird from near Zapotillo Town January 16: Jorupe Reserve and Zapotillo Area. We emerged after a night at one of my favorite places in the region (Urraca Lodge in Jorupe Reserve), set amongst beautiful deciduous dry forest in the heart of the Tumbesian that offered up plenty of endemics. Some of these were quick to appear, when we started by checking out the lodge feeders on our doorstep, White-tailed Jay, Rufous-headed Chachalaca, Plumbeous- backed Thrush, White-edged and Yellow-tailed Orioles, Whooping Motmot and a bunch of Blue Ground Doves all came to feed on corn or papaya. Later the same morning we to birded the road above the lodge, and returned to the lodge via a forest trail. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.6 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 As usual, this was excellent producing Tumbesian specialties like, Blackish-headed Spinetail, Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaner, Ecuadorian Trogon, Collared Antshrike, Ecuadorian Piculet, Watkin’s Antpitta and a striking Elegant Crescentchest. The supporting cast to this stellar collection was not bad either, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Gray-and-gold Warbler, and even quick looks of a Pale-browed Tinamou. Following lunch at the reserve, we set off to Zapotillo, an even drier area of low-lying scrub that brought us West Peruvian Dove, Croaking Ground-Dove, Tumbes Hummingbird, Tumbes Sparrow, Tumbes Pewee and many Comb Ducks in the rice fields on the journey. Ecuadorian Trogon from Jorupe Reserve www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.7 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020 Comb Duck from road to Zapotillo January 17: Utuana Reserve and Sozoranga.
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