Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern & 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 , and apart from the high number of 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-, 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 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, , 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 , Fasciated and Superciliaried , Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Plain Antvireo, Lesser Greenlet, Ecuadorian Long-billed Gnatwren, Amazilia , and Long-billed Starthroat. Farther along the road we saw White-bearded Manakin along with several Tumbesian endemics like Scarlet-backed , Gray-and- gold Warbler, (Pacific) Royal Flycatcher, and the colorful Ecuadorian . Our quick visit to the mangrove 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 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 , Thick-billed and Orange-bellied Euphonias, Yellow-throated , and the skulky Whiskered 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 , Spotted Woodcreeper, Scaly-throated Foliage-Gleaner, Andean Solitaire, and . We even managed to call in a Golden-headed , 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 , Spotted Nightingale-Thrush, a lekking Club-winged Manakin, Zone-tailed Hawk, , 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 , at El Empalme. The 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. On this day we visited another Jocotoco Foundation “sister”reserve, Utuana, about an hour upslope from there. On the journey to there we stopped in at the village of Sabiango to pick up some Chestnut-collared Swallows. Once at Utuana, we found some of the reserve’s specialties, like Jelski’s Chat-Tyrant, Chapman’s Antshrike, and Black-crested Tit-Tyrant. In support of these target birds were Blackish Tapaculo, Silvery Tanager, Plushcap, Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush, White- rumped Hawk, Mountain Caracara, Red-crested Cotinga, and Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher. The feeders in Utuana hold only a handful of species, but what species they are; Purple-throated Sunangel and the multi- colored Rainbow Starfrontlet were the highlights there. In the afternoon, we visited the area near Sozoranga town, also uphill from the lodge, where we found Bran-colored Flycatcher, Scarlet-backed and Smoky-brown , Hepatic Tanager, Three-banded Warbler, Great and Chapman’s Antshrikes, Peruvian Tyrannulet, Fasciated Wren, Bay-crowned Brushfinch and the skulking Rufous-necked Foliage-Gleaner.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.8 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Rainbow Starfrontlet from Utuana Reserve

January 18: Jorupe to Utuana, Catamayo and Vilcabamba. Finally, the time had come for us to leave the wonderful lodge and reserve in Utuana, but not before we had a brief birding session that yielded Pale-browed Tinamou, Gray-breasted Flycatcher, Gray-checked Parakeet and Slaty Becard a species that has been notoriously difficult in recent times. Our journey took us right past Sozoranga area again, and we checked out a small reserve nearby that brought us White-winged Brushfinch, Brown-capped Vireo, Three-banded Warbler, White-vented Plumeleteer, Andean Slaty Thrush and the handsome Black-cowled singing from a tree top. Although we’d done really well around Utuana, we stopped briefly below there to try and find the rare Gray-headed Antbird, which thankfully we did find, before driving north to Catamayo for some afternoon. Birding there. Near the city, some brief open country birding led us to Pacific Parrotlet, Peruvian Meadowlark, Croaking Ground-Dove, Long-tailed Mockingbird, Chestnut-throated Seedeater, the rarest of our targets species there, Drab Seedeater.

In the late afternoon, we finally arrived at our destination for the night, the town of Vilcabamba, where we arrived in time to look for, and find, Plumbeous Rail before retiring with an artisanal beer at the hotel.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.9 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Black-cowled Saltator from Tundo Reserve

January 19: Cerro Toledo. We left the town of Vilcabamba early to drive up to Cerro Toledo, an area of forest bordering the massive Podocarpus National Park. A steep drive out of the valley up there was uneventful, and the weather initially seemed ok, so we quickly picked up some good birds, including a much wanted Masked Mountain-Tanager, with Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Golden-crowned Tanager, and Glowing Puffleg. At this high site, the weather started to turn for the worse rapidly, and so we drove back down the road, only to encounter a landslide, which meant we had to spend this evening at Vilcabamba again, following a long wait to get around the slide. We had planned to be in Tapichalaca that afternoon, but that road too had another landslide preventing us from getting there. This was an unwanted first, completely unexpected, in what ended up being an exceptionally wet year.

Golden-crowned Tanager from Cerro Toledo www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.10 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

January 20: Vilcabamba, Tapichalaca, and Valladolid. Yesterday’s trials with landslides continued again today, as we made our way towards Tapichalaca, and we found there were multiples more of these to navigate. However, finally, we managed to get around the last of these, on foot, and a truck helped us to make it the final stretch to the reserve by lunchtime. As we worked our way through the landslides, we did find birds, like Yellow- breasted Brushfinch, Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager, Glowing Puffleg, Rainbow bearded Thornbill, Black-crested and Russet-crowned Warblers, Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant and an Orange-banded Flycatcher, the latter being was one of our target species for this area. At the lodge itself, the feeders attracted the following species: Little and Amethyst-throated Sunangels, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Speckled Hummingbird and Chestnut- breasted Coronet. Searching the area around the lodge, led us to Rufous and Mountain Wrens, Chestnut- capped Brushfinch, Black-and-white and Barred Becards, Citrine Warbler, and Pearled Treerunner. However, a striking White-capped Tanager and a Bearded Guan (at a feeder) were the clear standouts there.

Amethyst-throated Sunangel at Tapichalaca

In the afternoon, now that our driver had made it through the landslides too, we headed toward the village of Valladolid, to an area that offered us some lower elevation species than at the lodge. Once we arrived, the weather conditions were good, thankfully, and we spotted Black-faced, Silvery and Blue-necked Tanagers, Ash- browed Spinetail, Green-backed (Yellow-cheeked) Becard, Lined Antshrike, Rufous-fronted Thornbill, some migrant Blackburnian Warblers, and a local specialty, Marañón Thrush that gave us a nice look… www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.11 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Marañón Thrush from Valladolid Area

January 21: Tapichalaca to Yankuam. Ordinarily, we would have done these activities on morning of the day before, but what with the landslides encountered over the past few days, we were left with this being our only opportunity to do this. Our main focus was to walk up a forest trail in Tapichalaca and visit the feeding station for the Jocotoco Antpitta, at this, the only reliable site to see it in the world. However, starting close to the lodge, we managed to call in a pair of White-throated Screech-Owl early in the morning, before proceeding to another feeding station, closeby, where a Chestnut-naped Antpitta came in to feed as hoped. Nearby this area, we also added another antpitta in the form of the tiny Slate-crowned Antpitta. Then we hit the trail to the feeding station for the main attraction, having to hurry a little with our more complicated schedule, but managed to find Golden-plumed Parakeet, Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager, Blue-backed Conebill, Turquoise Jay, Pearled Treerunner, Plushcap, Black-capped Hemispingus, Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, Cinnamon Flycatcher and the attractive Grass-green Tanager all being noted in the temperate forest along the way there. Finally, we arrived at the feeding station, where the local ranger, Franco, was waiting, as was a Jocotoco Antpitta within meters of us, to the delight of all. We spent some time with this large antpitta, before descending the trail on the other side, taking in a group of five White-throated Quail-Doves, Smoky-Bush- Tyrant, Bar-bellied Woodpecker, Spectacled Redstart, Black-throated Tody-Tyrant, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Plain-tailed Wren, Rufous Spinetail and a couple of very-friendly Powerful Woodpeckers on this very eventful walk down. A long drive lay ahead of us (hence the enormous pressure on the morning’s birds), then as we traveled southeast to Yankuam, picking up birds like Channel-billed Toucan, Chestnut-eared Araçari, Long- tailed Tyrant, Crested and Russet-backed Oropendolas, Swallow Tanager, Chestnut-throated Seedeater and Black-billed Seed-Finch, before arriving at this simple lodge in the late afternoon. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.12 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Chestnut-naped Antpitta at Tapichalaca Reserve

January 22: Maycu and Nuevo Paraiso. Following a good rest overnight, we were thankful for a more relaxing day, with only local birding required on this day, sandwiched either side of lunch at the lodge. The Yankuam area is a fascinating mix of lowland and foothill birds, and has easy access to these via a dirt road passing through the best habitat. Our road birding in the morning was centered around Maycu Reserve. Early success there came with Peruvian Warbling Antbird, the very local Zimmer’s Antbird, and an impressive Amazonia Umbrellabird. Taking our time working the roadside , we also picked up Lemon-throated and Gilded Barbets, Blue- headed Parrot, Green-backed and Blue-crowned , Violaceous Jay, Long-tailed Tyrant, Ecuadorian Tyrannulet, and Flame-crested, Magpie and Paradise Tanagers. Some of the more notable sightings of the morning period were the tiny, softly-spoken, White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant, a species only found in this tiny area of Ecuador, and a Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher was much appreciated too. Many of these birds came within active feeding flocks that passed by, one of which held our most wanted bird of the morning, Orange-throated Tanager, a species that is only reliably found at this one site on Earth. Heading back to lunch after finding this species in the late morning, felt particularly satisfying.

In the afternoon we birded the road to and from the village of Nuevo Paraiso village (about an hour from Yankuam), which brought us some classic Amazonian species like Great Kiskadee, Spot-breasted Woodpecker, Hoatzin, and Lettered Araçari, along with Speckled Chachalaca, Golden-collared Toucanet, the vocal Mottled- backed Elaenia, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, and Masked Tityra. It was a fantastic day, chock full of birds!

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.13 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Chestnut-eared Araçari (above) and Orange-throated Tanager near Yankuam

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.14 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Hoatzin from Nuevo Paraiso

January 23: Yankuam to Copalinga. First thing in the morning, we returned to the same road we had birded the day before, in an attempt to pick up some missing birds. Feeding flocks can be amazing in this area, and this day was no different, sifting through them yielded a dizzy variety of tanagers, including more Orange-throated Tanagers, along with Masked-crimson, Yellow-bellied, Green-and-gold, and Paradise Tanagers, and Fulvous Tanager. Fasciated Antshrike was also with the flocks too, as was Slate-colored Grosbeak and the very rare Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak. Nearby, we found a pair of Lanceolated Monklets too. Outside of the flocks the road birding was again good too, and we notched up Coraya and Musician Wrens, and White-browed and Spot-backed . Several particular standout birds should be mentioned in isolation though, not least a soaring Black-and-white Hawk Eagle, an unexpected Blackish Rail, and right near the end, Blackish Pewee, a very local and difficult species in the country that we’d tried for extensively in this area.

After this very successful period, we returned to the lodge and soon left with our bags and a packed lunch, heading north towards Copalinga Lodge. Two major stops were made on this journey. First, we tried for, and found Bluish-fronted Jacamar by the road, another very rare species in Ecuador, and only recently found there. Finally, we visited Mi Paradise, a small, new private reserve, with on our mind. Our main focus from there was to find the rare Spangled Coquette, as this was currently the only regular site in the country. We were not disappointed, getting smashing views of this spectacular species, but also noted Sparkling Violetear, Violet-headed Hummingbird, Blue-tailed and Glittering-throated Emeralds, and visiting the magnetic banks of lilac verbena flowers there. Non-hummers on site included Gilded Barbet, Black- and-white Seedeater, and White-lined and Silver-beaked Tanagers. Late in the afternoon, we arrived at Copalinga Lodge, following another busy, birdy, day. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.15 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Bluish-fronted Jacamar from Paquisha and Spangled Coquette from Mi Paradise (below)

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.16 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

January 24: Copalinga Lodge and Rio Bombuscaro. After breakfast at this wonderful lodge, we set off for the Rio Bombuscaro part of Podocarpus National Park, a short drive from Copalinga. The morning’s birding involved walking the entrance trail to the park, which passes through rich foothill forest bordering the Bombuscaro River. A mixed feeding flock held Montane-Foliage-Gleaner, Ashy-throated Chlorospingus, Foothill Elaenia, Ash- browed Spinetail, and a heady mix of tanagers, Blue-necked, Paradise, Spotted, Bay-headed and Orange-eared Tanagers all being seen that morning. Another Amazonian Umbrellabird was found perched across the valley, and further up the trail, we located Black-billed Treehunter, Inca (Green) Jay, White-necked Thrush, Blue- rumped Manakin and Foothill Antwren. Later in the morning, we backtracked towards the parking lot, in to return to the lodge for lunch, finding an Ecuadorian Piedtail on the walk back, a cooperative Coppery-chested Jacamar, and the orange, eastern of Andean Cock-of-the-rock.

Coppery-chested Jacamar at Rio Bombuscaro

In the afternoon, our birding was focused around Copalinga Lodge itself. This started with the hummingbird feeders by the restaurant, where Many-spotted Hummingbird, Violet-fronted and Black-throated Brilliants, Green Hermit, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, and the aggressive Golden-tailed Sapphire were all noted. Alongside these birds, were other species attending the adjacent fruit feeders, like Speckled Chachalaca, Russet-backed and Crested Oropendolas, Green Honeycreeper, Orange-billed Sparrow, Red-crested Finch, and Green-and- gold and Golden Tanagers. Birding the wider area, the verbena flowers close by attracted Long-tailed Sylph, Violet-headed Hummingbird, and the rare Little Woodstar, while a tree in the parking lot hosted some mating White-necked Parakeets. As early afternoon became late afternoon, we made our way up a trail on the property to a feeding station in the forest, where the hoped-for Gray Tinamou was represented by three individuals foraging on corn that also brought in Orange-billed Sparrow and Gray-fronted Dove too. After a downpour, we tried up the road for Blackish Nightjar, which rounded out the day nicely by showing too. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.17 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

White-necked Parakeets at Copalinga Lodge

January 25: Copalinga Lodge, Old Loja-Zamora Road and Huashapamba. After breakfast at the lodge, we scooped up a couple of new species within the grounds, like White-bellied Woodstar, Olivaceous Greenlet and the Sickle-winged Guan, before we checked out and headed to our next stop. The first of these was not far from the lodge, near the town of Zamora, where we birded the old road from there to Loja, which has some pockets of productive forest along it. The first part was kind of slow, but still produced Cliff Flycatcher, Black-faced Dacnis, Ecuadorian Tyrannulet, and good looks at a Dark-breasted Spinetail. With the general lack of activity, we headed higher up the road, which proved fortuitous, with much better birding there, Yellow-breasted Antwren, a pair of Red-headed Barbets, another Coppery-chested Jacamar, Golden-eared, Hepatic and White- winged Tanagers, Lafresnaye’s Piculet, and Lemon-browed and Olive-chested Flycatchers were all found there. Arguably, the best find though was an extremely confiding Equatorial Graytail along the road, and a vocal Chestnut-tipped Toucanet. Before we departed on the long journey north to the town of Saraguro, we took our packed lunch beside the river, which held both Torrent Duck and White-capped Dipper.

On the journey north, we managed to find Giant Hummingbird, and just south of Saraguro, we visited Huashapamba Reserve, where we managed to see several of the rare Red-faced Parrots in flight, as well as Bearded Guan and Blue-and-black Tanager. After that, we drove on to nearby Saraguro for the night.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.18 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Equatorial Graytail from Old Zamora-Loja Road

January 26: Cerro Acanamá. Most of the day was spent up at this high elevation site close to Saraguro. The area does not have a particularly high species list, but has some local, much-wanted species. While we searched for them, we found others like Agile Tit-Tyrant, Black-capped Tyrannulet, Mouse-colored Thistletail, Yellow- breasted Brushfinch and the attractive Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager. We had been scanning the stunted treetops of this elfin forest for a while, which eventually paid off when we located a pair of Chestnut-bellied Cotingas, one of Ecuador’s toughest birds. We also found a close Andean Pygmy-Owl, before finally, managing to track down our main target bird, a spectacular Crescent-faced Antpitta. It may have taken us a while to locate one, but the photo shows it was well worth the wait…

After lunch and a rest back in Saraguro, we birded the lower part of the same road we’d been on in the morning, finding Glowing Puffleg, Blue-backed Conebill, Superciliaried and Black-headed Hemispingus, Pearled Treerunner, Orange-banded Flycatcher, Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager and a killer view of a pair of Ocellated Tapaculo following an epic battle to see it.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.19 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

A great day at Cerro Acanama: Chestnut-bellied Cotinga (above) and Crescent-faced Antpitta

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.20 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

January 27: Saraguro to La Unión. The night before, unfortunate news had reached us that another landslide had very recently occured, preventing us from making our scheduled visit to Cerro de Arcos, the only known site for the recently described Blue-throated Hillstar. With so few roads in the area, for safety reasons, we had to abandon that plan, and carried on to La Union instead, with no way of getting there. Our birding was somewhat limited on this day, as a result of this, though we did make a few stops along the way for , Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant, Shining Sunbeam, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Chiguanco Thrush, Streak-throated Bush- Tyrant, Brown-bellied Swallow, Peruvian Meadowlark, Tyrian Metaltail, Amazilia (Loja) Hummingbird, Purple- throated Sunangel, and best of all, the rare White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant. We overnighted in La Union as planned.

Purple-throated Sunangel from Utuana Reserve, earlier on the tour

January 28: Yunguilla Reserve to Cuenca. Once again, we opened the day in another Jocotoco Foundation reserve, this time the tiny Yungilla, close to the town of La Union. This reserve was set up for one of the rarest birds in Ecuador, the Pale-headed Brushfinch, a critically endangered species only possible at this one site on Earth. Therefore, this was our main objective. We started out at the most convenient place to find one, at the local fruit feeders. While we waited impatiently, we did have visits from Gray-browed Brushfinch and Chestnut- crowned Antpitta, but the main species we were after. In light of this, we decided to walk the local trails through the reserve, in the hope of finding the brushfinch there instead. Initially, we found Rufous-chested Tanager, Golden Grosbeak, Pacific Elaenia, Dull-colored Grassquit, Rufous-browed Peppershrike, and Turquoise Jay. Then, finally, we came upon a group of at least four Pale-headed Brushfinches, which then was our cue to leave! On the way back to the reserve entrance, we noted a few more birds, like Pacific Hornero, Pacific Parrotlet, Saffron Finch and a soaring Broad-winged Hawk. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.21 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Pale-headed Brushfinch from Yunguilla Reserve

After lunch, we headed to Cuenca for a single night stay. This afternoon offered the opportunity for some to relax, which they did around the natural hot spring inside the hotel. We also did a short spell of birding, finding Green-tailed Trainbearer, White-collared Swift, Sparkling Violetear, Hooded Siskin and Rusty in the garden of this wonderful hotel.

January 29: Cajas National Park to Guayaquil. Sadly, this represented the last birding day of the main tour for some, while others continued on west for the Woodstar Extension the next day. Our last day was a dramatic one, as we visited various sections of El Cajas National Park, a scenic high elevation site, comprised of temperate forest, high Andean lakes and paramo grasslands. We started at the lowest part of the park, a scenic lake (Llaguna Llaviucu), surrounded by beautiful forest at the limit of the treeline. On reaching the gate, we met up with our local guide, Moises, and quickly encountered birds on arrival, like Superciliaried Hemispingus and a distant Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan. Moving to the scenic lake itself, we found a series of high Andean regulars were on the water; Andean Duck, Andean Teal, Andean Gull, Yellow-billed Pintail, Slate-colored (Andean) Coot. In the grasslands at the lake edge a shy Ecuadorian (Virginia) Rail was only briefly seen, but a Grass (Sedge) Wren showed much better. We walked beside the forest too, finding Rufous Antpitta, and the odd Sword-billed Hummingbird. After that, we got in the vehicle and drove higher in the park, making a special stop for the local endemic, Violet-throated Metaltail, and finding four of them. One of our last stops in the park, higher still at Laguna Toreadora, involved a trail that passes beside this beautiful lake and skirts the edge of some woodland and paramo, where we noted Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Stout-billed and Chestnut-winged Cinclodes, Tit-Like Dacnis, Many-striped Canastero, Blue-mantled Thornbill, and a friendly Tawny Antpitta hopping out in front of us. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.22 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Tit-Like Dacnis at Cajas National Park.

We ate our packed lunch with a lovely vista overlooking the lake, then began our drive down towards Guayaquil in the coastal lowlands. Near the start of this journey, we passed by stands of the highest growing trees in the world, polylepis, and paused there to find a specialty of this habitat, Giant Conebill. We then continued our drive into the lowlands in earnest, making one final short stop where we found the scarce Large-billed Seed- Finch, along with Groove-billed Ani, Chestnut-throated Seedeater, the cute Pacific Parrotlet and plentiful Ecuadorian Ground-Doves. The final few birds of this leg were mostly seen from the vehicle as we passed by various wetlands along the busy highway, where Savanna Hawk, Snail Kite, Snowy and Great Egrets, Ringed Kingfisher, and Wattled Jacana were all seen.

That night, we did our final checklist as a complete group, before saying farewell to some of the group, while others retired to bed, ready for yet more birding to the west of Guayaquil to come on the extension…

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.23 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Savanna Hawk

ESMERALDAS WOODSTAR EXTENSION :

January 30: Guayaquil to Santa Elena Peninsula and Puerto Lopez. The extension started with another early breakfast (is there anything else on bird tours?!), and then we drove a couple of hours west of the city to Atahualpa. This area is covered in scrubby habitat, in the driest region of Ecuador. Birding this habitat was excellent, and birds came in thick and fast: Scarlet-backed Woodpecker, Necklaced Spinetail, Short-tailed Field Tyrant, Tumbes (Mouse-colored) and Gray-and-white Tyrannulets, Snowy-throated Kingbird, Baird’s and Vermilion Flycatchers, Peruvian Meadowlark, Collared Warbling-Finch, Parrot-billed Seedeater, Crimson- breasted Finch, and White-edged Oriole. However, the rarest find of the morning was the erratic Sulphur- throated Finch.

Either side of lunch, we did some birding principally for wetland birds around Salinas, racking up quite a list: Cocoi Heron, Roseate Spoonbill, White Ibis, Chilean Flamingo, White-cheecked Pintail, Least, Western, Stilt and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Wandering Tattler, Whimbrel, Snowy and Semipalmated Plovers, American Oystercatcher, , Royal Tern, Gray-headed Gull, Magnificent Frigatebird, and Brown and Peruvian Pelicans. After lunch, we made a special search for Peruvian Thick-knee, a very local species in Ecuador, where it is confined to this area. We were thrilled to find it, before we set off for our next hotel near Puerto Lopez, arriving in the late afternoon. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.24 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Necklaced Spinetail from near Atahualpa (above), and Peruvian Thick-knee near Salinas

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.25 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

January 31: Ayampe Reserve and Mantaraya Lodge. The extension was named Esmeraldas Woodstar for a reason, and with that tiny, tiny hummingbird in mind, we set off for Ayampe Reserve after breakfast. This area of lowland forest was only a short drive from our hotel, and once there we spent time wandering along the road, birding the forest patches. These yielded some scarce and local species like Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaner, Ecuadorian Trogon, Tumbes Pewee, Pacific Elaenia, and a confiding Sooty-crowned Flycatcher. Other, more widespread species were seen, like Plain Antvireo, Tropical Parula, Yellow-rumped and Yellow-billed Caciques, and White-lined and Flame-rumped Tanagers. Eventually, we also came upon our main target species, Esmeraldas Woodstar, as we found several males doing short aerial displays from emergent branches. After spending quality time with this quality hummingbird, we moved further on, finding White-backed Fire-eye, Buff- throated Foliage-Gleaner, Lesser Greenlet, Streaked Xenops, Greenish Elaenia, Gray-breasted Flycatcher and a static White-whiskered Puffbird. A few raptors featured that morning too, with a soaring Short-tailed Hawk, a flying Hook-billed Kite, and stranger still a Collared Forest-Falcon was calling and called in near the end of the session.

Our afternoon birding consisted first of a visit to Momo private garden. The owner, Fanny, has nicely decorated the garden with beautiful verbena flowers, where a few individual Esmeraldas Woodstar were visiting the flowers. The rest of the afternoon was spent in the general area around Ayampe, where we saw the Chestnut-throated and Variable Seedeaters, Bronze-winged Parrot, Black-striped Sparrow, Piratic Flycatcher and a nice display from a pair of Masked Water-tyrants.

In the end, we had lovely birding afternoon, and then returned to the lodge. Just before dinner and checklist time we tried near the lodge for Antony’s (Scrub) Nightjar, and fortunately had one fly by, to close out the day.

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.26 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Masked Water-Tyrant from Ayampe

February 1: Ayampe Reserve to Guayaquil. This was the final birding day of the trip. At this point, we had few species locally to find, but returned to the area that offered the most productive birding in the area, Ayampe. This time we chose to bird along the dry river, which we had not done the day before. This led us to find the following species, Green Kingfisher, Speckle-breasted Wren, Ecuadorian Ground-Dove, Sooty-crowned Flycatcher, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Little Cuckoo, Black-lored Yellowthroat and Saffron Siskin, a regional endemic.

Later in the morning, we headed back towards Guayaquil, making a few stops along the way. As we were passing close to the coast, these were mostly coastal birds, like Wilson’s Plover, Semipalmated, Least and Western Sandpipers, Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, Yellow-crowned and Black-crowned Night-Herons, Blue-footed Booby, Magnificent Frigatebird, Gray-hooded, Laughing, Franklin and Kelp Gulls, Brown and Peruvian Pelicans. We then returned to Guayaquil, took a rest and had a final farewell dinner reviewing what a magnificent trip we had enjoyed, in spite of the various unexpected weather issues experienced along the way!

Tallying up, we found that we had notched up over 620 species seen for the trip, with the following list being the ones highlighted by the group as their personal favorites: Jocotoco Antpitta, Esmeraldas Woodstar, Orange- throated Tanager, Gray Tinamou, Chestnut-bellied Cotinga, Tumbes Hummingbird, Swallow-tailed Kite, Crescent-faced Antpitta, Pale-headed Brushfinch, Ocellated Tapaculo, Equatorial Graytail, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Spangled Coquette, Comb Duck, Collared Forest-Falcon, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Powerful Woodpecker, Spectacled Owl, White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Rufous- crowned Tody-Flycatcher, Line Antshrike, Paradise Tanager, Guayaquil Woodpecker, White-whiskered Puffbird, Scaly-breasted Wren, Andean Pygmy-Owl, Peruvian Meadowlark, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Tufted-Tit-Tyrant, Long-billed Gnatwren and Peruvian Thick-Knee. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.27 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Gartered Trogon from Ayampe Reserve

BIRD LIST The of the bird list follows eBird/Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/) (H) indicates a species that was HEARD only. (G) indicates a species recorded by the GUIDE ONLY. Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao Great Tinamou Tinamus major Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Pale-browed Tinamou* Crypturellus transfasciatus Anhimidae (Screamers) Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola Torrent Duck Merganetta armata Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.28 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Andean Teal Anas andium Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea Cracidae (Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows) Rufous-headed Chachalaca* Ortalis erythroptera Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata Bearded Guan* Penelope barbata H Andean Guan Penelope montagnii H Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii Odontophoridae (New World Quail) H Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops H Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)

Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis Podicipedidae (Grebes)

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)

Rock Pigeon Columba livia Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata H Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea

Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta Ecuadorian Ground Dove* Columbina buckleyi Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla G Pallid Dove* Leptotila pallida

White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata West Peruvian Dove* Zenaida meloda Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata Cuculidae (Cuckoos) Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris H Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia

Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.29 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Allies)

Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Blackish Nightjar Nyctipolus nigrescens Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Scrub (Anthony's) Nightjar* Nyctidromus anthonyi Apodidae (Swifts)

White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Short-tailed (Tumbes) Swift* Chaetura brachyura ocypetes Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini White-whiskered Hermit* Phaethornis yaruqui Green Hermit Phaethornis guy Long-billed (Baron's) Hermit* Phaethornis longirostris baroni Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis G Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae

Choco Daggerbill* (Wedge-billed H) Schistes albogularis Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans G Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii

Amethyst-throated Sunangel* Heliangelus amethysticollis Little (Flame-throated) Sunangel Heliangelus micraster Purple-throated Sunangel* Heliangelus viola Wire-crested Thorntail Discosura popelairii Green Thorntail Discosura conversii Spangled Coquette stictolophus Ecuadorian Piedtail* Phlogophilus hemileucurus Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii Violet-tailed Sylph* Aglaiocercus coelestis G Ecuadorian Hillstar* Oreotrochilus chimborazo Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.30 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina Violet-throated Metaltail* Metallura baroni H Neblina Metaltail* Metallura odomae

Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis Brown Inca* Coeligena wilsoni Collared Inca Coeligena torquata Rainbow Starfrontlet* Coeligena iris Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii Velvet-purple Coronet* Boissonneaua jardini Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii Black-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa schreibersii Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris G Short-tailed Woodstar* Myrmia micrura

White-bellied Woodstar mulsant Little Woodstar* Chaetocercus bombus Esmeraldas Woodstar* Chaetocercus berlepschi Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis White-vented (Ecuadorian) Plumeleteer* Chalybura buffonii intermedia Crowned (Emerald-bellied) Woodnymph* Thalurania colombica hypochlora Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus Tumbes Hummingbird* Leucippus baeri Amazilia (Loja) Hummingbird* Amazilia amazilia alticola Amazilia ((White-throated) Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia dumerilii Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.31 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Violet-bellied Hummingbird Juliamyia julie Opisthocomidae (Hoatzin)

Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) Virginia (Ecuadorian) Rail* Rallus limicola aequatorialis Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata Slate-colored (Andean) Coot Fulica ardesiaca H Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps H White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis H Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis Aramidae (Limpkin)

Limpkin Aramus guarauna Burhinidae (Thick-knees)

Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers) American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)

Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Jacanidae (Jacanas)

Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Sanderling Calidris alba Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.32 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Wandering Tattler Tringa incana Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Willet Tringa semipalmata Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)

Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Ciconiidae (Storks) Wood Stork Mycteria americana Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)

Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Sulidae (Boobies and Gannets) Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii Anhingidae (Anhingas)

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags)

Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns) Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Striated Heron Butorides striata www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.33 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills) White Ibis Eudocimus albus Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Cathartidae (New World Vultures)

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus Pandionidae (Osprey) Osprey Pandion haliaetus Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites)

Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus Sharp-shinned (Plain-breasted) Hawk Accipiter striatus Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis Gray-backed Hawk* Pseudastur occidentalis H Gray-lined (Gray) Hawk Buteo nitidus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Strigidae (Owls) White-throated Screech-Owl Megascops albogularis H Peruvian Screech-Owl* Megascops roboratus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.34 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Peruvian (Pacific) Pygmy-Owl* Glaucidium peruanum Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Trogonidae (Trogons)

Golden-headed Quetzal auriceps Ecuadorian Trogon* Trogon mesurus Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui Collared Trogon Trogon collaris Masked Trogon Trogon personatus Momotidae (Motmots) Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens H Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata Galbulidae (Jacamars)

Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens Coppery-chested Jacamar* Galbula pastazae Purplish Jacamar Galbula chalcothorax Capitonidae (New World Barbets)

Gilded Barbet Capito auratus Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii Ramphastidae (Toucans) Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena hypoglauca www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.35 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Lettered Aracari Pteroglossus inscriptus G Collared (Pale-mandibled) Aracari* Pteroglossus torquatus erythropygius Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii Yellow-throated (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus Choco Toucan* Ramphastos brevis Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus Picidae (Woodpeckers) Lafresnaye's Piculet lafresnayi Ecuadorian Piculet* Picumnus sclateri Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani Smoky-brown Woodpecker Dryobates fumigatus Red-rumped Woodpecker Dryobates kirkii Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Dryobates callonotus Bar-bellied Woodpecker Dryobates nigriceps H Red-stained Woodpecker Dryobates affinis

Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens Guayaquil Woodpecker* Campephilus gayaquilensis Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)

Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus Black Caracara Daptrius ater Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans American Kestrel Falco sparverius G Merlin Falco columbarius H Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots) H Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola

Gray-cheeked Parakeet* Brotogeris pyrrhoptera G Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera

Red-faced Parrot* Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.36 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Rose-faced Parrot* Pyrilia pulchra Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus H Speckle-faced (White-faced) Parrot Pionus tumultuosus

Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenarius Pacific Parrotlet* Forpus coelestis Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Maroon-tailed) Pyrrhura melanura berlepschi El Oro Parakeet* Pyrrhura orcesi White-necked Parakeet* Pyrrhura albipectus Golden-plumed Parakeet* Leptosittaca branickii Red-masked Parakeet* Psittacara erythrogenys White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds) Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus Great Antshrike Taraba major Chapman's Antshrike* Thamnophilus zarumae Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus Collared Antshrike* Thamnophilus bernardi Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis G Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus H Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Antwren) Epinecrophylla fulviventris Foothill Stipplethroat (Antwren) Epinecrophylla spodionota H Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura H Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus Peruvian Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis peruviana Black Antbird Cercomacroides serva H Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.37 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

H Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus

Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul Gray-headed Antbird* Ampelornis griseiceps Zimmer's (N Chestnut-tailed) Antbird* Sciaphylax castanea Zeledon's (Immaculate) Antbird Hafferia zeledoni Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevius Melanopareiidae (Crescentchests)

Elegant Crescentchest* Melanopareia elegans Grallariidae (Antpittas) H Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera H Plain-backed Antpitta Grallaria haplonota Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla Watkins's Antpitta* Grallaria watkinsi Jocotoco Antpitta* Grallaria ridgelyi Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis H Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona

Slate-crowned Antpitta Grallaricula nana Crescent-faced Antpitta* Grallaricula lineifrons Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx H Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis

Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans Chusquea Tapaculo* Scytalopus parkeri Formicariidae (Antthrushes)

Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) H Olivaceous Woodcreeper (east) Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus

Olivaceous Woodcreeper (west) Sittasomus griseicapillus aequatorialis Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii H Duida (Lineated) Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes duidae www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.38 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii Pale-legged (Pacific) Hornero* Furnarius leucopus cinnamomeus Chestnut-winged (Bar-winged) Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythrocercum Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner* Syndactyla ruficollis Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner* Clibanornis erythrocephalus Black-billed Treehunter Thripadectes melanorhynchus Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus H Striped (Eastern) Woodhaunter Automolus subulatus subulatus

Striped (Western) Woodhaunter Automolus subulatus assimilis Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata Mouse-colored Thistletail* Asthenes griseomurina Equatorial Graytail Xenerpestes singularis Ash-browed Spinetail Cranioleuca curtata Line-cheeked Spinetail* Cranioleuca antisiensis Necklaced Spinetail* stictothorax Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae Blackish-headed Spinetail* Synallaxis tithys Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa Pipridae (Manakins) H Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni Blue-rumped Manakin Lepidothrix isidorei White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus Club-winged Manakin* Machaeropterus deliciosus H Striolated Manakin Machaeropterus striolatus Cotingidae (Cotingas) Chestnut-bellied Cotinga* Doliornis remseni Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.39 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

H Gray-tailed Piha Snowornis subalaris

Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus Long-wattled Umbrellabird* Cephalopterus penduliger Tityridae (Tityras and Allies)

Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata H Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis

Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor Slaty Becard* Pachyramphus spodiurus White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous Oxyruncidae (Sharpbill, Royal Flycatcher, and Allies)

Royal (Pacific) Flycatcher* Onychorhynchus coronatus occidentalis Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)

Wing-barred Piprites Piprites chloris White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus H Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus

Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris Ecuadorian Tyrannulet* Phylloscartes gualaquizae Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis albiventris Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus capitalis Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus calopterus Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum H Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Flatbill) (southeast) Tolmomyias sulphurescens peruvianus Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Flatbill) (west) Tolmomyias sulphurescens aequatorialis H Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.40 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Orange-banded Flycatcher* Nephelomyias lintoni H White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus Black-crested Tit-Tyrant* Anairetes nigrocristatus Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis Mouse-colored (Tumbesian) Tyrannulet* Phaeomyias murina tumbezana Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola H Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus

Foothill Elaenia* Myiopagis olallai Pacific Elaenia* Myiopagis subplacens Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps Black-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias nigrocapillus Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias uropygialis Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops Peruvian (Loja) Tyrannulet Zimmerius viridiflavus Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus Gray-and-white Tyrannulet* Pseudelaenia leucospodia Olive-chested Flycatcher* Myiophobus cryptoxanthus Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus H Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri Gray-breasted Flycatcher* Lathrotriccus griseipectus Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus Tropical (Tumbes) Pewee* Contopus cinereus punensis Blackish Pewee Contopus nigrescens H Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.41 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Plain-capped (Paramo) Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus G Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus

White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis albicauda Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis Smoky Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta Crowned Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca frontalis Jelski's Chat-Tyrant* Ochthoeca jelskii H Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca diadema H Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris

Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus Short-tailed Field Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda Ochraceous Attila* Attila torridus Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Sooty-crowned Flycatcher* Myiarchus phaeocephalus Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Baird's Flycatcher* Myiodynastes bairdii Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Vireonidae (, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis)

Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis Olivaceous Greenlet olivaceus Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.42 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Corvidae (Crows, Jays, and Magpies) Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa Green (Inca) Jay Cyanocorax yncas yncas Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus White-tailed Jay* Cyanocorax mystacalis Donacobiidae (Donacobius)

Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla Hirundinidae (Swallows)

Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Pale-footed Swallow Orochelidon flavipes Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Chestnut-collared Swallow* Petrochelidon rufocollaris Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers) Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea Troglodytidae (Wrens) Scaly-breasted (Southern Nightingale) Wren Microcerculus marginatus Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii House Wren Troglodytes aedon Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis Sedge (Grass) Wren Cistothorus platensis aequatorialis Fasciated Wren* fasciatus Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis Coraya Wren Pheugopedius coraya Speckle-breasted Wren* Pheugopedius sclateri Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus Superciliated Wren* Cantorchilus superciliaris Cinnycerthia unirufa Sharpe's (Sepia-brown) Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.43 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus Musician Wren Cyphorhinus arada Cinclidae (Dippers)

White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)

Long-tailed Mockingbird* Mimus longicaudatus Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)

Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis Ecuadorian Thrush* Turdus maculirostris Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops Plumbeous-backed Thrush* Turdus reevei Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis Marañon Thrush* Turdus maranonicus Chestnut-bellied Thrush Turdus fulviventris Great Thrush Turdus fuscater Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco Andean Slaty Thrush Turdus nigriceps Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus Estrildidae (Waxbills and Allies) Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)

House Sparrow Passer domesticus Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits) Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies)

Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala Golden-bellied (White-lored) Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.44 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus Saffron Siskin* Spinus siemiradzkii Olivaceous Siskin Spinus olivaceus Passerellidae (New World Sparrows) Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus flavigularis Short-billed Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus parvirostris Ashy-throated Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus canigularis Common Chlorospingus (Bush-Tanager) Chlorospingus flavopectus Tumbes Sparrow* Rhynchospiza stolzmanni Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris Gray-browed (Stripe-headed) Brushfinch Arremon assimilis Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha Olive Finch Arremon castaneiceps Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis White-headed Brushfinch* Atlapetes albiceps Tricolored (Choco) Brushfinch* Atlapetes tricolor Pale-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes pallidinucha Yellow-breasted (Russet-capped) Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus White-winged Brushfinch Atlapetes leucopterus White-winged (Paynter's) Brushfinch* Atlapetes leucopterus paynteri Pale-headed Brushfinch* Atlapetes pallidiceps Bay-crowned Brushfinch* Atlapetes seebohmi Icteridae (Troupials and Allies)

Peruvian Meadowlark Leistes bellicosus Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Olive Oropendola Psarocolius bifasciatus Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.45 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela (Northern) Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus leucoramphus Cacicus oseryi Casqued Cacique (Oropendola) White-edged Oriole* Icterus graceannae Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus Scrub Blackbird Dives warczewiczi Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus Parulidae (New World Warblers)

Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Masked (Black-lored) Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis auricularis Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yellow (Mangove) Warbler Setophaga petechia peruviana Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus Three-banded Warbler* Basileuterus trifasciatus Citrine Warbler Myiothlypis luteoviridis Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda Gray-and-gold Warbler* Myiothlypis fraseri Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Slate-throated (Whitestart) Redstart Myioborus miniatus Spectacled (Whitestart) Redstart Myioborus melanocephalus Mitrospingidae (Mitrospingid Tanagers)

Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.46 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Cardinalidae (Cardinals and Allies) Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor Blue-black Grosbeak cyanoides Amazonian Grosbeak Cyanoloxia rothschildii Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)

Black-faced Tanager Schistochlamys melanopis Magpie Tanager Cissopis leverianus Black-and-white Tanager Conothraupis speculigera White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata Rufous-crested Tanager Creurgops verticalis Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus Oleaginous Hemispingus Sphenopsis frontalis Black-eared (Piura) Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis piurae Superciliaried Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata Flame-crested Tanager cristatus Fulvous-crested Tanager Tachyphonus surinamus White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Fulvous Shrike-Tanager fulvus Flame-rumped (Lemon-rumped) Tanager flammigerus flammigerus Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Ramphocelus nigrogularis Calochaetes coccineus Orange-throated Tanager* Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana Masked Mountain-Tanager* Buthraupis wetmorei Black-chested Mountain-Tanager Cnemathraupis eximia Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.47 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager Dubusia taeniata Yellow-throated Tanager analis Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota Blue-and-yellow Tanager Pipraeidea bonariensis Glistening-green Tanager* Chlorochrysa phoenicotis Orange-eared Tanager Chlorochrysa calliparaea Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala Rufous-throated Tanager* rufigula Ixothraupis guttata Yellow-bellied Tanager Ixothraupis xanthogastra Spotted Tanager Ixothraupis punctata Golden-naped Tanager Chalcothraupis ruficervix Silvery Tanager viridicollis Black-capped Tanager Stilpnia heinei Stilpnia nigrocincta Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis Blue-and-black Tanager vassorii Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis Blue-browed Tanager Tangara cyanotis Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii Golden Tanager Tangara arthus Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata Black-faced (Yellow-tufted) Dacnis Dacnis lineata aequatorialis Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.48 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrimus Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum Diglossa lafresnayii Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides Deep-blue Flowerpiercer Diglossa glauca Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema Tit-like Dacnis* Xenodacnis parina Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Geospizopsis unicolor Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Geospizopsis plebejus Slaty Finch Spodiornis rusticus Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Porphyrospiza alaudina Black-headed Hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis Gray-hooded Bush Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris Collared Warbling-Finch* Poospiza hispaniolensis Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola Sulphur-throated Finch* Sicalis taczanowskii Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Lesson's Seedeater bouvronides Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola Parrot-billed Seedeater* Sporophila peruviana Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco Drab Seedeater Sporophila simplex Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris Thick-billed Seed-Finch Sporophila funerea Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Sporophila angolensis www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.49 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

Large-billed Seed-Finch Sporophila crassirostris Black-billed Seed-Finch Sporophila atrirostris Sporophila corvina Caqueta Seedeater Sporophila murallae Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa Red-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus Crimson-breasted Finch* Rhodospingus cruentus Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak Parkerthraustes humeralis Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus Black-cowled Saltator* Saltator nigriceps Masked Saltator Saltator cinctus Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus

MAMMALS

Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis Mantled Howler Alouatta palliata Venezuelan Red Howler Alouatta seniculus White-fronted Spider Monkey Ateles belzebuth Amazon Dwarf flaviventer

Western Dwarf Squirrel Microsciurus mimulus Red-tailed Squirrel granatensis Guayaquil Squirrel Sciurus stramineus Black Agouti Dasyprocta fuliginosa Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata Tapeti (Brazilian Rabbit) Sylvilagus brasiliensis Ocelot Leopardus pardalis Lowland Paca Cuniculus paca www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.50 Tropical Birding - Trip Report Southern Ecuador & Esmeraldas Woodstar Extension, Jan-Feb 2020

South American Coati Nasua nasua Mountain Coati Nasuella olivacea Kinkajou Potos flavus Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu

www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] p.51