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The maximum recorded elevation worldwide is 800m (Hilty & I collected the bird data as part of an informal in- Brown 1986; Ridgley & Greenfield 2001, Birdlife ventory of the site’s birdlife from January to June International 2013), therefore this observation 2010. During these surveys, I used established constitutes an elevation range extension of ap- trails and followed the unique transect method, proximately 570 m. This extension is supported by described by Bibby et al. (2000) as being very use- three Xeno-canto records listing this species at ful for rapid inventories. Most effort was focused in 1200 m in nearby Mindo and one at 1100 m in the vicinity of the reserve’s permanent facilities at Milpe, Ecuador. 1370 m, but I covered the highest and lowest ele- vations of the reserve once every 1-2 weeks. I ob- Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila juliae): I served a total of 213 species, which combined with observed this species three times from March observations by Xavier Silva, Roger Littlewood and through May, the highest of a male foraging at a others have generated a site list of 278 confirmed flowering tree at the edge of a pasture at approxi- species; publication of a list of the species of the mately 1480 m with David Kilner. The small size, reserve is planned. For elevations and locality blue (not purple) underparts extending up to the points I used a Garmin Etrex 12-Channel GPS. throat, and non-forked tail collectively ruled out Points were plotted using Google Earth map to the more common and superficially similar Green- verify elevations. crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica fannyi. The highest previous record for Ecuador is Species accounts 1100 m (Ridgley & Greenfield, 2001) and for Co- Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida): I photographed in- lombia outside of the Magdalena Valley, it is 600 dividuals by the side of a dirt road on 15 Feb and m (Hilty & Brown, 1986), though D. juliae known 1 June 2010 (Fig. 1) at approximately 1370 m. to range as high as 1800 m in other parts of its http://asociacioncolombianadeornitologia.org/ 108 2016 | Número 15 Elevational Records from Ecuador range (Birdlife International, 2013). This observa- International 2013). Therefore this observation tion therefore constitutes an elevation range ex- constitutes a upwards range extension of 450 m tension of approximately 380 m for northwestern for northwestern South America. South America. The reasons behind these records of upward Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini): I ob- maximum elevations of these species may reflect served a lone female at the edge of a small various factors. The record of a sedentary lowland clearing at approximately 2000 m on 5 May. The forest bird such as M. panamensis perhaps could following field marks excluded the locally common be ascribed to climate change; that of L. pallida and superficially similar female of Booted Racket- might also reflect climate warming, although this Tail Ocreatus underwoodii: extensive green span- species also inhabits secondary forest and forest gling below, large white postocular spot and bold edge (Hilty & Brown 1986, Ridgely & Greenfield white tail-tips. Roger Littlewood previously 2001), such that forest fragmentation at lower ele- recorded a male at a comparable elevation on 22 vations could also have facilitated movements April 2004. The similar U. ruficrissa is not known to upslope. Of the hummingbirds, U. benjamini is a occur on the western slope of the Ecuadorean An- forest bird, whereas D. juliae is common at forest des (Ridgley & Greenfield 2001, Stiles et al. 2006). edge and in second growth (Hilty & The elevation range in both Ecuador and Colom- Brown 1986, Ridgely & Greenfield 2001). Forest bia is ca. 900 to 1600 m (Ridgley & Greenfield, clearing lower in the mountains could have facili- 2001, Stiles et al. 2006), and the maximum globally tated the upslope movement of D. Juliae in par- is also 1600 m (Birdlife International 2013). There- ticular. However, altitudinal movements of forest fore this observation constitutes an elevational hummingbirds in response to changes in flower range extension of approximately 400 m. The ex- availability are well documented in the mountains tension is supported by several Xeno-canto of Middle America (e. g., Stiles & Skutch 1989), but records listing this species at 1700 and 1750 m as yet have not been studied in detail in the An- from nearby areas of Pichincha. One record from des, such that more or less regular seasonal up- 1900 m may be accurate, but the location is con- ward movements by U. benjamini cannot be ruled fusingly mislabeled as “Distrito Metropolitano de out at present. Quito, Pichincha”. Acknowledgments White-whiskered ( panamen- sis): I observed an individual in forest understory This work was made possible by Alexandra Hoe- three times within the same week in the same area neisen and Juan Pablo Jativa of Fundación- (presumably the same individual each time) at ap- Tangaré, who hired the author as a volunteer co- proximately 1350 m and obtained a diagnostic ordinator at LHBS. Walter Calva, David Kilner and photograph on 28 February. I ruled out the very Christa Seidl provided valuable help and com- similar Moustached Puffbird Malacoptila mysticalis, panionship in the field. Xavier Silva, Kelly Swing which is known to occur at this elevation, by the and Robert Ridgely provided helpful insight into extensive bold streaking on underparts with cinna- the significance of these bird observations. Natalia mon confined to the upper chest. The maximum Ocampo-Peñuela helped edit and prepare the elevation for M. panamensis in Ecuador and Co- manuscript. Juan Freile, Gary Stiles, Dušan Brink- lombia is 900 m (Hilty & Brown, 1986; Ridgley & huizen and Nick Athanas provided information on Greenfield, 2001), though it is known to range as elevation ranges that rendered additional observa- high as 1400 m in other parts of its range (Birdlife tions obsolete, as well as editorial feedback that

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