Birding trip report
John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl |
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Logistics |
Quito airport is a
convenient place for changing money (you get a very reasonable rate when
changing the local money back to dollars), for making international phone
calls (find the narrow stairways to the office), and for buying postcards and
stamps (there is a small post office outside). Just outside is a reasonable
hotel. |
We had a car from Budget
at the airport. We had ordered and payed the car, a Suzuki Swift, in Holland
already. The service was good. When the key broke off in the trunk door the
car was replaced the same day by an even newer one. They didn't charge us for
that. After all, I think that with ample time, many of the visited birding
areas could have been done by bus and taxi as well. |
As usual, we loaded the
car immediately with large bottles of drinking water. Güitig mineral water
tastes good. Along the road we didn't buy so much, some bread, cheese (good,
white) and some surprisingly scarce bananas. Again, we had our own cereals
and milk powder. Meals in the restaurants are nothing special - just chicken
or beef. |
We were happy that we had
taken along our rubber boots. They were rather convenient for many
circumstances. But mostly we wore our sport shoes of course. We used loads of
T-shirts, and several light trousers as well. High in the mountains, we wore
a warm sweater and a light coat. We took along our own thin sheet bags and
used them at several places. |
The road conditions were,
generally speaking, not so good, although managable by normal car, with ample
time. The most important observation in this respect was that the so-called
Loreto road is asfalted only for the upper first 35 km, and the remaining 100
km to Coca is not! In the lower Oriente, several roads are sort of surfaced
with a by-product from the oil companies. Also, note that there is a (dirt)
road now from Sushufindi to Limoncocha. |
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The Hosteria El Bijao in
Mindo is a nice but basic place, with a manager that quite understands the
needs of birders, and with good food as well. Nevertheless, we had bed bugs
there, and the palm frond roof was leaking here and there during a rainy
night. |
In Papallacta, we had a
very basic but clean room in the hotel right at the western end of the
village. On our way back, we had a cabin at the thermal pools above the
village, and they were building a sort of cheap lodge there as well. This is
a very convenient place for birders (with restaurant), also because you are
entitled to pass the locked gate to the area higher up, a very good birding
valley. |
South of Baeza, we looked
for a possibility to have a cabin high up on the Huacamayos ridge, but we
could not find somebody with the keys. Nevertheless the cabins and the
surrounding area looked promising. It is called Cabanas San Isidro, phone
446-404 in Quito beforehand, as we read at the entrance. The location is just
1 or 2 km N of Cosanga, at a sandy road (1 km) to the West. So we took the
new hotel just at the southern tip of New Baeza. The room was good, but the
service miserable and the other guests too noisy. |
Hotel Auca in Tena is
good, and a beautiful place to bird. Descending the Loreto road towards Coca,
we noted a rather clean looking basic hotel in the first real village. Loreto
itself is an ugly place, as is Coca. The hotel La Mision in Coca looks
promising, but the nights are spoiled by music from their own disco,
especially audible if you have a room with a view on the river. |
In Sushufindi we saw a
nice hotel in the centre, this may even be an alternative to Coca. In
Limoncocha there is no proper lodge (although rooms are available), but in
the near future they are developing something for ecotourists, and the area
has been declared (too late I would say) a Reserve, with high entrance fee. |
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From Lago Agrio, we had a
semi-organised tour into the Cuyabeno Reserve. By car to Cuyabeno, NE of
Tarapoa, then by private canoe paddling down the river Cuyabeno to the Laguna
Grande, camping on two sites, and return upstream back by motorized canoe,
and by bus back to L. Agrio. We found the Indian guide/leader (Galo) with the
help of Edwin Ceballos of the Inefan office situated at a back street N of
the city centre. We payed all-in $50 pp, per day. We had to identify most
birds ourselves (which we enjoy), but our guide Fermin (photo) had sharp eyes
and ears. |
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Itinerary |
Sat 26 Aug. Late arrival at Quito. |
Sun 27 Aug. Car hire at airport. Via Mitad del Mundo
monument and Tandayapa to Bellavista lodge. |
Wed 30 Aug. Afternoon on to Mindo. |
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Sun 3 Sep. Papallacta to Baeza (Cosanga also). |
Mon 4 Sep. Baeza via upper Loreto road to Tena. |
Wed 6 Sep. Tena via Loreto road to Coca. |
Fri 8 Sep. Coca to Lago Agrio via Sushufindi and
Limoncocha. |
Sat 9 Sep. Into Cuyabeno reserve. |
Mon 11 Sep. Afternoon back to L. Agrio |
Tue 12 Sep. L. Agrio to San Rafael Falls. |
Wed 13 Sep. Afternoon San Rafael Falls to Papallacta. |
Thu 14 Sep. Afternoon Papallacta to Quito. |
Fri 15 Sep. Early flight from Quito. |
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Birding sites |
Our main sources were
Where to watch birds in South America, by Nigel Wheatley (Chr. Helm), and
Birdwatching in mainland Ecuador by Tom Heijnen (available through DBTRS, PO
737, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands; now incorporated in A Guide to Birdwatching
in Ecuador, Biosphere Publications). |
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The Papallacta pass is a
large area of alpine meadows and subalpine shrubs and dwarf forest (paramo
and sub-paramo). It deserves prolonged birding, it is far more than just a
pass. Isolated dwarf forest patches in the pass, along the main road, are
rewarding. The best birding did we have along the track up from the thermal
pools (see above). Ask the personnel to let you bird that track, they have to
open a gate. This is where we saw the many mountain-tanagers. |
The Papallacta-Baeza road
offers good views on the alder forest patches downhill. Especially the site
just before the first Vulcanizador after Papallacta had interesting tanager
flocks with many flowerpiercers, on both days that we came along. |
The partly forested area
around the Cabanas San Isidro, just N of Cosanga, S of Baeza, looked
promising, but we didn't have the opportunity to bird there. The quiet
Baeza-Tena road traverses the likewise partly forested Huacamayos ridge.
Somehow, we didn't see that many birds here, but the area looks promising as
well. |
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We had nice birds along
the upper Loreto road, the beginning of which is easy to find. Would time have
permitted, we might have birded the middle section as well, esp. along the
very long (some 8 km) descending part of the road before entering the more
cultivated lower part. Also did we see some interesting birds along the
lowest semi-forested stretch, i.e. the last 15 km or so before taking the
incredible ferry across the Payamino near Coca. |
From Coca, we made an
interesting trip to the other side of the wide Napo river, SE down the road
with all the pozo's (oil wells). Most pozo's are situated amidst a rather
undisturbed forest patch (apparently a zone where agriculture is prohibited).
This offered some good birding, esp. at the pozo's AU 4 and AU 6 + 39. |
The second night that we
stayed in Coca we might better have stayed in Sushufindi. The last 10 km or
so before this small and cosy oil town offered some good roadside birding, as
did the first (rather forested) 3 km or so S down the road to Limoncocha.
Limoncocha itself was not so good late in the morning, although an
interesting place to be, with a nice view on the great lake. |
The area around Lago
Agrio offered some nice roadside birding too. The last 17 km along the road
from Coca has nice forests, although we didn't really have time to bird
there. Also the road sides W of Lago Agrio were interesting, esp. around Sta.
Cecilia. There we took a side road South, ending after some km at an army
post. The semi-open area just before the army post was good birding. |
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A very rewarding and
pleasant birding area was the Cascadas de San Rafael. The mostly forested
trail from the cabanas down to the magnificent falls was worth birding on
several moments during the day. The warden told us that there is a long trail
going up on the vulcano as well. Also the trail from the W end of the
compound down to a small citrus plot was good forest birding. But just
walking along the rim of the compound produced many forest border birds
already. |
The roadside scenery
further on from San Rafael towards Baeza was rewarding, and again looked
promising for birding for at least the first 20 km or so. |
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Birds (some highlights; see species
list below for more details) |
Sickle-winged and Wattled
Guan were the more spectacular game birds, being rather range-restricted. A
group of fifteen American Swallow-tailed Kites cheered up a rather dull road
in the Oriente. We had some close encounters with the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl,
and heard the range-restricted White-throated Screech-Owl from our balcony at
Bellavista. We saw many Sungrebes. An Andean Gull was the only gull or tern
we saw this time. |
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Golden-headed Quetzal was
rather common in the North-West. The uncommon Blue-crowned Trogon was sitting
in a tree above the loo of a camp in Cuyabeno. A Coppery-chested Jacamar at
the San Rafael Falls was one of the most important observations of the trip.
It is classified as a vulnerable species, but has been seen at this spot in
recent years. Pygmy Kingfisher was rather numerous in Cuyabeno. We saw one
with a tiny fish. |
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Cuvier's Toucan was
abundant in Cuyabeno, and we even found a dead one (see photo; was still
warm, just seized by a raptor that flew off when we arrived at the spot). |
We got two species of the
impressive woodpecker genus Celeus (Chestnut and the wish-list
Cream-colored). The beautiful Spot-breasted Woodpecker was really common in
the Oriente. To our list of large black woodpeckers we added the Powerful
Woodpecker. Spot-crowned and Olive-backed Woodcreepers belong to the West-
and East-Andean slope respectively. Also, we saw the two largest
(Dendrocolaptes) woodcreepers, the Black-banded and the Strong-billed. |
It took us twenty minutes
or so to locate the incessantly singing Azara's Spinetail; afterwards we heard
it on many sites in the North-West. Unexpectedly we spotted at just 3 m
distance, after a long chase through a bamboo bush in the Bellavista Reserve,
an Ocellated Tapaculo. As far as we know, it had not been described before
for the area (Nono-Mindo road). You can listen to its sound
that we recorded at only 3 m distance. This sound was repeated every few
seconds. |
Lined Antshrike, once
identified (male and female), did we hear afterwards at several sites. A
difficult to spot but unmistakable antbird was the White-backed Fire-eye at
the San Rafael Falls. Tawny Antpitta showed off in the high mountains, and
Slate-crowned Antpitta looked at us from a well hidden place in a bush in its
narrow altitudinal zone. The White-lored Antpitta of Tena did we identify
only back home on the tape. |
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The Black-billed
Shrike-Tyrant was one of those special high-altitude birds, sitting on a post
in the Papallacta pass. Streak-necked and Olive-striped Flycatcher form a
twin pair, we saw the first one at the West slope, and the second one at the
East slope. The closely related Ornate Flycatcher did we see as well.
Rufous-headed and Cliff Flycatcher were other outstanding flycatchers, with
precise habitat requirements. At Tena, in the Oriente, we saw three
Tody-Flycatchers - Common, Black-headed and Golden-winged, all along the same
path of some 200 m length. At several small rivers we saw the Torrent
Tyrannulet. |
Black-capped Donacobius
did we sea on all sites in the lower Oriente. Thrush-like Wren was a new
Campylorynchus wren for us. The most remarkable wren was the Southern
Nightingale Wren, with its incredible song of gradually descending separate
notes with ever increasing very long intervals. Although we were happy on
hearing the Andean Solitaire at several sites, seeing the impressive Black
Solitaire deep down in a moist slope forest is quite another thing. |
Two Neotropical montane
forest warblers were Black-crested and Russet-crowned. The Buff-rumped
Warbler flashed between the bushes on the Tena river side. Other warblers
were the not so common Olive-crowned Yellowthroat and the high Andes
Spectacled Whitestart. |
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Abbreviations
of sites:
TA = W of Tandayapa (along aold Nono-Mindo road), esp.
Bellavista reserve and lodge
MI = Mindo area
PP = Papallacta pass area
PB = Papallacta village to Baeza (road)
HU = Huacamayos ridge (incl. Cosanga)
TE = Tena area
UL = Upper Loreto road
CO = Coca area
SU = Sushufindi area
LA = Lago Agrio area
CY = Cuyabeno reserve
RF = San Rafael Falls
TA MI PP PB HU TE UL CO SU LA CY RF Cinereous Tinamou TE CY Crypturellus cinereus Little Tinamou TE Crypturellus soui Undulated Tinamou CO CY Crypturellus undulatus Variegated Tinamou TE CY Crypturellus variegatus Speckled Chachalaca CO SU CY Ortalis guttata Spix's Guan CY Penelope jacquacu Blue-throated Piping Guan CY Pipile cumanensis Wattled Guan RF Aburria aburri Sickle-winged Guan TA RF Chamaepetes goudotii Muscovy Duck CY Cairina moschata Andean Teal PP Anas andium Rufescent Tiger Heron CY Tigrisoma lineatum Striated Heron CO LA CY Butorides striata Western Cattle Egret CY Bubulcus ibis Cocoi Heron CY Ardea cocoi Turkey Vulture MI HU TE CO LA CY Cathartes aura Black Vulture HU TE CO LA Coragyps atratus King Vulture CO Sarcoramphus papa Swallow-tailed Kite MI SU CY RF Elanoides forficatus Pearl Kite RF Gampsonyx swainsonii Double-toothed Kite CY Harpagus bidentatus Roadside Hawk TA MI HU TE UL CO RF Buteo magnirostris White-rumped Hawk TA Buteo leucorrhous Short-tailed Hawk CO Buteo brachyurus Puna Hawk PP Buteo poecilochrous Black Caracara CO CY Daptrius ater Laughing Falcon CY Herpetotheres cachinnans American Kestrel TA Falco sparverius Bat Falcon CY Falco rufigularis Sungrebe CO CY Heliornis fulica Rufous-sided Crake TE Laterallus melanophaius Purple Gallinule LA Porphyrio martinica Southern Lapwing CY Vanellus chilensis Wattled Jacana CO LA Jacana jacana Solitary Sandpiper LA Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper TA TE CY Actitis macularius Andean Gull RF Chroicocephalus serranus Band-tailed Pigeon TA PB Patagioenas fasciata Pale-vented Pigeon TA Patagioenas cayennensis Plumbeous Pigeon TA CY Patagioenas plumbea Ruddy Pigeon MI HU CY Patagioenas subvinacea White-tipped Dove TA Leptotila verreauxi White-throated Quail-Dove MI RF Geotrygon frenata Blue-and-yellow Macaw CY Ara ararauna Red-and-green Macaw CY Ara chloropterus Chestnut-fronted Macaw CY Ara severus White-eyed Parakeet SU Aratinga leucophthalma Dusky-headed Parakeet CO Aratinga weddellii Maroon-tailed Parakeet CO SU LA Pyrrhura melanura Dusky-billed Parrotlet CY Forpus modestus Cobalt-winged Parakeet CO LA RF Brotogeris cyanoptera Black-headed Parrot CY Pionites melanocephalus Blue-headed Parrot CO SU Pionus menstruus Red-billed Parrot MI Pionus sordidus White-capped Parrot HU Pionus seniloides Bronze-winged Parrot MI Pionus chalcopterus Scaly-naped Amazon TA Amazona mercenaria Mealy Amazon CO Amazona farinosa Hoatzin CY Opisthocomus hoazin Greater Ani CY Crotophaga major Smooth-billed Ani MI CO Crotophaga ani Striped Cuckoo MI PB HU Tapera naevia Squirrel Cuckoo TA MI CY Piaya cayana Tropical Screech Owl CY Megascops choliba Tawny-bellied Screech Owl CY Megascops watsonii White-throated Screech Owl TA Megascops albogularis Great Horned Owl PP Bubo virginianus Ferruginous Pygmy Owl CO SU Glaucidium brasilianum Common Potoo CY Nyctibius griseus Pauraque MI TE Nyctidromus albicollis Chestnut-collared Swift TA MI Streptoprocne rutila White-collared Swift TA PB Streptoprocne zonaris Grey-rumped Swift MI HU RF Chaetura cinereiventris Short-tailed Swift TE CO LA Chaetura brachyura Neotropical Palm Swift LA Tachornis squamata Little Hermit CY Phaethornis longuemareus Reddish Hermit CY Phaethornis ruber Brown Violetear MI Colibri delphinae Sparkling Violetear MI HU TE RF Colibri coruscans Wire-crested Thorntail RF Discosura popelairii Western Emerald TA Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus White-chinned Sapphire RF Hylocharis cyanus Rufous-tailed Hummingbird MI Amazilia tzacatl Glittering-throated Emerald CO Amazilia fimbriata Speckled Hummingbird TA Adelomyia melanogenys Fawn-breasted Brilliant TA Heliodoxa rubinoides White-tailed Hillstar RF Urochroa bougueri Shining Sunbeam PP Aglaeactis cupripennis Mountain Velvetbreast PP PB Lafresnaya lafresnayi Bronzy Inca RF Coeligena coeligena Collared Inca TA PB Coeligena torquata Buff-winged Starfrontlet PP Coeligena lutetiae Gorgeted Sunangel TA MI Heliangelus strophianus Greenish Puffleg HU Haplophaedia aureliae Booted Racket-tail MI Ocreatus underwoodii Green-tailed Trainbearer PB Lesbia nuna Viridian Metaltail PP Metallura williami Long-tailed Sylph RF Aglaiocercus kingii Purple-crowned Fairy MI Heliothryx barroti Golden-headed Quetzal TA MI Pharomachrus auriceps Amazonian White-tailed Trogon CO CY Trogon viridis Blue-crowned Trogon CY Trogon curucui Masked Trogon TA Trogon personatus American Pygmy Kingfisher CY Chloroceryle aenea Green Kingfisher TE UL CO CY Chloroceryle americana Ringed Kingfisher LA CY Megaceryle torquata Amazonian Motmot CY Momotus momota White-eared Jacamar CO Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis Coppery-chested Jacamar RF Galbula pastazae White-chinned Jacamar CY Galbula tombacea Brown Nunlet CY Nonnula brunnea Black-fronted Nunbird CO SU LA Monasa nigrifrons White-fronted Nunbird CY Monasa morphoeus Yellow-billed Nunbird LA Monasa flavirostris Swallow-winged Puffbird CO Chelidoptera tenebrosa Scarlet-crowned Barbet LA Capito aurovirens Gilded Barbet UL CO CY Capito auratus Lemon-throated Barbet TE Eubucco richardsoni Red-headed Barbet MI UL RF Eubucco bourcierii Toucan-Barbet TA MI Semnornis ramphastinus Crimson-rumped Toucanet TA MI Aulacorhynchus haematopygus Lettered Aracari SU CY Pteroglossus inscriptus Ivory-billed Aracari SU Pteroglossus azara Chestnut-eared Aracari CO SU LA Pteroglossus castanotis Many-banded Aracari CY RF Pteroglossus pluricinctus Pale-mandibled Aracari MI Pteroglossus erythropygius Golden-collared Toucanet CY Selenidera reinwardtii Channel-billed Toucan CO CY Ramphastos vitellinus Chestnut-mandibled Toucan MI Ramphastos swainsonii Lafresnaye's Piculet UL Picumnus lafresnayi Yellow-tufted Woodpecker CO SU RF Melanerpes cruentatus Yellow-vented Woodpecker RF Veniliornis dignus Little Woodpecker TE LA Veniliornis passerinus Golden-olive Woodpecker MI Colaptes rubiginosus Spot-breasted Woodpecker TE CO SU LA RF Colaptes punctigula Chestnut Woodpecker CY Celeus elegans Cream-colored Woodpecker CY Celeus flavus Lineated Woodpecker MI SU CY Dryocopus lineatus Powerful Woodpecker UL Campephilus pollens Crimson-crested Woodpecker SU Campephilus melanoleucos Pale-legged Hornero MI Furnarius leucopus Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus Rufous Spinetail TA Synallaxis unirufa Azara's Spinetail TA Synallaxis azarae Dark-breasted Spinetail TE Synallaxis albigularis Slaty Spinetail MI Synallaxis brachyura Pearled Treerunner PP Margarornis squamiger Western Woodhaunter MI Hyloctistes virgatus Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner MI Philydor rufum Plain Xenops MI Xenops minutus Plain-brown Woodcreeper CO Dendrocincla fuliginosa Olivaceous Woodcreeper UL Sittasomus griseicapillus Strong-billed Woodcreeper CY Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus Black-banded Woodcreeper UL Dendrocolaptes picumnus Olive-backed Woodcreeper RF Xiphorhynchus triangularis Montane Woodcreeper TA MI Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Great Antshrike CO Taraba major Lined Antshrike TE UL Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus Amazonian Streaked Antwren CY Myrmotherula multostriata Stripe-chested Antwren TE Myrmotherula longicauda Yellow-breasted Antwren UL Herpsilochmus axillaris Streak-headed Antbird TA MI Drymophila striaticeps White-backed Fire-eye RF Pyriglena leuconota Peruvian Warbling Antbird TE Hypocnemis peruviana Spot-backed Antbird CY Hylophylax naevius Rufous Antpitta TA Grallaria rufula Tawny Antpitta PP Grallaria quitensis White-lored Antpitta TE Hylopezus fulviventris Slaty-crowned Antpitta HU Grallaricula nana Ocellated Tapaculo TA Acropternis orthonyx Yellow-bellied Elaenia TE Elaenia flavogaster Southern Beardless Tyrannulet MI Camptostoma obsoletum White-tailed Tyrannulet TA PP PB Mecocerculus poecilocercus White-banded Tyrannulet PP Mecocerculus stictopterus Torrent Tyrannulet MI HU UL Serpophaga cinerea Yellow Tyrannulet MI Capsiempis flaveola Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant TA Pseudotriccus ruficeps Ecuadorian Tyrannulet RF Phylloscartes gualaquizae Streak-necked Flycatcher TA Mionectes striaticollis Olive-striped Flycatcher RF Mionectes olivaceus Ornate Flycatcher MI Myiotriccus ornatus Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher TE Poecilotriccus calopterus Common Tody-Flycatcher TE Todirostrum cinereum Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher TE Todirostrum nigriceps White-throated Spadebill MI Platyrinchus mystaceus Cinnamon Flycatcher TA HU Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus Cliff Flycatcher UL Hirundinea ferruginea Black Phoebe PB Sayornis nigricans Smoke-colored Pewee TA Contopus fumigatus Vermilion Flycatcher TA Pyrocephalus rubinus Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant PP Agriornis montanus Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant PB Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant PP Ochthoeca fumicolor Social Flycatcher CO LA CY Myiozetetes similis Great Kiskadee UL CO LA Pitangus sulphuratus Lesser Kiskadee TE CO Philohydor lictor Yellow-throated Flycatcher CO Conopias parvus Lemon-browed Flycatcher PB Conopias cinchoneti Streaked Flycatcher SU Myiodynastes maculatus Boat-billed Flycatcher CY RF Megarynchus pitangua Tropical Kingbird MI PB TE LA Tyrannus melancholicus Dusky-capped Flycatcher MI Myiarchus tuberculifer Red-crested Cotinga TA PP Ampelion rubrocristatus Green-and-black Fruiteater TA UL Pipreola riefferii Andean Cock-of-the-rock MI RF Rupicola peruvianus Black-necked Red Cotinga CY Phoenicircus nigricollis Purple-throated Fruitcrow CY Querula purpurata Amazonian Umbrellabird UL Cephalopterus ornatus White-bearded Manakin TE Manacus manacus Golden-headed Manakin CY Pipra erythrocephala Black-crowned Tityra MI LA Tityra inquisitor Black-tailed Tityra UL CO Tityra cayana Masked Tityra MI UL Tityra semifasciata Brown-capped Vireo TA Vireo leucophrys Turquoise Jay PB Cyanolyca turcosa Violaceous Jay CO LA CY Cyanocorax violaceus Inca Jay PB HU RF Cyanocorax yncas White-winged Swallow LA CY Tachycineta albiventer Blue-and-white Swallow TA PB HU UL CO LA RF Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Brown-bellied Swallow PP PB Notiochelidon murina White-banded Swallow TE CO Atticora fasciata Southern Rough-winged Swallow HU TE CO LA RF Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-capped Donacobius TE CO SU LA CY Donacobius atricapilla Thrush-like Wren CO Campylorhynchus turdinus Sedge Wren PP Cistothorus platensis Plain-tailed Wren TA MI Thryothorus euophrys Coraya Wren TE Thryothorus coraya House Wren TE LA Troglodytes aedon Grey-breasted Wood Wren TA HU Henicorhina leucophrys Southern Nightingale-Wren MI TE Microcerculus marginatus Andean Solitaire TA RF Myadestes ralloides Black Solitaire TA Entomodestes coracinus Great Thrush PP PB HU Turdus fuscater Glossy-black Thrush TA Turdus serranus Black-billed Thrush TE UL CO LA Turdus ignobilis White-capped Dipper MI Cinclus leucocephalus Thick-billed Euphonia MI Euphonia laniirostris Golden-rumped Euphonia HU Euphonia cyanocephala Orange-bellied Euphonia MI UL Euphonia xanthogaster Olivaceous Siskin UL Carduelis olivacea Olive-crowned Yellowthroat MI Geothlypis semiflava Slate-throated Whitestart TA Myioborus miniatus Spectacled Whitestart PP PB HU Myioborus melanocephalus Black-crested Warbler PB HU Basileuterus nigrocristatus Russet-crowned Warbler TA Basileuterus coronatus Three-striped Warbler MI Basileuterus tristriatus Buff-rumped Warbler TE Phaeothlypis fulvicauda Russet-backed Oropendola TA MI HU CO LA RF Psarocolius angustifrons Yellow-rumped Cacique TE CO LA Cacicus cela Scarlet-rumped Cacique PB Cacicus microrhynchus Northern Mountain Cacique PB Cacicus leucoramphus Orange-backed Troupial CO Icterus croconotus Moriche Oriole CY Icterus chrysocephalus Velvet-fronted Grackle CY Lampropsar tanagrinus Giant Cowbird MI CO LA Molothrus oryzivorus Bananaquit MI UL RF Coereba flaveola Rufous-collared Sparrow TA PB Zonotrichia capensis Yellow-browed Sparrow HU TE RF Ammodramus aurifrons Pale-naped Brush Finch PP Atlapetes pallidinucha Tricolored Brush Finch TA Atlapetes tricolor Red-capped Cardinal CY Paroaria gularis Magpie Tanager UL CO LA RF Cissopis leverianus Black-headed Hemispingus PP Hemispingus verticalis Rufous-chested Tanager TA Thlypopsis ornata White-shouldered Tanager TE Tachyphonus luctuosus White-lined Tanager TE Tachyphonus rufus Masked Crimson Tanager CO CY Ramphocelus nigrogularis Silver-beaked Tanager TE UL CO LA RF Ramphocelus carbo Lemon-rumped Tanager TA MI Ramphocelus icteronotus Blue-grey Tanager MI UL LA Thraupis episcopus Palm Tanager TE CO LA Thraupis palmarum Blue-capped Tanager TA Thraupis cyanocephala Hooded Mountain Tanager TA PB Buthraupis montana Black-chested Mountain Tanager PP Buthraupis eximia Masked Mountain Tanager PP Buthraupis wetmorei Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager PP Anisognathus igniventris Blue-winged Mountain Tanager TA MI PB Anisognathus somptuosus Grass-green Tanager TA MI Chlorornis riefferii Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager PP Dubusia taeniata Fawn-breasted Tanager PB Pipraeidea melanonota Orange-eared Tanager UL RF Chlorochrysa calliparaea Turquoise Tanager TE CO Tangara mexicana Paradise Tanager UL RF Tangara chilensis Green-and-gold Tanager UL Tangara schrankii Golden Tanager TA MI UL RF Tangara arthus Saffron-crowned Tanager MI Tangara xanthocephala Golden-eared Tanager RF Tangara chrysotis Flame-faced Tanager TA Tangara parzudakii Yellow-bellied Tanager RF Tangara xanthogastra Rufous-throated Tanager MI Tangara rufigula Bay-headed Tanager MI UL RF Tangara gyrola Golden-naped Tanager TA PB Tangara ruficervix Blue-necked Tanager MI TE UL LA RF Tangara cyanicollis Beryl-spangled Tanager TA MI Tangara nigroviridis Blue-and-black Tanager TA PB HU RF Tangara vassorii Swallow Tanager TA MI TE Tersina viridis Blue Dacnis UL Dacnis cayana Cinereous Conebill PP Conirostrum cinereum Blue-backed Conebill PP PB Conirostrum sitticolor Capped Conebill TA Conirostrum albifrons Giant Conebill PP Oreomanes fraseri Black Flowerpiercer PP PB Diglossa humeralis Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer UL RF Diglossopis glauca Masked Flowerpiercer TA PB Diglossopis cyanea Black-backed Bush Tanager PP Urothraupis stolzmanni Plumbeous Sierra Finch PP Phrygilus unicolor Black-and-white Seedeater TE Sporophila luctuosa Yellow-bellied Seedeater TA MI Sporophila nigricollis Chestnut-bellied Seedeater HU TE Sporophila castaneiventris Thick-billed Seed Finch TE CO LA Oryzoborus funereus Plain-colored Seedeater PP Catamenia inornata Dusky Bush Tanager TA Chlorospingus semifuscus Yellow-throated Bush Tanager MI UL Chlorospingus flavigularis Buff-throated Saltator TA Saltator maximus Black-winged Saltator TA MI Saltator atripennis Greyish Saltator TE CO LA Saltator coerulescens