Birds of Northwest Ecuador vol II: The Lowlands and Lower Foothills
Olaf Jahn, John V Moore et al
Features 467 separate vocalisations from 253 species found in the humid and wet tropical forests of North-western Ecuador, many of which have never been published.
The goal of this summary version is to present the more often heard, most typical and spectacular bird sounds to the broader public. The area covered belongs to the "Chocó Endemic Area", which extends northward into western Colombia. It supports an exceptionally rich birdlife and the highest number of endemic bird species of any biogeographic region in South America.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | |
| Berlepsch's Tinamou | Crypturellus berlepschi | |
| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | |
| Grey-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | |
| Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | |
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | * |
| Tiny Hawk | Accipiter superciliosus | |
| Bicolored Hawk | Accipiter bicolor | * |
| Semiplumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis semiplumbea | |
| Plumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis plumbea | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus | |
| Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | |
| Red-throated Caracara | Ibycter americanus | |
| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis | |
| Plumbeous Forest-Falcon | Micrastur plumbeus | |
| Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |
| Baudó Guan | Penelope ortoni | |
| Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | |
| Great Curassow | Crax rubra | * |
| Rufous-fronted Woodquail | Odontophorus erythrops | |
| Tawny-faced Quail | Rhynchortyx cinctus | |
| Brown Woodrail | Aramides wolfi | |
| Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor | |
| Grey-breasted Crake | Laterallus exilis | |
| White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis | |
| Scaled Pigeon | Columba speciosa | |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Columba cayennensis | |
| Ruddy Pigeon | Columba subvinacea | |
| Dusky Pigeon | Columba goodsoni | |
| Blue Ground-Dove | Claravis pretiosa | |
| Pallid Dove | Leptotila pallida | |
| Purple-crowned Quail-Dove | Geotrygon purpurata | |
| Olive-backed Quail-Dove | Geotrygon veraguensis | * |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| Great Green Macaw | Ara ambigua | |
| Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severa | |
| Maroon-tailed Conure | Pyrrhura melanura | |
| Rose-faced Parrot | Pionopsitta pulchra | |
| Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | |
| Bronze-winged Parrot | Pionus chalcopterus | |
| Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis | |
| Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
| Banded Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus radiolosus | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Little Cuckoo | Piaya minuta | |
| Chocó Screech-Owl | Otus centralis | |
| Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata | |
| Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | |
| Mottled Owl | Ciccaba virgata | |
| Black-and-white Owl | Ciccaba nigrolineata | |
| Central American Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium griseiceps | |
| Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | |
| Grey Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| Chocó Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi | |
| Bronzy Hermit | Glaucis aenea | * |
| Band-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri | * |
| White-whiskered Hermit | Phaethornis yaruqui | |
| Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis | |
| Tooth-billed Hummingbird | Androdon aequatorialis | |
| Green-crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania fannyi | * |
| Violet-bellied Hummingbird | Damophila julie | * |
| Blue-chested Hummingbird | Polyerata amabilis | |
| Purple-chested Hummingbird | Polyerata rosenbergi | |
| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | |
| Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer | Chalybura urochrysia | * |
| Green-crowned Brilliant | Heliodoxa jacula | * |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Purple-crowned Fairy | Heliothryx barroti | |
| Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon massena | |
| Chocó Trogon | Trogon comptus | |
| Western White-tailed Trogon | Trogon chionurus | |
| Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris | |
| Black-throated Trogon | Trogon rufus | |
| Northern Violaceous Trogon | Trogon caligatus | |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
| Green-and-rufous Kingfisher | Chloroceryle inda | |
| Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum | |
| Rufous Motmot | Baryphthengus martii | |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | |
| Great Jacamar | Jacamerops aureus | |
| White-necked Puffbird | Notharchus macrorhynchos | |
| Black-breasted Puffbird | Notharchus pectoralis | |
| Barred Puffbird | Nystalus radiatus | |
| White-whiskered Puffbird | Malacoptila panamensis | |
| Lanceolated Monklet | Micromonacha lanceolata | |
| Orange-fronted Barbet | Capito squamatus | |
| Five-colored Barbet | Capito quinticolor | |
| Red-headed Barbet | Eubucco bourcierii | |
| Stripe-billed Araçari | Pteroglossus sanguineus | |
| Pale-mandibled Araçari | Pteroglossus erythropygius | |
| Chocó Toucan | Ramphastos brevis | |
| Chestnut-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos swainsonii | |
| Olivaceous Piculet | Picumnus olivaceus | |
| Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani | |
| Scarlet-backed Woodpecker | Veniliornis callonotus | |
| Red-rumped Woodpecker | Veniliornis kirkii | |
| Lita Woodpecker | Piculus litae | |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker | Piculus rubiginosus | |
| Cinnamon Woodpecker | Celeus loricatus | |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |
| Crimson-bellied Woodpecker | Campephilus haematogaster | |
| Guayaquil Woodpecker | Campephilus gayaquilensis | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | |
| Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | Glyphorynchus spirurus | |
| Northern Barred-Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | |
| Black-striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus | |
| Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | |
| Red-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus trochilirostris | |
| Slaty Spinetail | Synallaxis brachyura | |
| Double-banded Greytail | Xenerpestes minlosi | |
| Western Woodhaunter | Hyloctistes virgatus | |
| Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner | Philydor fuscipennis | |
| Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner | Automolus ochrolaemus | |
| Ruddy Foliage-gleaner | Automolus rubiginosus | |
| Tawny-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus mexicanus | |
| Scaly-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus guatemalensis | |
| Plain Xenops | Xenops minutus | |
| Fasciated Antshrike | Cymbilaimus lineatus | |
| Great Antshrike | Taraba major | |
| Western Slaty-Antshrike | Thamnophilus atrinucha | |
| Spot-crowned Antvireo | Dysithamnus puncticeps | |
| Griscom's Antwren | Myrmotherula ignota | |
| Pacific Antwren | Myrmotherula pacifica | |
| Checker-throated Antwren | Myrmotherula fulviventris | |
| White-flanked Antwren | Myrmotherula axillaris | |
| Rufous-winged Antwren | Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus | |
| Dot-winged Antwren | Microrhopias quixensis | |
| Dusky Antbird | Cercomacra tyrannina | |
| Chestnut-backed Antbird | Myrmeciza exsul | |
| Stub-tailed Antbird | Myrmeciza berlepschi | |
| White-cheeked Antbird | Gymnopithys leucaspis | |
| Spotted Antbird | Hylophylax naevioides | |
| Ocellated Antbird | Phaenostictus mcleannani | |
| Black-headed Antthrush | Formicarius nigricapillus | |
| Rufous-crowned Antpitta | Pittasoma rufopileatum | |
| Streak-chested Antpitta | Hylopezus perspicillatus | |
| Sooty-headed Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias griseiceps | |
| Brown-capped Tyrannulet | Ornithion brunneicapillum | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus | |
| Grey Elaenia | Myiopagis caniceps | |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | |
| Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola | |
| Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant | Myiornis atricapillus | |
| Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus | |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | |
| Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum nigriceps | |
| Pacific Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus pacificus | |
| Zimmer's Flatbill | Tolmomyias assimilis | |
| White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | |
| Golden-crowned Spadebill | Platyrinchus coronatus | |
| Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher | Terenotriccus erythrurus | |
| Bearded Flycatcher | Myiobius barbatus | |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | |
| Tufted Flycatcher | Mitrephanes phaeocercus | |
| Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus | |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | |
| Rufous Mourner | Rhytipterna holerythra | |
| Western Sirystes | Sirystes albogriseus | * |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Grey-capped Flycatcher | Myiozetetes granadensis | |
| White-ringed Flycatcher | Conopias albovittata | |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Cinnamon Becard | Pachyramphus cinnamomeus | |
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | |
| Thrush-like Schiffornis | Schiffornis turdinus | |
| Sapayoa | Sapayoa aenigma | |
| Green Manakin | Chloropipo holochlora | |
| White-bearded Manakin | Manacus manacus | |
| Blue-crowned Manakin | Lepidothrix coronata | |
| Red-capped Manakin | Pipra mentalis | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Speckled Mourner | Laniocera rufescens | * |
| Rufous Piha | Lipaugus unirufus | |
| Purple-throated Fruitcrow | Querula purpurata | |
| Long-wattled Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus penduliger | |
| White-thighed Swallow | Neochelidon tibialis | |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | * |
| Band-backed Wren | Campylorhynchus zonatus | |
| Grey-mantled Wren | Odontorchilus branickii | |
| Whiskered Wren | Thryothorus mystacalis | |
| Black-capped Wren | Thryothorus nigricapillus | |
| Stripe-throated Wren | Thryothorus leucopogon | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| White-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucosticta | |
| Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | |
| Song Wren | Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus | |
| Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus | * |
| Dagua Thrush | Turdus daguae | |
| Tawny-faced Gnatwren | Microbates cinereiventris | |
| Straight-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus | |
| Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea | |
| Slate-throated Gnatcatcher | Polioptila schistaceigula | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Slate-colored Seedeater | Sporophila schistacea | |
| Variable Seedeater | Sporophila corvina | * |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | |
| Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta | * |
| Lesser Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | |
| Dull-colored Grassquit | Tiaris obscura | |
| Orange-billed Sparrow | Arremon aurantiirostris | |
| Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris | |
| Slate-colored Grosbeak | Saltator grossus | |
| Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | |
| Blue-black Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa cyanoides | |
| Guira Tanager | Hemithraupis guira | |
| Scarlet-and-white Tanager | Erythrothlypis salmoni | |
| Dusky-faced Tanager | Mitrospingus cassinii | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Lemon-spectacled Tanager | Chlorothraupis olivacea | |
| Scarlet-browed Tanager | Heterospingus xanthopygius | |
| White-shouldered Tanager | Tachyphonus luctuosus | * |
| Tawny-crested Tanager | Tachyphonus delatrii | |
| White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | |
| Lemon-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus icteronotus | |
| Blue-grey Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
| Golden-chested Tanager | Bangsia rothschildi | * |
| Orange-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia saturata | * |
| Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris | |
| Fulvous-vented Euphonia | Euphonia fulvicrissa | |
| White-vented Euphonia | Euphonia minuta | |
| Grey-and-gold Tanager | Tangara palmeri | |
| Blue-whiskered Tanager | Tangara johannae | * |
| Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala | |
| Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola | |
| Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | |
| Blue-necked Tanager | Tangara cyanicollis | |
| Golden-hooded Tanager | Tangara larvata | * |
| Scarlet-breasted Dacnis | Dacnis berlepschi | |
| Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | |
| Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus | * |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | * |
| Swallow Tanager | Tersina viridis | * |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Chocó Warbler | Basileuterus chlorophrys | |
| Buff-rumped Warbler | Basileuterus fulvicauda | |
| Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo | Vireolanius leucotis | |
| Tawny-crowned Greenlet | Hylophilus ochraceiceps | |
| Lesser Greenlet | Hylophilus decurtatus | |
| Chestnut-headed Oropendola | Zarhynchus wagleri | |
| Scarlet-rumped Cacique | Cacicus microrhynchus | |
| Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus | |
| Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Not on Ecuador DVD-ROM |
|---|
| Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus | |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
