ECUADOR BIRDS
during Focus On Nature Tours 

including tours in the 
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Tinamous to Swifts

Noting those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*).  

1991 thru 2011

(during the months of February, 
 July, & August)


Part 1 of a List of Ecuador Birds 
compiled by Armas Hill,
with some photos.


There have been 18 FONT birding tours in Ecuador,
during which over 1,100 species of birds have cumulatively been seen.


Photo at upper right: A LONG-TAILED POTOO roosting during the day
in the Amazonian Rainforest in eastern Ecuador
(photographed by Alan Brady during a FONT tour) 
A close-up photo of this bird is in the list below.


Link:

Part 2 of this List of Ecuador Birds: Hummingbirds to Flycatchers

Part 3 of this List of Ecuador Birds: Antshrikes to Grosbeaks 


Codes:

Indicating regions visited (as follows):

E:  East of the Andes 
az: Amazonian Ecuador  (including the areas of La Selva & Sacha Lodges along the Rio Napo) 
po: Podocarpus National Park (including the Rio Bombuscara area, near Zamora)
si: the area of "San Isidro" near Cosanga, on the east Andean slope  

W: FOUND WEST OF THE HIGH ANDES 
nm: the areas of Nono Mindo Road and/or Mindo
po: Podocarpus National Park (including near Loja)

H: FOUND IN THE HIGH ANDES (mostly or always).
cu: Cuenca, west into the mountains to El Cajas
po: Podocarpus National Park (including the Cajanuma area)

G: SEEN IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

Codes:

h: heard only
(i): introduced
(t) a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(eE): endemic to Ecuador
(eG): endemic to the Galapagos
(rE):  rare in Ecuador
(n): note, at end of list

(ph): species with a photo in the FONT website 

Updated taxonomy has been incorporated into this list 
A primary source is the "The Birds of Ecuador - Status, Distribution, and Taxonomy"  by Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield.

More than 2,100 birds that have been found during FONT South America Birding Tours (in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, & Venezuela).  


Additional Links:

Mammals of South America  (with some photos)

Butterflies of South America  (with some photos)

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in South America (part 1)

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in South America (part 2)

A Chronological List of all scheduled FONT birding & nature tours

Directory of Photos in this Web-site, in this list & others

Bird-List:

1. Gray Tinamou  _____
   Tinamus tao
   
   
2. Great Tinamou (*)  _____ E,az
   Tinamus major
   
   
3. White-throated Tinamou _____
   Tinamus guttatus
   
   
4. Bartlett's Tinamou (*)  _____ E,az
   Crypturellus bartletti
   
   
5. Highland Tinamou (*)  ______ E,si
   Nothocercus bonapartei
   
   
6. Tawny-breasted Tinamou _____
   Nothocercus julius
   
   
7. Little Tinamou (*) ______ W,E,az,nm
   Crypturellus soui
   
   
8. Brown Tinamou _____
   Crypturellus obsoletus
   
   
9. Undulated Tinamou (*)  _____ E,az
   Crypturellus undulatus
   
   
10. Cinereous Tinamou (*)  _____ E,az
    Crypturellus cinerens
    
    
11. Berlepsch's Tinamou _____
    Crypturellus berlepschi
    
    
12. Variegated Tinamou (*)  ______ E,az
    Crypturellus variegatus
    
    
13. Curve-billed Tinamou (*)  _____ H
    Nothoprocta curvirostris
    
    
14. Pale-browed Tinamou (nt) (*)  _____ W
    Crypturellus transfasciatus
    
    
15. Tataupa Tinamou _____
    Crypturellus tataupa
    
    
16. Andean Tinamou _____
    Nothoprocta pentlandii 
    
    
17. Speckled Chachalaca (*) _____ E,az
    Ortalis guttata
    
    
18. Rufous-headed Chachalaca (t3) (*) _____ W
    Ortalis erythroptera
    
    
19. Crested Guan (*) (ph) _____ W
    Penelope purpurascens aequatorialis
    
    
20. Bearded Guan (t3) (*) _____ W,po
    Penelope barbata
    
    
21. Spix's Guan (*) _____ E,az
    Penelope jacquacu
    
    
22. Andean Guan (*) _____ W,H,E,nm,si
    Penelope montagnii
    
    
23. Baudo Guan (t3)  _____
    Penelope ortoni
    
    
24. Wattled Guan (nt) (*) _____
    Aburria aburri
    
    
25. Sickle-winged Guan (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
    Chamaepetes goudotii
    
    
26. Common Piping Guan (*) _____ E,az
    Pipile pipile
    
    
27. Salvin's Curassow (*) _____ E,az
    Mitu salvini
    
    
28. Nocturnal Curassow (*) _____ E,az
    Nothocrax urumutum
    
    
29. Great Curassow (nt)  _____
    Crax rubra
    
    
30. Wattled Curassow (t3)  _____
    Crax globulosa
    
    
31. Marbled Wood Quail (*) _____ E,az,po
    Odontophorus gujanensis
    
    
32. Rufous-fronted Wood Quail (*) _____ W
    Odontophorus erythrops
    
    
33. Dark-backed Wood Quail (t3) (*) _____ W,nm
    Odontophorus melanonotus 
    
    
34. Rufous-breasted Wood Quail  _____
    Odontophorus speciosus
    
    
35. Starred Wood Quail  _____
    Odontophorus stellatus
    
    
36. Tawny-faced Quail  _____ 
    Rhynchortyx cinctus 
    
    
37. Horned Screamer (*)  _____ W,E,az
    Anhima cornuta
    
    
38. Fulvous Whistling Duck _____
    Dendrocygna bicolor
    
    
39. Black-bellied Whistling Duck (*) (ph)  _____ W
    Dendrocygna autumnalis
    
    
40. Orinoco Goose  (nt)  _____
    Neochen jubata
    
    
41. Muscovy Duck (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
    Cairina moschata
    
    
42. Andean Teal (*)  _____ H,cu  (regarded as a separate species from the Speckled Teal, Anas flavirostris)
    Anas andium    
    
    
43. White-cheeked Pintail (*)  _____ G,W  (was formerly called Bahama Pintail)
    Anas bahamensis rubrirostris (subspecies in Ecuador)
    
    
44. Yellow-billed Pintail (*)  _____ H
    Anas georgica spinicauda  (the only other subspecies is on South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean) 
    
    
45. Blue-winged Teal (*) (ph)  _____ G,H
    Anas d. discors
    
    
46. Cinnamon Teal _____
    Anas cyanoptera borreroi  (the resident subspecies) 
    
    
47. Southern Pochard  _____
    Netta erythrophthalma
    
    
48. Torrent Duck (*) (ph)   _____ W,H,E,nm,po,si
    Merganetta armata colombiana
    
    
49. Andean Duck (*)  _____ H
    Oxyura ferruginea
    
    
50. Comb Duck (*)  _____ E  (no longer conspecific with what's now the Knob-billed Duck of Africa & Asia)
    Sarkidiornis melanotos 
    
    
51. Masked Duck (*)  _____ W
    Nomonyx dominicys
    
    
52. Galapagos Penguin (t2) (eG) (*)  _____ G
    Spheniscus mendiculus
    
    
53. Humboldt Penguin  (ph)  _____
    Spheniscus humboldti  
    
    
54. Waved Albatross (t3) (n) (*) (ph) _____ G,W
    Phoebastria irrorata
    
    
55. Black-browed Albatross  (nt) (ph)  _____
    Thalassarche melanophris
    
    
56. Cape Petrel  (ph)  _____  (also called Pintado)
    Daption capense
    
    
57. Galapagos Petrel (t1) (eG) (*)  _____ G  (was part of the former Dark-rumped Petrel when it was merged with the Hawaiian Petrel)
    Pterodroma phaeopygia
    
    
58. Black Petrel _____  (has also been called Parkinson's Petrel)
    Procellaria parkinsoni
    
    
59. Pink-footed Shearwater  (nt) (ph)  _____
    Puffinus creatopus
    
    
60. Galapagos Shearwater  (eG) (*)  _____ G  (has been considered part of the Audubon's Shearwater, but genetics have shown it to be more closely related to the Christmas Island Shearwater) 
    Puffinus subalaris  (monotypic)
    
    
61. Wedge-tailed Shearwater (*)  _____ G
    Puffinus pacificus
    
    
62. Sooty Shearwater (*) (ph)  _____ W
    Puffinus griseus
    
    
63. Leach's Storm-Petrel (*)  _____ G
    Oceanodroma leucorhoa
    
    
64. Band-rumped Storm Petrel (*)  _____ G
    Oceanodroma castro
    
    
65. White-vented Storm Petrel (nt) (*)  _____ G  (has also been called Elliot's Storm Petrel)
    Oceanites gracilis
    
    
66. Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel (nt) (*)  _____ G  (has also been called Galapagos Storm Petrel)
    Oceanodroma tethys
    
    
67. White-faced Storm Petrel  (ph)  _____
    Pelagodroma marina
    
    
68. Least Storm Petrel _____
    Oceanodroma microsoma 
    
    
69. Markham's Storm Petrel _____
    Oceandroma markhami
    
    
70. Black Storm Petrel _____
    Oceandroma melania
    
    
71. Hornby's Storm Petrel _____
    Oceanodroma hornbyi  
    
    
72. Least Grebe (*) (ph)   _____ W
    Tachybaptus dominicus
    
    
73. Pied-billed Grebe (*)  _____ W
    Podilymbus podiceps
    
    
74. Silvery Grebe (*)  _____ H
    Podiceps occipitalis 
    
    
75. American Flamingo (*) (ph)  _____ G
    Phoenicopterus ruber
    
    
76. Chilean Flamingo (*) (ph)   _____ W
    Phoenicopterus chilensis 
    
    
77. Glossy Ibis  (rE) (*) (ph)   _____ W
    Plegadis falcinellus
    
    
78. Bare-faced Ibis  (rG) _____
    Phimosus infuscatus
    
    
79. American White Ibis  (ph)   _____
    Eudocimus albus
    
    
80. Green Ibis (*)  _____ E,az
    Mesembrinibis cayennensis
    
    
81. Black-faced Ibis  (ph)   _____
    Theristicus melanopis
    
    
82. Roseate Spoonbill (*) (ph)   _____ E
    Platalea (formerly Ajaia) ajaja
    
    
83. Wood Stork  (ph)   _____
    Mycteria americana 
    
    
84. Cocoi Heron (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az
    Ardea cocoi
    
    
85. Great Blue Heron (rE) (*)  _____ G,W
    Ardea herodias
    
    
86. Little Blue Heron (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az
    Egretta caerulea
    
    
87. Great Egret (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az,po
    Casmerodius (formerly Ardea) alba
    
    
88. Snowy Egret (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az
    Egretta thula
    
    
89. Tricolored Heron (*) (ph)  _____ W
    Egretta tricolor
    
    
90. Striated Heron (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az,po
    Butorides striatus
    
    
91. Green Heron  (rE) _____
    Butorides virescens
    
    
92. Lava Heron (eG) (*)  _____ G  (has also been called Galapagos Heron)
    Butorides sundevalli
    
    
93. Zigzag Heron (*)  _____ E,az
    Zebrilus undulatus
    
    
    
    
    A Zigzag Heron
    (photo by Frank Stermitz)
    
    
94. Western Cattle Egret (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az,nm,si
    Bubulcus ibis
    
    
95. Agami Heron (*) (ph)  _____ E,az  (has also been called Chestnut-bellied Heron)
    Agamia agami
    
    
96. Capped Heron  (ph)  _____
    Pilherodius pileatus 
    
    
97. Black-crowned Night-Heron (*)  _____ W,E
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
98. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
    Nyctanassa violacea
    
    
99. Boat-billed Heron (*) (ph)   ______ E,az
    Cochlearius c. cochlearius 
    
    
100. Rufescent Tiger Heron (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az
     Tigrisoma lineatum
     
     
101. Fasciated Tiger Heron _____
     Tigrisoma fasciatum
     
     
102. Pinnated Bittern  (ph)  _____
     Botaurus pinnatus
     
     
103. Least Bittern (*) (ph)   _____ E
     Ixobrychus exilis 
     
     
104. Red-billed Tropicbird (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
     Phaethon aethereus 
     
     
105. Magnificent Frigatebird (*) (ph)   _____ G,W
     Fregata magnificens
     
     
106. Great Frigatebird (*)  _____ G
     Fregata minor  
     
     
107. Brown Pelican (*) (ph)   _____ G,W
     Pelecanus occidentalis murphyi
     
     
108. Peruvian Pelican (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Pelecanus thagus
     
     
109. Peruvian Booby  _____
     Sula variegata
     
     
110. Blue-footed Booby (*) (ph)   _____ G,W
     Sula nebouxii
     
     
     
     
     Blue-footed Boobies photographed during a FONT tour 
     on the island Isla de la Plata off the west coast of Ecuador 
     (photo by tour participant, Myra Outwater)
     
     
111. Nazca Booby (*) (ph)   _____ G,W  (was part of the Masked Booby)
     Sula granti 
     
     
     
     
     An adult Nazca Booby with its large chick
     in the Galapagos Islands,
     photographed during a FONT tour.  
     
     
112. Red-footed Booby (*) (ph)   _____ G,W
     Sula sula
     
     
113. Brown Booby  (rE) (*)  _____ W
     Sula leucogaster
     
     
114. Neotropic Cormorant (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az
     Phalacrocorax brasilianus
     
     
115. Flightless Cormorant (t2) (eG) (*)  _____ G  (has also been called Galapagos Cormorant)
     Phalacrocorax harrisi
     
     
116. Guanay  Shag  _____
     Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
     
     
117. Anhinga (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Anhinga anhinga 
     
     
118. Andean Condor (*) (ph)   _____ H,cu
     Vultur gryphus
     
     
119. King Vulture (*) (ph)   _____ E,az
     Sarcoramphus papa
     
     
120. Black Vulture (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
     Coragyps atratus
     
     
121. Turkey Vulture (*) (ph)   _____ W,Eaz,nm,po
     Cathartes aura
     
     
122. Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (*)  _____ E,az
     Cathartes melambrotus
     
     
123. Pearl Kite (*)  _____ W
     Gampsonyx swainsonii
     
     
124. White-tailed Kite _____
     Elanus leucurus
     
     
125. Gray-headed Kite (*)  _____ W,E,nm
     Leptodon c. cayanensis
     
     
126. Swallow-tailed Kite (*)  _____ W,E,az,nm,si
     Elanoides forficatus yetapa
     
     
127. Hook-billed Kite (*)  _____ E,az,nm
     Chondrohierax uncinatus
     
     
128. Double-toothed Kite (*)  _____ E,az,nm
     Harpagus bidentatus
     
     
129. Plumbeous Kite (*)  _____ E,az,po
     Ictinia plumbea
     
     
130. Snail Kite (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az
     Rostrhamus sociabilis
     
     
131. Slender-billed Kite (*)  _____ E,az
     Heliocolestes (formerly Rostrhamus) hamatus
     
     
132. Bicolored Hawk (*)  _____ W
     Accipiter bicolor
     
     
133. Gray-bellied Hawk  _____
     Accipiter poliogaster
     
     
134. Tiny Hawk (*)  _____ W,E,nm
     Accipiter superciliosus
     
     
135. Plain-breasted Hawk (*)  _____ H,po,nm
     Accipiter ventralis 
     
     
136. Semicollared Hawk (nt) _____
     Accipiter collaris
     
     
137. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (*) (ph)   _____ H,po
     Geranoaetus melanoleucus
     
     
138. Variable Hawk (*)  _____ W,H,cu,po  (includes the "Puna Hawk" & "Red-backed Hawk")
     Buteo polyosoma
     
     
139. Zone-tailed Hawk (*) (ph)   _____ W
     Buteo albonotatus
     
     
140. Swainson's Hawk (*) (ph)   _____ E
     Buteo swainsoni
     
     
141. Short-tailed Hawk (*) (ph)   _____ W,E
     Buteo brachyurus
     
     
142. Broad-winged Hawk (*)  _____ W,H,E,cu,si
     Buteo platypterus
     
     
143. Roadside Hawk (*) (ph)   _____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
     Buteo magnirostris
     
     
144. White-rumped Hawk (*)  _____ E,si
     Buteo leucorrhous
     
     
145. White-throated Hawk (*)  _____ E
     Buteo albigula
     
     
146. Gray-lined Hawk (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Buteo nitidus 
     
     
147. Galapagos Hawk (t3) (eG) (*)  _____ G
     Buteo galapagoensis
     
     
148. Bay-winged Hawk (*) (ph)  _____ W  (in North America called the Harris's Hawk)
     Parabuteo unicinctus
     
     
149. Black-collared Hawk  (ph)  _____
     Busarellus nigricollis
     
     
150. Gray-backed Hawk (t2) (eE) (*)  _____ W
     Leucopternis occidentalis
     
     
151. White Hawk (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Leucopternis albicollis
     
     
152. Black-faced Hawk (*)  _____ E,az
     Leucopternis melanops
     
     
153. Slate-colored Hawk (*)  _____ E,az
     Leucopternis schistacea
     
     
154. Plumbeous Hawk (nt) _____
     Leucopternis plumbea
     
     
155. Semiplumbeous Hawk  _____
     Leucopternis semiplumbea
     
     
156. Barred Hawk (*)  _____ W,nm  (has also been called the Black-chested Hawk or Prince Hawk)
     Leucopternis princeps
     
     
157. Savanna Hawk (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Buteogallus meridionalis
     
     
158. Great Black Hawk (*) _____ W
     Buteogallus urubitinga
     
     
159. Common Black Hawk (*) _____ W
     Buteogallus anthracinus
     
     
160. Montane Solitary Eagle  _____
     Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
     
     
161. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle  _____
     Spizaetus (formerly Spizastur) melanoleucus
     
     
162. Ornate Hawk-Eagle (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
     Spizaetus ornatus
     
     
163. Black Hawk-Eagle (*) _____ E,az,si
     Spizaetus tyrannus
     
     
164. Harpy Eagle (nt) (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Harpia harpyja
     
     
165. Crested Eagle (nt) _____
     Morphnus guianensis
     
     
166. Black-and-Chestnut Eagle (nt) (*) _____ W,nm
     Oroaetus isidori  (monotypic) 
     
     
167. Cinereous Harrier (*) _____ H
     Circus cinereus
     
     
168. Crane Hawk (*) (ph)  _____ W,E
     Geranospiza c. caerulescens  (in east Ecuador)
     Geranospiza caerulescens balzarensis  (in west Ecuador) 
     
     
169. Osprey (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Pandion haliaetus carolinensis
     
     
170. Laughing Falcon (*) _____ W,E,az
     Herpetotheres c. cachinnans  (in east Ecuador)
     Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens  (in west Ecuador) 
     
     
171. Barred Forest Falcon (*) _____ W,nm
     Micrastur ruficollis
     
     
172. Lined Forest Falcon (*) _____ E,az
     Micrastur gilvicollis 
     
     
173. Plumbeous Forest Falcon (t3)  _____
     Micrastur plumbeus 
     
     
174. Slaty-backed Forest Falcon (*) _____ E
     Micrastur miraandollei
     
     
175. Collared Forest Falcon  _____
     Micrastur semitorquatus
     
     
176. Buckley's Forest Falcon  _____
     Micrastur buckleyi
     
     
177. Black Caracara (*) _____ E,az
     Daptrius ater
     
     
178. Red-throated Caracara (*) _____ E,az
     Ibycter americanus
     
     
179. Yellow-headed Caracara (*) _____ E,az
     Milvago chimachima
     
     
180. Carunculated Caracara (*) _____ H,cu
     Phalcoboenus carunculatus
     
     
181. Mountain Caracara  _____
     Phalacoboenus megalopterus
     
     
182. Northern Crested Caracara (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Caracara cheriway
     
     
183. Bat Falcon (*) (ph)  _____  W,E,az
     Falco rufigularis
     
     
184. Orange-breasted Falcon  (ph)   _____
     Falco deiroleucus
     
     
185. Aplomado Falcon (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Falco femoralis
     
     
186. Peregrine Falcon  (*) (ph)  _____
     Falco peregrinus 
     
     
187. Merlin (*) (ph)  _____ W,H
     Falco columbarius
     
     
188. American Kestrel (*) (ph)  _____ W,H,nm,po
     Falco sparverius  
     
     
189. Gray-winged Trumpeter (*) _____ E,az
     Psophia crepitans
     
     
190. Limpkin (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Aramus guarauna
     
     
191. Ecuadorian Rail  (*)  _____  W,H  (was said to part of the Virginia Rail of North America & Mexico)  
     Rallus aequatorialis
     
     
192. Blackish Rail  _____
     Pardirallus nigricans
     
     
193. Plumbeous Rail (*) _____ H
     Pardirallus sanguinolentus
     
     
194. Spotted Rail  _____
     Pardirallus maculatus  
     
     
195. Rufous-necked Wood Rail  _____
     Aramides axillaris
     
     
196. Brown Wood Rail  (t3)  _____
     Aramides wolfi
     
     
197. Gray-necked Wood-Rail (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Aramides calopterus
     
     
198. Red-winged Wood Rail  _____
     Aramides calopterus 
     
     
199. White-throated Crake (*) _____ W
     Laterallus albigularis
     
     
200. Rufous-sided Crake  _____
     Laterallus melanophaius
     
     
201. Black-banded Crake  _____
     Laterallus fasciatus
     
     
202. Russet-crowned Crake  _____
     Laterallus viridis
     
     
203. Galapagos Rail  (t3) (eG)  _____
     Laterallus spilonotus
     
     
204. Chestnut-headed Crake (*) _____ E
     Anurolimnas castaneiceps
     
     
205. Gray-breasted Crake  (*) _____
     Laterallus exilis
     
     
206. Uniform Crake  _____
     Amaurolimnas concolor
     
     
207. Sora  _____
     Porzana carolina 
     
     
208. Paint-billed Crake  _____
     Neocrex erythrops
     
     
209. Colombian Crake  _____
     Neocrex colombianus
     
     
210. Andean Coot (*) _____ H,cu  (was called the Slate-colored Coot)
     Fulica ardesiaca
     
     
211. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen)  (*) (ph)  _____ W  (also called Common Moorhen)
     Gallinula chloropus
     
     
212. Purple Gallinule (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Porphyrula martinica
     
     
213. Azure Gallinule (*) _____ E,az
     Porphyrula flavirostris
     
     
214. Sunbittern (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,nm
     Eurypyga helias
     
     
215. Sungrebe  (ph)  _____
     Heliornis fulica
     
     
216. Wattled Jacana (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Jacana jacana
     
     
217. Peruvian Thick-knee  _____
     Burhinus superciliaris  
     
     
218. American Oystercatcher (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Haematopus palliatus
     
     
219. Southern Lapwing (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Vanellus chilensis cayennensis
     
     
220. Pied Plover (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Hoploxypterus (has been Vanellus) cayanus  
     
     
221. Andean Lapwing (*) ______ H
     Vanellus resplendens
     
     
222. Killdeer (*) _____ W
     Charadrius vociferus
     
     
223. Black-bellied Plover  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W,E,az  (also called Grey Plover)
     Pluvialis squatarola
     
     
224. American Golden Plover  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
     Pluvialis dominica
     
     
225. Snowy Plover  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Charadrius nivosus occidentalis
     
     
226. Wilson's Plover  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Charadrius wilsonia beldingi
     
     
227. Semipalmated Plover  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Charadrius semipalmatus 
     
     
228. Collared Plover  (*) _____ W,E,az
     Charadrius collaris  (monotypic)
     
     
229. Ruddy Turnstone  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
     Arenaria interpres
     
     
230. Surfbird  _____
     Aphriza virgata
     
     
231. Solitary Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Tringa solitaria
     
     
232. Lesser Yellowlegs  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Tringa flavipes
     
     
233. Greater Yellowlegs  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Tringa melanoleuca
     
     
234. Spotted Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az,cu,nm
     Actitis macularia
     
     
235. Wandering Tattler  (*) _____ G
     Heteroscelus incanus
     
     
236. Willet  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus
     
     
237. Upland Sandpiper  _____
     Bartramia longicauda
     
     
238. Red Knot  (*) (ph)  _____ G
     Calidris canutus
     
     
239. White-rumped Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Calidris fuscicollis
     
     
240. Least Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
     Calidris minutilla
     
     
241. Baird's Sandpiper  (*) _____ W
     Calidris bairdii
     
     
242. Western Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Calidris mauri
     
     
243. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (*) _____ W
     Calidris pusilla
     
     
244. Pectoral Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Calidris melanotos
     
     
245. Sanderling  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
     Calidris alba
     
     
246. Stilt Sandpiper  _____
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus
     
     
247. Buff-breasted Sandpiper  (ph)   _____
     Tryngites subruficollis
     
     
248. Short-billed Dowitcher  (*) (ph)  _____ W  (There are no confirmed records of Long-billed Dowitcher in Ecuador.)
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
249. Whimbrel  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
     
     
250. Hudsonian Godwit  _____
     Limosa haemastica
     
     
251. South American Snipe  _____
     Gallinago paraguaiae
     
     
252. Noble Snipe  (*) _____ H  (has also been called Paramo Snipe)
     Gallinago nobilis  (monotypic)
     
     
253. Andean Snipe  _____
     Gallinago jamesoni
     
     
254. Imperial Snipe  (nt)  _____
     Gallinago imperialis
     
     
255. Black-necked Stilt  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W
     Himantopus mexicanus
     
     
256. Wilson's Phalarope  (*) _____ W,H
     Phalaropus tricolor
     
     
257. Red-necked Phalarope  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
258. Red Phalarope  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Phalaropus fulicaria
     
     
259. Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe  (*) _____ H
     Attagis gayi
     
     
260. Least Seedsnipe  _____
     Thinocorus rumicivorus
     
     
261. Pomarine Skua  (ph)   _____
     Stercorarius pomarinus
     
     
262. Parasitic Jaeger  (ph)   _____  (also called Arctic Skua, in the Old World)
     Stercorarius parasiticus
     
     
263. Gray Gull  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Larus modestus
     
     
264. Kelp Gull  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Larus dominicanus
     
     
265. Gray-hooded Gull  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) c. cirrocephalus
     
     
266. Andean Gull  (*) _____ H,cu
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) serranus
     
     
267. Lava Gull  (t3) (eG) (*) _____  G
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) fuliginosus  (monotypic) 
     
     
268. Franklin's Gull  (*) (ph)  _____ G
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) pipixcan  (monotypic)
     
     
269. Laughing Gull  (*) (ph)  _____  W
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla  (monotypic)
     
     
270. Sabine's Gull  (ph)   _____
     Xema sabina  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
271. Swallow-tailed Gull  (*) (ph)  _____ G
     Creagrus furcatus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     
     
     Swallow-tailed Gull
     
     
272. Gull-billed Tern  (*) _____ W
     Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica
     
     
273. Large-billed Tern  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Phaetusa simplex
     
     
274. Yellow-billed Tern  (*) _____ E,az  (has also been called Amazon Tern)
     Sternula superciliaris
     
     
275. Peruvian Tern  _____
     Sternula lorata
     
     
276. Royal Tern  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) maxima
     
     
277. Elegant Tern  _____
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans 
     
     
278. Sandwich Tern  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
     
     
279. Common Tern  (*) _____ W
     Sterna hirunda 
     
     
280. Arctic Tern  _____
     Sterna paradisaea
     
     
281. Bridled Tern  (ph)  _____
     S (formerly Sterna) anaethetus
     
     
282. Black Tern  (ph)   _____
     Chlidonias niger
     
     
283. Inca Tern  (ph)  _____
     Larosterna inca
     
     
284. Brown Noddy  (*) _____ G
     Anous stolidus
     
     
285. Black Skimmer  (*) (ph) _____ E,az
     Rynchops niger
     
     
286. Galapagos Dove (eG) (*) _____ G
     Zenaida galapagoensis
     
     
287. Feral Pigeon (i) (*) _____ W,H,E
     Columba livia
     
     
288. Band-tailed Pigeon  (*) (ph)  _____ W,H,E,cu,nm,po,si
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata
     
     
289. Scaled Pigeon  _____
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) speciosa
     
     
290. Pale-vented Pigeon  (*) _____ W,E,az
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) c. cayennensis  (in east Ecuador)
     Patagioenas cayennensis occidentalis  (in west Ecuador)
     
     
291. Maranon Pigeon  (t3) _____  (also called Peruvian Pigeon)
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) oenops  (monotypic)
     
     
292. Ruddy Pigeon  (*) _____ W,E,az,nm
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) subvinacea
     
     
293. Plumbeous Pigeon  (*) _____ W,E,az,nm
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) plumbea
     
     
294. Dusky Pigeon  _____
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) goodsoni
     
     
295. Eared Dove  (*) (ph)  _____ H,cu,nm,po
     Zenaida auriculata
     
     
296. West Peruvian Dove  (*) _____ W  (was part of the White-winged Dove of North & Central America)  
     Zenaida meloda 
     
     
297. Common Ground Dove  (*) (ph)  _____ H
     Columbina passerina quitensis
     
     
298. Plain-breasted Ground Dove  (*) _____ W
     Columbina minuta
     
     
299. Ruddy Ground Dove  (*) _____ E,az
     Columbina talpacoti
     
     
300. Ecuadorian Ground Dove  (*) _____ W
     Columbina buckleyi
     
     
301. Croaking Ground Dove  (*) _____ W,cu,po
     Columbina cruziana  (monotypic)
     
     
302. Black-winged Ground Dove  (*) _____ H
     Metriopelia melanoptera
     
     
303. Blue Ground Dove  (*) _____ W,E,az
     Claravis pretiosa
     
     
304. Maroon-chested Ground Dove  _____
     Claravis mondetoura
     
     
305. White-tipped Dove  (*) _____ W,H,E,az,nm
     Leptotila verrreauxi
     
     
306. Pallid Dove  (*) _____ W
     Leptotila pallida
     
     
307. Gray-fronted Dove  (*) _____ E,az
     Leptotila rufaxilla
     
     
308. Ochre-bellied Dove  (t3)  _____
     Leptotila ochraceiventris
     
     
309. Sapphire Quail-Dove  (*) _____ E,az
     Geotrygon saphirina
     
     
310. Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove  _____
     Geotrygon purpurata 
     
     
311. Olive-backed Quail-Dove  _____
     Geotrygon veraguensis
     
     
312. White-throated Quail-Dove  _____
     Geotrygon frenata 
     
     
313. Ruddy Quail-Dove  (*) _____ E,az
     Geotrygon m. montana
     
     
314. White-throated Quail-Dove  (*) _____ W,E,nm,po,si
     Geotrygon violacea
     
     
315. Blue-and-Yellow Macaw  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Ara ararauna
     
     
316. Military Macaw  (t3)  _____
     Ara m. militaris
     
     
317. Great Green Macaw  (t3) (ph)  _____  (has also been called Buffon's Macaw)
     Ara ambigua
     
     
318. Scarlet Macaw  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Ara m. macao
     
     
319. Red-and-green Macaw  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Ara chloroptera  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Red-and-Green Macaws
     
     
320. Chestnut-fronted Macaw  (*) _____ E,az
     Ara severa castaneifrons
     
     
321. Red-bellied Macaw  (*) _____ E,az
     Orthopsittaca (formerly Ara) manilata
     
     
322. White-eyed Parakeet  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Aratinga leucophthalmus callogenys
     
     
323. Scarlet-fronted Parakeet  (*) _____ W  (has also been called Red-fronted Parakeet, or Conure) 
     Aratinga wagleri
     
     
324. Red-masked Parakeet  (nt) (*) _____ W
     Aratinga erythrogenys  (monotypic)
     
     
325. Dusky-headed Parakeet  (*) _____ E,az
     Aratinga weddellii  (monotypic)
     
     
326. Golden-plumed Parakeet  (t3)   _____
     Leptosittaca branickii
     
     
327. Yellow-eared Parrot  (t1)  _____
     Ognorhynchus icterotis 
     
     
328. El Oro Parakeet (t3) (eE) (*) _____ W
     Pyrrhura orcesi
     
     
329. Maroon-tailed Parakeet  (*) _____ E,az
     Pyrrhura melanura 
     
     
330. White-breasted Parakeet (t3) (eE) (*) _____ E,po  (has also been called White-necked Parakeet)
     Pyrrhura albipectus
     
     
331. Barred Parakeet  (*) _____ W,nm
     Bolborhynchus lineola
     
     
332. Blue-winged Parrotlet  (*) _____ E,az
     Forpus xanthopterygius
     
     
333. Pacific Parrotlet  (*) _____ W,po
     Forpus coelestis
     
     
334. Dusky-billed Parrotlet  (*)   _____  E,az  (has also been called Sclater's Parrotlet)
     Forpus s. sclateri
     
     
335. Gray-cheeked Parakeet  (t2) (*) _____W
     Brotogeris pyrrhopterus
     
     
336. Cobalt-winged Parakeet  (*) _____ E,az
     Brotogeris cyanoptera
     
     
337. Sapphie-rumped Parrotlet  _____
     Touit purpurata 
     
     
338. Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet  _____
     Touit huetii
     
     
339. Blue-fronted Parrotlet  _____
     Touit dilectissima
     
     
340. Spot-winged Parrotlet  (t3)  _____
     Touit stictoptera
     
     
341. Black-headed Parrot  (*) _____ E,az  (has also been called Black-headed Caique)
     Pionites melanocephala
     
     
342. Rose-faced Parrot  _____  (has also been called Beautiful Parrot)
     Pionopsitta pulchra
     
     
343. Saffron-headed Parrot  (t3) _____
     Pionopsitta pyrilia  (monotypic)
     
     
344. Orange-cheeked Parrot  (*) _____ E,az  (has also been called Barraband's Parrot)
     Pionopsitta barrabandi
     
     
345. Red-faced Parrot (t3) (*) _____ H,po
     Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
     
     
346. Short-tailed Parrot  _____
     Graydidasculus brachyurus
     
     
347. Blue-headed Parrot  (*) _____ W,E,az
     Pionus menstruus 
     
     
348. Red-billed Parrot  (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
     Pionus sordidus
     
     
349. White-capped Parrot  (*) _____ E,si
     Pionus seniloides
     
     
350. Bronze-winged Parrot  (*) _____ W,mn
     Pionus chalcopterus
     
     
351. Red-lored Amazon  (*) _____ W
     Amazona autumnalis
     
     
352. Festive Amazon  _____
     Amazona festiva
     
     
353. Yellow-crowned Amazon  (*) _____ E,az
     Amazona ochrocephala
     
     
354. Orange-winged Amazon  (*) _____ E,az
     Amazona amazonica
     
     
355. Scaly-naped Amazon  (*) _____ W,nm,si
     Amazona mercenaria
     
     
356. Mealy Amazon  (*) _____ E,az
     Amazona farinosa
     
     
357. Red-fan Parrot  (ph)  _____
     Deroptyus accitrinus
     
     
358. Hoatzin  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az
     Opisthocomus hoazin
     
     
359. Black-billed Cuckoo  (*) _____ W
     Coccyzus erythropthalmus
     
     
360. Yellow-billed Cuckoo  (*) _____ W
     Coccyzus americanus
     
     
361. Pearly-breasted Cuckoo  _____
     Coccyzus euleri
     
     
362. Dark-billed Cuckoo  (*) _____ G,W
     Coccyzus melacoryphus
     
     
363. Gray-capped Cuckoo  _____
     Coccyzus lansbergi
     
     
364. Squirrel Cuckoo  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
     Piaya cayana
     
     
365. Black-bellied Cuckoo  (*) _____ E
     Piaya melanogaster
     
     
366. Little Cuckoo  (*) _____ W,E
     Coccycua minuta
     
     
367. Greater Ani  (*) _____ E,az
     Crotophaga major
     
     
368. Smooth-billed Ani  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az,nm,po
     Crotophaga ani
     
     
369. Groove-billed Ani  (*) (ph)  _____ G,W,po
     Crotophaga sulcirostris
     
     
370. Striped Cuckoo (*) _____ W,nm
     Tapera naevia
     
     
371. Pheasant Cuckoo  _____
     Dromococcys phasianellus
     
     
372. Pavonine Cuckoo  (*) _____ E
     Dromococcys pavoninus
     
     
373. Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo  _____
     Neomorphus geoffroyi
     
     
374. Banded Ground Cuckoo  (t3)  _____
     Neomorphus radiolosus
     
     
375. Barn Owl  (*) (ph)  _____ G
     Tyto alba
     
     
376. Foothill Screech Owl _____
     Megascops (formerly Otus) roraimae
     
     
377. Choco Screech Owl  _____
     Megascops (formerly Otus) centralis
     
     
378. Tropical Screech Owl  (*) (ph)  _____ E
     Megascops (formerly Otus) choliba crucigerus
     
     
379. West Peruvian Screech Owl  (*) _____ W
     Megascops (formerly Otus) roboratus pacificus
     
     
380. Rufescent Screech Owl  _____
     Megascops (formerly Otus) i. ingens  (on east slope of the Andes)
     Megascops (formerly Otus) ingens colombianus  "Colombian Screech Owl" (nt)  (on the west slope of the Andes)   
     
     
381. Cinnamon Screech Owl  _____
     Megascops (formerly Otus) petersoni
     
     
382. Tawny-bellied Screech Owl  (*) _____ E,az
     Megascops (formerly Otus) w. watsonii
     
     
383. White-throated Screech Owl  _____
     Megascops (formerly Otus) albogularis 
     
     
384. Great Horned Owl  (ph)  _____
     Bubo virginianus nigrescrens  (the darkest of any of the many races) 
     
     
385. Crested Owl  (*) _____ E,az
     Lophostrix cristata
     
     
386. Spectacled Owl  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az
     Pulsatrix perspicillata
     
     
387. Band-bellied Owl  (*) _____ E,si
     Pulsatrix melanota
     
     
388. Andean Pygmy Owl  (*) _____ W,H,nm,po
     Glaucidium jardinii
     
     
389. Cloud Forest Pygmy Owl  (t3)  _____
     Glaucidium nubicola
     
     
390. Central American Pygmy Owl  _____
     Glaucidium griseicps
     
     
391. Subtropical Pygmy Owl  _____
     Glaucidium parkeri
     
     
392. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  (*) (ph)  _____ E,az,po
     Glaucidium brasilianum
     
     
393. Pacific Pygmy Owl  (*) _____ W,po  (was part of the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl) 
     Glaucidium peruanum
     
     
394. Black-and-white Owl  _____
     Strix nigrolineata
     
     
395. Black-banded Owl  (*) _____ E,az
     Strix bubula
     
     
396. Mottled Owl  (*) _____ E,az
     Strix virgata
     
     
397. Rufous-banded Owl  (*) _____ E,si
     Strix albitarsis
     
     
398. Burrowing Owl  (*) (ph)  _____ W,H
     Athene cunicularia
     
     
399. Short-eared Owl  (*) (ph)  _____ G
     Asio flammeus
     
     
400. Stygian Owl  _____
     Asio stygius
     
     
401. Striped Owl  (*) (ph)  _____ W
     Pseudoscops clamator
     
     
402. Buff-fronted Owl  _____
     Aegolius harrisii
     
     
403. Oilbird  _____
     Steatornis carpipensis
     
     
404. Great Potoo  (*) _____ E,az
     Nyctibius g. grandis
     
     
405. Long-tailed Potoo  (*) (ph) _____ E,az
     Nyctibius aethereus longicaudatus
     
     
     
     
     A Long-tailed Potoo roosting during the day in an Amazonian rainforest
     during a FONT tour in Ecuador
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
406. Common Potoo  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az,nm
     Nyctibius griseus 
     
     
407. Andean Potoo  (*) _____ E,si
     Nyctibius maculosus
     
     
408. Rufous Potoo  _____
     Nyctibius bracteatus
     
     
409. Short-tailed Nighthawk  (*) _____ E,az
     Lurocalis semitorquatus
     
     
410. Rufous-bellied Nighthawk  (*) _____ E,si
     Lurocalis rufiventris
     
     
411. Sand-colored Nighthawk  (*) _____ E,az
     Chordeiles rupestris
     
     
412. Common Nighthawk  _____
     Chordeiles minor
     
     
413. Lesser Nighthawk  (*) _____ W
     Chordeiles acutipennis
     
     
414. Band-tailed Nighthawk  _____
     Nyctiprogne leucopyga 
     
     
415. Nacunda Nighthawk  _____
     Podager nacunda
     
     
416. Pauraque  (*) (ph)  _____ W,E,az,nm
     Nyctidromus a. albicollis
     
     
417. Ocellated Poorwill  _____
     Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
     
     
418. Choco Poorwill  (nt)   _____
     Nyctiphrymus rosenbergi
     
     
419. Band-winged Nightjar  (*) _____ H,po
     Caprimulgus longirostris
     
     
420. White-tailed Nightjar  _____
     Caprimulgus cayennensis 
     
     
421. Anthony's Nightjar  (*) _____ W  (has also been called Scrub Nightjar)
     Caprimulgus anthonyi 
     
     
422. Blackish Nightjar  (*) _____ E,az,po
     Caprimulgus nigrescens
     
     
423. Rufous Nightjar  _____
     Caprimulgus rufus 
     
     
424. Ladder-tailed Nightjar  (*) _____ E,az
     Hydropsalis climacocerca
     
     
425. Swallow-tailed Nightjar  (*) _____ H
     Uropsalis segmentata
     
     
426. Lyre-tailed Nightjar  (*) ______ W,nm
     Uropsalis lyra
     
     
427. White-collared Swift  (*) _____ W,H,E,az,nm,po,si
     Streptoprocne zonaris
     
     
428. Chestnut-collared Swift  (*) _____ W,H,E,nm,po
     Cypseloides rutilus
     
     
429. Spot-fronted Swift  _____
     Cypseloides cherriei
     
     
430. White-chested Swift  _____
     Cypseloides lemosi
     
     
431. White-tipped Swift  (*) _____ W,H
     Aeronautes montivagus
     
     
432. Band-rumped Swift  _____
     Chaetura spinicauda
     
     
433. Gray-rumped Swift  (*) _____ W,E,az,nm
     Chaetura cinereiventris
     
     
434. Pale-rumped Swift _____ 
     Chaetura egregia
     
     
435. Chimney Swift  (*) _____
     Chaetura pelagica
     
     
436. Short-tailed Swift  (*) _____ E,az
     Chaetura brachyura
     
     
437. Tumbes Swift  (*)  _____ W  (was part of the Short-tailed Swift) 
     Chaetura ocypetes
     
     
438. Neotropical Palm Swift  (*) _____ E,az
     Tachornis squamata
     
     
439. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift  (*) _____ W,E
     Panyptila cayennensis
     
     

Note (n):

The Waved Albatross only breeds on one island of the Galapagos (Hood) & Isla de la Plata, off the Ecuadorian mainland.