Ecuador Birds
during Focus On Nature Tours
including tours in the
Galapagos Islands
1991 thru 2010
(during the months of February, July, &
August)
Noting those found during
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*).
The following list compiled by Armas Hill.
There have been 18 FONT birding tours in Ecuador,
during which
over 1,100 species of birds have cumulatively been seen.
Photo at right: An Ecuadorian hummingbird called the
SHINING SUNBEAM
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.
A new FONT publication is now available (in 2 parts) listing the more than 2,100 birds
that have been found during FONT South America Birding Tours (in Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, & Venezuela), noting new taxonomy and distribution
information. If you'd wish a copy by mail, please let us know.
Links:
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 upcoming FONT birding & nature tours
Directory of Photos in this Web-site, in this
list & others

Bird-List:
- Gray Tinamou _____
Tinamus tao
- Great Tinamou (*) _____ E,az
Tinamus major
- White-throated Tinamou _____
Tinamus guttatus
- Bartlett's Tinamou (*) _____ E,az
Crypturellus bartletti
- Highland Tinamou (*) ______ E,si
Nothocercus bonapartei
- Tawny-breasted Tinamou _____
Nothocercus julius
- Little Tinamou (*) ______ W,E,az,nm
Crypturellus soui
- Brown Tinamou _____
Crypturellus obsoletus
- Undulated Tinamou (*) _____ E,az
Crypturellus undulatus
- Cinereous Tinamou (*) _____ E,az
Crypturellus cinerens
- Berlepsch's Tinamou _____
Crypturellus berlepschi
- Variegated Tinamou (*) ______ E,az
Crypturellus variegatus
- Curve-billed Tinamou (*) _____ H
Nothoprocta curvirostris
- Pale-browed Tinamou (nt) (*) _____ W
Crypturellus transfasciatus
- Tataupa Tinamou _____
Crypturellus tataupa
- Andean Tinamou _____
Nothoprocta pentlandii
- Speckled Chachalaca (*) _____ E,az
Ortalis guttata
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca (t3) (*) _____ W
Ortalis erythroptera
- Crested Guan (*) (ph) _____ W
Penelope purpurascens aequatorialis
- Bearded Guan (t3) (*) _____ W,po
Penelope barbata
- Spix's Guan (*) _____ E,az
Penelope jacquacu
- Andean Guan (*) _____ W,H,E,nm,si
Penelope montagnii
- Baudo Guan (t3) _____
Penelope ortoni
- Wattled Guan (nt) (*) _____
Aburria aburri
- Sickle-winged Guan (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Chamaepetes goudotii
- Common Piping Guan (*) _____ E,az
Pipile pipile
- Salvin's Curassow (*) _____ E,az
Mitu salvini
- Nocturnal Curassow (*) _____ E,az
Nothocrax urumutum
- Great Curassow (nt) _____
Crax rubra
- Wattled Curassow (t3) _____
Crax globulosa
- Marbled Wood Quail (*) _____ E,az,po
Odontophorus gujanensis
- Rufous-fronted Wood Quail (*) _____ W
Odontophorus erythrops
- Dark-backed Wood Quail (t3) (*) _____ W,nm
Odontophorus melanonotus
- Rufous-breasted Wood Quail _____
Odontophorus speciosus
- Starred Wood Quail _____
Odontophorus stellatus
- Tawny-faced Quail _____
Rhynchortyx cinctus
- Horned Screamer (*) _____ W,E,az
Anhima cornuta
- Fulvous Whistling Duck _____
Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-bellied Whistling
Duck (*) (ph) _____ W
Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Orinoco Goose (nt) _____
Neochen jubata
- Muscovy Duck (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Cairina moschata
- Andean Teal (*) _____ H,cu (regarded as a
separate species from the Speckled Teal, Anas
flavirostris)
Anas andium
- White-cheeked Pintail (*) _____ G,W (was formerly called
Bahama Pintail)
Anas bahamensis rubrirostris
(subspecies in Ecuador)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (*) _____ H
Anas georgica spinicauda (the only other subspecies is on South
Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean)
- Blue-winged Teal (*) (ph) _____ G,H
Anas d. discors
- Cinnamon Teal _____
Anas cyanoptera borreroi (the resident subspecies)
- Southern Pochard _____
Netta erythrophthalma
- Torrent Duck (*) (ph) _____ W,H,E,nm,po,si
Merganetta armata colombiana
- Andean Duck (*) _____ H
Oxyura ferruginea
- Comb Duck (*) _____ E (no longer conspecific
with what's now the Knob-billed Duck
of Africa & Asia)
Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Masked Duck (*) _____ W
Nomonyx dominicys
- Galapagos Penguin (t2) (eG) (*) _____ G
Spheniscus mendiculus
- Humboldt Penguin (ph) _____
Spheniscus humboldti
- Waved Albatross (t3) (n) (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Phoebastria irrorata
- Black-browed Albatross (nt)
(ph) _____
Thalassarche melanophris
- Cape Petrel (ph) _____ (also called
Pintado)
Daption capense
- Galapagos Petrel (t1) (eG) (*) _____
G (was part of the former Dark-rumped
Petrel
when it was merged with the Hawaiian Petrel)
Pterodroma phaeopygia
- Black Petrel _____ (has also been
called Parkinson's Petrel)
Procellaria parkinsoni
- Pink-footed Shearwater (nt)
(ph) _____
Puffinus creatopus
- 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)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (*) _____ G
Puffinus pacificus
- Sooty Shearwater (*) (ph) _____ W
Puffinus griseus
- Leach's Storm-Petrel (*) _____ G
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel (*) _____ G
Oceanodroma castro
- White-vented Storm Petrel (nt) (*) _____
G (has also been called Elliot's Storm
Petrel)
Oceanites gracilis
- Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel (nt) (*) _____ G (has also been called Galapagos Storm
Petrel)
Oceanodroma tethys
- White-faced Storm Petrel (ph)
_____
Pelagodroma marina
- Least Storm Petrel _____
Oceanodroma microsoma
- Markham's Storm Petrel _____
Oceandroma markhami
- Black Storm Petrel _____
Oceandroma melania
- Hornby's Storm Petrel _____
Oceanodroma hornbyi
- Least Grebe (*) (ph) _____ W
Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe (*) _____ W
Podilymbus podiceps
- Silvery Grebe (*) _____ H
Podiceps occipitalis
- American Flamingo (*) (ph) _____ G
Phoenicopterus ruber
- Chilean Flamingo (*) (ph) _____ W
Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Glossy Ibis (rE) (*) (ph) _____ W
Plegadis falcinellus
- Bare-faced Ibis (rG) _____
Phimosus infuscatus
- White Ibis (ph) _____
Eudocimus albus
- Green Ibis (*) _____ E,az
Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Black-faced Ibis (ph) _____
Theristicus melanopis
- Roseate Spoonbill (*) (ph) _____ E
Platalea (formerly Ajaia) ajaja
- Wood Stork (ph) _____
Mycteria americana
- Cocoi Heron (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Ardea cocoi
- Great Blue Heron (rE) (*) _____ G,W
Ardea herodias
- Little Blue Heron (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Egretta caerulea
- Great Egret (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,po
Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Egretta thula
- Tricolored Heron (*) _____ W
Egretta tricolor
- Striated Heron (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,po
Butorides striatus
- Green Heron (rE) _____
Butorides virescens
- Lava Heron (eG) _____ G
(has also been called
Galapagos Heron)
Butorides sundevalli
- Zigzag Heron (*) _____ E,az
Zebrilus undulatus
- Cattle Egret (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm,si
Bubulcus ibis
- Agami
Heron (*) _____ E,az (has also been called Chestnut-bellied Heron)
Agamia agami
- Capped Heron (ph) _____
Pilherodius pileatus
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (*) _____
W,E
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Nyctanassa violacea
- Boat-billed Heron (*) (ph) ______ E,az
Cochlearius c. cochlearius
- Rufescent Tiger Heron (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Tigrisoma lineatum
- Fasciated Tiger Heron _____
Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Pinnated Bittern (ph) _____
Botaurus pinnatus
- Least Bittern (*) (ph) _____ E
Ixobrychus exilis
- Red-billed Tropicbird (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Phaethon aethereus
- Magnificent Frigatebird (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Fregata magnificens
- Great Frigatebird (*) _____ G
Fregata minor
- Brown Pelican (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Pelecanus occidentalis murphyi
- Peruvian Pelican (*) _____ W
Pelecanus thagus
- Peruvian Booby _____
Sula variegata
- 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)
- 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.
- Red-footed Booby (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Sula sula
- Brown Booby (rE) (*) _____ W
Sula leucogaster
- Neotropic Cormorant (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Flightless
Cormorant (t2) (eG) (*) _____ G (has also been called Galapagos
Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax harrisi
- Guanay Shag _____
Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
- Anhinga (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Anhinga anhinga
- Andean Condor (*) (ph) _____ H,cu
Vultur gryphus
- King Vulture (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Sarcoramphus papa
- Black Vulture (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture (*) (ph) _____ W,Eaz,nm,po
Cathartes aura
- Greater Yellow-headed
Vulture (*) _____ E,az
Cathartes melambrotus
- Pearl Kite (*) _____ W
Gampsonyx swainsonii
- White-tailed Kite _____
Elanus leucurus
- Gray-headed Kite (*) _____ W,E,nm
Leptodon c. cayanensis
- Swallow-tailed Kite (*) _____ W,E,az,nm,si
Elanoides forficatus yetapa
- Hook-billed Kite (*) _____ E,az,nm
Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Double-toothed Kite (*) _____ E,az,nm
Harpagus bidentatus
- Plumbeous Kite (*) _____ E,az,po
Ictinia plumbea
- Snail Kite (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Slender-billed Kite (*) _____ E,az
Rostrhamus hamatus
- Bicolored Hawk (*) _____ W
Accipiter bicolor
- Gray-bellied Hawk _____
Accipiter poliogaster
- Tiny Hawk (*) _____ W,E,nm
Accipiter superciliosus
- Plain-breasted Hawk (*) _____ H,po,nm
Accipiter ventralis
- Semicollared Hawk (nt) _____
Accipiter collaris
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (*) (ph) _____
H,po
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Variable Hawk (*)
_____ W,H,cu,po (includes the
"Puna Hawk"
& "Red-backed Hawk")
Buteo polyosoma
- Zone-tailed Hawk (*) (ph) _____ W
Buteo albonotatus
- Swainson's Hawk (*) (ph) _____ E
Buteo swainsoni
- Short-tailed Hawk (*) (ph) _____ W,E
Buteo brachyurus
- Broad-winged Hawk (*) _____ W,H,E,cu,si
Buteo platypterus
- Roadside Hawk (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Buteo magnirostris
- White-rumped Hawk (*) _____ E,si
Buteo leucorrhous
- White-throated Hawk (*) _____ E
Buteo albigula
- Gray-lined Hawk (*) (ph) _____ W
Buteo nitidus
- Galapagos Hawk (t3) (eG) (*) _____ G
Buteo galapagoensis
- Bay-winged Hawk (*) (ph) _____ W
(in North America
called the Harris's Hawk)
Parabuteo unicinctus
- Black-collared Hawk (ph) _____
Busarellus nigricollis
- Gray-backed Hawk (t2) (eE) (*) _____
W
Leucopternis occidentalis
- White Hawk (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Leucopternis albicollis
- Black-faced Hawk (*) _____ E,az
Leucopternis melanops
- Slate-colored Hawk (*) _____ E,az
Leucopternis schistacea
- Plumbeous Hawk (nt) _____
Leucopternis plumbea
- Semiplumbeous Hawk _____
Leucopternis semiplumbea
- Barred Hawk (*) _____ W,nm (has also been
called the Black-chested Hawk
or Prince Hawk)
Leucopternis princeps
- Savanna Hawk (*) (ph) _____ W
Buteogallus meridionalis
- Great Black Hawk (*) _____ W
Buteogallus urubitinga
- Common Black Hawk (*) _____ W
Buteogallus anthracinus
- Montane Solitary Eagle _____
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle _____
Spizastur melanoleucus
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Spaizaetus ornatus
- Black Hawk-Eagle (*) _____ E,az,si
Spizaetus tyrannus
- Harpy Eagle (nt) (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Harpia harpyja
- Crested Eagle (nt) _____
Morphnus guianensis
- Black-and-Chestnut Eagle (nt) (*) _____ W,nm
Oroaetus isidori (monotypic)
- Cinereous Harrier (*) _____ H
Circus cinereus
- Crane Hawk (*) (ph) _____ W,E
Geranospiza c. caerulescens (in east Ecuador)
Geranospiza caerulescens balzarensis (in west Ecuador)
- Osprey (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis
- Laughing Falcon (*) _____ W,E,az
Herpetotheres c. cachinnans (in east Ecuador)
Herpetotheres cachinnans fulvescens (in west Ecuador)
- Barred Forest Falcon (*) _____ W,nm
Micrastur ruficollis
- Lined Forest Falcon (*) _____ E,az
Micrastur gilvicollis
- Plumbeous Forest Falcon (t3) _____
Micrastur plumbeus
- Slaty-backed Forest Falcon (*) _____ E
Micrastur miraandollei
- Collared Forest Falcon _____
Micrastur semitorquatus
- Buckley's Forest Falcon _____
Micrastur buckleyi
- Black Caracara (*) _____ E,az
Daptrius ater
- Red-throated Caracara (*) _____ E,az
Ibycter americanus
- Yellow-headed Caracara (*) _____ E,az
Milvago chimachima
- Carunculated Caracara (*) _____ H,cu
Phalcoboenus carunculatus
- Mountain Caracara _____
Phalacoboenus megalopterus
- Northern Crested Caracara (*) (ph) _____ W
Caracara cheriway
- Bat Falcon (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Falco rufigularis
- Orange-breasted Falcon (ph) _____
Falco deiroleucus
- Aplomado Falcon (*) (ph) _____ W
Falco femoralis
- Peregrine Falcon (*) (ph) _____
Falco peregrinus
- Merlin (*) (ph) _____ W,H
Falco columbarius
- American Kestrel (*) (ph) _____ W,H,nm,po
Falco sparverius
- Gray-winged Trumpeter (*) _____ E,az
Psophia crepitans
- Limpkin (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Aramus guarauna
- Ecuadorian Rail (*)
_____ W,H (was said to part of the Virginia Rail
of North
America & Mexico)
Rallus aequatorialis
- Blackish Rail _____
Pardirallus nigricans
- Plumbeous Rail (*) _____
H
Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Spotted Rail _____
Pardirallus maculatus
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail _____
Aramides axillaris
- Brown Wood Rail (t3) _____
Aramides wolfi
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Aramides calopterus
- Red-winged Wood Rail _____
Aramides calopterus
- White-throated Crake (*) _____ W
Laterallus albigularis
- Rufous-sided Crake _____
Laterallus melanophaius
- Black-banded Crake _____
Laterallus fasciatus
- Russet-crowned Crake _____
Laterallus viridis
- Galapagos Rail (t3) (eG)
_____
Laterallus spilonotus
- Chestnut-headed Crake (*) _____ E
Anurolimnas castaneiceps
- Gray-breasted Crake (*) _____
Laterallus exilis
- Uniform Crake _____
Amaurolimnas concolor
- Sora _____
Porzana carolina
- Paint-billed Crake _____
Neocrex erythrops
- Colombian Crake _____
Neocrex colombianus
- Andean Coot (*) _____ H,cu (was called the
Slate-colored Coot)
Fulica ardesiaca
- Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) (*)
(ph) _____ W
(also called Common
Moorhen)
Gallinula chloropus
- Purple
Gallinule (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Porphyrula martinica
- Azure Gallinule (*) _____ E,az
Porphyrula flavirostris
- Sunbittern (*) (ph) _____ W,E,nm
Eurypyga helias
- Sungrebe (ph) _____
Heliornis fulica
- Wattled Jacana (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Jacana jacana
- Peruvian Thick-knee _____
Burhinus superciliaris
- American Oystercatcher (*) (ph) _____ W
Haematopus palliatus
- Southern Lapwing (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Vanellus chilensis cayennensis
- Pied Plover (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Hoploxypterus
(has been Vanellus) cayanus
- Andean Lapwing (*) ______ H
Vanellus resplendens
- Killdeer (*) _____ W
Charadrius vociferus
- Black-bellied Plover (*) (ph)
_____ G,W,E,az (also called
Grey Plover)
Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden
Plover (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Pluvialis dominica
- Snowy Plover (*) (ph) _____ W
Charadrius nivosus occidentalis
- Wilson's Plover (*) (ph) _____ W
Charadrius wilsonia beldingi
- Semipalmated Plover (*) (ph) _____ W
Charadrius semipalmatus
- Collared Plover (*) _____ W,E,az
Charadrius collaris (monotypic)
- Ruddy Turnstone (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Arenaria interpres
- Surfbird _____
Aphriza virgata
- Solitary Sandpiper (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Yellowlegs (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Tringa flavipes
- Greater Yellowlegs (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Tringa melanoleuca
- Spotted Sandpiper (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,cu,nm
Actitis macularia
- Wandering Tattler (*) _____ G
Heteroscelus incanus
- Willet (*) (ph) _____ W
Tringa
(formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus
- Upland Sandpiper _____
Bartramia longicauda
- Red Knot (*) (ph) _____ G
Calidris canutus
- White-rumped Sandpiper (*)
(ph) _____ E,az
Calidris fuscicollis
- Least Sandpiper (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Calidris minutilla
- Baird's Sandpiper (*) _____ W
Calidris bairdii
- Western Sandpiper (*) (ph) _____ W
Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper (*) _____ W
Calidris pusilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper (*) (ph) _____ W
Calidris melanotos
- Sanderling (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Calidris alba
- Stilt Sandpiper _____
Calidris
(formerly Micropalama) himantopus