Ecuador Birds during Focus On Nature Tours

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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
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (ph) _____
Tryngites subruficollis
Short-billed Dowitcher (*) (ph) _____ W (There are no confirmed records of Long-billed Dowitcher in Ecuador.)
Limnodromus griseus
Whimbrel (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
Hudsonian Godwit _____
Limosa haemastica
South American Snipe _____
Gallinago paraguaiae
Noble Snipe (*) _____ H (has also been called Paramo Snipe)
Gallinago nobilis (monotypic)
Andean Snipe _____
Gallinago jamesoni
Imperial Snipe (nt) _____
Gallinago imperialis
Black-necked Stilt (*) (ph) _____ G,W
Himantopus mexicanus
Wilson's Phalarope (*) _____ W,H
Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked Phalarope (*) (ph) _____ W
Phalaropus lobatus
Red Phalarope (*) (ph) _____ W
Phalaropus fulicaria
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (*) _____ H
Attagis gayi
Least Seedsnipe _____
Thinocorus rumicivorus
Pomarine Skua (ph) _____
Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger (ph) _____ (also called Arctic Skua, in the Old World)
Stercorarius parasiticus
Gray Gull (*) (ph) _____ W
Larus modestus
Kelp Gull (*) (ph) _____ W
Larus dominicanus
Gray-hooded Gull (*) (ph) _____ W
Larus cirrocephalus
Lava Gull (t3) (eG) (*) _____ G
Larus fuliginosus
Andean Gull (*) _____ H,cu
Larus serranus
Franklin's Gull (*) (ph) _____ G
Larus pipixcan (monotypic)
Laughing Gull (*) (ph) _____ W
Larus atricilla (monotypic)
Sabine's Gull (ph) _____
Xema sabina (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
Swallow-tailed Gull (*) (ph) _____ G
Creagrus furcatus

Swallow-tailed Gull
Gull-billed Tern (*) _____ W
Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica
Large-billed Tern (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Phaetusa simplex
Yellow-billed Tern (*) _____ E,az (has also been called Amazon Tern)
Sternula superciliaris
Peruvian Tern _____
Sternula lorata
Royal Tern (*) (ph) _____ W
Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) maxima
Elegant Tern _____
Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans
Sandwich Tern (*) (ph) _____ W
Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavida
Common Tern (*) _____ W
Sterna hirunda
Arctic Tern _____
Sterna paradisaea
Bridled Tern (ph) _____
S (formerly Sterna) anaethetus
Black Tern (ph) _____
Chlidonias niger
Inca Tern (ph) _____
Larosterna inca
Brown Noddy (*) _____ G
Anous stolidus
Black Skimmer (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Rynchops niger
Galapagos Dove (eG) (*) _____ G
Zenaida galapagoensis
Feral Pigeon (i) (*) _____ W,H,E
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon (*) (ph) _____ W,H,E,cu,nm,po,si
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata
Scaled Pigeon _____
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) speciosa
Pale-vented Pigeon (*) _____ W,E,az
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) c. cayennensis (in east Ecuador)
cayennensis occidentalis (in west Ecuador)
Maranon Pigeon (t3) _____ (also called Peruvian Pigeon)
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) oenops (monotypic)
Ruddy Pigeon (*) _____ W,E,az,nm
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) subvinacea
Plumbeous Pigeon (*) _____ W,E,az,nm
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) plumbea
Dusky Pigeon _____
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) goodsoni
Eared Dove (*) (ph) _____ H,cu,nm,po
Zenaida auriculata
West Peruvian Dove (*) _____ W (was part of the White-winged Dove of North & Central America)
Zenaida meloda
Common Ground Dove (*) (ph) _____ H
Columbina passerina quitensis
Plain-breasted Ground Dove (*) _____ W
Columbina minuta
Ruddy Ground Dove (*) _____ E,az
Columbina talpacoti
Ecuadorian Ground Dove (*) _____ W
Columbina buckleyi
Croaking Ground Dove (*) _____ W,cu,po
Columbina cruziana (monotypic)
Black-winged Ground Dove (*) _____ H
Metriopelia melanoptera
Blue Ground Dove (*) _____ W,E,az
Claravis pretiosa
Maroon-chested Ground Dove _____
Claravis mondetoura
White-tipped Dove (*) _____ W,H,E,az,nm
Leptotila verrreauxi
Pallid Dove (*) _____ W
Leptotila pallida
Gray-fronted Dove (*) _____ E,az
Leptotila rufaxilla
Ochre-bellied Dove (t3) _____
Leptotila ochraceiventris
Sapphire Quail-Dove (*) _____ E,az
Geotrygon saphirina
Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove _____
Geotrygon purpurata
Olive-backed Quail-Dove _____
Geotrygon veraguensis
White-throated Quail-Dove _____
Geotrygon frenata
Ruddy Quail-Dove (*) _____ E,az
Geotrygon m. montana
White-throated Quail-Dove (*) _____ W,E,nm,po,si
Geotrygon violacea
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Ara ararauna
Military Macaw (t3) _____
Ara m. militaris
Great Green Macaw (t3) (ph) _____ (has also been called Buffon's Macaw)
Ara ambigua
Scarlet Macaw (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Ara m. macao
Red-and-green Macaw (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Ara chloroptera (monotypic)

Red-and-Green Macaws
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (*) _____ E,az
Ara severa castaneifrons
Red-bellied Macaw (*) _____ E,az
Orthopsittaca (formerly Ara) manilata
White-eyed Parakeet (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Aratinga leucophthalmus callogenys
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (*) _____ W (has also been called Red-fronted Parakeet, or Conure)
Aratinga wagleri
Red-masked Parakeet (nt) (*) _____ W
Aratinga erythrogenys (monotypic)
Dusky-headed Parakeet (*) _____ E,az
Aratinga weddellii (monotypic)
Golden-plumed Parakeet (t3) _____
Leptosittaca branickii
Yellow-eared Parrot (t1) _____
Ognorhynchus icterotis
El Oro Parakeet (t3) (eE) (*) _____ W
Pyrrhura orcesi
Maroon-tailed Parakeet (*) _____ E,az
Pyrrhura melanura
White-breasted Parakeet (t3) (eE) (*) _____ E,po (has also been called White-necked Parakeet)
Pyrrhura albipectus
Barred Parakeet (*) _____ W,nm
Bolborhynchus lineola
lue-winged Parrotlet (*) _____ E,az
Forpus xanthopterygius
Pacific Parrotlet (*) _____ W,po
Forpus coelestis
Dusky-billed Parrotlet (*) _____ E,az (has also been called Sclater's Parrotlet)
Forpus s. sclateri
Gray-cheeked Parakeet (t2) (*) _____W
Brotogeris pyrrhopterus
Cobalt-winged Parakeet (*) _____ E,az
Brotogeris cyanoptera
Sapphie-rumped Parrotlet _____
Touit purpurata
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet _____
Touit huetii
Blue-fronted Parrotlet _____
Touit dilectissima
Spot-winged Parrotlet (t3) _____
Touit stictoptera
Black-headed Parrot (*) _____ E,az (has also been called Black-headed Caique)
Pionites melanocephala
Rose-faced Parrot _____ (has also been called Beautiful Parrot)
Pionopsitta pulchra
Saffron-headed Parrot (t3) _____
Pionopsitta pyrilia (monotypic)
Orange-cheeked Parrot (*) _____ E,az (has also been called Barraband's Parrot)
Pionopsitta barrabandi
Red-faced Parrot (t3) (*) _____ H,po
Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
Short-tailed Parrot _____
Graydidasculus brachyurus
Blue-headed Parrot (*) _____ W,E,az
Pionus menstruus
Red-billed Parrot (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Pionus sordidus
White-capped Parrot (*) _____ E,si
Pionus seniloides
Bronze-winged Parrot (*) _____ W,mn
Pionus chalcopterus
Red-lored Amazon (*) _____ W
Amazona autumnalis
Festive Amazon _____
Amazona festiva
Yellow-crowned Amazon (*) _____ E,az
Amazona ochrocephala
Orange-winged Amazon (*) _____ E,az
Amazona amazonica
Scaly-naped Amazon (*) _____ W,nm,si
Amazona mercenaria
Mealy Amazon (*) _____ E,az
Amazona farinosa
Red-fan Parrot (ph) _____
Deroptyus accitrinus
Hoatzin (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Opisthocomus hoazin
Black-billed Cuckoo (*) _____ W
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*) _____ W
Coccyzus americanus
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo _____
Coccyzus euleri
Dark-billed Cuckoo (*) _____ G,W
Coccyzus melacoryphus
Gray-capped Cuckoo _____
Coccyzus lansbergi
Squirrel Cuckoo (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Piaya cayana
Black-bellied Cuckoo (*) _____ E
Piaya melanogaster
Little Cuckoo (*) _____ W,E
Coccycua minuta
Greater Ani (*) _____ E,az
Crotophaga major
Smooth-billed Ani (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm,po
Crotophaga ani
Groove-billed Ani (*) (ph) _____ G,W,po
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Striped Cuckoo (*) _____ W,nm
Tapera naevia
Pheasant Cuckoo _____
Dromococcys phasianellus
Pavonine Cuckoo (*) _____ E
Dromococcys pavoninus
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo _____
Neomorphus geoffroyi
Banded Ground Cuckoo (t3) _____
Neomorphus radiolosus
Barn Owl (*) (ph) _____ G
Tyto alba
Foothill Screech Owl _____
Megascops (formerly Otus) roraimae
Choco Screech Owl _____
Megascops (formerly Otus) centralis
Tropical Screech Owl (*) (ph) _____ E
Megascops (formerly Otus) choliba crucigerus
West Peruvian Screech Owl (*) _____ W
Megascops (formerly Otus) roboratus pacificus
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)
Cinnamon Screech Owl _____
Megascops (formerly Otus) petersoni
Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (*) _____ E,az
Megascops (formerly Otus) w. watsonii
White-throated Screech Owl _____
Megascops (formerly Otus) albogularis
Great Horned Owl (ph) _____
Bubo virginianus nigrescrens (the darkest of any of the many races)
Crested Owl (*) _____ E,az
Lophostrix cristata
Spectacled Owl (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Band-bellied Owl (*) _____ E,si
Pulsatrix melanota
Andean Pygmy Owl (*) _____ W,H,nm,po
Glaucidium jardinii
Cloud Forest Pygmy Owl (t3) _____
Glaucidium nubicola
Central American Pygmy Owl _____
Glaucidium griseicps
Subtropical Pygmy Owl _____
Glaucidium parkeri
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (*) (ph) _____ E,az,po
Glaucidium brasilianum
Pacific Pygmy Owl (*) _____ W,po (was part of the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl)
Glaucidium peruanum
Black-and-white Owl _____
Strix nigrolineata
Black-banded Owl (*) _____ E,az
Strix bubula
Mottled Owl (*) _____ E,az
Strix virgata
Rufous-banded Owl (*) _____ E,si
Strix albitarsis
Burrowing Owl (*) (ph) _____ W,H
Athene cunicularia
Short-eared Owl (*) (ph) _____ G
Asio flammeus
Stygian Owl _____
Asio stygius
Striped Owl (*) (ph) _____ W
Pseudoscops clamator
Buff-fronted Owl _____
Aegolius harrisii
Oilbird _____
Steatornis carpipensis
Great Potoo (*) _____ E,az
Nyctibius g. grandis
Long-tailed Potoo (*) _____ E,az
Nyctibius aethereus longicaudatus
Common Potoo (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm
Nyctibius griseus
Andean Potoo (*) _____ E,si
Nyctibius maculosus
Rufous Potoo _____
Nyctibius bracteatus
Short-tailed Nighthawk (*) _____ E,az
Lurocalis semitorquatus
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk (*) _____ E,si
Lurocalis rufiventris
Sand-colored Nighthawk (*) _____ E,az
Chordeiles rupestris
Common Nighthawk _____
Chordeiles minor
Lesser Nighthawk (*) _____ W
Chordeiles acutipennis
Band-tailed Nighthawk _____
Nyctiprogne leucopyga
Nacunda Nighthawk _____
Podager nacunda
Pauraque (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm
Nyctidromus a. albicollis
Ocellated Poorwill _____
Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
Choco Poorwill (nt) _____
Nyctiphrymus rosenbergi
Band-winged Nightjar (*) _____ H,po
Caprimulgus longirostris
White-tailed Nightjar _____
Caprimulgus cayennensis
Anthony's Nightjar (*) _____ W (has also been called Scrub Nightjar)
Caprimulgus anthonyi
Blackish Nightjar (*) _____ E,az,po
Caprimulgus nigrescens
Rufous Nightjar _____
Caprimulgus rufus
Ladder-tailed Nightjar (*) _____ E,az
Hydropsalis climacocerca
Swallow-tailed Nightjar (*) _____ H
Uropsalis segmentata
Lyre-tailed Nightjar (*) ______ W,nm
Uropsalis lyra
White-collared Swift (*) _____ W,H,E,az,nm,po,si
Streptoprocne zonaris
Chestnut-collared Swift (*) _____ W,H,E,nm,po
Cypseloides rutilus
Spot-fronted Swift _____
Cypseloides cherriei
White-chested Swift _____
Cypseloides lemosi
White-tipped Swift (*) _____ W,H
Aeronautes montivagus
Band-rumped Swift _____
Chaetura spinicauda
Gray-rumped Swift (*) _____ W,E,az,nm
Chaetura cinereiventris
Pale-rumped Swift _____
Chaetura egregia
Chimney Swift (*) _____
Chaetura pelagica
Short-tailed Swift (*) _____ E,az
Chaetura brachyura
Tumbes Swift (*) _____ W (was part of the Short-tailed Swift)
Chaetura ocypetes
Neotropical Palm Swift (*) _____ E,az
Tachornis squamata
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (*) _____ W,E
Panyptila cayennensis
Rufous-breasted Hermit (*) _____ E,az
Glaucis hirsuta
Bronzy Hermit _____
Glaucis aenea
Pale-tailed Barbthroat (*) _____ E
Threnetes niger
Band-tailed Barbthroat (*) _____ W
Threnetes ruckeri
White-whiskered Hermit (*) (ph) _____ W
Phaethornis yaruqui

White-whiskered Hermit
Green Hermit (*) _____ E
Phaethornis guy
Tawny-bellied Hermit (*) (ph) _____ W,E,nm,si
Phaethornis syrmatophorus

Tawny-bellied Hermit
Great-billed Hermit (*) _____ E,az (was part of the formerly-expanded Long-tailed Hermit)
Phaethornis malaris
Baron's Hermit (*) _____ W (was part of the formerly-expanded Long-tailed Hermit)
Phaethornis baroni
Straight-billed Hermit (*) _____ E,az
Phaethornis bourcieri
White-bearded Hermit (*) _____ E,az
Phaethornis hispidus
Reddish Hermit (*) _____ E
Phaethornis ruber
Gray-chinned Hermit _____
Phaethornis griseogularis
Stripe-throated Hermit (*) (ph) _____ E,az (was part of the formerly-expanded Little Hermit)
Phaethornis striigularis
Black-throated Hermit _____ (was part of Little Hermit)
Phaethornis atrimentalis
White-tipped Sicklebill (*) (ph) _____ W
Eutoxeres aquila

White-tipped Sicklebill
Buff-tailed Sicklebill _____
Euloxeres condamini
Tooth-billed Hummingbird _____
Androdon aequatorialis
Blue-fronted Lancebill _____
Doryfera johannae
Green-fronted Lancebill (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Doryfera ludovicae
Gray-breasted Sabrewing _____
Campylopterus largipennis
Lazuline Sabrewing _____
Campylopterus falcatus
Napo Sabrewing (nt) _____
Campylopterus villaviscensio
White-necked Jacobin (*) (ph) _____ E,az,nm
Florisuga mellivora
Sparkling Violetear (*) (ph) _____ W,H,cu,nm,po
Colibri c. coruscans
Brown Violetear (*) _____ W,nm
Colibri delphinae
Green Violetear (*) (ph) _____ W,E,nm
Colibri thalassinus cyanotus
Black-throated Mango (*) (ph) _____ W
Anthracothorax n. nigricollis (in east Ecuador)
Anthracothorax nigricollis iridescens (in west Ecuador)
Fiery-billed Awbill _____
Avocettula recurvirostris
Violet-headed Hummingbird _____
Klais guimeti
Spangled Coquette _____
Lophornis stictolophus
Festive Coquette _____
Lophornis chalyheus
Green Thorntail (*) _____ W,nm
Popelairia conversii
Black-bellied Thorntail (*) _____ E
Popelairia langsdorffi
Wire-crested Thorntail (*) _____ E,si
Popelairia popelairii
Blue-chinned Sapphire (*) _____ E
Chlorestes notatus
Blue-tailed Emerald (*) _____ E,az,po
Chlorostilbon mellisugus
Western Emerald (*) _____ W,nm (was part of Blue-tailed Emerald)
Chlorostilbon melanohynchus
Fork-tailed Woodnymph (*) _____ E,az,po
Thalurania furcata
Green-crowned Woodnymph (*) _____ W,nm
Thalurania fannyi
Emerald-bellied Woodnymph _____
Thalurania hypochlora
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (*) _____ W,nm
Amazilia tzacatl
Violet-bellied Hummingbird (*) _____ W
Damophila julie
Rufous-throated Sapphire _____
Hylocharis sapphirina
White-chinned Sapphire _____
Hylocharis cyanus
Blue-headed Sapphire _____
Hylocharis grayi
Humboldt's Sapphire _____
Hylocharis humboldtii
Golden-tailed Sapphire _____
Chrysuronia oenone
Green-tailed Goldenthroat _____
Polytmus theresiae
Glittering-throated Emerald (*) _____ E
Amazilia fimbriata
Blue-chested Hummingbird (*) _____ W
Amazilia amabilis
Purple-chested Hummingbird _____
Amazilia rosenbergi
Loja Hummingbird (*) _____ W,po (was part of the Amazilia Hummingbird)
Amazilia alticola
Many-spotted Hummingbird _____
Taphrospilus hypostictus
Olive-spotted Hummingbird (*) _____ E,az
Leucippus chlorocercus
Tumbes Hummingbird _____
Leucippus baeri
Andean Emerald (*) _____ W,nm
Amazilia franciae
White-vented Plumeleteer (*) _____ W
Chalybura buffonii
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer _____
Chalybura urochrysia
Speckled Hummingbird (*) (ph) _____ W,E,nm,si
Adelomyia melanogenys

Speckled Hummingbird
Gould's Jewelfront (*) _____
Heliodoxa aurescens
Purple-bibbed Whitetip (*) _____ W,nm
Urosticte benjamini
Rufous-vented Whitetip _____
Urosticte ruficrissa
Ecuadorian Piedtail (nt) _____
Phlogophilus hemileucurus
Green-crowned Brilliant (*) _____ W
Heliodoxa jacula jamesoni (this subspecies geographically isolated from others, and nearly endemic to Ecuador)
Fawn-breasted Brilliant (*) _____ W,E,nm,po,si
Heliodoxa rubinoides
Violet-fronted Brilliant (*) _____
Heliodoxa leadbeateri
Empress Brilliant (*) _____ W,nm
Heliodoxa imperatris
Pink-throated Brilliant (nt) _____
Heliodoxa gularis
Black-throated Brilliant _____
Heliodoxa schreibersii
Fiery Topaz _____
Topaza pyra
White-tailed Hillstar (*) _____ W
Urochroa bougueri
Ecuadorian Hillstar (*) _____ H,cu
Oreotrochilus chimborazo
Andean Hillstar _____
Oreotrochilus estella
Giant Hummingbird (*) _____ H,cu
Patagona gigas peruviana
Shining Sunbeam (*) (ph) _____ H,cu,nm,po
Aglaeactis cupripennis
Mountain Velvetbreast (*) _____ H,cu,nm,po
Lafresnaya lafresnayi
Great Sapphirewing (*) _____ H,nm
Pterophanes cyanopterus
Brown Inca (*) _____ W,nm
Coeligena wilsoni
Bronzy Inca (*) _____ E,si
Coeligena coeligena
Collared Inca (*) (ph) _____ W,H,E,nm,po,si
Coeligena t. torquata (in east Ecuador)
Coeligena torquata fulgidigula (in west Ecuador)

Collared Inca
Sword-billed Hummingbird (*) (ph) _____ H,cu,nm
Ensifera ensifera

Sword-billed Hummingbird
Buff-tailed Coronet (*) _____ W,nm
Boissonneaua flavescens
Chestnut-breasted Coronet (*) _____ W,E,si
Boissonneaua matthewsii
Velvet-purple Coronet (*) _____ W
Boissonneaua jardini
Buff-winged Starfrontlet (*) _____ H,po
Coeligena lutetiae
Rainbow Starfrontlet (*) (ph) _____ H,cu,po
Coeligena iris

Rainbow Starfrontlet
Purple-throated Sunangel (*) ______ W,E,cu,po
Heliangelus viola
Amethyst-throated Sunangel (*) _____ E
Heliangelus amethrysticollis
Flame-throated Sunangel _____
Heliangelus micraster
Gorgeted Sunangel (*) (ph) _____ W,nm
Heliangelus strophianus

Gorgeted Sunangel
Tourmaline Sunangel (*) _____ E
Heliangelus exortis
Glowing Puffleg (*) _____ W,E,po
Eriocnemis vestitus
Sapphire-vented Puffleg (*) (ph) _____ H,cu,nm
Eriocnemis luciani

Sapphire-vented Puffleg
Golden-breasted Puffleg (*) _____ H
Eriocnemis mosquera
Black-breasted Puffleg (t1) (eE) (*) _____ H
Eriocnemis nigrivestis
Black-thighed Puffleg (nt) _____
Eriocnemis derbyi
Emerald-bellied Puffleg _____
Eriocnemis alinae
Turquoise-throated Puffleg (t1) _____
Eriocnemis godini
Greenish Puffleg _____
Haplophaedia aureliae
Hoary Puffleg (nt) (*) _____ W
Haplophaedia lugens
Booted Racket-tail (*) _____ W,E,nm
Ocreatus underwoodii
Black-tailed Trainbearer (*) _____ H,cu,nm
Lesbia victoriae
Green-tailed Trainbearer (*) _____ H,cu
Lesbia nuna
Violet-throated Metaltail (t2) (eE) (*) _____ W,cu
Metallura baroni
Viridian Metaltail (*) _____ H,cu,po
Metallura williami
Neblina Metaltail (nt) (*) _____ H,po
Metallura odomae
Tyrian Metaltail (*) _____ H,cu,nm,po
Metallura tyrianthina
Purple-crowned Fairy (*) _____ W
Heliothryx barroti
Black-eared Fairy (*) _____ E
Heliothryx aurita
Long-billed Starthroat (*) _____ W
Heliomaster l. longirostris (in east Ecuador)
Heliomaster longirostris albierissa (in west & far-south Ecuador)
Rufous-capped Thornbill (*) _____ E
Chalcostigma ruficeps
Blue-mantled Thornbill (*) (ph) _____ H,cu
Chalcostigma stanleyi

Blue-mantled Thornbill
Purple-backed Thornbill (*) _____ H,po
Ramphomicron microrhynchum
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (*) _____ H,po
Chalcostigma herrani
Mountain Avocetbill (*) _____
Opisthoprora euryptera
Long-tailed Sylph (*) _____ W,E,po,si
Aglaiocercus kingi
Violet-tailed Sylph (*) _____ W,nm
Aglaiocercus coelestis
Wedge-billed Hummingbird (*) _____ W,nm
Schistes geoffroyi
Amethyst Woodstar _____
Calliphlox amethystina
Purple-throated Woodstar (*) _____ W,nm
Calliphlox mitchellii
Purple-collared Woodstar (*) _____ H,po
Myrtis f. fanny
Short-tailed Woodstar (*) _____ W
Myrmia micrura
White-bellied Woodstar (*) _____ H,W,cu,nm
Chaetocercus mulsant
Little Woodstar (t3) (*) (ph) _____ W
Chaetocercus bombus

A nest of the Little Woodstar (left photo); the bird (in right photo, indicated by an arrow) smaller than the leaves.
During a FONT tour in western Ecuador in July 1997.
The Little Woodstar, a species not commonly seen, is one of the smallest of all hummingbirds.
Gorgeted Woodstar _____
Chaetocercus heliodor
Esmeraldas Woodstar (t2) _____
Chaetocercus berlepschi
Golden-headed Quetzal (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Pharomachrus auriceps
Crested Quetzal (*) _____ W,E,si
Pharomachrus antisianus
Pavonine Quetzal _____
Pharomachrus pavoninus
Slaty-tailed Trogon (*) _____ W
Trogon massena australis
Black-tailed Trogon (*) _____ E,az
Trogon melanurus
Ecuadorian Trogon (*) _____ W
Trogon mesurus
Choco Trogon (*) _____ W (has been called Blue-tailed Trogon, and later White-eyed Trogon)
Trogon comptus
Amazonian White-tailed Trogon (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Trogon viridis
Western White-tailed Trogon (*) _____ W
Trogon chionurus
Collared Trogon (*) _____ W,nm
Trogon collaris
Masked Trogon (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Trogon personatus
Black-throated Trogon (*) _____ W,E,az
Trogon rufus
Blue-crowned Trogon (*) _____ E
Trogon curucui
Violaceous Trogon (*) _____ E,az
Trogon violaceus
Gartered Trogon (ph) _____ (has been part of Violaceous Trogon)
Trogon caligatus
Ringed Kingfisher (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm
Megaceryle torquata
Amazon Kingfisher (*) _____ E,az,po
Chloroceryle amazona
Green Kingfisher (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm
Chloroceryle americana
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher (*) _____ E,az
Chloroceryle inda
American Pygmy Kingfisher (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Chloroceryle aenea
Broad-billed Motmot (*) _____ W,nm
Electron platyhynchum
Rufous Motmot (*) _____ W,nm
Baryphthengus martii
Blue-crowned Motmot (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Momotus momota
Highland Motmot (*) _____ E,si
Momotus aequatorialis
White-eared Jacamar (*) _____ E,az
Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis
Brown Jacamar _____
Brachygalba lugubris
Yellow-billed Jacamar (*) _____ E,az
Galbula albirostris
White-chinned Jacamar (*) _____ E,az
Galbula tombacea
Coppery-chested Jacamar (t3) _____
Galbula pastazae
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (*) (ph) _____ W
Galbula ruficauda melanogenia (this subspecies: the "Black-chinned Jacamar")
Purplish Jacamar (*) _____ E,az
Galbula chalcothorax
Coppery-chested Jacamar (t3) (*) _____ E,po
Galbula pastazae
Great Jacamar (*) _____ E,az
Jacamerops aureus
White-necked Puffbird (*) _____ E,az
Notharchus macrorhynchos
Black-breasted Puffbird _____
Notharchus pectoralis
Pied Puffbird _____
Notharchus tectus picatus (in east Ecuador)
Notharchus tectus subtectus (in west Ecuador)
Chestnut-capped Puffbird _____
Bucco macrodactylus
Spotted Puffbird _____
Bucco tamatia
Collared Puffbird _____
Bucco capensis
White-chested Puffbird (*) _____ E,az
Malacoptila fusca
White-whiskered Puffbird (*) _____ W
Malacoptila panamensis poliopis
Barred Puffbird (*) _____ W
Nystalus radiatus
Striolated Puffbird _____
Nystalus striolatus
Black-streaked Puffbird (*) _____ E,po
Malacoptila fulvogularis
Lanceolated Monklet _____
Micromonacha lanceolata (monotypic)
Brown Nunlet (*) _____ E,az
Nonnula brunnea (monotypic)
Rusty-breasted Nunlet ____
Nonnula rubecula
White-faced Nunbird (*) _____ E,az
Hapaloptila castanea (monotypic)
Black-fronted Nunbird (*) _____ E,az
Monasa n. nigrifrons
White-fronted Nunbird (*) _____ E,az
Monasa morphoeus peruana
Yellow-billed Nunbird (*) _____ E
Monasa flavirostris (monotypic)
Swallow-winged Puffbird (*) _____ E,az
Chelidoptera t. tenebrosa
Scarlet-crowned Barbet (*) _____ E,az
Capito aurovirens (monotypic)
Orange-fronted Barbet (nt) (*) _____ W
Capito squamatus (monotypic)
Five-colored Barbet _____
Capito quinticolor
Gilded Barbet (*) _____ E,az (was part of the Black-spotted Barbet)
Capito auratus
Lemon-throated Barbet (*) _____ E,az
Eubucco richardsoni
Red-headed Barbet (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Eubucco bourcierri orientalis (in east Ecuador)
Eubucco bourcierri aequatorialis (in west Ecuador)
Toucan Barbet (nt) (*) _____ W,nm
Semnornis r. ramphastinus
Emerald Toucanet (*) (ph) _____ E,si
Aulacorhynchus prasinus albivitta (in north Ecuador, with a white throat)
Aulacorhynchus prasinus cyanolaemus (in south Ecuador, with a blue throat)
Chestnut-tipped Toucanet _____
Aulacorhynchus derbianus
Crimson-rumped Toucanet (*) _____ W,nm
Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
Yellow-eared Toucanet _____
Selenidera spectabilis
Golden-collared Toucanet (*) _____ E,az
Selenidera r. reinwardtii
Pale-mandibled Aracari (eE) (*) _____ W,nm
Pteroglossus erythropygius
Stripe-billed Aracari _____
Pteroglossus sanguineus
Many-banded Aracari (*) _____ E,az
Pteroglossus pluricinctus
Lettered Aracari (*) _____ E,az
Pteroglossus inscriptus
Ivory-billed Aracari (*) _____ E,az
Pteroglossus azara flavirostris
Chestnut-eared Aracari _____ E
Pteroglossus castanotis
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (nt) (*) _____ W,nm
Andigena laminirostris
Black-billed Mountain-Toucan (*) _____ E,si
Andigena nigrirostris
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (nt) (*) _____ E,po
Andigena hypoglauca
Channel-billed Toucan (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus (this subspecies was known as the Yellow-ridged Toucan)
Choco Toucan (*) _____ W
Ramphastos brevis
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (*) _____ W (closely related to the Black-mandibled Toucan)
Ramphastos swainsonii (monotypic)
Black-mandibled Toucan _____
Ramphastos ambiguus (monotypic)
White-throated (formerly Cuvier's) Toucan (*) _____ E,az
Ramphastos tucanus cuvieri
Rufous-breasted Piculet _____
Picumnus rufiventris
Ecuadorian Piculet (*) _____ W
Picumnus sclateri
Olivaceous Piculet (*) _____ W
Picumnus olivaceus harterti
Lafresnaye's Piculet (*) _____ E,az,po (this species, in northwest Amazonia, now considered distinct from the Bar-breasted Piculet south of the Amazon)
Picumnus lafresnayi
Andean Flicker (ph) _____
Colaptes rupicola
Spot-breasted Woodpecker _____
Chrysoptilus punctigula
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (*) _____ W,H,E,nm,po,si
Piculus rivolii

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker (*) (ph) _____ W,E,nm
Piculus rubiginosus
Yellow-throated Woodpecker (*) _____ E,az
Piculus flavigula
White-throated Woodpecker _____
Piculus leucolaemus
Lita Woodpecker (nt) _____ (has been considered by some as conspecific with the White-throated Woodpecker)
Piculus litae (monotypic)
Golden-green Woodpecker (*) _____ E
Piculus chrysochloros
Chestnut Woodpecker (*) _____ E,az
Celeus elegans
Scale-breasted Woodpecker (*) _____ E,az
Celeus grammicus
Cinnamon Woodpecker (*) _____ W
Celeus loricatus
Cream-colored Woodpecker (*) _____ E,az
Celeus flavus
Rufous-headed Woodpecker _____
Celeus spectabilis
Ringed Woodpecker _____
Celeus torquatus
Lineated Woodpecker (*) _____ W,E,az
Dryocopus l. lineatus (in east Ecuador)
Dryocopus lineatus fuscipennis (in west Ecuador)
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (*) _____ E,az
Melanerpes cruentatus

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (*) _____ W,nm
Melanerpes pucherani
Smoky-brown Woodpecker (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Veniliornis fumigatus
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (*) _____ W
Veniliornis callonotus
Yellow-vented Woodpecker (*) _____ E,si
Veniliornis dignus
Little Woodpecker (*) _____ E,az
Veniliornis passerinus agilis
Red-stained Woodpecker (*) _____
Veniliornis a. affinis
Choco Woodpecker (nt) _____
Veniliornis chocoensis
Red-rumped Woodpecker (*) _____ W,nm
Veniliornis kirkii
Bar-bellied Woodpecker (*) _____ E,si
Veniliornis nigriceps
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (*) (ph) _____ E,az,si
Campephilus melanoleucos
Guayaquil Woodpecker (nt) (*) _____ W,nm
Campephilus gayaquilensis
Red-necked Woodpecker _____
Campephilus rubricollis
Powerful Woodpecker (*) _____ W,nm
Campephilus pollens
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker (*) _____ E,az
Campephilus haematogaster
Golden-headed Manakin (*) ____ E,az
Pipra erythrocephala
Red-capped Manakin _____
Pipra mentalis
White-crowned Manakin (*) ____ E,az
Dixiphia pipra
Blue-crowned Manakin (*) ____ E,az
Lepidothrix coronata
Wire-tailed Manakin (*) (ph) ____ E,az
Pipra filicauda
Blue-backed Manakin (*) ____ E,az
Chiroxiphia pareola
Blue-rumped Manakin (*) ____ E,po
Lepidothrix isidorei
Golden-winged Manakin (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Masius chrysopterus
White-bearded Manakin (*) ____ W
Manacus manacus
Orange-crested Manakin (eE) (*) ____ E,az
Heterocercus aurantiivertex
Western Striped Manakin (*) ____ E,az
Machaeropterus striolatus
Club-winged Manakin (*) ____ W,nm
Machaeropterus deliciosus
Green Manakin (*) ____ E
Chloropipo holochlora
Jet Manakin ____
Chloropipo unicolor
Yellow-headed Manakin (nt) ____
Chloropipo flavicapilla
Dwarf Tyranneutes (*) ____ E (was called Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin)
Tyanneutes stolzmanni
Wing-barred Piprites (*) ____ E,az
Piprites chloris
Thrush-like Schiffornis (*) ____ W,E
Schiffornis turdinus
Varzea Schiffornis (*) ____ E,az (was called Greater Manakin)
Schiffornis major
Broad-billed Sapayoa (*) ____
Sapayoa aenigma
Andean Laniisoma (t3) (*) _____ (the western population of the former "Shrike-like Cotinga") E
Laniisoma buckleyi
Blue Cotinga ____
Cotinga nattererii
Spangled Cotinga (*) ____ E,az
Cotinga cayana
Plum-throated Cotinga (*) ____ E,az
Cotinga maynana
Purple-throated Cotinga (*) ____ E,az
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
Pompadour Cotinga ____
Xipholena punicea
Black-tipped Cotinga ____ (has also been called White Cotinga)
Carpodestes hopkei
Red-crested Cotinga (*) ____ H,cu,nm
Ampelion rubrocristatus
Chestnut-crested Cotinga ____ (rare and very local in Ecuador)
Ampelion rufaxilla
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga (t3) ____ (described as a new species in 1994)
Doliornis remseni
Green-and-black Fruiteater (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Pipreola riefferii
Barred Fruiteater (*) ____ H,po
Pipreola arcuata
Black-chested Fruiteater ____
Pipreola lubomirskii
Orange-breasted Fruiteater ____
Pipreola jucunda
Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater ____
Pipreola frontalis
Scaled Fruiteater (nt) (*) ____ W,nm
Ampelioides tschudii
Fiery-throated Fruiteater (nt) (*) ____ E,po
Pipreola chlorolepidota
White-browed Purpletuft (*) ____ E,az
Indopleura isabellae
Cinereous Mourner ____
Laniocera hypopyrra
Speckled Mourner ____
Laniocera rufescens
Screaming Piha (*) ____ E,az
Lipaugus vociferans
Dusky Piha (*) ____ E,si
Lipaugus fuscocinereus
Rufous Piha ____
Lipaugus unirufus
Olivaceous Piha (*) ____ W,nm
Lathria cryptolophus
Gray-tailed Piha ____
Lathria subalaris
Yellow-cheeked Becard ____
Pachyramphus xanthogenys
Barred Becard (*) ____ E,po,si
Pachyramphus versicolor
Cinnamon Becard (*) ____ W,nm
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
One-colored Becard (*) ____ W
Platypsaris homochrous
Crested Becard ____
Platypsaris validus
Slaty Becard (t2) (*) ____ W
Pachyramphus spodiurus
Chestnut-crowned Becard ____
Pachyramphus castaneus
Pink-throated Becard (*) ____ E,az
Platypsaris minor
Black-and-white Becard (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Pachyramphus albogriseus
White-winged Becard (*) ____ W,E,az
Pachyramphus polychopterus
Black-capped Becard (*) ____
Pachyramphus marginatus
Black-tailed Tityra (*) ____ E,az,po
Tityra cayana
Masked Tityra (*) ____ W,E,nm,az
Tityra semifasciata
Black-crowned Tityra (*) ____ W,E,az
Tityra inquisitor
Purple-throated Fruitcrow (*) ____ E,az
Querrula purpurata
Bare-necked Fruitcrow (*) ____ E,az
Gymnoderus foetidus
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow ____
Pyroderus scutatus occidentalis
Amazonian Umbrellabird (*) ____ W,az,po
Cephalopterus ornatus
Long-wattled Umbrellabird (t3) (*) ____ W
Cephalopterus penduliger
Black-necked Red Cotinga ____
Phoenicircus nigricollis
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (*) (ph) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Rupicola peruviana
Ringed Antpipit ____ E
Corythopis torquata sarayacuensis
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant (*) _____ H,po
Agriornis montana
White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant (t3) (*) _____ E
Agriornis andicola
Paramo Ground Tyrant (*) _____ H,cu,po (was conspecific with the more-southerly Plain-capped Ground Tyrant)
Muscisaxicola alpina
White-browed Ground Tyrant ____
Muscisaxicola albilora
Spot-billed Ground Tyrant (*) _____ W,po
Muscisaxicola maculirostris
Little Ground Tyrant ____ (rare in Ecuador)
Muscisaxicola fluviatilis
Short-tailed Field Tyrant (*) _____ W
Muscigralla brevicauda
Streak-throated Bush Tyrant (*) _____ H,nm,po
Myiotheretes striaticollis
Smoky Bush Tyrant (*) _____ H,nm,po,si
Myiotheretes fumigatus
Red-rumped Bush Tyrant (*) _____ H,cu
Cnemarchus erythropygius
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (*) _____ H,cu,nm,po
Ochthoeca fumicolor
White-browed Chat-Tyrant ____
Ochthoeca leucophrys
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (*) _____ H,po,si
Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant (*) _____ W,E,nm,po,si
Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
Crowned Chat-Tyrant (*) _____ W,nm,po
Ochthoeca frontalis
Jelski's Chat-Tyrant ____
Ochthoeca jelskiii
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant (*) _____ W,E,nm
Ochthoeca diadema
Black Phoebe (*) _____ W,H,E,cu,nm,po,si
Sayornis nigricans angustirostris
Rufous-tailed Tyrant ____
Knipolegus poecilurus
Riverside Tyrant ____
Knipolegus orenocensis
Amazonian Black Tyrant ____
Knipolegus poecilocercus
Long-tailed Tyrant (*) (ph) _____ E,az,po
Colonia colonus leuconotus (in west Ecuador)
Colonia colonus fuscicapillus (in east Ecuador)
Colonia colonus niveiceps (in far southeast Ecuador, recently noted)
Masked Water-Tyrant (*) _____ W
Fluvicola nengeta atripennis
Vermilion Flycatcher (*) (ph) _____ W,H,po
Pyrocephalus rubinus piurae
Darwin's Flycatcher (*) ____ G (was part of Vermilion Flycatcher)
Pyrocephalus nanus
Drab Water Tyrant (*) _____ E,az
Ochthornis littoralis
Eastern Sirystes (*) _____ E,az
Sirystes sibilator
Western Sirystes ____
Sirystes albogrisens
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (*) (ph) _____ E,az (an austral migrant)
Tyrannus s. savana
Eastern Kingbird (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Tyrannus tyrannus (monotypic)
Tropical Kingbird (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Tyrannus m. melancholicus
Snowy-throated Kingbird (*) _____ W,nm
Tyrannus niveigularis
White-throated Kingbird (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Tyrannus albogularis
Sulphury Flycatcher (*) _____ E,az
Tyrannopsis sulphurea
Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher (*) _____ E
Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocistatus
Variegated Flycatcher (*) _____ E,az
Empidonomus varius
Piratic Flycatcher (*) _____ E,az
Legatus l. leucophaius
Lemon-browed Flycatcher (*) _____ E,po
Conopias cinchoneti
White-ringed Flycatcher ____
Conopias albovittata
Three-striped Flycatcher ____
Conopias trivirgata
Boat-billed Flycatcher (*) _____ W,E,az
Megarynchus pitangua
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (*) _____ E,az
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Streaked Flycatcher (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm
Myiodynastes maculatus
Baird's Flycatcher (*) _____ W
Myiodynastes bairdii
Golden-crowned Flycatcher (*) _____ W,nm
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
Rusty-margined Flycatcher (*) _____ W,nm
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Gray-capped Flycatcher (*) _____ E,az
Myiozetetes grandensis
Social Flycatcher (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm,po
Myiozetetes similis
Dusky-chested Flycatcher (*) _____ E
Myiozetetes luteiventris
Lesser Kiskadee (*) _____ E,az
Philohydor (formerly Pitangus) l. lictor
Great Kiskadee (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Pitangus s. sulphuratus
Bright-rumped Attila (*) (ph) _____ E,az
Attila speadiceus
Citron-bellied Attila ____
Attila citriniventris (monotypic)
Cinnamon Attila (*) _____ E,az
Attila cinnamomeus
Ochraceous Attila (t3) (*) _____ W
Attila torridus
Grayish Mourner ____
Rhytipterna simplex
Rufous Mourner ____
Rhytipterna holerythra
Short-crested Flycatcher (*) _____ E,az
Myiarchus ferox
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (*) _____ W
Myiarchus phaeocephalus
Pale-edged Flycatcher (*) _____ E,si
Myiarchus cephalotes
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Galapagos Flycatcher (eG) (*) ____ G (has also been called Large-billed Flycatcher)
Myiarchus magnirostris
Swainson's Flycatcher (*) _____ E,az
Myiarchus swainsoni
Great Crested Flycatcher (ph) ____
Myiarchus crinitus
Acadian Flycatcher ____
Empidonax virescens
Alder Flycatcher ____
Empidonax alnorum
Willow Flycatcher ____
Empidonax traillii
Eastern Wood Pewee (*) ____ E,az
Contopus virens
Western Wood Pewee (*) ____ W
Contopus sordidulus
Tumbes Pewee (*) ____ W (was part of Tropical Pewee)
Contopus punensis
Blackish Pewee ____
Contopus nigrescens
Smoke-colored Pewee (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Contopus fumigatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher (nt) (*) _____ W,E,si
Contopus cooperi
Northern Tufted Flycatcher _____
Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Cliff Flycatcher (*) (ph) ____ E,po,si
Hirundinea ferruginea sclateri
Cinnamon Flycatcher (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
Flavescent Flycatcher (*) ____ W,E,nm,po
Myiophobus flavicans
Cinnamon Neopipo (*) ____ (was called Cinnamon Tyrant-Manakin, and prior to that Cinnamon Manakin)
Neopipo cinnamomea
Ornate Flycatcher (*) ____ W,nm,po
Myiotriccus ornatus
Orange-crested Flycatcher ____
Myiophobus phoenicomitra
Roraiman Flycatcher ____
Myiophobus roraimae
Olive-chested Flycatcher ____
Myiophobus cryptoxanthus
Handsome Flycatcher (*) ____ E,si
Myiophobus pulcher
Orange-banded Flycatcher (nt) (*) ____
Myiophobus lintoni
Bran-colored Flycatcher (*) ____ W,nm
Myiophobus fasciatus
Brownish Twistwing (*) ____ E
Cnipodectes subbrunneus
Euler's Flycatcher (*) ____ E,az
Lathrotriccus euleri
Fuscous Flycatcher (*) ____ E
Cnemotriccus fuscatus
Gray-breasted Flycatcher (t3) (*) ____ W
Lathrotriccus griseipectus
Tawny-breasted Myiobius (*) ____ W (has been called Tawny-breasted Flycatcher)
Myiobius villosus
Sulphur-rumped Myiobius ____ (has been called Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher)
Myiobius sulphureipygius
Whiskered Myiobius (*) ____ E,az (has been called Whiskered Flycatcher)
Myiobius barbatus
Black-tailed Myiobius (*) ____ W (has been called Black-tailed Flycatcher)
Myiobius atricaudus
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher ____
Tereno triccus erythrurus
Amazonian Royal Flycatcher ____
Onychorhynchus coronatus
Pacific Royal Flycatcher (t3) (*) ____ W
Onychorhynchus occidentalis
White-throated Spadebill (*) ____ W,nm
Platyrinchus mystaceus
Golden-crowned Spadebill ____
Platyrinchus coronatus
Cinnamon-crested Spadebill ____
Platyrinchus saturatus
Yellow-throated Spadebill ____
Platyrinchus flavigularis
White-crested Spadebill ____
Platyrinchus platyrhynchos
Yellow-olive Flatbill (*) ____ W (has been called Yellow-olive Flycatcher)
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Gray-crowned Flatbill (*) ____ E,az (has been called Gray-crowned Flycatcher)
Tolmomyias poliocephalus
Yellow-margined Flatbill (*) ____ E (has been called Yellow-margined Flycatcher)
Tolmomyias flavotectus
Orange-eyed Flatbill ____
Tolmomyias traylori
Zimmer's Flatbill ____ (was part of the Yellow-margined Flycatcher, now Flatbill)
Tolmomyias assimilis
Olive-faced Flatbill (*) ____ (was called Yellow-breasted Flycatcher)
Tolmomyias viridiceps
Pacific Flatbill (*) ____ W,nm (was part of the Eye-ringed Flatbill)
Rhynchocyclus pacificus
Fulvous-breasted Flatbill ____
Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus
Rufous-tailed Flatbill ____
Ramphotrigon ruficauda
Dusky-tailed Flatbill ____
Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
Large-headed Flatbill ____
Ramphotrigon megacephala
Olivaceous Flatbill (*) ____
Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher ____
Poecilotriccus capitalis
Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher ____
Poecilotriccus calopterus
Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher ____
Poecilotriccus latirostris
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (*) ____ W
Todirostrum nigriceps
Common Tody-Flycatcher (*) ____ W,E,az
Todirostrum cinereum peruanum (in east Ecuador)
Todirostrum cinereum sclateri (in west Ecuador)
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (*) ____ E,az
Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
Spotted Tody-Flycatcher (*) ____
Todirostrum maculatum
White-eyed Tody-Tyrant ____ (now considered distinct from the White-bellied Tody-Tyrant, south of the Amazon in Brazil)
Hemitriccus zosterops
Johannes's Tody-Tyrant ____
Hemitriccus iohannis
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant (*) ____
Hemitriccus granadensis
Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant (nt) ____
Hemitriccus rufigularis
Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant (nt) ____
Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher (*) ____ E,si (has also been called Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant)
Poecilotriccus ruficeps
Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant ____
Myiornis ecaudatus
Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant ____
Myiornis atricapillus
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant (*) ____ W,nm
Lophotriccus pileatus
Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant (*) ____ W
Pseudotriccus pelzelni
Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant (*) ____ W
Euscarthmus meloryphus
Double-banded Pygmy Tyrant (*) ____ E,az
Lophotriccus vitosus
Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant (*) ____ E,si
Pseudotriccus ruficeps
Variegated Bristle-Tyrant (*) ____ W,E,si
Pogonotriccus poecilotis
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (*) ____ W
Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant (*) ____ E,po
Pogonotriccus orbitalis
Tufted Tit-Tyrant (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po
Anairetes parulus
Black-crested Tit-Tyrant ____
Anairetes nigrocristatus
Agile Tit-Tyrant (*) ____ W,E
Uromyias agilis
Subtropical Doradito ____
Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant (*) ____ E,az
Stigmatura napensis
Yellow Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,nm
Capsiempis flavgeola
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet (*) ____ E,po (was the Ecuadorian Bristle-Tyrant in the genus Pogonotriccus)
Phylloscartes gualaquizae
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet ____
Phylloscartes superciliaris
River Tyrannulet (*) ____ E,az
Serpophaga hypoleuca
Torrent Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Serpophraga c. cinerea
White-throated Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,H,E,cu,nm,si
Mecocerculus leucophrys
White-banded Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,E,nm,po
Mecocerculus stictopterus
White-tailed Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Mecocerculus poecilocercus
Rufous-winged Tyrannulet ____
Mecocerculus calopterus
Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet (*) ____ E,po,si
Mecocerculus minor
Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher _____
Sublegatus obscurior
Gray Elaenia (*) ____ W,E,si
Myiopagis caniceps
Forest Elaenia _____
Myiopagis gaimardii
Foothill Elaenia _____ (discovered in the early 1990s)
Myiopagis olallai
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (*) (ph) ____ W,E,az
Elaenia flavogaster semipagana
Large Elaenia _____
Elaenia spectabilis (monotypic)
White-crested Elaenia (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po
Elaenia albiceps griseigularis
Mottle-backed Elaenia (*) ____ E,az,po
Elaenia gigas (monotypic)
Highland Elaenia _____
Elaenia o. obscura
Lesser Elaenia _____
Elaenia chiriquensis brachyptera
Small-billed Elaenia _____
Elaenia parvirostris (monotypic)
Yellow-crowned Elaenia (*) ____ E,az
Myiopagis flavivertex
Sierran Elaenia (*) ____ W,nm
Elaenia pallatangae
Greenish Elaenia (*) ____ W
Myiopagis viridicata
Pacific Elaenia (*) ____ W
Myiopagis subplacens (monotypic)
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,E,az,nm
Camptostoma obsoletum
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet _____
Phaeomyias murina
Tumbesian (has been part of Mouse-colored) Tyrannulet (*) ____ W
Phaeomyias tumbezana
Slender-footed Tyrannulet (*) ____ E,az
Zimmerius (formerly Tyranniscus) g. gracilipes
Ashy-headed Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,nm,si
Phyllomyias cinereiceps
White-fronted Tyrannulet _____
Phyllomyias (formerly Acrochordopus) zeledoni
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet _____
Phyllomyias griseiceps
Golden-faced Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,nm
Zimmerius (formerly Tyranniscus) chrysops
Loja Tyrannulet (*) _____ E,po (was part of Golden-faced Tyrannulet)
Zimmerius (formerly Tyranniscus) flavidifrons
Red-billed Tyrannulet _____
Zimmerius cinereicapillus (monotypic)
Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet (*) ____ E,po
Phyllomyias plumbeiceps
Gray-and-white Tyrannulet _____
Pseudelaenia (formerly Phaeomyias) leucospodia
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po
Tyrannulus elatus
White-lored Tyrannulet (*) ____ E
Ornithion inerme (monotypic)
Brown-capped Tyrannulet _____
Ornithion brunneicapillum
Black-capped Tyrannulet (*) ____ E
Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet (*) ____ H
Phyllomyias uropygialis
Rufous-breasted Flycatcher (*) ____ E,si
Leptopogon rufipectus
Slaty-capped Flycatcher (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Leptopogon superciliaris
Sepia-capped Flycatcher (ph) ____
Leptopogon amaurocephalus
Streak-necked Flycatcher (*) ____ W,E,nm
Mionectes striaticollis
Olive-striped Flycatcher (*) ____ W,E,nm
Mionectes olivaceus
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (*) ____ W,E,az
Mionectes oleagineus
Fasciated Antshrike (*) _____ E,az
Cymbilaimus lineatus
Undulated Antshrike (*) _____ E,az
Frederickena unduligera
Barred Antshrike (*) (ph) _____ E,az (a widespread species but rare and local in Ecuador)
Thamnophilus doliatus subradiatus
Lined (formerly part of Chestnut-backed) Antshrike (*) _____ (now distinct from the Chestnut-backed Antshrike)
Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
Great Antshrike (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Taraba major
Collared Antshrike (*) _____ W
Sakesphorus bernardi
Uniform Antshrike (*) _____ W,E,nm
Thamnophilus unicolor
Western Slaty Antshrike (*) _____ W
Thamnophilus atrinucha
Maranon Slaty Antshrike ____
Thamnophilus leucogaster
Chapman's Antshrike ____
Thamnophilus z. zarumae
Cocha Antshrike (nt) (eE) (*) _____ E,az (after being known from only a single female collected in 1926, this species was rediscovered in December 1990)
Thamnophilus praecox
White-shouldered Antshrike (*) _____ E
Thamnophilus aethiops
Castelnau's Antshrike (*) _____ E,az (on islands in the Rio Napo & then lower Rio Aguarico in eastern Ecuador; first reported in Ecuador in February 1985)
Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
Plain-winged Antshrike (*) _____ E,az (has also been called the Black-capped Antshrike)
Thamnophilus schistaceus
Mouse-colored Antshrike (*) _____ E,az
Thamnophilus murinus
Amazonian Antshrike ____
Thamnophilus amazonicus
Spot-winged Antshrike (*) _____ E,az
Pygiptila stellaris
Pearly Antshrike (*) _____ E,az
Megastictus margaritatus
Cinereous Antshrike (*) _____ E,az
Thamnomanes caesius
Russet Antshrike (*) _____ W
Thamnistes anabatinus
Dusky-throated Antshrike (*) _____ E,az
Thamnomanes ardesiacus
Plain Antvireo (*) _____ W
Dysithamnus mentalis
Spot-crowned Antvireo ____
Dysithamnus puncticeps
White-streaked Antvireo ____
Dysithamnus leucostictus
Bicolored Antvireo (t3) ____ (has been called the Western Antshrike)
Dysithamnus occidentalis (has been placed in the genus Thamnomanes; Thamnophilus has also been suggested)
Rufous-tailed Antwren (*) _____ E,az
Mymotherula e. erythrura
Slaty Antwren (*) _____ W,E
Mymotherula schisticolor
Pygmy Antwren (*) _____ E,az
Mymotherula brachyura
Griscom's Antwren ____
Mymotherula ignota
Pacific Antwren (*) _____ W (now considered distinct from the Amazonian Streaked Antwren & the Guianan Streaked Wren)
Mymotherula pacifica
Amazonian Streaked Antwren (*) _____ E,az
Mymotherula multostriata
Short-billed Antwren (*) _____ E,az
Mymotherula obscura
Stripe-chested Antwren ____
Mymotherula longicauda
Plain-throated Antwren (*) _____ E,az
Mymotherula hauxwelli
Checker-throated Antwren ____
Mymotherula fulviventris
Stipple-throated Antwren ____
Mymotherula haematonota
Yasuni Antwren ____ (has been called Brown-backed Antwren, but others also have brown backs)
Mymotherula fjeldsaai
Foothill Antwren ____
Mymotherula spodionota
Ornate Antwren ____
Mymotherula ornata
Dugand's Antwren (*) _____
Herpsilochmus dugandi
White-flanked Antwren (*) _____ W,E,az
Mymotherula axillaris
Long-winged Antwren (*) _____
Mymotherula longipennis
Plain-winged Antwren ____
Mymotherula behni
Dot-winged Antwren (*) _____ W
Microrhopias quixensis
Rio Suno Antwren (*) _____ E
Mymotherula sunensis
Ancient Antwren (nt) ____
Herpsilochmus gentryi
Yellow-breasted Antwren ____
Herpsilochmus axillaris
Rufous-winged Antwren ____
Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
Rufous-rumped Antwren ____
Terenura callinota
Chestnut-shouldered Antwren ____
Terenura humeralis
Ash-winged Antwren (rE) ____ (first reported in Ecuador in July 1991)
Terenura spodioptila
Banded Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Dichrozona cincta stellata
Long-tailed Antbird (*) _____ W,E,si
Drymophila caudata
Striated Antbird (*) _____ E,po
Drymophila devillei
Gray Antwren (*) _____ E,az
Mymotherula menetriesii
Gray Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Cercomacra cinerascens
Dusky Antbird ____
Cercomacra t. tyrannina (Ecuadorian birds were C. t. rufiventris; that subspecies merged.)
Black Antbird (*) _____
Cercomacra serva
Jet Antbird ____
Cercomacra nigricans
White-browed Antbird ____
Myrmoborus leucophrys
Ash-breasted Antbird ____
Myrmoborus lugubris
Black Bushbird ____
Neoctantes niger
White-backed Fire-eye (*) _____ W
Pyriglena leuconota castanoptera (in east Ecuador)
Pyriglena leuconota pacifica (in west Ecuador)
Warbling Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Hypocnemis cantator
Black-and-white Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Myrmochanes hemileucus
Blackish Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Cercomacra nigriscens
Black-faced Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Myrmoborus myotherinus
Yellow-browed Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Hypocnemis hypoxantha
Black-chinned Antbird ____
Hypocnemoides melanopogon
Spotted Antbird ____
Hylophylax n. naevioides
Spot-winged Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Schistocichla leucostigma
Slate-colored Antbird ____
Schistocichla schistacea
Silvered Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Sclateria naevia argentata
Gray-headed Antbird (t3) ____
Myrmeciza griseiceps
Chestnut-tailed Antbird ____
Myrmeciza hemimelaena
Plumbeous Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Myrmeciza hyperythra
White-shouldered Antbird (*) _____ E
Myrmeciza melanoceps
Black-throated Antbird (*) _____ E
Myrmeciza atrothorax
Sooty Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Myrmeciza fortis
Chestnut-backed Antbird (*) _____ W
Myrmeciza exsul
Immaculate Antbird (*) _____ W,nm
Myrmeciza immaculata
Esmeraldas Antbird ____ (it is this species rather than the Dull-mantled Antbird in Ecuador)
Myrmeciza nigricauda (was said to be Sipia rosenbergi)
Stub-tailed Antbird ____
Myrmeciza berlepschi
White-plumed Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Pithys albifrons peruviana
Bicolored ("White-cheeked") Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Gymnopithys leucaspis castanea (in east Ecuador: "White-cheeked Antbird")
Gymnopithys leucaspis aequatorialis (in west Ecuador)
Lunulated Antbird ____
Gymnopithys lunnulata
Dot-backed Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Hylophylax punctulata
Spot-backed Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Hylophylax naevia
Scale-backed Antbird (*) _____ E,az
Hylophylax poecilinota
Hairy-chested Antbird ____
Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
Black-spotted Bare-eye (*) _____ E,az
Phlegopsis nigromaculata
Reddish-winged Bare-eye ____
Phlegopsis erythroptera
Ocellated Antbird ____
Phaenostictus mcleannami
Wing-banded Antbird ____
Myrmornis torquata
Striated Antthrush (*) _____ E,az (has also been called Noble Antthrush)
Chamaeza nobilis rubida
Rufous-capped Antthrush (*) _____ E,az
Formicarius colma nigrifrons
Rufous-breasted Antthrush (*) _____
Formicarius rufipectus
Black-faced Antthrush (*) _____ E,az
Formicarius analis
Black-headed Antthrush (*) _____ W,E,az
Formicarius nigricapillus
Barred Antthrush (*) _____ E,si
Chamaeza m. mollissima
Short-tailed Anthrush ____
Chamaeza campanisona
Rufous-crowned Antpitta (nt) ____
Pittasoma rufopileatum
Giant Antpitta (t2) (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Grallaria g. gigantea (*) (in east Ecuador)
Grallaria gigantea hylodroma (*) ("Pichincha Antpitta")
Scaled Antpitta (*) ____ E
Grallaria guatimalensis
Moustached Antpitta (t2) ____
Grallaria alleni
Plain-backed Antpitta (*) ____ E,po
Grallaria haplonota
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Grallaria ruficapilla
Watkin's Antpitta ____ (now distinct from the Chestnut-crowned Antpitta)
Grallaria watkinsi
Jocotoco Antpitta (t2) ____ (discovered on November 20, 1997)
Grallaria ridgelyi (monotypic)
Chestnut-naped Antpitta (*) ____ H
Grallaria nuchalis
Bicolored Antpitta (t2) ____
Grallaria rufocinerea
White-bellied Antpitta (*) ____
Grallaria hypoleuca
Yellow-breasted Antpitta ____ (considered distinct from the White-bellied Antpitta of east Ecuador; the Yellow-breasted Antpitta is on the west slope of the Andes)
Grallaria flavotincta
Rufous Antpitta (*) ____ W,E,po,si
Grallaria rufula
Ochre-striped Antpitta (*) ____ E,az
Grallaria dignissima
Thrush-like Antpitta (*) ____ E
Myrmothera campanisona signata
Undulated Antpitta (*) ____ W,E,nm
Grallaria squamigera
Tawny Antpitta (*) ____ H,cu,nm,si
Grallaria q. quitensis
Streak-chested Antpitta ____ (has been called Spectacled Antpitta)
Hylopezus (formerly Grallaria) perspicillatus
White-lored Antpitta ____ (now considered distinct from H, dives, the Fulvous-bellied Antpitta of Honduras to western Colombia, that has also been called the Thicket Antpitta)
Hylopezus fulviventris
Ochre-breasted Antpitta ____
Grallaricula flavirostris
Slate-crowned Antpitta (*) ____ E,si
Grallaricula nana
Peruvian Antpitta (nt) ____
Grallaricula peruviana
Crescent-faced Antpitta (nt) ____
Grallaricula lineifrons
Chestnut-crowned Gnateater _____
Conopophaga castaneiceps
Chestnut-belted Gnateater (*) _____
Conopophaga aurita
Ash-throated Gnateater (*) _____ E
Conopophaga peruviana
Elegant Crescentchest (*) _____ W
Melanopareia e. elegans
Maranon Crescentchest (nt) (rE) ____
Melanopareia maranomica
Ash-colored Tapaculo (*) _____ W,E,po,si
Myornis senilis
Rusty-belted Tapaculo (*) _____ E,az
Liosceles thoracicus erithacus
Unicolored Tapaculo (*) _____ H,nm
Scytalopus unicolor
Spillmann's Tapaculo (*) _____ W,nm
Scytalopus spillmanni
Equatorial Rufous-vented Tapaculo (*) _____ E,si
Scytalopus micropteus
Northern White-crowned Tapaculo _____
Scytalopus atratus
Narino Tapaculo (*) ____ H
Scytalopus vicintor
Choco Tapaculo _____
Scytalopus chocoensis
El Oro Tapaculo _____ (species described in 1997)
Scytalopus robbinsi
Chusquea Tapaculo (*) _____ H,po (species described in 1997)
Scytalopus parkeri
Paramo Tapaculo _____ (was formerly part of "Andean Tapaculo")
Scytalopus canus
Ocellated Tapaculo (*) _____ H
Acropternis orthonyx
Slender-billed Miner ____
Geositta tenuirostris
Stout-billed Cinclodes (*) _____ H,cu
Cinclodes excelsior
Bar-winged Cinclodes (*) _____ H,cu
Cinclodes fuscus albidiventris
Pacific Hornero (*) _____ W,cu,nm,po (was part of Pale-legged Hornero)
Furnarius cinnamomeus
Bay Hornero (rE) ____
Furnarius torridus
Lesser Hornero (*) _____ E,az
Furnarius minor
Andean Tit-Spinetail (*) _____ H,cu
Leptasthenura andicola
Azara's Spinetail (*) _____ H,E,cu,nm,po,si
Synallaxis azarae
Slaty Spinetail (*) _____ W,nm
Synallaxis brachyura
Dark-breasted Spinetail (*) _____ E,az
Synallaxis albigularis
Dusky Spinetail (*) _____ E,si
Synallaxis moesta
Plain-crowned Spinetail ____
Synallaxis gujanensis
Maranon Spinetail (t3) ____ (considered distinct from the Plain-crowned Spinetail)
Synallaxis maranonica
Rufous Spinetail (*) _____ H,W,nm
Synallaxis unirufa
Ruddy Spinetail ____
Synallaxis rutilans
Chestnut-throated Spinetail (nt) (rE) ____
Synallaxis cherriei
Necklaced Spinetail (*) _____ W
Synallaxis stictothorax
Red-faced Spinetail (*) _____ W,nm
Cranioleuca erythrops
White-bellied Spinetail (*) _____ E,az
Synallaxis propinqua
Blackish-headed Spinetail (t2) ____
Synallaxis tithys
White-browed Spinetail (*) ______ W,E,po
Hellmayrea gularis
Line-cheeked Spinetail (*) ______ W,H
Cranioleuca antisiensis
Parker's Spinetail (*) ______ E (was part of Rusty-backed Spinetail)
Cranioleuca vulpecula
Ash-browed Spinetail (*) ______ E
Cranioleuca curtata
Speckled Spinetail ____
Cranioleuca gutturata
Mouse-colored Thistletail (*) _____ H
Schizoeaca griseomurina
White-chinned Thistletail (*) _____ H
Schizoeaca fuliginosa
Streak-backed Canastero _____
Asthenes wyatti
Many-striped Canastero (*) _____ H,cu
Asthenes flammulata
Plain Softtail _____
Thripophaga fusciceps
Rufous-fronted Thornbird _____
Phacellodomus rufifrons
Spectacled Prickletail (*) ______
Siptornis striaticollis
Equatorial Graytail (nt) _____
Xenerpestes singularis
Double-banded Graytail ____
Xenerpestes minlosi
Orange-fronted Plushcrown (*) ______ E,az
Metopothrix aurantiacus
Pearled Treerunner (*) ______ W,E,cu,nm,po,si
Margarornis squamiger perlatus
Star-chested Treerunner (nt) _____ (has been called Fulvous-dotted Treerunner)
Margarornis stellatus
Spotted Barbtail (*) ______ E,si
Premnoplex brunnescens
Rusty-winged Barbtail (*) ______ W,E,nm,si
Premnornis g. guttuligera
Streaked Tuftedcheek (*) ______ W,E,nm,po,si
Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
Pacific Tuftedcheek (*) ______ W,nm (was part of Buffy Tuftedcheek)
Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (*) ______ E,az
Berlepschia rikeri (monotypic)
Chestnut-winged Hookbill (*) ______ E
Ancistrops strigilatus
Lineated Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ W,E
Syndactyla subalaris
Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner _____
Syndactyla rufosuperciliata cabanisi
Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner (t3) _____
Syndactyla ruficollis
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ W,nm (has been also called Spectacled Foliage-gleaner)
Anabacerthia variegaticeps
Montane Foliage-gleaner (*) _____
Anabacerthia striaticollis
Eastern Woodhaunter _____
Hyloctistes subulatus
Western Woodhaunter ____
Hyloctistes virgatus
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ W,nm
Philydor rufus
Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner _____
Philydor erythropterus
Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ W (distinct from the Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner)
Philydor fuscipennis
Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner _____
Philydor erythrocercus
Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner _____
Philydor pyrrhodes
Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ E,az
Philydor r. ruficaudatus
Bamboo Foliage-gleaner _____ (has been called Crested Foliage-gleaner, but has no crest; has also been called Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner)
Anabazenops dorsalis
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Automolus ochrolaemus
Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ E,az
Automolus rufipileatus
Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner _____
Automolus melanopezus
Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ E
Automolus infuscatus
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (*) _____ W,E
Automolus rubiginosus
Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner (t3) _____
Hylocryptus erythrocephalus
Flammulated Treehunter (*) ______ W,E,po
Thripadectes flammulatus
Striped Treehunter (*) ______ W,E
Thripadectes holostictus
Streak-capped Treehunter (*) _____ W,nm
Thripadectes virgaticeps
Black-billed Treehunter _____
Thripadectes melanorhynchus
Uniform Treehunter ______
Thripadectes ignobilis
Slender-billed Xenops (*) _____ E,po
Xenops tenuirostris
Plain Xenops (*) _____ W,nm
Xenops minutus
Streaked Xenops (*) _____ W,E
Xenops rutilans
Rufous-tailed Xenops (*) _____ E
Xenops milleri
Tawny-throated Leaftosser _____
Sclerurus mexicanus
Gray-throated Leaftosser _____
Sclerurus albigularis
Short-billed Leaftosser _____
Scleurus rufigularis
Black-tailed Leaftosser (*) _____ E,az
Scleurus caudacutus
Scaly-throated Leaftosser _____
Sclerurus guatemalensis
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper _____
Lochmias nematura
Tyrannine Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Dendrocincla tyrannina
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,E,az,nm
Dendrocincla fuliginosa
White-chinned Woodcreeper _____
Dendrocincla merula
Long-tailed Woodcreeper _____
Deconychura longicauda
Spot-throated Woodcreeper _____
Deconychura stictolaema
Olivaceous Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,E,nm,po
Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus (in east Ecuador)
Sittasomus griseicapillius aequatorialis (in west Ecuador)
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,E,az
Glyphorynchus spirurus
Long-billed Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,az
Nascia longirostris
Straight-billed Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,az
Xiphorhynchus picus
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,az
Dendrexetastes rufigula
Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper _____
Dendrocolaptes certhia
Northern Barred Woodcreeper _____
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Black-banded Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,az
Dendrocolaptes picumnus
Strong-billed Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,E,nm
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
Striped Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,az
Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
Ocellated Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,az,po
Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
Spix's Woodcreeper _____
Xiphorhynchus spixii
Buff-throated Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,az
Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Black-striped Woodcreeper _____
Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
Olive-backed Woodcreeper (*) _____ E,si
Xiphorhynchus triangularis
Spotted Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,E,si
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Streak-headed Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,nm
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Montane Woodcreeper (*) _____ W,E,nm,si (was conspecific with the Spot-crowned Woodcreeper of Central America)
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
Lineated Woodcreeper _____
Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
Greater Scythebill (nt) _____
Campylorhamphus pucherani
Red-billed Scythebill (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris

Red-billed Scythebill
(photo by Andy Smith)
Curve-billed Scythebill _____
Campylorhamphus procurvoides
Brown-billed Scythebill _____
Campylorhamphus pusillus
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (*) ____ W,E,po
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Black-billed Peppershrike (*) ____ E,si
Cyclarhis nigrirostris
Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo (*) ____ W
Vireolanius leucotis
Brown-capped Vireo (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Vireo leucophrys
Yellow-green Vireo (*) ____ E,az
Vireo flavoviridis
Red-eyed Vireo (*) ____ W,E,az,nm
Vireo olivaceus
Rufus-naped Greenlet ____
Hylophilus semibrunneus
Dusky-capped Greenlet ____
Hylophilus hypoxanthus
Olivaceous Greenlet (*) ____ E,az,po,si
Hylophilus olivaceus
Lemon-chested Greenlet ____
Hylophilus thoracicus
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (*) ____ E,az
Hylophilus ochraceiceps
Lesser Greenlet (*) ____ W
Hylophilus decurtatus minor
Turquoise Jay (*) ____ W,cu,nm,po
Cyanolyca turcosa
Beautiful Jay (nt) (*) ____ W,nm
Cyanolyca pulchra
Violaceous Jay (*) ____ E,az
Cyanocorax violaceus
Black-collared Jay (*) ____ E
Cyanolyca armillata
White-tailed Jay (*) ____ W
Cyanocorax mystacalis
Inca Jay (*) ____ E,po,si (was part of the more-northerly Green Jay)
Cyanocorax yncas
Gray-breasted Martin (*) ____ W,E,az,po
Progne chalybea
Brown-chested Martin (*) (ph) ____ W,E,az,po
Progne tapera
White-winged Swallow (*) ____ E,az,po
Tachycineta albiventer
Tumbes Swallow ____ (considered distinct from the more-northerly Mangrove Swallow)
Tachycineta stolzmanni
Brown-bellied Swallow (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po
Notiochelidon murina
Blue-and-white Swallow (*) ____ W,H,E,cu,nm,po,si
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
Pale-footed Swallow (*) ____
Notiochelidon flavipes
White-banded Swallow (*) ____ E,az,po
Atticora fasciata
White-thighed Swallow (*) ____ W
Neochelidon tibialis
Southern Rough-winged Swallow (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Bank Swallow (*) ____ E,az (also called Sand Martin)
Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow (*) (ph) ____ W,E,az
Hirundo rustica
American Cliff Swallow ____
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Chestnut-collared Swallow (*) ____ W,po
Petrochelidon rufocollaris
White-capped Dipper (*) ____ W,E,cu,nm,si
Cinclus leucocephalus leuconotus
Black-capped Donacobius (*) (ph) ____ E,az
Donacobius atricapillus
Thrush-like Wren (*) ____ E,az
Campylorhynchus turdinus
Fasciated Wren (*) ____ W,po
Campylorhynchus fasciatus
Rufous Wren (*) ____ H,E,nm,po,si
Cinnycerthia unirufa
Sepia-brown Wren (*) ____ E,po,si
Cinnycerthia olivascens
Gray-mantled Wren (*) ____
Odontorchilus branickii
Grass Wren (*) ____ H
Cistothorus platensis
Band-backed Wren (*) ____ W
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Plain-tailed Wren (*) ____ H,nm,po,si
Thryothorus euophrys
Whiskered Wren (*) ____ W (was part of Moustached Wren)
Thryothorus mystacalis
Coraya Wren (*) ____ E,az
Thryothorus coraya
Bay Wren (*) ____ W,nm
Thryothorus nigricapillus
Stripe-throated Wren (*) ____ W
Thryothorus leucopogon
Speckle-breasted Wren (*) ____ W
Thryothorus sclateri
Buff-breasted Wren (*) ____ E
Thryothorus leucotis
Superciliated Wren (*) ____ W
Thryothorus superciliaris
"Southern" House Wren (*) (ph) ____ W,E,az,nm,po
Troglodytes aedon albicans
Mountain Wren (*) ____ E,po,si
Troglodytes solstitialis
White-breasted Wood Wren (*) ____ W,E,az,po
Henicorhina leucosticta
Gray-breasted Wood Wren (*) ____ W,nm,po,si
Henicorhina leucophrys
Bar-winged Wood Wren (nt) ____
Henicorhina leucoptera
Chestnut-breasted Wren ____
Cyphorhinus thoracicus
Southern Nightingale Wren (*) ____ W,E,az
Microcerculus marginatus
Musician Wren (*) ____ E
Cyphorhinus arada
Song Wren ____
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Wing-banded Wren ____
Microcerculus bambla albigularis
Long-tailed Mockingbird (*) (ph) ____ W,po
Mimus longicaudatus albogriseus (mainland Ecuador)
Mimus longicaudatus platensis (endemic to the offshore island, Isla de la Plata)

A Long-tailed Mockingbird photographed during a FONT tour in Ecuador;
this bird, of the endemic subspecies on Isla de la Plata
Galapagos Mockingbird (eG) (*) ____ G
Nesomimus parvulus
Hood (Island) Mockingbird (t3) (eG) (*) ____ G
Nesomimus macdonaldi
San Cristobal Mockingbird (eG) (*) ____ G
Nesomimus melanotis
Floreana Mockingbird (t2) (eG) _____ G
Nesomimus trifasciatus
Andean Solitaire (*) ____ W,nm
Myadestes ralloides
Rufous-brown Solitaire _____
Cichlopsis leugenys
Black Solitaire ____
Entomodestes coracinus
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (*) ____ W,nm
Catharus fuscater
Spotted Nightingale-Thrush (*) ____ W
Catharus dryas
Gray-cheeked Thrush ____
Catharus minimus
Swainson's Thrush (*) ____ W,E,po
Catharus ustulatus
Pale-eyed Thrush (*) ____ E,po,si
Platycichla leucops
Great Thrush (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po
Turdus fuscater
Chiquanco Thrush (*) ____ H,cu,po
Turdus chiguanco
Glossy-black Thrush (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Turdus serranus
Plumbeous-backed Thrush (*) ____ W,po
Turdus reevei
Chestnut-bellied Thrush (*) ____ E,si
Turdus fulviventris
Maranon Thrush ____ (first seen in Ecuador in 1986)
Turdus maranonicus
Black-billed Thrush (*) ____E,az,po
Turdus ignobilis
Lawrence's Thrush (*) ____ E,az
Turdus lawrencii
Pale-vented Thrush (*) ____ W
Turdus obsoletus
Hauxwell's Thrush ____ (now distinct from the Cocoa Thrush)
Turdus hauxwelli
Ecuadorian Thrush (*) ____ W (now distinct from the Bare-eyed Thrush)
Turdus maculirostris
White-necked Thrush (*) ____ E (now distinct from the White-throated Thrush of Central America, as is the following species, the Dagua Thrush)
Turdus albicollis
Dagua Thrush ____ (now distinct from both the White-throated Thrush and the White-necked Thrush; it is apparently most closely related to the White-necked Thrush)
Turdus daguae
Andean Slaty Thrush ____
Turdus nigriceps
Tropical Gnatcatcher (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po
Polioptila plumbea
Slate-throated Gnatcatcher ____
Polioptila schistaceigula
Long-billed Gnatwren (*) ____ E,az
Ramphocaenus melanurus
Tawny-faced Gnatwren (*) ____ W
Microbates cinereiventris
Collared Gnatwren ____
Microbates collaris
House Sparrow (i) ____ W (first found in Ecuador in the 1970's; now throughout western Ecuador)
Passer domesticus
Black-headed Munia (i) (*) ____ W (has also been known as the Tricolored, or Chestnut Munia, or Manakin)
Lonchura malacca
Paramo Pipit (*) ____ H
Anthus bogotensis
Hooded Siskin (*) ____ H,cu,nm,si
Carduelis magellanica
Olivaceous Siskin (*) ____ E,si
Carduelis olivacea
Andean Siskin ____
Carduelis spinescens
Yellow-bellied Siskin (*) ____ W
Carduelis xanthogastra
Saffron Siskin (t3) (eE) (*) ____ W
Carduelis siemiradzkii
Lesser Goldfinch (*) ____ E,si
Carduelis psaltria
Blue-naped Chlorophonia (*) ____ E,si
Chlorophonia cyanea
Yellow-collared Chlorophonia (*) ____ W
Chlorophonia flavirostris
Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia (*) ____ E,si
Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
Golden-rumped (formerly part of Blue-hooded) Euphonia (*) ____ W,nm,po,si (was part of the "Blue-hooded Euphonia", along with the now Elegant Euphonia of Central America and the Antillean Euphonia of the West Indies)
Euphonia cyanocephala
Orange-bellied Euphonia (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Euphonia xanthogaster
Orange-crowned Euphonia (*) ____ W
Euphonia saturata
Thick-billed Euphonia (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,si
Euphonia lannirostris
White-lored Euphonia (*) ____ E,az
Euphonia chrysopasta
White-vented Euphonia (*) ____ E
Euphonia minuta
Purple-throated Euphonia ____
Euphonia chlorotica
Fulvous-vented Euphonia ____
Euphonia fulvicrissa
Rufous-bellied Euphonia (*) ____ E,az
Euphonia rufiventris
Bronze-green Euphonia ____
Euphonia mesochrysa
Golden-winged Warbler ____ (The Ecuador reports are the southernmost known for this species.)
Vermivora chrysoptera
Tennessee Warbler (ph) ____ (First reported in Ecuador in February 1980; the Ecuador reports are the southernmost known for this species.)
Vermivora peregrina
Black-and-white Warbler (*) ____ W,nm
Mniotilta varia
Tropical Parula (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Parula pitiayumi
Yellow Warbler (ph) ____
Dendroica aestiva
Mangrove Warbler (*) (ph) ____ G,W (was part of Yellow Warbler)
Dendroica petechia
Black-lored Yellowthroat (*) ____ W,E (was part of Masked Yellowthroat, as were the Chiriqui Yellowthroat of western Panama & adjacent Costa Rica and the Southern Yellowthroat of southern South America)
Geothlypis auricularis
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (*) ____ W,nm
Geothlypis semiflava
Cerulean Warbler ____
Dendroica cerulea
Blackburnian Warbler (*) (ph) ____ W,E,cu,nm,si
Dendroica fusca
Blackpoll Warbler (*) (ph) ____ E
Dendroica striata
Bay-breasted Warbler (rE) ____ (regularly occurs as far south as western Colombia)
Dendroica castanea
Prothonotary Warbler (ph) ____
Protonotaria citrea
Northern Waterthrush (*) ____ W,E,si
Sciurus noveboracensis
Ovenbird (rE) (ph) ____
Sciurus aurocapillus
Mourning Warbler (rE) (ph) ____
Oporornis philadelphia
Canada Warbler (*) (ph) ____ W,E,si
Wilsonia canadensis
American Redstart (*) (ph) ____ W
Setophaga ruticilla
Slate-throated Whitestart (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si (has been called Slate-throated Redstart)
Myioborus miniatus
Spectacled Whitestart (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po (has been called Spectacled Redstart)
Myioborus melanocephalus
Black-crested Warbler (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po,si
Basileuterus nigrocristatus
Citrine Warbler (*) ____ H,po
Basileuterus luteviridis
Choco Warbler (*) ____ W,nm (was part of the Golden-bellied Warbler; distinct from the Cuzco Warbler of the east slope of the Andes in peru)
Basileuterus chlorophrys
Three-banded Warbler (*) ____ W
Basileuterus trifasciatus
Three-striped Warbler (*) ____ W,nm
Basileuterus tristriatus
Russet-crowned Warbler (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Basileuterus coronatus
Gray-and-gold Warbler (*) ____ W
Basileuterus fraseri
Buff-rumped Warbler (*) ____ W
Basileuterus fulvicauda
Shiny Cowbird (*) ____ W,H,E,az,nm,po (has also been called Glossy Cowbird)
Molothrus bonariensis
Giant Cowbird (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,si
Molothrus oryzivorus
Casqued Oropendola (*) ____ E
Clypicterus oseryi
Crested Oropendola (*) (ph) ____ E,az
Psarocolius decumanus
Green Oropendola (*) ____ E
Psarocolius viridis
Russet-backed Oropendola (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Psarocolius angustifrons
Olive Oropendola (*) ____ E,az
Psarocolius yuracares
Chestnut-headed Oropendola _____
Zarhynchus wagleri
Band-tailed Oropendola _____
Ocyalus latirostris
Yellow-rumped Cacique (*) ____ E,az,po
Cacicus cela
Red-rumped Cacique (*) ____ E,po
Cacicus haemorrhous
Scarlet-rumped Cacique (*) ____ W
Cacicus microrhynchus
Subtropical Cacique (*) ____ E,si
Cacicus uropygialis
Northern Mountain Cacique (*) ____ H,E,si
Cacicus leucoramphus
Ecuadorian Cacique (*) ____ E (was called Ecuadorian Black Cacique)
Cacicus sclateri
Yellow-billed Cacique (*) ____ E,si
Amblycercus holosericeus
Solitary Cacique (*) ____ E,az (was called Solitary Black Cacique)
Cacicus solitarius
Scrub Blackbird (*) ____ W
Dives warszewiczi
Great-tailed Grackle (*) (ph) ____ W
Quiscalus mexicanus
Velvet-fronted Grackle (*) ____ E,az
Lampropsar tanagrinus
Pale-eyed Blackbird _____
Agelaius xanthophtthalmus
Moriche Oriole (*) ____ E,az
Icterus chrysocephalus
Orange-backed Troupial (*) ____ E,az (has also been called Orange-backed Oriole; distinct now from the Venezuelan Troupial and the Campo Troupial, both elsewhere in South America; when combined the current 3 troupial species were called "Troupial")
Icterus galbula
Baltimore Oriole (ph) _____ (was called Northern Oriole when it was combined with the Bullock's Oriole of mostly western North America & Mexico)
Icteus galbula
White-edged Oriole (*) ____ W
Icterus graceannae
Yellow-tailed Oriole (*) ____ W
Icterus mesomelas
Oriole Blackbird (*) ____ E,az
Gymnomystax mexicanus
Red-breasted Blackbird (*) ____ E,az
Sturnella militaris
Peruvian Meadowlark (*) ____ W
Sturnella bellicosa
Bobolink (ph) _____
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bananaquit (*) (ph) ____ W,E,az,nm,po
Coereba flaveola
Chestnut-vented Conebill (*) ____ E,po
Conirostrum speciosum
"Fraser's" Cinereous Conebill (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po
Conirostrum cinereum fraseri
Blue-backed Conebill (*) ____ H,nm,po
Conirostrum sitticolor
Capped Conebill (*) ____ H,nm,po
Conirostrum albifrons
Giant Conebill (nt) (*) ____ H,cu
Oreomanes fraseri
Rusty Flowerpiercer (*) ____ H,E,si (now distinct from the Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer of northern Central America and the Slaty Flowerpiercer of southern Central America)
Diglossa sittoides decorata
Black Flowerpiercer (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po,si (was part of the "Carbonated Flowerpiercer", as were the Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer of Bolivia, the Black-throated Flowerpiercer of northern Peru & western Bolivia, and the Merida Flowerpiercer of Venezuela)
Diglossa humeralis aterrima
Glossy Flowerpiercer (*) ____ H,nm,po,si (now distinct from the Moustached Flowerpiercer of the Peruvian & Bolivian Andes and the Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer of the western Andes of Colombia)
Diglossa lafresnayii (monotypic)
White-sided Flowerpiercer (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Diglossa albilatera
Masked Flowerpiercer (*) ____ W,H,E,cu,nm,po,si
Diglossopis cyanea
Bluish Flowerpiercer (*) ____ E,si
Diglossopis caerulescens
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer (*) ____ E (was called Deep-blue Flowerpiercer)
Diglossopis glauca
Indigo Flowerpiercer ____
Diglossopis indigotica
Short-billed Honeycreeper ____
Cyanerpes nitidus
Purple Honeycreeper (*) ____ E,az
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Red-legged Honeycreeper (ph) ____
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Green Honeycreeper (*) (ph) ____ W,E,az,po
Chlorophanes spiza
Golden-collared Honeycreeper (*) ____ W,E,po,si
Iridophanes pulcherrima
Blue Dacnis (*) ____ W,E,az,po
Dacnis cayana
Black-faced Dacnis (*) ____ E,az,po
Dacnis lineata
Yellow-tufted Dacnis (*) ____ W (was part of Black-faced Dacnis)
Dacnis egregia
Yellow-bellied Dacnis (*) ____ E,az
Dacnis flaviventer
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis ____
Dacnis venusta
Scarlet-breasted Dacnis (t3) ____
Dacnis berlepschi
White-bellied Dacnis (nt) ____
Dacnis albiventris
Tit-like Dacnis (nt) (*) ____ H,cu
Xenodacnis parina
Swallow Tanager (*) (ph) _____ W,E,az,nm
Tersina viridis
Rufous-crested Tanager (*) ____ E,si
Creurgops verticalis
Fawn-breasted Tanager (*) ____ W,nm,po,si
Pipraeidea melanonota
Glistening-Green Tanager (*) ____ W
Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
Orange-eared Tanager (*) ____ E,po,si
Chlorochrysa calliparaea
Opal-crowned Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Tangara callophrys
Opal-rumped Tanager (*) ____ E
Tangara velia
Paradise Tanager (*) ____ E,az,po
Tangara chilensis
Green-and-gold Tanager (*) ____ E,az,po
Tangara schrankii
Yellow-bellied Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Tangara xanthogastra
Spotted Tanager (*) ____ E,po
Tangara punctata
Blue-whiskered Tanager (nt) ____
Tangara johannae
Rufous-throated Tanager (*) ____ W,nm
Tangara rufigula
Gray-and-gold Tanager ____
Tangara palmeri
Golden Tanager (*) ____ W,nm,po
Tangara arthus
Emerald Tanager ____
Tangara florida
Saffron-crowned Tanager (*) ____ W,E,po,si
Tangara xanthocephala
Golden-hooded Tanager (*) ____ W
Tangara larvata
Golden-eared Tanager (*) ____ E,po
Tangara chrysotis
Flame-faced Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Tangara parzudakii
Blue-browed Tanager (*) ____ E,po
Tangara cyannotis
Silver-throated Tanager (*) (ph) ____ W
Tangara icterocephala

Silver-throated Tanager
(photo by Doris Potter)
Metallic-green Tanager (*) ____ W,nm
Tangara labradorides
Blue-necked Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Tangara cyanicollis
Masked Tanager (*) ____ W,po
Tangara nigrocincta
Golden-naped Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Tangara ruficervix
Turquoise Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Tangara mexicana
Bay-headed Tanager (*) ____ W,E,po
Tangara gyrola
Rufous-winged Tanager ____
Tangara lavinia
Scrub Tanager (*) ____ W,H
Tangara vitriolina
Straw-backed Tanager ____
Tangara argyrofenges
Beryl-spangled Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Tangara nigroviridis
Blue-and-black Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Tangara vassorii
Black-capped Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,si
Tangara heinei
Silvery-backed Tanager (*) ____ E,po
Tangara viridicollis
Purplish-mantled Tanager (nt) (*) ____ E,po
Iridosornis porphyrocephala
Yellow-throated Tanager (*) ____ E
Iridosornis analis
Golden-crowned Tanager (*) ____ W,E,po
Iridosornis rufivertex
Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (*) ____H,cu,nm,po
Anisognathus igniventris
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (*) _____ W,E,nm,si
Anisognathus somptuosus
Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Anisognathus lacrymosus
Black-chinned Mountain Tanager ____
Anisognathus notabilis
Hooded Mountain Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Buthraupis montana

Hooded Mountain Tanager
Masked Mountain Tanager (t3) ____
Buthraupis wetmorei
Black-chested Mountain Tanager (*) ____ W,nm
Buthraupis eximia
Golden-chested Tanager ____
Bangsia rothchildi
Moss-backed Tanager ____
Bangsia edwardsi
Orange-throated Tanager (t3) ____
Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron
Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager (*) ____ H,po
Dubusia taeniata
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (*) ____ H,nm
Thraupis bonariensis
Blue-gray Tanager (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po,si
Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po
Thraupis palmarum
Blue-capped Tanager (*) ____ W,nm,si
Thraupis cyanocephala
Silver-beaked Tanager (*) ____ E,az,po
Ramphocelus carbo
Masked Crimson Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Ramphocelus nigrogularis
Scarlet Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Piranga olivacea
Lemon-rumped Tanager (*) ____ W,nm (has been called Yellow-rumped Tanager; was conspecific with the Flame-rumped Tanger of Colombia)
Ramphocelus icteronotus (monotypic)
Summer Tanager (*) ____ W
Piranga rubra
Vermilion Tanager _____
Calochaetes coccineus
Tooth-billed Tanager (*) ____ W (was part of the more-northerly Hepatic Tanager)
Piranga lutea
Red-hooded Tanager (*) ____ E,po
Piranga rubriceps
Fulvous Shrike Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Lanio fulvus
White-winged Tanager (*) ____ W,nm
Piranga leucoptera
White-lined Tanager (*) ____ E,az,po
Tachyphonus rufus
Flame-crested Tanager (*) ____ E,po
Tachyphonus cristatus
Fulvous-crested Tanager (*) ____ E,az,po
Tachyphonus surinamus
White-shouldered Tanager (*) ____ W,az,nm
Tachyphonus luctuosus
Tawny-crested Tanager ____
Tachyphonus delatrii
Lemon-spectacled Tanager ____
Chlorothraupis olivacea
Olive Tanager ____ (was conspecific with what's now the Carmiol's Tanager of southern Central America; that species was called Olive Tanager)
Chlorothraupis frenata (monotypic)
Ochre-breasted Tanager (*) ____ W,nm
Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager ____
Habia rubica
Gray-headed Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Eucometis penicillata
Dusky-faced Tanager (*) ____ W
Mitrospingus cassinii
Guira Tanager (*) ____ W
Hemithraupis guira
Yellow-backed Tanager (*) ____ E,az
Hemithraupis flavicollis
Scarlet-and-white Tanager _____
Erythrothlypis salmoni
Orange-headed Tanager (*) ____ E
Thlypopsis sordida
Rufous-chested Tanager (*) ____ W,nm
Thlypopsis ornata
Buff-bellied Tanager ____
Thlypopsis inornata
Scarlet-browed Tanager _____
Heterospingus xanthopygius
Common Bush Tanager (*) ____ W,E,si
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
Yellow-throated Bush Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,po
Chlorospingus flavigularis
Yellow-whiskered Bush Tanager (*) ____ E,si
Chlorospingus parvirostris
Ashy-throated Bush Tanager (*) ____ W
Chlorospingus canigularis
Dusky Bush Tanager (*) ____ W,nm (has been called Dusky-bellied Bush Tanager)
Chlorospingus semifuscus
Yellow-green Bush Tanager (t3) _____
Chlorospingus flavovirens
Black-backed Bush Tanager (*) ____ H
Urothraupis stolmanni
Gray-hooded Bush Tanager (*) ____ H,E,po,si
Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
Oleaginous Hemispingus (*) ____ E
Hemispingus frontalis
Superciliared Hemispingus (*) ____ H,nm,po
Hemispingus superciliaris
Black-capped Hemispingus (*) ____ W,H,E,po
Hemispingus atropileus
Black-eared Hemispingus (*) ____ E,si
Hemispingus melanotis
Western Hemispingus (*) ____ W (was part of Black-eared Hemispingus)
Hemispingus ochraceus
Piura Hemispingus ____ (now considered distinct from the Black-eared Hemispingus)
Hemispingus piurae
Black-headed Hemispingus (*) ____ H,po
Hemispingus verticalis
Grass-green Tanager (*) ____ W,E,nm,po,si
Chlorornis riefferii
Black-and-white Tanager (nt) ____
Conothraupis speculigera
Magpie Tanager (*) (ph) ____ E,az,po
Cissopis leveriana
Black-faced Tanager ____ (first found to be in Ecuador in 1986)
Schistochlamys melanopis grisea
White-capped Tanager (*) ____ E,po,si
Sericossypha albocristata
Plushcap (*) ____ W,H,E,nm,po (was called Plush-capped Finch)
Catamblyhynchus d. diadema
Crimson-breasted Finch (*) ____ W (was called Crimson Finch, or Crimson Finch-Tanager)
Rhodospingus cruentus
Blue-black Grassquit (*) ____ W,E,nm,po
Volatinia jacarina
Yellow-faced Grassquit (*) ____ W
Tiaris olivacea
Variable Seedeater (*) ____ E,az
Sporophila corvina
Caqueta Seedeater (*) ____ W,nm (was part of the Variable Seedeater)
Sporophila murallae
Lined Seedeater (*) ____ E
Sporophila lineola
Lesson's Seedeater (*) ____ E,az
Sporophila bouvronides
Black-and-white Seedeater (*) ____ H,E,az
Sporophila luctuosa
Yellow-bellied Seedeater (*) ____ W,nm
Sporophila nigricollis
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (*) ____ W,nm
Sporophila minuta
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (*) ____ E,az,po
Sporophila castaneiventris
Chestnut-throated Seedeater (*) ____ W,po
Sporophila telasco
Slate-colored Seedeater ____
Sporohila schistacea
Dull-colored Grassquit (*) ____ W,cu,nm (was called Dull-colored Seedeater, and formerly in the genus Sporophila)
Tiaris obscura
Parrot-billed Seedeater (*) ____ W
Sporophila peruviana
Black-billed Seed Finch (nt) (*) ____ E,az,po (was part of the Great-billed Seed Finch)
Oryzoberus atrirostris
Large-billed Seed Finch ____
Oryzoborus crassirostris
Lesser Seed Finch (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,si
Oryzoborus angolensis funereus (in west Ecuador)
Oryzoborus angolensis torridus (in east Ecuador)
Blue Seedeater ____
Amaurospiza concolor
Band-tailed Seedeater (*) ____ H,nm
Catamenia analis
Drab Seedeater (*) ____ H
Sporophila simplex
Plain-colored Seedeater (*) ____ H,cu,nm,po
Catamenia inornata
Paramo Seedeater (*) ____ H,po
Catamenia homochroa
Sulphur-throated Finch (*) ____ W
Sicalis taczanowskii
Saffron Finch (*) (ph) ____ W,po (note below)
Sicalis flaveola
Grassland Yellow-Finch (*) ____ H
Sicalis liteola
Cinereous Finch ______ (1 record of this Peruvian bird in Ecuador, in 1990)
Piezorhina cinerea
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch (*) ____ H,cu
Phrygilus unicolor
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch (*) ____ H
Phrygilus plebejus
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (*) ____ H
Phrygilus alaudinus
Slaty Finch (*) ____ E
Haplospiza rustica
Red Pileated Finch ____
Coryphospingus cucullatus
Pale-naped Brush Finch (*) ____ H,po
Atlapetes pallidinucha
Rufous-naped Brush Finch (*) ____ W,H,E,cu,nm,po
Atlapetes latinuchus
Tricolored Brush Finch (*) ____ W,nm,po
Atlapetes tricolor
White-winged Brush Finch (*) ____ H
Atlapetes leucopterus
Slaty Brush Finch (*) ____ H
Atlapetes schistaceus
Bay-crowned Brush Finch ____
Atlapetes seebohmi
White-headed Brush Finch ____
Atlapetes albiceps
Pale-headed Brush Finch ____
Atlapetes pallidiceps
White-rimmed Brush Finch (nt) (*) ____ H
Atlapetes leucopis
Pale-headed Brush Finch (t1) _____
Atlapetes pallidiceps
Chestnut-capped Brush Finch (*) ____ W,H,nm,po
Buarremon brunneinucha
Stripe-headed Brush Finch (*) ____ W,H,E,nm,po
Buarremon torquatus
Olive Finch ____ (now considered distinct from the Sooty-faced Finch of Costa Rica to northern Colombia)
Lysurus castaneiceps (monotypic)
Tanager Finch (t3) ______ (very rare & local on west slope of the Andes)
Oreothraupis arremonops
Orange-billed Sparrow (*) ____ W
Arremon aurantiirostris (3 races in Ecuador)
Black-capped Sparrow (*) ____ W
Arremon abeillei
Black-striped Sparrow (*) ____ W
Arremonops conirostris
Yellow-browed Sparrow (*) ____ E,az,po
Ammodramus aurifrons
Tumbes Sparrow ____
Aimophila (formerly Rhynchospiza) stolzmanni (monotypic)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (*) (ph) ____ H,cu,nm,po,si
Zonotrichia capensis
Collared Warbling-Finch (*) (ph) ____ W
Poospiza hispaniolensis (monotypic)

A Collared Warbling-Finch photographed during a FONT tour
on the island of Isla de la Plata, off the west coast of Ecuador
Small Ground Finch (eG) ____ G
Geospiza fuliginosa
Medium Ground Finch (eG) ____ G
Geospiza fortis
Large Ground-Finch (eG) ____ G
Geospiza magnirostris
Sharp-beaked Ground Finch (eG) ____ G
Geospiza difficilis
Common Cactus Finch (eG) ____ G
Geospiza scandens
Large Cactus Finch (eG) ____ G
Geospiza conirostris
Vegetarian Finch (eG) ____ G
Camarhynchus crassirostris
Small Tree Finch (eG) ____ G
Camarhynchus parvulus
Medium Tree Finch (t3) (eG) ____ G
Camarhynchus pauper
Large Tree Finch (eG) ____ G
Camarhynchus psittacula
Woodpecker Finch (eG) ____ G
Camarhynchus pallidus
Warbler Finch (eG) ____ G
Certhidea olivacea (the single member of its genus)
Mangrove Finch (t1) (eG) ____
Camarhynchus heliobates
Buff-throated Saltator (*) ____ W,E,az,nm,po
Saltator maximus
Black-winged Saltator (*) ____ W,nm
Saltator atripennis
Grayish Saltator (*) ____ E,az
Saltator coerulescens azarae
Black-cowled Saltator ____
Saltator nigriceps
Streaked Saltator (*) ____ W
Saltator striatipectus
Masked Saltator (nt) ____
Saltator cinctus
Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak (*) ____ E
Parkerthraustes (formerly Caryothraustes) humeralis (monotypic)
Slate-colored Grosbeak (*) ____ W,E,po
Saltator (formerly Pitylus) grossus
Red-capped Cardinal (*) ____ E,az
Paroaria gularis
Southern Yellow Grosbeak (*) ____ W,H,cu,nm (has been called Golden-bellied Grosbeak; was called Yellow Grosbeak when it was formerly conspecific with the now Mexican Yellow Grosbeak and the Black-thighed Grosbeak of Costa Rica & Panama)
Pheucticus c. chrysogaster
Black-backed Grosbeak (*) ____ H
Pheucticus aureoventris
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*) (ph) ____ W
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue-black Grosbeak (*) ____ E
Cyanocompsa cyanoides

Notes (n):

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

Saffron Finches in (and near) Quito are escaped birds.