The Birds of Ecuador
The following images are a combination of four trips to Ecuador - a much-delayed trip to the Amazon Foothills and Andes Highlands in June of 2022, a February, 2023 trip covering Southern Ecuador, a November, 2024 trip to the Amazon Rainforest, and a photography-focused trip covering the northwest in January of 2025. There was surprisingly little overlap of birds seen on these four trips. Many thanks to Lifer Nature Tours, Juan Diego Vargas, and especially Nelson Apolo Jaramillo (who led three of these tripps), Brad Bumgardner, Bill Sharkey, and Indiana Audubon for making these amazing trips a reality.
Striated Heron
Cocoi Heron
Capped Heron
Rufescent Tiger-heron (adult)
Rufescent Tiger-heron (immature)
Horned Screamer
Torrent Duck
Comb Duck
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
Swallow-tailed Kite
Pearl Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Snail Kite (male)
Snail Kite (female)
Bicolored Hawk
Savannah Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Slate-colored Hawk
Variable Hawk
Gray-lined Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Black-and-white Hawk-eagle
Ornate Hawk-eagle
Crane Hawk
Black Caracara
Red-throated Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Carunculated Caracara
Dark-backed Wood-quail
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
Bearded Guan
Speckled Chachalaca
Blue-throated Piping-guan
Sickle-winged Guan
Nocturnal Curassow
Wattled Jacana
Pied Plover
Dusky Pigeon
White-throated Quail-dove
Eared Dove
Croaking Ground-dove
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Red-bellied Macaw
Pacific Parrotlet
Maroon-tailed Parakeet
El Oro Parakeet
White-necked Parakeet
Rose-faced Parrot
Orange-cheeked Parrot
Red-masked Parakeet
Blue-headed Parrot
Yellow-crowned Amazon
Mealy Amazon
Squirrel Cuckoo
Black-bellied Cuckoo
Striped Cuckoo
Smooth-billed Ani
Banded Ground-cuckoo
Hoatzin
Andean Pygmy-owl
Peruvian Pygmy-owl
Oilbird
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Short-tailed Swift
Fork-tailed Palm-swift
Band-tailed Barbthroat
White-whiskered Hermit
Green Hermit
Gray-chinned Hermit
Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Rufous-vented Whitetip
Green-fronted Lancebill
Speckled Hummingbird
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Spangled Coquette (immature)
Wire-crested Thorntail
Green Thorntail
Napo Sabrewing
White-booted Racket-tail
Peruvian Racket-tail
Purple-throated Woodstar
White-bellied Woodstar
Gorgeted Woodstar
Purple-crowned Fairy
White-necked Jacobin
Brown Violetear
Sparkling Violetear
Lesser Violetear
White-vented Plumeleteer
Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Violet-fronted Brilliant
Green-crowned Brilliant
Black-throated Brilliant
Empress Brilliant
Long-billed Starthroat
Black-throated Mango
Gould's Jewelfront
Many-spotted Hummingbird
Glittering-throated Emerald
Amazilia Hummingbird
Andean Emerald
Golden-tailed Sapphire
Crowned Woodnymph
Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Western Emerald (male)
Western Emerald (female)
Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Blue-tailed Emerald
Ecuadorian Hillstar
Blue-throated Hillstar
Green-backed Hillstar
Black-tailed Trainbearer
Green-tailed Trainbearer
Long-tailed Sylph
Violet-tailed Sylph
Buff-tailed Coronet
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Velvet-purple Coronet
Glowing Puffleg
Sapphire-vented Puffleg
Golden-breasted Puffleg
Viridian Metaltail
Tyrian Metaltail
Neblina Metaltail
Rufous-capped Thornbill
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Gorgeted Sunangel
Little Sunangel
Tourmaline Sunangel
Purple-throated Sunangel
Giant Hummingbird
Shining Sunbeam
Great Sapphirewing
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Bronzy Inca
Brown Inca
Collared Inca
Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Rainbow Starfrontlet
Blue-tailed Trogon
Amazonian Trogon
Green-backed Trogon
White-tailed Trogon
Masked Trogon
Ecuadorian Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Guayaquil Woodpecker
Golden-headed Quetzal
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Whooping Motmot
Turquoise Jay
Violaceous Jay
Green Jay (Inca form)
White-tailed Jay
White-eared Jacamar
White-chinned Jacamar
Great Jacamar
Scarlet-crowned Barbet
Orange-fronted Barbet
Guilded Barbet
Red-headed Barbet
Toucan Barbet
White-necked Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
Barred Puffbird
White-faced Nunbird
Black-fronted Nunbird
White-fronted Nunbird
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Collared Aracari ("pale-mandibled" form)
Many-banded Aracari
Chestnut-eared Aracari
Plate-billed Mountain-toucan
Gray-breasted Mountain-toucan
White-throated Toucan
Yellow-throated Toucan
Choco Toucan
Yellow-throated Toucan
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Chestnut Woodpecker
Waved Woodpecker
Cream-colored Woodpecker
Ringed Woodpecker
Ecuadorian Piculet
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Brown-billed Scythebill
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Buff-throated Woodcreeper
Montane Woodcreeper
Long-billed Woodcreeper
Pearled Treerunner
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner
Pacific Tuftedcheek
Stout-billed Cinclodes
Chestnut-winged Cinclodes
Pale-legged Hornero
Collared Antshrike
Chapman's Antshrike
Dot-winged Antwren
Pacific Antwren
Peruvian Warbling Antbird
Black-faced Antbird
Zeledon's Antbird
Crescent-faced Antpitta
Ochre-breasted Antpitta
Giant Antpitta
Moustached Antpitta
Plain-backed Antpitta
Watkins's Antpitta
Chestnut-naped Antpitta
Equitorial Antpitta
Yellow-breasted Antpitta
Tawny Antpitta
Jocotoco Antpitta
Ocellated Tapaculo
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Peruvian Tyrannulet
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Olive-faced Flatbill
Sierran Elaenia
Common Tody-flycatcher
Black-capped Pygmy-tyrant
Tufted Tit-tyrant
Agile Tit-tyrant
Rufous-tailed Tyrant
Orange-banded Flycatcher
Smoky Bush-tyrant
Olive-striped Flycatcher
Marble-faced Bristle-tyrant
Rufous-crowned Tody-flycatcher
Cinnamon Flycatcher
Cliff Flycatcher
Ornate Flycatcher
Smoke-colored Pewee
Orange-crested Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Masked Water-tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Cinnamon Attila
Pale-edged Flycatcher
Golden-crowned Flycatcher
Black-billed Peppershrike
Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant
Ochraceous Attila
Lemon-browed Flycatcher
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Barred Becard
Slaty Becard
Cinnamon Becard
Masked Tityra
Red-crested Cotinga
Green-and-black Fruiteater
Orange-breasted Fruiteater
Barred Fruiteater
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (eastern form)
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (western form)
Long-wattled Umbrellabird
Golden-headed Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Wire-tailed Manakin
White-winged Swallow
White-banded Swallow
Thrush-like Wren
Bay Wren
Mountain Wren
Long-tailed Mockingbird
White-browed Gnatcatcher
Black-capped Donacobius
Black Solitaire
Great Thrush
Glossy-black Thrush (female)
Ecuadorian Thrush
Golden-rumped Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Rufous-bellied Euphonia
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Tropical Parula
Spectacled Redstart
Three-striped Warbler
Russet-crowned Warbler
Gray-and-gold Warbler
Masked Flowerpiercer
Glossy Flowerpiercer
White-sided Flowerpiercer
Indigo Flowerpiercer
Black Flowerpiercer
Deep-blue Flowerpiercer
Blue Dacnis
Black-faced Dacnis
Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Scarlet-breasted Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Golden-collared Honeycreeper
Swallow Tanager
Opal-rumped Tanager
Opal-crowned Tanager
Paradise Tanager
Emerald Tanager
Blue-whiskered Tanager
Gray-and-gold Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Rufous-winged Tanager
Guira Tanager
Scarlet-and-white Tanager
Magpie Tanager
Flame-rumped Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
Moss-backed Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Blue-and-yellow Tanager
Glistening-green Tanager
Rufous-throated Tanager
Golden-naped Tanager
Scrub Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager
Masked Tanager
Turquoise Tanager
Beryl-spangled Tanager
Flame-faced Tanager
Golden Tanager
Orange-eared Tanager
Golden-eared Tanager
Silvery Tanager
Golden-crowned Tanager
Black-capped Tanager
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager
Blue-winged Mountain-tanager
Black-chinned Mountain-tanager
Black-chested Mountain-tanager
White-winged Tanager
Blue-capped Tanager
Dusky-faced Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Yellow-throated Chlorospingus
Dusky Chlorospingus
Saffron Finch
Streaked Saltator
Black-winged Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
Red-capped Cardinal
Golden Grosbeak
Variable Seedeater
Crimson-breasted Finch
Yellow-breasted Brush-finch
White-winged Brush-finch
White-headed Brush-finch
Tanager Finch
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Crested Oropendola
Russet-backed Oropendola
Peruvian Meadowlark
Orange-backed Troupial
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Shiny Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Red-crested Finch
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