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Photos by Trip: Ecuador (April-May 2008) - Birds      

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April 3 - Quito

Grassland Yellow-Finch
Sicalis luteola
Parque Itchimbia, Quito
Ecuador
03 April 2008

 

Rufous collared Sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Parque Itchimbia, Quito
Ecuador
03 April 2008
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Ichimbia Park, Quito
Ecuador
3 April 2008

Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata
Parque Itchimbia, Quito
Ecuador
03 April 2008

April 4 - Upper Tandayapa Valley & Lodges en route to Septimo Paraiso

Tawny-bellied Hermit
Phaethornis syrmatophorus
Upper Tandayapa Valley Rd
Ecuador
04 April 2008

(at nest, dangling left)

Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Upper Tandayapa Valley Rd
Ecuador
04 April 2008

Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
Upper Tandayapa Valley Rd
Ecuador
04 April 2008

(South American race has white on wings)

Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Heliodoxa rubinoides
Barbara Bolz's garden
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 april 2008
Buff-tailed Coronet
Boissonneaua flavescens
Barbara Bolz's garden
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 April 2008

Violet-tailed Sylph
Aglaiocercus coelestis
Barbara Bolz's garden
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 April 2008

Speckled Hummingbird
Adelomyia melanogenys
Barbara Bolz's garden
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 april 2008
Booted Racquet-tail
Ocreatus underwoodii
Bellavista Lodge
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 April 2008

Gorgeted Sunangel
Heliangelus strophianus
Bellavista Lodge
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 April 2008

Purple-throated Woodstar
Calliphlox mitchellii
Bellavista Lodge
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 April 2008
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager
Anisognathus somptuosus
Bellavista Lodge
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 April 2008

Russet-crowned Warbler
Basileuterus coronatus
Bellavista Lodge
Mindo area
Ecuador
04 April 2008

(yep, blurry photo, but field marks are discernable)

White-necked Jacobin
Florisuga mellivora
Septimo Paraiso Lodge, Mindo
Ecuador
4 April 2008
April 5 - Mindo
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Tricolored Brush-Finch
Atlapetes tricolor
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Blackburnian Warbler
Dendroica fusca
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Toucan Barbet
Semnornis ramphastinus
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Masked Trogon (female)
Trogon personatus
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Slate-throated Whitestart
Myioborus miniatus
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Montane Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
Mindo Junction, Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Masked Water-Tyrant
Fluvicola nengeta
Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Scrub Blackbird
Dives warszewiczi
Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
Pacific Hornero
Furnarius cinnamomeus
Mindo
Ecuador
05 April 2008
April 6 - Mindo area
Lemon-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus icteronotus
Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
Andean Emerald
Amazilia franciae
Septimo Paraiso Lodge
Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
Brown Violet-ear
Colibri delphinae
Septimo Paraiso Lodge
Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
Ecuadorian Thrush
Turdus maculirostris
Orchid Garden
Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Orchid Garden, Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
Golden Tanager
Tangara arthus
Orchid Garden, Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Euphonia xanthogaster
Orchid Garden, Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
Thick-billed Euphonia
Euphonia laniirostris
Orchid Garden, Mindo
Ecuador
06 April 2008
April 7 - Antpitta Reserve

Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola peruviana
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008

(The birds in Ecuador are a more blood-red color than those in Venezuela)

Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008
Olivaceous Piha
Lipaugus cryptolophus
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008
Giant Antpitta
Grallaria gigantea
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008

Dark-backed Wood-Quail
Odontophorus melanonotus
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008
Empress Brilliant
Heliodoxa imperatrix
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008
Velvet-purple Coronet
Boissonneaua jardini
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008
Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Angel de la Paz Antpitta Reserve
Mindo
Ecuador
07 April 2008