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

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April 10 - Rio Napo Islands, Sani Lodge
Pied Plover
Hoploxypterus cayanus
Rio Napo island near Sani Lodge
Ecuador
10 April 2008
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis climacocerca
(female)
Rio Napo island near Sani Lodge
Ecuador
10 April 2008
Fork-Tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus savana
Rio Napo
Ecuador
10 April 2008
Black Caracara
Daptrius ater
Rio Napo near Sani Lodge
Ecuador
10 April 2008
Yellow-headed Caracara
Milvago chimachima
Rio Napo island near Sani Lodge
Ecuador
10 April 2008
White-banded Swallow
Atticora fasciata
Rio Napo, near Sani Lodge
Ecuador
10 April 2008
April 11 - Clay Licks, Yasuni NP
White-eyed Parakeet
Aratinga leucophthalmus
Saladero de Loros
Yasuni National Park
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008
Dusky-headed Parakeet
Aratinga weddellii
Saladero de Loros
Yasuni National Park
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008
Mealy Amazon
Amazona farinosa
Saladero de Loros
Yasuni National Park
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008

Yellow-crowned Parrot
Amazona ochrocephala
Saladero de Loros
Yasuni National Park
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008

Blue-headed Parrot
Pionus menstruus
Saladero de Loros
Yasuni National Park
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
Touit huetii
Saladero de Pericos
Yasuni National Park
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008
Scarlet-crowned Barbet
Capito aurovirens
Anyangu Community
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008
Great Potoo
Nyctibius grandis
Anyangu Community
Rio Napo
Ecuador
11 April 2008
April 12 - Sani Lodge
Ivory-billed Aracari
Pteroglossus azara
Canopy Tower, Sani Lodge
Rio Napo
Ecuador
12 April 2008
Laughing Falcon
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Canopy Tower, Sani Lodge
Rio Napo
Ecuador
12 April 2008
Purple Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes caeruleus
Canopy Tower, Sani Lodge
Rio Napo
Ecuador
12 April 2008
Black-fronted Nunbird
Monasa nigrifrons
Sani Lodge, Rio Napo
Ecuador
12 April 2008
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseus
Sani Lodge lagoons
Rio Napo
Ecuador
12 April 2008

Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Sani Lodge lagoon, Rio Napo
Ecuador
12 April 2008

14 April - Papallacta vicinity
Tyrian Metaltail
Metallura tyrianthina
Guango Lodge, Papallacta
Ecuador
14 April 2008
Long-tailed Sylph
Aglaiocercus kingi
Guango Lodge, Papallacta
Ecuador
14 April 2008
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Boissonneaua matthewsii
Guango Lodge, Papallacta
Ecuador
14 April 2008

White-bellied Woodstar
Acestrura mulsant
Guango Lodge, Papallacta
Ecuador
14 April 2008

 

male & female

Tourmaline Sunangel
Heliangelus exortis
Guango Lodge, Papallacta
Ecuador
14 April 2008

 

female has white throat

Sword-billed Hummingbird
Ensifera ensifera
Guango Lodge, Papallacta
Ecuador
14 April 2008

 

Male
&
Female

Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Papallacta Hot Springs
Ecuador
14 April 2008
April 26-27 Yanayacu Research Station
Black-billed Mountain Toucan
Andigena nigrirostris
Yanayacu Research Station
(East slope Andes)
Ecuador
26 April 2008
Bronzy Inca
Coeligena coeligena
San IsidroLodge
(East Andes slope)
Ecuador
27 April 2008
Collared Inca
Coeligena torquata
San IsidroLodge
(East Andes slope)
Ecuador
27 April 2008
Inca Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Yanayacu Research Station
Ecuador
27 April 2008
April 28-May 2 - Coast trip, Machalilla NP

Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
( Juvenile)
Isla de la Plata
Machalilla NP
Ecuador
28 April 2008

Long-Tailed Mockingbird
Mimus longicaudatus
Isla de la Plata, Machalilla NP
Ecuador
28 April 2008
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxii
Isla de la Plata, Machalilla NP
Ecuador
28 April 2008
Nazca Booby
Sula granti
Isla de la Plata, Machalilla NP
Ecuador
28 April 2008
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata
Isla de la Plata, Machalilla NP
Ecuador
28 April 2008

Baird's Flycatcher
Myiodynastes bairdii
Agua Blanca, Machalilla NP
Ecuador
29 April 2008

Croaking Ground Dove
Columbina cruziana
Los Frailes beach, Machalilla NP
Ecuador
30 April 2008
Parrot-billed Seedeater
Sporophila Peruviana
Los Frailes beach, Machalilla NP
Ecuador
30 April 2008
May 4-15 - Quito
Sparkling Violet-ear
Colibri coruscans
Parque Metropolitano, Quito
Ecuador
4 May 2008

Swallow-tailed Kite
Elanoides forficans
Waterfall road, Mindo
Ecuador
11 May 2008

Great Thrush
Turdus fuscater
Hummingbird Garden, Parque Metropolitano
Quito
Ecuador
15 May 2008
Black-tailed Trainbearer
Lesbia victoriae
Hummingbird Garden, Parque Metropolitano
Quito
Ecuador
15 May 2008