23 Junnio
Long-wattled Umbrellabird
This large cotinga calls in the early morning and displays its wattle. The advertising call can be described as a loud boooh like the sound of blowing over the opening of a glass bottle. The 20-minute walk before sunrise is definitely worth it for this special bird although difficult to photograph.
This large cotinga calls in the early morning and displays its wattle. The advertising call can be described as a loud boooh like the sound of blowing over the opening of a glass bottle. The 20-minute walk before sunrise is definitely worth it for this special bird although difficult to photograph.
Some other birds near the lek
Blue-and-black Tanager
Blue-and-black Tanager
Choco Toucan
looks very similar to Black-mandibled (Yellow-throated) Toucan, but is a regional specialty
looks very similar to Black-mandibled (Yellow-throated) Toucan, but is a regional specialty
Bronze-winged Parrot
Some species were only seen once during the trip outside the restaurant in the 23 Junio village.
House Wren
Always nice to hear the wrens singing away
House Wren
Always nice to hear the wrens singing away
Social Flycatcher
I guess they are more social than other species of flycatchers as a small flock of them hanging out on Bananas.
I guess they are more social than other species of flycatchers as a small flock of them hanging out on Bananas.
Blue-and-white Swallow
Looks similar to Tree Swallow, but is a separate species.
Chicken
The turkey chicken. Not wild and probably does not have a standardized Latin name.
The turkey chicken. Not wild and probably does not have a standardized Latin name.
Milpe
Rufous Motmot
Thick-billed Euphonia
Club-winged Manakin
Agouti
Chontal-Oilbird Cave
Oilbird
These huge(41-48cm), stictly nocturnal birds get their own Family. They gather in large numbers in caves of South America. I was told that they eat fruits, such as palm, that are high in oil content and stores a large amount of fat in them. They were once used as fuel. This was backed up by further reading which awes me more with other facts. Oilbird article.
These huge(41-48cm), stictly nocturnal birds get their own Family. They gather in large numbers in caves of South America. I was told that they eat fruits, such as palm, that are high in oil content and stores a large amount of fat in them. They were once used as fuel. This was backed up by further reading which awes me more with other facts. Oilbird article.
- have highest rod cell density on retinas ever recorded in vertebrates allow them to see better at night.
- Can use echolocation, I mean this is a bird, not a bat!
White-collared Swift
Did't pay much attention to what's higher than the canopy most of the time, but here is another tick on the checklist.
Did't pay much attention to what's higher than the canopy most of the time, but here is another tick on the checklist.
Sep 1
Guango
As we cross the Andes into the west slope, the weather becomes rainier and cooler. There are a few pipeline pump stations along the highway, but otherwise the scenes are repetitive, I think everyone in my vehicle forgot to take pictures of the mountains in the car.
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Everyone's target species at Guango Lodge does not let down. They have co-evolved with some local plant species and rely on one another when the Sword-bills are not at the feeders. About 4 of them regularly visited the front yard during our stay, so getting a few good looks and pictures was not a problem.
Other hummingbirds include
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Male's metallic colour changes with the angles so much that I thought I had two different species when I was editing the photos.
edit Tourmaline Sunangel
Collared Inca
White-bellied Woodstar
Sep 2
Papallacta
We are still at Guango, but a few members in the group would like to see more species of birds in the region so we drove 30 min to Papallacta Pass, near a National Park. Along the road are some mountain tanagers of higher elevations. These tanagers did not show up in mixed flocks so i'd assume they stick to their species more unlike their cousins found in lower parts of Ecuador.
Black-backed Bussh-Tanager
Masked Mountain-Tanager
Sarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager
This is the only species of tanager that we saw was alone, not associated with other birds of the same or other species during our trip, once at Papallacta, other time near San Isidro. Kind of a loner or territorial?
Golden-crowned Tanager
Pale-naped Brush-Finch
White-chinned Thistletail
Tawny Antpitta
This is only found high elevation. Usually between 2800m to 4300m above sea level.
Andean Gull
Only got to see this small white dot that one can easily miss once from over 250m away. I'm surprised how clear the broken eye ring can be seen in picture.
Guango
New birds in the same morning!
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
One bird lives in the parking lot so it pops up close to people from time to time. It is also used to free worms from the guango people every morning.
Turquoise Jay
very beautiful bird but is not too keen about showing itself.
Hooded Mountain-Tanager
Thought we had missed this bird when I saw it flew away when we first arrived at Guango the afternoon before. Lucky enough to see the tanagers come back before we head to the next spot.
Masked Trogon
it just has to be the only trogon species we are able to locate.
White-banded Tyrannulet
just some more regular hummers
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Collared Inca
Male
What is this? Female collared Inca
White-bellied Woodstar
female
male
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
last but not least,
Long-tailed Sylph
the color of the tail is greener than Violet-tailed Sylph seen earlier during the trip on the west slope.
this picture of the back view shows tail color better. Photo by Hank Liu.
Cabañas San Isidro
We planned to spend 3 days around San Isidro Lodge, but it turned out we had too much time. There is a light trap and many street lights that attract moths on the property at night. And supposedly many flycatchers and other insectivores would come eat them in the morning. Mayve more on that later.
The first afternoon yieled two flycatcher species.
Pale-edged Flycatcher
Cinnamon Flycatcher
As there are less than 10 species that could be easily seen, we went for a drive on nearby roads.
Torrent Tyrannulet
Not many birds are found, and this is the only one stayed long enough to let us get good looks at.
San Isidro Owl
This looks like an intermediate coloration of two species, Black-and white Owl and Black-banded Owl. It has not yet been taxonomically named. As it is most easily found at San Isidro.
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