Yellow-breasted Brush-finch - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
White-throated Screech-owl - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Yellow-breasted Brush-finch - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Andean Guan - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Ocellated Tapaculo - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Glossy Flowerpiercer - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Great Sapphirewing - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Tyrian Metaltail - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Spectacled Whitestart - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Masked Flowerpiercer - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Shining Sunbeam - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Shining Sunbeam - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Shining Sunbeam - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Great Thrush - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Andean Guan - Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
Most covered forests of Yanacocha, North-west Ecuador
We were back in the village of Nono by 12:15 and headed to the lodge to pack and for a freshen up before heading to Quito, a journey of around 2.5 hours. My flight left on time at 17:40 and landed in Madrid at 11:10, my onward flight was at 12:10 and I landed in London at 13:35 on 9th May.
Village of Nono, North-west Ecuador
List of Birds Recorded in North-west Ecuador
We recorded 412 species 102 of which were ticks for me (shown in bold). Bird of the trip for me was Rufous-crowned Pittasoma followed by Long-wattled Umbrellabird.
Sickle-winged Guan
Baudo Guan
Andean Guan
Crested Guan
Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Rufous-fronted Wood-quail
Dark-backed Wood-quail
Black-bellied Whistling-duck
Fulvous Whistling-duck
White-cheeked Pintail
Yellow-billed Pintail
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Dove
Southern Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Dusky Pigeon
White-tipped Dove
Pallid Dove
White-throated Quail-dove
Eared Dove
Common Ground-dove
Ecuadorian Ground-dove
Oilbird
Lyre-tailed Nightjar
Greater Band-winged Nightjar
Pauraque
Choco Poorwill
White-chested Swift
White-collared Swift
Band-rumped Swift
Pale-rumped Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Stripe-throated Hermit
White-whiskered Hermit
Brown Violet-ear
Green Violet-ear
Sparkling Violet-ear
Purple-crowned Fairy
Gorgeted Sunangel
Green Thorntail
Speckled Hummingbird
Violet-tailed Sylph
Black-tailed Trainbearer
Purple-backed Thornbill
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
Tyrian Metaltail
Hoary Puffleg
Sapphire-vented Puffleg
Golden-breasted Puffleg
Shining Sunbeam
Brown Inca
Collared Inca
Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Great Sapphirewing
Buff-tailed Coronet
Velvet-purple Coronet
Booted Racket-tail
Rufous-gaped Hillstar
Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Green-crowned Brilliant
Empress Brilliant
Blue-tailed Emerald
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Andean Emerald
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Purple-chested Hummingbird
Purple-throated Woodstar
Smooth-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Common Squirrel-cuckoo
White-throated Crake
Purple Gallinule
Andean Coot
Fasciated Tiger-heron
Pinnated Bittern
Black-crowned Night-heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Green-backed Heron
Cattle Egret
Cocoi Heron
Great White Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Brown Pelican
Magnificent Frigatebird
Neotropical Cormorant
Black-winged Stilt
Andean Lapwing
Andean Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Royal Tern
Cloudforest Pygmy-owl
White-throated Screech-owl
Turkey Vulture
American Black Vulture
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-eagle
Ornate Hawk-eagle
Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Double-toothed Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Plumbeous Kite
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Plumbeous Hawk
Black-chested Buzzard-eagle
Grey-lined Hawk
Golden-headed Quetzal
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Choco Trogon
White-tailed Trogon
Black-throated Trogon
Masked Trogon
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
White-necked Puffbird
Black-breasted Puffbird
Lesser Pied Puffbird
Barred Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
Lanceolated Monklet
Yellow-throated Toucan
Choco Toucan
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Plate-billed Mountain-toucan
Stripe-billed Araçari
Pale-billed Araçari
Orange-fronted Barbet
Five-colored Barbet
Red-headed Barbet
Toucan Barbet
Splendid Woodpecker
Guayaquil Woodpecker
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Dusky-winged Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Yellow-vented Woodpecker
Bar-bellied Woodpecker
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Rose-faced Parrot
Red-billed Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
Bronze-winged Parrot
Lilacine Amazon
Southern Mealy Amazon
Pacific Parrotlet
Choco Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
Sapayoa
Dot-winged Antwren
Checker-throated Antwren
Pacific Antwren
White-flanked Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Plain Antvireo
Spot-crowned Antvireo
Black-crowned Antshrike
Dusky Antbird
Streak-headed Antbird
Ocellated Antbird
Bicolored Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Short-tailed Antbird
Stub-tailed Antbird
Esmeraldas Antbird
Zeledon’s Antbird
Western Russet Antshrike
Rufous-crowned Pittasoma
Undulated Antpitta
Giant Antpitta
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
Yellow-breasted Antpitta
Rufous Antpitta
Western Tawny Antpitta
Streak-chested Antpitta
Ochre-breasted Antpitta
Ocellated Tapaculo
Blackish Tapaculo
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Southern Spotted Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Montane Woodcreeper
Streaked Xenops
Streaked Tuftedcheek
Pacific Hornero
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Striped Treehunter
Western Woodhaunter
Spotted Barbtail
Fulvous-dotted Treerunner
Pearled Treerunner
White-browed Spinetail
Red-faced Spinetail
Rufous Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Azara's Spinetail
White-bearded Manakin
Club-winged Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Choco Manakin
Golden-winged Manakin
Orange-breasted Fruiteater
Green-and-black Fruiteater
Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Chestnut-bellied Cotinga
Red-crested Cotinga
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Long-wattled Umbrellabird
Rufous Piha
Black-tipped Cotinga
Tawny-breasted Flycatcher
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Cinnamon Becard
Northern Mourner
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Rufous-headed Pygmy-tyrant
Marble-faced Bristle-tyrant
Streak-necked Flycatcher
Olive-striped Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Yellow-margined Flatbill
Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant
Common Tody-flycatcher
Black-headed Tody-flycatcher
Western Ornate Flycatcher
Choco Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
White-banded Tyrannulet
White-throated Tyrannulet
Piratic Flycatcher
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Grey-capped Flycatcher
White-ringed Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Long-tailed Tyrant
Orange-crested Flycatcher
Crowned Chat-tyrant
Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant
Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant
Common Vermilion Flycatcher
Masked Water-tyrant
Smoky Bush-tyrant
Black Phoebe
Acadian Flycatcher
Smoke-colored Pewee
Pale-legged Shrike-vireo
Lesser Greenlet
Brown-capped Vireo
Beautiful Jay
Turquoise Jay
Barn Swallow
Grey-breasted Martin
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
White-thighed Swallow
Brown-bellied Swallow
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Slate-throated Gnatcatcher
Southern Nightingale-wren
House Wren
Mountain Wren
Grass Wren
Plain-tailed Wren
Rufous Wren
Stripe-throated Wren
Bay Wren
White-breasted Wood-wren
Grey-breasted Wood-wren
White-capped Dipper
Tropical Mockingbird
Andean Solitaire
Chestnut-throated Solitaire
Spotted Nightingale-thrush
White-necked Thrush
Ecuadorian Thrush
Great Thrush
Glossy-black Thrush
House Sparrow
Orange-crowned Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Golden-rumped Euphonia
Fulvous-vented Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Andean Siskin
Hooded Siskin
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Black-striped Sparrow
Dusky Bush-tanager
Yellow-throated Bush-tanager
Chestnut-capped Brush-finch
Grey-browed Brush-finch
Orange-billed Sparrow
Choco Brush-finch
Yellow-breasted Brush-finch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Peruvian Meadowlark
Pacific Cacique
Giant Cowbird
Shiny Cowbird
Scrub Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Tropical Parula
Buff-rumped Warbler
Choco Warbler
Russet-crowned Warbler
Three-striped Warbler
Slate-throated Whitestart
Spectacled Whitestart
Dusky-faced Tanager
Golden Grosbeak
Lemon-spectacled Tanager
Ochre-breasted Tanager
Plushcap
Green Honeycreeper
Scarlet-and-white Tanager
Scarlet-browed Tanager
Guira Tanager
Swallow Tanager
Purple Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Scarlet-breasted Dacnis
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Blue Dacnis
Yellow-tufted Dacnis
Streaked Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-winged Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Blue-black Grassquit
Rufous-crested Tanager
Flame-crested Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
Tawny-crested Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Lemon-rumped Tanager
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-finch
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Western Hemispingus
Eyebrowed Hemispingus
Stolzmann's Tanager
Blue-backed Conebill
Ochraceous Conebill
Plain-colored Seedeater
Masked Flowerpiercer
Glossy Flowerpiercer
White-sided Flowerpiercer
Golden-crowned Tanager
Fawn-breasted Tanager
Green-mantled Tanager
Hooded Mountain-tanager
Blue-capped Tanager
Masked Mountain-tanager
Grass-green Tanager
Black-chested Mountain-tanager
Blue-winged Mountain-tanager
Black-chinned Mountain-tanager
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager
Glistening-green Tanager
Moss-backed Tanager
Golden-chested Tanager
Rufous-throated Tanager
Golden-naped Tanager
Grey-and-gold Tanager
Blue-grey Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Scrub Tanager
Blue-and-black Tanager
Beryl-spangled Tanager
Metallic-green Tanager
Blue-and-yellow Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Rufous-winged Tanager
Flame-faced Tanager
Golden Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
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