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Lake Quilotoa Bird List

Birds in the Iliniza Cloud Forest and Laguna Quilotoa

Mountain eco-lodge, environmental conservation and permaculture in Ecuador. We provide ecological responsibility at budget eco lodge prices. And rustic ecuadorian luxury to boot!
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Bird List


Sparkling Violetear

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Chicken

Bird List - Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador


We greatly appreciate Nils sharing this list with us, and we encourage more research to be done in the area.  The following 172 species of birds were sited between 1994 & 1998 by N. Krabbe & F. Sornoza in the Caripero area, Pacific slope in western Cotopaxi Province, between 1600-3000 meters, 5200-9800 feet in elevation.

"The following birds with an astrix (*) are threatened with extinction, the parrot is probably already extinct in Ecuador, there is one group left in Colombia, no known others in the world." - Nils Krabbe


Name
Latin
Altitude
Tawny-breasted TinamouNothocercus julius2300-2700 m
Great White EgretCasmerodius alba egretta2700 m
Turkey VultureCathartes aura2000-2500 m
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus1900 m
Plain-breasted HawkAccipiter ventralis2300 m
Red-backed HawkButeo polyosoma2400-2600 m
Roadside HawkButeo magnirostris1600-2400 m
White-rumped HawkButeo leucorrhous2500-2800 m
Black-and-chestnut EagleOroaetus isidori2300-2500 m
Barred Forest-FalconMicrastur ruficollis1600-2700 m
Collared Forest-falcon
(black morph taped)		Micrastur semitorquatus2450 m
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus2450 m
American KestrelFalco sparverius1600-2600 m
Sickle-winged GuanChamaepetes goudotii2300-2500 m
Andean GuanPenelope montagnii2300-2700m
*Dark-backed Wood-quailOdontophorus melanonotus1600-2700 m
Band-tailed PigeonColumba fasciata1600-2700 m
Plumbeous PigeonColumba plumbea1600-2450 m
Ruddy PigeonColumba subvinacea1600 m
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata 2700 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi1800-2750 m
Maroon-chested Ground-dove
(rare, 1 male)		Claravis mondetoura2800 m
White-throated Quail-doveGeotrygon frenata2200-2450 m
Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana1900 m
Maroon-tailed ParakeetPyrrhura melanura1600-1900 m
*Yellow-eared ParrotOgnorhynchus icterotis1800-2400 m
Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineola2300-2750 m
Red-winged ParrotletTouit dilectissima2300 m (nest)
2500 m (specimens)
Red-billed ParrotPionus sordidus1600-2600 m
White-capped ParrotPionus tumultuosus2300-2800 m
Scaly-naped AmazonAmazona mercenaria2300-2700 m
Barn OwlTyto alba2300 m
White-throated Screech-owlOtus albogularis2500-2750 m
Rufous-banded OwlCiccaba albitarsus1800-2400 m
Mottled OwlCiccaba virgata1800 m
OilbirdSteatornis caripensis2300 m
Rufous-bellied NighthawkLurocalis rufiventris1800-2750m
Band-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longirostris2300-2400 m
(also at 3000 m)
White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris1800-2600 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila1800-2450 m
Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris1600 m
Tawny-bellied HermitPhaethornis syrmatophorus1900 m
Fawn-breasted BrillantHeliodoxa rubinoides1900 m
Green VioletearColibri thalassinus2300-2600 m
Sparkling VioletearColibri coruscans2300-2700 m
Speckled HummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenys1600-2700 m
Mountain VelvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayi2300-2350 m
Sword-billed HummingbirdEnsifera ensifera2700 m
Buff-winged StarfrontletCoeligena lutetiae2800 m
Buff-tailed CoronetBoissonneaua flavescens2300-2650 m
*Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianus2300-2650 m
Sapphire-vented PufflegEriocnemis luciani2800 m
Black-tailed TrainbearerLesbia victoriae2700 m
Violet-tailed SylphAglaiocercus coelestis1800 m
White-bellied WoodstarAcestrura mulsant2500-2800 m
Crested QuetzalPharomachrus antisianus1600-2700 m
Golden-headed QuetzalPharomachrus auriceps2300-2750 m
Masked TrogonTrogon personatus2000-2650m
Collared IncaCoeligena torquata2300-2750 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
Toucan BarbetSemnornis ramphastinus1600-2700 m
Crimson-rumped ToucanetAulacorhynchus haematopygus1800-2450 m
*Plate-billed Mountain-toucanAndigena laminirostris2200-2700 m
Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerPiculus rivolii2000-2650 m
Bar-bellied WoodpeckerVeniliornis nigriceps2300-2750 m
Yellow-vented WoodpeckerVeniliornis dignus2450 m
Powerful WoodpeckerCampephilus pollens1800-2500 m
Tyrannine WoodcreeperDendrocincla tyrannina2600-2750 m
Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus1600-2750 m
Montane WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes lacrymiger2300-2600 m
Azara's SpinetailSynallaxis azarae1600-2600 m
Rufous SpinetailSynallaxis unirufa2250-2350 m
White-browed SpinetailHellmayrea gularis2800 m
Red-faced SpinetailCranioleuca erythrops1900 m
Pearled TreerunnerMargarornis squamiger2300-2450 m
Streaked TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes boissonneautii2300-2750 m
Lineated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla subalaris2700 m
Streak-capped TreehunterThripadectes virgaticeps1900 m
Striped TreehunterThripadectes holostictus2300-2700 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
Long-tailed AntbirdDrymophila caudata1600-2450 m
*Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea2200-2450 m
(fairly common)
*Moustached AntpittaGrallaria alleni1800-2520m
Chestnut-crowned AntpittaGrallaria ruficapilla1600-2750 m
Rufous AntpittaGrallaria rufula2700-2750 m
Ash-colored TapaculoMyornis senilis2300-2750 m
Blackish TapaculoScytalopus latrans1800-2750 m
Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanni2200-2800 m
Narino TapaculoScytalopus vicinior1900 m
Ocellated TapaculoAcropternis orthonyx1800-2400 m
Red-crested CotingaAmpelion rubrocristatus2400-2800 m
Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferii2300-2400 m
Barred BecardPachyramphus versicolor2350-2400 m
Andean Cock-of-the-rockRupicola peruviana1600-2400 m
Streak-throated Bush-tyrantMyiotheretes striaticollis2600-2700 m
Smoky Bush-tyrantMyiotheretes fumigatus2200-2750 m
Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrantOchthoeca rufipectoralis2300-2750 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
Slatey-backed Chat-tyrantOchthoeca cinnamomeiventris2350-2600 m
Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrantOchthoeca diadema2300-2800 m
Golden-crowned FlycatcherMyiodynastes crysocephalus1900 m
Greater PeweeContopus fumigatus1600-2750 m
Ornate FlycatcherMyiotriccus ornatus1600 m
Cinnamon FlycatcherPyrrhomyias cinnamomea2200-2750 m
Flavescent FlycatcherMyiophobus flavicans2300-2650 m
Rufous-headed Pygmy-tyrantPseudotriccus ruficeps 2250-2350m
Rufous-crowned Tody-tyrantPoecilotriccus ruficeps1900 m
White-tailed TyrannuletMecocerculus poecilocercus2250-2650 m
White-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus stictopterus2400-2750 m
Agile Tit-tyrantUromyias agilis2800 m
White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps2250-2750 m
Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysops2450 m
Tawny-rumped TyrannuletPhyllomyias uropygialis2450-2600 m
Ashy-headed TyrannuletPhyllomyias cinereiceps2450 m
Streak-necked FlycatcherMionectes striaticollis2400-2450 m
Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca1600-2750 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica2000 m (25/10/1996) 2450 m (8/10/1998)
Cliff Swallow (migrant)Hirundo pyrrhonota2450 m - 8/10/1998
Bank Swallow (American) Sand Martin (English)Riparia riparia2450 m - 8/10/1996
Turquoise JayCyanolyca turcosa1600-2750 m
White-capped DipperCinclus leucocephalus2400 m
Sepia-brown WrenCinnycerthia peruana2450 m
Rufous WrenCinnycerthia unirufa2800 m
Grass WrenCistothorus platensis2300-2750 m
Plain-tailed WrenThryothorus euophrys1600-2750 m
House WrenTroglodytes aedon1600-1800 m
mountain WrenTroglodytes solstitialis2250-2500 m
Gray-breasted Wood-wren Henicorhina leucophrys1600-2750m
Andean SolitaireMyadestes ralloides1600-2400 m
Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrushCatharus fuscater2000-2750 m
Great ThrushTurdus fuscater2300-2750 m
Glossy-black ThrushTurdus serranus1800-2600 m
Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys2300-2400 m
Giant CowbirdScaphidura oryzivora1600-2200 m
Tropical ParulaParula pitiayumi1600 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
Blackburnian Warbler (migrant)Dendroica fusca1800 m
Slate-throated WhitestartMyioborus miniatus1900-2430 m
Spectacled WhitestartMyioborus melanocephalus2300-2750 m
Black-crested WarblerBasileuterus nigrocristatus2300-2750 m
Three-striped WarblerBasileuterus tristriatus2250-2400 m
Russet-crowned WarblerBasileuterus coronatus1600-2750 m
BananaquitCoereba flaveola1600 m
Cinereous ConebillConirostrum cinereum2700 m
Capped ConebillConirostrum albifrons2250-2500 m
masked FlowerpiercerDiglossa cyanea2200-2700 m
Black FlowerpiercerDiglossa humeralis2400-2450 m
White-sided FlowerpiercerDiglossa albilatera2300-2450 m
Fawn-breasted TanagerPipraeidea melanonota1900 m
Golden TanagerTangara arthus1800-2430 m
Golden-naped TanagerTangara ruficervix1800m
Beryl-spangled TanagerTangara nigroviridis2450 m
Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassorii2250-2750 m
Blue-winged Mountain-tanagerAnisognathus somptuosus2250-2800 m
Hooded Mountain-tanagerButhraupis montana1800-2750 m
Buff-breasted Mountain-tanagerDubusia taeniata2750 m
Blue-capped TanagerThraupis cyanocephala1800-2800 m
Lemon-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus1600 m

Name
Latin
Altitude
Rufous-chested TanagerThlypopsis ornata2200-2450 m
Dusky-bellied Bush-tanagerChlorospingus semifuscus1900-2450 m
Black-capped HemispingusHemispingus atropileus2250-2650 m
Superciliated HemispingusHemispingus superciliaris2350-2750 m
Black-eared HemispingusHemispingus melanotis2250-2450 m
Grass-green TanagerChlorornis riefferii2300-2750 m
PlushcapCatamblyrhynchus diadema2300-2800 m
Yellow GrosbeakPheucticus chrysogaster1800-2800 m
Slaty FinchHaplospiza rustica2700-2800 m
Rufous-naped Brush-finchAtlapetes rufinucha2300-2700 m
Tricolored Brush-finchAtlapetes tricolor2200-2400 m
White-winged Brush-finchAtlapetes leucopterus2300-2400 m
Stripe-headed Brush-finchBuarremon torquatus2300-2800 m
Chestnut-crowned Brush-finchBuarremon brunneinuchus2300 m
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis1800-3000 m
Hooded SiskinCarduelis magellanica2500-2800 m
Lesser GoldfinchCarduelis psaltria2500 m

 

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