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Lagunas Mojandas, Ecuador (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Lagunas Mojandas, Ecuador
Map of Lagunas Mojandas, Ecuador
Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo
Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo
Plain-colored Seedeater (
Catamenia inornata
)
Variable Hawk (
Geranoaetus polyosoma
)
Variable Hawk (
Geranoaetus polyosoma
) Juvenile
Tawny Antpitta (
Grallaria quitensis
)
Many-striped Canastero (Asthenes flammulata)
A pretty large lake and a couple of puddles just outside of Otavalo. To get to the lagunas, you travel through some cloud forest, but at the lake, it is paramo and a small amount of podocarpus forest.
Trips
Ecuador
12/14/2006
: Barbara and I took a taxi with a couple of other people from out hotel. We walked around the main mountain here. I was able to call in to the taxi driver using my cell phone from the high ground.
Previous Visit (Guayaquil - Cerro Blanco: 11/27/2006)
Next Visit (Mindo - Bellavista: 12/16/2006)
Species Recorded (12)
Birds ( 11 )
Antpittas ( Grallariidae )
Tawny Antpitta -
Grallaria quitensis
Swans, Geese, and Ducks ( Anatidae )
Andean Duck -
Oxyura ferruginea
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
Variable Hawk -
Geranoaetus polyosoma
White-rumped Hawk -
Parabuteo leucorrhous
Hummingbirds ( Trochilidae )
Tyrian Metaltail -
Metallura tyrianthina
Ovenbirds ( Furnariidae )
Many-striped Canastero -
Asthenes flammulata
Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
Great Thrush -
Turdus fuscater
Wood-warblers ( Parulidae )
Spectacled Redstart -
Myioborus melanocephalus
Tanagers ( Thraupidae )
Plain-colored Seedeater -
Catamenia inornata
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch -
Geospizopsis unicolor
Grosbeaks and Buntings ( Cardinalidae )
Golden-bellied Grosbeak -
Pheucticus chrysogaster
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