Site Report: Mindo - San Carlos, Ecuador

Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae)

Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)

Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis semiflava)

Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) - Male

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)

Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae)

Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) - Female

White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) - Male

Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)

Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica)

Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis)

Coopmans's Elaenia (Elaenia brachyptera)

Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) - Male

Forest and pasture

Map of Site Report: Mindo - San Carlos, Ecuador

2023-07-27: I decided it was worth it to take a taxi from Quito to Mindo. It was a good time to practice speaking Spanish with the taxi driver. In the afternoon, I walked around on the roads next to the hotel.
2023-07-28: I headed over with the guide to a place where some piculets were reported nesting. We found them quickly for some good photos. After, we headed over to the river to look for the Coopman's Elaenia which we also found very quickly.
2023-07-29: In the afternoon, I walked around in the reserve at my hotel looking for some reported Capuchin monkeys. I think I might have heard the monkeys, but I could not find them or much of anything else. On my way back to the room, I heard some woodpecker drumming, and I was able to locate the Guayaquil Woodpecker.

Kingdom: Animals (59 records)

Phylum: Chordates (59 records)

Class: Birds (59 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Sunbitterns
- Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Common Squirrel-Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Order: Parrots (2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus)
- Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- Family: Herons
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)

Order: Perching Birds (34 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis semiflava)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
- Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Ecuadorian Thrush (Turdus maculirostris)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica)
- Family: Vireos
- Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)

Order: Vultures (2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (5 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis)
- Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)
- Family: Toucans
- Pale-mandibled Aracari (Pteroglossus erythropygius)