Site Report: Sumaco, Ecuador

Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)

Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) - Male

Yellow Furry-Legs (Acraga infusa)

Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Platynota sp)

Handley's Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla handleyi)

Tayra (Eira barbara)

Cicada (Cicadadae sp)

Giant Earthworm (Rhinodrilidae sp)

Oreophoetes Walking Stick (Oreophoetes topoense)

Diadem Rain Frog (Pristimantis diadematus)

Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)

Leaf Katydid (Cycloptera sp)

Emperor Moth (Rothschildia sp)

Leafhopper (Onega sp)

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)

Marbled Rain Frog (Pristimantis ventrimarmoratus)

Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae)

Walking Stick (Dyme sp)

Emeraldine (Ceroctena amynta)

Panopodini Moth (Panopodini sp)

Sweat Bee (Megalopta sp)

Lappet Moth (Lasiocampida sp)

Geometer Moth (Geometera sp)

Leaf Beetle (Eumolpinae sp)

Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)

Leopard Moth (Pantherodes pardalaria)

Apatelodidae Moth (Anticla flavaria)

Lappet Moth (Euglyphis sp)

Tiger Moth (Melese sp)

Pyralid Snout Moth (Pyralida sp)

Conehead (Moncheca elegans)

Deep-blue Flowerpiercer (Diglossa glauca)

Giant Cockroach (Nyctibora sp)

Lappet Moth (Euglyphis submarginalis)

Leaf Katydid (Dysonia sp)

Lappet Moth (Euglyphis sp)

Geometer Moth (Geometera sp)

Tussock Moth (Erebida sp)

Silkworm Moth (Quentalia sp)

Lichen Moth (Pronola perdiffusa)

Cryptic Becard (Pachyramphus salvini) - Female

Plain-backed Antpitta (Grallaria haplonota)

White Witch Moth (Thysania agrippina)

Silkworm Moth (Quentalia lapanensis)

Silkworm Moth (Quentalia sp)

Prominent Moth (Meragisa sp)

Saddleback Caterpillar Moth (Acharia sp)

Lappet Moth (Macromphaliini sp)

Swift Moth (Hepialidae sp)

Pero Moth (Pero sp)

Pygmy Grasshopper (Scaria sp)

Geometer Moth (Hammaptera sp)

Leafhopper (Cicadellida sp)

Leafhopper (Diestostemma sp)

Geometer Moth (Geometera sp)

Erebinae Moth (Glenopteris ornata)

Hylesia Moth (Hylesia ssp)

Hemileucini Moth (Hylesia sp)

Prominent Moth (Naprepa sp)

Tiger Moth (Hypercompe sp)

Pyralid Snout Moth (Pyralida sp)

Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus sp)

Tiger Moth (Erebida sp)

Tussock Moth (Caviria sp)

American Silkworm Moth (Zanola sp)

Heterocampinae Moth (Rhuda sp)

Geometer Moth (Geometera sp)

Crambid Snout Moth (Cramibida sp)

Lichen Moth (Pronola magniplaga)

Leafhopper (Cicadellidae sp)

Forest Cockroach (Blaberoidea sp)

Katydid (Katydid sp)

Smooth-legged Tree Cricket (Neoxabea sp)

Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys)

Leaf Beetle (Monocesta sp)

Spectacled Lizard (Gelanesaurus flavogularis)

Yellow-throated Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus)

Stink Bug (Chinavia sp)

Tiger Moth (Amastus coccinator)

Hemileucini Moth (Dirphia subhorca)

Swift Moth (Hampsoniella sp)

Hypenine Snout Moth (Hypena sp)

Hypenine Snout Moth (Hypena perialis)

Swallowtail Moth (Epiplema albipennaria)

Lappet Moth (Euglyphis sp)

Geometer Moth (Geometera sp)

Lappet Moth (Lasiocampida sp)

Tiger Moth (Dysschema marginalis)

Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) - Male

Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus)

Pearl Moth (Eulepte sp)

Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans)

Black-streaked Puffbird (Malacoptila fulvogularis)

Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)

Sphinx Moth (Manduca schausi)

Walkingstick (Spinopeplus sp)

Forest

Map of Site Report: Sumaco, Ecuador

Visits

2023-08-03: After the trip from Baeza, we finally arrived at the lodge along a gravel road. I was just in time to see a Tayra in the trees next to the lodge. That night, I had a look at all of the crazy looking moths and other insects attracted to lights at the lodge.
2023-08-04: The first full day in the lodge, we walked up toward the small village nearby. While we were there, it started raining cats and dogs. It must have rained 10 inches in an hour. Afterward, at the lodge, there was a HUGE earthworm flushed out by the rain.
2023-08-05: The last day at the lodge, we walked to one of the lower trails in the morning. Then, we walked around the lodge on some steep trails in the afternoon. That night, there was another round with the moth lights. There were several completely new moths that were not there two nights prior.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (288 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (108 records)

Class: Arachnids (4 records)

Order: Harvestmen (1 record)
- Family: Sclerosomatidae Harvestmen
- Harvestman (Sclerosomatidae sp)

Order: Spiders (3 records)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Micrathena Spider (Micrathena sp)
- Family: Tarantulas
- Ecuador Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp)
- Family: Wolf Spiders
- Spider (Lycosidae sp)

Class: Insects (104 records)

Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants (1 record)
- Family: Thynnid Flower Wasps
- Sweat Bee (Megalopta sp)

Order: Beetles (7 records)
- Family: FIreflies
- Firefly (Cratomorphus sp)
- Family: Leaf Beetles
- Leaf Beetle (Eumolpina sp)
- Leaf Beetle (Monocesta sp)
- Family: Scarabs
- Scarab Beetle (Scarabaeida sp)
- Scarab Beetle (Scarabaeida ssp3)
- Scarab Beetle (Scarabaeida ssp5)
- Family: Soldier Beetles
- Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus sp)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (74 records)
- Family: Apatelodidae Moths
- American Silkworm Moth (Zanola sp)
- Apatelodidae Moth (Anticla flavaria)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Diaphania sp)
- Pearl Moth (Eulepte sp)
- Pearl Moth (Polygrammodes sp)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Emeraldine (Ceroctena amynta)
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
- Emperor Moth (Rothschildia sp)
- Hemileucini Moth (Dirphia subhorca)
- Hemileucini Moth (Hylesia sp)
- Hylesia Moth (Hylesia nanus)
- Family: Jewel Caterpillar Moths
- Yellow Furry-Legs (Acraga infusa)
- Family: Milkweed Butterflies
- Amber Phantom (Haetera piera)
- Family: Prominent Moths
- Heterocampinae Moth (Rhuda sp)
- Prominent Moth (Meragisa sp)
- Prominent Moth (Naprepa sp)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Pyralid Snout Moth (Pyralida sp)
- Pyralid Snout Moth (Pyralida sp)
- Family: Silkworm Moths
- Silkworm Moth (Quentalia lapanensis)
- Silkworm Moth (Quentalia sp)
- Silkworm Moth (Quentalia sp)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Saddleback Caterpillar Moth (Acharia sp)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Sphinx Moth (Manduca schausi)
- Family: Swallowtail Moths
- Swallowtail Moth (Epiplema albipennaria)
- Family: Swift Moths
- Swift Moth (Hampsoniella sp)
- Swift Moth (Hepialida sp)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Platynota sp)

Order: Caddisflies (1 record)
- Family: Net-spinning Caddisflies
- Caddisfly (Leptonema sp)

Order: Cockroaches and Termites (2 records)
- Family: Giant Cockroaches
- Forest Cockroach (Blaberida sp)
- Family: Nyctiboridae Cockroaches
- Giant Cockroach (Nyctibora sp)

Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets (7 records)
- Family: Katydid
- Conehead (Moncheca elegans)
- Katydid (Katydid sp)
- Leaf Katydid (Cycloptera sp)
- Leaf Katydid (Dysonia sp)
- Leaf Katydid (Katydid sp3)
- Family: Pygmy Grasshoppers
- Pygmy Grasshopper (Scaria sp)
- Family: Tree and Bush Crickets
- Smooth-legged Tree Cricket (Neoxabea sp)

Order: Stick Insects (4 records)
- Family: Common Walking Sticks
- Oreophoetes Walking Stick (Oreophoetes topoense)
- Walkingstick (Spinopeplus sp)
- Walking Stick (Diapheromerida sp)
- Walking Stick (Dyme sp)

Order: True Bugs (8 records)
- Family: Cicadas
- Cicada (Durangona tigrina)
- Family: Lanternflies
- Lanternfly (Calyptoproctus sp)
- Family: Leaf-footed Bugs
- Leaf-footed Bug (Piezogaster rubropictus)
- Family: Stink Bugs
- Stink Bug (Chinavia sp)
- Family: Typical Leafhoppers
- Leafhopper (Cicadellida sp)
- Leafhopper (Cicadellida ssp03)
- Leafhopper (Diestostemma sp)
- Leafhopper (Onega sp)

Phylum: Chordates (178 records)

Class: Amphibians (3 records)

Order: Toads and Frogs (3 records)
- Family: Fleshbelly Frogs
- Diadem Rain Frog (Pristimantis diadematus)
- Marbled Rain Frog (Pristimantis ventrimarmoratus)
- Rain Frog (Pristimantis acerus)

Class: Birds (169 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans)

Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Common Squirrel-Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea)
- Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea)

Order: Gabuliformes (3 records)
- Family: Jacamars
- Coppery-chested Jacamar (Galbula pastazae)
- Family: Puffbirds
- Black-streaked Puffbird (Malacoptila fulvogularis)
- White-chested Puffbird (Malacoptila fusca)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (26 records)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (2 records)
- Family: Potoos
- Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota)

Order: Parrots (2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- Maroon-tailed Parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
- Buckley's Forest-Falcon (Micrastur buckleyi)

Order: Perching Birds (111 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
- Family: Antpittas
- Plain-backed Antpitta (Grallaria haplonota)
- Family: Antthrushes
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula flavirostris)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea)
- Olivaceous Siskin (Spinus olivaceus)
- Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
- Family: Gnateaters
- Chestnut-crowned Gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas)
- Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tapaculo
- White-crowned Tapaculo (Scytalopus atratus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
- Speckled Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus maculatus)
- White-necked Thrush (Turdus albicollis)

Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Family: Trogons
- Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
- Green-backed Trogon (Trogon viridis)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (12 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus)
- Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)

Class: Mammals (4 records)

Order: Bats (1 record)
- Family: New World Leaf-nosed Bats
- Handley's Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla handleyi)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Mustelids
- Tayra (Eira barbara)

Order: Primates (2 records)
- Family: Cebidae
- Common Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha)
- Family: Marmosets and Tamarins
- Black-mantled Tamarin (Saguinus nigricollis)

Class: Reptiles (2 records)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (2 records)
- Family: Dwarf Iguanas
- Dwarf Iguana (Enyalioides sp)
- Family: Spectacled Lizards
- Spectacled Lizard (Gelanesaurus flavogularis)

Phylum: Flatworms (1 record)

Class: Rhabditophora (1 record)

Order: Planarians (1 record)
- Family: Land Planarians
- Planarian (Geoplanidae sp)

Phylum: Segmented Worms (1 record)

Class: Clitellata (1 record)

Order: Earthworms (1 record)
- Family: Giant Earthworms
- Giant Earthworm (Rhinodrilidae sp)

Lifelists

Trips

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