Site Report: Reserva Ecologica Manglar Churute
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Mangroves
Visits
- 2025-07-06: We arrived in Guayaquil after an overnight flight. Everyone says that Guayaquil and the areas around there are full of criminals. That didn't stop me from birding out the car window.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (17 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(17 records)
Class: Birds
(17 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Croaking Ground-Dove (Columbina cruziana)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
- Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Order: Perching Birds
(4 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Snowy-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus niveigularis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)