Site Report: Izhcayluma

Izhcayluma

Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)

Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus)

Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)

Mouse-gray Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus)

Peruvian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium peruanum)

Three-banded Warbler (Basileuterus trifasciatus)

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)

Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)

Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans)

Plumbeous-backed Thrush (Turdus reevei)

Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia)













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Izhcayluma

Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)

Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus)

Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)

Mouse-gray Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus)

Peruvian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium peruanum)

Three-banded Warbler (Basileuterus trifasciatus)

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)

Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)

Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans)

Plumbeous-backed Thrush (Turdus reevei)

Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia)
Small village near Vilcabamba
Visits
- 2025-07-10: On our way to Vilcabamba from Utuana, it turns out there was a landslide blocking the route between Loja and there. As we were planning to drive through Loja, this was going to cause some complications. After some discussion, we apparently agreed to change the route to go straight to Vilcabamba through some back roads. This definitely saved a bunch of time, but in the end, I think that we were overcharged for the detour. At any rate, we arrived in our hotel, and there was a good viewpoint of a small forest in the backyard.
- 2025-07-11: Met up with Pablo who promptly found three species that I could not find the previous day.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (24 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(24 records)
Class: Birds
(24 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Motmots
- Whooping Motmot (Momotus subrufescens)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Peruvian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium peruanum)
- Order: Perching Birds
(16 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
- Family: Antpittas
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Three-banded Warbler (Basileuterus trifasciatus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Plumbeous-backed Thrush (Turdus reevei)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
- Mouse-gray Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus)
- Family: Vireos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)