Site Report: Guayaquil - Cerro Blanco
Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
Tropical Parula (Parula pitiayumi)
Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Scrub Blackbird (Dives warszewiczi)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) ssp quaesita
Tropical Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus)
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus)
Speckle-breasted Wren (Thryothorus sclateri)
Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitida)
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Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
Tropical Parula (Parula pitiayumi)
Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Scrub Blackbird (Dives warszewiczi)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) ssp quaesita
Tropical Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus)
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus)
Speckle-breasted Wren (Thryothorus sclateri)
Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitida)
Cerro Blanco is a patch of dry forest owned by a cement company. Despite the ownership, the forest is a nice place, and the spring-fed creeks here attract wildlife in the dry season.
Visits
- 2006-11-27: Barbara and I took the bus here for an afternoon visit. Call before heading out here.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (22 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(22 records)
Class: Birds
(19 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Gray-capped Cuckoo (Coccyzus lansbergi)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(14 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- White-browed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila bilineata)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
- Family: Royal Flycatchers and Allies
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Fulvous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus fulviceps)
- Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
- Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus)
- Family: Vireos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
- Family: Wrens
- Speckle-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius sclateri)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Cebidae
- white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons)
- Order: Xenarthra
(1 record)
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Iguanas
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)