Site Report: Puerto Quito
Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)
Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida)
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove (Columbina buckleyi)
Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi)
Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi)
Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
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Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)
Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida)
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove (Columbina buckleyi)
Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi)
Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi)
Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Puerto Quito is a small town in Ecuador a few hours by bus from Quito. There are some small patches of remnant forest around here, but for the most part, the area has been cleared for agriculture. I stayed in a cabin a few miles from town that was very close to a riparian area as well as a patch of forest that was left standing due to lack of farming potential (lots of big rocks, and very steep).
Visits
- 2006-12-19: I stayed at Cabanas Del Rio for three nights. The cabin was very good for birds, and the owner set me up with some good spots. Just across the street was a patch of remnant forest, and a 10 minute walk took you to a good riparian area.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (52 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(52 records)
Class: Birds
(52 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Ecuadorian Ground-Dove (Columbina buckleyi)
- Pallid Dove (Leptotila pallida)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(1 record)
- Family: Jacamars
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
- Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (6 records)
- Family: Swifts
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(3 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Herons
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(24 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Mitrospingid Tanagers
- Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Black-winged Saltator (Saltator atripennis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Ecuadorian Thrush (Turdus maculirostris)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (4 records)