Site Report: Lagunas Mojandas

Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo

Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo

Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo

Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo

Many-striped Canastero (Asthenes flammulata)

Many-striped Canastero (Asthenes flammulata)

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Golden-bellied Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)

Golden-bellied Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)

Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis)

Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis)

White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous)

White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous)

Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)

Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) Juvenile

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) Juvenile

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) Juvenile

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) Juvenile

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)

Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo

Lagunas de Mojanda, near Otavalo

Many-striped Canastero (Asthenes flammulata)

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Golden-bellied Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)

Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis)

White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous)

Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) Juvenile

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma) Juvenile

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)

A pretty large lake and a couple of puddles just outside of Otavalo. To get to the lagunas, you travel through some cloud forest, but at the lake, it is paramo and a small amount of podocarpus forest.

Visits

2006-12-14: Barbara and I took a taxi with a couple of other people from out hotel. We walked around the main mountain here. I was able to call in to the taxi driver using my cell phone from the high ground.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (12 records)

Phylum: Chordates (12 records)

Class: Birds (11 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Andean Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- White-rumped Hawk (Parabuteo leucorrhous)
- Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)

Order: Perching Birds (7 records)
- Family: Antpittas
- Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Golden-bellied Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Many-striped Canastero (Asthenes flammulata)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Plumbeous Sierra-Finch (Geospizopsis unicolor)
- Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)

Class: Mammals (1 record)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Culpeo (Pseudalopex culpaeus)

Lifelists

Trips

Ecuador