List of birds of Ecuador
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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Ecuador including those of the
Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: , , ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands. They are distributed on each side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, and are part of the Republic of Ecuador ...
. The avifauna of
Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
has 1663 confirmed species, of which eight are
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the mainland and 31 are endemic to the Galápagos. Four have been introduced by humans, 78 are rare or
vagrants Vagrancy is the condition of homelessness without regular employment or income. Vagrants (also known as bums, vagabonds, rogues, tramps or drifters) usually live in poverty and support themselves by begging, scavenging, petty theft, temporar ...
, and one has been extirpated. An additional 41 species are hypothetical (see below). Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the
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. The list's
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treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) are also those of the SACC.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 4 March 2024. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved March 5, 2024 The following tags have been used to highlight certain categories of occurrence. * (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Ecuador * (EG) Endemic - Galápagos - a species endemic to the Galápagos Islands * (EM) Endemic - mainland - a species endemic to mainland Ecuador * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Ecuador as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions * (H) Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC


Tinamous

Order: TinamiformesFamily: Tinamidae The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family, Tinamidae, within their own order, the Tinamiformes. Seventeen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Tawny-breasted tinamou The tawny-breasted tinamou (''Nothocercus julius'') is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America.Clemenst, J. (2007) Taxonomy All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger sche ...
, ''Nothocercus julius'' *
Highland tinamou The highland tinamou or Bonaparte's tinamou (''Nothocercus bonapartei'') is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over altitude. Taxonomy All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratit ...
, ''Nothocercus bonapartei'' *
Gray tinamou The grey tinamou (''Tinamus tao'') is a type of ground bird native to South America. Four subspecies are recognised. Taxonomy All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. All ratites evolved from prehist ...
, ''Tinamus tao'' *
Black tinamou The black tinamou (''Tinamus osgoodi'') is a species of ground bird found in humid foothill and montane forest in the Andes of South America. Taxonomy All tinamous are from the family Tinamidae and members of the infraclass Palaeognathae. Ti ...
, ''Tinamus osgoodi'' *
Great tinamou The great tinamou (''Tinamus major'') is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration. Taxonomy The great tinamou was described and illustrated in 1 ...
, ''Tinamus major'' *
White-throated tinamou The white-throated tinamou (''Tinamus guttatus'') is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela. Etymology The scientific nam ...
, ''Tinamus guttatus'' *
Berlepsch's tinamou Berlepsch's tinamou (''Crypturellus berlepschi'') is a type of ground bird found in moist forestBirdLife International (2008) in northwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.Clements, J (2007) Taxonomy The Berlepsch's tinamou is a monotypic s ...
, ''Crypturellus berlepschi'' *
Cinereous tinamou The cinereous tinamou (''Crypturellus cinereus''), also known as brushland tinamou, is a type of ground bird found in swamp and lowland forests in northern South America. They have some localized names that have been used by the indigenous people ...
, ''Crypturellus cinereus'' *
Little tinamou The little tinamou (''Crypturellus soui'') is a species of tinamou. It is found in Central America, Central and South America, as well as on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Etymology ''Crypturellus'' is formed from three Latin or Greek languag ...
, ''Crypturellus soui'' *
Brown tinamou The brown tinamou (''Crypturellus obsoletus'') is a brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.BirdLife International (2008) Taxonomy All tinamous are usually treated in a single fa ...
, ''Crypturellus obsoletus'' *
Undulated tinamou The undulated tinamou (''Crypturellus undulatus'') is a species of ground bird found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America. Etymology Its generic name ''Crypturellus'' is formed from three Latin or Greek words ...
, ''Crypturellus undulatus'' *
Pale-browed tinamou The pale-browed tinamou (''Crypturellus transfasciatus'') is a type of tinamou found in tropical dry forests in Peru and Ecuador.Clements, J (2007) Etymology ''Crypturellus'' is formed from three Latin or Greek words. ''Kruptos'' meaning covered ...
, ''Crypturellus transfasciatus'' *
Variegated tinamou The variegated tinamou (''Crypturellus variegatus'') a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere ...
, ''Crypturellus variegatus'' *
Bartlett's tinamou Bartlett's tinamou (''Crypturellus bartletti'') is a type of tinamou found in lowland forest in South America.Clements, J (2007) Taxonomy The Bartlett's tinamou is a monotypic species. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larg ...
, ''Crypturellus bartletti'' *
Tataupa tinamou The Tataupa tinamou (''Crypturellus tataupa'') is a type of tinamou commonly found in dry forest in subtropical and tropical regions in southeastern South America.Clements, J (2007) Naming * ''Crypturellus'' is formed from three Latin or Greek ...
, ''Crypturellus tataupa'' *
Andean tinamou The Andean tinamou (''Nothoprocta pentlandii'') is a tinamou, found commonly in high-altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America.Clements, J. (2007) Taxonomy All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also rati ...
, ''Nothoprocta pentlandii'' *
Curve-billed tinamou The curve-billed tinamou (''Nothoprocta curvirostris'') is a type of tinamou commonly found in high-altitude grassland and shrubland habitats in the Andes of South America.Clements, J. (2007) Etymology ''Crypturellus'' is formed from three Latin ...
, ''Nothoprocta curvirostris''


Screamers

Order:
Anseriformes Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which in ...
Family: Anhimidae The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs, and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and in territorial disputes. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *
Horned screamer The horned screamer (''Anhima cornuta'') is a member of a small family of birds, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America. There are three screamer species, the other two being the southern screamer and the northern scr ...
, ''Anhima cornuta''


Ducks

Order:
Anseriformes Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which in ...
Family:
Anatidae The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted for swimming, floating ...
Anatidae includes the
duck Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form t ...
s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and
swan Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form t ...
s. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Ecuador. * Fulvous whistling-duck, ''Dendrocygna bicolor'' * Black-bellied whistling-duck, ''Dendrocygna autumnalis'' *
Orinoco goose The Orinoco goose (''Neochen jubata'') is a Near-threatened species, Near Threatened species of waterfowl in tribe Tadornini of subfamily Anserinae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Internatio ...
, ''Neochen jubatus'' *
Muscovy duck The Muscovy duck (''Cairina moschata'') is a large duck native to the Americas, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico south to Argentina and Uruguay. Small wild and feral breeding populations have established themselves in the United Sta ...
, ''Cairina moschata'' *
Comb duck The comb duck or American comb duck (''Sarkidiornis sylvicola''), is an unusual duck, found in tropical wetlands in continental South America south to the Paraguay River region in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and extreme northeastern Ar ...
, ''Sarkidiornis sylvicola'' * Brazilian teal, ''Amazonetta brasiliensis'' (V) *
Torrent duck The torrent duck (''Merganetta armata'') is a member of the duck, goose and swan family (biology), family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Merganetta''. It is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" ass ...
, ''Merganetta armata'' *
Northern shoveler The northern shoveler (; ''Spatula clypeata''), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, wintering in southern Euro ...
, ''Spatula clypeata'' * Blue-winged teal, ''Spatula discors'' *
Cinnamon teal The cinnamon teal (''Spatula cyanoptera'') is a species of duck found in western North and South America. It is a small dabbling duck, with bright reddish plumage on the male and duller brown plumage on the female. It lives in marshes and ponds, ...
, ''Spatula cyanoptera'' * American wigeon, ''Mareca americana'' (V) *
White-cheeked pintail The white-cheeked pintail (''Anas bahamensis''), also known as the Bahama pintail or summer duck, is a species of dabbling duck. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' under its current s ...
, ''Anas bahamensis'' *
Northern pintail The pintail or northern pintail (''Anas acuta'') is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding ra ...
, ''Anas acuta'' (V) *
Yellow-billed pintail The yellow-billed pintail (''Anas georgica'') is a South American dabbling duck of the genus ''Anas'' with three described subspecies. Taxonomy The yellow-billed pintail was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedric ...
, ''Anas georgica'' *
Green-winged teal The green-winged teal (''Anas carolinensis'') is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered Conspecificity, conspecific with the Eurasian teal (''A. crecca'') ...
, ''Anas crecca'' (V) *
Andean teal The Andean teal (''Anas andium'') is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus ''Anas''; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus ''Nettion''. It is restricted to the Andean highlands of ...
, ''Anas andium'' *
Southern pochard The southern pochard (''Netta erythrophthalma'') is a species of duck, and a member of the genus ''Netta''. There are two subspecies, the South American (southern) pochard ''N. e. erythrophthalma'' (Wied-Neuwied, 1833) and the African (southern) p ...
, ''Netta erythrophthalma'' *
Ring-necked duck The ring-necked duck (''Aythya collaris'') is a diving duck from North America commonly found in freshwater ponds and lakes. The scientific name is derived from Greek , an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristo ...
, ''Aythya collaris'' (V) *
Lesser scaup The lesser scaup (''Aythya affinis'') is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the little bluebill or broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill. The origin of ...
, ''Aythya affinis'' *
Masked duck The masked duck (''Nomonyx dominicus'') is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas. They are found from Mexico to South America and also in the Caribbean. Primarily not migratory, masked ducks are reported as very uncommon ...
, ''Nomonyx dominicus'' *
Ruddy duck The ruddy duck (''Oxyura jamaicensis'') is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ''oxus'', "sharp", and ''oura'', "tail", and ''jamaicensis'' is "from Jamaica". Taxonomy The ru ...
, ''Oxyura jamaicensis''


Guans

Order:
Galliformes Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often ...
Family: Cracidae The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the
curassow Curassows are one of the three major groups of cracid birds. They comprise the largest-bodied species of the cracid family. Three of the four genera are restricted to tropical South America; a single species of ''Crax'' ranges north to Mexico. ...
s and some guans have colorful facial ornaments. Fourteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Sickle-winged guan The sickle-winged guan (''Chamaepetes goudotii'') is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. J ...
, ''Chamaepetes goudotii'' *
Bearded guan The bearded guan (''Penelope barbata'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by ...
, ''Penelope barbata'' * Baudo guan, ''Penelope ortoni'' *
Andean guan The Andean guan (''Penelope montagnii'') is a gamefowl species of the family (biology), family Cracidae, in which it belongs to the guan (bird), guan subfamily Penelopinae. This bird occurs in the highlands (5,000 ft/1,500 m above mean sea l ...
, ''Penelope montagnii'' *
Spix's guan Spix's guan (''Penelope jacquacu'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is "the prototypical cracid of the Amazonian lowlands."del Hoyo, J. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Spix's Guan (''Penelope jacquacu''), version 1.0. In Birds of the W ...
, ''Penelope jacquacu'' *
Crested guan The crested guan (''Penelope purpurascens'') is a member of an ancient group of birds of the family Cracidae, which are related to the Australasian megapodes or mound builders (Megapodiidae). It is found in the Neotropics, in lowlands forests ran ...
, ''Penelope purpurascens'' * Blue-throated piping-guan, ''Pipile cumanensis'' *
Wattled guan The wattled guan (''Aburria aburri'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. It is a fairly large black cracid with blue-based, black-tipped beak and a long, red-and-yellow Wattle (anatomy), wattle. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, ...
, ''Aburria aburri'' *
Rufous-headed chachalaca The rufous-headed chachalaca (''Ortalis erythroptera'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, ...
, ''Ortalis erythroptera'' *
Speckled chachalaca The speckled chachalaca (''Ortalis guttata'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. ...
, ''Ortalis guttata'' *
Nocturnal curassow The nocturnal curassow (''Nothocrax urumutum'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, ...
, ''Nothocrax urumutum'' *
Great curassow The great curassow (''Crax rubra'') is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropical rainforests, its range extending from eastern Mexico, through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Male birds are black with curly cr ...
, ''Crax rubra'' *
Wattled curassow The wattled curassow (''Crax globulosa'') is a threatened member of the family Cracidae, the curassows, guans, and chachalacas. It is found in remote rainforests in the western Amazon basin in South America. Males have black plumage, except for a ...
, ''Crax globulosa'' *
Salvin's curassow Salvin's curassow (''Mitu salvini'') is a species of bird in the family Cracidae, the chachalacas, Guan (bird), guans, and curassows. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. J ...
, ''Mitu salvini''


New World quails

Order:
Galliformes Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often ...
Family:
Odontophoridae The New World quail are small birds only distantly related to the Old World quail, but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family, the Odontophoridae, whereas Old World quail are in the pheasant f ...
The
New World quail The New World quail are small birds only distantly related to the Old World quail, but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family, the Odontophoridae, whereas Old World quail are in the pheasant f ...
s are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. * Tawny-faced quail, ''Rhynchortyx cinctus'' * Marbled wood-quail, ''Odontophorus gujanensis'' * Rufous-fronted wood-quail, ''Odontophorus erythrops'' * Dark-backed wood-quail, ''Odontophorus melanonotus'' * Rufous-breasted wood-quail, ''Odontophorus speciosus'' * Starred wood-quail, ''Odontophorus stellatus''


Flamingos

Order:
Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives. Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes) and the closely related grebes ( Podicipedidae) are contained in the parent clade Mirandornithes. Fossil rec ...
Family:
Phoenicopteridae Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, which is the only extant family in the order Phoenicopteriformes. There are four flamingo species distributed throughout the Americas (including the Caribbean) ...
Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside down. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. * Chilean flamingo, ''Phoenicopterus chilensis'' * American flamingo, ''Phoenicopterus ruber''


Grebes

Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae
Grebe Grebes () are aquatic diving birds in the order Podicipediformes . Grebes are widely distributed freshwater birds, with some species also found in marine habitats during migration and winter. Some flightless species exist as well, most notably ...
s are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. Four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Least grebe The least grebe (''Tachybaptus dominicus''), an aquatic bird, is the smallest member of the grebe family. It occurs in the New World from the southwestern United States and Mexico to Argentina, and also on Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas and th ...
, ''Tachybaptus dominicus'' *
Pied-billed grebe The pied-billed grebe (''Podilymbus podiceps'') is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Because the Atitlán grebe (''Podilymbus gigas'') has become extinct, the Pied-Billed Grebe is now the sole extant member of the genus ''Podilymbus'' ...
, ''Podilymbus podiceps'' *
Great grebe The great grebe (''Podiceps major'') is the largest species of grebe in the world. A disjunct population exists in northwestern Peru, while the main distribution is from extreme southeastern Brazil to Patagonia and central Chile. The population f ...
, ''Podiceps major'' *
Silvery grebe The silvery grebe (''Podiceps occipitalis'') is a species of grebe in the family Podicipedidae. It is found in the western and southern part of South America at altitudes of up to . Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes but it also feeds in sa ...
, ''Podiceps occipitalis''


Pigeons

Order:
Columbiformes Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...
Family:
Columbidae Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...
Pigeon Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...
s and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Twenty-nine species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Rock pigeon The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon ( also ; ''Columba livia'') is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). In common usage, it is often simply referred to as the "pigeon". The domestic pigeon (''Columba livia domes ...
, ''Columba livia'' (I) *
Scaled pigeon The scaled pigeon (''Patagioenas speciosa'') is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Trinidad. The scaled pigeon is fairly common in sem ...
, ''Patagioenas speciosa'' *
Band-tailed pigeon The band-tailed pigeon (''Patagioenas fasciata'') is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean pigeon and the ring-tailed pigeon, which form a clade of ''Patagioenas'' with a terminal tail band and iridescent pl ...
, ''Patagioenas fasciata'' *
Pale-vented pigeon The pale-vented pigeon (''Patagioenas cayennensis'') is a large pigeon (family Columbidae) found in the tropical Americas. Formerly often placed in '' Columba'', it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus ''Patagioenas''. With i ...
, ''Patagioenas cayennensis'' * Peruvian pigeon, ''Patagioenas oenops'' (H) * Plumbeous pigeon, ''Patagioenas plumbea'' *
Ruddy pigeon The ruddy pigeon (''Patagioenas subvinacea'') is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia, and central Brazil. It belongs to a clade of small and rather plain species of ''Patagioenas'' with characteristi ...
, ''Patagioenas subvinacea'' * Dusky pigeon, ''Patagioenas goodsoni'' *
Purple quail-dove The purple quail-dove (''Geotrygon purpurata'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Taxonomy and systematics The purple quail-dove was at one time considered a subspecies of sapphire quail-dove ...
, ''Geotrygon purpurata'' *
Sapphire quail-dove The sapphire quail-dove (''Geotrygon saphirina'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Baptista, L. F., P. W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, G. M. Kirwan, P. F. D. Boesman, and E. F. J. Garcia ...
, ''Geotrygon saphirina'' *
Ruddy quail-dove The ruddy quail-dove (''Geotrygon montana'') is a species of bird in the dove and pigeon family Columbidae. It breeds throughout the West Indies, Central America, and tropical South America. It has appeared as a vagrant in Florida and southern Te ...
, ''Geotrygon montana'' *
Olive-backed quail-dove The olive-backed quail-dove (''Leptotrygon veraguensis'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.Baptista, L. F., P. W. Trail, and H. M. Horblit (2020). Olive-backed Qu ...
, ''Leptotrygon veraguensis'' *
White-tipped dove The white-tipped dove (''Leptotila verreauxi'') is a large New World tropical dove. Its scientific name commemorates the French naturalists Jules and Edouard Verreaux. Distribution and habitat The dove is a resident breeder from southernmost ...
, ''Leptotila verreauxi'' *
Ochre-bellied dove The ochre-bellied dove or buff-bellied dove (''Leptotila ochraceiventris'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J ...
, ''Leptotila ochraceiventris'' * Gray-fronted dove, ''Leptotila rufaxilla'' *
Pallid dove The pallid dove (''Leptotila pallida'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robb ...
, ''Leptotila pallida'' *
White-throated quail-dove The white-throated quail-dove (''Zentrygon frenata'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The white-throated quail-dove's taxonomic history is ...
, ''Zentrygon frenata'' *
West Peruvian dove The West Peruvian dove or Pacific dove (''Zenaida meloda'') is a species of dove in the genus ''Zenaida''. Description The West Peruvian dove has prominent white bands on its wings and wide tails corners, also white. Its eyes have violet-blue r ...
, ''Zenaida meloda'' * Galapagos dove, ''Zenaida galapagoensis'' (EG) * Eared dove, ''Zenaida auriculata'' *
Blue ground dove The blue ground dove (''Claravis pretiosa'') is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Peru and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad in the Caribbean. Habitat and breeding The blue groun ...
, ''Claravis pretiosa'' *
Maroon-chested ground dove The maroon-chested ground dove (''Paraclaravis mondetoura'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Taxonomy ...
, ''Paraclaravis mondetoura'' *
Black-winged ground dove The black-winged ground dove (''Metriopelia melanoptera'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The black-winged ground dove has two sub ...
, ''Metriopelia melanoptera'' *
Common ground dove The common ground dove (''Columbina passerina'') is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. It is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United Stat ...
, ''Columbina passerina'' *
Plain-breasted ground dove The plain-breasted ground dove (''Columbina minuta'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It lacks the scaled appearance to the feathers of the similar and typically more abundant common ground dove. Taxonomy In 1760 the French zoolog ...
, ''Columbina minuta'' *
Ruddy ground dove The ruddy ground dove (''Columbina talpacoti'') is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from Mexico south to Brazil, Peru and Paraguay, and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago. Individual birds can sometimes be see ...
, ''Columbina talpacoti'' *
Ecuadorian ground dove The Ecuadorian ground dove (''Columbina buckleyi'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The Ecuadorian ground dove and three other species were for a time placed in genus '' ...
, ''Columbina buckleyi'' *
Scaled dove The scaled dove (''Columbina squammata''), also known as scaly dove, Ridgway's dove, mottled dove, and South American zebra dove, is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its ...
, ''Columbina squammata'' (H) *
Croaking ground dove The croaking ground dove (''Columbina cruziana'') is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Baptista, L. F., P. W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, P. F. D. Boesman, E. de Juana, and E. F. J. Garcia ( ...
, ''Columbina cruziana''


Cuckoos

Order: CuculiformesFamily: Cuculidae Cuculidae includes
cuckoo Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separ ...
s,
roadrunner The roadrunners (genus ''Geococcyx''), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern and south-central United States and Mexico, us ...
s, and anis. These are birds of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. Eighteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. * Greater ani, ''Crotophaga major'' *
Smooth-billed ani The smooth-billed ani (''Crotophaga ani'') is a bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, northern Argentina and southern Chile. ...
, ''Crotophaga ani'' *
Groove-billed ani The groove-billed ani (''Crotophaga sulcirostris'') is a tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas, central Mexico and The Bahamas, thr ...
, ''Crotophaga sulcirostris'' *
Striped cuckoo The striped cuckoo (''Tapera naevia'') is a near-passerine bird, the only member of the genus ''Tapera''. This resident cuckoo is found from Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. The striped cuckoo is found in open country with tr ...
, ''Tapera naevia'' *
Pheasant cuckoo The pheasant cuckoo (''Dromococcyx phasianellus'') is a species of neotropical cuckoo in the subfamily Neomorphinae of the family Cuculidae. It is native to Central and South America where it occurs in lowland tropical forest. Description The p ...
, ''Dromococcyx phasianellus'' *
Pavonine cuckoo The pavonine cuckoo (''Dromococcyx pavoninus'') is a Neotropical cuckoo with a long graduated tail and a short crest. It is one of three species of Neotropical cuckoo which are known to be brood parasites. Description The head and crest of this ...
, ''Dromococcyx pavoninus'' * Rufous-vented ground-cuckoo, ''Neomorphus geoffroyi'' * Banded ground-cuckoo, ''Neomorphus radiolosus'' *
Red-billed ground-cuckoo The red-billed ground cuckoo (''Neomorphus pucheranii'') is a species of cuckoo in the tribe Neomorphini of subfamily Crotophaginae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and possibly Ecuador.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of ...
, ''Neomorphus pucheranii'' (H) *
Little cuckoo The little cuckoo (''Coccycua minuta'') is a species of bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) from South America and Panama. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Piaya'', but was moved to the reinstated genus ''Coccycua'' following the discovery ...
, ''Coccycua minuta'' *
Dwarf cuckoo The dwarf cuckoo (''Coccycua pumila'') is a tropical American bird species of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae). It was formerly placed in the genus ''Coccyzus'' or ''Micrococcyx''. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage aroun ...
, ''Coccycua pumila'' *
Squirrel cuckoo The squirrel cuckoo (''Piaya cayana'') is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. Some authorities have split off the western Mexican form as the M ...
, ''Piaya cayana'' * Black-bellied cuckoo, ''Piaya melanogaster'' *
Dark-billed cuckoo The dark-billed cuckoo (''Coccyzus melacoryphus'') is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Intern ...
, ''Coccyzus melacoryphus'' *
Yellow-billed cuckoo The yellow-billed cuckoo (''Coccyzus americanus'') is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging rain or th ...
, ''Coccyzus americanus'' *
Pearly-breasted cuckoo The pearly-breasted cuckoo (''Coccyzus euleri'') is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Interna ...
, ''Coccyzus euleri'' *
Black-billed cuckoo The black-billed cuckoo (''Coccyzus erythropthalmus'') is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, ''kokkuzo'', means to call like a common cuckoo, and ''erythropthalmus'' i ...
, ''Coccyzus erythropthalmus'' *
Gray-capped cuckoo The grey-capped cuckoo (''Coccyzus lansbergi'') is a species of bird in the tribe Phaenicophaeini, subfamily Cuculinae of the cuckoo family Cuculidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Internat ...
, ''Coccyzus lansbergi''


Oilbird

Order: SteatornithiformesFamily:
Steatornithidae The oilbird (''Steatornis caripensis''), locally known as the , is a bird species found in the northern areas of South America including the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is the only species in the genus ''Steatornis'', the family Steatornith ...
The oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. It is nocturnal and a specialist feeder on the fruit of the
oil palm ''Elaeis'' () is a genus of palms containing two species, called oil palms. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African oil palm ''Elaeis guineensis'' (the species name ''guineensis'' referring to its co ...
. *
Oilbird The oilbird (''Steatornis caripensis''), locally known as the , is a bird species found in the northern areas of South America including the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is the only species in the genus ''Steatornis'', the family Steatornith ...
, ''Steatornis caripensis''


Potoos

Order: NyctibiiformesFamily: Nyctibiidae The potoos (sometimes called poor-me-ones) are large
near passerine Near passerines and higher land-bird assemblage are terms of traditional, pre-cladistic taxonomy that have often been given to tree-dwelling birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines (order Passeriformes) owing to mor ...
birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. Five species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Rufous potoo The rufous potoo (''Phyllaemulor bracteatus'') is a species of bird in the family Nyctibiidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Phyllaemulor''. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Suriname Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.Re ...
, ''Phyllaemulor bracteatus'' *
Great potoo The great potoo (''Nyctibius grandis'') is the largest potoo species and is widely distributed in Central and South America. Much like owls, this species is nocturnal. It preys on large insects and small vertebrates, which it captures in sallies ...
, ''Nyctibius grandis'' * Long-tailed potoo, ''Nyctibius aethereus'' * Common potoo, ''Nyctibius griseus'' *
Andean potoo The Andean potoo (''Nyctibius maculosus'') is a species of bird in the family Nyctibiidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J ...
, ''Nyctibius maculosus''


Nightjars

Order: CaprimulgiformesFamily: Caprimulgidae
Nightjar Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They are sometimes called goatsuckers, due to the ancient folk ta ...
s are medium-sized nocturnal birds which usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. Nineteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Nacunda nighthawk The nacunda nighthawk (''Chordeiles nacunda'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, ...
, ''Chordeiles nacunda'' (V) *
Sand-colored nighthawk The sand-colored nighthawk (''Chordeiles rupestris'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. ...
, ''Chordeiles rupestris'' *
Lesser nighthawk The lesser nighthawk (''Chordeiles acutipennis'') is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas. The adults are dark with brown, grey and white patterning on the upperparts and breast; the long upperwings are black and show a whit ...
, ''Chordeiles acutipennis'' * Common nighthawk, ''Chordeiles minor'' *
Short-tailed nighthawk The short-tailed nighthawk (''Lurocalis semitorquatus'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Mexico, in every Central American country except El Salvador, in Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South Ame ...
, ''Lurocalis semitorquatus'' * Rufous-bellied nighthawk, ''Lurocalis rufiventris'' *
Band-tailed nighthawk The band-tailed nighthawk (''Nyctiprogne leucopyga'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtrop ...
, ''Nyctiprogne leucopyga'' *
Blackish nightjar The blackish nightjar (''Nyctipolus nigrescens'') is a species of bird in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. ...
, ''Nyctipolus nigrescens'' *
Band-winged nightjar The band-winged nightjar or greater band-winged nightjar (''Systellura longirostris'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is widespread in South America, where it is found in the Andes, Venezuelan Coastal Range, Santa Mart ...
, ''Systellura longirostris'' * Common pauraque, ''Nyctidromus albicollis'' * Scrub nightjar, ''Nyctidromus anthonyi'' *
Swallow-tailed nightjar The swallow-tailed nightjar (''Uropsalis segmentata'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The swallow-tailed nightjar shares its genus with the ...
, ''Uropsalis segmentata'' *
Lyre-tailed nightjar The lyre-tailed nightjar (''Uropsalis lyra'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The lyre-tailed nightjar shares its genus ...
, ''Uropsalis lyra'' *
White-tailed nightjar The white-tailed nightjar (''Hydropsalis cayennensis'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the tropic regions of Central and South America. Taxonomy The white-tailed nightjar was formally described in 1789 b ...
, ''Hydropsalis cayennensis'' *
Spot-tailed nightjar The spot-tailed nightjar (''Hydropsalis maculicaudus'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. ...
, ''Hydropsalis maculicaudus'' *
Ladder-tailed nightjar The ladder-tailed nightjar (''Hydropsalis climacocerca'') is a species of bird in the family Caprimulgidae, the nightjars. It is one of two species in the genus, Hydropsalis. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil with the Guianas, Guyana, S ...
, ''Hydropsalis climacocerca'' * Choco poorwill, ''Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi'' *
Ocellated poorwill The ocellated poorwill (''Nyctiphrynus ocellatus'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru. Taxonomy and systemati ...
, ''Nyctiphrynus ocellatus'' *
Rufous nightjar The rufous nightjar (''Antrostomus rufus'') is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Toba ...
, ''Antrostomus rufus''


Swifts

Order: ApodiformesFamily: Apodidae
Swift Swift or SWIFT most commonly refers to: * SWIFT, an international organization facilitating transactions between banks ** SWIFT code * Swift (programming language) * Swift (bird), a family of birds It may also refer to: Organizations * SWIFT, ...
s are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang. Fourteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Spot-fronted swift The spot-fronted swift (''Cypseloides cherriei'') is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist ...
, ''Cypseloides cherriei'' *
White-chinned swift The white-chinned swift (''Cypseloides cryptus'') is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Vers ...
, ''Cypseloides cryptus'' *
White-chested swift The white-chested swift (''Cypseloides lemosi'') is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist o ...
, ''Cypseloides lemosi'' *
Chestnut-collared swift The chestnut-collared swift (''Streptoprocne rutila'') is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found from Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru and Bolivia.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook ...
, ''Streptoprocne rutila'' *
White-collared swift The white-collared swift (''Streptoprocne zonaris'') is a species of bird in subfamily Cypseloidinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found in Mexico, the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, and every mainland South America country excep ...
, ''Streptoprocne zonaris'' *
Gray-rumped swift The grey-rumped swift or gray-rumped swift (''Chaetura cinereiventris'') is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Internationa ...
, ''Chaetura cinereiventris'' *
Band-rumped swift The band-rumped swift (''Chaetura spinicaudus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found from Panama south through Colombia into Ecuador, east from Venezuela into the Guianas and Brazil, and on Trini ...
, ''Chaetura spinicaudus'' *
Pale-rumped swift The pale-rumped swift (''Chaetura egregia'') is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the bi ...
, ''Chaetura egregia'' * Chimney swift, ''Chaetura pelagica'' *
Chapman's swift Chapman's swift (''Chaetura chapmani'') is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds ...
, ''Chaetura chapmani'' (H) *
Short-tailed swift The short-tailed swift (''Chaetura brachyura'') is a bird in the Apodidae, or swift family. Taxonomy The species was first formally described as ''Acanthylis brachyura'' in 1846 by the Scottish naturalist Sir William Jardine, based on the obs ...
, ''Chaetura brachyura'' *
White-tipped swift The white-tipped swift (''Aeronautes montivagus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of ...
, ''Aeronautes montivagus'' * Fork-tailed palm-swift, ''Tachornis squamata'' *
Lesser swallow-tailed swift The lesser swallow-tailed swift or Cayenne swift (''Panyptila cayennensis'') is a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Central America; in every mainland South America coun ...
, ''Panyptila cayennensis''


Hummingbirds

Order: ApodiformesFamily:
Trochilidae Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics arou ...
Hummingbird Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics aro ...
s are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. One hundred thirty-six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Fiery topaz The fiery topaz (''Topaza pyra'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It has brilliant iridescent plumage and resides in northern South America, where it consumes nectar and insects. Taxonomy and systematics The genus ''Topa ...
, ''Topaza pyra'' *
White-necked jacobin The white-necked jacobin (''Florisuga mellivora'') is a medium-size hummingbird that ranges from Mexico south through Central America and northern South America into Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. It is also found in Trinidad & Tobago. Other common ...
, ''Florisuga mellivora'' *
White-tipped sicklebill The white-tipped sicklebill (''Eutoxeres aquila'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. ...
, ''Eutoxeres aquila'' * Buff-tailed sicklebill, ''Eutoxeres condamini'' *
Bronzy hermit The bronzy hermit (''Glaucis aeneus'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Taxonomy and systematics The bronzy hermit and the rufous-breasted he ...
, ''Glaucis aeneus'' *
Rufous-breasted hermit The rufous-breasted hermit or hairy hermit (''Glaucis hirsutus'') is a hummingbird that breeds from Panama south to Bolivia, and on Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada. It is a widespread and generally common species, though local populations may cha ...
, ''Glaucis hirsutus'' *
Band-tailed barbthroat The band-tailed barbthroat (''Threnetes ruckeri'') is a medium-sized hummingbird that is found from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The band-tailed barbthroat has the three ...
, ''Threnetes ruckeri'' *
Pale-tailed barbthroat The pale-tailed barbthroat (''Threnetes leucurus'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found throughout much of the Amazon Basin from the eastern Andean foothills to the Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy and systematics The p ...
, ''Threnetes leucurus'' * Black-throated hermit, ''Phaethornis atrimentalis'' *
Stripe-throated hermit The stripe-throated hermit (''Phaethornis striigularis'') is a species of hummingbird from Central America and north-western South America. It is generally fairly common and considered Least Concern by BirdLife International. Description and sys ...
, ''Phaethornis striigularis'' * Gray-chinned hermit, ''Phaethornis griseogularis'' *
Reddish hermit The reddish hermit (''Phaethornis ruber'') is a species of bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and the Guianas. Taxonomy and systematics In 1743 the English nat ...
, ''Phaethornis ruber'' * White-bearded hermit, ''Phaethornis hispidus'' *
White-whiskered hermit The white-whiskered hermit (''Phaethornis yaruqui'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Taxonomy and systematics The white-whiskered hermit is monotypic. The western Colombia population ...
, ''Phaethornis yaruqui'' *
Green hermit The green hermit (''Phaethornis guy'') is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America ( Costa Rica and Panama) south to northern South America (north-eastern Venezuela and Trinidad, and the northern Andes of east ...
, ''Phaethornis guy'' * Tawny-bellied hermit, ''Phaethornis syrmatophorus'' *
Straight-billed hermit The straight-billed hermit (''Phaethornis bourcieri'') is a species of bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Ar ...
, ''Phaethornis bourcieri'' *
Long-billed hermit The long-billed hermit (''Phaethornis longirostris'') is a bird in the family Trochilidae, the hummingbirds. It is found from central Mexico south through Central America, Colombia and Ecuador into Peru. Taxonomy and systematics It has often ...
, ''Phaethornis longirostris'' *
Great-billed hermit The great-billed hermit (''Phaethornis malaris'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bon ...
, ''Phaethornis malaris'' * Green-fronted lancebill, ''Doryfera ludovicae'' * Blue-fronted lancebill, ''Doryfera johannae'' *
White-throated daggerbill The white-throated daggerbill, white-throated wedgebill, or western wedge-billed hummingbird (''Schistes albogularis'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta ...
, ''Schistes albogularis'' *
Geoffroy's daggerbill Geoffroy's daggerbill, Geoffroy's wedgebill, or eastern wedge-billed hummingbird (''Schistes geoffroyi'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Taxonomy and sy ...
, ''Schistes geoffroyi'' * Brown violetear, ''Colibri delphinae'' *
Lesser violetear The lesser violetear (''Colibri cyanotus''), also known as the mountain violet-ear, is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Costa Rica to northern South America. This species and the Mexican ...
, ''Colibri cyanotus'' *
Sparkling violetear The sparkling violetear (''Colibri coruscans'') is a species of hummingbird widespread in highlands of northern and western South America, including a large part of the Andes (from Argentina and northwards), the Venezuelan Coastal Range, and th ...
, ''Colibri coruscans'' *
Tooth-billed hummingbird The tooth-billed hummingbird (''Androdon aequatorialis'') is a species of bird from the family Trochilidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Androdon''. It is found in humid forests in western Colombia, north-western Ecuador (south to Pichinc ...
, ''Androdon aequatorialis'' *
Purple-crowned fairy The purple-crowned fairy (''Heliothryx barroti'') is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found from southeastern Mexico south into northern Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds ...
, ''Heliothryx barroti'' * Black-eared fairy, ''Heliothryx auritus'' *
Green-tailed goldenthroat The green-tailed goldenthroat (''Polytmus theresiae'') is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, and possibly Ecua ...
, ''Polytmus theresiae'' (H) *
Fiery-tailed awlbill The fiery-tailed awlbill (''Avocettula recurvirostris'') is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bo ...
, ''Avocettula recurvirostris'' *
Black-throated mango The black-throated mango (''Anthracothorax nigricollis'') is a hummingbird species native to South America and Trinidad and Tobago. Description It is 10.2 cm long and weighs 7.2g. The longish black bill is slightly decurved. The tail in b ...
, ''Anthracothorax nigricollis'' *
Amethyst-throated sunangel The amethyst-throated sunangel (''Heliangelus amethysticollis'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook ...
, ''Heliangelus amethysticollis'' *
Gorgeted sunangel The gorgeted sunangel (''Heliangelus strophianus'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the ...
, ''Heliangelus strophianus'' *
Tourmaline sunangel The tourmaline sunangel (''Heliangelus exortis'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the Wo ...
, ''Heliangelus exortis'' * Little sunangel, ''Heliangelus micraster'' * Purple-throated sunangel, ''Heliangelus viola'' *
Royal sunangel The royal sunangel (''Heliangelus regalis'') is an endangered species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the ...
, ''Heliangelus regalis'' *
Green thorntail The green thorntail (''Discosura conversii'') is a small hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bir ...
, ''Discosura conversii'' *
Wire-crested thorntail The wire-crested thorntail (''Discosura popelairii'') is a hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Bolivia.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of t ...
, ''Discosura popelairii'' *
Black-bellied thorntail The black-bellied thorntail (''Discosura langsdorffi'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife Internationa ...
, ''Discosura langsdorffi'' *
Rufous-crested coquette The rufous-crested coquette (''Lophornis delattrei'') is a species of hummingbird native to the tropical slopes of pacific South America. Due to its small size and population, it is a rare sight even within its native region. Males of the species ...
, ''Lophornis delattrei'' (H) * Spangled coquette, ''Lophornis stictolophus'' * Butterfly coquette, ''Lophornis verreauxii'' * Ecuadorian piedtail, ''Phlogophilus hemileucurus'' * Speckled hummingbird, ''Adelomyia melanogenys'' * Long-tailed sylph, ''Aglaiocercus kingii'' * Violet-tailed sylph, ''Aglaiocercus coelestis'' * Ecuadorian hillstar, ''Oreotrochilus chimborazo'' * Blue-throated hillstar, ''Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus'' (EM) *
Green-headed hillstar The green-headed hillstar (''Oreotrochilus stolzmanni'') is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern and central Peru.Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5, J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott & J. Sargatal (eds.), Bar ...
, ''Oreotrochilus stolzmanni'' * Mountain avocetbill, ''Opisthoprora euryptera'' *
Black-tailed trainbearer The black-tailed trainbearer (''Lesbia victoriae'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found between 2500 and 3800m in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest ...
, ''Lesbia victoriae'' *
Green-tailed trainbearer The green-tailed trainbearer (''Lesbia nuna'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (20 ...
, ''Lesbia nuna'' *
Purple-backed thornbill The purple-backed thornbill (''Ramphomicron microrhynchum'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2 ...
, ''Ramphomicron microrhynchum'' *
Rufous-capped thornbill The rufous-capped thornbill (''Chalcostigma ruficeps'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bir ...
, ''Chalcostigma ruficeps'' *
Blue-mantled thornbill The blue-mantled thornbill (''Chalcostigma stanleyi'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bird ...
, ''Chalcostigma stanleyi'' *
Rainbow-bearded thornbill The rainbow-bearded thornbill (''Chalcostigma herrani'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the B ...
, ''Chalcostigma herrani'' * Tyrian metaltail, ''Metallura tyrianthina'' *
Viridian metaltail The viridian metaltail (''Metallura williami'') is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the Worl ...
, ''Metallura williami'' * Violet-throated metaltail, ''Metallura baroni'' (EM) * Neblina metaltail, ''Metallura odomae'' *
Greenish puffleg The greenish puffleg (''Haplophaedia aureliae'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of ...
, ''Haplophaedia aureliae'' * Hoary puffleg, ''Haplophaedia lugens'' * Black-breasted puffleg, ''Eriocnemis nigrivestis'' (EM) * Glowing puffleg, ''Eriocnemis vestita'' * Black-thighed puffleg, ''Eriocnemis derbyi'' *
Turquoise-throated puffleg The turquoise-throated puffleg (''Eriocnemis godini''), also known as Godin's puffleg, is a species of hummingbird from Ecuador. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and white powder-puffs of downy feathers on the legs, and the male has ...
, ''Eriocnemis godini'' *
Sapphire-vented puffleg The sapphire-vented puffleg (''Eriocnemis luciani'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020 ...
, ''Eriocnemis luciani'' * Golden-breasted puffleg, ''Eriocnemis mosquera'' * Emerald-bellied puffleg, ''Eriocnemis aline'' *
Shining sunbeam The shining sunbeam (''Aglaeactis cupripennis'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds ...
, ''Aglaeactis cupripennis'' * Bronzy Inca, ''Coeligena coeligena'' * Brown Inca, ''Coeligena wilsoni'' *
Collared Inca The collared inca (''Coeligena torquata'') is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela through Colombia and Ecuador to Peru. It is very distinctive in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail. Like ot ...
, ''Coeligena torquata'' * Rainbow starfrontlet, ''Coeligena iris'' * Buff-winged starfrontlet, ''Coeligena lutetiae'' * Mountain velvetbreast, ''Lafresnaya lafresnayi'' *
Sword-billed hummingbird The sword-billed hummingbird (''Ensifera ensifera''), also known as the swordbill, is a neotropical species of hummingbird from the Andean regions of South America. It is the only member in the genus ''Ensifera.'' Among the largest species of ...
, ''Ensifera ensifera'' * Great sapphirewing, ''Pterophanes cyanopterus'' * Buff-tailed coronet, ''Boissonneaua flavescens'' * Chestnut-breasted coronet, ''Boissonneaua matthewsii'' * Velvet-purple coronet, ''Boissonneaua jardini'' * Booted racket-tail, ''Ocreatus underwoodii'' *
Rufous-gaped hillstar The rufous-gaped hillstar (''Urochroa bougueri''), formerly included in the white-tailed hillstar, is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Taxonomy The ruf ...
, ''Urochroa bougueri'' *
Green-backed hillstar The green-backed hillstar (''Urochroa leucura''), formerly included in the white-tailed hillstar, is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and Bird ...
, ''Urochroa leucura'' * Purple-bibbed whitetip, ''Urosticte benjamini'' *
Rufous-vented whitetip The rufous-vented whitetip (''Urosticte ruficrissa'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the ...
, ''Urosticte ruficrissa'' *
Pink-throated brilliant The pink-throated brilliant (''Heliodoxa gularis'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Bi ...
, ''Heliodoxa gularis'' *
Black-throated brilliant The black-throated brilliant (''Heliodoxa schreibersii'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Han ...
, ''Heliodoxa schreibersii'' *
Gould's jewelfront Gould's jewelfront or Gould's brilliant (''Heliodoxa aurescens'') is a medium-sized hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in tropical and equatorial South America. This is an uncommon species with an unusually large range compared to ...
, ''Heliodoxa aurescens'' *
Fawn-breasted brilliant The fawn-breasted brilliant (''Heliodoxa rubinoides'') is a species of hummingbird. It is native to South America, where it occurs in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Other common names include lilac-throated brilliant in English and ''bril ...
, ''Heliodoxa rubinoides'' *
Green-crowned brilliant The green-crowned brilliant (''Heliodoxa jacula'') is species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handboo ...
, ''Heliodoxa jacula'' *
Empress brilliant The empress brilliant (''Heliodoxa imperatrix'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the ...
, ''Heliodoxa imperatrix'' *
Violet-fronted brilliant The violet-fronted brilliant (''Heliodoxa leadbeateri'') is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020 ...
, ''Heliodoxa leadbeateri'' * Giant hummingbird, ''Patagona gigas'' *
Long-billed starthroat The long-billed starthroat (''Heliomaster longirostris'') is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, and all but the four southernmost coun ...
, ''Heliomaster longirostris'' *
Blue-tufted starthroat The blue-tufted starthroat (''Heliomaster furcifer'') is a species of hummingbird in the "mountain gems", tribe Lampornithini in subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and possibly Ecu ...
, ''Heliomaster furcifer'' (H) *
Purple-collared woodstar The purple-collared woodstar (''Myrtis fanny'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Ecuador and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of t ...
, ''Myrtis fanny'' * Peruvian sheartail, ''Thaumastura cora'' *
White-bellied woodstar The white-bellied woodstar (''Chaetocercus mulsant'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ...
, ''Chaetocercus mulsant'' *
Little woodstar The little woodstar (''Chaetocercus bombus''), called estrellita chica in South America, is a Near Threatened species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Pe ...
, ''Chaetocercus bombus'' *
Gorgeted woodstar The gorgeted woodstar (''Chaetocercus heliodor'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbo ...
, ''Chaetocercus heliodor'' * Esmeraldas woodstar, ''Chaetocercus berlepschi'' (EM) * Short-tailed woodstar, ''Myrmia micrura'' *
Amethyst woodstar The amethyst woodstar (''Calliphlox amethystina'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds".HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Internati ...
, ''Calliphlox amethystina'' * Purple-throated woodstar, ''Philodice mitchellii'' * Western emerald, ''Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus'' * Blue-tailed emerald, ''Chlorostilbon mellisugus'' * Violet-headed hummingbird, ''Klais guimeti'' * Gray-breasted sabrewing, ''Campylopterus largipennis'' * Lazuline sabrewing, ''Campylopterus falcatus'' * Napo sabrewing, ''Campylopterus villaviscensio'' * White-vented plumeleteer, ''Chalybura buffonii'' * Bronze-tailed plumeleteer, ''Chalybura urochrysia'' *
Crowned woodnymph The crowned woodnymph or violet-crowned woodnymph (''Thalurania colombica'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from Belize and Guatemala to northern Peru.HBW and BirdLife Int ...
, ''Thalurania colombica'' *
Fork-tailed woodnymph The fork-tailed woodnymph (''Thalurania furcata'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.HBW and BirdLife Interna ...
, ''Thalurania furcata'' * Tumbes hummingbird, ''Thaumasius baeri'' * Spot-throated hummingbird, ''Thaumasius taczanowskii'' (H) * Many-spotted hummingbird, ''Taphrospilus hypostictus'' * Olive-spotted hummingbird, ''Talaphorus chlorocercus'' *
Rufous-tailed hummingbird The rufous-tailed hummingbird (''Amazilia tzacatl'') is a medium-sized hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found from east-central Mexico through Central America and Colombia into Ecuador and Venez ...
, ''Amazilia tzacatl'' * Amazilia hummingbird, ''Amazilis amazilia'' * Andean emerald, ''Uranomitra franciae'' * Golden-tailed sapphire, ''Chrysuronia oenone'' *
Humboldt's sapphire Humboldt's sapphire or Humboldt's hummingbird (''Chrysuronia humboldtii'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Taxonomy and systematics Humbol ...
, ''Chrysuronia humboldtii'' * Blue-headed sapphire, ''Chrysuronia grayi'' *
Glittering-throated emerald The glittering-throated emerald (''Chionomesa fimbriata'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW and Bir ...
, ''Chionomesa fimbriata'' *
Sapphire-spangled emerald The sapphire-spangled emerald (''Chionomesa lactea'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is regularly found in Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela; as a vagrant in Argentina; and has po ...
, ''Chionomesa lactea'' (H) *
Rufous-throated sapphire The rufous-throated sapphire (''Hylocharis sapphirina'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Venezuela and possibly Arge ...
, ''Hylocharis sapphirina'' *
Blue-chested hummingbird The blue-chested hummingbird (''Polyerata amabilis'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland f ...
, ''Polyerata amabilis'' *
Purple-chested hummingbird The purple-chested hummingbird (''Polyerata rosenbergi'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded forme ...
, ''Polyerata rosenbergi'' *
White-chinned sapphire The white-chinned sapphire (''Chlorestes cyanus'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in northern South America. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical dry ...
, ''Chlorestes cyanus'' * Violet-bellied hummingbird, ''Chlorestes julie'' * Blue-chinned sapphire, ''Chlorestes notata''


Hoatzin

Order: OpisthocomiformesFamily:
Opisthocomidae Opisthocomidae is a family of birds, the only named family within the order Opisthocomiformes. The only living representative is the hoatzin (''Opisthocomus hoazin'') which lives in the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. Several fossi ...
The hoatzin is pheasant-sized, but much slimmer; it has a long tail, long neck, and small head. It has an unfeathered blue face with red eyes, and its head is topped by a spiky crest. It is a weak flier and is found in the swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. *
Hoatzin The hoatzin ( ) or hoactzin ( ), (''Opisthocomus hoazin''), is the only species in the order Opisthocomiformes. It is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riparian forests, and mangroves of the Amazon and the Orinoco basins in South Ameri ...
, ''Opisthocomus hoazin''


Limpkin

Order:
Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order (biology), order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird family (biology), families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and t ...
Family:
Aramidae Aramidae is a bird family in the order Gruiformes. The limpkin The limpkin (''Aramus guarauna''), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Ara ...
The limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab-brown plumage and a grayer head and neck. *
Limpkin The limpkin (''Aramus guarauna''), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a large wading bird related to rails and cranes, and the only extant species in the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the America ...
, ''Aramus guarauna''


Trumpeters

Order:
Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order (biology), order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird family (biology), families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and t ...
Family:
Psophiidae ''Psophia'' is a genus of birds restricted to the humid forests of the Amazon and Guiana Shield in South America. It is the only genus in the family Psophiidae. Birds in the genus are commonly known as trumpeters, due to the trumpeting or cackli ...
The trumpeters are dumpy birds with long necks and legs and chicken-like bills. They are named for the trumpeting call of the males. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. * Gray-winged trumpeter, ''Psophia crepitans''


Rails

Order:
Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order (biology), order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird family (biology), families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and t ...
Family:
Rallidae The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized, ground-living birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, althoug ...
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the
rails Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' ( ...
,
crake The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized, ground-living birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, althoug ...
s,
coot Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae. They constitute the genus ''Fulica'', the name being the Latin term for "coot". Coots have predominantly black plumage, and—unlike many rails—they are usually ...
s, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers. Twenty-eight species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Mangrove rail The mangrove rail (''Rallus longirostris'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Central and South America.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of ...
, ''Rallus longirostris'' *
Virginia rail The Virginia rail (''Rallus limicola'') is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae. These birds remain fairly common despite continuing loss of habitat, but are secretive by nature and more often heard than seen. They are also considered a ga ...
, ''Rallus limicola'' *
Purple gallinule Purple gallinule is an alternative name for two species of birds in the rail family. It can refer to: * Purple swamphen, a group of closely related species of swamphen of the Old World * American purple gallinule The purple gallinule (''Porphyr ...
, ''Porphyrio martinica'' *
Azure gallinule The azure gallinule (''Porphyrio flavirostris'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Per ...
, ''Porphyrio flavirostris'' *
Chestnut-headed crake The chestnut-headed crake (''Rufirallus castaneiceps'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International ...
, ''Anurolimnas castaneiceps'' *
Russet-crowned crake The russet-crowned crake (''Rufirallus viridis'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.HBW ...
, ''Anurolimnas viridis'' *
Black-banded crake The black-banded crake (''Laterallus fasciatus'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handboo ...
, ''Anurolimnas fasciatus'' *
Rufous-sided crake The rufous-sided crake (''Laterallus melanophaius'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Internati ...
, ''Laterallus melanophaius'' *
White-throated crake The white-throated crake (''Laterallus albigularis'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.HBW ...
, ''Laterallus albigularis'' * Gray-breasted crake, ''Laterallus exilis'' *
Galapagos rail The Galapagos crake (''Laterallus spilonota''), also called the Galapagos rail and Darwin's rail, is a Vulnerable species of rail in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islan ...
, ''Laterallus spilonota'' (EG) *
Ocellated crake The ocellated crake (''Micropygia schomburgkii'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae that is placed in the monotypic genus ''Micropygia''. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surin ...
, ''Micropygia schomburgkii'' *
Ash-throated crake The ash-throated crake (''Mustelirallus albicollis'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Internationa ...
, ''Mustelirallus albicollis'' *
Colombian crake The Colombian crake (''Neocrex colombiana'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds ...
, ''Mustelirallus colombianus'' *
Paint-billed crake The paint-billed crake (''Neocrex erythrops'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digit ...
, ''Mustelirallus erythrops'' *
Spotted rail The spotted rail (''Pardirallus maculatus'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.HBW and BirdLife International (2 ...
, ''Pardirallus maculatus'' *
Blackish rail The blackish rail (''Pardirallus nigricans'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digita ...
, ''Pardirallus nigricans'' *
Plumbeous rail The plumbeous rail (''Pardirallus sanguinolentus'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.HBW and BirdL ...
, ''Pardirallus sanguinolentus'' * Uniform crake, ''Amaurolimnas concolor'' * Brown wood-rail, ''Aramides wolfi'' * Gray-cowled wood-rail, ''Aramides cajaneus'' *
Rufous-necked wood-rail The rufous-necked wood rail (''Aramides axillaris'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International ...
, ''Aramides axillaris'' * Red-winged wood-rail, ''Aramides calopterus'' *
Yellow-breasted crake The yellow-breasted crake (''Laterallus flaviventer'') is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found on several Caribbean islands and in most of Central America and South America.HB ...
, ''Porzana flaviventer'' (H) * Sora, ''Porzana carolina'' * Common gallinule, ''Gallinula galeata'' * American coot, ''Fulica americana'' (V) * Slate-colored coot, ''Fulica ardesiaca''


Finfoots

Order:
Gruiformes The Gruiformes are an order (biology), order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird family (biology), families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like". Traditionally, a number of wading and t ...
Family:
Heliornithidae The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a sungrebe. The family is composed of three speci ...
Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *
Sungrebe The sungrebe (''Heliornis fulica'') is a small aquatic gruiform found in the tropical and subtropical Americas from northeastern Mexico to central Ecuador and southern Brazil.Luo, Miles. K. (2009, October 16). ''Heliornis fulica'' (T. S. Schulen ...
, ''Heliornis fulica''


Plovers

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family: Charadriidae The family Charadriidae includes the
plover Plovers ( , ) are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. Description There are about 66 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfa ...
s, dotterels, and
lapwing Lapwings (subfamily Vanellinae) are any of various ground-nesting birds (family Charadriidae) akin to plovers and dotterels. They range from in length, and are noted for their slow, irregular wingbeats in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. A gro ...
s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Thirteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
American golden-plover The American golden plover (''Pluvialis dominica''), is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from ''pluvia'', "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name ''d ...
, ''Pluvialis dominica'' * Pacific golden-plover, ''Pluvialis fulva'' (V) * Black-bellied plover, ''Pluvialis squatarola'' *
Tawny-throated dotterel The tawny-throated dotterel (''Oreopholus ruficollis'') is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae, the plovers and their relatives. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. Taxonomy and systematics The tawny- ...
, ''Oreopholus ruficollis'' (V) *
Pied lapwing The pied plover (''Hoploxypterus cayanus''), also known as the pied lapwing, is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is a bird of least concern according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN and can be found in ...
, ''Vanellus cayanus'' * Southern lapwing, ''Vanellus chilensis'' *
Andean lapwing The Andean lapwing (''Vanellus resplendens'') is a species of bird in family Charadriidae, the plovers and their relatives. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. ...
, ''Vanellus resplendens'' *
Killdeer The killdeer (''Charadrius vociferus'') is a large plover found in the Americas. It was described and given its current scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his ''Systema Naturae''. Three subspecies are described. T ...
, ''Charadrius vociferus'' *
Semipalmated plover The semipalmated plover (''Charadrius semipalmatus'') is a small plover. ''Charadrius'' is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. It derives from Ancient Greek ''kharadrios'' a bird found in ravines and ri ...
, ''Charadrius semipalmatus'' *
Piping plover The piping plover (''Charadrius melodus'') is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across the forehead from e ...
, ''Charadrius melodus'' (V) *
Wilson's plover Wilson's plover (''Charadrius wilsonia'') is a small bird of the family Charadriidae. It was named after the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson by his friend George Ord in 1814. Wilson's plover is a coastal wader which breeds o ...
, ''Charadrius wilsonia'' *
Collared plover The collared plover (''Charadrius collaris'') is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina. This small plove ...
, ''Charadrius collaris'' *
Snowy plover The snowy plover (''Charadrius nivosus'') is a small wader in the plover bird family, typically about 5-7" in length. It breeds in the southern and western United States, the Caribbean, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. Long considered to be a subspecie ...
, ''Charadrius nivosus''


Oystercatchers

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family: Haematopodidae The
oystercatcher The oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, ''Haematopus''. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia. The e ...
s are large and noisy
plover Plovers ( , ) are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. Description There are about 66 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfa ...
-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open
mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. * American oystercatcher, ''Haematopus palliatus'' *
Blackish oystercatcher The blackish oystercatcher (''Haematopus ater'') is a species of wading bird in the oystercatcher family Haematopodidae. It is found in Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands and Peru, and is a vagrant to Uruguay. The population is estimated at ...
, ''Haematopus ater''


Avocets and stilts

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family:
Recurvirostridae The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets (one genus) and the stilts (two genera). Description Avocets and stilts range in length from and in weight from ; ...
Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and
stilt Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates. They have extremely long legs, hence the grou ...
s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Black-necked stilt The black-necked stilt (''Himantopus mexicanus'') is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexic ...
, ''Himantopus mexicanus'' * American avocet, ''Recurvirostra americana'' (V)


Thick-knees

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family:
Burhinidae The stone-curlews, also known as dikkops or thick-knees, consist of 10 species within the family Burhinidae, and are found throughout the tropical and temperate parts of the world, with two or more species occurring in some areas of Africa, Asia, ...
The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *
Peruvian thick-knee The Peruvian thick-knee (''Burhinus superciliaris'') is a species of bird in the family Burhinidae. It is found in Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or ...
, ''Hesperoburhinus superciliaris''


Sandpipers

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family:
Scolopacidae Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. ...
Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the
sandpiper Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. ...
s, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers,
woodcock The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus ''Scolopax''. The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders. The English name ...
s,
snipe A snipe is any of about 26 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head, and cryptic/camouflaging plumage. The ''Gallinago'' snipes have a near ...
s, dowitchers, and
phalarope __NOTOC__ A phalarope is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus ''Phalaropus'' of the bird family Scolopacidae. Phalaropes are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the ''Actitis'' and Terek sandpipers, a ...
s. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Thirty-eight species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Upland sandpiper The upland sandpiper (''Bartramia longicauda'') is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews. Older names are the upland plover and Bartram's sandpiper. In Louisiana, it is also colloquially known as the papabotte. It is the only member ...
, ''Bartramia longicauda'' * Whimbrel, ''Numenius phaeopus'' *
Long-billed curlew The long-billed curlew (''Numenius americanus'') is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrat ...
, ''Numenius americanus'' (V) *
Hudsonian godwit The Hudsonian godwit (''Limosa haemastica'') is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. The genus name ''Limosa'' is from Latin and means "muddy", from ''limus'', "mud". The specific ''haemastica'' is from Ancient Greek and means ...
, ''Limosa haemastica'' *
Marbled godwit The marbled godwit (''Limosa fedoa'') is a large migratory shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. On average, it is the largest of the four species of godwit. Taxonomy In 1750 the English naturalist George Edwards included an illustration and a ...
, ''Limosa fedoa'' (V) *
Ruddy turnstone The ruddy turnstone (''Arenaria interpres'') is a small cosmopolitan wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus ''Arenaria''. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plov ...
, ''Arenaria interpres'' *
Red knot The red knot or just knot (''Calidris canutus'') is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the ''Calidris'' sandpipers, second only to the ...
, ''Calidris canutus'' (V) *
Surfbird The surfbird (''Calidris virgata'') is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, and placed in the monotypic genus ''Aphriza'', but is now placed in the genus ''Calidris''. This bird ...
, ''Calidris virgata'' *
Ruff Ruff may refer to: Places *Ruff, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community *Ruff, Washington, United States, an unincorporated community Other uses *Ruff (bird) (''Calidris pugnax'' or ''Philomachus pugnax''), a bird in the wader fami ...
, ''Calidris pugnax'' (V) *
Sharp-tailed sandpiper The sharp-tailed sandpiper (''Calidris acuminata'') (but see below) is a small wader. Taxonomy A review of data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus ''Philomachus'' – as ''P. acuminatus'' – which now ...
, ''Calidris acuminata'' (H) *
Stilt sandpiper The stilt sandpiper (''Calidris himantopus'') is a small shorebird. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'' is a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ''himanto ...
, ''Calidris himantopus'' * Curlew sandpiper, ''Calidris ferruginea'' (V) *
Sanderling The sanderling (''Calidris alba'') is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English ''sand-yrðling'', "sand-ploughman". The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloure ...
, ''Calidris alba'' *
Dunlin The dunlin (''Calidris alpina'') is a small wader, formerly sometimes separated with the other "stints" in the genus ''Erolia''. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from ''dun'', "dull brown ...
, ''Calidris alpina'' (V) * Baird's sandpiper, ''Calidris bairdii'' *
Least sandpiper The least sandpiper (''Calidris minutilla'') is the smallest shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-colored waterside birds. The specific ''minutilla'' is Medieval Lat ...
, ''Calidris minutilla'' *
White-rumped sandpiper The white-rumped sandpiper (''Calidris fuscicollis'') is a small shorebird that breeds in the northern tundra of Canada and Alaska. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny shorebirds; these are known collectively as "pee ...
, ''Calidris fuscicollis'' *
Buff-breasted sandpiper The buff-breasted sandpiper (''Calidris subruficollis'') is a small wader, shorebird. The species name ''subruficollis'' is from Latin ''subrufus'', "reddish" (from ''sub'', "somewhat", and ''rufus'', "rufous") and ''collis'', "-necked/-throated" ...
, ''Calidris subruficollis'' *
Pectoral sandpiper The pectoral sandpiper (''Calidris melanotos'') is a small, migratory wader that breeds in North America and Asia, wintering in South America and Oceania. It eats small invertebrates. Its nest, a hole scraped in the ground and with a thick linin ...
, ''Calidris melanotos'' *
Semipalmated sandpiper The semipalmated sandpiper (''Calidris pusilla'') is a very small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ''pusilla'' is Latin fo ...
, ''Calidris pusilla'' *
Western sandpiper The western sandpiper (''Calidris mauri'') is a small shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ''kalidris'' or ''skalidris'', a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific ''mauri'' commemorates Italian bota ...
, ''Calidris mauri'' *
Short-billed dowitcher The short-billed dowitcher (''Limnodromus griseus''), like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Central America, the Caribbea ...
, ''Limnodromus griseus'' *
Long-billed dowitcher The long-billed dowitcher (''Limnodromus scolopaceus'') is a medium-sized shorebird with a relatively long bill belonging to the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. In breeding plumage, adults are characterized by a beautiful rufous head and underpar ...
, ''Limnodromus scolopaceus'' (V) *
Imperial snipe The imperial snipe (''Gallinago imperialis'') is a small stocky wader which breeds in the Andes. For a century it was known only from two specimens collected near Bogotá, Colombia, and was presumed extinct, but it was rediscovered in Peru in 1 ...
, ''Gallinago imperialis'' *
Jameson's snipe The Jameson's snipe or Andean snipe (''Gallinago jamesoni'') is a small, stocky Scolopacidae, wader. It breeds in the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It appears to be entirely sedentary, with no evidence of bird migration ...
, ''Gallinago jamesoni'' *
Noble snipe The noble snipe (''Gallinago nobilis'') is a small stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de ...
, ''Gallinago nobilis'' *
Wilson's snipe Wilson's snipe (''Gallinago delicata'') is a small, stocky shorebird. The genus name ''gallinago'' is New Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin ''gallina'', "hen" and the suffix ''-ago'', "resembling". The specific ''delicata'' is Latin for "d ...
, ''Gallinago delicata'' *
Pantanal snipe The Pantanal snipe (''Gallinago paraguaiae'') is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of Family (biology), family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives.HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the ...
, ''Gallinago paraguaiae'' (V) *
Puna snipe The puna snipe (''Gallinago andina'') is a bird in tribe Scolopancinai and subfamily Scolopacinae of family Scolopacidae, the sandpipers and relatives.HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife Intern ...
, ''Gallinago andina'' (H) *
Wilson's phalarope Wilson's phalarope (''Phalaropus tricolor'') is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering in inland salt lakes nea ...
, ''Phalaropus tricolor'' *
Red-necked phalarope The red-necked phalarope (''Phalaropus lobatus''), also known as the northern phalarope and hyperborean phalarope, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a ...
, ''Phalaropus lobatus'' * Red phalarope, ''Phalaropus fulicarius'' *
Spotted sandpiper The spotted sandpiper (''Actitis macularius'') is a small shorebird. Together with its sister species the common sandpiper (''A. hypoleucos''), it makes up the genus ''Actitis''. They replace each other geographically; stray birds may settle dow ...
, ''Actitis macularius'' *
Solitary sandpiper The solitary sandpiper (''Tringa solitaria'') is a small shorebird. The genus name ''Tringa'' is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ''trungas'', a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbin ...
, ''Tringa solitaria'' *
Wandering tattler The wandering tattler (''Tringa incana''; formerly ''Heteroscelus incanus'': Pereira & Baker, 2005; Banks ''et al.'', 2006), is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related gray-tailed tattler, ''T. brevipes''. ...
, ''Tringa incana'' *
Greater yellowlegs The greater yellowlegs (''Tringa melanoleuca'') is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America. Taxonomy ...
, ''Tringa melanoleuca'' *
Willet The willet (''Tringa semipalmata'') is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper, and is the largest of the species called "shanks" in the genus ''Tringa''. Its closest relative is the lesser yel ...
, ''Tringa semipalmata'' *
Lesser yellowlegs The lesser yellowlegs (''Tringa flavipes'') is a medium-sized shorebird. It breeds in the boreal forest region of North America. Taxonomy The lesser yellowlegs was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in ...
, ''Tringa flavipes''


Seedsnipes

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family:
Thinocoridae The seedsnipes are a small family, Thinocoridae, of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a herbivorous diet. The family is divided into two genera, ''Attagis'' and ''Thinocorus'', each containing two species. The family has a South Am ...
The seedsnipes are a small family of birds that superficially resemble sparrows. They have short legs and long wings and are herbivorous waders. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Rufous-bellied seedsnipe The rufous-bellied seedsnipe (''Attagis gayi'') is a bird in suborder Scolopaci of order Charadriiformes, the shorebirds. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The rufous-bellied seedsnipe share ...
, ''Attagis gayi'' *
Least seedsnipe The least seedsnipe (''Thinocorus rumicivorus'') is a xerophilic species of bird in the Thinocoridae family. It breeds in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. They are common across South America and have been recorded in Ecuador, the Falkland ...
, ''Thinocorus rumicivorus'' (V)


Jacanas

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family:
Jacanidae The jacanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds or lily trotters) are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found in the tropical regions around the world. They are noted for their elongated toes and toenails that allow ...
The jacanas are a family of waders found throughout the tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *
Wattled jacana The wattled jacana (''Jacana jacana'') is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes. Breeding The wattled jacana lays four black-marked brown eggs in a floating n ...
, ''Jacana jacana''


Skuas

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family: Stercorariidae The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. Five species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Chilean skua The Chilean skua, also called the cinnamon skua (''Stercorarius chilensis''), is a large predatory seabird, which breeds in Argentina and Chile, but ranges as far north as Brazil and Peru when not breeding. A relatively distinctive skua, it has a ...
, ''Stercorarius chilensis'' (H) *
South polar skua The south polar skua (''Stercorarius maccormicki'') is a large seabird in the skua family, Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick's skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen. ...
, ''Stercorarius maccormicki'' (H) *
Pomarine jaeger The pomarine jaeger (''Stercorarius pomarinus''), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans. Taxonomy Its relationships are not fully resolved; i ...
, ''Stercorarius pomarinus'' (V) *
Parasitic jaeger The parasitic jaeger (''Stercorarius parasiticus''), also known as the Arctic skua, Arctic jaeger or parasitic skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species that breeds in Northern Scandinavia, Scotland, Iceland, ...
, ''Stercorarius parasiticus'' (V) *
Long-tailed jaeger The long-tailed skua or long-tailed jaeger (''Stercorarius longicaudus'') is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. Etymology The word "jaeger" is derived from the German word ''Jäger'', meaning "hunter". The English word "skua" comes fr ...
, ''Stercorarius longicaudus'' (V)


Skimmers

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
Family:
Rynchopidae The skimmers, forming the genus ''Rynchops'', are tern-like birds in the family Laridae. The genus comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas. They were formerly known as the scissorbills. The three species are the onl ...
Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *
Black skimmer The black skimmer (''Rynchops niger'') is a tern-like seabird, one of three similar birds species in the skimmer genus ''Rynchops'' in the gull family Laridae. It breeds in North and South America. Northern populations winter in the warmer water ...
, ''Rynchops niger''


Gulls

Order:
Charadriiformes Charadriiformes (, from ''Charadrius'', the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 390 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most charadriiform birds live near water an ...
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Laridae Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns, skimmers and kittiwakes. It includes around 100 species arranged into 22 genera. They are an adaptable group of mostly aerial birds found worldwide. T ...
Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes
gull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century, m ...
s,
kittiwake The kittiwakes (genus ''Rissa'') are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the black-legged kittiwake (''Rissa tridactyla'') and the red-legged kittiwake (''Rissa brevirostris''). The epithets "black-legged" and "red-le ...
s,
tern Terns are seabirds in the family Laridae that have a worldwide distribution and are normally found near the sea, rivers, or wetlands. Terns are treated as a subgroup of the family Laridae which includes gulls and skimmers and consists of e ...
s, and
skimmer Skimmer may refer to: Animals *Skimmer (bird), a common name for birds in the genus ''Rynchops'' *Skimmer (dragonfly), a common name for dragonflies in the family Libellulidae *Water strider or skimmer, a common name for insects in the family Ge ...
s. Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess 30 years. Thirty-five species of Laridae have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Swallow-tailed gull The swallow-tailed gull (''Creagrus furcatus'') is an equatorial seabird in the gull family, Laridae. It is the only species in the genus ''Creagrus'', which derives from the Latin ''Creagra'' and the Greek ''kreourgos'' which means butcher, al ...
, ''Creagrus furcatus'' (essentially EG; a few pairs breed in Colombia) *
Sabine's gull Sabine's gull ( ) (''Xema sabini'') also known as the fork-tailed gull or xeme, is a small gull. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Xema''. It breeds in colonies on coasts and tundra, laying two or three spotted olive-brown eggs in a gr ...
, ''Xema sabini'' * Bonaparte's gull, ''Chroicocephalus philadelphia'' (V) *
Andean gull The Andean gull (''Chroicocephalus serranus'') is a species of gull in the family Laridae. As is the case with many gulls, it has traditionally been placed in the genus ''Larus''. It is found in the Andes in mountainous regions of Argentina, Bol ...
, ''Chroicocephalus serranus'' *
Gray-hooded gull The grey-headed gull (''Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus''), also known as the gray-hooded gull, is a small species of gull which breeds patchily in South America and Africa south of the Sahara. It is not truly migratory, but is more widespread in ...
, ''Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus'' *
Little gull The little gull (''Hydrocoloeus minutus'' or ''Larus minutus''), is a small gull that breeds in northern Europe and across the Palearctic. The genus name ''Hydrocoloeus'' is from Ancient Greek , "water", and , a sort of web-footed bird. The speci ...
, ''Hydrocoloeus minutus'' (V) *
Gray gull The grey gull, also known as garuma gull (''Leucophaeus modestus'') is a medium-sized gull native to South America. Unusual among gulls, it breeds inland in the extremely dry Atacama Desert in northern Chile, although it is present as a non-bree ...
, ''Leucophaeus modestus'' *
Laughing gull The laughing gull (''Leucophaeus atricilla'') is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. Named for its laugh-like call, it is an opportunistic omnivore and scavenger. It breeds in large colonies mostly along the Atlantic coast of North Am ...
, ''Leucophaeus atricilla'' *
Franklin's gull Franklin's gull (''Leucophaeus pipixcan'') is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull. The genus name ''Leucophaeus'' is from Ancient Greek ''leukos'', "white", and ''phaios'', "dusky". The specific ''pipixcan'' is a Nahuatl name fo ...
, ''Leucophaeus pipixcan'' *
Lava gull The lava gull (''Leucophaeus fuliginosus''), also known as the dusky gull, is a medium-sized gull and a member of the "hooded gull" group. It is most closely related to the Laughing gull and Franklin's gull and is the rarest gull in the world. It ...
, ''Leucophaeus fuliginosus'' (EG) *
Belcher's gull Belcher's gull (''Larus belcheri''), also known as the band-tailed gull, is a bird in the family Laridae found along the Pacific coast of South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the ...
, ''Larus belcheri'' *
Ring-billed gull The ring-billed gull (''Larus delawarensis'') is a medium-sized gull. The genus name is from Latin ''Larus'' which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific ''delawarensis'' refers to the Delaware River. Description ...
, ''Larus delawarensis'' (V) *
California gull The California gull (''Larus californicus'') is a medium-sized gull, smaller on average than the herring gull but larger on average than the ring-billed gull, though it may overlap in size greatly with both. Description Adults are similar in ap ...
, ''Larus californicus'' (V) *
Kelp gull The kelp gull (''Larus dominicanus''), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull that breeds on coasts and islands through much of the Southern Hemisphere. The nominate ''L. d. dominicanus'' is the subspecies found around South America, par ...
, ''Larus dominicanus'' *
Lesser black-backed gull The lesser black-backed gull (''Larus fuscus'') is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa. It has increased dramatically in North America, most common alo ...
, ''Larus fuscus'' (V) *
Herring gull Herring gull is a common name for several birds in the genus ''Larus'', all formerly treated as a single species. Three species are still combined in some taxonomies: * American herring gull (''Larus smithsonianus'') - North America * European he ...
, ''Larus argentatus'' (V) * Brown noddy, ''Anous stolidus'' *
Black noddy The black noddy or white-capped noddy (''Anous minutus'') is a seabird from the family Laridae. It is a medium-sized species of tern with black plumage and a white cap. It closely resembles the lesser noddy (''Anous tenuirostris'') with which it w ...
, ''Anous minutus'' (V) *
White tern The white tern or common white tern (''Gygis alba'') is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the fairy tern, although this name is potentially confusing as it is also the common name of '' Sternu ...
, ''Gygis alba'' (H) *
Sooty tern The sooty tern (''Onychoprion fuscatus'') is a seabird in the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans, returning to land only to breed on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Taxonomy The sooty tern was described by Carl Linnaeu ...
, ''Onychoprion fuscatus'' *
Bridled tern The bridled tern (''Onychoprion anaethetus'') is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus comes from ' meaning "claw" or "nail", and , meaning "saw". The specific ...
, ''Onychoprion anaethetus'' *
Least tern The least tern (''Sternula antillarum'') is a species of tern that breeds in North America and locally in northern South America. It is closely related to, and was formerly often considered conspecific with, the little tern of the Old World. Oth ...
, ''Sternula antillarum'' (V) *
Yellow-billed tern The yellow-billed tern (''Sternula superciliaris'') is a small seabird found in South America. It is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, ...
, ''Sternula superciliaris'' *
Peruvian tern The Peruvian tern (''Sternula lorata'') is a species of tern in the family Laridae. Found in northern Chile, Ecuador, and Peru, its natural habitats are hot deserts, sandy shores, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss. In ...
, ''Sternula lorata'' *
Large-billed tern The large-billed tern (''Phaetusa simplex'') is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is placed the monotypic genus ''Phaetusa''. It is found in most of South America (east of the Andes and north of the Pampas). It has occurred as a vagrant ...
, ''Phaetusa simplex'' *
Gull-billed tern The gull-billed tern (''Gelochelidon nilotica''), formerly ''Sterna nilotica'', is a tern in the family Laridae. It is widely distributed and breeds in scattered localities in Europe, Asia, northwest Africa, and the Americas. The Australian gull ...
, ''Gelochelidon nilotica'' * Caspian tern, ''Hydroprogne caspia'' *
Inca tern The Inca tern (''Larosterna inca'') is a tern in the family Laridae. It is the only member of the genus ''Larosterna''. This uniquely plumaged bird breeds on the coasts of Peru and Chile, and is restricted to the Humboldt Current. In 2021 a si ...
, ''Larosterna inca'' * Black tern, ''Chlidonias niger'' * Common tern, ''Sterna hirundo'' *
Arctic tern The Arctic tern (''Sterna paradisaea'') is a tern in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe (as far south as Brittany), Asia, and North America (as far south a ...
, ''Sterna paradisaea'' *
South American tern The South American tern (''Sterna hirundinacea'') is a species of tern found in coastal regions of southern South America, including the Falkland Islands, ranging north to Peru (Pacific coast) and Brazil ( Atlantic coast). It is generally the mos ...
, ''Sterna hirundinacea'' * Elegant tern, ''Thalasseus elegans'' *
Sandwich tern The Sandwich tern (''Thalasseus sandvicensis'') is a tern in the family Laridae. It is very closely related to the lesser crested tern (''T. bengalensis''), Chinese crested tern (''T. bernsteini''), Cabot's tern (''T. acuflavidus''), and elegan ...
, ''Thalasseus sandvicensis'' *
Royal tern The royal tern (''Thalasseus maximus'') is a tern in the family Laridae. The species is endemic to the Americas, though strays have been identified in Europe.Buckley, P. A. and F. G. Buckley (2020). Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus), version 1.0. ...
, ''Thalasseus maximus''


Sunbittern

Order: EurypygiformesFamily: Eurypygidae The sunbittern is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus ''Eurypyga''. *
Sunbittern The sunbittern (''Eurypyga helias'') is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus ''Eurypyga''. It is found in Central and South America, and ...
, ''Eurypyga helias''


Tropicbirds

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Phaethontiformes The Phaethontiformes are an order of birds. They contain one extant family, the tropicbirds (Phaethontidae), and one extinct family Prophaethontidae from the early Cenozoic. Several fossil genera have been described. The tropicbirds were tradit ...
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Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes. For many years they were considered part of the Pelecaniformes, but genetics indicates they are most cl ...
Tropicbird Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds. They are the sole living representatives of the order Phaethontiformes. For many years they were considered part of the Pelecaniformes, but genetics indicates they are most cl ...
s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Red-billed tropicbird The red-billed tropicbird (''Phaethon aethereus'') is a tropicbird, one of three closely related species of seabird of tropical oceans. Superficially resembling a tern in appearance, it has mostly white plumage with some black markings on the wi ...
, ''Phaethon aethereus'' *
Red-tailed tropicbird The red-tailed tropicbird (''Phaethon rubricauda'') is a seabird native to tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One of three closely related species of tropicbird (Phaethontidae), it was described by Pieter Boddaert in 1783. Superfic ...
, ''Phaethon rubricauda'' (H)


Penguins

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Sphenisciformes Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapt ...
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Spheniscidae Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapt ...
The penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins feed on
krill Krill are small crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, and are found in all the world's oceans. The name "krill" comes from the Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in n ...
,
fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
,
squid True squid are molluscs with an elongated soft body, large eyes, eight arms, and two tentacles in the superorder Decapodiformes, though many other molluscs within the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid despite not strictly fitting t ...
, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Humboldt penguin The Humboldt penguin (''Spheniscus humboldti'') is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, its range mainly contains most of coastal Peru. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Magellanic penguin and the Galápagos peng ...
, ''Spheniscus humboldti'' (V) *
Galapagos penguin The Galápagos penguin (''Spheniscus mendiculus'') is a penguin endemic to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. It is the only penguin found north of the equator. Most inhabit Fernandina Island and the west coast of Isabela Island. The cool wate ...
, ''Spheniscus mendiculus'' (EG)


Albatrosses

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Procellariiformes Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, procellariiforms are of ...
Family: Diomedeidae The albatrosses are among the largest flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus ''Diomedea'' have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. Four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
Waved albatross The waved albatross (''Phoebastria irrorata''), also known as Galapagos albatross,Remsen Jr., J.V. (2008) is the only member of the family Diomedeidae located in the tropics. When they forage, they follow a straight path to a single site off the ...
, ''Phoebastria irrorata'' * Black-browed albatross, ''Thalassarche melanophris'' (V) *
Buller's albatross Buller's albatross (''Thalassarche bulleri'') or Buller's mollymawk, is a small mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds on islands around New Zealand, and feeds in the seas off Australia and the South Pacific. Taxonomy Mollymawks are a ty ...
, ''Thalassarche bulleri'' (V) *
Salvin's albatross Salvin's albatross (''Thalassarche salvini'') or Salvin's mollymawk, is a large seabird that breeds mainly on the Bounty Islands of New Zealand, with scant amounts on islands across the Southern Ocean. A medium-sized mollymawk, it was long consi ...
, ''Thalassarche salvini'' (H)


Southern storm-petrels

Order:
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, procellariiforms are of ...
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Oceanitidae Austral storm petrels, or southern storm petrels, are seabirds in the family Oceanitidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hove ...
The storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the
petrel Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. Description The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group (all except the albatross f ...
s, feeding on
plankton Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms found in Hydrosphere, water (or atmosphere, air) that are unable to propel themselves against a Ocean current, current (or wind). The individual organisms constituting plankton are called plankt ...
ic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes
bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...
-like. Until 2018, this family's species were included with the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae. Four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *
White-bellied storm-petrel The white-bellied storm petrel (''Fregetta grallaria'') is a species of seabird in the family Oceanitidae. It is found in Angola, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Maldives, Namibia, Ne ...
, ''Fregetta grallaria'' (V) *
Wilson's storm-petrel Wilson's storm petrel (''Oceanites oceanicus''), also known as Wilson's petrel, is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is one of the most abundant bird species in the world and has a circumpolar distribution mainly ...
, ''Oceanites oceanicus'' (V) * Elliot's storm-petrel, ''Oceanites gracilis'' *
White-faced storm-petrel The white-faced storm petrel (''Pelagodroma marina''), also known as white-faced petrel is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Pelagodroma''. Description The white-faced ...
, ''Pelagodroma marina'' (V)


Northern storm-petrels

Order:
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, procellariiforms are of ...
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Hydrobatidae Northern storm petrels are seabirds in the genus ''Hydrobates'' in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. The family was once lumped with the similar austral storm petrels in the combined storm petrels, but have been split ...
Though the members of this family are similar in many respects to the southern storm-petrels, including their general appearance and habits, there are enough genetic differences to warrant their placement in a separate family. Seven species have been recorded in Ecuador. * Least storm-petrel, ''Hydrobates microsoma'' * Wedge-rumped storm-petrel, ''Hydrobates tethys'' *
Band-rumped storm-petrel The band-rumped storm petrel, Madeiran storm petrel, or Harcourt's storm petrel (''Hydrobates castro'') is of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae. Description The band-rumped storm petrel is 19–21 cm in length with a 43–46 cm wi ...
, ''Hydrobates castro'' *
Leach's storm-petrel Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel (''Hydrobates leucorhous'') is a small seabird of the tubenose order. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek. ''Hydrobates'' is from ...
, ''Hydrobates leucorhous'' (V) *
Markham's storm-petrel Markham's storm petrel (''Hydrobates markhami'') is a species of storm petrel in the family Hydrobatidae. An all-black to sooty brown seabird, Markham's storm petrel is difficult to differentiate from the black petrel ''Procellaria parkinsoni'' i ...
, ''Hydrobates markhami'' (V) *Hornby's storm-petrel, ''Hydrobates hornbyi'' (V) *Black storm-petrel, ''Hydrobates melania'' (V)


Shearwaters

Order:
Procellariiformes Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, the petrels and shearwaters, and two families of storm petrels. Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, procellariiforms are of ...
Family: Procellariidae The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. Seventeen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Southern giant-petrel, ''Macronectes giganteus'' (V) *Northern giant-petrel, ''Macronectes halli'' (V) *Southern fulmar, ''Fulmarus glacialoides'' (H) *Cape petrel, ''Daption capense'' (V) *Mottled petrel, ''Pterodroma inexpectata'' (H) *Galapagos petrel, ''Pterodroma phaeopygia'' *Juan Fernandez petrel, ''Pterodroma externa'' (V) *Antarctic prion, ''Pachyptila desolata'' (V) *White-chinned petrel, ''Procellaria aequinoctialis'' (H) *Parkinson's petrel, ''Procellaria parkinsoni'' *Wedge-tailed shearwater, ''Ardenna pacifica'' (V) *Buller's shearwater, ''Ardenna bulleri'' (V) *Sooty shearwater, ''Ardenna grisea'' *Pink-footed shearwater, ''Ardenna creatopus'' (V) *Flesh-footed shearwater, ''Ardenna carneipes'' (H) *Manx shearwater, ''Puffinus puffinus'' (V) *Galapagos shearwater, ''Puffinus subalaris'' (EG) *Peruvian diving-petrel, ''Pelecanoides garnotii'' (V)


Storks

Order: CiconiiformesFamily: Ciconiidae Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Jabiru, ''Jabiru mycteria'' (V) *Wood stork, ''Mycteria americana''


Frigatebirds

Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white, or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Magnificent frigatebird, ''Fregata magnificens'' *Great frigatebird, ''Fregata minor''


Boobies

Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae The sulids comprise the gannets and Booby, boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. Seven species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Cape gannet, ''Morus capensis'' (H) *Blue-footed booby, ''Sula nebouxii'' *Peruvian booby, ''Sula variegata'' *Masked booby, ''Sula dactylatra'' (V) *Nazca booby, ''Sula granti'' *Red-footed booby, ''Sula sula'' *Brown booby, ''Sula leucogaster''


Anhingas

Order: SuliformesFamily: Anhingidae Darters, Anhingas are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape, and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *Anhinga, ''Anhinga anhinga''


Cormorants

Order: SuliformesFamily: Phalacrocoracidae Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage coloration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white, and a few being colorful. Four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Red-legged cormorant, ''Phalacrocorax gaimardi'' (H) *Flightless cormorant, ''Phalacrocorax harrisi'' (EG) *Neotropic cormorant, ''Phalacrocorax brasilianus'' *Guanay cormorant, ''Phalacrocorax bougainvillii''


Pelicans

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Pelecanidae Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Brown pelican, ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' *Peruvian pelican, ''Pelecanus thagus''


Herons

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter-necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills. Twenty-two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Rufescent tiger-heron, ''Tigrisoma lineatum'' *Fasciated tiger-heron, ''Tigrisoma fasciatum'' *Agami heron, ''Agamia agami'' *Boat-billed heron, ''Cochlearius cochlearius'' *Zigzag heron, ''Zebrilus undulatus'' *Pinnated bittern, ''Botaurus pinnatus'' *Least bittern, ''Ixobrychus exilis'' *Stripe-backed bittern, ''Ixobrychus involucris'' (H) *Black-crowned night-heron, ''Nycticorax nycticorax'' *Yellow-crowned night-heron, ''Nyctanassa violacea'' *Green heron, ''Butorides virescens'' *Striated heron, ''Butorides striata'' *Cattle egret, ''Bubulcus ibis'' *Great blue heron, ''Ardea herodias'' *Cocoi heron, ''Ardea cocoi'' *Great egret, ''Ardea alba'' *Whistling heron, ''Syrigma sibilatrix'' *Capped heron, ''Pilherodius pileatus'' *Tricolored heron, ''Egretta tricolor'' *Reddish egret, ''Egretta rufescens'' (V) *Snowy egret, ''Egretta thula'' *Little blue heron, ''Egretta caerulea''


Ibises

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Threskiornithidae Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. Eight species have been recorded in Ecuador. *American white ibis, White ibis, ''Eudocimus albus'' *Scarlet ibis, ''Eudocimus ruber'' *Glossy ibis, ''Plegadis falcinellus'' *Puna ibis, ''Plegadis ridgwayi'' (V) *Green ibis, ''Mesembrinibis cayennensis'' *Bare-faced ibis, ''Phimosus infuscatus'' *Andean ibis, ''Theristicus branickii'' *Roseate spoonbill, ''Platalea ajaja''


New World vultures

Order: CathartiformesFamily: Cathartidae The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *King vulture, ''Sarcoramphus papa'' *Andean condor, ''Vultur gryphus'' *American black vulture, Black vulture, ''Coragyps atratus'' *Turkey vulture, ''Cathartes aura'' *Lesser yellow-headed vulture, ''Cathartes burrovianus'' (V) *Greater yellow-headed vulture, ''Cathartes melambrotus''


Osprey

Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Pandionidae The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large bird of prey, raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution. *Osprey, ''Pandion haliaetus''


Hawks

Order: AccipitriformesFamily: Accipitridae Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, Kite (bird), kites, Harrier (bird), harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. Forty-eight species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Pearl kite, ''Gampsonyx swainsonii'' *White-tailed kite, ''Elanus leucurus'' *Hook-billed kite, ''Chondrohierax uncinatus'' *Gray-headed kite, ''Leptodon cayanensis'' *Swallow-tailed kite, ''Elanoides forficatus'' *Crested eagle, ''Morphnus guianensis'' *Harpy eagle, ''Harpia harpyja'' *Black hawk-eagle, ''Spizaetus tyrannus'' *Black-and-white hawk-eagle, ''Spizaetus melanoleucus'' *Ornate hawk-eagle, ''Spizaetus ornatus'' *Black-and-chestnut eagle, ''Spizaetus isidori'' *Black-collared hawk, ''Busarellus nigricollis'' *Snail kite, ''Rostrhamus sociabilis'' *Slender-billed kite, ''Helicolestes hamatus'' *Double-toothed kite, ''Harpagus bidentatus'' *Rufous-thighed kite, ''Harpagus diodon'' (H) *Mississippi kite, ''Ictinia mississippiensis'' (H) *Plumbeous kite, ''Ictinia plumbea'' *Cinereous harrier, ''Circus cinereus'' *Gray-bellied hawk, ''Accipiter poliogaster'' *Sharp-shinned hawk, ''Accipiter striatus'' *Bicolored hawk, ''Accipiter bicolor'' *Tiny hawk, ''Microspizias superciliosus'' *Semicollared hawk, ''Microspizias collaris'' *Crane hawk, ''Geranospiza caerulescens'' *Plumbeous hawk, ''Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea'' *Slate-colored hawk, ''Buteogallus schistaceus'' *Common black hawk, ''Buteogallus anthracinus'' *Savanna hawk, ''Buteogallus meridionalis'' *Great black hawk, ''Buteogallus urubitinga'' *Solitary eagle, ''Buteogallus solitarius'' *Barred hawk, ''Morphnarchus princeps'' *Roadside hawk, ''Rupornis magnirostris'' *Harris's hawk, ''Parabuteo unicinctus'' *White-rumped hawk, ''Parabuteo leucorrhous'' *Variable hawk, ''Geranoaetus polyosoma'' *Black-chested buzzard-eagle, ''Geranoaetus melanoleucus'' *White hawk, ''Pseudastur albicollis'' *Gray-backed hawk, ''Pseudastur occidentalis'' *Semiplumbeous hawk, ''Leucopternis semiplumbeus'' *Black-faced hawk, ''Leucopternis melanops'' *Gray-lined hawk, ''Buteo nitidus'' *Broad-winged hawk, ''Buteo platypterus'' *White-throated hawk, ''Buteo albigula'' *Short-tailed hawk, ''Buteo brachyurus'' *Swainson's hawk, ''Buteo swainsoni'' *Galapagos hawk, ''Buteo galapagoensis'' (EG) *Zone-tailed hawk, ''Buteo albonotatus''


Barn owls

Order: StrigiformesFamily: Tytonidae Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *Barn owl, ''Tyto alba''


Owls

Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Twenty-nine species have been recorded in Ecuador. *White-throated screech-owl, ''Megascops albogularis'' *Tropical screech-owl, ''Megascops choliba'' *Koepcke's screech-owl, ''Megascops koepckeae'' *Rufescent screech-owl, ''Megascops ingens'' *Cinnamon screech-owl, ''Megascops petersoni'' *Choco screech-owl, ''Megascops centralis'' *Foothill screech-owl, ''Megascops roraimae'' *Peruvian screech-owl, ''Megascops roboratus'' *Tawny-bellied screech-owl, ''Megascops watsonii'' *Crested owl, ''Lophostrix cristata'' *Spectacled owl, ''Pulsatrix perspicillata'' *Band-bellied owl, ''Pulsatrix melanota'' *Great horned owl, ''Bubo virginianus'' *Mottled owl, ''Strix virgata'' *Black-and-white owl, ''Strix nigrolineata'' *Black-banded owl, ''Strix huhula'' *Rufous-banded owl, ''Strix albitarsis'' *Cloud-forest pygmy-owl, ''Glaucidium nubicola'' *Andean pygmy-owl, ''Glaucidium jardinii'' *Subtropical pygmy-owl, ''Glaucidium parkeri'' *Central American pygmy-owl, ''Glaucidium griseiceps'' *Ferruginous pygmy-owl, ''Glaucidium brasilianum'' *Peruvian pygmy-owl, ''Glaucidium peruanum'' *Burrowing owl, ''Athene cunicularia'' *Buff-fronted owl, ''Aegolius harrisii'' *Striped owl, ''Asio clamator'' *Stygian owl, ''Asio stygius'' *Short-eared owl, ''Asio flammeus''


Trogons

Order: TrogoniformesFamily: Trogonidae The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colorful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. Sixteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Pavonine quetzal, ''Pharomachrus pavoninus'' *Golden-headed quetzal, ''Pharomachrus auriceps'' *Crested quetzal, ''Pharomachrus antisianus'' *Slaty-tailed trogon, ''Trogon massena'' *Chocó trogon, Blue-tailed trogon, ''Trogon comptus'' *Ecuadorian trogon, ''Trogon mesurus'' *Black-tailed trogon, ''Trogon melanurus'' *White-tailed trogon, ''Trogon chionurus'' *Green-backed trogon, ''Trogon viridis'' *Gartered trogon, Gartered violaceous-trogon, ''Trogon caligatus'' *Amazonian trogon, Amazonian violaceous-trogon, ''Trogon ramonianus'' *Blue-crowned trogon, ''Trogon curucui'' *Choco black-throated trogon, Kerr's black-throated trogon, ''Trogon cupreicauda'' *Amazonian black-throated trogon, ''Trogon rufus'' *Collared trogon, ''Trogon collaris'' *Masked trogon, ''Trogon personatus''


Motmots

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Momotidae The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft and creating a racket-shaped tail. Five species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Broad-billed motmot, ''Electron platyrhynchum'' *Rufous motmot, ''Baryphthengus martii'' *Whooping motmot, ''Momotus subrufescens'' *Amazonian motmot, ''Momotus momota'' *Andean motmot, ''Momotus aequatorialis''


Kingfishers

Order: CoraciiformesFamily: Alcedinidae Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Ringed kingfisher, ''Megaceryle torquata'' *Belted kingfisher, ''Megaceryle alcyon'' (V) *Amazon kingfisher, ''Chloroceryle amazona'' *American pygmy kingfisher, ''Chloroceryle aenea'' *Green kingfisher, ''Chloroceryle americana'' *Green-and-rufous kingfisher, ''Chloroceryle inda''


Jacamars

Order: GalbuliformesFamily: Galbulidae The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America with a range that extends up to Mexico. They feed on insects caught on the wing, and are glossy, elegant birds with long bills and tails. In appearance and behavior they resemble the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to puffbirds. Ten species have been recorded in Ecuador. *White-eared jacamar, ''Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis'' *Brown jacamar, ''Brachygalba lugubris'' *Yellow-billed jacamar, ''Galbula albirostris'' *Rufous-tailed jacamar, ''Galbula ruficauda'' *White-chinned jacamar, ''Galbula tombacea'' *Bluish-fronted jacamar, ''Galbula cyanescens'' *Coppery-chested jacamar, ''Galbula pastazae'' *Purplish jacamar, ''Galbula chalcothorax'' *Paradise jacamar, ''Galbula dea'' *Great jacamar, ''Jacamerops aureus''


Puffbirds

Order: GalbuliformesFamily: Bucconidae The puffbirds are related to the jacamars and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colors of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous, or gray, with large heads and flattened bills with hooked tips. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Ecuador. *White-necked puffbird, ''Notharchus hyperrhynchus'' *Black-breasted puffbird, ''Notharchus pectoralis'' *Pied puffbird, ''Notharchus tectus'' *Chestnut-capped puffbird, ''Bucco macrodactylus'' *Spotted puffbird, ''Bucco tamatia'' *Collared puffbird, ''Bucco capensis'' *Barred puffbird, ''Nystalus radiatus'' *Western striolated-puffbird, ''Nystalus obamai'' *White-chested puffbird, ''Malacoptila fusca'' *White-whiskered puffbird, ''Malacoptila panamensis'' *Black-streaked puffbird, ''Malacoptila fulvogularis'' *Moustached puffbird, ''Malacoptila mystacalis'' *Lanceolated monklet, ''Micromonacha lanceolata'' *Rusty-breasted nunlet, ''Nonnula rubecula'' *Brown nunlet, ''Nonnula brunnea'' *White-faced nunbird, ''Hapaloptila castanea'' *Rufous-capped nunlet, ''Nonnula ruficapilla'' (H) *Black-fronted nunbird, ''Monasa nigrifrons'' *White-fronted nunbird, ''Monasa morphoeus'' *Yellow-billed nunbird, ''Monasa flavirostris'' *Swallow-winged puffbird, ''Chelidoptera tenebrosa''


New World barbets

Order: PiciformesFamily: Capitonidae The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly colored. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Scarlet-crowned barbet, ''Capito aurovirens'' *Orange-fronted barbet, ''Capito squamatus'' *Five-colored barbet, ''Capito quinticolor'' *Gilded barbet, ''Capito auratus'' *Lemon-throated barbet, ''Eubucco richardsoni'' *Red-headed barbet, ''Eubucco bourcierii''


Toucan-barbets

Order: PiciformesFamily: Semnornithidae The toucan-barbets are birds of montane forests in the Neotropics. They are highly social and non-migratory. *Toucan barbet, ''Semnornis ramphastinus''


Toucans

Order: PiciformesFamily: Ramphastidae Toucans are near passerine birds from the Neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colorful bills which in some species amount to half their body length. Seventeen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Yellow-throated toucan, ''Ramphastos ambiguus'' *White-throated toucan, ''Ramphastos tucanus'' *Choco toucan, ''Ramphastos brevis'' *Channel-billed toucan, ''Ramphastos vitellinus'' *Southern emerald-toucanet, ''Aulacorhynchus albivitta'' *Chestnut-tipped toucanet, ''Aulacorhynchus derbianus'' *Crimson-rumped toucanet, ''Aulacorhynchus haematopygus'' *Gray-breasted mountain-toucan, ''Andigena hypoglauca'' *Plate-billed mountain-toucan, ''Andigena laminirostris'' *Black-billed mountain-toucan, ''Andigena nigrirostris'' *Yellow-eared toucanet, ''Selenidera spectabilis'' *Golden-collared toucanet, ''Selenidera reinwardtii'' *Lettered aracari, ''Pteroglossus inscriptus'' *Collared aracari, ''Pteroglossus torquatus'' *Chestnut-eared aracari, ''Pteroglossus castanotis'' *Many-banded aracari, ''Pteroglossus pluricinctus'' *Ivory-billed aracari, ''Pteroglossus azara''


Woodpeckers

Order: PiciformesFamily: Picidae Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. Thirty-four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Lafresnaye's piculet, ''Picumnus lafresnayi'' *Ecuadorian piculet, ''Picumnus sclateri'' *Rufous-breasted piculet, ''Picumnus rufiventris'' *Olivaceous piculet, ''Picumnus olivaceus'' *Yellow-tufted woodpecker, ''Melanerpes cruentatus'' *Black-cheeked woodpecker, ''Melanerpes pucherani'' *Smoky-brown woodpecker, ''Dryobates fumigatus'' *Red-rumped woodpecker, ''Dryobates kirkii'' *Little woodpecker, ''Dryobates passerinus'' *Scarlet-backed woodpecker, ''Dryobates callonotus'' *Yellow-vented woodpecker, ''Dryobates dignus'' *Bar-bellied woodpecker, ''Dryobates nigriceps'' *Red-stained woodpecker, ''Dryobates affinis'' *Choco woodpecker, ''Dryobates chocoensis'' *Powerful woodpecker, ''Campephilus pollens'' *Crimson-bellied woodpecker, ''Campephilus haematogaster'' *Red-necked woodpecker, ''Campephilus rubricollis'' *Crimson-crested woodpecker, ''Campephilus melanoleucos'' *Guayaquil woodpecker, ''Campephilus gayaquilensis'' *Lineated woodpecker, ''Dryocopus lineatus'' *Cinnamon woodpecker, ''Celeus loricatus'' *Ringed woodpecker, ''Celeus torquatus'' *Scale-breasted woodpecker, ''Celeus grammicus'' *Cream-colored woodpecker, ''Celeus flavus'' *Rufous-headed woodpecker, ''Celeus spectabilis'' *Chestnut woodpecker, ''Celeus elegans'' *White-throated woodpecker, ''Piculus leucolaemus'' *Lita woodpecker, ''Piculus litae'' *Yellow-throated woodpecker, ''Piculus flavigula'' *Golden-green woodpecker, ''Piculus chrysochloros'' *Golden-olive woodpecker, ''Colaptes rubiginosus'' *Crimson-mantled woodpecker, ''Colaptes rivolii'' *Spot-breasted woodpecker, ''Colaptes punctigula'' *Andean flicker, ''Colaptes rupicola''


Falcons

Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. Nineteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Laughing falcon, ''Herpetotheres cachinnans'' *Barred forest-falcon, ''Micrastur ruficollis'' *Plumbeous forest-falcon, ''Micrastur plumbeus'' *Lined forest-falcon, ''Micrastur gilvicollis'' *Slaty-backed forest-falcon, ''Micrastur mirandollei'' *Collared forest-falcon, ''Micrastur semitorquatus'' *Buckley's forest-falcon, ''Micrastur buckleyi'' *Crested caracara, ''Caracara plancus'' *Red-throated caracara, ''Ibycter americanus'' *Carunculated caracara, ''Phalcoboenus carunculatus'' *Mountain caracara, ''Phalcoboenus megalopterus'' *Black caracara, ''Daptrius ater'' *Yellow-headed caracara, ''Milvago chimachima'' *American kestrel, ''Falco sparverius'' *Merlin (bird), Merlin, ''Falco columbarius'' *Bat falcon, ''Falco rufigularis'' *Orange-breasted falcon, ''Falco deiroleucus'' *Aplomado falcon, ''Falco femoralis'' *Peregrine falcon, ''Falco peregrinus''


New World and African parrots

Order: PsittaciformesFamily: Psittacidae Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back. Forty-six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Scarlet-shouldered parrotlet, ''Touit huetii'' *Blue-fronted parrotlet, ''Touit dilectissimus'' *Sapphire-rumped parrotlet, ''Touit purpuratus'' *Spot-winged parrotlet, ''Touit stictopterus'' *Barred parakeet, ''Bolborhynchus lineola'' *Tui parakeet, ''Brotogeris sanctithomae'' (H) *Canary-winged parakeet, ''Brotogeris versicolurus'' (I) *Gray-cheeked parakeet, ''Brotogeris pyrrhoptera'' *Cobalt-winged parakeet, ''Brotogeris cyanoptera'' *Rusty-faced parrot, ''Hapalopsittaca amazonina'' (H) *Red-faced parrot, ''Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops'' *Rose-faced parrot, ''Pyrilia pulchra'' *Orange-cheeked parrot, ''Pyrilia barrabandi'' *Red-billed parrot, ''Pionus sordidus'' *Plum-crowned parrot, Speckle-faced parrot, ''Pionus tumultuosus'' *Blue-headed parrot, ''Pionus menstruus'' *Bronze-winged parrot, ''Pionus chalcopterus'' *Short-tailed parrot, ''Graydidascalus brachyurus'' *Festive amazon, Festive parrot, ''Amazona festiva'' *Red-lored amazon, Red-lored parrot, ''Amazona autumnalis'' *Yellow-crowned parrot, ''Amazona ochrocephala'' *Mealy amazon, Mealy parrot, ''Amazona farinosa'' *Orange-winged parrot, ''Amazona amazonica'' *Scaly-naped parrot, ''Amazona mercenarius'' *Dusky-billed parrotlet, ''Forpus modestus'' *Riparian parrotlet, ''Forpus crassirostris'' *Pacific parrotlet, ''Forpus coelestis'' *Black-headed parrot, ''Pionites melanocephalus'' *Red-fan parrot, ''Deroptyus accipitrinus'' *Rose-fronted parakeet, ''Pyrrhura roseifrons'' *Maroon-tailed parakeet, ''Pyrrhura melanura'' *El Oro parakeet, ''Pyrrhura orcesi'' (EM) *White-necked parakeet, ''Pyrrhura albipectus'' (EM) *Dusky-headed parakeet, ''Aratinga weddellii'' *Red-bellied macaw, ''Orthopsittaca manilatus'' *Blue-and-yellow macaw, ''Ara ararauna'' *Chestnut-fronted macaw, ''Ara severus'' *Military macaw, ''Ara militaris'' *Great green macaw, ''Ara ambiguus'' *Scarlet macaw, ''Ara macao'' *Red-and-green macaw, ''Ara chloropterus'' *Golden-plumed parakeet, ''Leptosittaca branickii'' *Yellow-eared parrot, ''Ognorhynchus icterotis'' *Scarlet-fronted parakeet, ''Psittacara wagleri'' *Red-masked parakeet, ''Psittacara erythrogenys'' *White-eyed parakeet, ''Psittacara leucophthalmus''


Sapayoa

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sapayoidae The sapayoa is the only member of its family, and is found in the lowland rainforests of Panama and north-western South America. It is usually seen in pairs or mixed-species flocks. *Sapayoa, ''Sapayoa aenigma''


Antbirds

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thamnophilidae The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds which tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat small invertebrates that leave their hiding places to flee from the ants. Many species lack bright color, with brown, black, and white being the dominant tones. Ninety-four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Rufous-rumped antwren, ''Euchrepomis callinota'' *Chestnut-shouldered antwren, ''Euchrepomis humeralis'' *Ash-winged antwren, ''Euchrepomis spodioptila'' *Fasciated antshrike, ''Cymbilaimus lineatus'' *Fulvous antshrike, ''Frederickena fulva'' *Great antshrike, ''Taraba major'' *Barred antshrike, ''Thamnophilus doliatus'' *Chapman's antshrike, ''Thamnophilus zarumae'' *Lined antshrike, ''Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus'' *Collared antshrike, ''Thamnophilus bernardi'' *Black-crowned antshrike, ''Thamnophilus atrinucha'' *Plain-winged antshrike, ''Thamnophilus schistaceus'' *Mouse-colored antshrike, ''Thamnophilus murinus'' *Cocha antshrike, ''Thamnophilus praecox'' *Castelnau's antshrike, ''Thamnophilus cryptoleucus'' *Northern slaty-antshrike, ''Thamnophilus punctatus'' *Uniform antshrike, ''Thamnophilus unicolor'' *White-shouldered antshrike, ''Thamnophilus aethiops'' *Amazonian antshrike, ''Thamnophilus amazonicus'' *Pearly antshrike, ''Megastictus margaritatus'' *Black bushbird, ''Neoctantes niger'' *Russet antshrike, ''Thamnistes anabatinus'' *Plain antvireo, ''Dysithamnus mentalis'' *Spot-crowned antvireo, ''Dysithamnus puncticeps'' *Bicolored antvireo, ''Dysithamnus occidentalis'' *White-streaked antvireo, ''Dysithamnus leucostictus'' *Dusky-throated antshrike, ''Thamnomanes ardesiacus'' *Cinereous antshrike, ''Thamnomanes caesius'' *Plain-throated antwren, ''Isleria hauxwelli'' *Spot-winged antshrike, ''Pygiptila stellaris'' *Checker-throated stipplethroat, ''Epinecrophylla fulviventris'' *Ornate stipplethroat, ''Epinecrophylla ornata'' *Rufous-tailed stipplethroat, ''Epinecrophylla erythrura'' *Rufous-backed stipplethroat, ''Epinecrophylla haematonota'' *Foothill stipplethroat, ''Epinecrophylla spodionota'' *Pygmy antwren, ''Myrmotherula brachyura'' *Moustached antwren, ''Myrmotherula ignota'' *Amazonian streaked-antwren, ''Myrmotherula multostriata'' *Pacific antwren, ''Myrmotherula pacifica'' *Stripe-chested antwren, ''Myrmotherula longicauda'' *White-flanked antwren, ''Myrmotherula axillaris'' *Slaty antwren, ''Myrmotherula schisticolor'' *Rio Suno antwren, ''Myrmotherula sunensis'' *Long-winged antwren, ''Myrmotherula longipennis'' *Plain-winged antwren, ''Myrmotherula behni'' *Gray antwren, ''Myrmotherula menetriesii'' *Banded antbird, ''Dichrozona cincta'' *Dugand's antwren, ''Herpsilochmus dugandi'' *Ancient antwren, ''Herpsilochmus gentryi'' *Yellow-breasted antwren, ''Herpsilochmus axillaris'' *Rufous-margined antwren, ''Herpsilochmus frater'' *Dot-winged antwren, ''Microrhopias quixensis'' *Striated antbird, ''Drymophila devillei'' *Streak-headed antbird, ''Drymophila striaticeps'' *Peruvian warbling-antbird, ''Hypocnemis peruviana'' *Yellow-browed antbird, ''Hypocnemis hypoxantha'' *Dusky antbird, ''Cercomacroides tyrannina'' *Black antbird, ''Cercomacroides serva'' *Blackish antbird, ''Cercomacroides nigrescens'' *Riparian antbird, ''Cercomacroides fuscicauda'' *Gray antbird, ''Cercomacra cinerascens'' *Jet antbird, ''Cercomacra nigricans'' *Western fire-eye, ''Pyriglena maura'' *White-browed antbird, ''Myrmoborus leucophrys'' *Ash-breasted antbird, ''Myrmoborus lugubris'' *Black-faced antbird, ''Myrmoborus myotherinus'' *Black-chinned antbird, ''Hypocnemoides melanopogon'' *Black-and-white antbird, ''Myrmochanes hemileucus'' *Silvered antbird, ''Sclateria naevia'' *Slate-colored antbird, ''Myrmelastes schistaceus'' *Plumbeous antbird, ''Myrmelastes hyperythrus'' *Spot-winged antbird, ''Myrmelastes leucostigma'' *Chestnut-backed antbird, ''Poliocrania exsul'' *Gray-headed antbird, ''Ampelornis griseiceps'' *Esmeraldas antbird, ''Sipia nigricauda'' *Stub-tailed antbird, ''Sipia berlepschi'' *Northern chestnut-tailed antbird, Zimmer's antbird, ''Sciaphylax castanea'' *White-shouldered antbird, ''Akletos melanoceps'' *Sooty antbird, ''Hafferia fortis'' *Zeledon's antbird, ''Hafferia zeledoni'' *Black-throated antbird, ''Myrmophylax atrothorax'' *Wing-banded antbird, ''Myrmornis torquata'' *White-plumed antbird, ''Pithys albifrons'' *Bicolored antbird, ''Gymnopithys bicolor'' *White-cheeked antbird, ''Gymnopithys leucaspis'' *Lunulated antbird, ''Oneillornis lunulatus'' *Hairy-crested antbird, ''Rhegmatorhina melanosticta'' *Spotted antbird, ''Hylophylax naevioides'' *Spot-backed antbird, ''Hylophylax naevius'' *Dot-backed antbird, ''Hylophylax punctulatus'' *Common scale-backed antbird, ''Willisornis poecilinotus'' *Black-spotted bare-eye, ''Phlegopsis nigromaculata'' *Reddish-winged bare-eye, ''Phlegopsis erythroptera'' *Ocellated antbird, ''Phaenostictus mcleannani''


Crescentchests

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Melanopareiidae These are smallish birds which inhabit regions of arid scrub. They have a band across the chest which gives them their name. *Marañon crescentchest, ''Melanopareia maranonica'' *Elegant crescentchest, ''Melanopareia elegans''


Gnateaters

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Conopophagidae The gnateaters are round, short-tailed, and long-legged birds which are closely related to the antbirds. Four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Rufous-crowned antpitta, ''Pittasoma rufopileatum'' *Chestnut-belted gnateater, ''Conopophaga aurita'' *Ash-throated gnateater, ''Conopophaga peruviana'' *Chestnut-crowned gnateater, ''Conopophaga castaneiceps''


Antpittas

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Grallariidae Antpittas resemble the true pitta (bird), pittas with strong, longish legs, very short tails, and stout bills. Twenty-three species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Undulated antpitta, ''Grallaria squamigera'' *Giant antpitta, ''Grallaria gigantea'' *Moustached antpitta, ''Grallaria alleni'' *Scaled antpitta, ''Grallaria guatimalensis'' *Plain-backed antpitta, ''Grallaria haplonota'' *Ochre-striped antpitta, ''Grallaria dignissima'' *Chestnut-crowned antpitta, ''Grallaria ruficapilla'' *Watkins's antpitta, ''Grallaria watkinsi'' *Jocotoco antpitta, ''Grallaria ridgelyi'' *Chestnut-naped antpitta, ''Grallaria nuchalis'' *Yellow-breasted antpitta, ''Grallaria flavotincta'' *White-bellied antpitta, ''Grallaria hypoleuca'' *Bicolored antpitta, ''Grallaria rufocinerea'' *Equatorial antpitta, ''Grallaria saturata'' *Tawny antpitta, ''Grallaria quitensis'' *Ochre-breasted antpitta, ''Grallaricula flavirostris'' *Crescent-faced antpitta, ''Grallaricula lineifrons'' *Leymebamba antpitta, ''Grallaricula leymebambae'' *Peruvian antpitta, ''Grallaricula peruviana'' *Slate-crowned antpitta, ''Grallaricula nana'' *Streak-chested antpitta, ''Hylopezus perspicillatus'' *White-lored antpitta, ''Myrmothera fulviventris'' *Thrush-like antpitta, ''Myrmothera campanisona''


Tapaculos

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Rhinocryptidae The tapaculos are small suboscine passeriform birds with numerous species in South and Central America. They are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head. Thirteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Rusty-belted tapaculo, ''Liosceles thoracicus'' *Ocellated tapaculo, ''Acropternis orthonyx'' *Ash-colored tapaculo, ''Myornis senilis'' *Blackish tapaculo, ''Scytalopus latrans'' *Long-tailed tapaculo, ''Scytalopus micropterus'' *White-crowned tapaculo, ''Scytalopus atratus'' *Choco tapaculo, ''Scytalopus chocoensis'' *Ecuadorian tapaculo, ''Scytalopus robbinsi'' (EM) *Nariño tapaculo, ''Scytalopus vicinior'' *Spillmann's tapaculo, ''Scytalopus spillmanni'' *Chusquea tapaculo, ''Scytalopus parkeri'' *Paramo tapaculo, ''Scytalopus opacus'' *Loja tapaculo, ''Scytalopus androstictus''


Antthrushes

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Formicariidae Antthrushes resemble small rails with strong, longish legs, very short tails, and stout bills. Seven species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Rufous-capped antthrush, ''Formicarius colma'' *Black-faced antthrush, ''Formicarius analis'' *Black-headed antthrush, ''Formicarius nigricapillus'' *Rufous-breasted antthrush, ''Formicarius rufipectus'' *Short-tailed antthrush, ''Chamaeza campanisona'' *Striated antthrush, ''Chamaeza nobilis'' *Barred antthrush, ''Chamaeza mollissima''


Ovenbirds

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Furnariidae Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. The woodcreepers are brownish birds which maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. One hundred six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *South American leaftosser, ''Sclerurus obscurior'' *Short-billed leaftosser, ''Sclerurus rufigularis'' *Scaly-throated leaftosser, ''Sclerurus guatemalensis'' *Black-tailed leaftosser, ''Sclerurus caudacutus'' *Gray-throated leaftosser, ''Sclerurus albigularis'' *Slender-billed miner, ''Geositta tenuirostris'' *Spot-throated woodcreeper, ''Certhiasomus stictolaemus'' *Olivaceous woodcreeper, ''Sittasomus griseicapillus'' *Long-tailed woodcreeper, ''Deconychura longicauda'' *Tyrannine woodcreeper, ''Dendrocincla tyrannina'' *White-chinned woodcreeper, ''Dendrocincla merula'' *Plain-brown woodcreeper, ''Dendrocincla fuliginosa'' *Wedge-billed woodcreeper, ''Glyphorynchus spirurus'' *Cinnamon-throated woodcreeper, ''Dendrexetastes rufigula'' *Long-billed woodcreeper, ''Nasica longirostris'' *Northern barred-woodcreeper, ''Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae'' *Amazonian barred-woodcreeper, ''Dendrocolaptes certhia'' *Black-banded woodcreeper, ''Dendrocolaptes picumnus'' *Bar-bellied woodcreeper, ''Hylexetastes stresemanni'' *Strong-billed woodcreeper, ''Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus'' *Striped woodcreeper, ''Xiphorhynchus obsoletus'' *Ocellated woodcreeper, ''Xiphorhynchus ocellatus'' *Elegant woodcreeper, ''Xiphorhynchus elegans'' *Buff-throated woodcreeper, ''Xiphorhynchus guttatus'' *Black-striped woodcreeper, ''Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus'' *Spotted woodcreeper, ''Xiphorhynchus erythropygius'' *Olive-backed woodcreeper, ''Xiphorhynchus triangularis'' *Straight-billed woodcreeper, ''Dendroplex picus'' *Red-billed scythebill, ''Campylorhamphus trochilirostris'' *Curve-billed scythebill, ''Campylorhamphus procurvoides'' *Brown-billed scythebill, ''Campylorhamphus pusillus'' *Greater scythebill, ''Drymotoxeres pucheranii'' *Streak-headed woodcreeper, ''Lepidocolaptes souleyetii'' *Montane woodcreeper, ''Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger'' *Duida woodcreeper, ''Lepidocolaptes duidae'' *Slender-billed xenops, ''Xenops tenuirostris'' *Plain xenops, ''Xenops minutus'' *Streaked xenops, ''Xenops rutilans'' *Point-tailed palmcreeper, ''Berlepschia rikeri'' *Rufous-tailed xenops, ''Microxenops milleri'' *Pacific tuftedcheek, ''Pseudocolaptes johnsoni'' *Streaked tuftedcheek, ''Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii'' *Rusty-winged barbtail, ''Premnornis guttuliger'' *Pale-legged hornero, ''Furnarius leucopus'' *Pale-billed hornero, ''Furnarius torridus'' (H) *Lesser hornero, ''Furnarius minor'' *Sharp-tailed streamcreeper, ''Lochmias nematura'' *Chestnut-winged cinclodes, ''Cinclodes albidiventris'' *Stout-billed cinclodes, ''Cinclodes excelsior'' *Dusky-cheeked foliage-gleaner, ''Anabazenops dorsalis'' *Slaty-winged foliage-gleaner, ''Philydor fuscipenne'' *Rufous-rumped foliage-gleaner, ''Philydor erythrocercum'' *Cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner, ''Philydor pyrrhodes'' *Montane foliage-gleaner, ''Anabacerthia striaticollis'' *Scaly-throated foliage-gleaner, ''Anabacerthia variegaticeps'' *Rufous-tailed foliage-gleaner, ''Anabacerthia ruficaudata'' *Buff-browed foliage-gleaner, ''Syndactyla rufosuperciliata'' *Lineated foliage-gleaner, ''Syndactyla subalaris'' *Rufous-necked foliage-gleaner, ''Syndactyla ruficollis'' *Chestnut-winged hookbill, ''Ancistrops strigilatus'' *Buff-fronted foliage-gleaner, ''Dendroma rufa'' *Chestnut-winged foliage-gleaner, ''Dendroma erythroptera'' *Henna-hooded foliage-gleaner, ''Clibanornis erythrocephalus'' *Ruddy foliage-gleaner, ''Clibanornis rubiginosus'' *Uniform treehunter, ''Thripadectes ignobilis'' *Flammulated treehunter, ''Thripadectes flammulatus'' *Striped treehunter, ''Thripadectes holostictus'' *Streak-capped treehunter, ''Thripadectes virgaticeps'' *Black-billed treehunter, ''Thripadectes melanorhynchus'' *Chestnut-crowned foliage-gleaner, ''Automolus rufipileatus'' *Brown-rumped foliage-gleaner, ''Automolus melanopezus'' *Buff-throated foliage-gleaner, ''Automolus ochrolaemus'' *Striped woodhaunter, ''Automolus subulatus'' *Olive-backed foliage-gleaner, ''Automolus infuscatus'' *Spotted barbtail, ''Premnoplex brunnescens'' *Fulvous-dotted treerunner, ''Margarornis stellatus'' *Pearled treerunner, ''Margarornis squamiger'' *Andean tit-spinetail, ''Leptasthenura andicola'' *Rufous-fronted thornbird, ''Phacellodomus rufifrons'' *White-browed spinetail, ''Hellmayrea gularis'' *Many-striped canastero, ''Asthenes flammulata'' *Streak-backed canastero, ''Asthenes wyatti'' *White-chinned thistletail, ''Asthenes fuliginosa'' *Mouse-colored thistletail, ''Asthenes griseomurina'' *Orange-fronted plushcrown, ''Metopothrix aurantiaca'' *Double-banded graytail, ''Xenerpestes minlosi'' *Equatorial graytail, ''Xenerpestes singularis'' *Spectacled prickletail, ''Siptornis striaticollis'' *Plain softtail, ''Thripophaga fusciceps'' *Parker's spinetail, ''Cranioleuca vulpecula'' *Red-faced spinetail, ''Cranioleuca erythrops'' *Ash-browed spinetail, ''Cranioleuca curtata'' *Line-cheeked spinetail, ''Cranioleuca antisiensis'' *Speckled spinetail, ''Cranioleuca gutturata'' *White-bellied spinetail, ''Mazaria propinqua'' *Plain-crowned spinetail, ''Synallaxis gujanensis'' *Marañon spinetail, ''Synallaxis maranonica'' *Necklaced spinetail, ''Synallaxis stictothorax'' *Slaty spinetail, ''Synallaxis brachyura'' *Dusky spinetail, ''Synallaxis moesta'' *Dark-breasted spinetail, ''Synallaxis albigularis'' *Azara's spinetail, ''Synallaxis azarae'' *Blackish-headed spinetail, ''Synallaxis tithys'' *Rufous spinetail, ''Synallaxis unirufa'' *Ruddy spinetail, ''Synallaxis rutilans'' *Chestnut-throated spinetail, ''Synallaxis cherriei''


Manakins

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Pipridae The manakins are a family of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly colored, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Manakins feed on small fruits, berries, and insects. Seventeen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Dwarf tyrant-manakin, ''Tyranneutes stolzmanni'' *Yellow-headed manakin, ''Chloropipo flavicapilla'' *Jet manakin, ''Chloropipo unicolor'' *Blue-backed manakin, ''Chiroxiphia pareola'' *Golden-winged manakin, ''Masius chrysopterus'' *Green manakin, ''Cryptopipo holochlora'' *Velvety manakin, ''Lepidothrix velutina'' *Blue-capped manakin, ''Lepidothrix coronata'' *Blue-rumped manakin, ''Lepidothrix isidorei'' *Orange-crowned manakin, ''Heterocercus aurantiivertex'' *White-bearded manakin, ''Manacus manacus'' *Wire-tailed manakin, ''Pipra filicauda'' *Club-winged manakin, ''Machaeropterus deliciosus'' *Striolated manakin, ''Machaeropterus striolatus'' *White-crowned manakin, ''Pseudopipra pipra'' *Red-capped manakin, ''Ceratopipra mentalis'' *Golden-headed manakin, ''Ceratopipra erythrocephala''


Cotingas

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cotingidae The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges in tropical South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly colored or decorated with plumes or wattles. Twenty-eight species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Green-and-black fruiteater, ''Pipreola riefferii'' *Barred fruiteater, ''Pipreola arcuata'' *Orange-breasted fruiteater, ''Pipreola jucunda'' *Black-chested fruiteater, ''Pipreola lubomirskii'' *Scarlet-breasted fruiteater, ''Pipreola frontalis'' *Fiery-throated fruiteater, ''Pipreola chlorolepidota'' *Scaled fruiteater, ''Ampelioides tschudii'' *Chestnut-bellied cotinga, ''Doliornis remseni'' *Red-crested cotinga, ''Ampelion rubrocristatus'' *Chestnut-crested cotinga, ''Ampelion rufaxilla'' *Black-necked red-cotinga, ''Phoenicircus nigricollis'' *Andean cock-of-the-rock, ''Rupicola peruvianus'' *Gray-tailed piha, ''Snowornis subalaris'' *Olivaceous piha, ''Snowornis cryptolophus'' *Purple-throated fruitcrow, ''Querula purpurata'' *Red-ruffed fruitcrow, ''Pyroderus scutatus'' *Amazonian umbrellabird, ''Cephalopterus ornatus'' *Long-wattled umbrellabird, ''Cephalopterus penduliger'' *Blue cotinga, ''Cotinga nattererii'' *Plum-throated cotinga, ''Cotinga maynana'' *Spangled cotinga, ''Cotinga cayana'' *Rufous piha, ''Lipaugus unirufus'' *Screaming piha, ''Lipaugus vociferans'' *Dusky piha, ''Lipaugus fuscocinereus'' *Purple-throated cotinga, ''Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema'' *Black-tipped cotinga, ''Carpodectes hopkei'' *Pompadour cotinga, ''Xipholena punicea'' *Bare-necked fruitcrow, ''Gymnoderus foetidus''


Tityras

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Tityridae Tityridae are suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae. They are small to medium-sized birds. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain coloring. Twenty-three species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Black-crowned tityra, ''Tityra inquisitor'' *Black-tailed tityra, ''Tityra cayana'' *Masked tityra, ''Tityra semifasciata'' *Varzea schiffornis, ''Schiffornis major'' *Northern schiffornis, ''Schiffornis veraepacis'' *Foothill schiffornis, ''Schiffornis aenea'' *Brown-winged schiffornis, ''Schiffornis turdina'' *Speckled mourner, ''Laniocera rufescens'' *Cinereous mourner, ''Laniocera hypopyrra'' *White-browed purpletuft, ''Iodopleura isabellae'' *Shrike-like cotinga, ''Laniisoma elegans'' *Green-backed becard, ''Pachyramphus viridis'' *Barred becard, ''Pachyramphus versicolor'' *Slaty becard, ''Pachyramphus spodiurus'' *Cinnamon becard, ''Pachyramphus cinnamomeus'' *Chestnut-crowned becard, ''Pachyramphus castaneus'' *Cryptic becard, ''Pachyramphus salvini'' *White-winged becard, ''Pachyramphus polychopterus'' *Black-and-white becard, ''Pachyramphus albogriseus'' *Black-capped becard, ''Pachyramphus marginatus'' *One-colored becard, ''Pachyramphus homochrous'' *Pink-throated becard, ''Pachyramphus minor''


Sharpbill

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Oxyruncidae The sharpbill is a small bird of dense forests in Central and South America. It feeds mostly on fruit but also eats insects. *Sharpbill, ''Oxyruncus cristatus''


Royal flycatchers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Onychorhynchidae In 2019 the SACC determined that these five species, which were formerly considered tyrant flycatchers, belonged in their own family. *Royal flycatcher, ''Onychorhynchus coronatus'' *Ruddy-tailed flycatcher, ''Terenotriccus erythrurus'' *Tawny-breasted flycatcher, ''Myiobius villosus'' *Sulphur-rumped flycatcher, ''Myiobius barbatus'' *Black-tailed flycatcher, ''Myiobius atricaudus''


Tyrant flycatchers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Tyrannidae Tyrant flycatchers are passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain coloring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous. Two hundred four species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Wing-barred piprites, ''Piprites chloris'' *Cinnamon manakin-tyrant, ''Neopipo cinnamomea'' *Cinnamon-crested spadebill, ''Platyrinchus saturatus'' *White-throated spadebill, ''Platyrinchus mystaceus'' *Golden-crowned spadebill, ''Platyrinchus coronatus'' *Yellow-throated spadebill, ''Platyrinchus flavigularis'' *White-crested spadebill, ''Platyrinchus platyrhynchos'' *Bronze-olive pygmy-tyrant, ''Pseudotriccus pelzelni'' *Rufous-headed pygmy-tyrant, ''Pseudotriccus ruficeps'' *Ringed antpipit, ''Corythopis torquatus'' *Marble-faced bristle-tyrant, ''Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus'' *Variegated bristle-tyrant, ''Pogonotriccus poecilotis'' *Spectacled bristle-tyrant, ''Pogonotriccus orbitalis'' *Ecuadorian tyrannulet, ''Phylloscartes gualaquizae'' *Rufous-browed tyrannulet, ''Phylloscartes superciliaris'' *Streak-necked flycatcher, ''Mionectes striaticollis'' *Olive-striped flycatcher, ''Mionectes olivaceus'' *Ochre-bellied flycatcher, ''Mionectes oleagineus'' *Sepia-capped flycatcher, ''Leptopogon amaurocephalus'' *Slaty-capped flycatcher, ''Leptopogon superciliaris'' *Rufous-breasted flycatcher, ''Leptopogon rufipectus'' *Brownish twistwing, ''Cnipodectes subbrunneus'' *Olivaceous flatbill, ''Rhynchocyclus olivaceus'' *Pacific flatbill, ''Rhynchocyclus pacificus'' *Fulvous-breasted flatbill, ''Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus'' *Yellow-winged flatbill, ''Tolmomyias flavotectus'' *Orange-eyed flatbill, ''Tolmomyias traylori'' *Yellow-margined flatbill, ''Tolmomyias assimilis'' *Gray-crowned flatbill, ''Tolmomyias poliocephalus'' *Olive-faced flatbill, ''Tolmomyias viridiceps'' *Yellow-olive flatbill, ''Tolmomyias sulphurescens'' *White-bellied pygmy-tyrant, ''Myiornis albiventris'' *Black-capped pygmy-tyrant, ''Myiornis atricapillus'' *Short-tailed pygmy-tyrant, ''Myiornis ecaudatus'' *Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant, ''Lophotriccus pileatus'' *Double-banded pygmy-tyrant, ''Lophotriccus vitiosus'' *White-eyed tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus zosterops'' *Johannes's tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus iohannis'' *Zimmer's tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus minimus'' *Black-throated tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus granadensis'' *Cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus'' *Buff-throated tody-tyrant, ''Hemitriccus rufigularis'' *Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher, ''Poecilotriccus ruficeps'' *Black-and-white tody-flycatcher, ''Poecilotriccus capitalis'' *Rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher, ''Poecilotriccus latirostris'' *Golden-winged tody-flycatcher, ''Poecilotriccus calopterus'' *Spotted tody-flycatcher, ''Todirostrum maculatum'' *Common tody-flycatcher, ''Todirostrum cinereum'' *Black-headed tody-flycatcher, ''Todirostrum nigriceps'' *Yellow-browed tody-flycatcher, ''Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum'' *Ornate flycatcher, ''Myiotriccus ornatus'' *Handsome flycatcher, ''Nephelomyias pulcher'' *Orange-banded flycatcher, ''Nephelomyias lintoni'' *Cliff flycatcher, ''Hirundinea ferruginea'' *Cinnamon flycatcher, ''Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus'' *Choco tyrannulet, ''Zimmerius albigularis'' *Red-billed tyrannulet, ''Zimmerius cinereicapilla'' *Slender-footed tyrannulet, ''Zimmerius gracilipes'' *Golden-faced tyrannulet, ''Zimmerius chrysops'' *Peruvian tyrannulet, ''Zimmerius viridiflavus'' *Lesser wagtail-tyrant, ''Stigmatura napensis'' *Fulvous-faced scrub-tyrant, ''Euscarthmus fulviceps'' *Yellow-bellied elaenia, ''Elaenia flavogaster'' *Large elaenia, ''Elaenia spectabilis'' *White-crested elaenia, ''Elaenia albiceps'' *Small-billed elaenia, ''Elaenia parvirostris'' *Slaty elaenia, ''Elaenia strepera'' (V) *Mottle-backed elaenia, ''Elaenia gigas'' *Lesser elaenia, ''Elaenia chiriquensis'' *Coopmans's elaenia, ''Elaenia brachyptera'' *Highland elaenia, ''Elaenia obscura'' *Sierran elaenia, ''Elaenia pallatangae'' *Yellow-crowned tyrannulet, ''Tyrannulus elatus'' *Forest elaenia, ''Myiopagis gaimardii'' *Gray elaenia, ''Myiopagis caniceps'' *Foothill elaenia, ''Myiopagis olallai'' *Pacific elaenia, ''Myiopagis subplacens'' *Yellow-crowned elaenia, ''Myiopagis flavivertex'' *Greenish elaenia, ''Myiopagis viridicata'' *Yellow tyrannulet, ''Capsiempis flaveola'' *White-tailed tyrannulet, ''Mecocerculus poecilocercus'' *White-banded tyrannulet, ''Mecocerculus stictopterus'' *White-throated tyrannulet, ''Mecocerculus leucophrys'' *Rufous-winged tyrannulet, ''Mecocerculus calopterus'' *Sulphur-bellied tyrannulet, ''Mecocerculus minor'' *Sooty-headed tyrannulet, ''Phyllomyias griseiceps'' *Plumbeous-crowned tyrannulet, ''Phyllomyias plumbeiceps'' *White-fronted tyrannulet, ''Acrochordopus zeledoni'' *Ashy-headed tyrannulet, ''Tyranniscus cinereiceps'' *Black-capped tyrannulet, ''Tyranniscus nigrocapillus'' *Tawny-rumped tyrannulet, ''Tyranniscus uropygialis'' *Southern beardless-tyrannulet, ''Camptostoma obsoletum'' *Brown-capped tyrannulet, ''Ornithion brunneicapillus'' *White-lored tyrannulet, ''Ornithion inerme'' *Mouse-colored tyrannulet, ''Nesotriccus murinus'' *Tumbesian tyrannulet, ''Nesotriccus tumbezanus'' *Gray-and-white tyrannulet, ''Pseudelaenia leucospodia'' *Black-crested tit-tyrant, ''Anairetes nigrocristatus'' *Tufted tit-tyrant, ''Anairetes parulus'' *Subtropical doradito, ''Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis'' *Torrent tyrannulet, ''Serpophaga cinerea'' *River tyrannulet, ''Serpophaga hypoleuca'' *Agile tit-tyrant, ''Uromyias agilis'' *Short-tailed field tyrant, ''Muscigralla brevicauda'' *Cinnamon attila, ''Attila cinnamomeus'' *Ochraceous attila, ''Attila torridus'' *Citron-bellied attila, ''Attila citriniventris'' *Bright-rumped attila, ''Attila spadiceus'' *Piratic flycatcher, ''Legatus leucophaius'' *Large-headed flatbill, ''Ramphotrigon megacephalum'' *Rufous-tailed flatbill, ''Ramphotrigon ruficauda'' *Dusky-tailed flatbill, ''Ramphotrigon fuscicauda'' *Great kiskadee, ''Pitangus sulphuratus'' *Lesser kiskadee, ''Philohydor lictor'' *Cattle tyrant, ''Machetornis rixosa'' *Sulphury flycatcher, ''Tyrannopsis sulphurea'' *Boat-billed flycatcher, ''Megarynchus pitangua'' *Golden-bellied flycatcher, ''Myiodynastes hemichrysus'' *Baird's flycatcher, ''Myiodynastes bairdii'' *Sulphur-bellied flycatcher, ''Myiodynastes luteiventris'' *Streaked flycatcher, ''Myiodynastes maculatus'' *Rusty-margined flycatcher, ''Myiozetetes cayanensis'' *Social flycatcher, ''Myiozetetes similis'' *Gray-capped flycatcher, ''Myiozetetes granadensis'' *Dusky-chested flycatcher, ''Myiozetetes luteiventris'' *White-ringed flycatcher, ''Conopias albovittatus'' *Yellow-throated flycatcher, ''Conopias parvus'' *Three-striped flycatcher, ''Conopias trivirgatus'' *Lemon-browed flycatcher, ''Conopias cinchoneti'' *Variegated flycatcher, ''Empidonomus varius'' *Crowned slaty flycatcher, ''Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus'' *Snowy-throated kingbird, ''Tyrannus niveigularis'' *White-throated kingbird, ''Tyrannus albogularis'' *Tropical kingbird, ''Tyrannus melancholicus'' *Fork-tailed flycatcher, ''Tyrannus savana'' *Eastern kingbird, ''Tyrannus tyrannus'' *Gray kingbird, ''Tyrannus dominicensis'' (V) *Rufous mourner, ''Rhytipterna holerythra'' *Grayish mourner, ''Rhytipterna simplex'' *Choco sirystes, ''Sirystes albogriseus'' *Rufous flycatcher, ''Myiarchus semirufus'' (H) *White-rumped sirystes, ''Sirystes albocinereus'' *Dusky-capped flycatcher, ''Myiarchus tuberculifer'' *Swainson's flycatcher, ''Myiarchus swainsoni'' *Panama flycatcher, ''Myiarchus panamensis'' *Short-crested flycatcher, ''Myiarchus ferox'' *Sooty-crowned flycatcher, ''Myiarchus phaeocephalus'' *Pale-edged flycatcher, ''Myiarchus cephalotes'' *Great crested flycatcher, ''Myiarchus crinitus'' *Brown-crested flycatcher, ''Myiarchus tyrannulus'' (H) *Galapagos flycatcher, ''Myiarchus magnirostris'' (EG) *Long-tailed tyrant, ''Colonia colonus'' *Flavescent flycatcher, ''Myiophobus flavicans'' *Orange-crested flycatcher, ''Myiophobus phoenicomitra'' *Roraiman flycatcher, ''Myiophobus roraimae'' *Olive-chested flycatcher, ''Myiophobus cryptoxanthus'' *Bran-colored flycatcher, ''Myiophobus fasciatus'' *Crowned chat-tyrant, ''Silvicultrix frontalis'' *Jelski's chat-tyrant, ''Silvicultrix jelskii'' *Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant, ''Silvicultrix diadema'' *Slaty-backed chat-tyrant, ''Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris'' *Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant, ''Ochthoeca rufipectoralis'' *Brown-backed chat-tyrant, ''Ochthoeca fumicolor'' *White-browed chat-tyrant, ''Ochthoeca leucophrys'' *Tumbes tyrant, ''Tumbezia salvini'' *Amazonian scrub-flycatcher, ''Sublegatus obscurior'' *Southern scrub-flycatcher, ''Sublegatus modestus'' (V) *Vermilion flycatcher, ''Pyrocephalus rubinus'' *Brujo flycatcher, ''Pyrocephalus nanus'' (EG) *Pied water-tyrant, ''Fluvicola pica'' (V) *Masked water-tyrant, ''Fluvicola nengeta'' *White-headed marsh tyrant, ''Arundinicola leucocephala'' (H) *Riverside tyrant, ''Knipolegus orenocensis'' *Rufous-tailed tyrant, ''Knipolegus poecilurus'' *Amazonian black-tyrant, ''Knipolegus poecilocercus'' *Jelski's black-tyrant, ''Knipolegus signatus'' *Little ground-tyrant, ''Muscisaxicola fluviatilis'' (V) *Spot-billed ground-tyrant, ''Muscisaxicola maculirostris'' *Dark-faced ground-tyrant, ''Muscisaxicola maclovianus'' (H) *White-browed ground-tyrant, ''Muscisaxicola albilora'' *Plain-capped ground-tyrant, ''Muscisaxicola alpinus'' *Red-rumped bush-tyrant, ''Cnemarchus erythropygius'' *Black-billed shrike-tyrant, ''Agriornis montanus'' *White-tailed shrike-tyrant, ''Agriornis albicauda'' *Streak-throated bush-tyrant, ''Myiotheretes striaticollis'' *Smoky bush-tyrant, ''Myiotheretes fumigatus'' *Drab water tyrant, ''Ochthornis littoralis'' *Fuscous flycatcher, ''Cnemotriccus fuscatus'' *Euler's flycatcher, ''Lathrotriccus euleri'' *Gray-breasted flycatcher, ''Lathrotriccus griseipectus'' *Tufted flycatcher, ''Mitrephanes phaeocercus'' *Black phoebe, ''Sayornis nigricans'' *Acadian flycatcher, ''Empidonax virescens'' *Willow flycatcher, ''Empidonax traillii'' *Alder flycatcher, ''Empidonax alnorum'' *Olive-sided flycatcher, ''Contopus cooperi'' *Smoke-colored pewee, ''Contopus fumigatus'' *Western wood-pewee, ''Contopus sordidulus'' *Eastern wood-pewee, ''Contopus virens'' *Tropical pewee, ''Contopus cinereus'' *Blackish pewee, ''Contopus nigrescens''


Vireos

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Vireonidae The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are typically greenish in color and resemble New World warbler, wood warblers apart from their heavier bills. Sixteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Rufous-browed peppershrike, ''Cyclarhis gujanensis'' *Black-billed peppershrike, ''Cyclarhis nigrirostris'' *Olivaceous greenlet, ''Hylophilus olivaceus'' *Lemon-chested greenlet, ''Hylophilus thoracicus'' *Slaty-capped shrike-vireo, ''Vireolanius leucotis'' *Tawny-crowned greenlet, ''Tunchiornis ochraceiceps'' *Lesser greenlet, ''Pachysylvia decurtata'' *Dusky-capped greenlet, ''Pachysylvia hypoxantha'' *Rufous-naped greenlet, ''Pachysylvia semibrunnea'' *Yellow-throated vireo, ''Vireo flavifrons'' (V) *Choco vireo, ''Vireo masteri'' *Philadelphia vireo, ''Vireo philadelphicus'' (V) *Warbling vireo, ''Vireo gilvus'' (V) *Brown-capped vireo, ''Vireo leucophrys'' *Red-eyed vireo, ''Vireo olivaceus'' *Chivi vireo, ''Vireo chivi'' *Yellow-green vireo, ''Vireo flavoviridis''


Jays

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Corvidae The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcracker (bird), nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size for the Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Black-collared jay, ''Cyanolyca armillata'' *Turquoise jay, ''Cyanolyca turcosa'' *Beautiful jay, ''Cyanolyca pulchra'' *Violaceous jay, ''Cyanocorax violaceus'' *White-tailed jay, ''Cyanocorax mystacalis'' *Green jay, ''Cyanocorax yncas''


Swallows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Hirundinidae The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. Nineteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Blue-and-white swallow, ''Pygochelidon cyanoleuca'' *Brown-bellied swallow, ''Orochelidon murina'' *Pale-footed swallow, ''Orochelidon flavipes'' *White-banded swallow, ''Atticora fasciata'' *White-thighed swallow, ''Atticora tibialis'' *Southern rough-winged swallow, ''Stelgidopteryx ruficollis'' *Brown-chested martin, ''Progne tapera'' *Purple martin, ''Progne subis'' *Gray-breasted martin, ''Progne chalybea'' *Southern martin, ''Progne elegans'' *Galapagos martin, ''Progne modesta'' (EG) *Tree swallow, ''Tachycineta bicolor'' (H) *Tumbes swallow, ''Tachycineta stolzmanni'' *White-winged swallow, ''Tachycineta albiventer'' *White-rumped swallow, ''Tachycineta leucorrhoa'' (V) *Bank swallow, ''Riparia riparia'' *Barn swallow, ''Hirundo rustica'' *American cliff swallow, Cliff swallow, ''Petrochelidon pyrrhonota'' *Chestnut-collared swallow, ''Petrochelidon rufocollaris''


Wrens

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Troglodytidae The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. Twenty-five species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Scaly-breasted wren, ''Microcerculus marginatus'' *Wing-banded wren, ''Microcerculus bambla'' *Gray-mantled wren, ''Odontorchilus branickii'' *House wren, ''Troglodytes aedon'' *Mountain wren, ''Troglodytes solstitialis'' *Grass wren, ''Cistothorus platensis'' *Band-backed wren, ''Campylorhynchus zonatus'' *Fasciated wren, ''Campylorhynchus fasciatus'' *Thrush-like wren, ''Campylorhynchus turdinus'' *Plain-tailed wren, ''Pheugopedius euophrys'' *Whiskered wren, ''Pheugopedius mystacalis'' *Coraya wren, ''Pheugopedius coraya'' *Speckle-breasted wren, ''Pheugopedius sclateri'' *Stripe-throated wren, ''Cantorchilus leucopogon'' *Bay wren, ''Cantorchilus nigricapillus'' *Superciliated wren, ''Cantorchilus superciliaris'' *Buff-breasted wren, ''Cantorchilus leucotis'' *Rufous wren, ''Cinnycerthia unirufa'' *Sharpe's wren, ''Cinnycerthia olivascens'' *White-breasted wood-wren, ''Henicorhina leucosticta'' *Bar-winged wood-wren, ''Henicorhina leucoptera'' *Gray-breasted wood-wren, ''Henicorhina leucophrys'' *Chestnut-breasted wren, ''Cyphorhinus thoracicus'' *Song wren, ''Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus'' *Musician wren, ''Cyphorhinus arada''


Gnatcatchers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Polioptilidae These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub which nest in bushes or trees. Five species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Collared gnatwren, ''Microbates collaris'' *Half-collared gnatwren, ''Microbates cinereiventris'' *Trilling gnatwren, ''Ramphocaenus melanurus'' *Tropical gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila plumbea'' *Slate-throated gnatcatcher, ''Polioptila schistaceigula''


Donacobius

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Donacobiidae The black-capped donacobius is found in wet habitats from Panama across northern South America and east of the Andes to Argentina and Paraguay. *Black-capped donacobius, ''Donacobius atricapilla''


Dippers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cinclidae Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *White-capped dipper, ''Cinclus leucocephalus''


Waxwings

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Bombycillidae The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *Cedar waxwing, ''Bombycilla cedrorum'' (H)


Thrushes

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Turdidae The Thrush (bird), thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. Twenty-two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Andean solitaire, ''Myadestes ralloides'' *Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush, ''Catharus fuscater'' *Spotted nightingale-thrush, Speckled nightingale thrush, ''Catharus maculatus'' *Gray-cheeked thrush, ''Catharus minimus'' *Swainson's thrush, ''Catharus ustulatus'' *Black solitaire, ''Entomodestes coracinus'' *Rufous-brown solitaire, ''Cichlopsis leucogenys'' *Pale-eyed thrush, ''Turdus leucops'' *Plumbeous-backed thrush, ''Turdus reevei'' *Hauxwell's thrush, ''Turdus hauxwelli'' *Pale-vented thrush, ''Turdus obsoletus'' *Ecuadorian thrush, ''Turdus maculirostris'' *Lawrence's thrush, ''Turdus lawrencii'' *Black-billed thrush, ''Turdus ignobilis'' *Marañon thrush, ''Turdus maranonicus'' *Chestnut-bellied thrush, ''Turdus fulviventris'' *Andean slaty thrush, ''Turdus nigriceps'' *Great thrush, ''Turdus fuscater'' *Chiguanco thrush, ''Turdus chiguanco'' *Glossy-black thrush, ''Turdus serranus'' *White-throated thrush, ''Turdus assimilis'' *White-necked thrush, ''Turdus albicollis''


Mockingbirds

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Mimidae The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their coloring tends towards dull-grays and browns. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Tropical mockingbird, ''Mimus gilvus'' *Long-tailed mockingbird, ''Mimus longicaudatus'' *Galapagos mockingbird, ''Mimus parvulus'' (EG) *Floreana mockingbird, ''Mimus trifasciatus'' (EG) *Hood mockingbird, Española mockingbird, ''Mimus macdonaldi'' (EG) *San Cristobal mockingbird, ''Mimus melanotis'' (EG)


Estreldids

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colors and patterns. One species has been recorded in Ecuador *Tricolored munia, ''Lonchura malacca'' (I)


Old World sparrows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae Old World sparrow, Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or gray birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. One species has been recorded in Ecuador. *House sparrow, ''Passer domesticus'' (I)


Pipits and wagtails

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Motacillidae Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. Two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Red-throated pipit, ''Anthus cervinus'' (V) *Paramo pipit, ''Anthus bogotensis''


Finches

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Fringillidae Finches are seed-eating passerine birds that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. Nineteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Andean siskin, ''Spinus spinescens'' *Hooded siskin, ''Spinus magellanicus'' *Saffron siskin, ''Spinus siemiradzkii'' *Olivaceous siskin, ''Spinus olivaceus'' *Yellow-bellied siskin, ''Spinus xanthogastrus'' *Lesser goldfinch, ''Spinus psaltria'' *Golden-rumped euphonia, ''Chlorophonia cyanocephala'' *Blue-naped chlorophonia, ''Chlorophonia cyanea'' *Chestnut-breasted chlorophonia, ''Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys'' *Yellow-collared chlorophonia, ''Chlorophonia flavirostris'' *Orange-crowned euphonia, ''Euphonia saturata'' *Purple-throated euphonia, ''Euphonia chlorotica'' *Golden-bellied euphonia, ''Euphonia chrysopasta'' *White-vented euphonia, ''Euphonia minuta'' *Thick-billed euphonia, ''Euphonia laniirostris'' *Fulvous-vented euphonia, ''Euphonia fulvicrissa'' *Orange-bellied euphonia, ''Euphonia xanthogaster'' *Bronze-green euphonia, ''Euphonia mesochrysa'' *Rufous-bellied euphonia, ''Euphonia rufiventris''


Sparrows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passerellidae Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns. Twenty-seven species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Tanager finch, ''Oreothraupis arremonops'' *Yellow-throated chlorospingus, ''Chlorospingus flavigularis'' *Short-billed chlorospingus, ''Chlorospingus parvirostris'' *Ashy-throated chlorospingus, ''Chlorospingus canigularis'' *Common chlorospingus, ''Chlorospingus flavopectus'' *Dusky chlorospingus, ''Chlorospingus semifuscus'' *Tumbes sparrow, ''Rhynchospiza stolzmanni'' *Grasshopper sparrow, ''Ammodramus savannarum'' (extirpated) *Yellow-browed sparrow, ''Ammodramus aurifrons'' *Black-striped sparrow, ''Arremonops conirostris'' *Gray-browed brushfinch, ''Arremon assimilis'' *Orange-billed sparrow, ''Arremon aurantiirostris'' *Black-capped sparrow, ''Arremon abeillei'' *Chestnut-capped brushfinch, ''Arremon brunneinucha'' *Olive finch, ''Arremon castaneiceps'' *Rufous-collared sparrow, ''Zonotrichia capensis'' *White-naped brushfinch, ''Atlapetes albinucha'' *White-rimmed brushfinch, ''Atlapetes leucopis'' *White-headed brushfinch, ''Atlapetes albiceps'' *Tricolored brushfinch, ''Atlapetes tricolor'' *Slaty brushfinch, ''Atlapetes schistaceus'' *Pale-naped brushfinch, ''Atlapetes pallidinucha'' *Yellow-breasted brushfinch, ''Atlapetes latinuchus'' *White-winged brushfinch, ''Atlapetes leucopterus'' *Pale-headed brushfinch, ''Atlapetes pallidiceps'' (EM) *Bay-crowned brushfinch, ''Atlapetes seebohmi''


Blackbirds

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Icteridae The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World which include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. Thirty-one species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Bobolink, ''Dolichonyx oryzivorus'' (V) *Red-breasted meadowlark, ''Leistes militaris'' *Peruvian meadowlark, ''Leistes bellicosus'' *Yellow-billed cacique, ''Amblycercus holosericeus'' *Russet-backed oropendola, ''Psarocolius angustifrons'' *Green oropendola, ''Psarocolius viridis'' *Chestnut-headed oropendola, ''Psarocolius wagleri'' *Crested oropendola, ''Psarocolius decumanus'' *Olive oropendola, ''Psarocolius bifasciatus'' *Solitary black cacique, ''Cacicus solitarius'' *Ecuadorian cacique, ''Cacicus sclateri'' *Scarlet-rumped cacique, ''Cacicus uropygialis'' *Yellow-rumped cacique, ''Cacicus cela'' *Mountain cacique, ''Cacicus chrysonotus'' *Band-tailed cacique, ''Cacicus latirostris'' *Red-rumped cacique, ''Cacicus haemorrhous'' *Casqued cacique, ''Cacicus oseryi'' *Orange-backed troupial, ''Icterus croconotus'' *White-edged oriole, ''Icterus graceannae'' *Yellow-tailed oriole, ''Icterus mesomelas'' *Epaulet oriole, ''Icterus cayanensis'' *Yellow-backed oriole, ''Icterus chrysater'' *Baltimore oriole, ''Icterus galbula'' (V) *Giant cowbird, ''Molothrus oryzivorus'' *Shiny cowbird, ''Molothrus bonariensis'' *Scrub blackbird, ''Dives warczewiczi'' *Carib grackle, ''Quiscalus lugubris'' (H) *Great-tailed grackle, ''Quiscalus mexicanus'' *Velvet-fronted grackle, ''Lampropsar tanagrinus'' *Oriole blackbird, ''Gymnomystax mexicanus'' *Pale-eyed blackbird, ''Agelasticus xanthophthalmus''


New World warblers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Parulidae The New World warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. Thirty-two species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Ovenbird, ''Seiurus aurocapilla'' (V) *Northern waterthrush, ''Parkesia noveboracensis'' *Golden-winged warbler, ''Vermivora chrysoptera'' *Black-and-white warbler, ''Mniotilta varia'' *Prothonotary warbler, ''Protonotaria citrea'' *Tennessee warbler, ''Leiothlypis peregrina'' *Connecticut warbler, ''Oporornis agilis'' (V) *Masked yellowthroat, ''Geothlypis aequinoctialis'' *Mourning warbler, ''Geothlypis philadelphia'' *Olive-crowned yellowthroat, ''Geothlypis semiflava'' *American redstart, ''Setophaga ruticilla'' *Cerulean warbler, ''Setophaga cerulea'' *Tropical parula, ''Setophaga pitiayumi'' *Bay-breasted warbler, ''Setophaga castanea'' *Blackburnian warbler, ''Setophaga fusca'' *Yellow warbler, ''Setophaga petechia'' *Chestnut-sided warbler, ''Setophaga pensylvanica'' (V) *Blackpoll warbler, ''Setophaga striata'' *Black-throated blue warbler, ''Setophaga caerulescens'' (V) *Black-throated green warbler, ''Setophaga virens'' (V) *Citrine warbler, ''Myiothlypis luteoviridis'' *Black-crested warbler, ''Myiothlypis nigrocristata'' *Buff-rumped warbler, ''Myiothlypis fulvicauda'' *Golden-bellied warbler, ''Myiothlypis chrysogaster'' *Gray-and-gold warbler, ''Myiothlypis fraseri'' *Russet-crowned warbler, ''Myiothlypis coronata'' *Three-striped warbler, ''Basileuterus tristriatus'' *Three-banded warbler, ''Basileuterus trifasciatus'' *Canada warbler, ''Cardellina canadensis'' *Wilson's warbler, ''Cardellina pusilla'' (V) *Slate-throated redstart, ''Myioborus miniatus'' *Spectacled redstart, ''Myioborus melanocephalus''


Mitrospingids

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Mitrospingidae Until 2017 the four species in this family were included in the family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. *Dusky-faced tanager, ''Mitrospingus cassinii''


Cardinal grosbeaks

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cardinalidae The cardinals are a family of robust seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. Nineteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. *Hepatic tanager, ''Piranga flava'' *Summer tanager, ''Piranga rubra'' *Scarlet tanager, ''Piranga olivacea'' *Western tanager, ''Piranga ludoviciana'' (V) *Red-hooded tanager, ''Piranga rubriceps'' *White-winged tanager, ''Piranga leucoptera'' *Red-crowned ant-tanager, ''Habia rubica'' *Ochre-breasted tanager, ''Chlorothraupis stolzmanni'' *Lemon-spectacled tanager, ''Chlorothraupis olivacea'' *Yellow-lored tanager, ''Chlorothraupis frenata'' *Golden grosbeak, ''Pheucticus chrysogaster'' *Black-backed grosbeak, ''Pheucticus aureoventris'' *Rose-breasted grosbeak, ''Pheucticus ludovicianus'' *Ecuadorian seedeater, ''Amaurospiza aequatorialis'' *Blue-black grosbeak, ''Cyanoloxia cyanoides'' *Amazonian grosbeak, ''Cyanoloxia rothschildii'' *Blue grosbeak, ''Passerina caerulea'' (V) *Indigo bunting, ''Passerina cyanea'' (H) *Dickcissel, ''Spiza americana'' (V)


Tanagers

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thraupidae The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly colored. As a family they are omnivorous, but individual species specialize in eating fruits, seeds, insects, or other types of food. Most have short, rounded wings. One hundred seventy-five species have been recorded in Ecuador. *White-capped tanager, ''Sericossypha albocristata'' *Yellow-shouldered grosbeak, ''Parkerthraustes humeralis'' *Plushcap, ''Catamblyrhynchus diadema'' *Green honeycreeper, ''Chlorophanes spiza'' *Golden-collared honeycreeper, ''Iridophanes pulcherrimus'' *Scarlet-and-white tanager, ''Chrysothlypis salmoni'' *Scarlet-browed tanager, ''Heterospingus xanthopygius'' *Guira tanager, ''Hemithraupis guira'' *Yellow-backed tanager, ''Hemithraupis flavicollis'' *Bicolored conebill, ''Conirostrum bicolor'' *Pearly-breasted conebill, ''Conirostrum margaritae'' *Chestnut-vented conebill, ''Conirostrum speciosum'' *Giant conebill, ''Conirostrum binghami'' *Blue-backed conebill, ''Conirostrum sitticolor'' *Capped conebill, ''Conirostrum albifrons'' *Cinereous conebill, ''Conirostrum cinereum'' *Saffron finch, ''Sicalis flaveola'' *Grassland yellow-finch, ''Sicalis luteola'' *Sulphur-throated finch, ''Sicalis taczanowskii'' *Plumbeous sierra finch, ''Geospizopsis unicolor'' *Ash-breasted sierra finch, ''Geospizopsis plebejus'' *Band-tailed sierra finch, ''Rhopospina alaudina'' *Band-tailed seedeater, ''Catamenia analis'' *Plain-colored seedeater, ''Catamenia inornata'' *Paramo seedeater, ''Catamenia homochroa'' *Glossy flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa lafresnayii'' *Black flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa humeralis'' *Black-throated flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa brunneiventris'' (H) *White-sided flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa albilatera'' *Indigo flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa indigotica'' *Rusty flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa sittoides'' *Deep-blue flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa glauca'' *Bluish flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa caerulescens'' *Masked flowerpiercer, ''Diglossa cyanea'' *Tit-like dacnis, ''Xenodacnis parina'' *Slaty finch, ''Haplospiza rustica'' *Blue-black grassquit, ''Volatinia jacarina'' *Black-and-white tanager, ''Conothraupis speculigera'' *Rufous-crested tanager, ''Creurgops verticalis'' *Flame-crested tanager, ''Loriotus cristatus'' *White-shouldered tanager, ''Loriotus luctuosus'' *Fulvous-crested tanager, ''Tachyphonus surinamus'' *Tawny-crested tanager, ''Tachyphonus delatrii'' *White-lined tanager, ''Tachyphonus rufus'' *Gray-headed tanager, ''Eucometis penicillata'' *Red-crested finch, ''Coryphospingus cucullatus'' *Masked crimson tanager, ''Ramphocelus nigrogularis'' *Silver-beaked tanager, ''Ramphocelus carbo'' *Flame-rumped tanager, ''Ramphocelus flammigerus'' *Fulvous shrike-tanager, ''Lanio fulvus'' *Crimson-breasted finch, ''Rhodospingus cruentus'' *Short-billed honeycreeper, ''Cyanerpes nitidus'' *Purple honeycreeper, ''Cyanerpes caeruleus'' *Red-legged honeycreeper, ''Cyanerpes cyaneus'' *Swallow tanager, ''Tersina viridis'' *White-bellied dacnis, ''Dacnis albiventris'' *Black-faced dacnis, ''Dacnis lineata'' *Yellow-bellied dacnis, ''Dacnis flaviventer'' *Scarlet-thighed dacnis, ''Dacnis venusta'' *Blue dacnis, ''Dacnis cayana'' *Scarlet-breasted dacnis, ''Dacnis berlepschi'' *Lesson's seedeater, ''Sporophila bouvronides'' *Lined seedeater, ''Sporophila lineola'' *Parrot-billed seedeater, ''Sporophila peruviana'' *Chestnut-throated seedeater, ''Sporophila telasco'' *Drab seedeater, ''Sporophila simplex'' *Chestnut-bellied seedeater, ''Sporophila castaneiventris'' *Ruddy-breasted seedeater, ''Sporophila minuta'' *Thick-billed seed-finch, ''Sporophila funerea'' *Chestnut-bellied seed-finch, ''Sporophila angolensis'' *Large-billed seed-finch, ''Sporophila crassirostris'' *Black-billed seed-finch, ''Sporophila atrirostris'' *Variable seedeater, ''Sporophila corvina'' *Gray seedeater, ''Sporophila intermedia'' (H) *Wing-barred seedeater, ''Sporophila americana'' *Black-and-white seedeater, ''Sporophila luctuosa'' *Yellow-bellied seedeater, ''Sporophila nigricollis'' *Slate-colored seedeater, ''Sporophila schistacea'' *Buff-throated saltator, ''Saltator maximus'' *Black-winged saltator, ''Saltator atripennis'' *Bluish-gray saltator, ''Saltator coerulescens'' *Streaked saltator, ''Saltator striatipectus'' *Black-cowled saltator, ''Saltator nigriceps'' *Masked saltator, ''Saltator cinctus'' *Slate-colored grosbeak, ''Saltator grossus'' *Wedge-tailed grass-finch, ''Emberizoides herbicola'' *Cinereous finch, ''Piezorina cinerea'' (H) *Black-headed hemispingus, ''Pseudospingus verticalis'' *Gray-hooded bush tanager, ''Cnemoscopus rubrirostris'' *Collared warbling finch, ''Poospiza hispaniolensis'' *Black-capped hemispingus, ''Kleinothraupis atropileus'' *Oleaginous hemispingus, ''Sphenopsis frontalis'' *Black-eared hemispingus, ''Sphenopsis melanotis'' *Orange-headed tanager, ''Thlypopsis sordida'' *Buff-bellied tanager, ''Thlypopsis inornata'' *Superciliaried hemispingus, ''Thlypopsis superciliaris'' *Rufous-chested tanager, ''Thlypopsis ornata'' *Black-backed bush tanager, ''Urothraupis stolzmanni'' *Bananaquit, ''Coereba flaveola'' *Yellow-faced grassquit, ''Tiaris olivaceus'' *Dull-colored grassquit, ''Asemospiza obscura'' *Green warbler-finch, ''Certhidea olivacea'' (EG) *Gray warbler-finch, ''Certhidea fusca'' (EG) *Vegetarian finch, ''Platyspiza crassirostris'' (EG) *Woodpecker finch, ''Camarhynchus pallidus'' (EG) *Large tree-finch, ''Camarhynchus psittacula'' (EG) *Medium tree-finch, ''Camarhynchus pauper'' (EG) *Small tree-finch, ''Camarhynchus parvulus'' (EG) *Mangrove finch, ''Camarhynchus heliobates'' (EG) *Sharp-beaked ground-finch, ''Geospiza difficilis'' (EG) *Vampire ground-finch, ''Geospiza septentrionalis'' (EG) *Small ground-finch, ''Geospiza fuliginosa'' (EG) *Medium ground-finch, ''Geospiza fortis'' (EG) *Genovesa ground-finch, ''Geospiza acutirostris'' (EG) *Common cactus-finch, ''Geospiza scandens'' (EG) *Genovesa cactus-finch, ''Geospiza propinqua'' (EG) *Large ground-finch, ''Geospiza magnirostris'' (EG) *Española ground-finch, ''Geospiza conirostris'' (EG) *Glistening-green tanager, ''Chlorochrysa phoenicotis'' *Orange-eared tanager, ''Chlorochrysa calliparaea'' *Red-capped cardinal, ''Paroaria gularis'' *Black-faced tanager, ''Schistochlamys melanopis'' *Magpie tanager, ''Cissopis leverianus'' *Vermilion tanager, ''Calochaetes coccineus'' *Purplish-mantled tanager, ''Iridosornis porphyrocephalus'' *Yellow-throated tanager, ''Iridosornis analis'' *Golden-crowned tanager, ''Iridosornis rufivertex'' *Fawn-breasted tanager, ''Pipraeidea melanonota'' *Blue-and-yellow tanager, ''Rauenia bonariensis'' *Buff-breasted mountain tanager, ''Dubusia taeniata'' *Lacrimose mountain tanager, ''Anisognathus lacrymosus'' *Scarlet-bellied mountain tanager, ''Anisognathus igniventris'' *Blue-winged mountain tanager, ''Anisognathus somptuosus'' *Black-chinned mountain tanager, ''Anisognathus notabilis'' *Hooded mountain tanager, ''Buthraupis montana'' *Masked mountain tanager, ''Tephrophilus wetmorei'' *Blue-capped tanager, ''Sporathraupis cyanocephala'' *Grass-green tanager, ''Chlorornis riefferii'' *Black-chested mountain tanager, ''Cnemathraupis eximia'' *Orange-throated tanager, ''Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron'' *Yellow-green tanager, ''Bangsia flavovirens'' *Golden-chested tanager, ''Bangsia rothschildi'' *Moss-backed tanager, ''Bangsia edwardsi'' *Golden-naped tanager, ''Chalcothraupis ruficervix'' *Gray-and-gold tanager, ''Poecilostreptus palmeri'' *Silvery tanager, ''Stilpnia viridicollis'' *Black-capped tanager, ''Stilpnia heinei'' *Green-throated tanager, ''Stilpnia argyrofenges'' *Scrub tanager, ''Stilpnia vitriolina'' *Masked tanager, ''Stilpnia nigrocincta'' *Golden-hooded tanager, ''Stilpnia larvata'' *Blue-necked tanager, ''Stilpnia cyanicollis'' *Blue-and-black tanager, ''Tangara vassorii'' *Beryl-spangled tanager, ''Tangara nigroviridis'' *Metallic-green tanager, ''Tangara labradorides'' *Blue-browed tanager, ''Tangara cyanotis'' *Turquoise tanager, ''Tangara mexicana'' *Paradise tanager, ''Tangara chilensis'' *Opal-rumped tanager, ''Tangara velia'' *Opal-crowned tanager, ''Tangara callophrys'' *Rufous-winged tanager, ''Tangara lavinia'' *Bay-headed tanager, ''Tangara gyrola'' *Golden-eared tanager, ''Tangara chrysotis'' *Saffron-crowned tanager, ''Tangara xanthocephala'' *Flame-faced tanager, ''Tangara parzudakii'' *Green-and-gold tanager, ''Tangara schrankii'' *Blue-whiskered tanager, ''Tangara johannae'' *Golden tanager, ''Tangara arthus'' *Emerald tanager, ''Tangara florida'' *Silver-throated tanager, ''Tangara icterocephala'' *Blue-gray tanager, ''Thraupis episcopus'' *Palm tanager, ''Thraupis palmarum'' *Rufous-throated tanager, ''Ixothraupis rufigula'' *Speckled tanager, ''Ixothraupis guttata'' *Yellow-bellied tanager, ''Ixothraupis xanthogastra'' *Spotted tanager, ''Ixothraupis punctata''


References

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See also

*List of birds *Lists of birds by region


External links


Birds of Ecuador
- World Institute for Conservation & Environment Lists of birds by country, Ecuador Birds of Ecuador, ' Lists of biota of Ecuador, Birds Lists of birds of South America, Ecuador