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EXTENDED NORTHERN ANDES PHOTO TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

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PHOTO TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:11 days, 10 nights
Group Size:2-8
Anytime Price:$4225
Group Price:$3675
Single Suppl:$200
Pace:Easy
Difficulty:Easy
* This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available.

List of species possible on this tour that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

color codes

1Berlepsch's TinamouCrypturellus berlepschiNE 
2Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostrisNE 
3Muscovy DuckCairina moschataLC 
4Andean DuckOxyura ferrugineaLC 
5Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraNEV
6Baudo GuanPenelope ortoniNEEN
7Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens NT
8Wattled GuanAburria aburri NT
9Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailOdontophorus erythropsNE 
10Dark-backed Wood-QuailOdontophorus melanonotusEV
11Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalisLC 
12Dusky PigeonPatagioenas goodsoniNE 
13Plain-breasted Ground DoveColumbina minutaLC 
14Ecuadorian Ground DoveColumbina buckleyiNE 
15<Maroon-chested Ground Dove>Paraclaravis mondetouraRR 
16Black-winged Ground DoveMetriopelia melanopteraRR 
17Purple Quail-DoveGeotrygon purpurataNEEN
18Banded Ground-CuckooNeomorphus radiolosusNEEN
19Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatusLC 
20Swallow-tailed NightjarUropsalis segmentataLC 
21Lyre-tailed NightjarUropsalis lyraLC 
22Choco PoorwillNyctiphrynus rosenbergiNE 
23Andean PotooNyctibius maculosusLC 
24OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLC 
25/Chimney Swift/Chaetura pelagica V
26White-tipped SwiftAeronautes montivagusLC 
27White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruquiNE 
28Gray-chinned HermitPhaethornis griseogularisLC 
29White-throated DaggerbillSchistes albogularisNE 
30Tooth-billed HummingbirdAndrodon aequatorialisLC 
31Gorgeted SunangelHeliangelus strophianusNE 
32Tourmaline SunangelHeliangelus exortisNE 
33Violet-tailed SylphAglaiocercus coelestisNE 
34Ecuadorian HillstarOreotrochilus chimborazoNE 
35Mountain AvocetbillOpisthoprora eurypteraLC 
36Rainbow-bearded ThornbillChalcostigma herraniLC 
37Viridian MetaltailMetallura williamiNE 
38Greenish PufflegHaplophaedia aureliaeLC 
39Hoary PufflegHaplophaedia lugensNENT
40Golden-breasted PufflegEriocnemis mosqueraNE 
41Emerald-bellied PufflegEriocnemis alineLC 
42Brown IncaCoeligena wilsoniNE 
43Buff-winged StarfrontletCoeligena lutetiaeRR 
44Sword-billed HummingbirdEnsifera ensiferaLC 
45Buff-tailed CoronetBoissonneaua flavescensRR 
46Velvet-purple CoronetBoissonneaua jardiniNE 
47Rufous-gaped HillstarUrochroa bougueriNE 
48Purple-bibbed WhitetipUrosticte benjaminiNE 
49Black-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa schreibersiiLC 
50Empress BrilliantHeliodoxa imperatrixNE 
51Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyNE 
52Little WoodstarChaetocercus bombus NT
53Gorgeted WoodstarChaetocercus heliodorRR 
54Esmeraldas WoodstarChaetocercus berlepschiEV
55Purple-throated WoodstarPhilodice mitchelliiNE 
56Western EmeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchusNE 
57Napo SabrewingCampylopterus villaviscensio NT
58Lazuline SabrewingCampylopterus falcatusLC 
59Bronze-tailed PlumeleteerChalybura urochrysiaRR 
60Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaNE 
61Purple-chested HummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergiNE 
62Virginia RailRallus limicolaLC 
63Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolorLC 
64Brown Wood-RailAramides wolfiNEV
65Slate-colored CootFulica ardesiacaRR 
66Rufous-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis gayiLC 
67Noble SnipeGallinago nobilis NT
68Andean CondorVultur gryphusLCV
69Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsoniiLC 
70White-tailed KiteElanus leucurusLC 
71Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
72Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
73Black-and-white Hawk-EagleSpizaetus melanoleucusLC 
74Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriLCEN
75Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collarisLC 
76Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereusLC 
77Gray-bellied HawkAccipiter poliogaster NT
78Plumbeous HawkCryptoleucopteryx plumbea NT
79Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
80Barred HawkMorphnarchus princepsLC 
81Gray-backed HawkPseudastur occidentalisNEEN
82Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeusRR 
83Cloud-forest Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nubicolaNEV
84Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineataLC 
85Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusLC 
86Blue-tailed TrogonTrogon comptusNE 
87Choco Black-throated TrogonTrogon cupreicaudaNE 
88Western Striolated-PuffbirdNystalus obamaiLC 
89White-faced NunbirdHapaloptila castaneaLC 
90Coppery-chested JacamarGalbula pastazaeNE 
91Orange-fronted BarbetCapito squamatusNE 
92Toucan BarbetSemnornis ramphastinusNENT
93Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianusLC 
94Gray-breasted Mountain-ToucanAndigena hypoglaucaRRNT
95Plate-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena laminirostrisNENT
96Black-billed Mountain-ToucanAndigena nigrirostrisLC 
97Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
98Yellow-vented WoodpeckerDryobates dignusRR 
99Choco WoodpeckerDryobates chocoensisNENT
100Guayaquil WoodpeckerCampephilus gayaquilensisRR 
101Lita WoodpeckerPiculus litaeNE 
102Plumbeous Forest-FalconMicrastur plumbeusNEV
103Carunculated CaracaraDaptrius carunculatusNE 
104Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucusLCNT
105Blue-fronted ParrotletTouit dilectissimusLC 
106Spot-winged ParrotletTouit stictopterusLCNT
107Rose-faced ParrotPyrilia pulchraNE 
108Red-lored ParrotAmazona autumnalisLC 
109Scaly-naped ParrotAmazona mercenariusLC 
110Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisNE 
111Military MacawAra militarisLCV
112Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysNENT
113Lined AntshrikeThamnophilus tenuepunctatus V
114Spot-crowned AntvireoDysithamnus puncticepsRR 
115Bicolored AntvireoDysithamnus occidentalisRRV
116White-streaked AntvireoDysithamnus leucostictusLC 
117Plain-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula behniLC 
118Esmeraldas AntbirdSipia nigricaudaNE 
119Stub-tailed AntbirdSipia berlepschiNE 
120Elegant CrescentchestMelanopareia elegansNE 
121Chestnut-crowned GnateaterConopophaga castaneicepsLC 
122Giant AntpittaGrallaria giganteaNEV
123Moustached AntpittaGrallaria alleniNEV
124Yellow-breasted AntpittaGrallaria flavotinctaNE 
125Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
126Peruvian AntpittaGrallaricula peruvianaNENT
127Nariño TapaculoScytalopus viciniorRR 
128Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanniNE 
129Black-headed AntthrushFormicarius nigricapillusRR 
130Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis NT
131Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosusRR 
132Greater ScythebillDrymotoxeres pucheranii NT
133Pacific HorneroFurnarius cinnamomeusNE 
134Sharp-tailed StreamcreeperLochmias nematuraLC 
135Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsiorNE 
136Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops dorsalisLC 
137Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia variegaticepsRR 
138Ruddy Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rubiginosusLC 
139Uniform TreehunterThripadectes ignobilisNE 
140Streak-capped TreehunterThripadectes virgaticepsRR 
141Streak-backed CanasteroAsthenes wyattiLC 
142Double-banded GraytailXenerpestes minlosiRR 
143Spectacled PrickletailSiptornis striaticollisLC 
144Dusky SpinetailSynallaxis moestaLC 
145Velvety ManakinLepidothrix velutinaRR 
146Club-winged ManakinMachaeropterus deliciosusNE 
147Orange-breasted FruiteaterPipreola jucundaNE 
148Gray-tailed PihaSnowornis subalarisLC 
149Olivaceous PihaSnowornis cryptolophusLC 
150Long-wattled UmbrellabirdCephalopterus penduligerNEV
151Dusky PihaLipaugus fuscocinereusLC 
152Black-tipped CotingaCarpodectes hopkeiRR 
153Foothill SchiffornisSchiffornis aeneaNE 
154Green-backed BecardPachyramphus viridisRR 
155Slaty BecardPachyramphus spodiurusNEV
156Rufous-breasted FlycatcherLeptopogon rufipectusLC 
157Ecuadorian TyrannuletPhylloscartes gualaquizae NT
158Black-capped Pygmy-TyrantMyiornis atricapillusRR 
159Black-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus granadensisLC 
160Buff-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus rufigularisRRNT
161Pacific FlatbillRhynchocyclus pacificusNE 
162Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferrugineaLC 
163Handsome FlycatcherNephelomyias pulcherRR 
164Rufous-winged TyrannuletMecocerculus calopterusNE 
165Choco ElaeniaMyiopagis parambaeRR 
166Coopmans's ElaeniaElaenia brachypteraNE 
167White-fronted TyrannuletPhyllomyias zeledoniLC 
168Plumbeous-crowned TyrannuletPhyllomyias plumbeicepsLC 
169Red-billed TyrannuletZimmerius cinereicapillaRRV
170Choco TyrannuletZimmerius albigularisNE 
171Orange-crested FlycatcherMyiophobus phoenicomitraLC 
172Olive-chested FlycatcherMyiophobus cryptoxanthusNE 
173Gray-breasted FlycatcherLathrotriccus griseipectusNEV
174/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
175Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisNE 
176Rufous-tailed TyrantKnipolegus poecilurusLC 
177Spot-billed Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola maculirostrisRR 
178Rufous MournerRhytipterna holerythraRR 
179White-ringed FlycatcherConopias albovittatusRR 
180Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchoneti V
181Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostrisNE 
182Rufous-naped GreenletPachysilvia semibrunneaLC 
183Beautiful JayCyanolyca pulchraNENT
184White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisLC 
185Slate-throated GnatcatcherPolioptila schistaceigulaRR 
186Wing-banded WrenMicrocerculus bamblaLC 
187Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatusRR 
188Stripe-throated WrenCantorchilus leucopogonLC 
189Black SolitaireEntomodestes coracinusNE 
190Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysRREN
191Pale-vented ThrushTurdus obsoletusLC 
192Ecuadorian ThrushTurdus maculirostrisNE 
193Chestnut-bellied ThrushTurdus fulviventrisLC 
194Dagua Thrush**Turdus daguaeLC 
195Chestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaChlorophonia pyrrhophrysRR 
196<Yellow-collared Chlorophonia>Chlorophonia flavirostrisRR 
197Fulvous-vented EuphoniaEuphonia fulvicrissaRR 
198Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltriaLC 
199<Yellow-bellied Siskin>Spinus xanthogastrusRR 
200Tanager FinchOreothraupis arremonopsNE 
201Dusky ChlorospingusChlorospingus semifuscusNE 
202Olive FinchArremon castaneiceps NT
203White-rimmed BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopisNE 
204Tricolored BrushfinchAtlapetes tricolorRR 
205White-winged BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopterusNE 
206Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militarisLC 
207/Cerulean Warbler/Setophaga cerulea NT
208/Blackpoll Warbler/Setophaga striata NT
209Choco WarblerMyiothlypis chlorophrysNE 
210Ochre-breasted TanagerChlorothraupis stolzmanniNE 
211Ecuadorian SeedeaterAmaurospiza aequatorialisNE 
212White-capped TanagerSericossypha albocristata V
213Black-eared HemispingusSphenopsis melanotisLC 
214Western Hemispingus**Sphenopsis ochraceusE 
215Tawny-crested TanagerTachyphonus delatriiRR 
216Moss-backed TanagerBangsia edwardsiNE 
217Yellow-green TanagerBangsia flavovirensNEV
218Masked Mountain TanagerTephrophilus wetmoreiLCV
219Black-chinned Mountain TanagerAnisognathus notabilisNE 
220Yellow-throated TanagerIridosornis analisLC 
221Glistening-green TanagerChlorochrysa phoenicotisNE 
222Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaNE 
223Gray-and-gold TanagerPoecilostreptus palmeriRR 
224Black-capped TanagerStilpnia heineiRR 
225Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolinaNE 
226Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvataRR 
227Metallic-green TanagerTangara labradoridesRR 
228Rufous-winged TanagerTangara laviniaRR 
229Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeNENT
230Emerald TanagerTangara floridaRR 
231Yellow-tufted Dacnis**Dacnis egregiaNE 
232Scarlet-thighed DacnisDacnis venustaRR 
233Scarlet-breasted DacnisDacnis berlepschiNEV
234Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneusLC 
235Scarlet-browed TanagerHeterospingus xanthopygiusRR 
236Scarlet-and-white TanagerChrysothlypis salmoniNE 
237Chestnut-vented ConebillConirostrum speciosumLC 
238Giant ConebillConirostrum binghamiLCNT
239Indigo FlowerpiercerDiglossa indigoticaNE 
240Rusty FlowerpiercerDiglossa sittoidesLC 
241Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanniNE 
242Saffron FinchSicalis flaveolaRR 
243Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroa NT
244Red-crested FinchCoryphospingus cucullatusRR 
245Crimson-breasted FinchRhodospingus cruentusNE 
246Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceusRR 
247Black-winged SaltatorSaltator atripennisNE 
248Masked SaltatorSaltator cinctusLC 

 

TOUR NOTES

Accommodations in Quito not included in tour price.

 

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PRESENCE CODES

CodeDescription##
//Boreal Visitor5
\\Austral Visitor2
||Transient2
##Non-breeding Dispersal0
<>Erratic/Irregular7
()Breeding Season Only1
{}Casual/Vagrant7
[]Accidental4

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened33
VVulnerable22
ENEndangered6
CRCritically Endangered0

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.