Ecuador Birding Sites
Northeast Andes
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Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

Presence Codes
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Likelihood of Being Seen
AS=Always Seen; US=Usually Seen; SS=Sometimes Seen
OS=Occasionally Seen; RS=Rarely Seen

1	Silvery Grebe	Podiceps occipitalis	SS
2	Andean Condor	Vultur gryphus	OS
3	Andean Coot (Slate-colored Coot)	Fulica ardesiaca	SS
4	Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe	Attagis gayi	US
5	Shining Sunbeam	Aglaeactis cupripennis	US
6	Ecuadorian Hillstar	Oreotrochilus chimborazo	US
7	Giant Hummingbird	Patagona gigas	US
8	Black-tailed Trainbearer	Lesbia victoriae	US
9	Viridian Metaltail	Metallura williami	OS
10	Blue-mantled Thornbill	Chalcostigma stanleyi	SS
11	Bar-bellied Woodpecker	Veniliornis nigriceps	OS
12	Stout-billed Cinclodes	Cinclodes excelsior	US
13	Bar-winged Cinclodes	Cinclodes fuscus	AS
14	Andean Tit-Spinetail	Leptasthenura andicola	AS
15	White-chinned Thistletail	Schizoeaca fuliginosa	AS
16	Many-striped Canastero	Asthenes flammulata	SS
17	Tawny Antpitta	Grallaria quitensis	US
18	Spillmann's Tapaculo	Scytalopus spillmanni	OS
19	White-throated Tyrannulet	Mecocerculus leucophrys	SS
20	Agile Tit-Tyrant	Anairetes agilis	US
21	Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant	Cnemarchus erythropygius	OS
22	Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant	Ochthoeca fumicolor	US
23	Red-crested Cotinga	Ampelion rubrocristatus	SS
24	Cinereous Conebill	Conirostrum cinereum	US
25	Giant Conebill	Oreomanes fraseri	SS
26	Black-backed Bush Tanager	Urothraupis stolzmanni	OS
27	Plumbeous Sierra-Finch	Phrygilus unicolor	US
28	Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch	Phrygilus plebejus	OS
29	Plain-colored Seedeater	Catamenia inornata	SS
30	Paramo Seedeater	Catamenia homochroa	OS
31	Black Flowerpiercer	Diglossa humeralis	US

* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2009 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees.
** Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.