ECUADOR BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
ECUADOR
| Start: | 11/22/2007 |
| End: | 11/30/2007 |
| Duration: | 9 days |
| #Species: | 67 |
| #Endemics: | 28 |
| #Heard Only: | 0 |
2007 Galapagos Birding & Photo tour
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS SEEN ON TOUR
List of bird species seen or heard during the tour. The table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country.* See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.
h = heard only; g = seen by guide only
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| 1 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | II |
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| 2 | Galapagos Dove | Zenaida galapagoensis | BI,EI,GI,SCI |
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| 3 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | BI,FI,II,SCI |
| 4 | \Dark-billed Cuckoo\ | Coccyzus melacoryphus | SCI |
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| 5 | Paint-billed Crake | Mustelirallus erythrops | FI,SCI |
| 6 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | II,SCI |
| 7 | Galapagos Rail | Laterallus spilonota | SCI |
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| 8 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | II |
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| 9 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | EI,II |
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| 10 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | NSI |
| 11 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus | BI,II |
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| 12 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | BI,EI,FI,II,SCI |
| 13 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus | BI |
| 14 | /Wandering Tattler/ | Tringa incana | BI,FI,GI,II |
| 15 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | Many |
| 16 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | BI,GI,NSI |
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| 17 | Swallow-tailed Gull | Creagrus furcatus | EI,FI,GI,II,NSI |
| 18 | /Franklin's Gull/ | Leucophaeus pipixcan | BI,FI,II |
| 19 | Lava Gull | Leucophaeus fuliginosus | GI,NSI,SCI |
| 20 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | BI,FI,II,NSI |
| 21 | /Black Tern/ | Chlidonias niger | BI |
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| 22 | American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | BI,II |
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| 23 | Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | EI,GI |
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| 24 | Galapagos Penguin | Spheniscus mendiculus | FI,II |
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| 25 | Waved Albatross | Phoebastria irrorata | EI,II |
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| 26 | Elliot's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites gracilis | Many |
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| 27 | Ainley's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates cheirmornnestes | GI |
| 28 | {Band-rumped Storm-Petrel} | Hydrobates castro | GI |
| 29 | Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates tethys | GI,II |
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| 30 | Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia | GI,II |
| 31 | Galapagos Shearwater | Puffinus subalaris | Many |
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| 32 | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Many |
| 33 | [Great Frigatebird] | Fregata minor | GI |
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| 34 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | GI,NSI |
| 35 | Nazca Booby | Sula granti | Many |
| 36 | Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | Many |
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| 37 | Flightless Cormorant | Nannopterum harrisi | II |
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| 38 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | EI,GI |
| 39 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | II |
| 40 | Lava Heron** | Butorides sundevalli | II,SCI |
| 41 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis | FI,II,SCI |
| 42 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | SCI |
| 43 | {Great Blue Heron} | Ardea herodias | BI,SCI |
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| 44 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Many |
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| 45 | Galapagos Hawk | Buteo galapagoensis | EI,II |
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| 46 | Brujo Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus manus | SCI |
| 47 | Galapagos Flycatcher | Myiarchus magnirostris | FI,SCI |
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| 48 | Galapagos Mockingbird | Mimus parvulus | BI,GI,II,SCI |
| 49 | Floreana Mockingbird | Mimus trifasciatus | CI |
| 50 | Espanola Mockingbird | Mimus macdonaldi | EI |
| 51 | San Cristobal Mockingbird | Mimus melanotis | SCI |
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| 52 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia | Many |
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| 53 | Green Warbler-Finch | Certhidea olivacea | SCI |
| 54 | Gray Warbler-Finch | Certhidea fusca | GI,SCI |
| 55 | Vegetarian Finch | Platyspiza crassirostris | SCI |
| 56 | Woodpecker Finch | Camarhynchus pallidus | SCI |
| 57 | Large Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus psittacula | SCI |
| 58 | Medium Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus pauper | FI |
| 59 | Small Tree-Finch | Camarhynchus parvulus | FI,SCI |
| 60 | Mangrove Finch | Camarhynchus heliobates | II |
| 61 | Small Ground-Finch | Geospiza fuliginosa | Many |
| 62 | Large Ground-Finch | Geospiza magnirostris | GI,SCI |
| 63 | Genovesa Ground-Finch | Geospiza acutirostris | GI |
| 64 | Common Cactus-Finch | Geospiza scandens | SCI |
| 65 | Medium Ground-Finch | Geospiza fortis | BI,FI,II,NSI,SCI |
| 66 | Espanola Ground-Finch | Geospiza conirostris | EI |
| 67 | Genovesa Cactus-Finch | Geospiza propinqua | GI |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**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.
BIRDING LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 41 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 10 |
| [] | Accidental | 2 |
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.