Photo Gallery: ECUADOR
November/December 2006

Tour Highlights:
This was a fantastic tour thanks to the expert skills of local guide Juan Carlos Calvachi. The hummingbirds and tanagers were bright and beautiful, the scenery spectacular and the real surprise and treat of the trip were the Antpittas.  Seven species were recorded including a Moustached Antpitta on a nest, the famous Yellow-breasted Antpitta named Willy, another famous Giant Antpitta named Maria, Chestnut-crowned, Rufous, and Tawny Antpitta.  Incredible!

Total species recorded: 412
Hummingbirds: 52       Tanagers: 64       Antpittas: 7

Top Ten Sightings
OK, 16!
Dark-backed Wood-Quail
Noble Snipe
San Isidro Owl*
Black-and-White Owl
Booted Rackettail
Pale-mandibled Aracari
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
Yellow-breasted Antpitta
Ocellated Tapaculo
Elegant Crescentchest
Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Club-winged Manakin
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
White-capped Tanager
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager
Blue-naped Chlorophonia
(*Yet to be described)


Buff-winged Starfrontlet

HUMMINGBIRDS
Above:
Violet-tailed Sylph


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Photos © Gina Nichol.


Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Tourmaline Sunangel
Tourmaline Sunangel
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Golden-breasted Puffleg


Velvet-purple Coronet


Sword-billed Hummingbird


Buff-tailed Coronet



Other Birds & Landscapes
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
Pale-mandibled Aracari
Pale-mandibled Aracari

White-capped Tanager


Golden Tanager

 

Black-chinned Mountain-Tanag
Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager
Coca Falls
Coca Falls

Other Birds & Landscapes

Guayaquil Woodpecker
Guayaquil Woodpecker

Masked Trogon
Masked Trogon

Lined Forest-Falcon
Roadside Hawk

Andes Peak
Andes Peak

For more information about this
and future Ecuador tours,
contact Gina Nichol at gina@sunrisebirding.com or 203.453.6724

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