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Bird name: Squirrel Cuckoo
Latin: Piaya cayana
Other: Alma-de-gato (Br)
Family: Cuculidae - Cuckoos
Range: Mexico to Brazil
Similar: Little Cuckoo

The Brazilian Squirrel Cuckoo (above) has a red eye ring. In fact all South American birds have the red eye ring, but Central American birds (below) have a yellow ring.
Long tail, with white and black underneath.

Seen in central Panama and Chiriqui. Again in Ecuador and widespread in Brazil. Seen in most wooded areas.

Below, Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana thermophila, Panama, showing yellow eye ring.


Below, Squirrel Cuckoo, San Isidro, Ecuador


Below, Squirrel Cuckoo with yellow throat, Curicaca Lodge, Pantanal, Brazil


Squirrel Cuckoo, Brazil
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Bird name: Russet Backed Oropendola
Latin: Psarocolius angustifrons
Other: Oropéndola dorsirrojiza (Es)
Family: Icteridae • Oropendolas
Range: Andes, incl Ecuador, and Venezuelan coast
Similar:

The Russet-backed Oropendola is the only Oropendola in the Ecuadorian Andes, which makes identification easier there. There are several subspecies, the eastern race has a dark bill, generally, whereas other morphs (south and west) have light bills.

All birds pictured on this page, except the lowest, were taken at the same lodge, San Isidro, on the eastern slope, but even at this one location there appears to be variability in bill colour and plumage (see below). You can get very good views of this bird at San Isidro Lodge.

There were also large numbers Russet-backed Oropendolas seen returning to roost each evening in the Upper Napo region of eastern Ecuador (photo below), I think mixed with Crested Oropendolas; I certainly identified some of each species in the flocks containing many hundreds of birds.

The eastern Russet-backed Oropendola, pictured here, is a dark bird with an olive head, variable bill colour, olive - brownish body and long yellow undertail feathers.


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Below, Russet-backed Oropendola at San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador, March 2011
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Bird name: Subtropical Cacique
Latin: Cacicus uropygialis
Other: Cacique subtropical (Es)
Family: Icteridae • Caciques
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar: Scarlet-rumped Cacique split

The Subtropical Cacique is a red-rumped cacique living in Ecuador and neighbouring Andean countries. Treated here as split from the similar Scarlet-rumped Cacique in Panama, west of the Darien Gap, into Central America.

Below, Subtropical Cacique showing red rump. San Isidro, March 2011.
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Bird name: Glossy Black Thrush
Latin: Turdus serranus
Other: Zorzal negro (Es)
Family: Turdidae • Thrushes
Range: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Similar: Great Thrush

The Glossy-black Thrush is found at mid-altitude in Ecuador, so generally lower than the larger and duller Great Thrush but there is some overlap.

The male Glossy-black Thrush is deep black with yellow or orange bill, eyering and legs. The female is browner but still with yellow eyering.More photos...

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Bird name: Common Bush Tanager
Latin: Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
Other: Tangarita oftálmica, Tangara de monte orejuda, Clorospingo comun (Es) • C. flavopectus
Family: Emberizidae • Bush Tanagers
Range: SW Mexico to N Argentina,
Similar:

I saw the Common Bush Tanager in several locations in Panama, above in El Valle, below at the Finca Dracula in Cerro Punta. In Panama, recognisable by the large white patch behind the eye.

But in Ecuador, Common Bush Tanagers do not have this white post-ocular mark.More photos...

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Bird name: Black Capped Tanager
Latin: Tangara heinei
Other: Tangara gorrinegra (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar:

The adult male Black-capped Tanager, pictured above, has the typical black cap, bright blue body and green collar. The one I saw below was more grey and black than blue. The female (record shot further below) is green and yellow.More photos...

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Bird name: Black Eared Hemispingus
Latin: Hemispingus melanotis
Other: Hemispingo orejinegro (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Hemispingus
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar: Bush-tanagers, Fawn-breasted Tanager

The Black-eared Hemispingus is another fast-moving, small tanager that is easily missed. Although pointed out to me quite a few times by the guide, I struggled to get any photos at all, until finally I saw a pair, foraging on relatively open ground, around some bamboo - a typical habitat. Wags tail left to right.

The Black-eared Hemispingus lives between 2200 and 3000m. Seen here at San Isidro Lodge, which is about 2300m.More photos...

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Bird name: Summer Tanager
Latin: Piranga rubra
Other: Tángara roja migratoria (Es) • Sanhaçu-vermelho, sanhaçu-verão (Pt)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers - now Cardinalidae
Range: USA, Mexico, Central America, N South America, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
Similar: Hepatic Tanager

Summer Tanagers look very similar to Hepatic Tanagers, so the identity of two birds pictured here should be treated with caution.

The bird above is identified as a migrant male Summer Tanager on location - it was seen at San Isidro Lodge (2300m) in March. San Isidro doesn’t list Hepatic as occuring there. Otherwise it might have been taken for a Hepatic Tanager, since it has a dark bill, slightly greyish lores and a carmine, not orange, tint to the bright red hue.

The bird below was, I believe, a migrant male Summer Tanager at the Milpe Reserve, 1600m?, in northwest Ecuador. It has the characteristic pale bill of the Summer Tanager, pale lores and slightly orange-red hue.

Female Summer Tanagers are olive-yellow.

Below, presumed male Summer Tanager, Milpe, Ecuador, March 2011.
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Bird name: Beryl Spangled Tanager
Latin: Tangara nigroviridis
Other: Tangara mariposa (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar:

Probably the most frequently seen of all tanagers on my recent trip to Ecuador - often in mixed flocks, but very difficult to photograph - it’s small and fast moving and keeps its distance.More photos...

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Bird name: Saffron Crowned Tanager
Latin: Tangara xanthocephala
Other: Tángara coronada (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar: Golden-eared Tanager, Flame-faced Tanager

Another very beautiful design on the Saffron-crowned Tanager, which lives in montane forests from 1200 to 2400m. I saw these birds at the San Isidro Lodge on the east slope of the Andes, in Ecuador.More photos...

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Bird name: Grass Green Tanager
Latin: Chlorornis riefferii
Other: Clorornis patirrojo, tángara hierba verde, tángara verdirroja, tángara carirroja (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar:

Incredibly intense green on the Grass Green Tanager. Contrasted with red face, bill, legs and crissum - a stunning colour scheme. I saw these in cloud forest near Bellavista and San Isidro in Ecuador. These large tanagers live at high altitudes in the Andes - 1500 to 3300m. I saw birds in the middle of that range.

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Bird name: Fawn Breasted Tanager
Latin: Pipraeidea melanonota
Other: Saíra viúva (Br) • Tangara pechianteada (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay; and SE S America
Similar:

The Fawn-breasted Tanager is buff or orange below with blue upper half and red irises. Found in the Andes and in montane habitats in southern Brazil and bordering countries.

I saw Fawn-breasted Tanagers in Mindo and San Isidro Lodge in Ecuador and at Serra dos Tucanos Lodge in Brazil.

The male Fawn-breasted Tanager has deeper colours than the female and the Brazilian Fawn-breasted Tanager (above, male) apparently had richer colours than the Ecuadorian birds (below).

Below, Fawn Breasted Tanager, Ecuador, March.
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Bird name: Blue Winged Mountain Tanager
Latin: Anisognathus somptuosus
Other: Tángara primavera, cachaquito primavera, tangara montana aliazul (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar: Black-chinned Mountain-tanager

Blue-winged Mountain Tanagers could be seen at various places near Mindo, as well at San Isidro Lodge.

Blue-winged Mountain Tanagers have more blue on wings than Black-chinned Mountain-tanagers and have black backs, vs olive shoulders for the latter. They have a large yellow stripe on their head.

Below, Blue-winged Mountain-tanager, Mindo.
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Bird name: Hooded Mountain Tanager
Latin: Buthraupis montana
Other: Tangara montaña encapuchada (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar:

I saw this Hooded Mountain-tanager near the Bellavista Lodge grounds in Ecuador. Found at quite high altitudes - 2000 to 3200 m. Also seen at San Isidro Lodge on the eastern slope of the Andes.

The Hooded Mountain-tanager has red irises and a black head. A large tanager.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador, February • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Long Tailed Sylph
Latin: Aglaiocercus kingii
Other: Silfo de King, Silfo colilargo, Colibrí coludo azul, Cometa verdiazul (Es)
Family: Trochilidae • Hummingbirds
Range: Andes; Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar: Violet Tailed Sylph


Long-tailed Sylphs at in Ecuador. Only males have the very long tails. Females have chestnut bellies and short tails. Seen at Guango and San Isidro Lodges - the latter is a good place to see them. 1600m - 2600m.

Not much overlap with Violet-tailed Sylph (only on west slope) fortunately.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Santa Lucia, Ecuador, Feb 2011 • Do not copy

Bird name: Andean Cock of the Rock
Latin: Rupicola peruvianus
Other: Gallo de la Peña Andino (Es)
Family: Cotingidae • Cotingas, Cock-of-the-Rocks
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
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The Andean Cock of the Rock is a superb bird, emblematic of the Mindo - Choco region. Tours can be taken to visit Cock of the Rock leks at several places, where anything from two or three individuals to two or three dozen males will gather daily in a lek at dawn to be selected by a female. Good weather helps and the “summer” (around June) is said to be the breeding season.

Photography is difficult for all but the latest generation of cameras, because you are shooting in the dark - flash is not allowed. If you can shoot above 3000 ISO and have a fast, stabilised lens, you should be OK.

Santa Lucia has a very good lek, well over a dozen males turned up on the day we attended, despite it being off-season, with no female and rain in the night. But it’s a fair old trek in the morning - a couple of hours before dawn, some through deep mud on steep paths. Before that, just to reach Santa Lucia involves an excruciating two-hour walk up the mountainside in thin air, unless you happen to be a mountain goat, in which case it will take you an hour.

I saw a female flying though the forest at San Isidro - it perched above us.

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Bird name: Green and Black Fruiteater
Latin: Pipreola riefferii
Other: Frutero verdinegro (Es)
Family: Cotingidae • Cotingas, Fruiteaters
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar: Black-chested Fruiteater

We saw and heard male and female Green-and-black Fruiteaters several times, but although responsive to calls, they proved difficult to photograph, often perching directly above our heads!

The male has a dark hood and bib, bright orange bill and legs, yellow-green underside with marks, and dark leaf-green upperside, with some black.

The female (further below) is plainer and more uniform green, with no black hood, but still orange bill.

Directly below, a male Green-and-black Fruiteater, which was calling to a nearby female.
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Bird name: Three Striped Warbler
Latin: Basileuterus tristriatus
Other: Reinita cabecilistada (Es)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers
Range: Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar:

I saw Three-striped Warblers on the slope up to Santa Lucia and at San Isidro, Ecuador, but they are fast-moving and very tricky to photograph…

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© TC/monacoeye • San Isidro, Ecuador • Sep 2010 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Black Banded Owl
Latin: Strix huhula
Other: Cárabo negro (Es) • Coruja-preta (Br)
Family: Strigidae • Owls
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Similar: Black-and-white Owl

Thanks to Tom for this great shot of the resident Black-banded Owl at San Isidro Lodge, in Ecuador. If you visit, be sure to ask a guide to point him out for you. When I visited he was on top of the tall palm tree near the entrance to the lodge one night - too far for a decent photo.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Yanacocha, Ecuador • Feb 2011 • Do not copy without permission

Bird name: Masked Flowerpiercer
Latin: Diglossa cyanea
Other: Pinchaflor enmascarado (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Flowerpiercers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar: Bluish Flowerpiercer, Indigo Flowerpiercer

Beautiful rich colours on these fast-moving Masked Flowerpiercers. Large black mask and red eye with blue body. Females duller. Seen in several locations, will visit nectar feeders. The best location, where there were large numbers feeding, was at the end of the Yanacocha trail - 3800 m.

If you don’t get a good view, can be confused with Bluish Flowerpiercer.More photos...

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Bird name: White Sided Flowerpiercer
Latin: Diglossa albilatera
Other: Pinchaflor flanciblanco (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Flowerpiercers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar: Black Flowerpiercer

Above a female White-sided Flowerpiercer, which is light brown with a fleck of white on its side just visible behind the bend of the wing. The male, below, is black, with the same white fleck.

White-sided Flowerpiercers were easy to see at the Santa Lucia Reserve (1800m), fog and rain notwithstanding, as they visited a flowering bush outside the lodge every day I was there. I also saw males at San Isidro.

Below, male White-sided Flowerpiercer - uses hooked bill to pierce the base of flowers.
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Bird name: Black Flowerpiercer
Latin: Diglossa humeralis
Other: Pinchaflor negro (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Flowerpiercers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar: White-sided Flowerpiercer, Glossy Flowerpiercer

This seems likely to have been a Black Flowerpiercer, seen at San Isidro Lodge. Black Flowerpiercers are all black, with hooked bill tip, to pierce the base of flowers and reach the nectar. So you need a good view of the side to eliminate White-sided and Glossy Flowerpiercers.More photos...

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Bird name: Bluish Flowerpiercer
Latin: Diglossa caerulescens
Other: Pinchaflor azulado (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers, Flowerpiercers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar: Masked Flowerpiercer, Indigo Flowerpiercer

Record shots of (probable) Bluish Flowerpiercer at San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador. Bill is smaller than Masked, mask is smaller and does not extend behind eye. Iris also red. More blue-grey than bright blue.More photos...

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Santa Lucia, Ecuador, March.

Bird name: Slate Throated Whitestart
Latin: Myioborus miniatus
Other: Slate-throated Redstart • Candelita goliplomiza (Es) • Mariquita-cinza (Br)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers, Whitestarts
Range: Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina.
Similar: Parulas, Euphonias

One of the most widespread and frequently-seen passerines in Ecuador in March at mid-altitude - fast-moving but will perch nearby. Seen on the slope up to Santa Lucia, Mirador Rio Blanco, Paz de las Aves and Milpe, but the best views were at San Isidro (above). Often found in mixed flocks.

In Panama, I only saw them in the eastern Chiriqui province, where they are known by the old name of Slate-throated Redstart. They did not live close to huts like the Collared Whitestart, so were seen less frequently.

The Slate-throated Whitestart is yellow below, slate above, extending over head and throat (unlike the Parulas in Panama). Longish tail with white outer feathers distinguishes it from Euphonias. Small rufous crest is sometimes difficult to see. One fanned its tail frequently (photo below).



Directly above and below, Slate-throated Whitestarts, Chiriqui, Panama, May. © monacoeye
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Bird name: Blackburnian Warbler
Latin: Dendroica fusca
Other: Reinita de garganta naranja (Es)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers
Range: Canada, East USA - migrating to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
Similar:

A bright flash of orange at the Santa Lucia Reserve in Ecuador, in March, is sure to be a Blackburnian Warbler. These cheerful small birds were also particularly easy to see around San Isidro Lodge.

The adult male Blackburnian Warbler (above) has strong orange, black and white markings. Females and juveniles and non-breeding plumages (below) are greyer and have less orange.

Directly below probably female or juvenile Blackburnian Warbler. Ecuador, March. ©
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Bird name: Russet Crowned Warbler
Latin: Basileuterus coronatus
Other: Reinita coronirrojiza (Es)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar:

The Russet-Crowned Warbler was seen at Guango Lodge and San Isidro Lodge in Ecuador in March.

These are Basileuterus coronatus orientalis, which have light-grey (not yellow) underparts, found on the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes. Main distinguishing mark is the russet stripe on crown.More photos...

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Bird name: Black and White Warbler
Latin: Mniotilta varia
Other: Reinita blancinegra (Es)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers
Range: Canada, E USA - Mexico to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, West Indies
Similar:

We just saw one Black-and-White Warbler (rare according to the guide), at San Isidro Lodge in Ecuador in March. An attractive migrant warbler with only black and white markings. The male has a black throat, non-breeding plumage has white throat and lighter underparts.
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Bird name: Canada Warbler
Latin: Wilsonia canadensis
Other: Reinita Collareja (Es)
Family: Parulidae • New World Warblers
Range: Canada, East USA - migrating to Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia etc
Similar:

Canada Warbler were seen on several occasions at San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador, in March.

Adult male Canada Warblers (above) have strong black “necklace”markings on a yellow underside. Females and juveniles (below) have fainter markings.

Directly below female or juvenile Canada Warbler. Ecuador, March. ©
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Bird name: Inca Jay
Latin: Cyanocorax yncas
Other: Urraca Inca (Es)
Family: Corvidae • Crows, Jays
Range: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Similar: Green Jay

A stunning Inca Jay at the San Isidro Lodge in Ecuador, where they were much in evidence, especially in the morning, feeding on the insects attracted by the lights at night.

Inca Jays have recently been split from the Green Jay - their northern counterpart.

In addition to their beautiful plumage, Inca Jays have a wonderful repertoire of different noises and calls. They tend to move around in groups.

In Ecuador they’re found in the highlands of the east slope of the Andes and are unmistakable.

Below, an Inca Jay at San Isidro Lodge in Ecuador.
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Bird name: Masked Trogon
Latin: Trogon personatus
Other:
Family: Trogonidae • Trogons
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, SC Venezuela
Similar:

Masked Trogons were seen in many locations in Ecuador - Mindo, Milpe, Mindo Lindo, Bellavista, Guango, San Isidro.

Males are green, black and red with white marks. Females are brown and red. Many more examples in “more photos”.


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Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • San Isidro, March 2011

Bird name: White Capped Parrot
Latin: Pionus seniloides
Other:
Family: Psittacidae - Parrots
Range: W Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, NW Peru
Similar: Speckle-faced Parrot

Just couldn’t get a good view of this White-capped Parrot at San Isidro, Ecuador… Sometimes split taxonomically.

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Bird name: Andean Motmot
Latin: Momotus aequatorialis
Other: Highland Motmot, Blue-Crowned Motmot • Momotus momota aequatorialis and chlorolaemus • Momoto montañero (Es)
Family: Momotidae • Motmots
Range: Andes - north Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, to north Bolivia
Similar: Amazonian Motmot

Andean Motmot is the new name for the Highland Motmot seen here at San Isidro Lodge in the Ecuadorian Andes.

The Andean Motmot, or Highland Motmot, has an electric blue crown, black eye mask and greenish body.

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Bird name: White Throated Toucanet
Latin: Aulacorhynchus albivitta
Other: Tucán (Es) • split from Aulacorhynchus prasinus, Emerald Toucanet
Family: Ramphastidae • Toucans, Toucanets
Range: E, C Colombia, W Venezuela, E Ecuador
Similar: Chestnut-tipped Toucanet, Black-throated Toucanet

The guide at San Isidro Lodge called this an Emerald Toucanet, but the complex has now been split and this bird with a white, not blue, throat is now called the White-throated Toucanet by the IOC. I believe the other prasinus split is called the Black-throated Toucanet, which, as its name suggests, has a dark throat.More photos...

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Bird name: White Bellied Antpitta
Latin: Grallaria hypoleuca
Other: Gralaria ventriblanca (Es)
Family: Grallariidae • Antpittas
Range: Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru
Similar:

San Isidro Lodge on the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes is a good place to see the White-bellied Antpitta, which is fed by worms on some mornings.

In the woods below the lodge, we heard many Antpittas calling, but never saw one. Once one approached to a few feet away, and then changed its call, but I was still unable to see it…

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