The Birds of Eastern Ecuador

Volume I: The Foothills and Lower Subtropics

by Mitch Lysinger, John V. Moore, Niels Krabbe, Paul Coopmans, Daniel F. Lane, Lelis Navarrete, Jonas Nilsson, and Robert S. Ridgely

This 5 CD publication presents 814 separately announced recordings of 217 species. It includes the voices of nearly all the birds typical of the foothills and lower subtropics of eastern Ecuador and the Río Marañón drainage in southernmost Ecuador, except for many of those that are commonly found in other parts of Ecuador and were treated in earlier publications by John V. Moore Nature Recordings.

The foothills and lower subtropics are wonderfully rich in birds, both tropical, montane and endemic. Many are poorly known, especially those confined to wet, low-lying ridges east of the Andes. In addition, the Río Marañón drainage combines birds from both humid eastern and arid south-western Ecuador with its many endemic forms.

5 CDs, 55-page booklet. Published 2005. Suggested retail price: $25.95

Species list:

1. Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao kleei
2. Black Tinamou Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi
3. Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps
4. Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus castaneus
5. Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa inops
6. Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius solitarius
7. Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
8. Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
9. Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus soederstroemii
10. Russet-crowned Crake Laterallus viridis viridis
11. Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans nigricans
12. Red-winged Wood-Rail Aramides calopterus
13. Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa
14. Marañón Pigeon Columba oenops
15. Military Macaw Ara militaris militaris
16. Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
17. White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus
18. Spot-winged Parrotlet Touit stictopterus
19. Foothill Screech-Owl Otus roraimae napensis
20. West Peruvian Screech-Owl Otus roboratus roboratus
21. Rufescent Screech-Owl Otus ingens ingens
22. Cinnamon Screech-Owl Otus petersoni
23. Subtropical Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium parkeri
24. Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota melanota
25. Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
26. Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens
27. Rufous Nightjar Caprimulgus rufus
28. Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra lyra
29. White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
30. White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi
31. Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia
32. Green Hermit Phaethornis guy apicalis
33. Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis griseogularis
34. White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila aquila
35. Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini condamini
36. Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae ludovicae
37. Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae johannae
38. Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
39. Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti guimeti
40. Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata viridipectus
41. Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone oenone
42. Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus hypostictus
43. Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae cyanocollis
44. Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus
45. Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri sagitta
46. White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri leucura
47. Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
48. Emerald-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis alinae alinae
49. Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae russata
50. Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii peruanus
51. Wedge-billed Hummingbird Schistes geoffroyi geoffroyi
52. Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor cleavesi
53. Coppery-chested Jacamar Galbula pastazae
54. Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus striolatus
55. Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis fulvogularis
56. Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii orientalis
57. Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus derbianus
    Note: this is track 1-57 in the booklet but track 1-58 on the CDs.
58. Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
    Note: this is track 1-58 in the booklet but track 1-57 on the CDs.
59. Rufous-breasted Piculet Picumnus rufiventris rufiventris
60. Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus buenavistae
61. White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus
62. Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus fumigatus
63. Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster haematogaster
64. Dusky Spinetail Synallaxis moesta brunneicaudalis
65. Marañón Spinetail Synallaxis maranonica
66. Chestnut-throated Spinetail Synallaxis cherriei napoensis
67. Ash-browed Spinetail Cranioleuca curtata cisandina
68. Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons peruvianus
69. Equatorial Graytail Xenerpestes singularis
70. Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata cabanisi
71. Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis montana
72. Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythrocercum subfulvum
73. Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner Philydor ruficaudatum ruficaudatum
74. Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufum bolivianum
75. Bamboo Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis
76. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus brunnescens
77. Black-billed Treehunter Thripadectes melanorhynchus melanorhynchus
78. Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
79. Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis zamorae
80. Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nemat
81. Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda connectens
82. Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis triangularis
83. Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus pusillus
84. Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
85. Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus leucogaster
86. Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus aequatoriali
87. Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
88. White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus
89. Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda
90. Foothill Antwren Myrmotherula spodionota spodionota
91. Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor interior
92. Plain-winged Antwren Myrmotherula behni behni
93. Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris aequatorialis
94. Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus frater
95. Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei devillei
96. Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota callinota
97. Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens aequatorialis
    Erratum: cut # 3 is a copy of cut # 2, and not the recording described in the booklet.
98. White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota castanoptera
99. Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus thoracicus
100. Short-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza campanisona punctigula
101. Plain-backed Antpitta Grallaria haplonota chaplinae
102. Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris flavirostris
103. Chestnut-crowned Gnateater Conopophaga castaneiceps
104. Marañón Crescentchest Melanopareia maranonica
105. Northern White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus atratus
106. White-fronted Tyrannulet Phyllomyias zeledoni leucogonys
107. Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
108. Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet Phyllomyias plumbeiceps
109. Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops chrysops
110. Red-billed Tyrannulet Zimmerius cinereicapilla
111. Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum maranonicum
112. Foothill Elaenia Myiopagis olallai
113. Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis albivertex
114. Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus fasciaticollis
115. Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris superci
116. Ecuadorian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes gualaquizae
117. Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris griseocapillus
118. Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus orbitalis
119. Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola cerula
120. Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni pelzelni
121. Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus pileatus
122. Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus rufigularis
123. Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
124. Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus capitalis capitalis
125. Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus calopterus
126. Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum peruanum
127. Dusky-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
128. Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephalum pectorale
129. Fulvous-breasted Flatbill Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus
130. Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
131. Olive-faced Flatbill Tolmomyias viridiceps viridiceps
132. White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus zamorae
133. Yellow-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus flavigularis flavigularis
134. Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus phoenicurus
135. Cinnamon Neopipo Neopipo cinnamomea cinnamomea
     Erratum: on cut # 2, the tinamou in the background is not Gray-legged T. Crypturellus duidae, but White-throated T. Tinamus guttatus.
136. Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus clarus
137. Orange-crested Flycatcher Myiophobus phoenicomitra phoenicomitra
138. Olive-chested Flycatcher Myiophobus cryptoxanthus
139. Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
140. Blackish Pewee Contopus nigrescens nigrescens
141. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
142. Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea sclateri
143. Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus peruanus
144. Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
145. Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus tyrannulus
146. Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus interior
147. Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti cinchoneti
148. Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus minor
149. Yellow-cheeked Becard Pachyramphus xanthogenys xanthogenys
150. Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus salvini
151. Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus
152. Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis squamipectus
153. Andean Laniisoma Laniisoma buckleyi buckleyi
154. Gray-tailed Piha Lathria subalaris
155. Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus
156. White-crowned Manakin Dixiphia pipra coracina
157. Blue-rumped Manakin Lepidothrix isidorei isidorei
158. Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus peruvianus
159. Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora holochlora
160. Jet Manakin Chloropipo unicolor
161. Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdina aenea
162. Inca Jay Cyanocorax yncas longirostris
163. Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis contrerasi
164. Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris nigrirostris
165. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus pectoralis
166. Rufous-naped Greenlet Hylophilus semibrunneus
167. Olivaceous Greenlet Hylophilus olivaceus
     Erratum: cut # 5 was not recorded at locality 78, but 58 (or maybe 61 or 62).
168. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas maculatus
169. Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus swainsoni
170. Marañón Thrush Turdus maranonicus
171. White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis griseiventris
172. Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis
173. Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii branickii
174. Speckle-breasted Wren Thryothorus sclateri sclateri
175. Bar-winged Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucoptera
176. Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus dichrous
177. Wing-banded Wren Microcerculus bambla albigularis
     Erratum: on cut # 1 only 1 bird sings, not 2.
178. Black-lored Yellowthroat Geothlypis auricularis peruviana
179. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola magnirostris
180. Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrimus pulcherrimus
181. Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum amazonum
182. Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer Diglossopis glauca tyrianthina
183. Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira huambina
184. Buff-bellied Tanager Thlypopsis inornata
185. Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea longipennis
186. Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster brevirostris
187. Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica taczanowskii
188. Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa mesochrysa
189. Orange-eared Tanager Chlorochrysa calliparaea bourcieri
190. Golden Tanager Tangara arthus aequatorialis
191. Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis chrysotis
192. Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix taylori
193. Blue-browed Tanager Tangara cyanotis lutleyi
194. Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides chaupensis
195. Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis caeruleocephala
196. Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata zamorae
197. Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis
198. Orange-throated Tanager Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron
199. Rufous-crested Tanager Creurgops verticalis
200. Vermilion Tanager Calochaetes coccineus
201. White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera ardens
     Erratum: cut #3 probably presents a song of Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster, mimicking White-winged Tanager.
202. Olive Tanager Chlorothraupis frenata
203. White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
204. Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis signatus
205. Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis flavigularis
206. Black-faced Tanager Schistochlamys melanopis grisea
207. Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens azarae
208. Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus peruvianus
209. Black-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus atrirostris atrirostris
210. Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis inconspicua
211. Red Pileated-Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus fargoi
212. Olive Finch Lysurus castaneiceps
213. Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris spectabilis
214. Black-capped Sparrow Arremon abeillei nigriceps
215. Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola
216. Olivaceous Siskin Carduelis olivacea
217. Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria columbiana

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