The Birds of Northwest Ecuador

Volume II: The Lowlands and Lower Foothills

by Olaf Jahn, John V. Moore, Patricio Mena Valenzuela, Niels Krabbe, Paul Coopmans, Mitch Lysinger and Robert S. Ridgely

This two-CD publication includes vocalizations of many of the bird species found in the humid and wet lowlands and lower foothills of northwestern Ecuador. It contains 465 separate recordings of 253 species, many of them presented for the first time in an audio publication. The goal of this summary version is to present the more often heard, most typical and spectacular bird sounds to the broader public. The area covered belongs to the "Chocó Endemic Area", which extends northward into western Colombia. It supports an exceptionally rich birdlife and the highest number of endemic bird species of any biographic region in South America.

2 CDs, booklet. Published 2003. Suggested retail price: $21.95

Species list:

1. Great Tinamou Tinamus major
2. Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi
3. Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
4. Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
5. Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
6. Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
7. Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus
8. Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
9. Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbea
10. Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbea
11. Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
12. Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
13. Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
14. Red-throated Caracara Daptrius americanus
15. Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
16. Plumbeous Forest-Falcon Micrastur plumbeus
17. Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
18. Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
19. Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
20. Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni
21. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
22. Great Curassow Crax rubra
23. Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops
24. Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus
25. Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
26. White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
27. Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
28. Brown Wood-Rail Aramides wolfi
29. Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa
30. Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis
31. Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea
32. Dusky Pigeon Columba goodsoni
33. Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
34. Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
35. Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata
36. Olive-backed Quail-Dove Geotrygon veraguensis
37. Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
38. Great Green Macaw Ara ambigua
39. Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa
40. Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
41. Rose-faced Parrot Pionopsitta pulchra
42. Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
43. Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
44. Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
45. Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
46. Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
47. Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
48. Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
49. Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
50. Banded Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus
51. Choc¢ Screech-Owl Otus centralis
52. Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
53. Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
54. Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
55. Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
56. Mottled Owl Strix virgata
57. Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
58. Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
59. Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
60. Choc¢ Poorwill Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi
61. Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aenea
62. Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
63. White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
64. Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
65. Tooth-billed Hummingbird Androdon aequatorialis
66. Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi
67. Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie
68. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
69. Blue-chested Hummingbird Amazilia amabilis
70. Purple-chested Hummingbird Amazilia rosenbergi
71. Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
72. Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
73. Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
74. Choc¢ Trogon Trogon comptus
75. Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
76. Western White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
77. Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
78. Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
79. Northern Violaceous Trogon Trogon caligatus
80. Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
81. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
82. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
83. Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
84. Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
85. Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
86. Great Jacamar Jacamerops aurea
87. White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
88. Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis
89. Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus
90. White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
91. Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata
92. Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus
93. Five-colored Barbet Capito quinticolor
94. Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
95. Pale-mandibled Ara‡ari Pteroglossus erythropygius
96. Stripe-billed Ara‡ari Pteroglossus sanguineus
97. Choc¢ Toucan Ramphastos brevis
98. Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii
99. Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
100. Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
101. Lita Woodpecker Piculus litae
102. Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
103. Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
104. Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
105. Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
106. Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
107. Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis
108. Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
109. Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
110. Double-banded Graytail Xenerpestes minlosi
111. Western Woodhaunter Hyloctistes virgatus
112. Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner Philydor fuscipennis
113. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
114. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Automolus rubiginosus
115. Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
116. Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
117. Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
118. Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
119. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
120. Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
121. Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
122. Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
123. Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
124. Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
125. Great Antshrike Taraba major
126. Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
127. Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
128. Griscom's Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
129. Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
130. Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris
131. White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
132. Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
133. Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
134. Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
135. Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
136. Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
137. Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi
138. Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
139. Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
140. Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
141. Rufous-crowned Antpitta Pittasoma rufopileatum
142. Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
143. Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
144. Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillum
145. Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
146. Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
147. Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
148. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
149. Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
150. Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
151. Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
152. Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
153. Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
154. Pacific Flatbill Rhynchocyclus pacificus
155. Yellow-margined Flatbill Tolmomyias assimilis
156. White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
157. Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
158. Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
159. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus
160. Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
161. Northern Tufted-Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
162. Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
163. Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
164. Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
165. Western Sirystes Sirystes albogriseus
166. Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
167. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
168. Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
169. Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
170. White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittata
171. Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
172. Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
173. Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
174. Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
175. Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens
176. Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
177. Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
178. Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger
179. Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis
180. Blue-crowned Manakin Pipra coronata
181. White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
182. Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora
183. Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus
184. Broad-billed Sapayoa Sapayoa aenigma
185. Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
186. Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
187. Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps
188. Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
189. Dagua Thrush Turdus daguae
190. White-thighed Swallow Neochelidon tibialis
191. Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
192. Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
193. Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii
194. Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
195. Whiskered Wren Thryothorus mystacalis
196. Stripe-throated Wren Thryothorus leucopogon
197. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
198. White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
199. Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
200. Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
201. Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
202. Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
203. Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
204. Slate-throated Gnatcatcher Polioptila schistaceigula
205. Choc¢ Warbler Basileuterus chlorophrys
206. Buff-rumped Warbler Phaeothlypis fulvicauda
207. Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
208. Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
209. Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
210. Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
211. Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi
212. Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
213. Scarlet-and-white Tanager Chrysothlypis salmoni
214. Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
215. White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
216. Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
217. Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
218. Gray-and-gold Tanager Tangara palmeri
219. Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
220. Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis
221. Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata
222. Blue-whiskered Tanager Tangara johannae
223. Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
224. Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia
225. Golden-chested Tanager Bangsia rothschildi
226. Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
227. Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
228. Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
229. Yellow-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus icteronotus
230. Lemon-spectacled Tanager Chlorothraupis olivacea
231. Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
232. White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
233. White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
234. Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
235. Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius
236. Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
237. Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
238. Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides
239. Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
240. Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
241. Lesser Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
242. Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
243. Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
244. Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
245. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
246. Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
247. Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
248. Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus
249. Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
250. Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
251. Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
252. Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
253. Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas

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