lsinyin

The bird photos were taken at three birding spots near the Capital, Quito in December 2011.

1. Yanacocha Reserve


Variable Hawk


Plain-coloured Seedeater


Rufous-collared Sparrow


Sickle-winged Guan


Rufous Wren


Golden-crowned Tanager


Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager


Spectacled Whitestart


Tawny Antpitta


Glossy Flowerpiercer


Masked Flowerpiercer


Buff-winged Starfrontlet, female


Buff-winged Starfrontlet, male


Sapphire-vented Puffleg


Tyrian Metaltail, male


Buff-tailed Coronet


Golden-breasted Puffleg


Great Sapphirewing, female


Great Sapphirewing, male


Sword-billed Hummingbird

2. Antisana National Park


Bar-winged Cinclodes


Stout-billed Cinclodes


Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Male


Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, female


Carunculated Caracara, Juvenile


Carunculated Caracara, adult


Crimson-mantled Woodpecker


Hooded Siskin, male


American Kestrel


Andean Gull


Silvery Grebe

3. San Jorge Botanical Reserve


Southern Yellow-Grosbeak, female


Eared Dove


Glossy-black Thrush


Great Thrush, female


Great Thrush, male


Sparkling Violetear, female


Sparkling Violetear, male


Black-tailed Trainbearer, male


Green-tailed Trainbearer, female


Shining Sunbeam

Please tell me if the identification is not correct.
Thanks for watching.

Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year !



[ Last edited by lsinyin at 24/01/2012 12:53 ]

lsinyin

Ecuador is a paradise of bird watching. There are nearly 1700 species of bird in an area of 272 km2 similar to the size of New Zealand. For the hummingbirds, there are about 340 species worldwide and more than 130 occurring in Ecuador.

The following bird lodges that I have stayed or visited provide birding information and bird tours.

- Cabañas San Isidro

- San Jorge Eco Lodge

- Pachijal Reserva Ecologica Bird Lodge

- Bellavista Clouds Forest Reserve & Lodge

- Pululahua Hostal

[ Last edited by lsinyin at 27/01/2012 21:19 ]