Site Report: Sani Lodge, Ecuador
the boat for the three-hour trip to Sani Lodge on Rio Napo
lagoon view from Sani Lodge in the Amazon
our usual mode of transportation
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Black-skinned Parrot Snake (Leptophis nigromarginatus)
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata)
Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus)
Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes lentiferus)
Southern Turniptail Gecko (Thecadactylus solimoensis)
Our guide said it was a cross between a spider and a scorpion
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) Nest
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventor)
Brazilian Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Tropical Screech-Owl (Otus choliba)
Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus)
Common Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Drab Water-Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis)
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)
Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapillus)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
Swallow-wing (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)
Yellow-headed Sideneck (Podocnemis unifilis)
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri macrodon)
Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri macrodon)
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
Stink Bug
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata) ???
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
South American Common Toad (Rhinella margaritifera)
Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus)
Purplish Jacamar (Galbula chalcothorax)
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus)
White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis)
Brown-chested Martin (Phaeoprogne tapera)
White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris)
Casqued Cacique (Cacicus oseryi)
Mushroom-tongued Salamander (Bolitoglossa sp)
Manaus Spiny-backed Frog (Osteocephalus taurinus )
Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)
Ivory-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus azara)
Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
Gray-crowned Flatbill (Tolmomyias poliocephalus)
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata)
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
Widespread Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
Gladiator Tree Frog (Boana sp)
Big stick-looking bug on the night hike
Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
Common Scale-backed Antbird (Wilisornis poecilinotus) Female
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the boat for the three-hour trip to Sani Lodge on Rio Napo
lagoon view from Sani Lodge in the Amazon
our usual mode of transportation
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Black-skinned Parrot Snake (Leptophis nigromarginatus)
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata)
Pied Plover (Hoploxypterus cayanus)
Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes lentiferus)
Southern Turniptail Gecko (Thecadactylus solimoensis)
Our guide said it was a cross between a spider and a scorpion
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) Nest
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventor)
Brazilian Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Tropical Screech-Owl (Otus choliba)
Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus)
Common Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Drab Water-Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis)
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)
Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapillus)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
Swallow-wing (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)
Yellow-headed Sideneck (Podocnemis unifilis)
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri macrodon)
Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri macrodon)
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
Stink Bug
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata) ???
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
South American Common Toad (Rhinella margaritifera)
Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus)
Purplish Jacamar (Galbula chalcothorax)
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus)
White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis)
Brown-chested Martin (Phaeoprogne tapera)
White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris)
Casqued Cacique (Cacicus oseryi)
Mushroom-tongued Salamander (Bolitoglossa sp)
Manaus Spiny-backed Frog (Osteocephalus taurinus )
Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)
Ivory-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus azara)
Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
Gray-crowned Flatbill (Tolmomyias poliocephalus)
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata)
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
Widespread Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
Gladiator Tree Frog (Boana sp)
Big stick-looking bug on the night hike
Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
Common Scale-backed Antbird (Wilisornis poecilinotus) Female
Sani Lodge is the eco-tourism arm of the Sani Village. We arranged 30 minute flight followed by a three hour boat ride to get to the lodge where we stayed for five days. Domingo showed us the good birding sites, and he was amazing in his ability to see birds in the dense forest, and to recognize calls. Highlight as we saw the first ever Whimbrel near the lodge!
Visits
- 2006-11-11: Another day with Domingo.
- 2006-11-12: This visit was for five days guided by Domingo and Guellermo. Domingo was the bird expert. We visited a couple of places near the lodge as half day trips.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (162 records,
73 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(5 records,
5 images)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Wandering Spiders
- Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
- Order: Tailless Whipscorpions
(1 record)
- Family: Tailless Whipscorpions
- Tailless Whipscorpion (Amblypygi sp)
Class: Insects
(3 records,
3 images)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Widespread Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
- Order: Mantises
(1 record)
- Family: Mantises
- Mantis (Mantidae sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Stink Bugs
- Stink Bug (Pentatomidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(157 records,
68 images)
Class: Amphibians
(5 records,
5 images)
- Order: Salamanders
(1 record)
- Family: Lungless Salamanders
- Mushroom-tongued Salamander (Bolitoglossa sp)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (4 records)
- Family: True Toads
- South American Common Toad (Rhinella margaritifera)
Class: Birds
(140 records,
54 images)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Hoatzin
- Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)
- Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
- Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (5 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(7 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
- Family: Potoos
- Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
- Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
- Rufous Potoo (Phyllaemulor bracteatus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
- Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba)
- Order: Parrots
(12 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephalus)
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera)
- Dusky-headed Parakeet (Aratinga weddellii)
- Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa)
- Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi)
- Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica)
- Red-bellied Macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
- Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)
- Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
- Order: Pelicans
(13 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
- Family: Herons
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
- Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Jacanas
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(67 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Casqued Cacique (Cacicus oseryi)
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus)
- Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
- Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Family: Cotingas
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus)
- Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana)
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata)
- Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans)
- Family: Donacobius
- Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus)
- Family: Manakins
- Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus)
- Elegant Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus elegans)
- Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris)
- Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus ochrolaemus)
- Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- White-bellied Spinetail (Mazaria propinqua)
- Family: Swallows
- Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera)
- White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata)
- White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris)
- Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
- Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides)
- Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
- Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia)
- Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
- Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
- White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
- Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus)
- Dusky-throated Antshrike (Thamnomanes ardesiacus)
- Gray Antbird (Cercomacra cinerascens)
- Gray Antwren (Myrmotherula menetriesii)
- Plain-throated Antwren (Isleria hauxwelli)
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
- Amazonian Elaenia (Myiopagis cinerea)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Drab Water Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Gray-crowned Flatbill (Tolmomyias poliocephalus)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
- Mottle-backed Elaenia (Elaenia gigas)
- Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
- Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)
- Slender-footed Tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum)
- Family: Vireos
- Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
- Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (16 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus)
- Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus)
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Class: Mammals
(6 records,
3 images)
- Order: Primates (3 records)
- Family: Marmosets and Tamarins
- Black-mantled Tamarin (Saguinus nigricollis)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Agoutis
- Black Agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)
- Family: Squirrels
- Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventor)
- Order: Sloths
(1 record)
- Family: Myrmecophagidae
- Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Class: Reptiles
(6 records,
6 images)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(3 records)
- Family: Geckos
- Southern Turniptail Gecko (Thecadactylus solimoensis)
- Family: Snakes
- Black-skinned Parrot Snake (Leptophis nigromarginatus)
- Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes lentiferus)
- Order: Turtles
(2 records)
- Family: South American and Malagasy River Turtles
- Yellow-headed Sideneck (Podocnemis unifilis)
- Family: Tortoise
- Brazilian Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)