Trip Report: Southern Ecuador (2025-07-06 - 2025-07-18)
Geometer Moth (Melinodes saeta)
Scott Takes Photos
Buenaventura
Buenaventura
Jorupe
Utuana
View From Utuana
Izhcayluma
Cerro Toledo
Tapichalaca
Cerro de Arcos
Yunguilla
Tarqui Hills
Emerald Cuckoo-Orchid Bee (Exaerete smaragdina)
Jocotoco Antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi)
Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons)
White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis)
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca)
Tiger Moth (Carales astur)
Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris)
Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Paranapiacaba dorsoplagiata)
Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis) - Male
Gray-backed Hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis)
Blister Beetle (Nemognathini sp)
Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Acanthoderini sp)
Ecuadorian Trogon (Trogon mesurus)
White-browed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila bilineata)
Plume Moth (Platyptiliini sp)
Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
Stink Bug (Pentatomidae sp)
Tit-like Dacnis (Xenodacnis parina) - Female
Orange-patched Crescent (Anthanassa drusilla)
Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola)
Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus)
Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Isotes sp)
Red Peacock (Anartia amathea)
Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis) - Female
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) - Female
Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius orcus)
Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi) - Female
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus)
Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni)
Carpet Moth (Eois cobardata)
Spittlebug (Ischnorhinidae sp)
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Geometer Moth (Melinodes saeta)
Scott Takes Photos
Buenaventura
Buenaventura
Jorupe
Utuana
View From Utuana
Izhcayluma
Cerro Toledo
Tapichalaca
Cerro de Arcos
Yunguilla
Tarqui Hills
Emerald Cuckoo-Orchid Bee (Exaerete smaragdina)
Jocotoco Antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi)
Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons)
White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis)
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (Andigena hypoglauca)
Tiger Moth (Carales astur)
Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris)
Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Paranapiacaba dorsoplagiata)
Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis) - Male
Gray-backed Hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis)
Blister Beetle (Nemognathini sp)
Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Acanthoderini sp)
Ecuadorian Trogon (Trogon mesurus)
White-browed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila bilineata)
Plume Moth (Platyptiliini sp)
Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
Stink Bug (Pentatomidae sp)
Tit-like Dacnis (Xenodacnis parina) - Female
Orange-patched Crescent (Anthanassa drusilla)
Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola)
Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus)
Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Isotes sp)
Red Peacock (Anartia amathea)
Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis) - Female
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) - Female
Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius orcus)
Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi) - Female
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus)
Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni)
Carpet Moth (Eois cobardata)
Spittlebug (Ischnorhinidae sp)
A trip to Southern Ecuador visiting several nature reserves as well as Vilcabamba, Loja, and Cuenca
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (445 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(161 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Harvestmen
(1 record)
- Family: Cranaid Harvestmen
- Cranaid Harvestman (Phareicranaus sp)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Long-jawed Orbweavers
- Mabel Orchard Orbweaver (Leucauge argyrobapta)
Class: Insects
(159 records)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(2 records)
- Family: Apidae
- Emerald Cuckoo-Orchid Bee (Exaerete smaragdina)
- Family: Pergid Sawflies
- Pergid Sawfly (Pergidae sp)
- Order: Beetles
(16 records)
- Family: Blister Beetles
- Blister Beetle (Nemognathini sp)
- Family: Darkling Beetles
- Darkling Beetle (Xystropodina sp)
- Long-jointed Beetle (Statirina sp)
- Family: General Beetles
- Beetle (Coleoptera sp)
- Family: Leaf Beetles
- Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae sp)
- Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Isotes sp)
- Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Isotes sp)
- Skeletonizing Leaf Beetle (Paranapiacaba dorsoplagiata)
- Family: Longhorn Beetles
- Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Acanthoderini sp)
- Round-necked Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycinae sp)
- Family: Soft-winged Flower Beetles
- Soft-winged Flower Beetle (Astylus bonplandi)
- Family: Soldier Beetles
- Soldier Beetle (Cantharidae sp)
- Soldier Beetle (Cantharidae sp)
- Family: Tiger Beetles
- Tiger Beetle (Pseudoxycheila sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(113 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Bordered Patch Butterfly (Chlosyne lacinia)
- Brush-footed Butterfly (Lasiophila sp)
- Brush-footed Butterfly (Neopedaliodes sp)
- Brush-footed Butterfly (Nymphalidae sp)
- Brush-footed Butterfly (Scada zemira)
- Checkerspot Butterfly (Anthanassa hermas)
- Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria ceryx)
- Orange-patched Crescent (Anthanassa drusilla)
- Orion Cecropian (Historis odius)
- Red Peacock (Anartia amathea)
- Red Postman (Heliconius erato)
- Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus)
- White Satyr (Pareuptychia ocirrhoe)
- Family: Carpenter and Leopard Moths
- Hypoptinae Moth (Langsdorfia sp)
- Family: Concealer Moths
- Concealer Moth (Stenoma sp)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Grass-veneer Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Pearl Moth (Anarmodia sp)
- Pearl Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Pearl Moth (Diasemiopsis sp)
- Pearl Moth (Midila sp)
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Pearl Moth (Synclera sp)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Eriopyga sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Orthodes sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Pastona sp)
- Groundling Moth (Condica cupentia)
- Groundling Moth (Condica imitata)
- Groundling Moth (Condica sp)
- Family: Flat-bodied Moths
- Flat-bodied Moth (Depressariidae sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Angle Moth (Macariini sp)
- Carpet Moth (Eois cobardata)
- Carpet Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Carpet Moth (Psaliodes sp)
- Carpet Moth (Psaliodes sp)
- Carpet Moth (Psaliodes sp)
- Emerald Moth (Chloropteryx sp)
- Geometer Moth (Anisoperas sp)
- Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Hymenomima sp)
- Geometer Moth (Melinodes saeta)
- Geometer Moth (Nephodia sp)
- Geometer Moth (Oxydia platypterata)
- Geometer Moth (Parilexia sp)
- Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
- Pug Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Wave Moth (Leptostales sp)
- Family: Hooktip and False Owlet Moths
- False Owlet Moth (Drepanidae sp)
- False Owlet Moth (Thyatira sp)
- Family: Leaf Blotch Miner Moths
- Leaf Blotch Miner Moth (Gracillariidae sp)
- Family: Plume Moths
- Plain Plume Moth (Hellinsia homodactylus)
- Plume Moth (Platyptiliini sp)
- Plume Moth (Pterophoridae sp)
- Plume Moth (Pterophoridae sp)
- Family: Skippers
- Grass Skipper (Troyus diversa)
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Burnsius orcus)
- Skipper (Perichares sp)
- White Skipper (Heliopetes marginata)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Euprosterna elaea)
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Tanadema sp)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Choerocampina Moth (Xylophanes anubus)
- Sphinx Moth (Xylophanes crotonis)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricinae sp)
- Totricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Family: Tufted Moths
- Tufted Moth (Iscadia sp)
- Tufted Moth (Nolidae sp)
- Tufted Moth (Nolini sp)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Erebid Moth (Anticarsia sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Fruit-piercing Moth (Oxidercia sp)
- Handmaiden Moth (Chrysocale splendens)
- Lichen Moth (Agylla sp)
- Lichen Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Lichen Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Litter Moth (Herminiinae sp)
- Litter Moth (Herminiinae sp)
- Litter Moth (Rejectaria sp)
- Litter Moth (Rejectaria sp)
- Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria herilia)
- Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria magna)
- Tiger Moth (Carales astur)
- Tiger Moth (Carales sp)
- Tiger Moth (Dysschema sp)
- Tiger Moth (Euchromiina sp)
- Tiger Moth (Macrocneme sp)
- Tiger Moth (Xenosoma sp)
- Underwing Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Grass Yellow (Eurema sp)
- Pierina Butterfly (Itaballia marana)
- Order: Caddisflies (3 records)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(2 records)
- Family: Household Cockroaches
- Cockroach (Anaplecta sp)
- Family: Wood Cockroaches
- Cockroach (Blattellidae sp)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Narrow-winged Damselflies
- Narrow-winged Damselfly (Coenagrionidae sp)
- Order: Earwigs
(1 record)
- Family: Common Earwigs
- Common Earwig (Ancistrogaster mixta)
- Order: Flies
(2 records)
- Family: House Fly
- House Fly (Muscidae sp)
- Family: Moth Flies and Sand Flies
- Moth Fly (Quatiella sp)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(6 records)
- Family: Katydid
- Katydid (Pleminiiti sp)
- Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
- Family: Neotropical Stick Grasshoppers
- Stick Grasshopper (Proscopiinae sp)
- Family: Spider Crickets and Allies
- Spider Cricket (Phalangopsidae sp)
- Family: Tree and Bush Crickets
- Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae sp)
- Family: Trigs, Sword-tailed Crickets, and Ground Crickets
- Trig (Trigonidiini sp)
- Order: Stick Insects
(2 records)
- Family: Common Walking Sticks
- Walking Stick (Libethra sp)
- Walking Stick (Pseudosermyle sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(11 records)
- Family: Cicadas
- Cicada (Pachypsaltria sp)
- Family: Leaf-footed Bugs
- Cotton Stainer Bug (Dysdercus sp)
- Family: Spittlebugs and Froghoppers
- Spittlebug (Ischnorhinidae sp)
- Spittlebug (Ischnorhinidae sp)
- Family: Stink Bugs
- Green Stink Bug (Chinavia runaspis)
- Stink Bug (Pentatomidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(284 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Fleshbelly Frogs
- Robber Frog (Pristimantis lymani)
Class: Birds
(277 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Andean Teal (Anas andium)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(9 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
- Blue Ground Dove (Claravis pretiosa)
- Croaking Ground Dove (Columbina cruziana)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Ecuadorian Ground Dove (Columbina buckleyi)
- Ochre-bellied Dove (Leptotila ochraceiventris)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- White-throated Quail-Dove (Zentrygon frenata)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(8 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
- Gray-backed Hawk (Pseudastur occidentalis)
- Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)
- Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
- Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(35 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)
- Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis)
- Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae)
- Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
- Blue-mantled Thornbill (Chalcostigma stanleyi)
- Blue-throated Hillstar (Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus)
- Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni)
- Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae)
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
- Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)
- Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
- Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
- Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
- Lesser Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
- Little Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster)
- Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
- Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola)
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani)
- Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris)
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
- Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)
- Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)
- Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
- Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis)
- Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni)
- White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Family: Swifts
- Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila)
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
- Family: Motmots
- Whooping Motmot (Momotus subrufescens)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(6 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Scrub Nightjar (Nyctidromus anthonyi)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata)
- Peruvian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium peruanum)
- Rufous-banded Owl (Strix albitarsis)
- Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
- Order: Parrots
(7 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Bronze-winged Parrot (Pionus chalcopterus)
- El Oro Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi)
- Gray-cheeked Parakeet (Brotogeris pyrrhoptera)
- Red-faced Parrot (Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops)
- Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys)
- Rose-faced Parrot (Pyrilia pulchra)
- Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius)
- Order: Pelicans (7 records)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Order: Perching Birds
(177 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus)
- Peruvian Meadowlark (Leistes bellicosus)
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
- Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
- Family: Antpittas
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla)
- Chestnut-naped Antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis)
- Equatorial Antpitta (Grallaria saturata)
- Jocotoco Antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi)
- Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis)
- Undulated Antpitta (Grallaria squamigera)
- Watkins's Antpitta (Grallaria watkinsi)
- Family: Antthrushes
- Crescent-faced Antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira)
- Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus)
- Plushcap (Catamblyrhynchus diadema)
- Rufous-chested Tanager (Thlypopsis ornata)
- Superciliaried Hemispingus (Thlypopsis superciliaris)
- White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata)
- Family: Cotingas
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
- Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata)
- Cryptic Becard (Pachyramphus salvini)
- Green-and-black Fruiteater (Pipreola riefferii)
- One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous)
- Slaty Becard (Pachyramphus spodiurus)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- White-browed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila bilineata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Turquoise Jay (Cyanolyca turcosa)
- White-tailed Jay (Cyanocorax mystacalis)
- Family: Manakins
- Club-winged Manakin (Machaeropterus deliciosus)
- Golden-winged Manakin (Masius chrysopterus)
- White-bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Black-capped Sparrow (Arremon abeillei)
- Gray-browed Brushfinch (Arremon assimilis)
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps)
- White-winged Brushfinch (Atlapetes leucopterus)
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch (Atlapetes latinuchus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Black-crested Warbler (Myiothlypis nigrocristata)
- Black-lored Yellowthroat (Geothlypis auricularis)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis)
- Gray-and-gold Warbler (Myiothlypis fraseri)
- Russet-crowned Warbler (Myiothlypis coronata)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
- Three-banded Warbler (Basileuterus trifasciatus)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Andean Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura andicola)
- Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae)
- Blackish-headed Spinetail (Synallaxis tithys)
- Chestnut-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes albidiventris)
- Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis erythrocephalus)
- Line-cheeked Spinetail (Cranioleuca antisiensis)
- Many-striped Canastero (Asthenes flammulata)
- Mouse-colored Thistletail (Asthenes griseomurina)
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus)
- Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
- Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger)
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
- Red-billed Scythebill (Campylorhamphus trochilirostris)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis)
- Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
- Black-eared Hemispingus (Sphenopsis melanotis)
- Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)
- Black-headed Hemispingus (Pseudospingus verticalis)
- Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii)
- Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons)
- Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
- Dusky Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus semifuscus)
- Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
- Golden-crowned Tanager (Iridosornis rufivertex)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
- Hooded Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis montana)
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus)
- Masked Flowerpiercer (Diglossa cyanea)
- Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Pink-billed Cnemoscopus (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris)
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis unicolor)
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- Tit-like Dacnis (Xenodacnis parina)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavigularis)
- Yellow-tufted Dacnis (Dacnis egregia)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans)
- Chusquea Tapaculo (Scytalopus parkeri)
- Ecuadorian Tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi)
- Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans)
- White-crowned Tapaculo (Scytalopus atratus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
- Ecuadorian Thrush (Turdus maculirostris)
- Glossy-black Thrush (Turdus serranus)
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Plumbeous-backed Thrush (Turdus reevei)
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
- Chapman's Antshrike (Thamnophilus zarumae)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi)
- Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
- Zeledon's Antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor)
- Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus)
- Crowned Chat-Tyrant (Silvicultrix frontalis)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Gray-breasted Flycatcher (Lathrotriccus griseipectus)
- Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)
- Maranon Tyrannulet (Nesotriccus maranonicus)
- Mouse-gray Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus)
- Ochraceous Attila (Attila torridus)
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Olive-chested Flycatcher (Myiophobus cryptoxanthus)
- Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus)
- Orange-banded Flycatcher (Nephelomyias lintoni)
- Ornate Flycatcher (Myiotriccus ornatus)
- Peruvian Tyrannulet (Zimmerius viridiflavus)
- Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus)
- Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant (Cnemarchus erythropygius)
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
- Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant (Pseudotriccus ruficeps)
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
- Snowy-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus niveigularis)
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
- Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- White-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus stictopterus)
- White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)
- White-tailed Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus poecilocercus)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
- Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
- Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
- Family: Vireos
- Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys)
- Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi)
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Paramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis)
- Plain-tailed Wren (Pheugopedius euophrys)
- Rufous Wren (Cinnycerthia unirufa)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Speckle-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius sclateri)
- Whiskered Wren (Pheugopedius mystacalis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
- Family: Plovers
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Pale-browed Tinamou (Crypturellus transfasciatus)
- Order: Trogons (3 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(4 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Bearded Guan (Penelope barbata)
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis erythroptera)
- Family: New World Quail
- Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus erythrops)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(11 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Bar-bellied Woodpecker (Veniliornis nigriceps)
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii)
- Ecuadorian Piculet (Picumnus sclateri)
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Guayaquil Woodpecker (Campephilus gayaquilensis)
- Scarlet-backed Woodpecker (Veniliornis callonotus)
Class: Mammals
(4 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: New World Leaf-nosed Bats
- Handley's Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla handleyi)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Procyonidae
- South American Coati (Nasua nasua)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Andean Tapeti (Sylvilagus andinus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Guayaquil Squirrel (Sciurus stramineus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(2 records)
- Family: Lava Lizards
- West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana (Stenocercus iridescens)
- Family: Shade Lizards
- Darien Shade Lizard (Alopoglossus harrisi)