Birds of Ecuador and the Maquipucana Reserve
The cloud forest in the Maquipucuna Reserve is home to over 300 species of birds. Learn more about some of them!
Click on a photo for a larger image and more information. If the bird's name is blue, you can click on it for a more detailed profile of that bird! Birds are listed by order and family.
Note:
Information about the bird's status in the wild is given based on the IUCN Redlist (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) rankings -
Near Threatened, Vunerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangerd.
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Trochilidae Family Hummingbirds |
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| White-necked Jacobin | Stripe-throated Hermit | White-whiskered Hermit | Tawny-bellied Hermit | |||||
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| Brown Violetear | Green Violetear | Sparkling Violetear | Speckled Hummingbird | Violet-tailed Sylph | ||||
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| Long-tailed Sylph | Brown Inca | Collared Inca | Mountain Velvetbreast | Booted Racket-tail | ||||
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| Purple-bibbed Whitetip | Fawn-breasted Brilliant | Green-crowned Brilliant | Purple-throated Woodstar | Western Emerald | ||||
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| Andean Emerald | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Green-fronted Lancebill | ||||||
| Passeriformes Order - Perching Birds | ||||||||
Formicariidae Family Ant-thrushes |
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Corvidae Family Crows, Jays |
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| Rufous-breasted Ant-thrush | Turquoise Jay | Beautiful Jay | ||||||
Tityridae Family Tityras, Becards |
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Cotingidae Family Cotingas, Becards |
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| Cinnamon Becard | Olivaceous Piha | Andean Cock-of-the-rock | ||||||
Pipridae Family Manakins |
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Momotidae Family Motmots |
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| Club-winged Manakin | Masked Tityra | Rufous Motmot | ||||||
Furnariidae Family Ovenbirds |
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| Pale-legged Hornero | Plain Xenops | Streaked Xenops | Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | |||||
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| Spotted Woodcreeper | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Montane Woodcreeper | Pearled Treerunner | Streaked Tuftedcheek | ||||
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Grallariidae Family Antpittas |
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| Lineated Foliage-gleaner | Flammulated Treehunter | Brown-billed Scythebill | Chestnut-crowned Ant Pitta | |||||
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Hirundinidae Family Swallows |
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| Ochre-breasted Ant Pitta | Blue-and-white Swallow | Brown-bellied Swallow | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | |||||
Thamnophilidae Family Antbirds |
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| Western Slaty-Antshrike | Russet Antshrike | Uniform Antshrike | Esmeralda's Antbird | |||||
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| Immaculate Antbird | Long-tailed Antbird | White-backed Fire-eye | Plain Antvireo | |||||
Troglodytidae Family Wrens |
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| Bay Wren | House Wren |
Rufous Wren | Sharpe’s Wren | |||||
Tyrannidae Family Tyrant Flycatchers |
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| Yellow Tyrannulet | Southern Beardless Tyrannulet | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Acadian Flycatcher | |||||
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| Slaty-capped Flycatcher | Social Flycatcher | Golden-crowned Flycatcher | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Tropical Kingbird | ||||
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| Agile Tit-Tyrant | Western Wood Pewee | Eastern Wood Pewee | Smoke-colored Pewee | White-crested Elaenia | ||||
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Vireonidae Family Vireos |
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| Black Phoebe | Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant | Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | |||||
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Turdidae Family Thrushes |
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| Red-eyed Vireo | Spectacled Thrush | Great Thrush | ||||||
Thraupidae Family Tanagers, Conebills |
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| Blue-gray Tanager | Palm Tanager | Blue-capped Tanager | Hooded-mountain Tanager | |||||
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| Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager | Blue-winged Mountain Tanager | Blue and Black Tanager | Fawn-breasted Tanager | Golden-naped Tanager | ||||
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| Bay-headed Tanager | Golden Tanager | Blue-capped Tanager | Silver-throated Tanager | Swallow Tanager | ||||
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| Scarlet Tanager |
Grass-green Tanager | Gray-headed bush Tanager | White-lined Tanager | Golden-crowned Tanager | ||||
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| Blue-necked Tanager |
Beryl-spangled Tanager | Saffron-crowned Tanager | Asy-throated Bush Tanager |
Yellow-throated Bush Tanager | ||||
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| Capped Conebill | White-sided Flowerpiercer | Glossy Flowerpiercer | Masked Flowerpiercer | |||||
Emberizidae Family Sparrows, Juncos |
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| Bananaquit | Blue-black Grassquit | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Variable Seedeater | |||||
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| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | ||||||||
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Trogonidae Family Trogons |
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| Golden-headed Quetzal | Violaceous Trogon | Collared Trogon | Masked Trogon | |||||
| Coraciiformes Order - Kingfishers, Hornbills | ||||||||
Alcedinidae Family Kingfishers |
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| Ringed Kingfisher | Green Kingfisher | |||||||
| Galbuliformes Order - Puffbirds, Jacamars | ||||||||
Bucconidae Family Puffbirds, Nunlets |
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| Barred Puffbird | White-whiskered Puffbird | Lanceolated Monklet | ||||||
| Piciformes Order - Woodpeckers, Toucans, Barbets | ||||||||
Picidae Family Woodpeckers |
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| Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Tawny-throated Leaftosser | Smoky-brown Woodpecker | |||||
Ramphastidae Family Toucans |
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| Red-headed Barbet | Crimson-rumped Toucanet | Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan | Collared Aracari | |||||
Semnornithidae Family Toucan-barbets |
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| Toucan Barbet | ||||||||
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Bucconidae Family Puffbirds, Nunlets |
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| Barred Puffbird | White-whiskered Puffbird | Lanceolated Monklet | ||||||
| Galliformes Order - Turkeys, Pheasants, Quails, Guans | ||||||||
Cracidae Family Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans |
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| Sickle-winged Guan | Crested Guan | |||||||
| Pelecaniformes Order - Pelicans, Boobies, Cormorants, Frigatebirds | ||||||||
Phalacrocoracidae Family Cormorants |
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| Neotropic Cormorant | ||||||||
| Ciconiiformes Order - Pelicans, Boobies, Cormorants, Frigatebirds | ||||||||
Ardeidae Family Herons, Bitterns |
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| Striated Heron | Cattle Egret | Snowy Egret | ||||||
| Falconiformes Order - Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, Ospreys | ||||||||
Accipitridae Family Hawks, Eagles |
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| Broad-winged Hawk | Tiny Hawk | Roadside Hawk | Black-chested Buzzard-eagle | |||||
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Carthartidae Family Vultures, Condors |
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Falconidae Family Falcons, Caracaras |
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| Black and Chestnut Eagle | Turkey Vulture |
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| Charadriiformes Order - Shorebirds | ||||||||
Scolopacidae Family Sandpipers, Snipes |
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| Spotted Sandpiper | ||||||||
| Columbiformes Order - Doves, Pigeons | ||||||||
Columbidae Family Doves, Pigeons |
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| White-tipped Dove | Ruddy Quail-dove | Band-tailed Pigeon | ||||||
| Psittaciformes Order - Parrots, Parakeets, Macaws, Cockatoos | ||||||||
Psittacidae Family Parrots, Cockatoos |
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| Bronze-winged Parrot | ||||||||
| Cuculiformes Order - Cuckoos, Hoatzins, Turacos | ||||||||
Cuculidae Family Cuckoos, Roadrunners |
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| Squirrel Cuckoo | Smooth-billed Ani | |||||||
| Strigiformes Order - Owls | ||||||||
Strigidae Family Owls |
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| Spectacled Owl | Mottled Owl | |||||||
| Caprimulgiformes Order - Nightbirds | ||||||||
Nyctibiidae Family Potoos |
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Caprimulgidae Family Nightjars |
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| Common Potoo | Common Nighthawk | |||||||