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A Birders Checklist of the Birds of Ecuador

D Sargeant 32 pages 1993
ISBN: 41899
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Birding Ecuador - Hummers, Howlers and Hissing Hoatzin DVD

Malcolm Rymer Running Time 120 Mins. Malcolm Rymer 2004
ISBN: 151164
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Birding Ecuador 1998-99

Bruce C Forrester 109 pages, illus, tabs. 2000
ISBN: 110170
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Birds of Ecuador DVD-ROM

Aves de Ecuador: DVD-ROM Niels Krabbe and Jonas Nilsson Bird Songs International BV 2003
ISBN: 9075838069
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Birds of Ecuador : A Field Guide

by Robert S. Ridgley March 2001 Cornell University Press Hardcover
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ISBN: 0713661178
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Birds of Ecuador : Status, Distribution and Taxonomy

by Robert S. Ridgley March 2001 Cornell University Press Hardcover
ISBN: 071366116X
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The Ecotravellers Wildlife Guide to Ecuador & the Galapagos islands

Pearson & Beletsky Academic Press (2000)
ISBN: 0120848139
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Where to Watch Birds in South America

Nigel Wheatley Paperback - 336 pages (27 October, 1994) Christopher Helm
ISBN: 0713639091
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Aves & Conservacion

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En el marco del Festival Mundial de las Aves 2008, el Ministerio del Ambiente de Ecuador con el apoyo de Aves & Conservación - BirdLife en Ecuador y la Fundación Numashir, y el auspicio de BirdLife International, Conservación Internacional – Ecuador, Neblina Forest, Fundación Arcoiris y Fundación Jatun Sacha, convocaron a la primera reunión para la generación participativa de la Estrategia Nacional de Conservación de las Aves. La Estrategia es un documento fundamental para orientar la gestión de quienes estamos vinculados a este objetivo y por ende su generación debería contar con el aporte de todas las instituciones y personas que han venido trabajando a favor de la avifauna del Ecuador, así como de otros actores vinculados al tema ambiental más amplio...

Corporacion Ornitologica Del Ecuador - Birdlife International Quito

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La Corporación Ornitológica del Ecuador, CECIA, es una organización sin fines de lucro fundada en Quito (Ecuador) en 1986, cuya misión se define como: Aportar a la Conservación de las Aves, sus Hábitats y la Biodiversidad del Ecuador, en Beneficio de la Gente y con su Participación Activa.

Fundacion Jatun Sacha

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Jatun Sacha is an Ecuadorian non-profit making ecological organization. It was founded in 1985, when the three naturalists (Alejandro Suarez, an orchid grower and botanical illustrator, Michael McColm, an American living in Ecuador, and Dr David Neill, a curator from the Missouri Botanical Gardens on secondment to the National Herbarium in Quito) combined their properties on the Rio Napo in Ecuador's Amazonian province of Oriente to form a reserve of 200 hectares...

Fundación Jocotoco

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Fundación Jocotoco is an Ecuadorian organisation established to protect land of critical importance to the conservation of Ecuador`s avifauna and associated biodiveristy. The Fundación achieves this by purchasing lands and managing them as private ecological reserves.

Fundacion Natura

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Es misión de Fundación Natura la protección del medio ambiente, la preservación de la biodiversidad y el manejo sustentable de los recursos naturales para mejorar la calidad de vida de las presentes y futuras generaciones, mediante la transformación de hábitos y comportamientos, la formación de una conciencia ambiental en la población y el establecimiento de una nueva ética social...

Fundacion Ornitologica del Ecuador

La Tierra 203 y Av. de los Shyris, Casilla 17-17-906, Quito. +5932 464359; cecia@uio.satnet.net
The Ornithological Foundation of Ecuador - CECIA is a non-profit organization that it was funded in 1986 and it is dedicated to the conservation and investigation of the birds and its habitats, environmental education and natural resources management in Ecuador...

Rainforest Concern

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Since 1993 Rainforest Concern has been protecting threatened natural habitats and the vast diversity of life they contain. With particular emphasis on conservation of rainforests, the organisation has 19 projects in 13 countries run in partnership with local partners. Rainforest Concern, a registered charity in England (charity number 1028947), also works with indigenous communities to gain legal recognition of their ancestral forests...

Rio Pucuno Foundation

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The Rio Pucuno Foundation has been approved by the appropriate government agencies and is chartered under the laws of Ecuador. It will work with us to help advance our primary goal of saving rainforest in perpetuity...

Antisana Ecological Reserve

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Above an altitude of 4800 meters very little vegetation exists, as this area is covered with snow year-round. Between 3600 & 4800 meters, however, we entered a habitat called the paramo, in which the plant and animal life are both highly adapted to the extreme conditions which are the norm here. Due to the high winds that regularly sweep this habitat, nothing taller than the grass and low lying succulents are found in the open...

Cuyabeno Reserve

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The bird life is particularly spectacular: over 515 species have been recorded such as the prehistoric-looking hoatzin, umbrella bird, blue-headed parrots, white-eared jacamar, scarlet macaw and the awesome harpy-eagle with its eight-foot wing-span...

Los Cedros Biological Reserve

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There can be few experiences as wildly enchanting as waking up that first morning in the cloud forest. First the low guttural moan of the howler monkey draws you out of your sleep, the jungle alarm clock! And then your ears and imagination are overwhelmed by the morning crescendo of hundreds of delightfully different and new bird calls...

Machalilla National Park

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The Machalilla National Park, is the unique protected area in the country where you can find three ecological zones: Continental zone, Islands and Marine zone. Located south of the Manabí Province, this National Park is one of the best alternatives to know and enjoy these important eco-systems as well as learn about the different cultures dwelling these region...

Podocarpus National Park

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Ecuador's southernmost national park is a hidden gem. Large tracts of virgin forest shelter a bewildering array of climates and residents; some of the most spectacular scenery lies within easy access of Loja and Vilcabamba. Even as poaching, illegal colonizing, and especially mining take their toll on Podocarpus, the relative few tourists that visit come away knowing they've seen something special - whether it's the fairy-tale high-altitude forest or one of the flashier of the park's hundreds of bird species.

Reserva de la Montaña - Río Chuchuví

The last extensive, unbroken lowland and montane rainforest in western Ecuador occurs in the far north of the country, in the provinces of Esmeraldas, Carchi and Imbabura. Recently made more accessible by the completion of the paved road between the highland town of Ibarra and coastal town of San Lorenzo, this area is a mecca for those wanting to see or study wildlife that is rare or non-existent elsewhere in Ecuador...

Reserva Ecológica Séptímo Paraíso

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La Reserva Ecológica Séptímo Paraíso es un área protegida desde el 2001 con la meta de conservar y preservar el bosque y el ecosistema que le rodea. Está administrado por la Fundación Green Mindo que se encuentra desarrollando proyectos de conservación y estudios dentro de sus 420 hectáreas de bosque nublado primario y secundario maduro. La Reserva tiene una de las mayores cuentas de aves de la región noroccidente de Pichincha, con 322 especies. Además, existen varias especies de mamiferos como puma, oso de anteojos, monos, coati, armadillos, venados de cola blanca, peresozos entre otros. Una variedad increible de especies de reptiles y anfibios. sin contar la tremenda variedad de flora. La altitud varia entre 950 m y 1650m y el aislamiento de la región ha creado uno de los mas delicados, ricos y complejos ecosistemas conocidos en la región de Mindo.

Septimo Paraiso Cloud Forest Reserve is a private protected area born in 2001, with the goal of saving and preserving the forest and diverse ecosystems that are immerse in it. It is managed by the Green Mindo Foundation, which is in charge of the conservation and the study of its 420 hectares of premountain and mountain cloud forest. The Reserve has one of the largest bird counts of the north-western area of Pichincha, with 322 species of birds. Several species of mammals had been found such as puma, spectacled bear, black howler monkey, capuchin monkey Andean coati, armadillos, white tailed and brocket deer, two toed sloth to name some. Also an incredible amount of reptile and amphibian species had been found, plus an overwhelming number of plant species. The drastic altitude changes from 950 mts. to 1650 mts. above the sea level in addition to the isolation of the region that has created one of the most delicate, but rich and complex ecosystems known in the Mindo region...

Reserva Rio Guaycuyacu

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Resident animals include monkey, ocelot, jaguarundi, kinkajou, tayra, agouti; spiders and snakes, butterflies and beetles. 170 species of birds are on our list of sightings, among them four species of toucans. Characteristic plants include copal, rubber, pambil palm, tree fern, passion flowers and bromeliads.

Sachatamia Rainforest Reserve

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A private reserve which sports an Umbrellabird lek...

San Jorge De Cosanga- Yanayacu Wildlife & Bird Reserve

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On the subtropical eastern slopes of the Andes, San Jorge de Cosanga-Yanayuca Wildlife & Bird Reserve (2000 meters o.s.l.) is another birdwatchers paradise. Adjoining the immense Antisana National Park, and near by Cayambe Coca National Park, Napo Galeras National Park and Great Sumaco National. This site preserves 300 acres of virgin forest, where hundreds of bird species are protected here as well as mammals and reptiles. Birds include: Andean Cock of the Rock, Golden-eared Tanager, Esmerald Toucanet, Blackburnian Warbler, Beryl-Spangled Tanager, Black-capped Tanager, Masked Flowerpiercer, Fawn-breasted Tanager, Lacrimose Mountain Tanager, Saffron-crowned Tanager, Slaty Finch, Crested Quetzal, White-capped Parrot, Cinnamon Flycatcher and Rufous Antpitta.

San Jorge De Tandayapa Hummingbird Sanctuary & Lodge

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San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Reserve (1500 meters o.s.l.) is part of the Choco Bird Area of northwest Ecuador where many as 500 species endemic birds live. Here nature lovers and birders have the opportunity to take in spectacular panoramic views and spot a wide variety of Cloud Forest birds. Twenty-four varieties of hummingbirds are found here throughout the year along with numerous species of tanagers. Common Birds include: Grass-green Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, Andean Cock of the Rock, Smoke-colored Pewee, Tropical Kingbird, Social Flycatcher, White-capped Dipper, Roadside Hawk, Cinamon Becard, Ecuadorian Thrush and Great Thrush.

San Jorge Ecolodge And Botanical Reserve - Quito

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San Jorge Eco-Lodge & Botanical Reserve in the Pichincha Foothills of Quito has prime trails and lots of botanical, archeological and birding options. Exploring San Jorge Botanical Reserve Quito, (3000 meters o.s.l.) which is part of the 40,000 hectare Bosque Protector Pichincha National Park, can produce up to thirteen species of hummingbirds as well as another 110 species of birds. Birds include: Hooded Siskin, Variable Hawk, Black Flowerpiercer, Cinereous Conebill, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Masked Flowerpiercer, Southern Yellow Grosbeak, Eared Dove, Spectacled Whitestar, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Shining Sunbeam, Band tailed Nightjar, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager, Great Thrush, Sparkling Violetear, etc.

Sangay National Park

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Some 400-500 bird species may be present, although comprehensive inventories have not been compiled. The park contains two Endemic Bird Areas, the Central Andean páramo, home to ten bird species of restricted range, and the Eastern Andes of Ecuador and northern Peru, home to 15 restricted-range species...

Tinalandia Nature Reserve

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Tinalandia rests on the Western slope of the the Ecuadorian Andes at the southern end of the Choco Bioregion which stretches from Columbia to Ecuador. The late ornithologist Ted Parker and botanist Al Gentry proclaimed this area to be the most bio-diverse region in the world, and the ideal location of Tinalandia at 2000 feet takes advantage of most of what this region has to offer. Located about 2 hours from Quito, Tinalandia is one of the most accessible wildlife areas from the Ecuadorian capital. Tinalandia is perhaps best known for its exceptional birdwatching opportunities. Over 350 species, have been recorded by some of the world`s most renowned birding experts.

Wild Sumaco

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Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary S.A., a small private company dedicated to conservation, is determined to save what we can of this fine forest and its wildlife before it disappears. Our land is a choice, sustainable and bird-rich piece of rainforest, and as an important part of our conservation plan we are building a comfortable and convenient lodge for 20 guests on land that was previously cleared for farming. Wildsumaco Lodge should be completed and ready for guests in late 2007...

Yanahurco

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Yanahurco is a private ecological reserve...

2000 [July] - Roger Boyd

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The trip was arranged by Roger L. Boyd through Mercedes Revadeneira at Neblina Forest. Mercedes suggested the itinerary that we used, made all the arrangements and provided the transportation, drivers and guides. There was a total of 8 of us from Kansas and one from Colorado in our group. We were very pleased with our experience, accommodations, food, driver, and most of all, our guide Lelis Navarrete. We also had a very knowledgeable local guide at Sacha: Oscar Tapuy. This was, by far, our best trip (out of 5) ever to South America. We highly recommend Neblina Forest to you. We located 568 species of which 66 were only heard. Included in this list were 76 tanagers and allies, 70 flycatcher and 48 hummingbird species. A species list is appended to the end of this trip report.

2000 [March] - Greg Roberts

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(With Glen Ingram.) We have previously done numerous trips unguided, but opted for a guide this time. The difficulty was deciding who to go with. We chose Bird Ecuador, which offered a reasonable price for the services rendered. You pay a lot for the better known expatriate guides, but if you`ve done your homework, it may not be worth it. Our Ecuadorian driver/guide, Juan Carlos Calvachi, is on a learning curve, but knows most of the birds and their calls. The trip is divided into three sections. Juan Carlos was with us in southern and northern Ecuador. In Amazonia at Yuturi, we had a sharp-eyed native Indian guide, Jaime Grefa...

2000 [October] - Daan Planting

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From 13-10-2000 till 29-10-2000 I made a birding trip to Ecuador. As this was my third time to visit Ecuador, my aim this time was to visit those areas I had not yet visited and to see as many new species as possible.

2000 [September] - Mark and Cindy Lockwood - The Andes and Sacha Lodge

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The primary destination of this trip was Sacha Lodge on the Rio Napo, but I thought we could also visit some familiar areas during our stay. Our last trip to Ecuador was to Bellavista Lodge in December 1998. We had the great fortune of meeting Tony Nunnery and Barbara Bolz during our stay there. Having struck up a friendship with Tony and Barbara, we were eager to visit them again. I settled on revisiting the Tandayapa Valley, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Yanacocha, and the Papallacta Pass area.

2000 [September] - Mark Lockwood

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This was the fourth trip to Ecuador for Cindy and I. The primary destination of this trip was Sacha Lodge on the Rio Napo, but I thought we could also visit some familiar areas during our stay. Our last trip to Ecuador was to Bellavista Lodge in December 1998. We had the great fortune of meeting Tony Nunnery and Barbara Bolz during our stay there. Having struck up a friendship with Tony and Barbara, we were eager to visit them again. I settled on revisiting the Tandayapa Valley, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Yanacocha, and the Papallacta Pass area.

2001 [August] - Chris & Alison Hall

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With a four wheel drive hired for four weeks and a 42 page checklist totalling 1583 species, we arrived in Ecuador with the excited anticipation of two kids on Christmas morning. Owing to the wide range of altitude and climates in this Andean country, there are various habitat types, homes for one of the world`s most diverse avifaunas. There are all kinds of parrots, quetzals, trogons, toucans, jacamars, motmots, puffbirds, barbets, antpittas, manakins, cotingas, tapaculos, flowerpiercers, honeycreepers, oropendolas, caciques, saltators and other exotica.

2001 [Autumn] - Ian Stewart

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Here are some comments of my own, having recently returned from a very enjoyable 2 week holiday in Ecuador. I wasn`t there as a hardcore birder, although I did organise my trip loosely around good bird spots (I had originally intended to use Ecuador as a stopping off point for a more grandiose trip to the Galapagos, but financial circumstances meant that I ended up just travelling around Ecuador, and wasn`t diappointed).

2001 [October] - Ruth & Ian Traynor

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This is not a website about birdwatching in Ecuador! It is a personal account of two English birdwatcher`s birding trip to this delightful and bird-rich South American country in October 2001. We are Ruth and Ian Traynor, from York in northern England. We are not highly experienced birders - this was only our second neo-tropical birding trip; our first was to Trinidad & Tobago (the Two and Only!) in October 1999...

2002 [January] - David Cooper and Brenda Kay

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...Watched the Hummingbird feeders on the veranda until 11am when walked the Potoo Trail and the start of the Antpitta Trail. It started to rain so returned to the Lodge. On brightening up we went for an evening walk along the short Tanager Trail...

2002 [January] - Dennis Rogers - Podocarpus National Park and the Chongon Hills

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With the opportunity for a necessarily short and cheap trip, southern Ecuador appeared the most reasonable possibility. With only a week on the ground, I settled for three sites: two in Podocarpus NP and one near Guayaquil itself. I was able to bird two days at each, with the first day lost to travel. My total list for the trip was about 250 species, with virtually no waterbirds or other padding...

2002 [January] - Todd Pepper & Geoff Post

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Our trip to Ecuador was to last 18 days. Our goal was to see 400 species by visiting 4 areas: west slope, east slope, high Andes and Amazonia. Our first day was taken up with travel from Toronto to Quito where we stayed at the centrally located La Casa Sol, a bed and breakfast type establishment which we used as our base in Quito...

2002 [September] - Mark Harper - Northern Ecuador

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To organise this trip we initially made contact with Tropical Birding http://www.tropicalbirding.com via the internet and followed this up when we met with Cristina Cervantes and Iain Campbell at the British Birdwatching Fair 2001. We were expertly guided by Nick Athanas except whilst at Sacha Lodge when the resident guide Oscar Tapuy performed that task. Also accompanying Nick was Jose Illanes a new Tropical Birding guide who was previously employed at La Selva Lodge and was beginning to get to grips with the birds of the highlands. This arrangement was much to our benefit as he had a knack for spotting birds that we couldn`t see until he scoped them for us...

2003 [December] - Steve Arlow

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I undertook some preliminary investigations but the general thought by the others was to continue with a South American theme so Ecuador was the hot favourite. My initial investigations gave me a potential itinerary to work with and a potential cost. This cost was put to the guys at about £1600 which was basically a do it and drive it yourself trip. However it transpired that the majority were in favour of getting a local guide with vehicle for the entire time we were there to save travelling hassles and optimise the birding time. After further investigation the cost of a 17 day trip had increased to £2300 which was more than I would have liked to have paid but everyone else seemed okay with this so I went ahead and began booking the flights, accommodation, guides etc...

2003 [July] Vincent van der Spek

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Even though I was already familiar with several species and families due to earlier trips to Central and North America, this was something completely different in a birding point of view...

2003 [March] - Peter Nash - Northern Ecuador

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...After meeting Ian Campbell on the Tropical Birding stand at the 2002 British Birdwatching Fair, Glenn Hickson, Roger Stanfield and I decided to arrange a two week birding tour to the the Choco region of Ecuador. The Choco stretches from Colombia in the north to south western Ecuador and comprises of lowland rainforest in the east and Andean cloudforest in the west. The area has an incredible avian diversity and many restricted range species...

2003 [March] Joe Tobias and Nat Seddon

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At Yasuní Research Station various trails provide immediate access to the forest. The Laguna trail is very good, providing access to lakeside and seasonally flooded habitats (very muddy after rain) and also to terra firma where it meets with other trails such as Kinkajou, Napo and Cosanga...

2003 [May] - Mark Lockwood

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Paul Sunby and I recently made a short trip to the west slope of the Andes starting in Quito. We birded at Yanacocha, the Tandayapa Valley, the Mindo area, and two places near Pedro Vicente Maldonado...

2003 [May] Richard Rae

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This report covers a two week birding trip to Northern Ecuador. The main sites visited were Tandayapa Lodge (which was used as a base for various sites in the Mindo area, as well as Pedro Vicente Maldonado and Los Bancos); Yuturi Lodge, Yarina Lodge and Yanacocha...

2004 [February] - Jan van der Laan

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First we went to Yanacocha, a reserve just outside Quito at about 3500 meters at the slopes of the Pichincha volcano. For us it was quite uncomfortable at this height and we would have a headache for the next two days. Birds seen or heard were: Variable Hawk, American Kestrel, Eared Dove, Shining Sunbeam, Mountain Velvetbreast, Great Sapphirewing, Collared Inca, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Gorgeted Sunangel, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Golden-breasted Puffleg, Booted Racket-tail, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Tyrian Metaltail, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Bar-bellied Woodpecker (h), Undulated Antpitta (h), Rufous Antpitta (h), Tawny Antpitta (h), Uncoloured Tapaculo (h), White-crested Elaenia, White-throated Tyrannulet, White-banded Tyrannulet, White-tailed Tyrannulet, Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant, Barred Fruiteater, Rufous Wren, Slate-throated Whitestart, Spectacled Whitestart, Cinerous Conebill, Blue-backed Conebill, Glossy Flowerpiercer, Black Flowerpiercer, Golden-crowned Tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Grass-green Tanager, Superciliared Hemispingus, Plain-coloured Seedeater, Rufous-naped Brush-Finch, Rufous-collared Sparrow (common) and Hooded Siskin...

2005 [December] - Eduard Sangster

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This is a short note for independent travellers who want to visit excellent Mindo. This note should enable you to see (and not only hear!) at least 3 species of antpitta. At this incredible place it is even possible to make pictures of the usually extremely hard to see Giant Antpitta! This is a place operating only since October 2005. I was here at 28 and 29 December 2005...

2005 [March] - Dave Klauber

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...I had the good fortune to spend 45 days in Ecuador from late January through early March. 30 days were spent as part of a small group with Jonas Nilsson of Andean Birding as our guide...

2006 [December] - David van den Schoor

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2006 [December] - Scott Bowers

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This trip to Ecuador does not include a two week break in the middle of the trip to visit the Galapagos Islands...

2006 [February] - Paul Coopmans & Matt Denton

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Few regions of South America have been host to the number of unexpected ornithological discoveries in recent decades as Southern Ecuador. The localities of these now legendary birds also hold an amazing selection of Tumbesian endemics, Chocó endemics and regional specialities that make for a very special tour. Our group saw over one hundred of these regional endemics and specialities and finished the tour with 601 species of birds. Highlights included a spectacular performance by a male Long-wattled Umbrellabird, nearly 60 species of hummingbirds...

2006 [July] - Vincent van der Spek

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Photo-rich report...

2006 [November] - Roger Wolfe

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Everything went smoothly traveling on Thanksgiving, the flight, the airport shuttle to the Four Points Sheraton in Quito. The next morning the breakfast buffet was remarkable with some Ecuadorian specialties in with the standard North American breakfast fare...

2007 [August] - Xavier

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This was my first trip in South America (2nd in the neotropics). I built my 23-day itinerary with the help of online trip reports, the “guide to birdwatching in Ecuador and the Galapagos islands” & the Lonely Planet. I preferred doing it that way, using local guides from times to times, than using the services of birding tour operators (more expensive for 2 weeks than what it cost me for 23 days – a bit less than 2000$). Everything went really well, this was one of my favourite birding trips.

2007 [June] - Erik Forsyth

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...Our first stop was Guango Lodge where many well placed feeders attracted several hummingbird species including Collared Inca, the rare Gorgeted Woodstar and the very impressive Sword-billed Hummingbird to name a few...

2007 [March] - Denise Doekes

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The Hosteria San Jorge was built as a traditional 18th Century Spanish Hosteria. It consists of 200 acres in the Pichincha Foothills. San Jorge is the only reserve within minutes of the Capital of Quito and it offers the incredible Magic Birding Circuit, this consists of 5 nature and bird watching reserves with the possibility of seeing over 800 species of birds; it covers almost all of the altitudes in Ecuador from the Paramo to the Sub tropical Rainforests...

2007 [March] - Gerry & Denise Doekes - The 'Magic' Birding Circuit

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My husband and I travelled to Ecuador in March 2007. We hiked and bird watched the reserves belonging to Dr George Cruz known as the San Jorge Ecuador Eco Lodges and "The Magic Birding Circuit" which consists of 4 nature and bird watching reserves covering almost all of the altitudes in Ecuador from the Paramo to the Sub tropical Rainforests, where there is the possibility of seeing over 800 species of birds. Staying here offers more than just bird watching; there are Inca historical trails and shaman healers and you can enjoy wild life watching as birds, orchids and flowers abound. During our 3-week visit we transversed almost all of Ecuador's eco-systems and habitats...

2008 [April] - Gordon Ellis

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fter an early breakfast we set off through the outskirts of Quito towards Papallacta. Our first stop was in Pifo where a photo stop for Cotopaxi volcano gave us Cinereous Conebill, Blue & Yellow Tanager, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Great Thrush, Golden-rumped Euphonia and our first Blue & White Swallows. We took the old road up to Papallacta Pass picking up Shining Sunbeam, Andean Gull, Tyrian Metaltail, Andean Tit-Spinetail, White-chinned Thistletail and Brown-Backed Chat-Tyrant along here before climbing up to the radio antennae above the pass. Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Stout-Billed and Bar-Winged Cinclodes...

2008 [February] - Eustace Barnes

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After a long flight we arrived in Quito, the Andean capital of Ecuador for the night. On our first morning we climbed out of Quito and drove the old road to Tandayapa. It was generally overcast but pleasant and we headed off for our first stop in a scrubby gully above the new city. We found a Blackish Tapaculo and a number of Black Flower-piercers and a small number of Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanagers...

2008 [February] - Jose Illanes

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...After our breakfast we headed to Cerro Blanco Reserve, which is located juat 30 minutes driving from our hotel. This private reserve holds some great Tumbesian endemics. We birded in the area all morning and saw White-tailed Jay, Saffron Siskin, Ecuadorian Piculet, Gray-cheeked Parakeet, Red-lored Amazon, Plain Antvireo, Greenish Elaenia, great scope views of the shy Gray-capped Cuckoo, Gray-and-gold Warbler, Red-billed Scythebill showing nicely right in the open, and a flock of Pacific Parrotlets...

2008 [January] - David & Amanda Mason

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A trip to Ecuador or Costa Rica had been on the horizon for several years and in the end we decided to take the plunge after numerous discussions with tour operators at the Bird Fair over the last two years...

2008 [May] - Remco Hofland

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...Highlights incl Andean Condor, Crested Owl, Oilbird, Rufous Potoo, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, 64 hummers incl. Spangled Cocquette, Wire-crested and Green Thorntail, Black-throated Brilliant, Sword-billed and Giant Hummingbird, Ecuadorian Hillstar, Violet-throated Metaltail...

2008 [November] - Scott Olmstead

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...Walking the trails we found the temperate cloud forest to be a bit quiet, as often happens on sunny mornings, as if the avian inhabitants feel exposed without the usual shrouds of mist that envelop the forest. Still, the views across the surrounding valleys were spectacular and in a few mixed species flocks we found a great many of our target species, including Superciliaried Hemispingus, Blue-backed Conebill, and Scarlet-bellied and Black-chested Mountain-Tanagers. We found good hummingbird activity, with eight species visiting the feeders...

2008 [October] - Anthony Gucciardi

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The reason I decided venture to Ecuador was because of the immense number of bird species the country is home to. With Mindo setting the world record in December of 2007, and with a long history of world class birding, Ecuador was the next place to for me to migrate. Although the birds of Ecuador were my main motivation, I also wanted to experience the biodiversity throughout the country; I wanted ample opportunity to see the Amazon, the Rainforest, the high peaks of resident mountains, and also a chance to mingle with the culture. My only problem is that I didn’t know where to begin. My research prior to leaving for Ecuador brought me to a privately owned Hacienda turned Eco-Lodge called San Jorge Eco-Lodges & Botanical Reserves. I was told it was owned by a man named Dr. Jorge Cruz, a veterinarian who was now an avid bird watcher, and also very knowledgeable with Ecuadorian culture and history. I’ve listed a detailed itinerary below, with the bird list to follow. ..

2009 [August] - José Illánes

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The Tropical Birding Eastern Ecuador Tour was a great success. This area is hugely biodiverse with over 1000 species of birds. The variety of habitats and elevations from the high Andes down to lowland Amazonian rainforest gave us some great birding experiences...

2009 [August] - Sam Woods

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This may be a short tour, but it packs a lot in to a small space of time. In doing so, the whole group got a great feel of some of the spectacular birding on offer in northwest Ecuador...

2009 [December] - Sam Woods

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This short tour is popular with people from all walks of birding life: offering beginners the opportunity to familiarize themselves with many neotropical families, and more experienced “listers” a shot at some of the most spectacular endemic species of the extremely diverse Chocó bioregion...

2009 [February] - Sam Woods

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This fantastic tour of the south began in Guayas province, starting in Cerro Blanco, just outside Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil, before heading into the foothills in El Oro province. The home of Long-wattled Umrellabirds and El Oro Parakeets. From there we headed south to close to the border with Peru and the dry deciduous woodlands of Jorupe and El Empalme. From our base near Peru we also explored the southwestern highlands of Utuana and Sozoranga for a discreet set of localized species, before we ascended into the temperate zone around Tapichalaca, (the home of the fabled Jocotoco Anpitta), and Cerro Toledo...

2009 [January] - Dave Ferguson

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This is an account of Naturetrek’s Ecuador Cock of the Rock tour of 13 - 21 January 2009, one of their budget tours. It was the first time three of us had been on an organised bird tour but the value for money provided by this tour tempted us...

2009 [July] - Sam Woods

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The tour began at the highest point, in the rich temperate forests and scrub of Yanacocha. The weather was splendid allowing for great views of the snow-capped Cayambe volcano as we walked the “Inca Trail” within this superb Fundacion Jocotoco reserve, a short drive from Ecuador’s capital, Quito...

2009 [March] - Jose Illanes

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We started with some introductions after our early breakfast in the hotel. We were all hoping to see wonderful birds on the trip and were not disappointed. The tour started as we headed up to Antisana Ecological Reserve, which is located above the tree line from about 3200 m. to 4000 m. elevation...

2009 [November] -Sam Woods

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This tour focuses on the endemic-rich Chocó region of northwest Ecuador, home of some of the most spectacular and highly desired birds in South America, the “bird continent”. We came across many of these, from the well-named Beautiful Jay seen late in the afternoon on our very first day, to the shocking red Andean Cock-of-the-rocks displaying near Mindo on our second day, a number of multicolored Toucan Barbets on multiple occasions, to northwest Ecuador’s flagship “cover” bird: the stunning Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan...

2010 [February] - Andres Vasquez

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The Andes Introtour has always been the perfect trip to get hooked to Ecuadorian birds for people who have not been in the country before. This particular trip, with all the variety of birds seen and habitats visited certainly will make several of the participants come back to visit other areas of Ecuador in search for more...

2010 [February] - Sam Woods

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We started in Cerro Blanco reserve, just a short 16km drive from our Guayaquil hotel. The reserve protects an area of deciduous woodland in the Chongon hills just outside Ecuador’s most populous city...

2010 [March] - José Illánes

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We all met up early at the Hotel Sebastian in Quito, and I introduced myself and our driver Nico, before heading up to the Antisana Reserve, all excited to visit this new and beautiful place. Even for me, I never get tired of it. We started looking for some of the target species, and it was great to see at least four Giant Hummingbirds, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Shining Sunbeam, Plain- breasted Hawk, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Variable Hawk, Red- crested Cotinga, Southern Yellow- Grosbeak, Yellow-breasted Brush- Finch, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, and a Brown- backed Chat-Tyrant...

2010 [September] - Henk Hendriks - Northern Ecuador

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This was our third visit to Ecuador (we birded in Ecuador in 1987 and 2002) and still I managed to observe 115 lifers during this trip. We spent some 8 days in the Mindo area (It is unbelievable how this area has changed since 1987), 3 full days at Rio Canandé, 2 days at Cerro Mongus and 1 day at Otavalo, before we moved to the east side of the Andes. Here we spent 3 full days at Wild Sumaco and 2 days at the San Isidro Lodge. Short stops were also made at Yanacocha, Papallacta pass and Guango Lodge....

Amazon Travel

Tour Operator

This Home Page has been created to inform you, The Amazon Visitor, of the many alternative ways to spend your time during your visit to Iquitos and enjoy the richness of Flora and Fauna in the Rainforest around it.

Andean Birding

Tour Operator

Andean Birding is a birdwatching tour company providing top bird guides, customized itineraries and logistics for your visit to the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos in Ecuador, as well as Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Mexico. In addition, we conduct bird conservation and ornithological research...

Anytime Tours

Tour Operator

Fatbirder's very own birding tours...

Avestravel

Tour Operator

AVESTRAVEL is based in Ecuador and managed by a resident Swedish family. We specialize in customized bird and natural history tours for individuals and small groups and our emphasis is on professionalism, reliability and personal attention. AVESTRAVEL`s program is available throughout the year and is flexible to accommodate your special needs. Whether you are a beginner or an expert birder, we at AVESTRAVEL will do our utmost to provide you with the necessary services to make your holiday a supreme birding/nature experience.

Birding Pal

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Local birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...

Birding South America

Tour Operator

We offer a selection of the very best birdwatching holidays to Central and South America. Our guides are experts in the region and we work with the very best ground operators. By minimalising costs we can offer you better value for money.

Canodros

Tour Operator

Today`s most suitable activity for the Galapagos is ecotourism, maintaining a low impact on the natural environment, where tour use is sustainable over time without altering the resource or negatively affecting the experience. Since 1984, CANODROS S.A. has been a leading ecotourism Operator in the Galapagos. In 1998 we acquired the most comfortable, fastest and newest vessel operating on the Galapagos: the GALAPAGOS EXPLORER II.

E Bird Phototours

Tour Operator

Our bird photo tours are designed to photograph a wide variety of tropical birds. We visit many of the same places as traditional birding tours, but we take as much time as we need to make photographs instead of trying to see as many species as possible…

Epic Birds

Tour Operator

We are traveled birdwatchers, tour leaders and experienced bird guides. We love birding and being in nature so much that we do it for a living. We want you to experience nature as it should be experienced, and we want you to have fun while you do it...

Galapagos Adventure Tours

Tour Operator

Small group escorted tours to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, tailor made cruises and jungle lodges. We run quality small group tours, and tailor-made itineraries for the discerning traveller. Of interest to nature lovers, bird watchers and photographers or anyone who enjoys travel to remote places with all the organisation meticulously taken care of.

Middle World Touring

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[Flash] New company offering birding and eco-tourism...

Mindo Bird Tours

Tour Operator

Mindo lies within the Chocó Endemic Bird Area (EBA) and Chocó Biogeographic Region, which is considered one of the world`s richest biogeographic areas. This area supports the largest number of restricted-range birds of any EBA in the Americas, over 50 species being endemic to the area... ...We custom-design tours to the Chocó forests and throughout northern Ecuador. We are very familiar with and have led numerous tours to the lower Chocó forests, Nono Mindo Road, Tandayapa, Bellavista, Tinalandia, Yanacocha, Papallacta, San Isidro, Cordillera de Huacamayos, Jatun Sacha, etc. Contact us for more information...

Neblina Forest

Tour Operator

Neblina Forest is an ECUADORIAN company established in 1994 to promote Ecuador's avifauna and its wilderness. However, after six years of running nature and birding trips to Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands, we have decided to expand our range of operations by opening an office in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and by operating cultural tours to PERU. We have the firm CONVICTION that these countries and the set of packages we offer will fullfill the needs of nature lovers in general, and birdwatchers specifically.

Real Nature Travel

Tour Operator

RealNature is an International Tour Operator and Travel Agency based on the East Slope of the Andes in Macas, Morona-Santiago, footsteps from the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin. What makes us stand out, is that our philosophy is simple, organize trips and tours to meet our expectations. Living in Ecuador gives us the edge to know about current hot spots and destinations that may not be on the typical tourists paths. RealNature Travel Company wants your visit to Ecuador and your birding in Ecuador to be a wonderful memory not a painful experience. Let us work out all the details and allow you to concentrate on the important things...your trip, your birds, your vacation!

Rockjumper Birding Tours

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Ecuador’s small size, good infrastructure, spectacular scenery and friendly people make for one of the world’s most productive and enjoyable birding experiences, and our tour from the Andes to the Amazon offers the very best birding that this remarkable country has to offer.

San Jorge Eco-Lodges & Botanical Reserves

Tour Operator

San Jorge Eco-Lodges & Botanical Reserves owns four private birding reserves and three beautiful eco-lodges. Our tours offer over 1,000 species & 60 varieties of Hummingbirds, and will take you through San Jorge Botanical Reserve (High Barren Plains/Highland Rain Forest - Quito Foothills), San Jorge de Tandayapa Hummingbird Sanctuary (Cloud Forest), San Jorge de Milpe Orchid & Bird Reserve, (Tropical Rainforest), San Jorge de Cosanga-Yanayacu Bird/Wildlife Reserve (Eastern Slope), adjoining Antizana NP. NEW!! San Jorge de Tandayapa Eco-Lodge will open January 2009! Visit San Jorge de Milpe Eco-Lodge with pristine birding trails, cascading waterfalls, observatory decks, panoramic views. San Jorge/Quito is 17 minutes from Quito Airport.

Tandayapa Bird Tours

Tour Operator

Over 600 bird species occur within a two hour drive of Tandayapa Bird Lodge. Experienced guides will take you to the best sites in Northwest Ecuador and help you find the specialities of the Chocó Endemic Bird Area. Our tours are completely customizable based on the time you have available, the sites you want to visit and your level of experience.

Terrasenses

Tour Operator

Ecuador has more species of birds than any other country. It can boast of about 1630 species, and is the fourth richest bird country in the world. It has a great bio-diversity from sea level and up to more than 6000 metres. The country owes much of this diversity to the many different types of flora to be found here. Coastal forest, rain forest and cloud forest provide plenty of different habitats for birds to live in...

Think Birding

Tour Operator

Bird watching South America doesn’t come much better than Ecuador, home to some of the best and easiest birding in the world. Less than twice the size of England, it has over 15% of the world’s bird species with over 1600 species recorded to date....

Think Birding Ecuador

Tour Operator

Specialists in tailor made birding holidays and expert led small group birding tours in Ecuador and the Galapagos. Counting some of Ecuador’s top birding guides amoungst their team, they are a collaboration between Amazanga Expeditions, an arm of the Napo Wildlife Centre, one of the most successful indigenous sustainable living eco-tourism projects in Ecuador and Think Galapagos, UK-based Ecuador and Galapagos specialists. As well as creating exceptional birding holidays for guests, their goal is to generate income that will help conserve the wildlife and wildernesses you will be visiting, by being reinvested in projects such as environmental education...

Tropic Ecological Adventures

Tour Operator

Tropic is a unique travel company offering superb nature-based trips with a genuine environmental and social commitment in Ecuador, one of the world`s richest natural destinations. We run programmes to all regions of Ecuador, but specialise in the Amazon and the Galapagos.

Tropical Nature Travel

Tour Operator

Experience bird watching in four different eco-systems in Ecuador: high barren plains of the paramo, highland rainforest, cloud forest and subtropical rainforest. You’ll begin your birding adventure as soon as you arrive in Ecuador with a stay at San Jorge Eco-Lodge & Botanical Reserve. This is traditional 18th century Spanish hosteria and situated among 200 acres of native flora and fauna, just 17 minutes from Quito airport. San Jorge Botanical Reserve provides the perfect opportunity to combine nature, culture and birding at its best...

Wild About Travel – Ecuador

Tour Operator

We specialise in bird watching and wildlife tours to Ecuador for independent travellers (offering tailor-made trips) and run several small group fixed date tours each year. Contact us for details of affordable tours that include some of the best birding sites, for example Yanacocha, Mindo area and Tandayapa Valley, Milpe, Rio Silanche, Antisana and of course the amazing Amazon Rainforest...

Alambi

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The guesthouse itself can sleep six guests, so the emphasis is on exclusivity and peace. It is set in its own mature gardens on the banks of the river Alambi. Many fruits including lemons, mandarins and oranges, bananas, avocado, coffee, papaya and guava grow in the gardens alongside native orchids while, on the river, Torrent Ducks and White-capped Dipper live in the currents and Andean Cock-of-the-Rock nests under the bridge annually. At 1480 metres above sea level the average temperature is about 21° C (70° F) year round...

Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve

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Visit Bellavista, a cloud forest lodge and 700 hectare reserve 1 hour 40 minutes northwest of Quito - look for the 330 plus bird species seen within the reserve and in the surrounding Tandayapa Valley. Specialities include Tanager-Finch, Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, White-faced Nunbird, Toucan Barbet, Dark-backed Wood-Quail, Ocellated Tapaculo, Giant Antpitta and many more. Bellavista is right in the middle of the Hummingbird Capital of the World and many visit our feeders daily, including Gorgeted Sunangel, Collared Inca, Brown Inca, Violet-tailed Sylph, Booted Racket-tail, Purple-bibbed Whitetip, and Buff-tailed Coronet. 10km of trails, unique and comfortable lodging in the Geodesic Dome, Bamboo House, Trailhead House or Cabin in the Woods. Camping or hostelling options for the budget-minded - electricity, hot showers, private bath, full bar service, hammocks, and library; Spanish, English, French and German spoken. Specialist bird guide available.

Black Sheep Inn

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The Black Sheep Inn is an inexpensive ecologically friendly hotel high in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Perched on a hillside our rural lodge is a perfect place to discover centuries-old culture and diverse ecosystems. Our comfortable hostel offers affordable accommodation and provides you with a great base...

Cabanas San Isidro

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Cabañas San Isidro was first founded as a typical Ecuadorian Hacienda-style cattle ranch over forty years ago by the Bustamante Family of Quito, Ecuador. Always with a deep concern for proper natural resource management as well as for the urgent need to protect the unique flora and fauna of the zone, Simón Bustamante left the majority of his vast property untouched and forested.

Café Cultura

Accommodation

Café Cultura is a delightful mix of English tradition and contemporary trend. We consider ourselves an inner city retreat, with lots of personality and wonderful food. The hotel was actually the former home of one of Quitos older families that lived here sixty years ago and subsequently became the French Cultural Centre. The building has been carefully restored over a period of four years, with special detail given to maintaining the unique characteristics of the original interior. The house, a post colonial two-storey building with whitewashed walls and a traditional terracotta tiled roof, barely seems like a hotel from the outside and certainly does not feel like one from the inside. It is surrounded by a beautiful lush garden, with secluded seating areas for relaxing or watching our resident hummingbirds do their thing.

Casa del Suizo

Accommodation

La Casa del Suizo is a tranquil Amazonian refuge located on the shore of Ecuador’s majestic Napo River and a stone’s throw away from the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains. Perched comfortably above the riverbank and the small Quichua Indian village of Ahuano, La Casa del Suizo overlooks vast expanses of the surrounding tropical rainforest.

Casa Mojanda

Accommodation

Supports minimal impact ecological tourism and promotes cultural, social, and ecological awareness. In addition to being only minutes from Otavalo and its world renown indigenous market, Casa Mojando also offers great hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, Ecuadorian cooking classes, organic gardening and/or Spanish or Quechua lessons.

Cuyabeno Lodge

Accommodation

When Cuyabeno Lodge started operating in 1986, Neotropic Turis believed that the rainforest traveler should be hosted in conditions, which would be both in harmony with the surrounding environment and attuned with the needs of the modern visitor. Operating as an ethical eco-lodge, we work with local indigenous guides together with bilingual naturalist guides and have a close relationship with the local community, power our dining hall with solar panels and practice environmentally sensitive tourism in all aspects of our programs.

El Monte Lodge

Accommodation

Is an ecotourism operation that consists of three wooden cabins and a central lodge for dining and socializing. We have designed El Monte with sustainability in mind and use Permaculture as a general guideline while organically producing many of our own fruits and vegetables...

El Nido B&B

Accommodation

El Nido Bed & Breakfast is located in Cumbayá, Urbanización La Católica, calle De Los Cóndores Nº 43 y De Los Cardenales, a short drive from Quito Airport (ask for Carrillo Salvador Family). The spacious Spanish Colonial-style house contains four suites: two furnished with double beds, and two with two single beds. All four units have walk-in closets and private bathrooms. The breakfast, special of the house, complete with fruit and juice, is included in the rates...

Guango Lodge

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Guango Lodge lies at a higher elevation on the eastern slope on the way to San Isidro, not far from the town of Papallacta, at about 2,700 meters elevation. This area is centered in a zone classified as humid temperate forest, a habitat distinctly different from San Isidro and characterized by its more stunted trees (and thicker canopy); cooler climate, and different bird and plant species...

Guaycuacu Farm Lodge

Accommodation

Besides the main house there are two cabins, each with living and sleeping space. We have good drinking water from a nearby spring, and 120-volt electricity from our small hydro generator. There is a world-class swimming hole just 3 minutes from the house, see photo. We enjoy good food, mostly vegetarian. Meals feature farm produce, including chocolate, tempeh, and over 300 species of tropical fruits.

Hacienda Manteles

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Located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Andes rests the luxurious first class Hacienda Manteles. Surrounded by nature, located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Andes rests the luxurious first class Hacienda Manteles. Surrounded by nature, the entire atmosphere is energized with peace and flowers of many kinds including orchids, make of the Hacienda a hummingbird haven.

Hacienda Zuleta

Accommodation

Dating from the late XVI century, Hacienda Zuleta lies in the spectacular Andean mountain range of Ecuador at 9,600 feet (2,800 meters) above the sea level, and only two hours north of Quito, the capital of Ecuador...

Hosteria San Jorge

Accommodation

Spectacular legendary mountainside ranch in the foothills surrounding Quito, Ecuador. Only 10 minutes away from city center but a natural and comfortable world apart. San Jorge is an ecologycal way to enjoy nature and countryside, still being close to everything you need about the city. View Quito from above, instead of being down in it.

Hotel Bambu

Accommodation

This newly-built hostal run by a friendly Dutch- Ecuadorian couple provides the best in seaside R&R, while the surrounding area offers plenty of opportunities to quench your thirst for adventure...

Kapawi Ecolodge

Accommodation

Kapawi is a great place for birding. In ten days you can get a list of almost 400 species. The river islands often have Horned Screamers and Orinici Geese. Muscovy Ducks are more prevalent than at any other place and they are even in the Kapawi Lake. Pavonine Quetzals are nesting on the Kapawi-Montalvo trail as the Rofous Potoo, and there are also black necked, red cotingas, pearly antshrikes and pheasant cuckoo.

La Selva Jungle Lodge

Accommodation

At LA SELVA Jungle Lodge, situated high on Lake Garzacocha, deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon region, we offer you the ultimate in luxury jungle experience. Ours is a very special way to visit the Amazon rainforest, and we hope that this web page will answer many of your questions about how to visit us. We have many exciting excursions that will give you a genuine feeling for this important, beautiful and richly biodiverse region of the world. It is our hope that your stay with us will give you an experience of, and a relationship with our jungle which you will never in your life forget.

Las Palmeras Inn

Accommodation

Las Palmeras Inn is located in Quichinche, Ecuador, a short walk to Otavalo and less than two hours north of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. The inn is a beautiful garden oasis in the green valley between towering Imbabura and Cotacachi Volcanoes. Las Palmeras Inn offers a perfect combination of peaceful seclusion, adventurous activities, and an intimate connection with the active small-city life of Otavalo...

Liana Lodge

Accommodation

We would like to offer you unforgettable, restful and interesting holidays, and to share with you some of our enthusiasm for the rainforest. By coming to Liana Lodge, you will be able to explore the rainforest and get to know its habitants very well, without missing on comfort and security. Although the lodge is easily reachable from Quito by car within 6 hours, it lies in the middle of primary rainforest where you can follow jaguar tracks.

Maquipucuna Lodge

Accommodation

Maquipucuna Lodge has been carefully designed to fit into the wonderful landscape of the cloud forests that surround it. Entirely made of natural materials with a thatched palm roof, the dining and reception areas are open sided so that it is possible to make the most of the wonderful views and serious bird watching is even possible whilst relaxing in your hammock!

Mindo Garden Lodge

Accommodation

Mindo Garden is a deluxe hotel for the naturalist who wants something extra. Excellent local and international cuisine; only a few steps from the reserve. Our private forest and sub-tropical vegetation includes orchids, bromeliads, anturios, giant ferns, a variety of old trees, hummingbird feeders and much more...

Misahualli Hostería Jungle Lodge

Accommodation

The Misahualli Hostería Jungle Lodge sits amidst 145 hectares of pristine, 650-year old primary Ecuadorian rainforest. The hostería is located at the juncture of the Napo river and the Misahuallí river, on a unique parcel of land similar to an island. This special location has helped to conserve this important natural area for generations...

Pacoche Lodge & Reserve

Accommodation

Pacoche Lodge and Reserve is located in the Marine and Coastal Pacoche Forest Wildlife Refuge in Manabi Province which covers an area of 13.445 Ha (27 Acres). The reserve itself is on an area of 10 Ha (20 Acres) inside the garua forest, one of the last forests of its kind in Ecuador...

Panacocha Lodge

Accommodation

The Panacocha Lodge is a 50 hectare inholding, an operating eco-tourist resort strategically located within the reserve on the shore of the lagoon. The Lodge features a 40 metre gigantic Ceiba tree tower with spectacular panorama views of the region, 9 thatched cabins, motorboat and canoes. Eco-tourists can embark on exciting jungle walks accompanied by the howls of the howler monkeys.

Quito Apartment

Accommodation

Short stay flat located in the village of Guapulo on the edge of Quito. A perfect base to start a birdwatching trip in Ecuador, and perhaps spend a few days acclimatising, and maybe doing an intensive Spanish course before setting of into the cloud forest, jungle or Galapagos. Views out over the Cayambe valley and just a few yards from the well known Mirador de Guapulo bar...

Sacha Lodge

Accommodation

Imagine yourself drifting down a narrow, winding creek surrounded on all sides by a lush, endless sea of tropical greenery. All that separates you from the deep black Amazon waters is a canoe hand-carved out of a single tree trunk. As you manoeuvre around a bend something unidentified crashes off into the underbrush, and you catch a glimpse of two magnificent, colourful macaws startled into flight. Suddenly, the forest erupts with a roar so loud that all you can imagine is some giant, fierce predator on the prowl. But as you turn to face your destiny, the menace is revealed as a family of furry red howler monkeys huddled together in a treetop. With a sigh of relief you continue onward, deeper into the unknown.

Sachatamia Lodge

Accommodation

The Lodge is located in a private reserve next to the Protected Forest of Mindo-Nambillo...

San Jorge De Milpe Orchid And Bird Lodge

Accommodation

In the Upper Tropical Rainforest; you will find San Jorge de Milpe Orchid & Bird Reserve (950 meters o.s.l.) Birders and naturalist alike will find excellent birding opportunities with over 450 species, 300 varieties of orchids, mammals, reptiles, butterflies and an immense diversity of moths, pristine trails and observatory sites, great foothill loop, all in an extremely peaceful and tranquil setting. This property has a total of 11 gorgeous waterfalls. Common birds include: Swallow-tailed Kite, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Red-billed Parrot, White-collared Swift, Red-headed Barbet, Bay-headed Tanager, Black-capped Tanager,Lemon-rumped Tanager, Golden Tanager, Thick-billed Euphonia and Golden Olive Woodpecker.

San Jorge Eco-Lodge

Accommodation

San Jorge Eco-Lodge is a traditional 18th Century Ecuadorian farm with all the comforts of modern life. The virgin forest has abundant native flora that our guests are welcome to discover in San Jorge`s Botanical Reserve. Some of the most difficult to spot species of birds have been seen recently in the areas surrounding the San Jorge Eco-Lodge: (Nono-Mindo Road Area) Toucans: Choco Toucans, Toucan Barbets, Plate-Billed Mountain...

Sani Lodge

Accommodation

Sani Isla is located between 2 of the most diverse ecological reserves in the world, The Yasuni National Park and the Cuyabeno reserve. Our territory represents a natural corridor for an amazing variety of bird species, so we are proud to say that coming to our lodge is like going to birdwatcher's heaven. In our short history as a lodge, there have been more than 500 species of birds seen on our land and we are constantly finding new species to add to our list...

Septimo Paraiso Resort

Accommodation

Septimo Paraiso Resort offers you a way of escaping from every day problems, lose yourself among nature, let the song of a rare bird relax you or take a dip in our warm spring water pool...

Shiripuno Lodge

Accommodation

At Shiripuno Amazon Lodge is where birding takes a different dimensions: the core of the Amazonian avifauna in Ecuador is right here. Rare birds, abundance numbers of mixed flock everywhere, typical antbirds, woodcreepers, curassaws, 6 species of manakins in a single trail, our trails are flat in most of the cases...

Tandayapa Bird Lodge

Accommodation

Over 300 bird species have been recorded in the Tandayapa Valley. For the new birder to the Neotropics, Tandayapa Bird Lodge is an excellent place to first experience the marvel of the Andean mixed species feeding flocks. From the Lodge Patio you can see Blue-winged Mountain, Golden, Golden-naped, Beryl-spangled, White-winged, Yellow-rumped, Black-capped, and Metallic Green Tanagers, feeding with Fruiteaters, Becards, Whitestarts, Flower-piercers, Saltators and a myriad of flycatchers. When you walk quietly along one of our trails you will enter the realm of the Sub-oscine Passerines with whole new families such as Woodcreepers, Antbirds, Antthrushes, Antpittas, Tapaculos, Manakins and Cotingas. Luckily there will always be staff and guides available to help with identification.

Tinalandia Lodge

Accommodation

Tinalandia, a unique ecolodge in the Cloud Forest of Ecuador, rests on the Western slope of the the Ecuadorian Andes Mountains at the southern end of the Choco Bioregion which stretches from Columbia to Ecuador. The late ornithologist Ted Parker and botanist Al Gentry proclaimed this area to be the most biodiverse region in the world, and at the ideal location of 2,000 feet above sea level, Tinalandia takes advantage of all this region has to offer...

Uruc Puyujunda Cloudforest Lodge - Mindo

Accommodation

Cloud Forest Lodge in Ecuador, Uruc Puyujunda Cloudforest lodge is located in Mindo, providing an incredible experience with the cloudforest nature....

Wildsumaco Lodge

Accommodation

New in Ecuador's eastern foothills, Wildsumaco Lodge offers comfortable accommodation in a spectacular setting, near Sumaco National Park. Our 10 double rooms feature private bathrooms with hot water showers. Wildsumaco's still-growing bird list contains nearly 400 species, including Coppery-chested Jacamar, Gray-tailed Piha, Yellow-throated Spadebill, Chestnut-crowned Gnateater and Foothill Elaenia. Many-spotted Hummingbird, Ecuadorian Piedtail and Gould's Jewelfront are among the hummingbirds that frequent our feeders...

Yachana Amazon Lodge

Accommodation

We offer relaxed, comfortable accommodations and a kaleidoscopic range of activities for the ecology minded traveler. Bird watch, bug watch, and frog watch on more than 20 kilometers (7.5 miles) of rain forest trails. Harvest your own dinner from our organic Permaculture Farm and drink lemonade made from wild forest fruit and crystal clear spring water. After a stimulating day, relax in your deck side hammock and watch as the spectacular sunset fades into an amazing chorus of rain forest sounds.

Yacuma Lodge

Accommodation

Yacuma Lodge has 2 areas: 1 bigger complex of typical quechua bungalows built with traditional materials. All bungalows accomodate 2 guest each with beds, mattresses and mosquito nets. Kitchen and dining areas and a toilet/shower area are located nearby. A smaller area has 3 bungalows with private facilities (toilet/shower).

Yarina Lodge

Accommodation

YARINA, the enchantment of the forest... Come and enjoy the beautiful world of the Ecuadorian Amazon Jungle at YARINA LODGE, an Ecologial Reserve located one hour aprox. of navigation from Coca and 30 minutes from Limoncocha Biological Reserve. The journey begins with a 45-minute flight from Quito crossing the Andes enjoying the view of the Ecuadorian forest then you will navigate along the Napo River all the way to the confluence with Manduro river.

Yuturi Lodge

Accommodation

Yuturi a true paradise ... Welcome to the fantastic world of the Ecuadorian Amazon Jungle and the YUTURI LODGE, Biological Reserve, a true paradise located 180 Kms, east of Coca in Ecuador (South America). Your adventure begins with a 45 minute flight from Quito crossing the Andes and flying out over the jungle to Coca. From there you will travel by motor boat along the Napo River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River, to the Yuturi River.