We used public transport in the Lita area, which was a little time-consuming, and to reach the base for Cerro Golondrinas. A vehicle was necesssary for the other sites and we were fortunate in being the guests of Jane Lyons and Vinicio Perez. We experienced some rain at Lita, especially during the night, and in the afternoons around Mindo, but otherwise it was exceptionally dry in this region of high rainfall.
We owe a particular debt to Jane and Vinicio who made our last three days so rewarding and "easy", and also wish to thank Niels Krabbe, Eliza Onate, Piet Sabbe and the Golondrinas Project volunteers for their assistance.
Jon Hornbuckle
35 Grove Road,
Sheffield S7 2GY
England
e-mail: JonHornbu@aol.com
ITINERARY
Sept 2 La Paz - Quito, 09.00 - 12.00. Visit BirdLife and Niels Krabbe. Night at Casa de Eliza ($6).
Sept 3 Bus to Ibarra (2 hrs) and another to Lita (2 hrs); bird along railway and across river. Night at residencial ($4).
Sept 4 Truck to Alto Tambo 06.00-07.30, bird along road and short trails above village; bus to Lita 14.00-14.45. Visit Enfan office to arrange trip to Cotacachi-Cayapas, bird hillside beyond.
Sept 5 Bird railway at Lita 05.45-08.45; bus to Durango (20km after Alto Tambo) 09.10-10.50, bird beyond, then Lita side of, Durango; after long wait, last bus back to Lita 15.55-17.30.
Sept 6 Buggy to edge of Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve 06.15-07.15 at 1400m, bird main muddy trail to ridge at 1700m; 12.00 buggy back to Lita ($6 each), bird across river - over hill and down to new bridge - then along railway till 17.45.
Sept 7 Train to El Placer 05.40-07.00, bird main trail to left after last hut and siding; train back to Lita, 12.10-13.30. Bus to La Carolina 14.30-16.00, supper, beer and night at Fundación Golondrinas lodge.
Sept 8-11 Cerro Golondrinas
Sept 12 Yanacocha a.m., drive Quito to Mindo p.m. Night at Vinicio's
Sept 13 Mindo a.m., Bellavista p.m. Night at Vinicio's
Sept 14 Choco beyond Pedro V Maldonado a.m., Mindo p.m., drive to Quito. Casa de Eliza
Sept 15 Fly home.
NOTES ON SITES
The Mindo area and Yanacocha are well documented. The Lita area features in Best, Heijnen and Williams (1997) and Wheatley (1994) but both accounts are a little outdated and inaccurate. There are better sites than Lita with the same birds, and more, in SW Colombia, but solo visits could be risky.LitaLita, which has a basic hotel and restaurant, is easily reached by bus, changing at Ibarra. There is no longer any extensive forest within walking distance, but there are birds along the railway / river and some forest on the other side of the river accessed by crossing the foot-bridge near the station, climbing the hill and keeping right. Below Lita you can take the train to El Placer where there still is accessible good forest, but the schedule is unreliable and highly variable. When we were there, they intended to have a workmen's train at 05.30ish every morning, which you can take, but it only ran 50% of the days. There should be one or two passenger trains a day but again these only ran on half the days due to the state of the line, and as they come from Ibarra, they are too late for good birding. Some buses continue to San Lorenzo on the coast but the only good forest we saw along the road was just before Alto Tambo, the only point where the road crosses the railway. We went as far as Durango, where lower elevation species such as Five-coloured Barbet and Purple-chested Hummingbird occur, but could not find any trails going into the forest there. Logging is certainly continuing in the lowlands, which may leave El Placer, well covered by Best et al, as the only decent site. There is no hotel at El Placer but it should be possible to camp or stay somewhere in the small settlement.
Best birds for me were:
Lita, railway Bronzy Hermit, Stripe-billed Aracari, Choco Toucan, Slate-throated Gnatcatcher, Dusky-faced and Scarlet-browed Tanagers
Lita, forest patch above and before town Pacific Streaked Antwren, Indigo Flowerpiercer
Alto Tambo Tooth-billed Hummingbird, Brown-billed Scythebill, Yellow-collared Chlorophonia, Moss-backed and the superb Scarlet-and-white Tanagers
El Placer White-eyed Trogon, Esmeraldas Antbird, Choco Tapaculo, Pale-vented and White-throated Thrushes, while RCB had Cinnamon and Lita Woodpeckers and Gold-chested Tanager
Durango Hook-billed Kite, Blue-whiskered and Red-winged Tanagers
Higher up is the vast, poorly-known Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve. This can be accessed above the village of Cristal, the best way being to arrange transport with a ranger based at the office on the Ibarra road out of Lita. We sat, rather uncomfortably, on the back of a beach-type buggy with superb suspension on the rough track up to the forest edge. To do justice to this area, it would be necessary to camp and self-cater. The altitude overlaps with the lower range of Cerro Golondrinas but it appears to be much wetter here and so there will be differences in the avifauna. Our brief visit produced Blue-fronted Parrotlet, Gorgeted Sunangel, Fulvous Treerunner, Uniform Treehunter, Yellow-breasted Antpitta, Narino Tapaculo and Dusky Bush-Tanager.
Mindo
This area is well-documented but surprisingly few people seem to use the services of the very knowledgeable local guide Vinicio Perez, contactable at Eloy Alfaro 3651, Castilla Postal 17-17-717, Quito, tel 593-2-451035, fax 459627, e-mail: jlyons@birdlife.org.ec. He taped out both Scaled and Giant Antpitta, and could have shown us lekking Cock-of-the Rock had we had more time. His modestly priced house / lodge, along the first road on the right after the bridge, was an ideal place to stay. We did see Wattled Guan, Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail, Scaled Fruiteater and Narino Tapaculo along the tarred road above Mindo.
Bellavista
This is a fairly new, private reserve at the upper end of the old Nono-Mindo road. There is a fine lodge, not cheap, which is now being used by tour groups, and a self-catering hostel and campsite. It is run by the British owner Richard Parsons, contactable at Casilla 17-12-103, Quito, tel/ fax 509 255, or cellular in Bellavista 490891, e-mail: aecie3@ecnet.ec - request brochure and bird-list. There are good trails and very active hummingbird feeders. It can be reached without a car but it is much better to have one. Key birds here are Tanager-Finch, along the road below the lodge, and Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan which is quite common. Giant Antpitta occurs at lower elevations and other possibilities are Swallow-tailed Nightjar, White-faced Nunbird, Beautiful Jay and a host of hummers and tanagers.
Pedro V Maldonado
The road from Mindo to the Santo Domingo - Esmeraldas highway passes through Pedro V Maldonado, after which there is a dirt road to the right leading to patches of forest - more details from Vinicio. This is variously known as the "Choco" or the Dacnis Trail. It has been the only reliable site for the rare Scarlet-breasted Dacnis, and Double-banded Greytail, new to Ecuador, has been found there. It is good for antbirds and lowland Choco species such as White-tipped Cotinga, Blue-whiskered Tanager and Stripe-throated Wren. However, much of the forest has been cut recently and the specialities are likely to be more and more difficult to find.
Yanacocha
Well covered by Best et al. We parked at the Water Co.(EMAPA) gate near the Hacienda Yanacocha buildings, as it was locked (unusual in the week), and walked along the track through bushy paramo - excellent for hummers, including Black-breasted and Sapphire-vented Pufflegs - to a good area of montane forest overlooking Volcan Pichincha, where Black-collared Jay was the best bird.
Key to columns
LI = Lita railway and hills above town
(500 - 700m)
AT = Alto Tambo (600m)
EP = El Placer (650m)
DU = Durango (270m)
CC = Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve above
Cristal
(1550-1700m)
MI = Mindo (1500-1600m)
BV = Bellavista Reserve and vicinity
(2000-2500m)
CH = choco habitat beyond Pedro V
Maldonado
(450-500m), Pichincha
YA = Yanacocha (3300m) on Volcan Pichincha
| Common Name | Scientific name | LI | AT | EP | DU | CC | MI | BV | CH | YA |
| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | - | - | - | - | - | h | - | h | - |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | - | - | - | x | x | - | - | - | - |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plain-breasted Hawk | Accipiter ventralis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Great Black-Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | x | - | x | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Wattled Guan | Aburria aburri | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Dark-backed Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanonotus | - | - | - | - | h | - | - | - | - |
| Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus erythrops | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | h | - |
| White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Tringa macularia | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Columba fasciata | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Plumbeous Pigeon | Columba plumbea | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Ruddy Pigeon | Columba subvinacea | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dusky Pigeon | Columba goodsoni | h | - | - | - | - | - | - | h | - |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Maroon-tailed Parakeet | Pyrrhura melanura | - | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Blue-fronted Parrotlet | Touit dilectissima | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Rose-faced Parrot | Pionopsitta pulchra | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Red-billed Parrot | Pionus sordidus | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Scaly-headed Parrot | Pionus maximiliani | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Bronze-winged Parrot | Pionus chalcopterus | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | x | - |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | - |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Band-rumped Swift | Chaetura spinicauda | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronzy Hermit | Glaucis aenea | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Band-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri | x | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tawny-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis syrmatophorus | - | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | - |
| White-whiskered Hermit | Phaethornis yaruqui | - | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Little Hermit | Phaethornis longuemareus | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tooth-billed Hummingbird | Androdon aequatorialis | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sparkling Violet-ear | Colibri coruscans | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Violet-crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fawn-breasted Brilliant | Heliodoxa rubinoides | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| White-vented Plumeleteer | Chalybura buffonii | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Andean Hillstar | Oreotrochilus estella | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Giant Hummingbird | Patagona gigas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Shining Sunbeam | Aglaeactis cupripennis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Mountain Velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Collared Inca | Coeligena torquata | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Buff-winged Starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Buff-tailed Coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens | - | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | - |
| Gorgeted Sunangel | Heliangelus strophianus | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - | - |
| Black-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis nigrivestris | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Sapphire-vented Puffleg | Eriocnemis luciani | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Trainbearer sp. | Lesbia victoriae/ nuna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Violet-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus coelestis | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Purple-crowned Fairy | Heliothryx barroti | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Crested Quetzal | Pharomachrus antisianus | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Golden-headed Quetzal | Pharomachrus auriceps | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| White-eyed Trogon | Trogon comptus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black-fronted Nunbird | Monasa nigrifrons | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Orange-fronted Barbet | Capito squamatus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Red-headed Barbet | Eubucco bourcierii | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Toucan Barbet | Semnornis ramphastinus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Stripe-billed Aracari | Pteroglossus sanguineus | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pale-mandibled Aracari | Pteroglossus erythropygius | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena laminirostris | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Choco Toucan | Ramphastos brevis | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chestnut-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos swainsonii | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet-backed Woodpecker | Veniliornis callonotus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Lita Woodpecker | Piculus litae | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker | Piculus rubiginosus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cinnamon Woodpecker | Celeus loricatus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guayaquil Woodpecker | Campephilus gayaquilensis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | Glyphorhynchus spirurus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| Black-striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spotted Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus erythropygius | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Spot-crowned Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes affinis | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Brown-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus pusillus | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pale-legged Hornero | Furnarius leucopus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Andean Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura andicola | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x |
| Slaty Spinetail | Synallaxis brachyura | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| Red-faced Spinetail | Cranioleuca erythrops | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Double-banded Greytail | Xenerpestes minlosi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Spotted Barbtail | Premnoplex brunnescens | - | - | x | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Fulvous Treerunner | Margarornis stellatus | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Striped Woodhaunter | Hyloctistes subulatus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lineated Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla subalaris | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia variegaticeps | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montane Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia striaticollis | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Uniform Treehunter | Thripadectes ignobilis | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Striped Treehunter | Thripadectes holostictus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Ruddy Foliage-gleaner | Automolus rubiginosus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Western Slaty Antshrike | Thamnophilus atrinucha | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Spot-crowned Antvireo | Dysithamnus puncticeps | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Pygmy Antwren | Myrmotherula brachyura | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Pacific Streaked Antwren * | Myrmotherula pacifica | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Checker-throated Antwren | Myrmotherula fulviventris | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| White-flanked Antwren | Myrmotherula axillaris | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Slaty Antwren | Myrmotherula schisticolor | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dot-winged Antwren | Microrhopias quixensis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Esmeraldas Antbird | Myrmeciza nigricauda | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chestnut-backed Antbird | Myrmeciza exsul | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Immaculate Antbird | Myrmeciza immaculata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Rufous-breasted Antthrush | Formicarius rufipectus | - | - | - | - | - | h | - | - | - |
| Giant Antpitta | Grallaria gigantea | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Scaled Antpitta | Grallaria guatimalensis | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Yellow-breasted Antpitta | Grallaria flavotincta | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Tawny Antpitta | Grallaria quitensis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Ash-coloured Tapaculo | Myornis senilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Choco Tapaculo * | Scytalopus chocoensis | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spillmann's Tapaculo * | Scytalopus spillmannii | - | - | - | - | - | - | h | - | - |
| Unicoloured Tapaculo | Scytalopus unicolor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Narino Tapaculo | Scytalopus vicinior | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Red-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rubrocristata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Scaled Fruiteater | Ampelioides tschudii | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Rufous Piha | Lipaugus unirufus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Black-tipped Cotinga | Carpodectes hopkei | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Purple-throated Fruitcrow | Querula purpurata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Blue-crowned Manakin | Pipra coronata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| White-bearded Manakin | Manacus manacus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Club-winged Manakin | Machaeropterus deliciosus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Streak-necked Flycatcher | Mionectes striaticollis | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Olive-striped Flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slaty-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon superciliaris | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant | Pseudotriccus ruficeps | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sierran Elaenia | Elaenia pallatangae | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| White-throated Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus leucophrys | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| White-tailed Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus poecilocercus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| White-banded Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus stictopterus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Torrent Tyrannulet | Serpophaga cinerea | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant | Phylloscartes ophthalmicus | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant | Myiornis atricapillus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ornate Flycatcher | Myiotriccus ornatus | - | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Flavescent Flycatcher | Myiophobus flavicans | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher | Myiobius erythrurus | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher | Myiobius barbatus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tufted Flycatcher | Mitrephanes phaeocercus | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Smoke-colored Pewee | Contopus fumigatus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Crowned Chat-Tyrant | Silvicultrix frontalis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Smoky Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes fumigatus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarhynchus pitangua | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Golden-crowned Flycatcher | Myiodynastes chrysocephalus | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thrush-like Schiffornis | Schiffornis turdinus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Cinnamon Becard | Pachyramphus cinnamomeus | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| One-coloured Becard | Pachyramphus homochrous | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black-collared Jay | Cyanolyca armillata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | x | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| White-capped Dipper | Cinclus leucocephalus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andean Solitaire | Myadestes ralloides | - | h | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus fuscater | - | - | - | - | - | - | h | - | - |
| Great Thrush | Turdus fuscater | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x |
| Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus | - | - | x | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| White-throated Thrush | Turdus assimilis | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bay Wren | Thryothorus nigricapillus | x | x | x | x | - | x | - | x | - |
| Stripe-throated Wren | Thryothorus leucopogon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | - |
| Mountain Wren | Troglodytes solstitialis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| White-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucosticta | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys | - | - | - | - | x | x | x | - | - |
| Southern Nightingale-Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Tawny-faced Gnatwren | Microbates cinereiventris | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Slate-throated Gnatcatcher | Polioptila schistaceigula | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brown/ Grey-chested Martin | Progne tapera/ chalybea | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brown-bellied Swallow | Notiochelidon murina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | - | - |
| White-thighed Swallow | Neochelidon tibialis | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | x | - | - | x | - | x | - | x | - |
| Tropical Parula | Parula pitiayumi | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x |
| Golden-bellied Warbler | Basileuterus chrysogaster | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Russet-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus coronatus | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - |
| Three-striped Warbler | Basileuterus tristriatus | - | - | x | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Buff-rumped Warbler | Basileuterus fulvicauda | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Orange-billed Sparrow | Arremon aurantiirostris | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tricoloured Brush-Finch | Atlapetes tricolor | x | x | x | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Cinereous Conebill | Conirostrum cinereum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Flame-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus flammigerus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus flavigularis | - | - | x | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Scarlet-and-white Tanager | Chrysothlypis salmoni | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dusky-faced Tanager | Mitrospingus cassinii | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Ochre-breasted Tanager | Chlorothraupis stolzmanni | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet-browed Tanager | Heterospingus xanthopygius | x | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tawny-crested Tanager | Tachyphonus delatrii | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Red-crowned Ant-Tanager | Habia rubica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| White-winged Tanager | Piranga leucoptera | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Flame-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus flammigerus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Golden-chested Tanager | Bangsia rothschildi | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moss-backed Tanager | Bangsia edwardsi | - | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager | Anisognathus igniventris | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | x |
| Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Blue-hooded Euphonia | Euphonia elegantissima | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Orange-bellied Euphonia | Euphonia xanthogaster | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | x | - |
| Yellow-collared Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia flavirostris | - | x | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Glistening-green Tanager | Chlorochrysa phoenicotis | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Blue-whiskered Tanager | Tangara johannae | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Emerald Tanager | Tangara florida | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Golden Tanager | Tangara arthus | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Flame-faced Tanager | Tangara parzudakii | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Golden-hooded Tanager | Tangara larvata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Rufous-throated Tanager | Tangara rufigula | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
| Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Metallic-green Tanager | Tangara labradorides | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Blue-necked Tanager | Tangara cyanicollis | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Golden-hooded Tanager | Tangara larvata | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x | - |
| Beryl-spangled Tanager | Tangara nigroviridis | - | - | - | - | x | x | - | - | - |
| Black-capped Tanager | Tangara heinei | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swallow-Tanager | Tersina viridis | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Variable Seedeater | Sporophila americana | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | x | x | x | x | x | x | - | x | - |
| Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Great-billed Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus maximiliani | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Lesser Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivacea | x | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glossy Flower-piercer | Diglossa lafresnayii | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Black Flower-piercer | Diglossa humeralis | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Indigo Flower-piercer | Diglossa indigotica | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bluish Flower-piercer | Diglossopis caerulescens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Masked Flower-piercer | Diglossopis cyanea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | x |
| Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | - | - | - | - | - | x | - | x | - |
| Black-winged Saltator | Saltator atripennis | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blue-black Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa cyanoides | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | x | - |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giant Cowbird | Scaphidura oryzivora | x | - | x | - | - | - | - | - | - |