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Ecuador Birdwatching Tour
offered by supplier M15945 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 14
day(s)
Group Size: 6
- 16
people
Destination(s):
Ecuador
Specialty Categories:
Birdwatching
Season: January - December
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1400 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 2800 US Dollar (USD)
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Led by the most knowledgeable bird specialist in America and dear friend of this house Tony Nunnery. Our program will feature a visit to his private home in the slopes of Tandayapa where you can find over 3000 hummingbirds of 39 species in his backyard. Our package is not a loop which aloud us to see more. Beginning in the Upper Andes home of the Andean Condor and the Chimborazo Hill star, We have seeing in the area the torrent duck and the giant cone bill and Andean cock of the Rock among others.
One of the special features is Tandayapa, the finest birding area of all over Latin America: this is one of our mega diversity areas. A third feature coming with a strong birding reputation is Tinalandia which holds about 250 bird species like white-tipped Sickle bill, Chocó Trogon, Orange-fronted Barbet, Pale-mandible Aracari, Rufous fronted Wood Quail, Pallid Dove, Bronze-winged Parrot, rested Owl, White tipped Sickle bill, White whiskered Hermit, Green crowned Brilliant, Green Crowned Wood nymph, Purple-crowned Fairy.
The flatlands near Quevedo, at Río Palenque and Jauneche a last refuge of the Harpy Eagle offers also Gray-backed Hawk, Rose-faced Parrot, Ecuadorian Trogon, Chocó Toucan, Scarlet-backed and Lita woodpeckers, and Scarlet-browed and Scarlet-and-white tanagers, Gray Hawk, Laughing falcon, Rufous-headed Chachalaca, Ecuadorian Ground dove, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, blue headed parrot, Bronzy, Stripe-throated, and Baron's hermits, Guira tanagers.
Finally in Guayaquil we look for the Guayaquil woodpecker and the rare great green macaw among other 200 tropical birds like the pale mandible aracari, gray-backed hawk, Guayaquil woodpecker, blue tailed trogon and Esmeralda ant bird. As we get close to the beach, we might find white tailed jay, pale-brown tinamon, Peruvian thick-knee, and red masked and gray-cheeked parakeets, along with many gulls, terns and shore birds, which indeed will include the fishing Osprey.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Transfer in.
Day 2: Quito - Papallacta. When we start the birding was fantastic, and we will see numerous great birds including Wattled Guan, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Rufous-bellied Nighthawk, Pale-eyed Thrushes, Crested and Golden-headed Quetzals, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Bronzy Inca, Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Black-billed Mountain-Toucan, Saffron-crowned Tanager, White-rimmed Brush-Finch, and on and on. Our hosts, the Bustamante family, nursed us back to good health, and allowed us to enjoy their wonderful surroundings. Just the view of the Huacamayo Mountains was worth the visit.
Day 3: Nono Mindo road and Yanacocha en route (Box lunch en route). Bellavista, Tandayapa. Birds: Sickle-winged Guan (H), Barred Parakeet (H), Red-billed Parrot, Speckle-faced Parrot, Scaly-napped Amazon, Green Violetear, Sparkling Violetear, Western Emerald, Andean Emerald, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Speckled Hummingbird, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Brown Inca, Collared Inca, Buff-tailed Coronet, Gorgeted Sunangel, Booted Rackettail, Violet-tailed Sylph, Purple-throated Woodstar.
You will also see White-bellied Woodstar, Toucan Barbet (H), Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Rufous Spinetail (H), Streaked Tuftedcheeck (H), Rusty-winged Barbtail, Striped Treehunter, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (H), Spillman's Tapaculo (H), White-tailed Tyrannulet, Streak-necked Flycatcher, Western Wood-Pewee, Green-and-black Fruiteater, Turquiose Jay (H), Slaty Nightingale Thrush, Glossy-black Thrush, Plain-tailed Wren, Grey-breasted Wood-Wren, Three-striped Warbler, Russet-crowned Warbler, White-sided Flowerpiercer, Beryl-spangled Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager, Grass-green Tanager, Blue-capped tanager, Dusky Bush-Tanager, Russet-backed Oropendola (H).
Day 4: Mindo (lunch at Septimo Paraíso). Before dawn walked from Bellavista Lodge to Tony's house. Heard Grey Potoo. This morning walked the trails on Tony's property. Here we had Dark-breasted Woodquail (H), Tawny-bellied Hermit, Andean Solitaire, Toucan Barbet came in to the tape, Sickle-winged Guan seen, Green-fronted Lancebill, Masked Trogon. Best was the Moustached Antpitta we heard. At the house were Green-tailed Trainbearers, Yellow-breasted Antpitta (H), Golden Tanager and White-winged Brush Finch. In the afternoon walked down to Tandayapa. Saw Narino and Spillmans Tapaculo, Andean Cock of the Rock, Black-capped Tanager and Yellow-faced Grassquit. Heard Band-winged Nightjar at Bellavista.
Day 5: Mindo (lunch at Septimo Paraíso). First birded the dirt-road to a new hotel (the first track on the right at the entrance-road going down to Mindo). Here Rufous-breasted Antthrush(H), Club-winged Manakin, Golden-headed Quetzal, Lesser Eleania, Buff-fronted Foliagegleaner, Red-faced Spinetail, Long-tailed Antbird, Choco Toucan (H), Glistening-green Tanager, Andean Cock of the Rock (H) and a large group of Yellow-collared Chlorophonias. Then walked down the road to Mindo (Orange-crowned Euphonia, White-throated Crake, Southern Nightingale Wren). In the afternoon paid a visit to Mindo Lindo. On the trail we saw Chestnut-capped Brush Finch, Metallic-green Tanager and a displaying Club-winged Manakin. About 30 Barred Parakeets flew over.
Day 6: Pedro Vicente Maldonado - Valle Hermoso - Tinalandia (box lunch del Septimo Paraíso). Again early departure, but now to Pedro Vicente Maldonado. Heard Mottled Owl and Barred Forest Falcon from Tony's porch. The forest patch where everybody saw the Dacnis and the other goodies is no longer there! Tony was here two weeks earlier and at that time it was still there, but now there was nothing left. We still managed to see some good birds: Rufous Motmot (H), Blue-headed Parrot, Purple-crowned Fairy, Band-backed Wren, Buff-rumped Warbler, White-tailed Sicklebill, Western Slaty Antshrike, Bright-rumped Attila.
You will also see Pacific Streaked Antwren, Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher, Slate-throated Gnatcatcher, Choco Toucan (H), White-thighed Swallow, Violet-bellied Hummingbird, Blue-chested Hummingbird, Dusky Antbird, Tawny-crowned Tanager, Marble-faced Tyrannulet, Dusky-faced Tanager, White-shouldered Tanager, Red-rumped Woodpecker, Little Tinamou (H), Dot-winged Antwren, White-bearded Manakin, Western White-tailed Trogon, Slaty-capped Shrike Vireo(H). In the afternoon went to the Bancos-road with Moss-backed Tanager, Choco Toucan seen, Purple-throated Fruitcrow (H).
Day 7: Tinalandia Full day (all meals at Tinalandia).
Day 8: Rio Palenque (all meals at Rio Palenque). Our full day at the Rio Palenque Biological Station will be also productive. The day can start off with excellent views of an Ochraceous Attila, a Great Antshrike, and an Ecuadorian Ground-Dove, and then just got better and better. The list for here was also very long, but some of the better birds were Gray-and-gold Warbler, Collared Trogon, both White-whiskered and Pied Puffbirds, Orange-fronted Barbet, Snowy-throated Kingbird, Dusky-faced Tanager, and lots of White-bearded Manakins.
Day 9: Rio Palenque - Jauneche (all meals at Rio Palenque).
Day 10: Rio Palenque - Guayaquil (Departure after Lunch).
Day 11: Cerro Blanco - Ecuasal ponds (Box Lunch del Grand Hotel).
Day 13: Manglares Churute Ecological Reserve (Box Lunch del Grand Hotel).
Day 14: Transfer out to Galapagos Cruise.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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