About Birds of Ecuador
WorldWildZoom - Wildlife Photo Guides presents this innovative series of field-guides for the Birds of the Tropical Andes (BTA) is the first for this region in iPad format, and an exciting new way to appreciate and learn about Neotropical birds.
Possibly one of the most spectacular new ways to appreciate Ecuador's superb avifauna, the idea of this guide is to give you a fully visual experience in a book-like format – paging through the unique collection of images and accessing the information or vocalizations of each species as desired. Navigating is easy; you can choose to page continually through the images –from Tinamous to Orioles without stopping– or access the menu to find a specific bird.
The menu is organized by family, with the individual species ordered taxonomically within each. For quick paging, you can also scroll through the entire guide using thumb-nail images. This is a world-class collection of Neotropical bird images, all of which have been photographed in their wild, natural environment, with unique behavioral images included for many species. The spectacular photography is just one of the ways that this field-guide differs from a normal guide-book; to compliment this visual celebration of avian beauty, we have highlighted captivating facts on the natural history of the species, along with the customary description and range maps. Additionally, we have included vocalizations for the majority of the species, completing this unique experience.
This is not a typical field-guide with the male and female represented for each species. Rather, it is a visual representation of the birds for the readers' total appreciation, giving priority to an image for its visual impression rather than the species' gender.
Furthermore, it is not a complete guide (with over 1,600 bird species occurring in Ecuador alone, it would be an almost impossible task to photograph them all!); but we have included a carefully chosen representation of 350 of the country's most sought-after birds with most of the Neotropical families portrayed. This guide could never replace a complete guide book, but is a perfect compliment for anyone interested in fully appreciating Ecuador's birds –even sharper than in real life, with their truly wild and brilliantly live colors, and in phenomenal iPad resolution! All the images are taken in wild and natural situations with almost no use of flash, except for six species where some older images of netted birds, photographed in tents as part of a biodiversity study, have been used.
Enjoy your journey through the incredible forms and colors of the avian wonders of Ecuador, an experience in diversity unique to the spectacular Tropical Andean region.
Possibly one of the most spectacular new ways to appreciate Ecuador's superb avifauna, the idea of this guide is to give you a fully visual experience in a book-like format – paging through the unique collection of images and accessing the information or vocalizations of each species as desired. Navigating is easy; you can choose to page continually through the images –from Tinamous to Orioles without stopping– or access the menu to find a specific bird.
The menu is organized by family, with the individual species ordered taxonomically within each. For quick paging, you can also scroll through the entire guide using thumb-nail images. This is a world-class collection of Neotropical bird images, all of which have been photographed in their wild, natural environment, with unique behavioral images included for many species. The spectacular photography is just one of the ways that this field-guide differs from a normal guide-book; to compliment this visual celebration of avian beauty, we have highlighted captivating facts on the natural history of the species, along with the customary description and range maps. Additionally, we have included vocalizations for the majority of the species, completing this unique experience.
This is not a typical field-guide with the male and female represented for each species. Rather, it is a visual representation of the birds for the readers' total appreciation, giving priority to an image for its visual impression rather than the species' gender.
Furthermore, it is not a complete guide (with over 1,600 bird species occurring in Ecuador alone, it would be an almost impossible task to photograph them all!); but we have included a carefully chosen representation of 350 of the country's most sought-after birds with most of the Neotropical families portrayed. This guide could never replace a complete guide book, but is a perfect compliment for anyone interested in fully appreciating Ecuador's birds –even sharper than in real life, with their truly wild and brilliantly live colors, and in phenomenal iPad resolution! All the images are taken in wild and natural situations with almost no use of flash, except for six species where some older images of netted birds, photographed in tents as part of a biodiversity study, have been used.
Enjoy your journey through the incredible forms and colors of the avian wonders of Ecuador, an experience in diversity unique to the spectacular Tropical Andean region.
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Information
Species are organized taxonomically. The main taxonomic source is the recent and ongoing revision of bird taxonomy and distribution for the entire South-American continent currently being undertaken by the South American Checklist Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithologists Union. In a few cases, we follow the magnificent 'Birds of Ecuador' field guide by Robert Ridgely and Paul Greenfield. Symbols Used (M) Male (J)Juvenile (F) Female (MJ) Male Juvenile (S/A) Sexes alike (EAST) Eastern Andes (WEST) Western Andes Texts All descriptions and natural history texts were written by the authors, after long revisions of published information (too many sources to cite here) and based on their own field observations. Our apologies to all colleagues generating field information for not citing them here! |
Maps
Maps are adapted from the most recent version of the Birds of Ecuador, by Robert Ridgely and Paul Greenfield (2006). Updated information was generated by Alejandro Solano and Juan Freile, who have permanently compiled new data on the distribution of Ecuadorian birds over the last decade. Maps show species ranges as an orange shadow, elevational bands in greys and blues, Ecuador's capital city (Quito), as well as an inset to indicate Ecuador's place in South America. Vocalizations Songs and calls are used with permission from the outstanding DVD audio guide published by Niels Krabbe and Jonas Nilsson in 2005 (Birds of Ecuador, sounds and photographs), thanks to Niels Krabbe. We are including one or two sounds for each species - indicating the context of each of the recordings, mainly primary songs and commonly heard calls. As this field-guide is not an audio guide, we urge readers interested in learning Ecuadorian bird voices to consult specialized audio-guides. Naturally, we urge you to head into the forest to hear the birds in the field too! |
Birds featured in the App
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TINAMOUS
GREAT TINAMOU GREBES SILVERY GREBE ALBATROSSES WAVED ALBATROSS TROPICBIRDS RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD PELICANS BROWN PELICAN BOOBIES BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY NAZCA BOOBY RED-FOOTED BOOBY CORMORANTS NEOTROPICAL CORMORANT ANHINGA ANHINGA FRIGATEBIRDS MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS CAPPED HERON COCOI HERON STRIATED HERON BOAT-BILLED HERON RUFESCENT TIGER-HERON ZIGZAG HERON STORKS WOOD STORK IBIS, SPOONBILLS BLACK-FACED IBIS WHITE IBIS ROSEATE SPOONBILL FLAMINGO CHILEAN FLAMINGO SCREAMER HORNED SCREAMER DUCKS, GEESE BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK ORINOCO GOOSE TORRENT DUCK YELLOW-BILLED PINTAIL MASKED DUCK NEW WORLD VULTURES GREATER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE ANDEAN CONDOR KING VULTURE OSPREY OSPREY HAWKS, EAGLES, KITES HOOK-BILLED KITE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE SNAIL KITE BARRED HAWK SEMIPLUMBEOUS HAWK WHITE HAWK SAVANNA HAWK BLACK-CHESTED BUZZARD-EAGLE VARIABLE HAWK HARPY EAGLE ORNATE HAWK-EAGLE BLACK-AND-CHESTNUT EAGLE FALCONS, CARACARAS RED-THROATED CARACARA CARUNCULATED CARACARA LAUGHING FALCON BUCKLEYS FOREST-FALCON AMERICAN KESTREL APLOMADO FALCON BAT FALCON ORANGE-BREASTED FALCON GUANS, CHACHALACAS RUFOUS-HEADED CHACALACA BEARDED GUAN SPIXS GUAN COMMON PIPING-GUAN SALVINS CURASSOW NEW WORLD QUAIL DARK-BACKED WOOD-QUAIL LIMPKIN LIMPKIN TRUMPETER GREY-WINGED TRUMPETER RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS WHITE-THROATED CRAKE GREY-NECKED WOOD-RAIL RED-WINGED WOOD-RAIL COMMON GALLINULE SUNBITTERN SUNBITTERN JACANA WATTLED JACANA OYSTERCATCHER AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER AVOCETS, STILTS BLACK-NECKED STILT PLOVERS, LAPWINGS SOUTHERN LAPWING ANDEAN LAPWING PIED PLOVER |
SANDPIPERS, ALLIES
SOUTH AMERICAN SNIPE WHIMBREL WILLET LESSER YELLOWLEGS RUDDY TURNSTONE SEEDSNIPES RUFOUS-BELLIED SEEDSNIPE GULLS SWALLOW-TAILED GULL ANDEAN GULL GREY-HOODED GULL TERNS LARGE-BILLED TERN SANDWICH TERN SKIMMER BLACK SKIMMER PIGEONS-DOVES SCALED PIGEON BAND-TAILED PIGEON PLUMBEOUS PIGEON CROAKING GROUND-DOVE WEST PERUVIAN DOVE SAPPHIRE QUAIL-DOVE PARROTS, MACAWS BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAW SCARLET MACAW CHESTNUT-FRONTED MACAW RED-BELLIED MACAW RED-MASKED PARAKEET GOLDEN-PLUMED PARAKEET MAROON-TAILED PARAKEET WHITE-NECKED PARAKEET COBALT-WINGED PARROTLET PACIFIC PARROTLET SCARLET-SHOULDERED PARROTLET BLACK-HEADED PARROT ROSE-FACED PARROT ORANGE-CHEEKED PARROT BRONZE-WINGED PARROT YELLOW-CROWNED PARROT HOATZIN HOATZIN CUCKOOS SQUIRREL CUCKOO GREATER ANI BANDED GROUND-CUCKOO OWLS WEST PERUVIAN SCREECH-OWL COLOMBIAN SCREECH-OWL GREAT HORNED OWL BLACK-AND-WHITE OWL BLACK-BANDED OWL CRESTED OWL BAND-BELLIED OWL CLOUD-FOREST PYGMY-OWL FERRUGINOUS PYGMY-OWL PERUVIAN PYGMY-OWL BURROWING OWL OILBIRD OILBIRD POTOOS GREAT POTOO LONG-TAILED POTOO RUFOUS POTOO NIGHTJARS SAND-COLOURED NIGHTHAWK OCELLATED POORWILL LYRE-TAILED NIGHTJAR LADDER-TAILED NIGHTJAR SWIFTS WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT HUMMINGBIRDS FIERY TOPAZ SPANGLED COQUETTE VELVET-PURPLE CORONET SWORD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD AMETHYST-THROATED SUNANGEL TROGONS, QUETZALS WESTERN WHITE-TAILED TROGON GREEN TROGON MASKED TROGON BLUE-CROWNED TROGON ECUADORIAN TROGON GOLDEN-HEADED QUETZAL KINGFISHERS RINGED KINGFISHER AMAZON KINGFISHER AMERICAN PYGMY KINGFISHER MOTMOTS BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT RUFOUS MOTMOT BROAD-BILLED MOTMOT JACAMARS WHITE-EARED JACAMAR RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR COPPERY-CHESTED JACAMAR GREAT JACAMAR PUFFBIRDS WHITE-NECKED PUFFBIRD CHESTNUT-CAPPED PUFFBIRD BARRED PUFFBIRD WHITE-CHESTED PUFFBIRD WHITE-WHISKERED PUFFBIRD LANCEOLATED MONKLET WHITE-FACED NUNBIRD SWALLOW-WINGED PUFFBIRD |
BARBETS
ORANGE-FRONTED BARBET GILDED BARBET RED-HEADED BARBET TOUCAN BARBET TOUCANS CRIMSON-RUMPED TOUCANET GOLDEN-COLLARED TOUCANET PLATE-BILLED MOUNTAIN-TOUCAN BLACK-BILLED MOUNTAIN-TOUCAN IVORY-BILLED ARACARI MANY-BANDED ARACARI PALE-MANDIBLED ARACARI CHOCO TOUCAN WHITE-THROATED TOUCAN WOODPECKERS ECUADORIAN PICULET SCARLET-BACKED WOODPECKER CRIMSON-MANTLED WOODPECKER CREAM-COLOURED WOODPECKER POWERFUL WOODPECKER CRIMSON-BELLIED WOODPECKER CRIMSON-CRESTED WOODPECKER OVENBIRDS, WOODCREEPERS CHESTNUT-WINGED CINCLODES PACIFIC HORNERO ANDEAN TIT-SPINETAIL RED-FACED SPINETAIL SPOTTED BARBTAIL SCALY-THROATED FOLIAGE-GLEANER HENNA-HOODED FOLIAGE-GLEANER LONG-BILLED WOODCREEPER STRONG-BILLED WOODCREEPER BUFF-THROATED WOODCREEPER BLACK-STRIPED WOODCREEPER MONTANE WOODCREEPER RED-BILLED SCYTHEBILL BROWN-BILLED SCYTHEBILL TYPICAL ANTBIRDS FULVOUS ANTSHRIKE GREAT ANTSHRIKE COLLARED ANTSHRIKE LINED ANTSHRIKE PACIFIC ANTWREN RUFOUS-WINGED ANTWREN LONG-TAILED ANTBIRD BLACK-FACED ANTBIRD YELLOW-BROWED ANTIBIRD IMMACULATE ANTBIRD SPOT-BACKED ANTBIRD SCALE-BACKED ANTBIRD WHITE-PLUMED ANTBIRD BICOULORED ANTBIRD LUNULATED ANTBIRD OCELLATED ANTBIRD ANTPITTAS GIANT ANTPITTA TAWNY ANTPITTA CHESTNUT-CROWNED ANTPITTA CHESTNUT-NAPED ANTPITTA JOCOTOCO ANTPITTA YELLOW-BREASTED ANTPITTA TAPACULOS OCELLATED TAPACULO CHUSQUEA TAPACULO CRESCENTCHESTS ELEGANT CRESCENTCHEST TYRANT FLYCATCHERS BLACK-CRESTED TIT-TYRANT RUFOUS-CROWNED TODY-FLYCATCHER ORNATE FLYCATCHER SCALE-CRESTED PYGMY-TYRANT BLACK-THROATED TODY-TYRANT COMMON TODY-FLYCATCHER YELLOW-BROWED TODY-FLYCATCHER PACIFIC ROYAL FLYCATCHER CINNAMON FLYCATCHER CLIFF FLYCATCHER BLACK PHOEBE VERMILLION FLYCATCHER SLATY-BACKED CHAT-TYRANT RUFOUS-BREASTED CHAT-TYRANT STREAK-THROATED BUSH-TYRANT RED-RUMPED BUSH-TYRANT LONG-TAILED TYRANT GREAT KISKADEE GREYISH MOURNER COTINGAS GREEN-AND-BLACK FRUITEATER ORANGE-BREASTED FRUITEATER SCALED FRUITEATER DUSKY PIHA PLUM-THROATED COTINGA SPANGLED COTINGA BARE-NECKED FRUITCROW PURPLE-THROATED FRUITCROW LONG-WATTLED UMBRELLABIRD ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK MANAKINS WIRE-TAILED MANAKIN GOLDEN-HEADED MANAKIN RED-CAPPED MANAKIN BLUE-BACKED MANAKIN GOLDEN-WINGED MANAKIN WHITE-BEARDED MANAKIN STRIPED MANAKIN CLUB-WINGED MANAKIN TITYRAS, BECARDS MASKED TITYRA BLACK-TAILED TITYRA WHITE-BROWED PURPLETUFT YELLOW-CHEEKED BECARD BARRED BECARD SLATY BECARD PINK-THROATED BECARD |
SWALLOWS, MARTINS
WHITE-WINGED SWALLOW BROWN-BELLIED SWALLOW CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWALLOW DIPPER WHITE-CAPPED DIPPER DONACOBIUS BLACK-CAPPED DONACOBIUS WRENS THRUSH-LIKE WREN GREY-BREASTED WOOD-WREN SCALY-BREASTED WREN MOCKINGBIRDS LONG-TAILED MOCKINGBIRD THRUSHES GREAT THRUSH PLUMBEOUS-BACKED THRUSH ECUADORIAN THRUSH GNATCATCHERS TROPICAL GNATCATCHER JAYS INCA JAY WHITE-TAILED JAY TURQUOISE JAY BEAUTIFUL JAY VIREOS, GREENLETS RED-EYED VIREO RUFOUS-NAPED GREENLET RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE NEW WORLD WARBLERS TROPICAL PARULA BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER CERULEAN WARBLER BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER OLIVE-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT SLATE-THROATED WHITESTART BLACK-CRESTED WARBLER TANAGERS AND ALLIES RED-CAPPED CARDINAL GIANT CONEBILL TIT-LIKE DACNIS BLUISH FLOWERPIERCER MASKED FLOWERPIERCER PURPLE HONEYCREEPER GREEN HONEYCREEPER SCARLET-BREASTED DACNIS YELLOW-TUFTED DACNIS YELLOW-BELLIED DACNIS GRASS-GREEN TANAGER FLAME-CRESTED TANAGER MASKED-CRIMSON TANAGER HOODED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER ORANGE-THROATED TANAGER SCARLET-BELLIED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER BLUE-WINGED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER BLACK-CHINNED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER PURPLISH-MANTLED TANAGER GLISTENING-GREEN TANAGER PARADISE TANAGER SAFFRON-CROWNED TANAGER FLAME-FACED TANAGER BAY-HEADED TANAGER GOLDEN-NAPED TANAGER BLUE-NECKED TANAGER BERYL-SPANGLED TANAGER SWALLOW-TANAGER BANANAQUIT YELLOW-FACED GRASSQUIT SPARROWS, SEEDEATERS COLLARED WARBLING-FINCH VARIABLE SEEDEATER PARROT-BILLED SEEDEATER SAFFRON FINCH TANAGER FINCH YELLOW-BREASTED BRUSH-FINCH PALE-HEADED BRUSH-FINCH BLACK-CAPPED SPARROW OLIVE FINCH SALTATORS, CARDINALS RED-HOODED TANAGER SLATE-COLOURED GROSBEAK BLACK-WINGED SALTATOR ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK TROUPIALS, CACIQUES, OROPENDOLAS RED-BREASTED BLACKBIRD PERUVIAN MEADOWLARK YELLOW-TAILED ORIOLE ORANGE-BACKED TROUPIAL YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE RUSSET-BACKED OROPENDOLA OLIVE OROPENDOLA ORIOLE BLACKBIRD EUPHONIAS, SISKINS THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA ORANGE-BELLIED EUPHONIA RUFOUS-BELLIED EUPHONIA HOODED SISKIN YELLOW-BELLIED SISKIN LESSER GOLDFINCH |
