Northwest Ecuador Birding

3-14 September 1997

By Jon Hornbuckle

After fieldwork in Bolivia, I birded NW Ecuador with Robin Brace from Sept 3 - 14, at localities not visited on my previous two trips, namely Lita - El Placer, Cerro Golondrinas, Pedro V Maldonado, Bellavista and Yanacocha. Highlights were Giant, Yellow-breasted and Scaled Antpittas, Rufous-breasted Antthrush, Wattled Guan, Beautiful Jay and Rufous-and-white Tanager. The sound of chainsaws was heard daily, except when at Bellavista and Yanacocha, and there seems little hope for the Pedro V Maldonado area, the only "regular" site for the rare Scarlet-breasted Dacnis and Double-banded Greytail. On the positive side, private efforts to conserve some of the remaining forest are expanding, especially around Mindo and Cerro Golondrinas.

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 necessary for the other sites and we were fortunate in being the guests of Jane Lyons and Vinício 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 Vinício 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

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 (Trip Report)

Sept 12 Yanacocha a.m., drive Quito to Mindo p.m. Night at Vinício's

Sept 13 Mindo a.m., Bellavista p.m. Night at Vinício's

Sept 14 Chocó 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. Lita, 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 Araçari, Chocó 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, Chocó 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, Nariño Tapaculo and Dusky Bush-Tanager.

Cerro Golondrinas - See separate report.

Mindo

This area is well-documented but surprisingly few people seem to use the services of the very knowledgeable local guide Vinício 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 Nariño 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 Vinício. This is variously known as the "Chocó" 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 Chocó 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 páramo - 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.

SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BIRDS

Taxonomy and names follow Birds of the World: A Checklist by JF Clements (1991 + updates), with additional published species asterisked. A cross means the species was seen and "h" that it was only heard.

Key to columns
L = Lita railway and hills above town (500 - 700m)
AT = Alto Tambo (600m)
EP = El Placer (650m)
Dur = Durango (270m)
CC = Cotacachi-Cayapas Reserve above Cristal (1550-1700m)
M = Mindo (1500-1600m)
BV = Bellavista Reserve and vicinity (2000-2500m)
Ch = Chocó habitat beyond Pedro V Maldonado (450-500m), Pichincha
Y = Yanacocha (3300m) on Volcan Pichincha

	LOCATION:	L	AT	EP	D	CC	M	BV	Ch	Y
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
Chocó 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
Chocó 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