Birds of Ecuador

List of Common Birds Found in Ecuador

Native Birds

• American Oystercatcher 
• Andean Cock-of-the-rock
• Andean Condor
• Andean Emerald
• Andean Guan
• Andean Motmot
• Andean Pygmy Owl
• Andean Solitaire
• Bananaquit 
• Barred Antthrush
• Barred Hawk
• Black-and-chestnut Eagle
• Black-billed Mountain Toucan
• Black-breasted Puffbird
• Black-chested Fruiteater
• Black-faced Antthrush
• Black-tailed Trainbearer
• Black-throated Trogon
• Black-tipped Cotinga
• Black Vulture
• Black-winged Saltator
• Blue-and-yellow Macaw
• Blue-crowned Motmot
• Blue-footed Booby
• Blue-gray Tanager
• Blue-necked Tanager
• Booted Racket-tail
• Carunculated Caracara
• Cattle Egret
• Chestnut-backed Antbird
• Chestnut-breasted Coronet
• Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
• Choco Toucan
• Cloud Forest Pygmy-owl
• Collared Antshrike
• Collared Forest-falcon
• Collared Inca
• Crested Caracara
• Crested Quetzal
• Eared Dove 
• Ecuadorean Piedtail
• Ecuadorian Ground-dove
• Emerald-bellied Woodnymph
• Flame-faced Parakeet
• Flame-faced Tanager
• Galapagos Albatross
• Galapagos Penguin
• Giant Antpitta
• Glistening-green Tanager
• Golden-collared Honeycreeper
• Golden-headed Quetzal
• Golden-winged Manakin
• Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan
• Great Kiskadee 
• Great Thrush
• Green Honeycreeper
• Green Thorntail
• Harpy Eagle
• Hoatzin
• Kelp Gull
• Long-wattled Umbrellabird
• Magnificent Frigatebird
• Masked Flowerpiercer
• Masked Trogon
• Neotropic Cormorant 
• Oilbird
• Orange-bellied Euphonia
• Orange-breasted Fruiteater
• Pale-headed Brush-finch
• Pale-mandibled Aracari
• Plate-billed Mountain-toucan
• Plushcap
• Purple-throated Sunangel
• Purple-throated Woodstar
• Red-crested Cardinal 
• Ruddy Ground Dove 
• Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
• Rufous-collared Sparrow
• Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher
• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
• Saffron Finch 
• Scaled Fruiteater
• Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
• Scarlet Macaw 
• Smooth-billed Ani 
• Snowy Egret
• Southern Lapwing 
• Swallow-tailed Kite
• Sword-billed Hummingbird
• Tawny-bellied Hermit
• Torrent Duck
• Toucan Barbet
• Tropical Kingbird 
• Tropical Mockingbird 
• Velvet-purple Coronet
• Violet-fronted Brilliant
• Violet-tailed Sylph
• Wattled Guan
• Wattled Jacana 
• White-banded Swallow
• White-breasted Parakeet
• White-capped Dipper
• White-crowned Tapaculo
• White-faced Nunbird
• White-necked Jacobin
• White-tailed Hillstar
• White-tailed Jay
• White-throated Toucan
• White-vented Plumeleteer
• White-whiskered Hermit
• Yellow-bellied Seedeater
• Yellow-breasted Antpitta
• Yellow-tufted Dacnis

Non-native Birds

• Rock Pigeon
• Canary-winged Parakeet
• Tricolored Munia
• House Sparrow
• Manx Shearwater

Some of the best birding sites in Ecuador include Yasuní National Park, Mindo Cloud Forest, and Antisana Ecological Reserve. The Galapagos Islands are also a great place to go birdwatching. The dry season – June to September – is considered the high season for birding in Ecuador. During this period, the weather is generally clear, and many bird species are actively breeding and displaying their vibrant plumage.