San Jorge Eco-lodges
The Magic Birding & Hiking Circuit.

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The Magic Birding & Hiking Circuit is San Jorge Eco-lodges' network of lodges and nature reserves located throughout Ecuador's many diverse ecoregions, providing a convenient and seamless way to see a wide range of the country's ecological bounty. Stewarded to promote abundant biodiversity, all of our exclusive reserves offer the chance to fully immerse yourself in all that is Ecuador--a diverse array of flora, fauna, landscapes, and hundreds of beautiful bird species await you.

On our 5 to 15-day birdwatching and hiking tours, we will travel through the high barren plains above Quito, through the lush cloud forest of the Tandayapa Valley, down to the upper lowland subtropical rainforest of Milpe, then up again to the eastern side of the Andes to the cloud forests of Cosanga and Yanayacu. The Magic Birding & Hiking Circuit truly offers an unparalleled opportunity to combine nature, culture and birding at its best.

Ecuador's Best Birdwatching Tours

Our tours follow carefully planned itineraries that maximize your opportunity to see a lot birds in a short period of time. We visit many different unique and fascinating ecoregions, each with its own set of resident species. Over 1,000 bird species have been sighted on the Magic Birding & Hiking Circuit, making it a paradise for serious birders and casual nature-lovers alike!

Hike in Extraordinary Surroundings

The rugged geography of Ecuador offers hikes with phenomenal mountain vistas. As you hike the trails, some of which date back to pre-Inca times, you can learn about Ecuadorian history and the natural world with your bilingual guide.

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Ecuador Bird Watching Trip Report

Jerry & Denise Doekes
March 4 – 23, 2007
List of 408 Birds species

San Jorge de Milpe Orchid & Bird Reserve (Subtropical Rainforest):
Bananaquit Bat Falcon, Bay-headed Tanager, Bicolored Antbird, Black Vulture, Black-crowned Tityra, Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Blue-and-white Swallow, Blue-necked Tanager, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Bronze-winged Parrot, Brown Inca, Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, Buff-rumped Warbler, Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch, Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Choco Toucan, Choco Trogon, Cinnamon Becard, Collared Trogon, Common Potoo, Dark-backed Wood-Quail, Dusky Bush-Tanager, Emerald Tanager, Esmeraldas Antbird, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Glistening-green Tanager, Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Golden-winged Manakin, Gray Elaenia, Gray-and-gold Tanager, Gray-breasted Wood-Wren, Gray-rumped Swift, Green Honeycreeper, Green Thorntail, Greenish Elaenia, Guayaquil Woodpecker, Guira Tanager, House Wren, Immaculate Antbird, Lanceolated Monklet, Lesser Elaenia, Lineated Woodpecker, Long-tailed Antbird, Maroon-tailed Parakeet, Masked Tityra, Masked Water-Tyrant, Ochre-breasted Tanager, Orange-billed Sparrow, Ornate Flycatcher, Pacific Hornero, Pale-mandibled Aracari, Palm Tanager, Plain-brown Woodcreeper, Red-masked Parakeet, Ruddy Pigeon, Rufous-naped Brush-Finch, Rufous-throated Tanager, Russet Antshrike, Rusty-margined Flycatcher, Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Scaled Fruiteater, Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner, Sepia-brown Wren, Shiny Cowbird, Silver-throated Tanager, Sirystes, Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Smooth-billed Ani, Social Flycatcher, Streak-capped Treehunter, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, Swallow-Tanager, Tawny-faced Gnatwren, Toucan Barbet, Tricolored Brush-Finch, Tropical Parula, Velvet-purple Coronet, Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, White-bearded Manakin, White-lined Tanager, White-ringed Flycatcher, White-thighed Swallow, White-throated Spadebill, White-winged Tanager, Yellow Tyrannulet, Yellow-collared Chlorophonia, Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager, Cattle Egret

San Jorge de Tandayapa Humminging Bird Reserve (Cloud Forest):

Black Capped Tanager

Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Andean Emerald, Azara's Spinetail, Bar-bellied Woodpecker, Barn Swallow, Barred Becard, Beautiful Jay, Beryl-spangled Tanager, Black Phoebe, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-capped Tanager, Black-winged Saltator, Blue-black Grassquit, Blue-capped Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager, Booted Racket-tail, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Brown Violetear, Brown-capped Vireo, Buff-tailed Coronet, Cerulean Warbler, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Choco Warbler, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Collared Inca, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Curve-billed Tinamou, Dull-colored Grassquit, Ecuadorian Thrush, Empress Brilliant, Flavescent Flycatcher, Glossy-black Thrush, Golden Tanager, Golden-headed Quetzal, Golden-naped Tanager, Golden-rumped Euphonia, Gorgeted Sunangel, Grass-green Tanager, Green Violetear, Green-crowned Brilliant, Green-crowned Woodnymph, Hook-billed Kite, Lemon-rumped Tanager, Masked Trogon, Metallic-green Tanager, Orange-bellied Euphonia, Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Plumbeous Pigeon, Powerful Woodpecker, Purple-bibbed Whitetip, Purple-throated Woodstar, Red-billed Parrot, Red-eyed Vireo, Red-headed Barbet, Ringed Kingfisher, Roadside Hawk, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, Rufous-chested Tanager, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Russet-crowned Warbler, Scrub Blackbird, Sierran Elaenia, Slaty Finch, Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant, Smoke-colored Pewee, Snowy-throated Kingbird, Souther Rough-winged Swallow, Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Sparkling Violetear, Speckled Hummingbird, Squirrel Cuckoo, Streak-necked Flycatcher, Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant, Swallow-tailed Kite, Tawny-bellied Hermit, Tennessee Warbler, Thick-billed Euphonia, Three-striped Warbler, Tropical Kingbird, Turkey Vulture, Turquoise Jay, Variable Seedeater, Violet-tailed Sylph, Western Emerald, White-capped Dipper, White-necked Jacobin, White-sided Flowerpiercer, White-tailed Tyrannulet, White-tipped Dove, Yellow-bellied Seedeater

San Jorge Botanical Reserve (High Barren Plains/Highland Rainforest/Paramo):

Lineated Woodpecker

Band-tailed Nightjar, Band-tailed Pigeon, Band-winged Nightjar, Barred Parakeet, Black Flowerpiercer, Black-crested Warbler, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Brown-bellied Swallow, , Cinereous Conebill, Eared Dove, Great Sapphirewing, Great Thrush, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Hooded Siskin, Masked Flowerpiercer, Montane Woodcreeper, Mountain Velvetbreast, Paramo Seedeater, Pearled Treerunner, Plain-colored Seedeater, Purple-backed Thornbill, Red-crested Cotinga, Rock Pigeon, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Rufous-winged Tyrannulet, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Shining Sunbeam, Slate-throated Whitestart, Smoky Bush-Tyrant, Southern Yellow Grosbeak, Spectacled Whitestart, Tawny Antpitta, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Tyrian Metaltail, Variable Hawk, White-bellied Woodstar, White-collared Swift, White-crested Elaenia, White-throated Tyrannulet.

Pappallacta Pass & Cuyuja (Highland Rainforest/Andean Cloud Forest):  
Amethyst Woodstar, Andean Tit-Spinetail, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Black-capped Tyrannulet, Blue-mantled Thornbill, Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Crested Quetzal, Dusky Piha, Ecuadorian Hillstar, Emerald Toucanet, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Giant Conebill, Greater Yellowlegs, Inca Jay, Long-tailed Sylph, Many-striped Canastero, Mountain Wren, Northern Mountain Cacique, Pale-naped Brush-Finch, Paramo Ground-Tyrant, Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Rufous Wren, Sedge Wren, Spotted Sandpiper, Stout-billed Cinclodes, Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet, Torrent Duck, Tourmaline Sunangel, White-banded Tyrannulet, Yellow-billed Pintail

Nono-Mindo Road:
Bay Wren, Black-and-white Owl, Broad-billed Motmot, Dot-winged Antwren, Rufous Motmot, Torrent Tyrannulet, Whiskered Wren

Pedro Vicente Maldonado(Subtropical Rainforest):
Band-rumped Swift, Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Blue-chested Hummingbird, Buff-throated Saltator, Cinnamon Woodpecker, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Double-banded Graytail, Dusky Pigeon, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Dusky-faced Tanager, Golden-faced Tyrannulet, Golden-hooded Tanager, House Sparrow, Lesser Seed-Finch, Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Little Cuckoo, Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Olivaceous Piculet, Olive-striped Flycatcher, Pacific Parrotlet, Pale-vented Thrush, Plain Xenops, Plumbeous Kite, Purple Honeycreeper, Purple-chested Hummingbird, Red-rumped Cacique, Red-rumped Woodpecker, Slaty Becard, Sooty-crowned Flycatcher, Streaked Xenops, Striped Cuckoo, Tawny-breasted Flycatcher, Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Tropical Gnatcatcher, Tufted Flycatcher, Violet-bellied Hummingbird, Western Wood-Pewee, White-throated Crake, Yellow-bellied Siskin, Yellow-tufted Dacnis  

Yanacocha Reserve (Cloud Forest):
Andean Guan, Barred Fruiteater, Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Blue-and-black Tanager, Blue-backed Conebill, Broad-winged Hawk, Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant, Buckley's Forest-Falcon, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Crowned Chat-Tyrant, Glossy Flowerpiercer, Golden-breasted Puffleg, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, Superciliaried Hemispingus, Sword-billed Hummingbird

Red Headed Barbet

San Jorge de Cosanga-Yanayacu Bird & Wildlife Reserve (Andean Cloud Forest):
Andean Potoo, Black-eared Hemispingus, Bluish Flowerpiercer, Canada Warbler, Common Bush-Tanager, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Flame-faced Tanager, Flammulated Treehunter, Foothill Screech-Owl, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Masked Crimson Tanager, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Olivaceous Siskin.

Olive Finch, Olive-backed Woodcreeper, Orange-eared Tanager, Piratic Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail, Russet-backed Oropendola, Saffron-crowned Tanager, Sickle-winged Guan, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Summer Tanager, Tyrannine Woodcreeper, Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager 

El Hollin (Amazon Rainforest foothills):
Ash-browed Spinetail, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Black-and-white Seedeater, Black-billed Thrush, Black-faced Dacnis, Blackpoll Warbler, Blue Dacnis, Bronzy Inca, Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Equatorial Graytail, Fiery-throated Fruiteater, Glittering-throated Emerald, Grayish Saltator, Great-tailed Grackle, Lafresnaye's Piculet, Lettered Aracari, Long-tailed Tyrant, Magpie Tanager, Many-banded Aracari, Mealy Amazon, Paradise Tanager, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Rufous-breasted Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager, Short-tailed Swift, Silver-beaked Tanager, Spotted Tanager, Streaked Saltator, Thrush-like Wren, Turquoise Tanager, White-banded Swallow, White-bellied Dacnis, White-throated Kingbird, White-winged Swallow, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Tanager.