Ecuador Ramsar wetland
La Tembladera
162 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Priscila Jackeline · CC BY 4.0
This month here
91 species in January.104 species in February.93 species in March.82 species in April.83 species in May.105 species in June.74 species in July.119 species in August.40 species in September.79 species in October.80 species in November.87 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VU
VU
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
162 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 162Speciesrecorded more than once
- 40Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,767Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 18Raptors
- 1Owls
- 9Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 21Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 57Songbirds
- 44Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 162 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Horned ScreamerAnhima cornuta
- American Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicola
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Herons, ibises & grebes21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Fasciated Tiger-heronTigrisoma fasciatum
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds57 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Furnarius leucopusFurnarius leucopus
- Dives warczewicziDives warczewiczi
- Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatus
- Peruvian MeadowlarkSturnella bellicosa
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Masked Water TyrantFluvicola nengeta
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Chestnut-throated SeedeaterSporophila telasco
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Streaked saltatorSaltator striatipectus
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdii
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Sooty-crowned FlycatcherMyiarchus phaeocephalus
- Crimson-breasted FinchRhodospingus cruentus
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularis
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Ecuadorian ThrushTurdus maculirostris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Euscarthmus fulvicepsEuscarthmus fulviceps
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- Plumbeous-backed ThrushTurdus reevei
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- One-coloured BecardPachyramphus homochrous
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Collared AntshrikeThamnophilus bernardi
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Short-tailed Field-tyrantMuscigralla brevicauda
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- White-tailed JayCyanocorax mystacalis
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruviana
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
Other birds44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ecuadorian Ground-DoveColumbina buckleyi
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestis
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Gray-cheeked ParakeetBrotogeris pyrrhopteraVU
- Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amazilia
- Croaking Ground-DoveColumbina cruziana
- Pale-browed TinamouCrypturellus transfasciatusNT
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- Scarlet-backed WoodpeckerVeniliornis callonotus
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- West Peruvian DoveZenaida meloda
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- Whooping MotmotMomotus subrufescens
- Red-masked ParakeetAratinga erythrogenys
- Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterus
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraVU
- Short-tailed WoodstarMyrmia micrura
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Plumbeous PigeonPatagioenas plumbea
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Red-billed ParrotPionus sordidus
- Ecuadorian PiculetPicumnus sclateri
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/20°64 mm
- Feb28°/20°110 mm
- Mar28°/21°130 mm
- Apr28°/20°61 mm
- May29°/20°28 mm
- Jun29°/19°15 mm
- Jul29°/18°12 mm
- Aug30°/18°8 mm
- Sep30°/18°8 mm
- Oct28°/19°17 mm
- Nov28°/19°20 mm
- Dec28°/20°28 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
La Tembladera.
Wetland in El Oro Province, Ecuador
La Tembladera is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ecuador.
162 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,767 open records.
The most recorded are the Great White Egret, the Black-bellied Whistling Duck and the Furnarius leucopus.
15 species come for the summer, 25 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Gray-cheeked Parakeet and Rufous-headed Chachalaca.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- B.I. MOT # 2.campsite · 4.9 km · 2 within 10 km
- ADONISplace to stay · 5.3 km · 24 within 10 km
- Santa Rosanearest town · 5.2 km in a straight line
- Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport (ETR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at CUE airport (Cuenca)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmB.I. MOT # 2., BIMOT. # 1 CONSTITUCION.
- 24places to stay within 10 kmADONIS, Hotel California Santa Rosa, Divono Niño and 21 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around La Tembladera.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmAlbaja · 12 kmCerro La Torata · 18 kmVerdún · 22 kmCerro Negro · 23 kmDardococha · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
La Tembladera
Ecuador
- 56Birdyas Score
- 162Species
- 40Migrants
- 2Threatened
Tumbes Mangals National Sanctuary
Peru · 32 km
- 61Birdyas Score
- 180Species
- 49Migrants
- 3Threatened
Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves
Ecuador · 106 km
- 66Birdyas Score
- 206Species
- 63Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q27925690) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,767 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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