Ecuador Ramsar wetland
Limoncocha National Biological Reserve
574 bird species recorded; the most in May and from October to December.
Leosanchez2011 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
444 species in January.438 species in February.435 species in March.310 species in April.447 species in May.326 species in June.415 species in July.410 species in August.388 species in September.452 species in October.445 species in November.473 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
574 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).
- 574Speciesrecorded more than once
- 117Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 87,900Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 247 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 40Raptors
- 10Owls
- 18Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 20Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 313Songbirds
- 162Other 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 574 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Greater Yellow-headed VultureCathartes melambrotus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Black CaracaraDaptrius ater
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Leucopternis schistaceusLeucopternis schistaceus
- Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaVU
- Grey-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
- King VultureSarcoramphus papa
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
- Red-throated CaracaraIbycter americanus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Black Hawk-eagleSpizaetus tyrannus
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Lined Forest FalconMicrastur gilvicollis
- Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatusNT
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Leucopternis albicollisLeucopternis albicollis
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
- Barred Forest-FalconMicrastur ruficollis
- Slaty-backed Forest-FalconMicrastur mirandollei
- Buckley's Forest-FalconMicrastur buckleyi
- Black-faced HawkLeucopternis melanops
- Tiny HawkAccipiter superciliosus
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Black-and-White Hawk-EagleSpizaetus melanoleucus
Owls10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
- Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
- Tawny-bellied Screech OwlMegascops watsonii
- Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
- Black-banded OwlStrix huhula
- Striped OwlPseudoscops clamator
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Pied PloverHoploxypterus cayanus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- South American SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Horned ScreamerAnhima cornuta
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Herons, ibises & grebes20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Capped HeronPilherodius pileatus
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensis
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Zigzag HeronZebrilus undulatus
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- Agami HeronAgamia agamiNT
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Fasciated Tiger-heronTigrisoma fasciatum
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds313 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Russet-backed OropendolaPsarocolius angustifrons
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Black-capped DonacobiusDonacobius atricapilla
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Red-capped CardinalParoaria gularis
- Lesser KiskadeePitangus lictor
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
- Magpie TanagerCissopis leverianus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Violaceous JayCyanocorax violaceus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Thrush-like WrenCampylorhynchus turdinus
- Silver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carbo
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Gray-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Masked Crimson TanagerRamphocelus nigrogularis
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Black-billed ThrushTurdus ignobilis
- White-shouldered AntbirdAkletos melanoceps
- Bare-necked FruitcrowGymnoderus foetidus
- Buff-throated WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus guttatus
- White-lored AntpittaHylopezus fulviventris
- Saltator coerulescensSaltator coerulescens
- Long-billed WoodcreeperNasica longirostris
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- Turquoise TanagerTangara mexicana
- Cinnamon AttilaAttila cinnamomeus
- Solitary CaciqueCacicus solitarius
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Plumbeous AntbirdMyrmeciza hyperythra
- White-banded SwallowAtticora fasciata
- Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
- Black-spotted Bare-eyePhlegopsis nigromaculata
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Cinnamon-throated WoodcreeperDendrexetastes rufigula
- Short-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus ferox
- Chestnut-bellied SeedeaterSporophila castaneiventris
- Ramphocaenus melanurusRamphocaenus melanurus
- White-wingedPachyramphus polychopterus
- Black-tailed TityraTityra cayana
- Yellow-browed SparrowAmmodramus aurifrons
- Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Blackish AntbirdCercomacra nigrescens
- White-lored EuphoniaEuphonia chrysopasta
- Plum-throated CotingaCotinga maynana
- Plain-throated AntwrenIsleria hauxwelli
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Orange-fronted PlushcrownMetopothrix aurantiaca
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Yellow-browed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum chrysocrotaphum
- Chestnut-bellied Seed FinchSporophila angolensis
- Rufous-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia rufiventris
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Silvered AntbirdSclateria naevia
- Opal-crowned TanagerTangara callophrys
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Buff-breasted WrenCantorchilus leucotis
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Oriole BlackbirdGymnomystax mexicanus
- Xiphorhynchus picusXiphorhynchus picus
- Wire-tailed ManakinPipra filicauda
- Amazonian UmbrellabirdCephalopterus ornatus
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus obsoletus
- Purple-throated FruitcrowQuerula purpurata
- Dusky-throated AntshrikeThamnomanes ardesiacus
- Peruvian Warbling-antbirdHypocnemis peruviana
- Grey-headed TanagerEucometis penicillata
- Drab Water-TyrantOchthornis littoralis
- Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Spot-winged AntbirdSchistocichla leucostigma
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- Dendrocolaptes picumnusDendrocolaptes picumnus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Blue-crowned manakinLepidothrix coronata
- Castelnau's AntshrikeThamnophilus cryptoleucus
- Coraya WrenPheugopedius coraya
- Swallow TanagerTersina viridis
- Yellow-bellied DacnisDacnis flaviventer
- Elegant WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus elegans
- Cinereous AntshrikeThamnomanes caesius
- Southern Nightingale-WrenMicrocerculus marginatus
- Spot-backed AntbirdHylophylax naevius
- Gray-crowned FlycatcherTolmomyias poliocephalus
- White-bellied SpinetailSynallaxis propinqua
- Black-faced AntbirdMyrmoborus myotherinus
- Opal-rumped TanagerTangara velia
- Yellow-breasted FlycatcherTolmomyias flaviventris
- Ornate AntwrenEpinecrophylla ornata
- Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
- Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
- White-flanked AntwrenMyrmotherula axillaris
- Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatusEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
- Amazonian OropendolaPsarocolius bifasciatus
- Green-and-gold TanagerTangara schrankii
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Plain-winged AntshrikeThamnophilus schistaceus
- Musician WrenCyphorhinus arada
- Amazonian Streaked-AntwrenMyrmotherula multostriata
- White-cheeked AntbirdGymnopithys leucaspis
- Grey AntwrenMyrmotherula menetriesii
- Ecuadorian CaciqueCacicus sclateri
- Dark-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albigularis
- Paradise TanagerTangara chilensis
- White-rumped SirystesSirystes albocinereus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Purple HoneycreeperCyanerpes caeruleus
- Cocha AntshrikeThamnophilus praecoxNT
- Chestnut-belted GnateaterConopophaga aurita
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- White-breasted Wood-wrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Amazonian Barred-WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes certhia
- Pygmy AntwrenMyrmotherula brachyura
- Mouse-colored AntshrikeThamnophilus murinus
- Slender-footed TyrannuletZimmerius gracilipes
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Grey AntbirdCercomacra cinerascens
- Spot-winged AntshrikePygiptila stellaris
- Pink-throated BecardPachyramphus minor
- Sooty AntbirdMyrmeciza fortis
- Rusty-belted TapaculoLiosceles thoracicus
- Mottle-backed ElaeniaElaenia gigas
- White-vented EuphoniaEuphonia minuta
- Fuscous FlycatcherCnemotriccus fuscatus
- Black-faced DacnisDacnis lineata
- Common Scale-backed AntbirdWillisornis poecilinotus
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
- Loriotus luctuosusLoriotus luctuosus
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
- Fasciated AntshrikeCymbilaimus lineatus
- Reddish-winged Bare-eyePhlegopsis erythroptera
- Screaming PihaLipaugus vociferans
- Lawrence's ThrushTurdus lawrencii
- Spangled CotingaCotinga cayana
- Orange-headed TanagerThlypopsis sordida
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Stilpnia nigrocinctaStilpnia nigrocincta
- Thrush-like AntpittaMyrmothera campanisona
- Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleanerAutomolus rufipileatus
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- Loriotus cristatusLoriotus cristatus
- Striated AntthrushChamaeza nobilis
- Sulphury FlycatcherTyrannopsis sulphurea
- Rufous-capped AntthrushFormicarius colma
- White-necked ThrushTurdus albicollis
- Yellow-crowned ElaeniaMyiopagis flavivertex
- Black-tailed LeaftosserSclerurus caudacutus
- Yellow-margined FlycatcherTolmomyias assimilis
- Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleanerPhilydor pyrrhodes
- Green ManakinXenopipo holochlora
- Wing-barred SeedeaterSporophila americana
- Amazonian GrosbeakCyanoloxia rothschildii
- Spotted Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum maculatum
- Chestnut-winged HookbillAncistrops strigilatus
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Dwarf Tyrant-ManakinTyranneutes stolzmanni
- Red-crowned Ant-tanagerHabia rubica
- Velvet-fronted GrackleLampropsar tanagrinus
- Green OropendolaPsarocolius viridis
- Red-breasted MeadowlarkSturnella militaris
- White-bearded ManakinManacus manacus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- White-shouldered AntshrikeThamnophilus aethiops
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysops
- Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Moustached AntwrenMyrmotherula ignota
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Forest ElaeniaMyiopagis gaimardii
- Lesser wagtail tyrantStigmatura napensis
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Psarocolius oseryiPsarocolius oseryi
- Lesser HorneroFurnarius minor
- Purple-throated CotingaPorphyrolaema porphyrolaema
- White-browed PurpletuftIodopleura isabellae
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Olive-backed Foliage-gleanerAutomolus infuscatus
- Dugand's AntwrenHerpsilochmus dugandi
- Rufous-tailed StipplethroatEpinecrophylla erythrura
- Yellow-bellied TanagerIxothraupis xanthogastra
- Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezus
- Amazonian Plain XenopsXenops genibarbis
- Parker's SpinetailCranioleuca vulpecula
- Fulvous-crested TanagerTachyphonus surinamus
- Hauxwell's ThrushTurdus hauxwelli
- Orange-eyed FlatbillTolmomyias traylori
- Pale-eyed BlackbirdAgelasticus xanthophthalmus
- Guira TanagerHemithraupis guira
- Fulvous Shrike-TanagerLanio fulvus
- Lesson's SeedeaterSporophila bouvronides
- Red-rumped CaciqueCacicus haemorrhous
- Tawny-crowned GreenletHylophilus ochraceiceps
- Dusky-chested FlycatcherMyiozetetes luteiventris
- Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatus
- Citron-bellied AttilaAttila citriniventris
- Black-and-white AntbirdMyrmochanes hemileucus
- Black AntbirdCercomacra serva
- Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
- Dot-backed AntbirdHylophylax punctulatus
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Double-banded Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus vitiosus
- Grayish MournerRhytipterna simplex
- Greater SchiffornisSchiffornis major
- White-ringed FlycatcherConopias albovittatus
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Eastern WoodhaunterHyloctistes subulatus
- Wing-barred PipritesPiprites chloris
- Black-throated AntbirdMyrmeciza atrothorax
- Grey ElaeniaMyiopagis caniceps
- Rusty-fronted Tody-flycatcherPoecilotriccus latirostris
- Yellow-backed TanagerHemithraupis flavicollis
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Ocellated WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus ocellatus
- Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Fulvous AntshrikeFrederickena fulva
- White-lored TyrannuletOrnithion inerme
- River TyrannuletSerpophaga hypoleuca
- Red-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Golden-headed ManakinPipra erythrocephala
- Blue-backed ManakinChiroxiphia pareola
- Short-billed HoneycreeperCyanerpes nitidus
- Rio Suno AntwrenMyrmotherula sunensis
- Amazonian Royal FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatus
- Ruddy SpinetailSynallaxis rutilans
- Long-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula longipennis
- Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosa
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- Ruddy Foliage-gleanerAutomolus rubiginosus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Dusky LeaftosserSclerurus obscurior
- Brownish TwistwingCnipodectes subbrunneus
- Ringed AntpipitCorythopis torquatus
- Plain-crowned SpinetailSynallaxis gujanensis
- White-thighed SwallowNeochelidon tibialis
- Black BushbirdNeoctantes niger
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalus
- Long-tailed TyrantColonia colonus
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Black-tailed MyiobiusMyiobius atricaudus
- Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleri
- Tawny-throated LeaftosserSclerurus mexicanus
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
- Olivaceous FlatbillRhynchocyclus olivaceus
- Black-capped BecardPachyramphus marginatus
- Orange-crested ManakinHeterocercus aurantiivertex
- Short-tailed Pygmy TyrantMyiornis ecaudatus
- Riverside black tyrantKnipolegus orenocensis
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Rufous-tailed FlatbillRamphotrigon ruficauda
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Dusky SpinetailSynallaxis moesta
- Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleanerPhilydor erythropterum
- Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleanerPhilydor erythrocercum
- Plain SofttailThripophaga fusciceps
- Chestnut-crowned BecardPachyramphus castaneus
- Dusky-capped GreenletHylophilus hypoxanthus
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Duida WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes duidae
- Stilpnia cyanicollisStilpnia cyanicollis
- Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchoneti
- Speckled SpinetailCranioleuca gutturata
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrola
- White-shouldered AntbirdMyrmeciza melanoceps
- Blue-black GrosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides
- Lunulated AntbirdGymnopithys lunulatus
- Swainson's FlycatcherMyiarchus swainsoni
- Short-billed LeaftosserSclerurus rufigularis
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Black-chined antbirdHypocnemoides melanopogon
- Banded AntbirdDichrozona cincta
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- Undulated AntshrikeFrederickena unduliger
- Riverbank WarblerMyiothlypis rivularis
- Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
- White-eyed Tody-tyrantHemitriccus zosterops
- Golden-winged Tody-flycatcherPoecilotriccus calopterus
- White-chinned WoodcreeperDendrocincla merula
- Southern MartinProgne elegans
- Grey SeedeaterSporophila intermedia
- Wing-banded WrenMicrocerculus bambla
- Golden-crowned SpadebillPlatyrinchus coronatus
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Atlantic Plain XenopsXenops minutus
- Point-tailed PalmcreeperBerlepschia rikeri
- Half-collared GnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventris
- Yellow-browed AntbirdHypocnemis hypoxantha
- Lined AntshrikeThamnophilus tenuepunctatus
Other birds162 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- HoatzinOpisthocomus hoazin
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Scarlet-crowned BarbetCapito aurovirens
- Speckled ChachalacaOrtalis guttata
- Cobalt-winged ParakeetBrotogeris cyanoptera
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- White-eared JacamarGalbalcyrhynchus leucotis
- Tellow-tufted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cruentatus
- Red-bellied MacawOrthopsittaca manilata
- Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
- Fork-tailed Palm-swiftTachornis squamata
- White-throated ToucanRamphastos tucanus
- Gilded BarbetCapito auratus
- Black-fronted NunbirdMonasa nigrifrons
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Dusky-headed ParakeetAratinga weddellii
- Many-banded AracariPteroglossus pluricinctus
- Spot-breasted WoodpeckerColaptes punctigula
- Chestnut-eared AraçariPteroglossus castanotis
- Grey-fronted DoveLeptotila rufaxilla
- Chestnut-fronted MacawAra severus
- Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
- Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- Undulated TinamouCrypturellus undulatus
- Amazonian MotmotMomotus momota
- Cream-colored WoodpeckerCeleus flavus
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Brown JacamarBrachygalba lugubris
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- Plumbeous PigeonPatagioenas plumbea
- Lettered AraçariPteroglossus inscriptus
- Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- White-bearded HermitPhaethornis hispidus
- Great PotooNyctibius grandis
- Green-and-rufous KingfisherChloroceryle inda
- Swallow-wingChelidoptera tenebrosa
- Chionomesa fimbriataChionomesa fimbriata
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Cinereous TinamouCrypturellus cinereus
- Little WoodpeckerVeniliornis passerinus
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Green-backed TrogonTrogon viridis
- Piaya minutaPiaya minuta
- Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
- Black-headed ParrotPionites melanocephalus
- Southern Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
- Blue-winged ParrotletForpus xanthopterygius
- Yellow-billed NunbirdMonasa flavirostris
- Golden-collared ToucanetSelenidera reinwardtii
- Chestnut WoodpeckerCeleus elegans
- Rufous-breasted HermitGlaucis hirsutus
- Aratinga leucophthalmaAratinga leucophthalma
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- Great-billed HermitPhaethornis malaris
- Penelope jacquacuPenelope jacquacu
- Ladder-tailed NightjarHydropsalis climacocerca
- Channel-billed ToucanRamphastos vitellinus
- White-fronted NunbirdMonasa morphoeus
- Scarlet MacawAra macao
- Ringed WoodpeckerCeleus torquatus
- Great TinamouTinamus major
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Black-throated HermitPhaethornis atrimentalis
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- White-chinned JacamarGalbula tombacea
- Chestnut-capped PuffbirdBucco macrodactylus
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
- Rufous-sided CrakeLaterallus melanophaius
- Straight-billed HermitPhaethornis bourcieri
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- SunbitternEurypyga helias
- Talaphorus chlorocercusTalaphorus chlorocercus
- Blue-throated Piping GuanPipile cumanensis
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Waved WoodpeckerCeleus undatus
- Broad-billed MotmotElectron platyrhynchum
- Blue-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon mellisugus
- Fork-tailed WoodnymphThalurania furcata
- Maroon-tailed ParakeetPyrrhura melanura
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Lemon-throated BarbetEubucco richardsoni
- Rufous-headed WoodpeckerCeleus spectabilis
- Amazonian TrogonTrogon ramonianus
- Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Ivory-billed AracariPteroglossus azara
- Golden-tailed SapphireChrysuronia oenone
- White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchus
- Scarlet-shouldered ParrotletTouit huetii
- Trogon melanurusTrogon melanurus
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Lafresnaye's PiculetPicumnus lafresnayi
- Pale-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes leucurus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Red-stained WoodpeckerVeniliornis affinis
- Dusky-billed ParrotletForpus modestus
- Aramides cajaneaAramides cajanea
- Yellow-breasted CrakePorzana flaviventer
- White-chested PuffbirdMalacoptila fusca
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Yellow-throated WoodpeckerPiculus flavigula
- White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatusNT
- Pionopsitta barrabandiPionopsitta barrabandi
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Purplish JacamarGalbula chalcothorax
- Blue-crowned TrogonTrogon curucui
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventris
- Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterus
- Grey-winged TrumpeterPsophia crepitans
- Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolor
- Collared PuffbirdBucco capensis
- Brown NunletNonnula brunnea
- Black-bellied CuckooPiaya melanogaster
- Marbled Wood-quailOdontophorus gujanensis
- Sand-colored NighthawkChordeiles rupestris
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blackish NightjarNyctipolus nigrescens
- Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus
- Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectus
- Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolata
- Reddish HermitPhaethornis ruber
- Gray-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus largipennis
- Bartlett's TinamouCrypturellus bartletti
- Pale-rumped SwiftChaetura egregia
- Paint-billed CrakeNeocrex erythrops
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Variegated TinamouCrypturellus variegatus
- Gould's BrilliantHeliodoxa aurescens
- Golden-green WoodpeckerPiculus chrysochloros
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed PotooNyctibius aethereus
- Chestnut-headed CrakeAnurolimnas castaneiceps
- Great JacamarJacamerops aureus
- Buff-tailed SicklebillEutoxeres condamini
- Red-necked WoodpeckerCampephilus rubricollis
- Salvin's CurrasowMitu salvini
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Black-eared FairyHeliothryx auritus
- White-throated WoodpeckerPiculus leucolaemus
- White-chested SwiftCypseloides lemosi
- Sapphire Quail-DoveGeotrygon saphirina
- Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatus
- Yellow-billed JacamarGalbula albirostris
- Phyllaemulor bracteatusPhyllaemulor bracteatus
- Nocturnal CurassowNothocrax urumutum
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Long-tailed HermitPhaethornis superciliosus
- Black-bellied ThorntailDiscosura langsdorffi
- Spot-fronted SwiftCypseloides cherriei
- Scaly-breasted WoodpeckerCeleus grammicus
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 May and from October to December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/22°164 mm
- Feb29°/22°188 mm
- Mar28°/22°235 mm
- Apr28°/22°225 mm
- May28°/21°240 mm
- Jun27°/20°218 mm
- Jul27°/20°181 mm
- Aug29°/20°144 mm
- Sep30°/21°147 mm
- Oct29°/22°189 mm
- Nov28°/22°218 mm
- Dec28°/22°210 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Limoncocha National Biological Reserve.
Nature reserve in Ecuador
Limoncocha National Biological Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ecuador, 247 m above the sea.
574 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 87,900 open records.
The most recorded are the Russet-backed Oropendola, the Yellow-rumped Cacique and the Hoatzin.
57 species come for the summer, 55 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Harpy Eagle, Lesser yellowlegs and Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in May and from October to December.
Get there and watch
- Cabañas Supay Cochaplace to stay · 2.3 km · 7 within 10 km
- Limoncochanearest town · 2.9 km in a straight line
- Francisco De Orellana Airport (OCC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at UIO airport (Quito)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
- 7places to stay within 10 kmCabañas Supay Cocha, Hotel Limoncocha, Cabañas Pusara and 4 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
- campsites within 10 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 Limoncocha National Biological Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Limoncocha National Biological Reserve
Ecuador
- 85Birdyas Score
- 574Species
- 117Migrants
- 6Threatened
El Ángel Ecological Reserve
Ecuador · 194 km
- 47Birdyas Score
- 94Species
- 27Migrants
- 1Threatened
Manglares Cayapas-Mataje Ecological Reserve
Ecuador · 319 km
- 36Birdyas Score
- 45Species
- 11Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6549842) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 87,900 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 | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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