Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua
Prov. Pichincha, Ecuador
Birds of Pululahua
2007 - 2010
www.PululahuaHostal.com
Birds of Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve
At 1800 to 3300 MASL (5900 to 10800 ft) is a medium-to-high-altitude reserve located north of Volcano Pichincha with 3383 hectares (8359.27 acres). It is located just west of Mitad del Mundo and has been our home for 5 wonderful years of peaceful living. The name “Pululahua” is a Quichua word that means “cloud of water” or fog. This name is a good match to this caldera since every day it gets covered with fog usually in the afternoon. This moisture comes from the west, from the direction of the coast. This moisture travels northeast through the Guayllabamba river gorge and condenses in the form of fog when it enters the cool environment of the caldera. Click here for a full description.
Click Here for our Bird List from our photos. The actual bird list is larger and needs to be completed, we are looking for volunteers who want to do this.
This place is also home for great variety of birds that live at peace in the micro-climates that have developed in this exotic volcanic land. There is a great assortment of trails covering all the altitude ranges, trail lengths, and difficulties. Depending on your interests we can bird from half day tours to multiple days. Pululahua is home for the Rusty-breasted Antpitta which is was recently discovered in 2003. We also go in search of the the rare White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant which lives in a semi arid area near Calacali. With some luck and patience we will get a quick visit of the exotic Ocellated Tapaculo that comes out of the thick and dark mountain bamboo or his relative the Blackish Tapaculo. We can see the Burrowing Owl in plain day and the Barn Owl at night. This reserve has continues to surprise us with new birds every time we go out and search for them. Click here to download our current bird list.
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BIRDS OF PULULAHUA
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Andean Condor
Vultur gryphus
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Turkey-Vulture
Cathartes sura
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Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
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Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Juvenile
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Short-tailed Hawk
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White-throated Hawk
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Plain-breasted Hawk (Dark Morph)
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Carunculated Caracara
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Black-chested
Buzzard Eagle
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Peregrine Falcon
Juvenile
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Peregrine Falcon
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American Kestrel
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Andean Guan
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Sickle-winged-Guan
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Eared-Dove
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Band-tailed Pigeon
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Common Ground Dove
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Parrot sp.
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Squirrel Cuckoo
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Smooth-billed Ani
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Burrowing Owl
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Great-Horned-Owl Buho-virginianus
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Band-winged Nightjar
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White-tipped Swift
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White-collard Swift
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Speckled Hummingbird
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Purple-collared Woodsar
Myrtis-fanny
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White-bellied Woodstar male
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White-bellied Woodstar
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Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
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Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
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Western Emerald
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
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Giant Hummingbird
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Collared Inca
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Buff-winged Starfrontler
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Black-tailed Trainbearer
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Green-tailed Trainbearer
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Mountain Velvetbreast
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Sapphire-vented Puffleg
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Tyrian Metaltail
Metallura tyrianthina
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Turquise Jay
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Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
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Bar-bellied Woodpecker
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Montane Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
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Azaras spinetail
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Rufous Wren (juvenile)
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White-browed Spinetail
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Spinetail Sp.
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Rusty-breasted Antpitta
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Undulated Antpitta
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Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
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Tawny Antpitta
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Long-tailed-Antbird
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Ocelleated Tapaculo
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Blackish Tapaculo
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Olive-striped Flycatcher
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White-crested-Elaenia
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Sierra Elaenia
Elaenia pallatangae
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Tufted Tit-Tyrant
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Cinnamon Flycatcher
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Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet
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White-banded Tyrannulet
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Smoke-colored Pewe
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Flavescent Flycatcher
Myiophobus flavicans
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Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant
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Smoky Bush-Tyrant
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Vermillion Flycatcher
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Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant
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Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant
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Black-Phoebe
Sayornis-Nigricans
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Dusky-capped Flycatcher
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Tropical Kingbird
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Golden-crowned Flycatcher
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Red-Crested Cotinga
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Barred Fruiteater
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Brown-bellied Swallow
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Blue-and-white Swallow
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Plain-tailed Wren
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Rufous Wren
© Raúl Demagel
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Great Thrush
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Glossy-black Thrush
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Blackburnian Warbler
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Slate-throated Whitestart
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Specktacled Whitestart
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Black-crested Warbler
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Russet-crowned Warbler
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Cinereus Conebill
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Capped Conebill
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Masked Flowerpiercer
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Black Flowerpiercer
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Rusty Flowerpiercer
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Rusty Flowerpiercer
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White-sided Flowerpiercer
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Golden-rumped Euphonia
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Blue-and-black Tanager
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Hooded-Mountain Tanager
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Rufous-chested Tanager
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Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager
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Plushcap
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Golden-crowned Tanager
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Fawn-breasted Tanager
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Blue-and-yellow
Tanager
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Blue-and-yellow
Tanager
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Blue-capped
Tanager
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Blue-gray-Tanager
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Blue-Winged Mountain Tanager
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Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager
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Golden-naped Tanager
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Grass-green Tanager
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Scrub Tanager
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Southern Yellow-Grosbeak
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Lesser Goldfinch
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Hooded Siskin
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Grassland Yellow-Finch
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Black-and-white Seedeater
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Black-and-white Seedeater
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Plain-colored Seedeater
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Ash-breasted
Sierra Finch
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Rufous-naped
Brush Finch
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Tricolored Brush Finch
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White-winged
Brush Finch
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Chestnut-capped
Brush Finch
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Stripe-headed
Brush Finch
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Rufous-collared Sparrow
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Phone:
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593-991914333
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