Mindo, Ecuador
Mindo is a town in Ecuador, famous for its cloud forests that host some maddeningly large variety of birds.
Red-headed Barbet (Male)
Barbet,
Red-headed Barbet (Female)
Barbet,
Grey-capped Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Zeledon's Antbird (Male)
Antbird,
Lemon-rumped Tanager (Female)
Tanager,
Andean Emerald Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Guayaquil Woodpecker
Woodpecker,
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Euphonia,
Common Squirrel Cuckoo
Cuckoo,
Violet-purple Coronet Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Long-tailed Sylph Hummingbird (Male)
Very hard to differentiate between the long-tailed Sylph and the Purple-tailed. Not sure if this is the right ID
Hummingbird,Very hard to differentiate between the long-tailed Sylph and the Purple-tailed. Not sure if this is the right ID
White-necked Jacobin Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
White-lined Tanager (Female)
Tanager,
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager
Tanager,
White-bellied Woodstar Hummingbird (Female)
Hummingbird,
Scaly-throated Foliage Gleaner
Foliage Gleaner,
Thick-billed Euphonia (Male)
Euphonia,
Lesser Violetear Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Olivaceous Piculet
Piculet,
Fawn-breasted Brilliant Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Lemon-rumped Tanager (Male)
Tanager,
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Toucanet,
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Brown Inca Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Orange-billed Sparrow
Sparrow,
Bay-headed Tanager
Tanager,
Bananaquit
The curiously named Bananaquit is placed in the Tanager family, but I think that placement is disputed. Until they resolve the classification, here it stays in the thraupidae family.
Bananaquit,The curiously named Bananaquit is placed in the Tanager family, but I think that placement is disputed. Until they resolve the classification, here it stays in the thraupidae family.
Brown Violet-ear Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Purple-bibbed Whitetip Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Male)
Hummingbird,
Green-crowned Woodnymph Hummingbird
Shot from the famous Yellow House at Mindo.
Hummingbird,Shot from the famous Yellow House at Mindo.
Green and White Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Blue-Grey Tanager
Tanager,
Social Flycatcher
Flycatcher,
Blue-and-white Swallow
Swallow,
Golden-naped Tanager
A Golden-naped tanager showing off its electric blue plumage.
Tanager,A Golden-naped tanager showing off its electric blue plumage.
