Plumbeous Forest-Falcon

The Chocó is a narrow zone of wet forest, squeezed between the Andes mountains and the Pacific coast of western Ecuador and Colombia. It is home to an incredible diversity of plants and animals, many of which are found nowhere else. BirdLife International recognises the Chocó as having more restricted-range species than any other area in the Americas — there are more endemic birds here than anywhere else in the New World. Much of the original Chocó forest has been destroyed, particularly in the lowlands, but Tandayapa Bird Lodge offers easy access to some of the remaining sites, covering a range of habitats between 400m and 3400m altitude.

The following fifty-eight Chocó endemics have been recorded on day trips from the Lodge, and those with an asterisk are known from the Lodge property itself. Those in bold (forty species) are restricted-range species. For more details, see the Tandayapa Valley and day trips lists.

Plumbeous Forest-Falcon	*Micrastur plumbeus*
*Dark-backed Wood-Quail	*Odontophorus melanonotus*
Brown Wood-Rail	Aramides wolfi
Dusky Pigeon	*Columba goodsoni*
Pallid Dove	Leptotila pallida
Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove	Geotrygon purpurata
Rose-faced Parrot	*Pionopsitta pulchra*
*Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl	Glaucidium nubicola
Chocó Poorwill	*Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi*
White-whiskered Hermit	Phaethornis yaruqui
*Western Emerald	Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
Purple-chested Hummingbird	*Amazilia rosenbergi*
*Purple-bibbed Whitetip	*Urosticte benjamini*
*Empress Brilliant	*Heliodoxa imperatrix*
*Brown Inca	*Coeligena wilsoni*
*Velvet-purple Coronet	*Boissonneaua jardini*
*Gorgeted Sunangel	*Heliangelus strophianus*
*Hoary Puffleg	*Haplophaedia lugens*
*Violet-tailed Sylph	*Aglaiocercus coelestis*
Chocó Trogon	*Trogon comptus*
Orange-fronted Barbet	*Capito squamatus*
Five-colored Barbet	*Capito quinticolor*
*Toucan Barbet	*Semnornis ramphastinus*
Pale-mandibled Araçari	Pteroglossus erythropygius
*Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan	*Andigena laminirostris*
Chocó Toucan	*Ramphastos brevis*
Lita Woodpecker	*Piculus litae*
Double-banded Graytail	Xenerpestes minlosi
Pacific Tuftedcheek	Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
*Uniform Treehunter	*Thripadectes ignobilis*
Esmeraldas Antbird	Myrmeciza nigricauda
Stub-tailed Antbird	*Myrmeciza berlepschi*
*Moustached Antpitta	Grallaria alleni
Yellow-breasted Antpitta	*Grallaria flavotincta*
*Nariño Tapaculo	*Scytalopus vicinior*
Pacific Flatbill	Rhynchocyclus pacificus
Orange-breasted Fruiteater	*Pipreola jucunda*
Long-wattled Umbrellabird	*Cephalopterus penduliger*
Club-winged Manakin	*Machaeropterus deliciosus*
*Beautiful Jay	*Cyanolyca pulchra*
*Black Solitaire	*Entomodestes coracinus*
Chocó Warbler	Basileuterus chlorophrys
Scarlet-breasted Dacnis	*Dacnis berlepschi*
Scarlet-and-white Tanager	*Erythrothlypis salmoni*
*Yellow-collared Chlorophonia	*Chlorophonia flavirostris*
Glistening-green Tanager	*Chlorochrysa phoenicotis*
Rufous-throated Tanager	Tangara rufigula
Gray-and-gold Tanager	Tangara palmeri
Blue-whiskered Tanager	*Tangara johannae*
Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager	*Anisognathus notabilis*
Golden-chested Tanager	*Bangsia rothschildi*
Moss-backed Tanager	*Bangsia edwardsi*
Ochre-breasted Tanager	Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
Scarlet-browed Tanager	Heterospingus xanthopygius
*Dusky Bush-Tanager	*Chlorospingus semifuscus*
Yellow-green Bush-Tanager	*Chlorospingus flavovirens*
*Western Hemispingus	Hemispingus ochraceus
Tanager Finch	*Oreothraupis arremonops*