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Golden-naped Tanager (20)

Tangara ruficervix

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

Las Cotingas Reserve

Date uploaded: Mar 8

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Golden-naped Tanager (20)

Tangara ruficervix

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

At Las Cotingas Reserve

Date uploaded: Mar 8

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Crowned Woodnymph (40)

Thalurania colombica

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 25 2026

Details: male

At the Milpe Reserve

Date uploaded: Mar 8

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Violet-tailed Sylph (67)

Aglaiocercus coelestis

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

The Las Cotingas Reserve was simply spectacular. Hard to keep up with the bird activity.

Date uploaded: Mar 7

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: That's a great problem to have.
Chris: Managed to cover about 2 of the 6 stops/mornings so far. Trying to do everything a bit quicker while things are fresh. It was a mental and physical workout everyday…but had the luck of being with Sue and Ahmad, who helped immensely.

Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant (1)

Pseudotriccus pelzelni

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

Tricky species in the underbrush and took some time to ID. Las Cotingas Reserve

Date uploaded: Mar 7

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Smoke-colored Pewee (2)

Contopus fumigatus

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

One of great advancements in birding has been via Merlin - where even high up, far away in the canopy you can have an idea what is calling with the sound recordings. Las Cotingas Reserve.

Date uploaded: Mar 7

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Ornate Flycatcher (7)

Myiotriccus ornatus

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 25 2026

At the Milpe Reserve east of Los Bancos

Date uploaded: Mar 7

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White-booted Racket-tail (30)

Ocreatus underwoodii

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

Details: male

Las Cotingas - the jewels of Ecuador

Date uploaded: Mar 7

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Choco Toucan (12)

Ramphastos brevis

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 25 2026

At the Milpe Reserve - only chance to photograph this species up close, as all other encounters were with birds high up in trees

Date uploaded: Mar 7

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: An opportunity worth waiting for. Nice profile.
Chris: It was a great way to start the day. The reserve has a great bit of ingenuity in that a blind of sorts with a light is setup to attract insects, which in turn brings in insect-eating birds.

Chestnut-backed Antbird (2)

Myrmeciza exsul

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 25 2026

Thanks to Sue and Ahmad later for the ID - another bird moving in a flurry of activity at the Milpe Reserve.

Date uploaded: Mar 6

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Author: Chris