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Long-billed Starthroat (5)

Heliomaster longirostris

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 16 2026

Details: adult

#Pedro Vincente Maldonado
#Frutty Tours
#Pichincha Province

Date uploaded: Mar 14

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: Good colours showing on this individual.
Chris: Amazing…what a place!

Yellow-rumped Cacique (5)

Cacicus cela

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 16 2026

#Pedro Vincente Maldonado
#Frutty Tours
#Pichincha Province

Date uploaded: Mar 14

Comments (1):
Chris: Missed that one. Very nicely captured.

Black-cheeked Woodpecker (6)

Melanerpes pucherani

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 22 2026

Magnificent plumage on this woodpecker. Working backwards, this is the first photo from the day at the Frutty Tours location.

Date uploaded: Mar 13

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Dusky Chlorospingus (4)

Chlorospingus semifuscus

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 23 2026

Satchatamia Lodge, east of Los Bancos.

Date uploaded: Mar 13

Comments (1):
Sue Bishop: Chris, Patricio says Sachatamia is actually in San Tadeo

Black-winged Saltator (4)

Saltator atripennis

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 23 2026

The morning we were heading to Sachatamia Lodge, this showed up at Mirador Rio Blanco. Thanks to Sue and Ahmad for identifying it - the only instance this species appeared during the week I was there.

Date uploaded: Mar 13

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Toucan Barbet (22)

Semnornis ramphastinus

(Near-threatened)

Sue Bishop

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 24 2026

#San Tadeo
#Pichincha Province
#Las Cotingas

Date uploaded: Mar 13

Comments (2):
Brian Morin: Great shot of this very colourful species.
Chris: Agree. What a capture!

Pacific Hornero (4)

Furnarius cinnamomeus

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 23 2026

Another new one for me - thanks to Sue and Ahmad for the ID. Satchatamia Lodge.

Date uploaded: Mar 12

Comments (1):
Sue Bishop: They also call this species and "Ovenbird" due to the shape of it's mud nest.

Great Antshrike (4)

Taraba major

Chris

Ecuador

Date taken: Feb 23 2026

Details: female

"Usually hard to see, because the undergrowth is so thick"...as the field guide says, this wasn't easy. I saw something moving, raised the camera, she saw me and I saw her - one picture and disappeared. Satchatamia Lodge trail.

Date uploaded: Mar 12

Comments (3):
Brian Morin: Given the degree of difficulty, this worked very well.
Chris: Yes, thankful anything at all was possible.