Crowned Woodnymph (37)Thalurania colombica Chris Ecuador Date taken: Feb 25 2026 Details: male At the Milpe Reserve Date uploaded: Mar 8 Views: 8 Write comments
Little Pied Flycatcher (1)Ficedula westermanni Krish India 📍 Map Date taken: Feb 18 2026 Details: male, adult Date uploaded: Mar 8 Views: 10 Comments (2): Brian Morin: Excellent captureChris: Congratulations Krish on the first upload of this species. Great one!
Violet-tailed Sylph (64)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 Views: 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 Views: 11 Write comments
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 Views: 8 Write comments
Ornate Flycatcher (6)Myiotriccus ornatus Chris Ecuador Date taken: Feb 25 2026 At the Milpe Reserve east of Los Bancos Date uploaded: Mar 7 Views: 6 Write comments
White-booted Racket-tail (25)Ocreatus underwoodii Chris Ecuador Date taken: Feb 24 2026 Details: male Las Cotingas - the jewels of Ecuador Date uploaded: Mar 7 Views: 10 Write comments
Choco Toucan (11)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 Views: 8 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 Views: 11 Write comments
Buff-rumped Warbler (1)Phaeothlypis fulvicauda Chris Ecuador Date taken: Feb 25 2026 At the same time as several other species were moving through, I thought this might have been a female redstart but only after returning to Canada did I realize it was a new species. Milpe Reserve. Date uploaded: Mar 6 Views: 11 Write comments
