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Ecuador
Bird List |
345 birds seen by the Dodges on
this trip
from Sept 13-Oct. 3, 2005, including 225 new species.Many additional birds were seen and
heard by our traveling companions, Ruth Marie and Jimmy Lyons, Marco
Morales and guide Charlie Gomez, with assistance from our driver
Edwin Herrera. The trip was arranged by Ruth Marie, through Neblina
Forest. |
|
COMMON NAME |
GENUS |
SPECIES |
|
Agami (Chestnut-bellied) heron |
Agamia |
agamia |
|
Amazon kingfisher |
Alcedinida |
unknown |
|
Amazonian white-tailed trogon |
Trogon |
viridis |
|
American anhinga |
Anhinga |
anhinga |
|
American kestrel |
Falco |
sparverius |
|
American pygmy kingfisher |
Chloroceryle |
aenea |
|
American swallow-tailed kite |
Elanoides |
forficatus |
|
Andean (speckled) teal |
Anas |
andium |
|
Andean cock-of-the-rock (Ecuador) |
Rupicola |
peruviana aequatoralis |
|
Andean condor |
Vultur |
gryphus |
|
Andean coot |
Fulica |
ardesica |
|
Andean emerald |
Amazilia |
franciae |
|
Andean Gull |
Larus |
serranus |
|
Andean lapwing |
Vanellus |
resplendens |
|
Andean ruddy-duck |
Oxyura |
ferruginea |
|
Bananaquit |
Coerba |
flaveola |
|
Band-backed wren |
Campylorhynchus |
zonatus |
|
Band-tailed pigeon |
Columba |
fasciata |
|
Bar-bellied woodpecker |
Veniliornis |
nigerceps |
|
Bare-necked fruitcrow |
Gymnoerus |
foetidus |
|
Barred becard |
Pachyramphus |
versicolor |
|
Bar-winged cinclodes |
Cinclodes |
fuscus |
|
Bay-headed tanager |
Tangara |
gyrola |
|
Beryl-spangled tanager |
Tangara |
nigroviridis |
|
Black caracara |
Falconida |
unknown |
|
Black flowerpiercer |
Diglossa |
humeralis |
|
Black phoebe |
Sayornis |
nigricans |
|
Black vulture |
Coragyps |
atratus |
|
Black-and-white becard |
Pachyramphus |
albogriseus |
|
Black-and-white hawk-eagle |
Spizastur |
melanoleucus |
|
Black-and-white seedeater |
Sporophila |
luctuosa |
|
Black-and-white warbler |
Mniotilta |
varia |
|
Black-backed grosbeak |
Peucticus |
aureoventris |
|
Black-billed peppershrike |
Cyclarhis |
nigirostris |
|
Blackburnian warbler |
Dendroica |
fusca |
|
Black-capped donacobius (Mockingthrush) |
Donacobius |
attricapillus |
|
Black-capped tanager |
Tangara |
heinet |
|
Black-cheeked woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
pucherani |
|
Black-chested buzzard-eagle |
Geranogetus |
melanoleuos |
|
Black-crested warbler |
Basileuterus |
nigrocrisataus |
|
Black-crowned night heron |
Nycticorax |
nyctiocorax |
|
Black-eared hemispingus |
Hemispingus |
melanotis |
|
Blacke-capped hemispingus |
Hemispingus |
atropileus |
|
Black-faced antbird |
Mymoborus |
myotherinus |
|
Black-fronted nunbird |
Bucconida |
unknown |
|
Black-headed grosbeak |
Pheucticus |
melanocephalus |
|
Black-tailed trainbearer |
Lesbia |
victoriae |
|
Black-tailed trogon |
Trogon |
melanurus |
|
Black-winged saltator |
Salator |
atripennis |
|
Blue-and-white swallow |
Ntiocheldion |
cyanoleuca |
|
Blue-and-yellow macaw |
Psittacidae |
unknown |
|
Blue-and-yellow tanager |
Thraupis |
bonariensis |
|
Blue-backed-conebill |
Conirostrum |
sitticolor |
|
Blue-fronted (red-winged) parrotlet |
Touit |
dilectissima |
|
Blue-gray tanager |
Thraupis |
episcopus |
|
Blue-headed parrot |
Pionus |
menstruus |
|
Blue-necked tanager |
Tangara |
cyancolis |
|
Blue-throated (Common) piping guan |
Pipile |
pipile |
|
Blue-winged mountain-tanager |
Anisognathus |
somptuosus |
|
Bluish flowerpiercer |
Diglossopis |
caerulescens |
|
Boat-billed flycatcher |
Megarynchus |
pitangua |
|
Boat-billed heron |
Cochlearius |
cochlearius |
|
Booted racket-tail |
Ocreatus |
underwoodii |
|
Broad-billed motmot |
Electron |
platyrhynchum |
|
Bronze-winged parrot |
Pionus |
chalcoterus |
|
Bronzy Inca |
Coeligena |
coeligena |
|
Brown Inca |
Coeligena |
wilsoni |
|
Brown violet-ear |
Colibri |
delphinae |
|
Brown-bellied swallow |
Notiochelidon |
murina |
|
Brown-billed scythebill |
Campylorhamphus |
pusillus |
|
Brown-capped vireo |
Vireo |
leucophrys |
|
Brown-chested martin |
Progne |
tapera |
|
Buff-breasted wren |
Thryothorus |
leucotis |
|
Buff-fronted foliage-gleaner |
Philydor |
rufus |
|
Buff-tailed coronet |
Boissonneaua |
flavescens |
|
Buff-throated saltator |
Saltator |
maximus |
|
Buff-winged starfrontlet |
Coeligena |
lutetiae |
|
Capped conebill |
Conirostrum |
albifrons |
|
Carunculated caracara |
Phalcoboenus |
caruncclatus |
|
Casqued oropendola |
Clypicterus |
oseryi |
|
Cattle egret |
Bubulcus |
ibis |
|
Chestnut woodpecker |
Celeus |
elegans |
|
Chestnut-breasted coronet |
Boissonneaua |
matthewsii |
|
Chestnut-collared swift |
Cypseloides |
rutilus |
|
Chestnut-fronted macaw |
Psittacida |
unknown |
|
Choco toucan |
Ramphastos |
brevis |
|
Cinereous conebill |
Conirostrum |
cinereum |
|
Cinnamon attila |
Attila |
cinnamomeus |
|
Cinnamon becard |
Pachyramphus |
cinnamomeus |
|
Cinnamon flycatcher |
Pyrrhomyias |
cinnamomea |
|
Citrine warbler |
Basileuterus |
luteoviridis |
|
Cloud Forest pygmy owl |
Glaucidium |
nubicola |
|
Cobalt-winged parakeet |
Brotogeris |
cyanoptera |
|
Cocoa woodcreeper (prev Buff-throated woodcreeper) |
Xiphorhynchus |
guttatus |
|
Collared Inca |
Coeligena |
torquata |
|
Collared trogon |
Trogon |
collaris |
|
Common (scaly) ground dove |
Columbina |
passerina |
|
Common barn owl |
Tyto |
alba |
|
Common potoo |
Nyctibius |
griseus |
|
Common tody-flycatcher |
Todirostrum |
cinereum |
|
Cream-colored woodpecker |
Celeus |
flavus |
|
Crested oropendola |
Icterida |
unknown |
|
Crested quetzal |
Pharomachrus |
antisianus |
|
Crimson-crested woodpecker |
Phloeoceastes |
melanoleucos |
|
Crimson-mantled woodpecker |
Piculus |
rivolii |
|
Crimson-rumped toucanet |
Aulacorhynchus |
haematopygus |
|
Crowned slaty flycatcher |
Griseotyrannus |
aurantioatrocristatus |
|
Curved-bill tinamou |
Nothoprocta |
curvirostris |
|
Double-toothed kite |
Harpagus |
bidentatus |
|
Dusky bush-tanager |
Chlorospingus |
semifuscus |
|
Dusky-capped flycatcher |
Myiarchus |
tuberculifer |
|
Dusky-faced tanager |
Mitrospingus |
cassinii |
|
Eared dove |
Zenaida |
auriculata |
|
Ecuadorian (Bare-eyed) thrush |
Turdus |
maculirostris |
|
Ecuadorian (Chimborazo) hillstar |
Oreotrochilus |
chimborazo chimborazo |
|
Ecuadorian rail |
Rallus |
aequatoralis |
|
Empress brilliant |
Heliodoxa |
imperatrix |
|
Fawn-breasted brilliant |
Heliodoxa |
rubinoides |
|
Flame-faced tanager |
Tangara |
parzudakii |
|
Gilded barbet |
Capito |
auratus |
|
Glossy-black thrush |
Turdus |
serranus |
|
Golden tanager |
Tangara |
rufigula |
|
Golden-crowned tanager |
Iridosornis |
rufivertex |
|
Golden-faced tyrannulet |
Zimmerius |
chrysops |
|
Golden-headed quetzal |
Pharomachrus |
auriceps |
|
Golden-hooded (Golden-masked) tanager |
Tangara |
larvata |
|
Golden-naped tanager |
Tangara |
ruficervix |
|
Golden-olive woodpecker |
Piculus |
rubiginosus |
|
Gorgeted sunangel |
Heliangelus |
strophianus |
|
Gorgeted woodstar |
Chaetocercus |
heliodor |
|
Grass (sedge) wren |
Cistothorus |
platensis |
|
Grass-green tanager |
Chloronis |
riefferii |
|
Gray-breasted martin |
Progne |
chalybea |
|
Gray-hooded-bush-tanager |
Cnemoscopus |
rubrirostris |
|
Gray-necked wood-rail |
Aramides |
cajanea |
|
Great antshrike |
Taraba |
major |
|
Great egret |
Casmerodius |
albus |
|
Great kiskadee |
Pitangus |
sulphuratus |
|
Great potoo |
Nyctibius |
aethereus |
|
Great sapphirewing |
Pterophanes |
cyanopterus |
|
Great thrush |
Turdus |
fuscater |
|
Greater ani |
Crotophaga |
major |
|
Greater yellow-headed vulture |
Cathartida |
unknown |
|
Greater yellowlegs |
Tringa |
melanoleuca |
|
Green honeycreeper |
Chlorophanes |
spiza |
|
Green kingfisher |
Chloroceryle |
americana |
|
Green thorntail |
Discosura |
conversii |
|
Green violet-ear |
Colibri |
thalassinus |
|
Green-and-black fruiteater |
Pipreola |
rieferii |
|
Green-and-rufous kingfisher |
Chloroceryle |
inda |
|
Green-backed (Striated) heron |
Butorides |
striatus |
|
Green-crowned brilliant |
Heliodoxa |
jacula |
|
Green-crowned woodnymph |
Thalurania |
fannyi |
|
Green-fronted lancebill |
Doryfera |
ludovicae |
|
Groove-billed ani |
Crotophaga |
sulcirostris |
|
Guira tanager |
Hemithraupis |
guira |
|
Hoatzin |
Opisthocomus |
hoazin |
|
Hooded mountain-tanager |
Buthraupis |
montana |
|
Hooded siskin |
Spinus |
magellanicus |
|
Hook-billed kite |
Chondrohierax |
uncinatus |
|
House wren |
Troglodytes |
aedon |
|
Inca jay |
Cyanocorax |
yncas |
|
Ivory-billed aracari |
Pteroglossus |
azara |
|
Lacrimose mountain-tanager |
Anisognathus |
lacrymosus |
|
Lemon-rumped tanager |
Ramphocelus |
icteronotus |
|
Lesser kiskadee |
Philohydor |
lictor |
|
Lettered aracari |
Pteroglossus |
inscriptus |
|
Limpkin |
Aramus |
guarauna |
|
Lineated woodpecker |
Dryocopus |
lineatus |
|
Little cuckoo |
Piaya |
minuta |
|
Little woodstar |
Chaetocercus |
bombus |
|
Long-billed starthroat |
Heliomaster |
longirostris |
|
Long-billed woodcreeper |
Nasica |
longirostris |
|
Long-tailed sylph |
Aglaiocerus |
kingi |
|
Many-banded aracari |
Pteroglossus |
plurcinctus |
|
Many-striped canastero |
Asthenes |
flammulata |
|
Maroon-tailed parakeet |
Pyrrhura |
melanura |
|
Masked flowerpiercer |
Diglossopis |
cyanea |
|
Masked trogon |
Trogon |
personatus |
|
Masked water-tyrant |
Fluvicola |
nengeta |
|
Mealy parrot |
Amazona |
farinosa |
|
Montane (Spot-crowned) woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes |
lacrymiger |
|
Mountain velvetbreast |
Lafresnaya |
lafresnayi |
|
Mountain wren |
Troglodytes |
solstitalis |
|
Neotropic cormorant |
Phalacrocoracida |
olivaceus |
|
Neotropical palm-swift |
Tachornis |
squamata |
|
Northern mountain-cacique |
Cacius |
leucoramphus |
|
Olive-crowned yellowthroat |
Geothlypkis |
semiflava |
|
Olive-sided flycatcher |
Contopus |
borealis |
|
One-colored becard |
Platypsaris |
homochrous |
|
Orange-breasted falcon |
Falco |
deiroleucus |
|
Orange-cheeked parrot |
Pionopsitta |
barrabandi |
|
Orange-crowned euphonia |
Euphonia |
saturata |
|
Orange-fronted barbet |
Capito |
squamatus |
|
Orange-winged parrot (Amazon) |
Amazonia |
amazonica |
|
Ornate flycatcher |
Myiotriccus |
ornatus |
|
Osprey |
Pandion |
haliaetus |
|
Pacific hornero |
Furnarius |
cinnamomeus |
|
Pacific parrotlet |
Forpus |
coelestis |
|
Pacific streaked antwren |
Myrmotherula |
pacifica |
|
Pale-mandibled aracari |
Pteroglossus |
erythropygius |
|
Pale-vented pigeon |
Clumba |
cayennensis |
|
Pallid dove |
Leptotila |
pallida |
|
Palm tanager |
Thraupis |
palmarum |
|
Paramo ground-tyrant |
Muscisaxicola |
alpina |
|
Pauraque |
Nyctidromus |
albicollis |
|
Pearled treerunner |
Margaronis |
squamiger |
|
Peruvian meadowlark |
Sturnella |
bellicosa |
|
Plain-colored seedeater |
Catamenia |
inornata |
|
Plain-tailed wren |
Thryothorus |
euophrys |
|
Plate-billed mountain toucan |
Andigena |
laminirostris |
|
Plumbeous kite |
Ictinia |
plumbea |
|
Plumbeous sierra-finch |
Phrygilus |
unicolor |
|
Plum-throated cotinga |
Cotinga |
maynana |
|
Powerful woodpecker |
Campephilus |
pollens |
|
Purple honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes |
caeruleus |
|
Purple-bibbed whitetip |
Urosticte |
benjamini |
|
Purple-throated woodstar |
Calliphlox |
mitchellii |
|
Rainbow starfrontlet |
Coeligena |
iris |
|
Red-bellied macaw |
Ara |
manilata |
|
Red-capped cardinal |
Paroaria |
gularis |
|
Red-crested cotinga |
Ampelion |
rubrocristatus |
|
Red-eyed vireo |
Vireo |
olivaceus |
|
Red-faced spinetail |
Cranioleuca |
erythrop |
|
Red-headed barbet |
Eubucco |
bourcierii |
|
Red-rumped cacique |
Cacicus |
haemorrhous |
|
Red-rumped woodpecker |
Veniliornis |
kirkii |
|
Ringed kingfisher |
Ceryle |
torquata |
|
Roadside hawk |
Buteo |
magnirostris |
|
Rock dove (Rock Pigeon) |
Columba |
livia |
|
Ruddy pigeon |
Columba |
subvinacea |
|
Rufescent Tiger-heron |
Tigrisoma |
lineatum |
|
Rufous motmot |
Baryphtengus |
martii |
|
Rufous spinetail |
Synallaxis |
unirufa |
|
Rufous-bellied nighthawk |
Lurocalis |
rufiventris |
|
Rufous-bellied seedsnipe |
Attagis |
gayi |
|
Rufous-breasted flycatcher |
Leptopogon |
rufipectus |
|
Rufous-breasted hermit |
Glaucis |
hirsuta |
|
Rufous-collared sparrow |
Zonotrichia |
capensis |
|
Rufous-tailed hummingbird |
Amazila |
tzacztl |
|
Rufous-tailed jacamar |
Galbula |
ruficauda |
|
Rufous-vented whitetip |
Urosticte |
ruficrissa |
|
Russet-backed oropendola |
Psarocolius |
angustifrons |
|
Rusty-belted tapaculo |
Liosceles |
thoracicus |
|
Rusty-margined flycatcher |
Myiozetetes |
cayanensis |
|
Saffron-crowned tanager |
Tangara |
xanthocephala |
|
Sapphire-vented Puffleg |
Eriocnemis |
luciani |
|
Scale-breasted (Scaly) woodpecker |
Celeus |
grammicus |
|
Scaled antpitta |
Grallaria |
guatimalensis |
|
Scaled fruiteater |
Ampelioides |
tschudii |
|
Scaly-throated (Spectacled) foliage-gleaner |
Anabacerthia |
variegaticeps |
|
Scarlet-bellied mountain-tanager |
Anisognathus |
igniventris |
|
Scarlet-crowned barbet |
Capito |
aurovirens |
|
Scarlet-rumped cacique |
Cacicus |
micorhynchus |
|
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet |
Touit |
huetii |
|
Scarlet-thighed dacnis |
Dacnis |
venusta |
|
Scrub blackbird |
Dives |
warszewiczi |
|
Shining sunbeam |
Aglaeactis |
cupripennis |
|
Shiny cowbird |
Molothrus |
bonariensis |
|
Short-tailed swift |
Chaetura |
brachyura |
|
Sickle-winged guan |
Chamaepetes |
goudotti |
|
Silver-beaked tanager |
Ramphocelus |
carbo |
|
Slate-colored (Slaty) grosbeak |
Saltator |
cinctus |
|
Slate-throated redstart (or whitestart) |
Myioborus |
miniatus |
|
Slaty (pale-breasted) spinetail |
Synallaxis |
albescens |
|
Slender-billed kite |
Rostrhamus |
hamatus |
|
Smoke-colored (Greater) pewee |
|
|
|
Smoky bush-tyrant |
Myiotheretes |
fumigatus |
|
Smooth-billed ani |
Crotophaga |
ani |
|
Snail kite |
Rostrhamus |
sociabilis |
|
Snowy-throated kingbird |
Tyrannus |
niveigularis |
|
Social flycatcher |
Myiozetetes |
similis |
|
Southern beardless-tyrannulet |
Camptostoma |
obsoletum |
|
Southern Lapwing |
Vanellus |
chilensis |
|
Southern yellow (Golden-bellied) grosbeak |
Pheucticus |
chrysogaster |
|
Spangled cotinga |
Cotinga |
cayana |
|
Sparkling violet-ear |
Colibri |
coruscans |
|
Speckled (Variable) chachalaca |
Ortalis |
guttata |
|
Speckled hummingbird |
Adelomyia |
melanogenys |
|
Spectacled redstart (whitestart) |
Myioborus |
melanocephalus |
|
Spix's woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus |
spixii |
|
Spotted barbtail |
Premnoplex |
brunnescens |
|
Spotted sandpiper |
Actitis |
macularia |
|
Squirrel cuckoo |
Piaya |
cayana |
|
Streak-fronted bush-tyrant |
Myiotheretes |
striaticollis |
|
Streak-necked flycatcher |
Mionectes |
striaticollis |
|
Striped cuckoo |
Tapera |
naevi |
|
Strong-billed woodcreeper |
Xiphocolaptes |
promeropirhynchus |
|
Subtropical cacique |
Cacicus |
uropygalis |
|
Sungrebe |
Heliornis |
fulicia |
|
Superciliaried hemispingus |
Hemispingus |
superciliaris |
|
Swallow tanager |
Tersina |
viridis |
|
Swallow-winged puffbird |
Chelidoptera |
tenebrosa |
|
Sword-billed hummingbird |
Ensifera |
enisfera |
|
Tawny antpitta |
Grallaria |
rufula |
|
Tawny-bellied hermit |
Phaethornis |
syrmatophorus |
|
Thick-billed euphonia |
Euphonia |
laniirostris |
|
Thrush-like wren |
Campylorhynchus |
turdus |
|
Torrent duck |
Merganettan |
armata |
|
Toucan barbet |
Semnornis |
ramphastinus |
|
Tourmaline sunangel |
Heliangelus |
exortis |
|
Tricolored brush-finch |
Atlapetes |
tricolor |
|
Tropical kingbird |
Tyrannus |
melancholicus |
|
Tropical parula |
Parula |
pitayumi |
|
Turkey vulture |
Cathartes |
aura |
|
Turquoise jay |
Cyanolyca |
turcosa |
|
Tyrian metaltail |
Metallura |
tyrianthina |
|
Variable hawk |
Buteo |
polyosoma |
|
Variable seedeater |
Sporophila |
aurita |
|
Velvet-purple coronet |
Boissonneaua |
jardini |
|
Vermilion flycatcher |
Pyrocephalus |
rubinus |
|
Violaceous jay |
Cyanocorax |
violaceus |
|
Violaceous trogon |
Trogon |
violaceus |
|
Violet-bellied hummingbird |
Damophila |
julie |
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Violet-tailed sylph |
Aglaiocercus |
coelestis |
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White-banded swallow |
Hirundinida |
unknown |
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White-banded tyrannulet |
Mecocerculus |
stictopterus |
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White-bellied woodstar |
Chaetocercus |
mulsant |
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White-chinned jacamar |
Galbula |
tombacea |
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White-collared swift |
Streptoprocne |
zonaris |
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White-crested Elaenia |
Elaenia |
albiceps |
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White-eared (Chestnut) jacamar |
Galbalcyrhynchus |
leucotis |
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White-necked Jacobin |
Florisuga |
mellivora |
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White-necked puffbird |
Bucco |
macrorhynchos |
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White-necked thrush |
Turdus |
alicollis |
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White-plumed antbird |
Pithys |
albifrons |
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White-rumped hawk |
Buteo |
leucorrhous |
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White-shouldered tanager |
Tachyphonus |
luctuosus |
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White-thighed swallow |
Neochelidon |
tibialis |
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White-throated crake |
Laterallus |
albigularis |
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White-throated tyrannulet |
Mecocerulus |
leucophrys |
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White-whiskered hermit |
Phaethornis |
yaruqui |
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White-winged becard |
Pachyramphus |
polychopterus |
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White-winged swallow |
Tachycineta |
albiventer |
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Yellow -headed caracara |
Milvago |
chimachima |
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Yellow-bellied seedeater |
Sporphila |
nigricollis |
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Yellow-billed pintail |
Anas |
georgica |
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Yellow-billed tern |
Sterna |
superciliaris |
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Yellow-browed tody-flycatcher |
Todirostrum |
chrysocrotaphum |
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Yellow-crowned parrot (Amazon) |
Amazona |
ochrocephala |
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Yellow-rumped cacique |
Cacicus |
cela |
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Yellow-tailed oriole |
Icterus |
mesomelas |
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Yellow-tufted dacnis |
Dacnis |
egregia |
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Yellow-tufted woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
cruentatus |
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Zigzag heron |
Zebrilus |
undulatus |
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