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Tumbesian Endemic Birding Tour in Southern Ecuador
19-day birding tour in southern Ecuador, from Quito and Buenaventura Reserve through Macara and Zapotillo Roads, Podocarpus National Park and Cordillera del Condor to Cuenca. Overnights are at Hacienda Jimenita, Buenaventura Reserve, Macara, Loja, Valladolid, Zamora, Cordillera del Condor, Giron and Cuenca.
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Sucumbíos Province
Sucumbíos Province covers Ecuador's northern Amazon, from the Andean foothills down to lowland rainforest around Nueva Loja. Its rivers and forest reserves hold a rich Amazonian birdlife.
Read MoreBolívar Province
Bolívar Province lies in the central Ecuadorian highlands around Guaranda, below the Chimborazo massif. High páramo, steep farmland valleys and small Andean towns make up its quiet countryside.
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Carchi Province is Ecuador's northernmost highland province, on the border with Colombia. Its country runs from the dry Chota valley up through páramo and cloud forest toward the El Ángel reserve.
Read MoreSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province lies where the Andean foothills meet Ecuador's coastal lowlands, a warm and humid transition zone of green farmland and remnant forest on the western slope.
Read MoreEl Oro Province
El Oro Province runs from Ecuador's Pacific coast up the western slopes of the Andes, from Machala and the banana lowlands to humid foothill forest and the dry Tumbesian woodland of the south-western endemic birding circuit.
Read MoreCajas National Park
Cajas National Park protects high-elevation páramo and Polylepis woodland west of Cuenca, reaching roughly 4,000 m. Birding the park targets Tawny Antpitta, Stout-billed Cinclodes, the endemic Violet-throated Metaltail, Ecuadorian Hillstar, Ecuadorian Rail, Giant Conebill, Tit-like Dacnis, Blue-mantled Thornbill, Plumbeous Sierra Finch and Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant.
Read MoreYunguilla Reserve
The Yunguilla Reserve near Giron protects the habitat of the Endangered Pale-headed Brushfinch, a country endemic rediscovered in the reserve in 1999 after an absence of 30 years. Further targets include Pale-naped and Grey-browed Brushfinches, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Peruvian Pygmy Owl, Line-cheeked Spinetail, Rainbow Starfrontlet, Fawn-breasted Tanager, Little Woodstar, Blackish Tapaculo, Golden-rumped Euphonia, Black-lored Yellowthroat and, with luck, Scaled Antpitta.
Read MoreMaycu Reserve
Maycu Reserve protects foothill forest in the Cordillera del Condor, south-eastern Ecuador. Birding the reserve's trails targets Speckled Tanager, Collared Puffbird, Hairy-crested Antbird, Peruvian Warbling Antbird, Black Antbird, Purplish Jacamar, Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo, Speckled Spinetail, White-browed Antbird, Blue-crowned and Collared Trogons, Duida Woodcreeper and Many-banded Aracari.
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