Bird Photos from Ecuador
1st - 21st April 2026
In the previous post we summarized our recent trip to Ecuador and showed a aselection of photos illustrating the places we visited. In this post I am showing the best of the bird photos. These were mostly taken around the lodges and at hummingbird gardens, and were all shot with my Nikon D850 with 200 mm lens (+/- 1.7 x extension).
We have tried our best to correctly identify the hummingbirds ... even with a photograph and the time to consult the guidebook and Merlin App there some we were not sure about ... and there may be one or two other errors!
Mike
Gould's Jewelfront
Violet Fronted Brilliant
Violet Fronted Brilliant
Violet Fronted Brilliant (f)
White Necked Jacobin
White Necked Jacobin
Crowned Woodnymph
Crowned Woodnymph
Fawn Breasted Brilliant
Sparkling Violet Ears
Sparkling Violet Ears
Unsure!!
Bronzy Inca
Chestnut Breasted Coronet
Chestnut Breasted Coronet
Chestnut Breasted Coronet
Green Crowned Brilliant
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Green Trainbearer (f)
Long Tailed Sylph
Long Tailed Sylph
Long Tailed Sylph
Peruvian Racket Tail
Peruvian Racket Tail
Peruvian Racket Tail
Sword Billed hummingbird
Rainbow Bearded Thornbill
Wire-Crested Thorntail
Fork Tailed Woodnymph
White Tipped Sicklebill
Tawny Bellied Hermit
Shining Sunbeam
Shining Sunbeam
Gorgeted Woodstar
Rufous tailed hummingbird
Unsure ??
Unsure ??
Masked Trogons (male in foreground, female in background)
Masked Trogons (male in foreground, female in background)
Masked Trogon (m)
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Masked Trogon (m)
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Masked Trogon (f)
Black Chested Mountain Tanager
Hooded Mountain Tanager
Scarlet Bellied Mountain Tanager
Turquoise jay
Andean Cock of the Rock
Masked Flower Piercer
Blackburnian Warbler
Pale Edged Flycatcher
Flavescent Flycatcher
Carrunculated CaraCara
Chestnut Crowned Antpitta
White Bellied Antpitta
Chestnut Naped Antpitta
Tawny Antpitta
Montane Woodcreeper
Great Thrush
Torrent ducks (male and female)
Many Banded Aracari
Yellow throated toucan
