List of Birds of Ecuador

List Of Birds Of Ecuador

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Ecuador. The avifauna of Ecuador includes a total of 1663 species, of which 44 are endemic, 2 have been introduced by humans, and 19 are rare or accidental. 77 species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follows the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Ecuador.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Ecuador.
  • (E) Endemic A species endemic to Ecuador.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Ecuador as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Tinamous . Penguins . Grebes . Albatrosses . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Flamingos . Screamers . Ducks, Geese and Swans . New World vultures . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Guans, Chachalacas and allies . New World quails . Hoatzin . Limpkins . Trumpeters . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Sungrebe and Finfoots . Sunbittern . Jacanas . Oystercatchers . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Seedsnipes . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Oilbird . Potoos . Nightjars . Swifts . Hummingbirds . Trogons and Quetzals . Kingfishers . Motmots . Jacamars . Puffbirds . Barbets . Toucans . Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines: Ovenbirds . Woodcreepers . Typical antbirds . Antthrushes and Antpittas . Gnateaters . Tapaculos . Cotingas . Manakins . Tyrant flycatchers . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Waxwings . Dippers . Wrens . Mockingbirds and Thrashers . Thrushes and allies . Gnatcatchers . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Vireos . New World warblers . Tanagers . Buntings, Sparrows, and allies . Saltators, Cardinals and allies . Troupials and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies . Sparrows .

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Read more about List Of Birds Of Ecuador:  Tinamous, Penguins, Grebes, Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm Petrels, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Screamers, Ducks, Geese and Swans, New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Guans, Chachalacas and Allies, New World Quails, Hoatzin, Limpkins, Trumpeters, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Sungrebe and Finfoots, Sunbittern, Jacanas, Oystercatchers, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Seedsnipes, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls and Terns, Skimmers, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Macaws and Allies, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Oilbird, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Trogons and Quetzals, Kingfishers, Motmots, Jacamars, Puffbirds, Barbets, Toucans, Woodpeckers and Allies, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Antthrushes, Antpittas, Gnateaters, Tapaculos, Cotingas, Manakins, Sapayoa, Tyrant Flycatchers, Becards and Tityras, Sharpbill, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Waxwings, Dippers, Wrens, Donacobius, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Thrushes and Allies, Gnatcatchers, Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies, Vireos, New World Warblers, Tanagers, Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies, Saltators, Cardinals and Allies, Troupials and Allies, Siskins, Crossbills and Allies, Sparrows

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