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Overview
Note: This is a summary of the birding opportunities in the area and not an endorsement for the lodge.
Lat: 0 22' 39" S Long: 78 04' 25" W
Guango Lodge is a property owned by Cabañas San Isidro and was opened in the year 2000. It is located at 2,700m (9,000 feet) altitude amid humid temperate forest. Guango lodge is about 1 ½ hour drive from Quito and just 20 km from Papallacta Pass on the eastern slopes of the Andes. The numerous trails that traverse the property provide a wealth of avifuana. There are numerous feeders around the facilities that constantly attract a variety of species of both hummingbirds and flowerpiercers.
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Birds you can see here include:
Roadside Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Plain-breasted Hawk, Black-and-chestnut Eagle, Torrent Duck, Andean Guan, Spotted Sandpiper, Band-tailed Pigeon, White-throated Quail-Dove, Chestnut-collared Swift, White-collared Swift, Pearled Treerunner, Montane Woodcreeper, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Tyrannine Woodcreeper, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Rufous Antpitta, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Chestnut-naped Antpitta, Sparkling Violetear, Speckled Hummingbird, Shining Sunbeam, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Great Sapphirewing, Purple-backed Thornbill, Tyrian Metaltail, White-bellied Woodstar, Buff-tailed Coronet, Mountain Velvetbreast, Collared Inca, Green-fronted Lancebill, Green Violetear, Tourmaline Sunangel, Glowing Puffleg, Golden-breasted Puffleg, Mountain Avocetbill, Long-tailed Sylph, Gorgeted Woodstar, Crested Quetzal, Masked Trogon, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Bar-bellied Woodpecker, Powerful Woodpecker, Barred Becard, White-banded Tyrannulet, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Black Phoebe, Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, Black-capped Tyrannulet, Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet, Smoky Bush-Tyrant, Torrent Tyrannulet, Rufous-breasted Flycatcher, Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Smoke-colored Pewee, Rufous-tailed Tyrant, Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant, Pale-edged Flycatcher, Dusky Piha, Turquoise Jay, Inca Jay, Black-billed Peppershrike, Brown-capped Vireo, Great Thrush, Glossy-black Thrush, White-capped Dipper, Blue-and-white Swallow, Brown-bellied Swallow, Pale-footed Swallow, Rufous Wren, Mountain Wren, Plain-tailed Wren, Black-crested Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Spectacled Whitestart, Canada Warbler, Russet-crowned Warbler, Glossy Flowerpiercer, White-sided Flowerpiercer, Masked Flowerpiercer , Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Red-hooded Tanager, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Blue-and-black Tanager, Black-capped Hemispingus, Superciliaried Hemispingus, Black-eared Hemispingus, Black-headed Hemispingus, Gray-hooded Bush Tanager, Blue-backed Conebill, Capped Conebill, Plushcap, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager, Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager, Fawn-breasted Tanager, , Stripe-headed Brush-Finch, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch, Pale-naped Brush-Finch, White-rimmed Brush-Finch, Slaty Brush-Finch, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Northern Mountain Cacique, Hooded Siskin
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