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  1. Fawn-breasted Brilliant (female)

    Fawn-breasted Brilliant (female)

    Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides subsp. aequatorialis) Female. Sexes very similar but males have a small pink throat patch instead of green speckling on their throat and chest as with the females. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly...
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    • ecuador fawn-breasted brilliant heliodoxa ribinoides mindo pichincha province subsp. aequatorialis
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  2. Fawn-breasted Brilliant (male)

    Fawn-breasted Brilliant (male)

    Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides subsp. aequatorialis) Male. Sexes very similar but females lack the small pink throat patch and have green speckling on the throat and chest. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m...
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    • ecuador. fawn-breasted brilliant heliodoxa rubinoides mindo pichincha province subsp. aequatorialis
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  3. Hoary Puffleg

    Hoary Puffleg

    Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) This is a very uncommon hummingbird, at least in Ecuador. Even when you know they are around they are hard to pick out. Sexes similar. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft)...
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    • ecuador. hoary puffleg (haplophaedia lugens mindo pichincha province
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  4. Hoary Puffleg

    Hoary Puffleg

    Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens) This is a very uncommon hummingbird, at least in Ecuador. Even when you know they are around they are hard to pick out. Sexes similar. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft)...
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    • ecuador. hoary puffleg (haplophaedia lugens mindo pichincha province
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  5. Orange-bellied Euphonia (male)

    Orange-bellied Euphonia (male)

    Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster subsp. quitensis) Male. Species sexually dimorphic. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.
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    • ecuador euphina xanthogaster mindo orange-bellied euphonia pichincha province subsp. quitensis
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  6. Godart's Altinote

    Godart's Altinote

    Godarts Altinote (Altinote ozomene: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 4.2-5.5 cm (1.7-2.2 in). Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.
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    • altinote ozomene: nymphalidae ecuador. godart's altinote mindo pichincha province
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  7. Yellow-breasted Antpitta

    Yellow-breasted Antpitta

    Yellow-breasted Antpitta (Grallaria flavotincta) Sexes similar. Taken in the fog. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.
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    • ecuador. galleria flavotincta mindo pichincha province yellow-breasted antpitta
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Beryl-spangled Tanager

    Beryl-spangled Tanager

    Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis subsp. cyanescens) Male. Sexes similarly marked but females slightly duller. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.
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    • beryl-spangled tanager ecuador mindo pichincha province subsp. cyanescens tangara nigroviridis
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Blue-winged Mountain Tanager

    Blue-winged Mountain Tanager

    Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus subsp. cyanopterus) Sexes similar. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.
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    • anisognathus sumptuous blue-winged mountain tanager ecuador mindo pichincha province subs. cyanopterus
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  10. Velvet-purple Coronet

    Velvet-purple Coronet

    Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) Sexes similar. Reserva Las Gralaras, western-slope of the Andes. Lower Andean cloud forest (mostly secondary) at 2,055 m (6,743 ft) elevation. Pichincha Province, Mindo, Ecuador.
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    • boissonneaua jardini ecuador mindo pichincha province velvet-purple coronet
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  11. Caliper Beetle (male)

    Caliper Beetle (male)

    Caliper Beetle (Golofa sp.: Scarabaeidae) Photographed inside the lodge at Sptimo Parso, Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. Cloud forest at ca. 1,550 m (5,085 ft) elevation.
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    • caliper beetle ecuador golofa sp. mindo pichincha province scarabaeidae sptimo parso
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Invertebrates
  12. Plate-billed Mountain Toucan

    Plate-billed Mountain Toucan

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    • bellavista ecuador mindo plate-billed mountain toucan
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  13. Grass-green Tanager

    Grass-green Tanager

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    • bellavist ecuador grass-green tanager mindo
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Spillmann's Tapaculo

    Spillmann's Tapaculo

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    • bellavista ecuador mindo spillmann's tapaculo
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. Lyre-tailed Nightjar

    Lyre-tailed Nightjar

    Male Lyre-tailed Nightjar roosting
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    • ecuador lyre-tailed nightjar mindo
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. White-whiskered Hermit (male)

    White-whiskered Hermit (male)

    White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui) Septimo Pariso Lodge, Mindo in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. Species is sexually dimorphic but inconspicuously so. Tip of female's tail is conspicuously white-tipped. She also has more pale grayish mottling on median underparts.
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    • ecuador mindo phaethornis yaruqui septimo pariso lodge white-whiskered hermit
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  17. White-necked Jacobin (male ventral view)

    White-necked Jacobin (male ventral view)

    White-necked Jacobon (Florisuga mellivora) Septimo Pariso Lodge, Mindo in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. Species sexually dimorphic.
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    • ecuador florisuga mellivora mindo septimo pariso lodge white-necked jacobin
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  18. White-necked Jacobin (male dorsal view)

    White-necked Jacobin (male dorsal view)

    White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) Septimo Pariso Lodge near Mindo, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. Species sexually dimorphic.
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    • ecuador florisuga mellivora mindo septimo pariso lodge white-necked jacobin
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  19. Yellow-throated Bush-tanager

    Yellow-throated Bush-tanager

    Yellow-throated Bush-tanager (Chlorospingus flavigularis flavigularis) Rio Silanche Sanctuary near Mindo in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. Sexes similar, species a skulker.
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    • chlorospingus flavigularis flavigularis ecuador mindo rio silanche sanctuary
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  20. Yellow-breasted Antpitta

    Yellow-breasted Antpitta

    Yellow-breasted Antpitta (Grallaria flavotincta) Refugio Paz de los Aves situated between Nanegalito and Mindo in the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. Sexes similar.
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    • ecuador grallaria flavotincta mindo refugio paz de los aves yellow-breasted antipitta
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  21. Violet-tailed Sylph (male)

    Violet-tailed Sylph (male)

    Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) Septimo Pariso Lodge, near Mindo in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. Species shows strong sexual dimorphism.
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    • aglaiocercus coelestis ecuador mindo septimo pariso lodge violet-tailed sylph
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  22. Violet-tailed Sylph (female)

    Violet-tailed Sylph (female)

    Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) Septimo Pariso Lodge, near Mindo in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. Species shows strong sexual dimorphism.
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    • aglaiocercus coelestis ecuador mindo septimo pariso violet-tailed sylph
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  23. Velvet-purple Coronet (closeup side-view)

    Velvet-purple Coronet (closeup side-view)

    Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) Septimo Pariso Lodge, Mindo, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. Sexes similar
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    • ecuador mindo vevet-purple coronet (boissonneaua jardini) septimo pariso lodge
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  24. Velvet-Purple Coronet

    Velvet-Purple Coronet

    Velvet-Purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) Septimo Pariso Lodge near Mindo, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. Sexes similar
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    • boissonneaua jardini ecuador mindo septimo pariso lodge velvet-purple coronet
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  25. Western White-tailed Trogon

    Western White-tailed Trogon

    Western White-tailed Trogon (Trogon chionurus) Rio Silanche Sanctuary near Mindo, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes. The White-tailed Trogon when split into two species: the Amazonian White-tailed Trogon, retaining the scientific name T. viridis and found throughout most of its range, and the...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • ecuador mindo rio silanche sanctuary trogon chionurus western white-tailed trogon
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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