eBird Field Checklist
Santa Elena, EC
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508 species (+54 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Tinamous
Little Tinamou
Pale-browed Tinamou
Screamers
Horned Screamer
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Comb Duck
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
White-cheeked Pintail
Northern Pintail
Yellow-billed Pintail
Southern Pochard
Masked Duck
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail
Flamingos
Chilean Flamingo
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ecuadorian Ground Dove
Croaking Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Ochre-bellied Dove
Pallid Dove
White-throated Quail-Dove
West Peruvian Dove
Eared Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Little Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Dark-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Gray-capped Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Scrub Nightjar
Potoos and Oilbird
Common Potoo
Oilbird
Swifts
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
small swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
Band-tailed Barbthroat
White-whiskered Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
hermit sp.
Brown Violetear
Purple-crowned Fairy
Black-throated Mango
Green Thorntail
Speckled Hummingbird
Green-crowned Brilliant
Long-billed Starthroat
Short-tailed Woodstar
Little Woodstar
Esmeraldas Woodstar
Crowned Woodnymph
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia Hummingbird
Andean Emerald
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Violet-bellied Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Mangrove Rail
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
Slate-colored Coot
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Peruvian Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Blackish Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
Tawny-throated Dotterel
Pied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Andean Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Snowy Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Least Seedsnipe
Wattled Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Chilean Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Swallow-tailed Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Andean Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Gray Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Laughing/Franklin's Gull
Belcher's Gull
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Brown/Black Noddy
Bridled Tern
Peruvian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Inca Tern
Black Tern
Arctic Tern
South American Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Thalasseus sp.
large tern sp.
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Penguins
Humboldt Penguin
Albatrosses
Waved Albatross
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Elliot's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Ringed Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Markham's Storm-Petrel
Black/Markham's Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Giant-Petrel
Galapagos Petrel
Pterodroma sp.
White-chinned Petrel
Parkinson's Petrel
Procellaria sp.
Pink-footed Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Galapagos Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Peruvian Booby
booby sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Guanay Cormorant
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Peruvian Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Striated Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Cocoi Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Savanna Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Barred Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Variable Hawk
Gray-backed Hawk
Gray-lined Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Choco Screech-Owl
Peruvian Screech-Owl
screech-owl sp.
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Blue-tailed Trogon
Ecuadorian Trogon
White-tailed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Collared Trogon
new world trogon sp.
Motmots
Whooping Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Barred Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
Barbets and Toucans
Red-headed Barbet
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Choco Toucan
Woodpeckers
Ecuadorian Piculet
Olivaceous Piculet
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Guayaquil Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Red-throated Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
White-winged Parakeet
Gray-cheeked Parakeet
Blue-headed Parrot
Bronze-winged Parrot
Pionus sp.
Red-lored Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Pacific Parrotlet
Dusky-headed Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
Red-masked Parakeet
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Great Antshrike
Collared Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Uniform Antshrike
Russet Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Checker-throated Stipplethroat
Pacific Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Dot-winged Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Jet Antbird
Western Fire-eye
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Zeledon's Antbird
Bicolored Antbird
Crescentchests
Elegant Crescentchest
Gnateaters and Antpittas
Scaled Antpitta
Watkins's Antpitta
Antthrushes
Black-headed Antthrush
Leaftossers and Miners
South American Leaftosser
Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Woodcreepers
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Red-billed Scythebill
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
Streaked Xenops
Pacific Hornero
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner
Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner
Red-faced Spinetail
Necklaced Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Blackish-headed Spinetail
Manakins
White-bearded Manakin
Cotingas
Scaled Fruiteater
Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Northern Schiffornis
Slaty Becard
Cinnamon Becard
Cryptic Becard
One-colored Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Black-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
White-throated Spadebill
Streak-necked Flycatcher
Olive-striped Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Ornate Flycatcher
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Rufous-winged Tyrannulet
Tumbes Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Pacific Elaenia
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
Choco Tyrannulet
Fulvous-faced Scrub-Tyrant
Gray-and-white Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Mouse-gray Flycatcher
Gray-breasted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Smoke-colored Pewee
Tumbes Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Acadian Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Masked Water-Tyrant
Short-tailed Field Tyrant
Ochraceous Attila
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Baird's Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Snowy-throated Kingbird
Tropical Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Lesser Greenlet
Red-eyed Vireo
Chivi Vireo
Red-eyed/Chivi Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
White-tailed Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Brown-chested Martin
new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Chestnut-collared Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Scaly-breasted Wren
House Wren
Mountain Wren
Fasciated Wren
Whiskered Wren
Speckle-breasted Wren
Bay Wren
Superciliated Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Song Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Long-tailed Mockingbird
Thrushes
Speckled Nightingale-Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Ecuadorian Thrush
Pale-eyed Thrush
Plumbeous-backed Thrush
Turdus sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Orange-crowned Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Saffron Siskin
New World Sparrows
Yellow-throated Chlorospingus
Ashy-throated Chlorospingus
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Black-capped Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Blackbirds
Peruvian Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Yellow-rumped Cacique
White-edged Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Shiny Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Scrub Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Black-lored Yellowthroat
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Tropical Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Three-striped Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Gray-and-gold Warbler
Canada Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Golden Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Tanagers and Allies
Black-and-white Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Flame-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Golden Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Swallow Tanager
Black-faced Dacnis
Purple Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Guira Tanager
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch
Band-tailed Sierra Finch
Collared Warbling Finch
Saffron Finch
Sulphur-throated Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Parrot-billed Seedeater
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Black-and-white Seedeater
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Slate-colored Seedeater
Sporophila sp.
Crimson-breasted Finch
Bananaquit
Dull-colored Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-winged Saltator
Streaked Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.