Ecuador · Pichincha Province
Alambi Reserve
380 species and 82,128 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March and October, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Andean EmeraldUranomitra franciae
White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
Purple-throated WoodstarPhilodice mitchellii
Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jacula
Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica
Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
Fawn-breasted BrilliantHeliodoxa rubinoides
White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruqui
Brown VioletearColibri delphinae
White-booted Racket-tailOcreatus underwoodii
Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
Golden TanagerTangara arthus
Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogasterSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Restaurante Mirador Guaycapi0 km252 species
- Tandayapa – San Jorge Tandayapa2 km401 species
- Tandayapa Bird Lodge3 km450 species
- Refugio Paz de las Aves3 km464 species
- Tandayapa – upper valley4 km381 species
- Pacha Quinde Nature Reserve4 km297 species
All 380 species recorded here
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Andean Emerald Uranomitra franciae
- Purple-throated Woodstar Philodice mitchellii
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- White-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
- White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
- Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini
- Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
- Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Black-capped Tanager Stilpnia heinei
- Golden-naped Tanager Chalcothraupis ruficervix
- Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
- Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
- Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
- Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Choco Brushfinch Atlapetes crassus
- Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
- Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
- Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
- Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- White-throated Daggerbill Schistes albogularis
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
- White-winged Brushfinch Atlapetes leucopterus
- Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
- Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
- Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
- Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
- Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
- Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Scrub Blackbird Dives warczewiczi
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops
- Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavigularis
- Wattled Guan Aburria aburri
- Dusky Chlorospingus Chlorospingus semifuscus
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
- Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Plum-crowned Parrot Pionus tumultuosus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Plate-billed Mountain Toucan Andigena laminirostris
- Masked Water Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata
- Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura
- Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
- Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
- White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
- Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
- Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
- Rufous-gaped Hillstar Urochroa bougueri
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Cryptic Becard Pachyramphus salvini
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris
- Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis
- Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Chlorophonia cyanocephala
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Mouse-grey Flycatcher Myiophobus crypterythrus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-chinned Mountain Tanager Anisognathus notabilis
- Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
- Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus
- Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Choco Tyrannulet Zimmerius albigularis
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Tyranniscus cinereiceps
- Dark-backed Wood Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
- Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
- Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
- Choco Trogon Trogon comptus
- Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
- Beautiful Jay Cyanolyca pulchra
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
- Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
- Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Narino Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
- Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
- Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
- Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
- Choco Warbler Myiothlypis chlorophrys
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi
- Moss-backed Tanager Bangsia edwardsi
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata
- Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Rufous-throated Tanager Ixothraupis rufigula
- Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenarius
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
- Scrub Tanager Stilpnia vitriolina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
- Ecuadorian Seedeater Amaurospiza aequatorialis
- Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
- Dusky Pigeon Patagioenas goodsoni
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
- Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Rufescent Screech Owl Megascops ingens
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
- Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni
- Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus ruficeps
- Maroon-chested Ground Dove Paraclaravis mondetoura
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Rufous-fronted Wood Quail Odontophorus erythrops
- Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata
- White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
- Coopmans's Elaenia Elaenia brachyptera
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Olive Finch Arremon castaneiceps
- Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Flavescent Flycatcher Myiophobus flavicans
- Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus
- Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Olivaceous Piha Snowornis cryptolophus
- Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
- White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Esmeraldas Antbird Sipia nigricauda
- Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes galbinus
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
- Sepia-brown Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuliger
- Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema
- Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus
- Speckled Nightingale-Thrush Catharus maculatus
- Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium jardinii
- Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
- White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
- Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea
- Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens
- Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
- Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
- Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Alambi Reserve?
December–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Alambi Reserve?
380 species, from 82,128 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Alambi Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Andean Emerald, White-necked Jacobin, Purple-throated Woodstar and Green-crowned Brilliant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.