Ecuador · El Oro Province
Buenaventura Reserve
370 species and 51,215 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March and September–October, with up to 268 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
Grey-and-gold WarblerMyiothlypis fraseri
Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
Green ThorntailDiscosura conversii
Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster
Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterus
Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
White-shouldered TanagerLoriotus luctuosus
Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
Ornate FlycatcherMyiotriccus ornatus
One-colored BecardPachyramphus homochrous
Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jacula224 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 370 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Reserva Buenaventura – Umbrellabird Lodge and lower road1 km350 species
All 370 species recorded here
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Andean Emerald Uranomitra franciae
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Grey-backed Hawk Pseudastur occidentalis
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavigularis
- Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui
- Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Dusky Chlorospingus Chlorospingus semifuscus
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- El Oro Parakeet Pyrrhura orcesi
- Choco Toucan Ramphastos brevis
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes galbinus
- Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Ashy-throated Chlorospingus Chlorospingus canigularis
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis
- Ochre-breasted Tanager Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Black-winged Saltator Saltator atripennis
- Scrub Blackbird Dives warczewiczi
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Rufous-throated Tanager Ixothraupis rufigula
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus
- Ochraceous Attila Attila torridus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
- Esmeraldas Antbird Sipia nigricauda
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- White-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
- Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Rufous-fronted Wood Quail Odontophorus erythrops
- Mouse-grey Flycatcher Myiophobus crypterythrus
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini
- Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
- Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
- Line-cheeked Spinetail Cranioleuca antisiensis
- Three-banded Warbler Basileuterus trifasciatus
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Peruvian Tyrannulet Zimmerius viridiflavus
- Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
- Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus
- Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- White-throated Daggerbill Schistes albogularis
- Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Golden-naped Tanager Chalcothraupis ruficervix
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Orange-crowned Euphonia Euphonia saturata
- Golden-winged Manakin Masius chrysopterus
- Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
- Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
- Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
- Speckled Nightingale-Thrush Catharus maculatus
- Choco Brushfinch Atlapetes crassus
- Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilis amazilia
- Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Plain-backed Antpitta Grallaria haplonota
- Cryptic Becard Pachyramphus salvini
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- El Oro Tapaculo Scytalopus robbinsi
- Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus pelzelni
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa
- Rose-faced Parrot Pyrilia pulchra
- Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor fuscipenne
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- Speckle-breasted Wren Pheugopedius sclateri
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
- Black-chinned Mountain Tanager Anisognathus notabilis
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Tawny-breasted Myiobius Myiobius villosus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Western Fire-eye Pyriglena maura
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
- Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini
- Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Tyranniscus cinereiceps
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Black-lored Yellowthroat Geothlypis auricularis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
- Plumbeous-backed Thrush Turdus reevei
- Grey-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhoptera
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Ecuadorian Trogon Trogon mesurus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Slaty Becard Pachyramphus spodiurus
- Grey-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
- Dusky Leaftosser Sclerurus obscurior
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Fulvous-faced Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus fulviceps
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
- Pacific Pygmy Owl Glaucidium peruanum
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rufous-rumped Antwren Euchrepomis callinota
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus
- Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
- Grey-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis
- Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata
- Tumbes Pewee Contopus punensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Purple-throated Woodstar Philodice mitchellii
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Glistening-green Tanager Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissimus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
- Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Silver-backed Tanager Stilpnia viridicollis
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-and-white Tanager Conothraupis speculigera
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
- White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops
- White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Saffron Siskin Spinus siemiradzkii
- Masked Water Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
- White-fronted Tyrannulet Acrochordopus zeledoni
- Solitary Eagle Buteogallus solitarius
- Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Collared Antshrike Thamnophilus bernardi
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
- Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Buenaventura Reserve?
December–March and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 268 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Buenaventura Reserve?
370 species, from 51,215 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Buenaventura Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Flame-rumped Tanager, Grey-and-gold Warbler, Bay Wren, Bananaquit and White-necked Jacobin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.