Bird AlbumEcuador · Pichincha Province
Jardín Botánico de Quito
170 species and 35,421 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
Sparkling VioletearColibri coruscans
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Black-tailed TrainbearerLesbia victoriae
Black FlowerpiercerDiglossa humeralis
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Warbling Masked FlowerpiercerDiglossa cyanea
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Cinereous ConebillConirostrum cinereum
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Golden GrosbeakPheucticus chrysogaster
Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Reserva Yanacocha14 km250 species
- Puembo Birding Garden14 km146 species
- Hostería San José de Puembo15 km147 species
- Reserva Zuro Loma17 km205 species
- Bellavista – camino a la estación científica29 km361 species
- Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge29 km450 species
All 170 species recorded here
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
- Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
- Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
- Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Chlorophonia cyanocephala
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Scrub Tanager Stilpnia vitriolina
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Grey-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis
- Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Black-lored Yellowthroat Geothlypis auricularis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
- Southern Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
- Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Mouse-grey Flycatcher Myiophobus crypterythrus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
- Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus
- Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura
- White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- White-winged Brushfinch Atlapetes leucopterus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
- White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous
- Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis
- Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis
- Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
- Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Cryptic Becard Pachyramphus salvini
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
- Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
- Carunculated Caracara Daptrius carunculatus
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
- Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jardín Botánico de Quito?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jardín Botánico de Quito?
170 species, from 35,421 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jardín Botánico de Quito in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Thrush, Eared Dove, Sparkling Violetear, Rufous-collared Sparrow and Black-tailed Trainbearer.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.