Ecuador · Napo Province
Papallacta – hot springs and road to Cayambe-Coca
219 species and 20,394 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Shining SunbeamAglaeactis cupripennis
Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
Scarlet-bellied Mountain TanagerAnisognathus igniventris
Spectacled WhitestartMyioborus melanocephalus
Brown-bellied SwallowOrochelidon murina
Pale-naped BrushfinchAtlapetes pallidinucha
Tawny AntpittaGrallaria quitensis
Viridian MetaltailMetallura williami
Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolor
White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrys
Black-backed Bush TanagerUrothraupis stolzmanni
Glossy FlowerpiercerDiglossa lafresnayii
Buff-winged StarfrontletCoeligena lutetiae
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Papallacta – radio antennas5 km201 species
- Papallacta – La Virgen y alrededores inmediatos6 km232 species
- Guango Lodge9 km305 species
- Antisana19 km236 species
- PN Antisana – pradera de los ibis y alrededores20 km162 species
- Reserva Antisana – flujo de lava, mirador del cóndor, y alrededores22 km164 species
All 219 species recorded here
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
- Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
- Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
- White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
- Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami
- Pale-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes pallidinucha
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
- Black-backed Bush Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni
- Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
- White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
- Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis
- Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
- Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus
- Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
- Superciliaried Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris
- Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
- Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata
- Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
- Black-chested Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis eximia
- White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa
- Masked Mountain Tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei
- Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
- Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
- Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Andean Teal Anas andium
- Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
- Crowned Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix frontalis
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Grey-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis
- White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
- Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
- Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
- Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus
- White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
- Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor
- Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus
- Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
- Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita
- Crescent-faced Antpitta Grallaricula lineifrons
- Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium jardinii
- Carunculated Caracara Daptrius carunculatus
- Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
- Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys
- Red-rumped Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Citrine Warbler Myiothlypis luteoviridis
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana
- Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi
- Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
- Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
- Paramo Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus
- Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
- Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera
- Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
- Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami
- Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
- Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
- Black-headed Hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
- Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Slaty Brushfinch Atlapetes schistaceus
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
- Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Smoky Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
- Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii
- Pink-billed Cnemoscopus Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Southern Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus
- Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch Rhopospina alaudina
- Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
- Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
- Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
- Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
- Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
- Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor
- Spot-billed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
- Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis
- Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala
- Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
- White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous
- Powerful Woodpecker Campephilus pollens
- Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
- White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Chlorophonia cyanocephala
- Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
- Jameson's Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
- Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
- Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
- Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
- Dusky Piha Lipaugus fuscocinereus
- Pale-footed Swallow Orochelidon flavipes
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
- Black-billed Peppershrike Cyclarhis nigrirostris
- Andean Potoo Nyctibius maculosus
- Streak-backed Canastero Asthenes wyatti
- Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenarius
- Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
- Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus
- Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
- Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
- Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii
- Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Plum-crowned Parrot Pionus tumultuosus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Papallacta – hot springs and road to Cayambe-Coca?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 98 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Papallacta – hot springs and road to Cayambe-Coca?
219 species, from 20,394 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Papallacta – hot springs and road to Cayambe-Coca in November?
The most recorded in November: Shining Sunbeam, Great Thrush, Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager, Spectacled Whitestart and Brown-bellied Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.