Bird AlbumEcuador · Napo Province
Papallacta – radio antennas
201 species and 21,980 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, August and November, with up to 69 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tawny AntpittaGrallaria quitensis
Plumbeous Sierra FinchGeospizopsis unicolor
Chestnut-winged CinclodesCinclodes albidiventris
Stout-billed CinclodesCinclodes excelsior
Variable HawkGeranoaetus polyosoma
Brown-bellied SwallowOrochelidon murina
Many-striped CanasteroAsthenes flammulata
Rufous-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis gayi
Andean Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura andicola
Paramo Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola alpinus
Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
Andean TealAnas andium
Brown-backed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca fumicolor
Great ThrushTurdus fuscaterSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Papallacta – La Virgen y alrededores inmediatos2 km232 species
- Papallacta – hot springs and road to Cayambe-Coca5 km219 species
- Guango Lodge15 km305 species
- Tambo Cóndor Bird Lodge21 km157 species
- PN Antisana – pradera de los ibis y alrededores21 km162 species
- Antisana22 km236 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
- Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor
- Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
- Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
- Paramo Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus
- Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
- Andean Teal Anas andium
- Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi
- White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa
- Carunculated Caracara Daptrius carunculatus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Red-rumped Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius
- Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
- Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
- Jameson's Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
- Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
- Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
- Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami
- Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Pale-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes pallidinucha
- Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
- Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus
- Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
- Black-backed Bush Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni
- Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Streak-backed Canastero Asthenes wyatti
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata
- Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
- Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
- Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
- Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
- White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
- Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
- Southern Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
- Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata
- Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
- Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
- Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis
- Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex
- Spot-billed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
- Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
- Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus
- Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch Rhopospina alaudina
- Black-chested Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis eximia
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana
- Pink-billed Cnemoscopus Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
- White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
- Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
- Grey-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis
- Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta
- Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- White-browed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
- Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii
- Superciliaried Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Smoky Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys
- Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori
- Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
- Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
- Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
- Crowned Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix frontalis
- Masked Mountain Tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Rufous-breasted Flycatcher Leptopogon rufipectus
- Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rufous Wren Cinnycerthia unirufa
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-headed Hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis
- Citrine Warbler Myiothlypis luteoviridis
- Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema
- Black-capped Hemispingus Kleinothraupis atropileus
- Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
- Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis
- Slaty Finch Haplospiza rustica
- Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii
- Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
- Golden-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis mosquera
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Chlorophonia cyanocephala
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
- Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
- Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
- Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis
- Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Pale-footed Swallow Orochelidon flavipes
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
- Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Papallacta – radio antennas?
January–February, August and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 69 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Papallacta – radio antennas?
201 species, from 21,980 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Papallacta – radio antennas in November?
The most recorded in November: Tawny Antpitta, Plumbeous Sierra Finch, Chestnut-winged Cinclodes, Stout-billed Cinclodes and Variable Hawk.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.