Ecuador · Azuay Province
PN El Cajas – Laguna Llaviucu, entrada y alrededores
176 species and 22,120 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, July and November, with up to 97 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spectacled WhitestartMyioborus melanocephalus
Andean DuckOxyura ferruginea
Andean CootFulica ardesiaca
Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
Andean TealAnas andium
Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Brown-bellied SwallowOrochelidon murina
Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
Tyrian MetaltailMetallura tyrianthina
Azara's SpinetailSynallaxis azarae
Grey-breasted Mountain ToucanAndigena hypoglauca
Black FlowerpiercerDiglossa humeralis
Superciliaried HemispingusThlypopsis superciliarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rancho Alemán58 km318 species
- RE Manglares-Churute – La Lagartera59 km268 species
All 176 species recorded here
- Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Andean Teal Anas andium
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
- Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Superciliaried Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris
- Yellow-breasted Brushfinch Atlapetes latinuchus
- Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
- Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris
- Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
- Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis
- Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Black-crested Warbler Myiothlypis nigrocristata
- Equatorial Antpitta Grallaria saturata
- Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
- Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii
- Masked Trogon Trogon personatus
- Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola
- Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Grey-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis
- White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni
- Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
- Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
- Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
- Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis
- Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis
- Crowned Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix frontalis
- Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco
- Andean Pygmy Owl Glaucidium jardinii
- Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera
- White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata
- Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor
- Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Line-cheeked Spinetail Cranioleuca antisiensis
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata
- Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Red-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops
- Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris
- Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Mouse-colored Thistletail Asthenes griseomurina
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi
- Tit-like Dacnis Xenodacnis parina
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Carunculated Caracara Daptrius carunculatus
- Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps
- White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus
- Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
- Paramo Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola alpinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
- Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
- Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
- Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Smoky Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus
- Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo
- White-winged Brushfinch Atlapetes leucopterus
- Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
- Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami
- White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- White-throated Screech Owl Megascops albogularis
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-rumped Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus erythropygius
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
- Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Agile Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agilis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
- Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis
- Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus
- Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris
- Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
- Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-chested Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis eximia
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenarius
- Jameson's Snipe Gallinago jamesoni
- Lacrimose Mountain Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
- Mountain Caracara Daptrius megalopterus
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus
- Peruvian Meadowlark Leistes bellicosus
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
- Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris
- Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN El Cajas – Laguna Llaviucu, entrada y alrededores?
January, July and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 97 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN El Cajas – Laguna Llaviucu, entrada y alrededores?
176 species, from 22,120 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN El Cajas – Laguna Llaviucu, entrada y alrededores in November?
The most recorded in November: Spectacled Whitestart, Andean Duck, Andean Coot, Great Thrush and Andean Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.