Ecuador · Santa Elena Province
Salinas – Lagunas de Ecuasal
201 species and 21,313 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and October, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
WilletTringa semipalmata
SanderlingCalidris alba
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ayampe – Estuario del río Ayampe65 km312 species
- Ayampe – Ruta del Colibrí65 km385 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Grey Gull Leucophaeus modestus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Peruvian Meadowlark Leistes bellicosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Scrub Blackbird Dives warczewiczi
- Peruvian Booby Sula variegata
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Short-tailed Field Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda
- Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Chestnut-collared Swallow Petrochelidon rufocollaris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch Rhopospina alaudina
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Collared Warbling Finch Poospiza hispaniolensis
- Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
- Necklaced Spinetail Synallaxis stictothorax
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Superciliated Wren Cantorchilus superciliaris
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grey-and-white Tyrannulet Pseudelaenia leucospodia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- White-edged Oriole Icterus graceannae
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Collared Antshrike Thamnophilus bernardi
- Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilis amazilia
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Sulphur-throated Finch Sicalis taczanowskii
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Ecuadorian Thrush Turdus maculirostris
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Tumbesian Tyrannulet Nesotriccus tumbezanus
- Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
- Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Peruvian Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus superciliaris
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata
- Anthony's Nightjar Nyctidromus anthonyi
- Inca Tern Larosterna inca
- Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates tethys
- Fulvous-faced Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus fulviceps
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Markham's Storm Petrel Hydrobates markhami
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Pacific Pygmy Owl Glaucidium peruanum
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Rufous-headed Chachalaca Ortalis erythroptera
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Elliot's Storm Petrel Oceanites gracilis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salinas – Lagunas de Ecuasal?
February–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 98 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salinas – Lagunas de Ecuasal?
201 species, from 21,313 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salinas – Lagunas de Ecuasal in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Black-necked Stilt, Royal Tern and White-cheeked Pintail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.