Bird species of Playa de Oro by Olaf Jahn

October, 2003

For taxonomy, sequence, and English names I follow Ridgely & Greenfield (2001). Key to confirmation status: 1= confirmed record (e.g., photos, sound recordings); 2= confirmable record (i.e., identification of sound recordings or photos need further confirmation); 3= un-confirmable record (e.g., sight and/or acoustical records without any confirmable documentation like sound recordings or photos); 4= uncertain record (e.g., un-confirmable sight records of species that may cause difficulties in their field identification; species not seen well enough to assure the correctness of identification with certainty, etc.). The confirmation status of species in category 2, 3 and 4 will be described in detail in an appendix to “Jahn, O. (in prep.): A Bird Community of the Ecuadorian Chocó: Survey Methods, Ecology, and Use of Avifaunistic Data in Development and Conservation Projects. Ph.D. dissertation. Faculty of Life Science and Mathematics, University of Bonn, and Alexander Koenig Research Institute and Zoological Museum, Bonn, Germany”. Please contact the author (e-mail: ) in case you should obtain confirmable records (i.e., photos or sound recordings) for any of the species listed here in confirmation status category 2, 3 or 4 and, of course, for any species that is new to the list. English name Family (# sp.) / species Tinamous (3) Great Tinamou Berlepsch's Tinamou Little Tinamou Frigatebirds (1) Magnificent Frigatebird Cormorants and Shags (1) Neotropic Cormorant Ducks, Geese, and Swans (1) Blue-winged Teal Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns (6) Fasciated Tiger-Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret Striated Heron American Vultures (3) King Vulture Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey, Kites, Hawks, and Eagles (16) Osprey Gray-headed Kite Swallow-tailed Kite Double-toothed Kite Plumbeous Kite Tiny Hawk Bicolored Hawk Plumbeous Hawk Semiplumbeous Hawk

Scientific name Family (# sp.) / species Tinamidae (3) Tinamus major Crypturellus berlepschi Crypturellus soui Fregatidae (1) Fregata magnificens Phalacrocoracidae (1) Phalacrocorax brasilianus Anatidae (1) Anas discors Ardeidae (6) Tigrisoma fasciatum Ardea alba Egretta thula Egretta caerulea Bubulcus ibis Butorides striatus Cathartidae (3) Sarcoramphus papa Coragyps atratus Cathartes aura Accipitridae (16) Pandion haliaetus Leptodon cayanensis Elanoides forficatus Harpagus bidentatus Ictinia plumbea Accipiter superciliosus Accipiter bicolor Leucopternis plumbea Leucopternis semiplumbea

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Barred Hawk Roadside Hawk Short-tailed Hawk Harpy Eagle Black-and-White Hawk-Eagle Black Hawk-Eagle Ornate Hawk-Eagle Falcons and Caracaras (7) Barred Forest-Falcon Plumbeous Forest-Falcon Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon Collared Forest-Falcon Laughing Falcon Bat Falcon Peregrine Falcon Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows (4) Rufous-headed Chachalaca Baudó Guan Crested Guan Great Curassow New World Quails (2) Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Tawny-faced Quail Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (3) White-throated Crake Uniform Crake Colombian Crake Sandpipers, Snipes, and Phalaropes (1) Spotted Sandpiper Gulls and Terns (1) Franklin's Gull Pigeons and Doves (8) Scaled Pigeon Ruddy Pigeon Dusky Pigeon Blue Ground-Dove Pallid Dove Indigo-crowned Quail-Dove Olive-backed Quail-Dove Ruddy Quail-Dove Macaws and Parrots (8) Great Green Macaw Maroon-tailed Parakeet Blue-fronted Parrotlet Rose-faced Parrot Blue-headed Parrot Bronze-winged Parrot Red-lored Amazon Mealy Amazon Cuckoos and Anis (7) Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Squirrel Cuckoo

Leucopternis princeps Buteo magnirostris Buteo brachyurus Harpia harpyja Spizastur melanoleucus Spizaetus tyrannus Spizaetus ornatus Falconidae (7) Micrastur ruficollis Micrastur plumbeus Micrastur mirandollei Micrastur semitorquatus Herpetotheres cachinnans Falco rufigularis Falco peregrinus Cracidae (4) Ortalis erythroptera Penelope ortoni Penelope purpurascens Crax rubra Odontophoridae (2) Odontophorus erythrops Rhynchortyx cinctus Rallidae (3) Laterallus albigularis Amaurolimnas concolor Neocrex colombianus Scolopacidae (1) Actitis macularia Laridae (1) Larus pipixcan Columbidae (8) Columba speciosa Columba subvinacea Columba goodsoni Claravis pretiosa Leptotila pallida Geotrygon purpurata Geotrygon veraguensis Geotrygon montana Psittacidae (8) Ara ambigua Pyrrhura melanura Touit dilectissima Pionopsitta pulchra Pionus menstruus Pionus chalcopterus Amazona autumnalis Amazona farinosa Cuculidae (7) Coccyzus euleri Piaya cayana

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Little Cuckoo Smooth-billed Ani Groove-billed Ani Striped Cuckoo Banded Ground-Cuckoo Typical Owls (6) Chocó Screech-Owl Central American Pygmy-Owl Crested Owl Spectacled Owl Black-and-white Owl Mottled Owl Oilbird (1) Oilbird Potoos (1) Gray Potoo Nightjars and Nighthawks (2) Pauraque Chocó Poorwill Swifts (6) White-collared Swift Chestnut-collared Swift Chimney Swift Band-rumped Swift Gray-rumped Swift Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Hummingbirds (15) Bronzy Hermit Band-tailed Barbthroat White-whiskered Hermit Stripe-throated Hermit White-tipped Sicklebill Tooth-billed Hummingbird White-necked Jacobin Green Thorntail Green-crowned Woodnymph Violet-bellied Hummingbird Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Blue-chested Hummingbird Purple-chested Hummingbird Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Purple-crowned Fairy Trogons and Quetzals (4) Chocó Trogon Western White-tailed Trogon Collared Trogon Black-throated Trogon Kingfishers (4) Ringed Kingfisher Green Kingfisher Green-and-rufous Kingfisher American Pygmy Kingfisher

Piaya minuta Crotophaga ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Tapera naevia Neomorphus radiolosus Strigidae (6) Otus centralis Glaucidium griseiceps Lophostrix cristata Pulsatrix perspicillata Strix nigrolineata Strix virgata Steatornithidae (1) Steatornis caripensis Nyctibiidae (1) Nyctibius griseus Caprimulgidae (2) Nyctidromus albicollis Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi Apodidae (6) Streptoprocne zonaris Cypseloides rutilus Chaetura pelagica Chaetura spinicauda Chaetura cinereiventris Panyptila cayennensis Trochilidae (15) Glaucis aenea Threnetes ruckeri Phaethornis yaruqui Phaethornis striigularis Eutoxeres aquila Androdon aequatorialis Florisuga mellivora Popelairia conversii Thalurania fannyi Damophila julie Amazilia tzacatl Amazilia amabilis Amazilia rosenbergi Chalybura urochrysia Heliothryx barroti Trogonidae (4) Trogon comptus Trogon chionurus Trogon collaris Trogon rufus Alcedinidae (4) Megaceryle torquata Chloroceryle americana Chloroceryle inda Chloroceryle aenea

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Motmots (2) Broad-billed Motmot Rufous Motmot Jacamars (2) Rufous-tailed Jacamar Great Jacamar Puffbirds (5) White-necked Puffbird Black-breasted Puffbird Barred Puffbird White-whiskered Puffbird Lanceolated Monklet New World Barbets (2) Orange-fronted Barbet Five-colored Barbet Toucans (5) Crimson-rumped Toucanet Yellow-eared Toucanet Stripe-billed Araçari Chocó Toucan Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Woodpeckers and Piculets (10) Olivaceous Piculet Lita Woodpecker Cinnamon Woodpecker Lineated Woodpecker Black-cheeked Woodpecker Chocó Woodpecker Red-rumped Woodpecker Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Guayaquil Woodpecker Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Ovenbirds (8) Slaty Spinetail Red-faced Spinetail Double-banded Graytail Western Woodhaunter Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Plain Xenops Tawny-throated Leaftosser Woodcreepers (8) Plain-brown Woodcreeper Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Black-striped Woodcreeper Spotted Woodcreeper Streak-headed Woodcreeper Red-billed Scythebill Brown-billed Scythebill Typical Antbirds (19) Fasciated Antshrike

Momotidae (2) Electron platyrhynchum Baryphthengus martii Galbulidae (2) Galbula ruficauda Jacamerops aureus Bucconidae (5) Notharchus macrorhynchos Notharchus pectoralis Nystalus radiatus Malacoptila panamensis Micromonacha lanceolata Capitonidae (2) Capito squamatus Capito quinticolor Ramphastidae (5) Aulacorhynchus haematopygus Selenidera spectabilis Pteroglossus sanguineus Ramphastos brevis Ramphastos swainsonii Picidae (10) Picumnus olivaceus Piculus litae Celeus loricatus Dryocopus lineatus Melanerpes pucherani Veniliornis chocoensis Veniliornis kirkii Veniliornis callonotus Campephilus gayaquilensis Campephilus haematogaster Furnariidae (8) Synallaxis brachyura Cranioleuca erythrops Xenerpestes minlosi Hyloctistes virgatus Automolus ochrolaemus Automolus rubiginosus Xenops minutus Sclerurus mexicanus Dendrocolaptidae (8) Dendrocincla fuliginosa Glyphorynchus spirurus Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus Xiphorhynchus erythropygius Lepidocolaptes souleyetii Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Campylorhamphus pusillus Thamnophilidae (19) Cymbilaimus lineatus

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Great Antshrike Western Slaty-Antshrike Russet Antshrike Spot-crowned Antvireo Griscom’s Antwren Pacific Antwren Checker-throated Antwren White-flanked Antwren Slaty Antwren Dot-winged Antwren Dusky Antbird Spotted Antbird Immaculate Antbird Chestnut-backed Antbird Esmeraldas Antbird Stub-tailed Antbird Bicolored Antbird Ocellated Antbird Antthushes and Antpittas (3) Black-headed Antthrush Rufous-crowned Antpitta Streak-chested Antpitta Tapaculos (1) Chocó Tapaculo Tyrant Flycatchers (49) Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Golden-faced Tyrannulet Brown-capped Tyrannulet Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Gray Elaenia Greenish Elaenia Yellow-bellied Elaenia Torrent Tyrannulet Olive-striped Flycatcher Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Slaty-capped Flycatcher Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Common Tody-Flycatcher Pacific Flatbill Yellow-margined Flatbill Golden-crowned Spadebill Ornate Flycatcher Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Black-tailed Flycatcher Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Bran-colored Flycatcher Northern Tufted-Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher

Taraba major Thamnophilus atrinucha Thamnistes anabatinus Dysithamnus puncticeps Myrmotherula ignota Myrmotherula pacifica Myrmotherula fulviventris Myrmotherula axillaris Myrmotherula schisticolor Microrhopias quixensis Cercomacra tyrannina Hylophylax naevioides Myrmeciza immaculata Myrmeciza exsul Myrmeciza nigricauda Myrmeciza berlepschi Gymnopithys leucaspis Phaenostictus mcleannani Formicariidae (3) Formicarius nigricapillus Pittasoma rufopileatum Hylopezus perspicillatus Rhinocryptidae (1) Scytalopus chocoensis Tyrannidae (49) Phyllomyias griseiceps Zimmerius chrysops Ornithion brunneicapillum Camptostoma obsoletum Tyrannulus elatus Myiopagis caniceps Myiopagis viridicata Elaenia flavogaster Serpophaga cinerea Mionectes olivaceus Mionectes oleagineus Leptopogon superciliaris Myiornis atricapillus Lophotriccus pileatus Todirostrum nigriceps Todirostrum cinereum Rhynchocyclus pacificus Tolmomyias flavotectus Platyrinchus coronatus Myiotriccus ornatus Terenotriccus erythrurus Myiobius atricaudus Myiobius sulphureipygius Myiobius villosus Myiophobus fasciatus Mitrephanes phaeocercus Contopus cooperi

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Acadian Flycatcher Black Phoebe Long-tailed Tyrant Bright-rumped Attila Rufous Mourner Western Sirystes Dusky-capped Flycatcher Boat-billed Flycatcher Social Flycatcher Rusty-margined Flycatcher Gray-capped Flycatcher White-ringed Flycatcher Streaked Flycatcher Piratic Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Snowy-throated Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Cinnamon Becard Black-and-white Becard One-colored Becard Masked Tityra Black-crowned Tityra Cotingas (6) Speckled Mourner Rufous Piha Blue Cotinga Black-tipped Cotinga Purple-throated Fruitcrow Long-wattled Umbrellabird Manakins (8) Red-capped Manakin Blue-crowned Manakin Golden-winged Manakin White-bearded Manakin Club-winged Manakin Green Manakin Thrush-like Schiffornis Broad-billed Sapayoa Vireos (4) Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Lesser Greenlet Tawny-crowned Greenlet Thrushes (5) Andean Solitaire Rufous-brown Solitaire Swainson's Thrush Pale-vented Thrush Dagua Thrush Swallows and Martins (9) Gray-breasted Martin Purple Martin

Empidonax virescens Sayornis nigricans Colonia colonus Attila spadiceus Rhytipterna holerythra Sirystes albogriseus Myiarchus tuberculifer Megarynchus pitangua Myiozetetes similis Myiozetetes cayanensis Myiozetetes granadensis Conopias albovittata Myiodynastes maculatus Legatus leucophaius Tyrannus melancholicus Tyrannus niveigularis Tyrannus tyrannus Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Pachyramphus albogriseus Platypsaris homochrous Tityra semifasciata Tityra inquisitor Cotingidae (6) Laniocera rufescens Lipaugus unirufus Cotinga nattererii Carpodectes hopkei Querula purpurata Cephalopterus penduliger Pipridae (8) Pipra mentalis Lepidothrix coronata Masius chrysopterus Manacus manacus Machaeropterus deliciosus Chloropipo holochlora Schiffornis turdinus Sapayoa aenigma Vireonidae (4) Vireolanius leucotis Vireo olivaceus Hylophilus decurtatus Hylophilus ochraceiceps Turdidae (5) Myadestes ralloides Cichlopsis leucogenys Catharus ustulatus Turdus obsoletus Turdus daguae Hirundinidae (9) Progne chalybea Progne subis

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Tree Swallow Blue-and-white Swallow White-thighed Swallow Southern Rough-winged Swallow Sand Martin Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Wrens (8) Band-backed Wren Gray-mantled Wren Bay Wren Stripe-throated Wren House Wren White-breasted Wood-Wren Song Wren Southern Nightingale-Wren Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens (4) Tawny-faced Gnatwren Long-billed Gnatwren Tropical Gnatcatcher Slate-throated Gnatcatcher New World Warblers (10) Blackpoll Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Northern Waterthrush Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Black-lored Yellowthroat Mourning Warbler Connecticut Warbler Chocó Warbler Buff-rumped Warbler Bananaquit, Honeycreepers, and Tanagers (36)

Tachycineta bicolor Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Neochelidon tibialis Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Riparia riparia Hirundo rustica Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Troglodytidae (8) Campylorhynchus zonatus Odontorchilus branickii Thryothorus nigricapillus Thryothorus leucopogon Troglodytes aedon Henicorhina leucosticta Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus Microcerculus marginatus Polioptilidae (4) Microbates cinereiventris Ramphocaenus melanurus Polioptila plumbea Polioptila schistaceigula Parulidae (10) Dendroica striata Dendroica fusca Dendroica pensylvanica Seiurus noveboracensis Geothlypis semiflava Geothlypis auricularis Oporornis philadelphia Oporornis agilis Basileuterus chlorophrys Basileuterus fulvicauda Thraupidae (36)

Bananaquit Purple Honeycreeper Red-legged Honeycreeper Green Honeycreeper Blue Dacnis Yellow-tufted Dacnis Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Scarlet-and-white Tanager Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Thick-billed Euphonia Orange-bellied Euphonia White-vented Euphonia Fulvous-vented Euphonia Rufous-throated Tanager Gray-and-gold Tanager Emerald Tanager Blue-necked Tanager Golden-hooded Tanager

Coereba flaveola Cyanerpes caeruleus Cyanerpes cyaneus Chlorophanes spiza Dacnis cayana Dacnis egregia Dacnis venusta Dacnis berlepschi Erythrothlypis salmoni Chlorophonia flavirostris Euphonia laniirostris Euphonia xanthogaster Euphonia minuta Euphonia fulvicrissa Tangara rufigula Tangara palmeri Tangara florida Tangara cyanicollis Tangara larvata

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Blue-whiskered Tanager Bay-headed Tanager Rufous-winged Tanager Golden-chested Tanager Moss-backed Tanager Swallow Tanager Blue-gray Tanager Palm Tanager Lemon-rumped Tanager Summer Tanager Lemon-spectacled Tanager Ochre-breasted Tanager Dusky-faced Tanager White-lined Tanager White-shouldered Tanager Tawny-crested Tanager Scarlet-browed Tanager Saltators, Grosbeaks, and Cardinals (5) Buff-throated Saltator Black-winged Saltator Slate-colored Grosbeak Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue-black Grosbeak Emberizine Finches (10) Crimson-breasted Finch Blue-black Grassquit Dull-colored Grassquit Lesser Seed-Finch Variable Seedeater Black-and-white Seedeater Yellow-bellied Seedeater Chestnut-throated Seedeater Orange-billed Sparrow Black-striped Sparrow American Orioles and Blackbirds (7) Scarlet-rumped Cacique Yellow-billed Cacique Chestnut-headed Oropendola Shiny Cowbird Giant Cowbird Yellow-tailed Oriole Bobolink

Tangara johannae Tangara gyrola Tangara lavinia Bangsia rothschildi Bangsia edwardsi Tersina viridis Thraupis episcopus Thraupis palmarum Ramphocelus icteronotus Piranga rubra Chlorothraupis olivacea Chlorothraupis stolzmanni Mitrospingus cassinii Tachyphonus rufus Tachyphonus luctuosus Tachyphonus delatrii Heterospingus xanthopygius Cardinalidae (5) Saltator maximus Saltator atripennis Saltator grossus Pheucticus ludovicianus Cyanocompsa cyanoides Emberizidae (10) Rhodospingus cruentus Volatinia jacarina Tiaris obscura Oryzoborus angolensis Sporophila corvina Sporophila luctuosa Sporophila nigricollis Sporophila telasco Arremon aurantiirostris Arremonops conirostris Icteridae (7) Cacicus microrhynchus Amblycercus holosericeus Zarhynchus wagleri Molothrus bonariensis Molothrus oryzivorus Icterus mesomelas Dolichonyx oryzivorus

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