Ecuador Ramsar wetland
Abras de Mantequilla
67 bird species recorded; the most in January and in March.
JORGITO1983 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
37 species in January.4 species in February.38 species in March.31 species in April.4 species in May.2 species in June.31 species in July.28 species in August.2 species in September.0 species in October.21 species in November.25 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
NT
NT
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No records for this month.
NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
67 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 67Speciesrecorded more than once
- 27Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 341Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 5Raptors
- 2Owls
- 4Waders
- 4Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 21Songbirds
- 19Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 67 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Pied PloverHoploxypterus cayanus
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Horned ScreamerAnhima cornuta
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Fasciated Tiger-heronTigrisoma fasciatum
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- White IbisEudocimus albus
Songbirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Furnarius leucopusFurnarius leucopus
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Masked Water TyrantFluvicola nengeta
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Dives warczewicziDives warczewiczi
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Snowy-throated KingbirdTyrannus niveigularis
- One-coloured BecardPachyramphus homochrous
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pale-browed TinamouCrypturellus transfasciatusNT
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Ecuadorian Ground-DoveColumbina buckleyi
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchus
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestis
- Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amazilia
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in January and in March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan33°/22°142 mm
- Feb31°/22°230 mm
- Mar31°/22°223 mm
- Apr32°/22°143 mm
- May33°/21°51 mm
- Jun34°/20°15 mm
- Jul35°/20°5 mm
- Aug36°/20°3 mm
- Sep36°/20°3 mm
- Oct35°/20°7 mm
- Nov35°/20°10 mm
- Dec35°/21°35 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Abras de Mantequilla.
Abras de Mantequilla is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ecuador.
67 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 341 open records.
The most recorded are the Wattled Jacana, the Snowy Egret and the Striated Heron.
18 species come for the summer, 7 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in January and in March.
Get there and watch
- Hostalplace to stay · 7.4 km · 2 within 10 km
- Palenquenearest town · 7.1 km in a straight line
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 76 km in a straight lineCar hire at GYE airport (Guayaquil)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2places to stay within 10 kmHostal, París de Noche
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Other places nearby.
Abras de Mantequilla
Ecuador
- 42Birdyas Score
- 67Species
- 27Migrants
- 0Threatened
Machalilla National Park
Ecuador · 123 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 336Species
- 98Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q16487167) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 341 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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