Ecuador / Peru Ramsar wetland
Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves
206 bird species recorded; the most in March, in May and in July.
Freddy eduardo · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
104 species in January.95 species in February.133 species in March.101 species in April.144 species in May.8 species in June.138 species in July.84 species in August.108 species in September.125 species in October.111 species in November.114 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.
VU
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
206 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).
- 206Speciesrecorded more than once
- 63Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,489Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 19Raptors
- 1Owls
- 13Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 93Songbirds
- 49Other 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 206 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors19 species
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- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Grey-backed hawkLeucopternis occidentalis
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
Waders13 species
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- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- White-vented Storm PetrelOceanites gracilis
Ducks & geese7 species
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- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Horned ScreamerAnhima cornuta
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- American Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicola
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
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- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds93 species
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- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Dives warczewicziDives warczewiczi
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Furnarius leucopusFurnarius leucopus
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Jet AntbirdCercomacra nigricans
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Peruvian MeadowlarkSturnella bellicosa
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
- Scale-crested Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus pileatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Chestnut-throated SeedeaterSporophila telasco
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
- Streaked saltatorSaltator striatipectus
- Grey-and-gold WarblerMyiothlypis fraseri
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Orange-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia saturata
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Masked Water TyrantFluvicola nengeta
- Ecuadorian ThrushTurdus maculirostris
- Common Tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
- Superciliated WrenCantorchilus superciliaris
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- Loriotus luctuosusLoriotus luctuosus
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Blue-black GrosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- White-bearded ManakinManacus manacus
- Guira TanagerHemithraupis guira
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Crimson-breasted FinchRhodospingus cruentus
- Red-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Amazonian Royal FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatus
- Western Slaty-antshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
- Euscarthmus fulvicepsEuscarthmus fulviceps
- Ramphocaenus melanurusRamphocaenus melanurus
- Snowy-throated KingbirdTyrannus niveigularis
- Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Pacific ElaeniaMyiopagis subplacens
- Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdii
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Sooty-crowned FlycatcherMyiarchus phaeocephalus
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- East Amazonian Fire-eyePyriglena leuconota
- Golden GrosbeakPheucticus chrysogaster
- Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruviana
- Black-capped SparrowArremon abeillei
- Streaked XenopsXenops rutilans
- One-coloured BecardPachyramphus homochrous
- Collared AntshrikeThamnophilus bernardi
- Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollaris
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Mouse-coloured TyrannuletPhaeomyias murina
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Cryptic becardPachyramphus salvini
- Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatus
- Brown-capped TyrannuletOrnithion brunneicapillus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- White-thighed SwallowNeochelidon tibialis
- Plumbeous-backed ThrushTurdus reevei
- Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Speckle-breasted WrenPheugopedius sclateri
- Whiskered WrenPheugopedius mystacalis
- Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funerea
Other birds49 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Ecuadorian Ground-DoveColumbina buckleyi
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Gray-cheeked ParakeetBrotogeris pyrrhopteraVU
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestis
- Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amazilia
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Scarlet-backed WoodpeckerVeniliornis callonotus
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Ecuadorian TrogonTrogon mesurus
- Red-masked ParakeetAratinga erythrogenys
- Rufous-necked Wood-RailAramides axillaris
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Olivaceous PiculetPicumnus olivaceus
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Croaking Ground-DoveColumbina cruziana
- Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterus
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Red-rumped WoodpeckerVeniliornis kirkii
- Guayaquil WoodpeckerCampephilus gayaquilensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Chlorestes julieChlorestes julie
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
- Purple-crowned FairyHeliothryx barroti
- Pallid DoveLeptotila pallida
- Whooping MotmotMomotus subrufescens
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- Ecuadorian PiculetPicumnus sclateri
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchus
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraVU
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
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 March, in May and in July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan31°/22°101 mm
- Feb30°/22°178 mm
- Mar30°/23°188 mm
- Apr30°/22°102 mm
- May31°/22°32 mm
- Jun32°/20°10 mm
- Jul32°/20°5 mm
- Aug32°/19°4 mm
- Sep32°/19°4 mm
- Oct31°/20°9 mm
- Nov31°/20°10 mm
- Dec31°/21°20 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves.
Ecoregion in the Gulf of Guayaquil in South America, in northern Peru and southern Ecuador
Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ecuador.
206 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,489 open records.
The most recorded are the Cocoi Heron, the White Ibis and the Roseate Spoonbill.
32 species come for the summer, 30 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Gray-cheeked Parakeet, Grey Plover and Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in March, in May and in July.
Get there and watch
- Santa Rosa de Flandesnearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 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
- 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
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Gulf of Guayaquil-Tumbes mangroves.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmCerro de Cimalón · 17 kmCerro de Batang · 17 kmCerro de Perequete · 17 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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- 63Migrants
- 4Threatened
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- 89Birdyas Score
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3849830) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,489 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 |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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