Ecuador’s Fabulous Hummingbirds
March 12 - 21, 2027
Your place on this Venture is reserved when your completed registration form and deposit of $700/person has been received. Deposit may be made via the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer, (payable to ‘VENTURES BIRDING’).
This Venture is limited to 8 participants.
Ecuador is the size of the state of Georgia, yet 1,540 species of birds have been recorded in the country. On this Venture, we’ll travel from the Andes into the northwestern lowlands, seeing a dazzling display of tanagers, flycatchers and hummingbirds; over high, windswept pass to relict patches of polylepis forest for the endemic Black-breasted Puffleg; through Chocó cloudforest, where we hope to find such regional endemics as Toucan Barbet, Pale-mandibled Aracari and Chocó Toucan; and lower elevation tropical rainforest near Silanche looking for Choco endemics such as Purple-chested Hummingbird, Scarlet-browed Tanager and Long-wattled Umbrellabird.
Our accommodation will be comfortable and convenient to the best birding spots. The food is excellent and the people very friendly. If you have never been to South America before, this trip to Ecuador will open your eyes to the beauty and diversity that is South America. Our 8-day Choco and Wild Sumaco tour takes us across both sides of Andes.
Although we are dedicating the majority of our time to hummingbirds, we will still enjoy all of the other birds, which will include a wide range of tanagers, trogons, antbirds and many more.
Cost of Ecuador Venture: $3400 per person from Quito, based on double occupancy (Single supplement $700) Price includes: All ground transportation and accommodations, all meals, admission fees, information packet & bird checklist, and services of one Ventures tour leader and one local guide. Not included: Alcoholic beverages, gratuities, laundry, and items of a personal nature.
Birds We Hope to See
Target Birds:
Moss-backed Tanager, Andean Motmot, Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Chocó Toucan, Pale-mandibled Araçari, Yellow-collared Chlorophonia, Rufous-throated and Glistening-green Tanager, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Caranculated Caracara, Andean Tit-Spinetail, White-chinned Thistletail, Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Paramo Ground-Tyrant, Andean Condor, Ecuadorian Hillstar, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Mountain Avocetbill, Tourmaline Sunangel, Glowing and Golden-breasted Puffleg, Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Long-tailed Sylph, Bronzy Inca, Gorgeted Woodstar, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, White-tailed Hillstar, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Green Hermit, Many-spotted & Violet-headed Hummingbird, Ecuadorian Piedtail, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Napo Sabrewing, Grey-chinned Hermit, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Green & Sparkling Violetear, Black-throated Brilliant, Wire-crested Thorntail, Shining Sunbeam, Giant Conebill, Black-backed Bush-Tanager, Páramo Tapaculo, Silvery Grebe, Andean Coot, Andean Ruddy-Duck, Andean Teal, Sickle-winged Guan, White-throated Quail-Dove, beautiful Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher, Bronze-olive Pygmy-Tyrant, Handsome and Pale-edged Flycatcher, Dusky Piha, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Inca Jay, Black-billed Peppershrike, Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Subtropical and Yellow-billed Cacique, Tawny, Moustached, Giant, Slate-crowned, Crescent-faced, Yellow-breasted, White-bellied and Chestnut-crowned Antpittas, Barred Antthrush, Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant, Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant, Flammulated Treehunter, Sickle-winged Guan, White-throated Quail-Dove, Olivaceous Piha, White-rimmed Brush-Finch, White-faced Nunbird, and many others.
