Ecuador Birds

A friend recently returned from Ecuador and regaled with stories and photo from that trip. As fellow birding enthusiasts, he knew to show me a few of the wild birds he'd captured on film. Parrots, macaws, tanagers. That got me curious as to what might be available online, as to bird photos from that region. What follows is a brief photographic journey into the avian wilds of Ecuador.
The first batch have been identified, while the second batch has yet to be named. If you happen to know the identity of any of the second group of birds, do let me know and I'll update this blog list.

Blue and gray Tanager. Love the soft blues on this exquisite fellow

There's simply no bird quite like the Blue-footed Boobie. You have to find video of this bird. Quirky!

Blue-necked Tanager. Lots of tanagers in Ecuador and throughout northern S. America.

Frigate bird (I think).The males have the very distinctive throat pouch that they display during courting.

 Glittering-throated Emerald hummingbird. That's quite a mouthful for such a tiny bird!

 Long-tailed Sylph hummer. One of the most magnificent birds found anywhere.

That's a Red Macaw on the left and a Blue & Gold macaw on the right. Though most of us will only see them in zoos, macaws are quite common in South America.

This forbidding looking character is a Masked Tragoon. As opposed to ... umm ...? I think of him as a No-neck tragoon. Just kidding.

Silver-beaked Tanager. As I mentioned, there's a LOT of tanager species in our southern lands.

Here's one of my favorite common names - Violaceous jay.

If you stare too long at this Yellow-tufted woodpecker's eyes, you may get hypnotized! Maybe we can invite The Donald to gaze into his eyes and follow the hypnotic command to step down and move to Russia ...

Not sure of this butterfly's ID but is truly one of the most dazzling butterflies I've ever seen.

Okay, we're into the unidentified batch now. This colorful guy puts on quite a show! Likely to be a tanager but can't find his picture anywhere.

I'm guessing by its prominent beak that this is a species of Toucan. 

Our green fellow here is one of many parrot species in the tropics.

I love the colors on this little peeper! Might be a Blue-Winged Mountain tanager.

 I think this unusual and colorful guy might be an Andean Cock of the Rock. Wild!

I think this may be a Flame-faced tanager. Tanagers often draw from a diverse color palette!

Grey-breasted Wood wren. Very curious coloring. The grey on his head seems to stop half way!