30 Nov 2011
Odontoglossum sp?
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me identify it - leave a comment! Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador-0.378333,-78.074167
30 Nov 2011
Oncidium sp?
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me identify it - leave a comment! Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador-0.378333,-78.074167
30 Nov 2011
Racinaea goudae
Racinaea goudae is one of the less conspicuous of the bromeliads.
Altitude 2700 metres.
Native range is Ecuador.
30 Nov 2011
Cyrtochilum sp
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me identify it - leave a comment! Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve, Ecuador-0.378333,-78.074167
30 Nov 2011
Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
A female great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus). Altitude 2706 metres. It sounds like this: Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,…
30 Nov 2011
Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)
This sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) simply defies logic and forces of nature! Despite the enormous length of the beak, it flies just like any…
30 Nov 2011
Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata)
The distinctive, large white chest makes it quite easy to recognize the collared inca (Coeligena torquata), even for novice birders. Altitude 2706 metres. It…
30 Nov 2011
White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)
The small woodstars can be difficult to classify, but the first is to eliminate by range, as well as to look in the local birdlist. In this case only the…
30 Nov 2011
Pale-naped Brush Finch (Atlapetes pallidinucha)
I didn't get a good look at its back during my short stay here (nor did it fly out in the open light), so you can only see a hint of white on it's hind crown.…