Odontoglossum sp?
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me identify it - leave a comment! Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,…
Oncidium sp?
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me identify it - leave a comment! Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,…
Racinaea goudae
This is one of the less conspicuous of the bromeliads.
Altitude 2700 metres.
Native range is Ecuador.
Cyrtochilum sp
Altitude 2700 metres. Please help me identify it - leave a comment! Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,…
Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
A female. Altitude 2706 metres. It sounds like this: Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve,…
Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)
This hummingbird simply defies logic and forces of nature! Despite the enormous length of the beak, it flies just like…
Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata)
The distinctive, large white chest makes it quite easy to recognize, even for novice birders. Altitude 2706 metres. It…
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…
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…
Erato polymnioides
A vital and dominant plant with large leaves that effectively support its growth while suppressing that of the smaller…
Erato polymnioides
A vital and dominant plant with large leaves that effectively support its growth while suppressing that of the smaller…