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And finally, my most wanted bird in the world and the main reason for this trip; Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, which we got to see displaying on their lek.

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Andean Condors.  We saw around 15 of them, which is roughly 10% of the Ecuadorian population

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Giant Hummingbird

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Andean Lapwing

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This raging torrent was home to a family of Torrent Ducks

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Tourmaline Sunangel

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There weren't many species to be seen at 4200m altitude but Chestnut-winged Cinclodes was common at this elevation.

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Of all the birds featured, this is the only one I'd seen before, but never in this snazzy, intermediate plumage of an immature male White-lined Tanager.

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Collared Inca

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Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

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Two shy, forest species which came to the ground feeder at Amagusa; White-throated Quail-Dove and Dark-backed Wood-Quail.

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Long-tailed Sylph

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Rose-faced Parrots at Amagusa

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Stygian Owl in Mindo

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The appropriately-named Velvet-purple Coronet

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The habituated antpittas at the wonderful Refugio Paz de las Aves have affectionately been given names.  We saw four species here (as well as a bonus Rufous-breasted Antthrush), starting with Willy, the Yellow-breasted Antpitta.

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Flame-faced Tanager in the pouring rain.

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The diminutive White-booted Racket-tail

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Masked Flowerpiercer at Yanacocha

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Yanacocha is also the place we saw our first antpitta of the trip when a family of three Equatorial Antpittas came in, one of them right at my feet!