The Mindo region of Ecuador! It’s world-renown for birds. We covered several hotspots in our previous post, so here’s some more. And another video, of course! These locations are more “off the beaten track” than the ones from the last post, requiring longer driving to get to and/or stretches of unsealed roads to cover. TheyContinue reading “Birding in the Mindo Region, Ecuador – part 2”
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Birding in the Mindo Region, Ecuador – part 1
After the heady delights of our Andes East Slope tour (chronicled in part 1 and part 2), it was time to head west of Quito. About an hour and a half’s drive lies the biodiverse Mindo region, renowned as an amazing place to see and photograph many glorious neotropical bird species. And it’s a regionContinue reading “Birding in the Mindo Region, Ecuador – part 1”
Birding at WildSumaco, Ecuador
As part of a 10-day Andes East Slope birding tour (see last post), I stayed six nights at WildSumaco Lodge, which sits at 1500m in elevation and is around 4.5 hours east of Quito by road. With 675 bird species over all time according to eBird, it is the top hotspot by that measure inContinue reading “Birding at WildSumaco, Ecuador”
Birding the Andes East Slope, Ecuador
You might go birding in the lush rainforests of Ecuador’s Andes eastern slopes and end up saying to yourself: “Wow, what just happened?!” It’s that fabulous. The Andes East Slope refers to the range of the Andes mountains to the east of Quito, Ecuador’s capital city. The Andes rises from Quito’s 2800m elevation to overContinue reading “Birding the Andes East Slope, Ecuador”
Birding in the Eastern Galapagos, Ecuador
The Galapagos: the crucible for Darwin’s theory of evolution, isolated for millions of years and an equatorial home to a variety of birds and animals found nowhere else… it’s no wonder it’s on many people’s bucket lists of places to visit. We journeyed there in December 2025, taking an 8-day boat cruise on the easternContinue reading “Birding in the Eastern Galapagos, Ecuador”
Peru-Ecuador-Chile 2025 – The Planning
In which two of the Bird Spots crew undertake an epic four month birding and cultural tour of South America. Goals of the Trip Long-time followers of this website will know that our international birding adventures are usually accompanied by mostly breezy photo-driven summaries with cheeky captions. We’re changing tack now as we embark onContinue reading “Peru-Ecuador-Chile 2025 – The Planning”
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