Ecuador
What is recorded in Ecuador
- Species
- 6,797
- Grid cells
- 50,409
- Records
- 8,982,428
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 3,845
- Birds 1,509
- Amphibians 553
- Bony fish 345
- Reptiles 276
- Mammals 242
- Sharks and rays 27
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Ecuador, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Ecuador, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Blue-grey Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Blue-and-white Swallow
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Great Thrush
Turdus fuscater
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Euphonia xanthogaster
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Flame-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus flammigerus
Golden Tanager
Tangara arthus
Sparkling Violetear
Colibri coruscans
Slate-throated Whitestart
Myioborus miniatus
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl
Russet-backed Oropendola
Psarocolius angustifrons
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Ecuador.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Ecuador on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.