S. ECUADOR 2009: Amazonian Umbrellabird.

In late January / February 2009 I visited S. Ecuador straight after the tour to the north. We concentrated on the Podacarpus National Park (mainly Bombuscaro on the east slope), the Buenaventura area on the west slope and Tapichalaca at the southern perimiter of Podacarpus NP.
Bombuscaro was a particularly productive site; we stayed at the excellent Copalinga Lodge (with White-breasted Parakeets in the grounds). The east slope upper tropical forests are the home to many desirable birds such as Black-streaked Puffbird and this fine Amazonian Umbrellabird. It was a particularly wet period in Ecuador at the turn of the year as can be seen from my attempt at taking the pic of the "Brolleybird" through soaking wet understory.