One of the big birds while in Ecuador was ORANGE-BREASTED FRUITEATER. While watching some hummingbird feeders and tanager fruit feeders in the Mindo area a pair of birds flew in and started feeding on some fruiting palm trees just down the hill from my view point.
As it turned out this species became #5000 on my world list (I'd started the day on around #4990 so was counting down as I was going, so as soon as they flew in I knew what the situation was, I just needed to try and get a pic of it to document the occasion!). What a nice bird to bring up that milestone. My last few milestone birds have been in Australia (#4000 was Thick-billed Grasswren and #3000 was Black-breasted Buzzard)... wonder what #6000 will be!
Orange-breasted Fruiteater is a Choco endemic, found in southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador along the western slope of the Andes so has a pretty limited global distribution. There's some pretty noticeable differences between the male and female birds, as can be seen from the pictures below. The males are stunning!
As it turned out this species became #5000 on my world list (I'd started the day on around #4990 so was counting down as I was going, so as soon as they flew in I knew what the situation was, I just needed to try and get a pic of it to document the occasion!). What a nice bird to bring up that milestone. My last few milestone birds have been in Australia (#4000 was Thick-billed Grasswren and #3000 was Black-breasted Buzzard)... wonder what #6000 will be!
Orange-breasted Fruiteater is a Choco endemic, found in southern Colombia and eastern Ecuador along the western slope of the Andes so has a pretty limited global distribution. There's some pretty noticeable differences between the male and female birds, as can be seen from the pictures below. The males are stunning!
Orange-breasted Fruiteater - male
Orange-breasted Fruiteater - male
Orange-breasted Fruiteater - female
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