Jorupe Reserve protects habitat for a number of regional endemic (restricted range) species that are only found in the dry Tumbesian Region of SW Ecuador and NW Peru. Currently about 1,450 hectares are protected. Some of these birds can be difficult to find outside the reserve.
Ochre-bellied Dove is exceedingly difficult to spot in its forest environment. This shy bird comes out to the feeders at the Urraca lodge in Jorupe when things are quiet.
Collared Antshrike, one of the more handsome antshrikes.
My favorite bird name is Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaner, a secretive species that nests in road banks and ravines.
Pale-browed Tinamous are another bird that would be difficult to spot, if it weren’t for the feeders at Jorupe.
The lodge in Jorupe is named after the White-tailed Jay, a Tumbesian endemic.
The raucous, Red-masked Parakeet