Ecuador is one of the top four richest countries worldwide when it comes to bird life, making it an fantastic location for bird watching. Ecuador has more bird species than the United States, Canada and Europe put together. If you are organizing a bird watching tour round Ecuador, Ecuador hotels present fantastic accommodation. Almost half of all the hummingbird species on the planet can be found in Ecuador. In Bosque Protector Mindo Nambillo, northwest of the province of Pichincha covers an area of approximately 19 000 hectares and holds over 450 species of birds.
Ecuador only has 1.5% of the area of South America, but is home to over 1600 bird species. These species are concentrated in an area of 270 670 km 2. Ecuador has 18% of the nearly 9700 bird species recognized in the world, and more than 50 percent of species birds of South America (circa 3300 species.).
Bird watching in Ecuador developed slowly for 30 years and became more active in the last 20 years. Especially with this purpose are built some of the hotels in Ecuador. Ecuador has 107 Important Bird Areas and many of them are very properly developed and accessible.
For all bird watching enthusiast you can find a lot of endemic species here, specially in the Galapagos, that is the country of Darwin's finches, probably the most popular and important birds in the science of evolution The Amazon area is a real birding hotspot, the indigenous in the Ecuadorian Amazon make fantastic birding guides thanks to their innate skills for spotting and identifying birds all around the country. Ecuador’s Amazon Rainforest is a “hot spot†considering that this is home to around 600 species of birds. You can find a number of companies that organize guided bird watching tours. They will show you the perfect regions for bird watching and they'll arrange the perfect hotel in Ecuador for you. Don't forget to take a pair of binoculars, your camera, a raincoat and sunscreen.
Here are a number of the most important birding locations:
Mindo â€" It is located in Ecuador’s cloud forest area. The town of Mindo was designated an Important Bird Area in 1997. With an array of accommodations in Ecuador to choose from, the forest supports 350 species of birds with 50 of these that are endemic. One of the favorite activities for birders here is to head out early in the morning with a guide, to try to spot the shy Cock of the Rock. Other birds here involve the Golden-Headed Quetzal, the Choco Toucan and the Club-Winged Manakin. Mindo is two hours northwest of Quito by bus.
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