Ecuador Nature Tours

24/12/2023

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎁 to all my family specially my wife Edy Miranda and my two beautiful daughters Meghan & Heather, my mom Rocio Jaramillo, my dad Nestor Apolo and sister Sonia Rocio Apolo and my two nephews Joshua & Liam as her husband Carlos Escola and to all my colleagues, friends and clients from all over the world.

From Ecuador Nature Tours we want to send you the best wishes during this holiday.

God bless you all!

17/07/2023

🌳🐦✨ Embracing Hope for Mashpi Amagusa Reserve ✨🐦🌳

Friends and followers, I'm Nelson Apolo, a National Tour Guide specializing in Bird Watching. Today, I want to share a message of hope and gratitude.

Meet Doris Villalba and Sergio Basantes, a young couple from our local community. Their dedication to conservation has created the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve—a haven of unique biodiversity in Ecuador's Choco Andino Biosphere.

Visiting this enchanting reserve unveils rare treasures like the Moss-backed Tanager, Choco Vireo, Black Solitaire, and Glistening-green Tanager. These species showcase the richness of the Chocó Biogeographical Region.

The Mashpi-Amagusa Reserve also uplifts local communities, offering job opportunities and contributing to our country's development.

I thank all who support this campaign. Your trust and support empower us to share the wonders of our country and fight for nature's value in sustaining humanity.

Let's remember that harming our planet and its resources ultimately harms ourselves. Together, we can make a difference.

Join us in supporting Mashpi Amagusa Reserve. Your donation matters. 🌍💚

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We can do it! We can preserve 62 hectares of primary forest wi… Reserva Mashpi Amagusa needs your support for Secure the Future of the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve

14/06/2023

Hummingbirds frenzy in the Amazon Foothills.

31/08/2022

Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl

This cute little owl is endemic to the Choco Bioregion between Ecuador 🇪🇨 and Colombia 🇨🇴.

Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Nanegalito -EC

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21/04/2022

Violet-headed Hummingbird

This smart hummingbird has a wide distribution from Honduras 🇭🇳 to Bolivia 🇧🇴. In Ecuador is only found on the Eastern Foothills of the Andes.

Copalinga Lodge, Zamora - EC

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20/04/2022

Crimson-rumped Toucanet

This emerald green toucan is found from the NW of Venezuela to SW of Ecuador where inhabits humid tropical forest from foothills to highlands.

Refugio Paz de Las Aves, EC

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11/04/2022

Green-and-gold Tanager

This gorgeous tanager has a wide distribution in the Amazon region from the foothills to the lowland rain forests.

Copalinga Lodge, Zamora - EC

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🌎Mindo, Ecuador

09/04/2022

Black-throated Tody-Tyrant

This sexy and smart tiny flycatcher inhabits subtropical forest from Venezuela to Bolivia between 1500 to 3000 m.

Tapichalaca Reserve, EC

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08/04/2022

Andean Condor

This is our National Bird and highly endangered with approximately 150 individuals left in the wild in Ecuador.

Cerro de Arcos, Saraguro EC

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24/03/2022

Wire-crested Thorntail

This gorgeous hummingbird species is only found in the foothills of the East slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

WildSumaco Lodge, Ecuador

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20/01/2022

Hi everyone ☺!!!

I hope you and your families are doing well.

If you are thinking in doing a birding tour to Ecuador 🇪🇨 and need a bird guide don't hesitate to contact me.

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🌎Mindo, Ecuador

13/01/2022

Giant Conebill

Enigmatic and scarce species only found in Polylepis forest in the high Andes.

Papallacta Pass, Pifo - EC

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12/01/2022

Booted (Peruvian) Racket-tail

The Booted Racket-tail will be split in different species at some point and Peruvian will be one of them. The boots of this subspecies are orange color.

La Brisa Hummingbird Garden, EC

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🌎Mindo, Ecuador

01/01/2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022!

I want to wish a wonderful 2022 to all my family, relatives, friends, followers, loyal clients and people that know me.

Have a year full of health, work, travels, happiness and of course full of birds.

All the best to all of you and your families.
God bless you all 🙏

Sincerely,
Nelson Apolo
Ecuador Nature Tours

24/12/2021

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄 ❤ TO ALL MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, BIRDERS AND FACEBOOK FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD 🌎

Have a wonderful Christmas with your beloved families wherever you are.
Stay safe 🙏

Sincerely,
Nelson Apolo

08/11/2021

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill

A magnificent species found in highland elfin forest and paramo ecosystems in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Cerro Toledo, Yangana - EC

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06/09/2021

Koepcke's Screech-Owl

This beautiful owl 🦉 was endemic to Peru until a population was discovered in Loja province in Ecuador a few years ago.

Loja city, EC

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13/07/2021

Tawny Antpitta

This is probably one of the easiest Antpittas to see because inhabits highland elfin forest and paramo ecosystem where it usually pops out in the open. Only found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Antisana Ecological Reserve, EC

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01/07/2021

Napo Sabrewing

This beautiful hummingbird is only found from southern Colombia south to northern Peru where is scarce in cloud forest on the east slope of the Andes.

WildSumaco Lodge, EC

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06/06/2021

White-throated Screech-Owl

This beautiful species is found in temperate clouds forest from Venezuela to Bolivia on both sides of the Andes between 2,300 and 3,400 m.

Yanacocha Reserve, EC

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19/05/2021

Barred Puffbird

This unmistakable Puffbird is found around forest edge and secondary woodland in the lowlands from Panama to western Ecuador.

Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, EC

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24/04/2021

Golden Tanager

This beautiful yellow and black tanager inhabits subtropical, tropical and foothill cloud forests from Venezuela to Bolivia on both sides of the Andes where is very common. They move with mix flocks, they're omnivores and always visit fruit feeders.

Refugio Paz de Las Aves, EC

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20/04/2021

Black-faced (Yellow-tufted) Dacnis

This subspecies is only found in the Chocó Ecoregion. Here I captured this beautiful male eating "Zapan de Paloma" Trema sp., fruits.

Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, EC

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15/04/2021

Hook-billed Kite

A common species found from SE USA (Texas) where rare, Central and South America to Northern Argentina in different types of ecosystems where feeds on ground and tree snails.

Pedro Vicente Maldonado, EC

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24/03/2021

Peruvian Antpitta

This beautiful and rare antpitta is only found on the Eastern Andean cloud forest understory in Ecuador 🇪🇨 and Peru 🇵🇪
Despite its name, most sightings are from Ecuador.

Guacamayos Ridge, EC

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🌎 Ecuador