San Jorge Birds and Mammals Specials
The Magic Birding and Hiking Circuit.

Indigo Crowned Quail Dove

Birds and Mammals – Special Encounters at San Jorge Eco-Lodges

During your visit to The Magic Birding Circuit, be sure to sign up to see one of the unique Bird and Mammal Observations that are offered by our guides. San Jorge Eco-Lodges has began to develop the process in which guests can enjoy watching a variety of tamed birds and mammals found at our feeders and birding reserves. At San Jorge’s three eco-lodges, Ecuadorian birding local guides Stalin, Camilo and Vicente after months of work , they feed birds and mammals in our feeders . This is a new highlight to our program.

Jorge, Bird Leader Guide and Irina, Assistant	Stalin, local bird guide from San Jorge de Tandayapa.
Vicente, Local guide from San Jorge de Quito, Jorge Jr, Bird guide	Camilo, local bird guide from San Jorge de Milpe.
Magic Circuit Birding Group.

San Jorge is presently training local people to be qualified bird guides. We are offering them work to enhance their life standards as well as instilling respect and a mind-set to conserve nature. The response by the guides to this project has been met with total enthusiasm. Guests can visit the Long-wattled Umbrella bird nesting area, our Golden-winged Manakin Lek, Rufuos Motmot, Red Headed Barbet, Crimson Rumped Toucanet , Inmaculated Antbird, Golden Headed Quetzal,and dozens more species in feeders !! , watch Scale , Tawny, Ondulated, Mustache Antpittas in the trails, according to the moth of the year.

Birdwacthing Ecuador	Birdwacthing Ecuador

This is a small sample of around 1000 bird species that The Magic Birding Circuit covers. At the feeders during the day, we can see a Tyra (Mustelid family) and the Agouti crossing the trails. During our night walks, one can be very surprised to see Kinkajou, Porcupine, Opossum and other wildlife passing by. We are presently working to attract the more difficult to see, Red-tailed Pigmy Deer, Giant Anteater, Sloth and Ocelot.

Birds commonly seen at San Jorge feeders during the year:

Bay Wren, Red-headed Barbet, Black-capped Tanager, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, Chesnut-back Antbird, Crimson-rumped Toucanet, Golden tanager, Golden headed Quetzal, Golden Rumped Euphonia, Uniform Antshrike, Blue Grey Tanager, Spangled Tanager, Flame-faced Tanager, Golden-headed Quetzal, Immaculate Antbird, Indigo-crown Quail Dove, Masked Flowerpiercer, White Sided Flowerpiercer ,Black Flowerpiercer, Orange-bellied Euphonias, One colored Baccard, Cinnamon baccard, Thick Billed Euphonia, Orange-billed Sparrow, Rufous-fronted Wood Quail, Rufous Motmot, Scale-crested pigmy Tirant, Southern-yellow Grosbeck, Thick-billed Euphonias, Uniform Antshike and dozens more!!. There are also up to 65 species of Hummingbirds. In the highlands, the Rufous-banded Owl who was born near our hacienda, can be heard in the surroundings.

Some birds that arrive to feeders or to a certain area

San Jorge New Bird Pics