#Papallacta
Masked mountain tanager.
📍: Papallacta, Ecuador. 🇪🇨

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November 14, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Grass Wren
Papallacta, Ecuador

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March 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
March 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Totally blown away with our views of Jameson's Snipe at Papallacta yesterday. (sound up)
April 30, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Bufftail Coronet, a species of hummingbird, at Guango Lodge near Papallacta, Ecuador. If you look closely there is a little blep. 🪶
November 25, 2024 at 2:43 AM
This fabulous little treehopper will be published in an upcoming scientific paper! Have I said I love @inaturalist.bsky.social ? It's so great for connecting scientists to observations. #invert
(Gelastogonia bicristata) Papallacta, Ecuador
June 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
American Kestrel, Papallacta, Ecudor.
December 24, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Little jumping spider found at Guango Lodge near Papallacta, Ecuador.
November 25, 2024 at 2:27 AM
My final tick of the mainland Ecuador leg of our trip: Masked Mountain Tanager, Papallacta this morning. Particularly pleasing as we had missed it a week earlier. 🪶 #BirdsSeenIn2026
May 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
‪Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Grey. Grey-breasted Mountain-Toucans (Andigena hypoglauca), Guango Lodge, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador, October 2025.

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July 27, 2026 at 1:07 PM
A rather damp Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii), Guango Lodge, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026.

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September 7, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Iridescence, and I nominate this male Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii). Guango Lodge, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026.

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September 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant, Papallacta Pass, Ecuador

Nikon F5 500mm f4 with fill flash

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December 3, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Antisana Volcano, viewed from Papallacta Pass, Ecuador, July 2024.
January 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus) singing, Papallacta Pass, Napo, Ecuador, October 2025.

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April 24, 2026 at 12:53 PM
The non-avian highlight of our Ecuador trip so far, was spending half an hour this morning watching two Spectacled Bears near the Papallacta Pass. I suspect it won't be surpassed.
April 29, 2026 at 2:04 AM
A poor shot in awful conditions of a Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) at Guango Lodge, Papallacta, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026.

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September 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
An adorable potato of a bird that runs or hops along the ground, the Chestnut-winged Cinclodes. This bird is found in the high montane scrubland of the Andes Mountains. It seems not much is known about its diet, but it's thought to feed on insects.
Papallacta, Ecuador 🌿🧪🪶
October 20, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Tortoise beetles in various stages of development. The shiny colorful one is what the adults look like, the pale ones and the one with red have not fully filled in their color yet. The green critter at the top is a larva with a poop shield!
Papallacta, Ecuador
November 2, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus), Papallacta Pass, Ecuador, October 2025.

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April 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM
A5. I have hiked around Papallacta Pass in Andes of Ecuador, a protected place. Bird trip, of course. It's at least 12,000 ft. Winds were blowing about 30 mph. The drive up is spectacular, and the views are, too. I've done it twice, and I'm ready to go back. #ParkChat
July 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Papallacta (land of the potatoes) also is famous for its hotsprings. They're heated by the neighboring, and 4th tallest volcano, Antisana.
January 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis gayi), Paso de Papallacta, Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca, Napo, Ecuador, October 2025. 🌿🪶 #birds
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March 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Spectacular hazy skies in Papallacta (high altitude thermal baths) 🇪🇨
July 11, 2023 at 1:29 AM
Laguna de Papallacta, Ecuador
November 22, 2024 at 5:35 PM