Below you will find a more comprehensive list of animal you could encounter in
Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest

The list is separated by type of animal.

Birds
Birds
Birds
Mammals

Herons, Bitterns and Egrets
Cocoi Heron
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Rufescent Tiger-Heron

American Vultures
Turkey Vulture
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
Black Vulture
King Vulture

Kites, Eagles, Hawks etc
Spizaetus ornatus Ornate Hawk-eagle
Roadside Hawk
Variable Hawk
Swallow-tailed Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Black-faced Hawk
White Hawk
Zone Tailed Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Osprey

Falcons and Caracaras
Black Caracara
Bat Falcon
Red-throated Caracara
Laughing Falcon
Lined Forest-Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Yellow-headed Caracara

Curassows, Guans, and Chachalacas
Nocturnal Curassow
Speckled Chachalaca
Spix's Guan

New World Quails
Marbled Wood-Quail

Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper

Plovers and Lapwings
Pied Plover

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Chestnut-headed Crake
Gray-necked Wood-Rail

Pigeons and Doves
Blue Ground-Dove
Plumbeous Pigeon
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Gray-fronted Dove

Parrots and Macaws
Mealy Amazon
Yellow-crowned Amazon
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
White-eyed Parakeet
Dusky-headed Parakeet
Black-headed Parrot
Orange-cheeked Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
Bronze-winged Parrot
Maroon-tailed Parakeet

Cuckoos and Anis
Smooth-billed Ani
Greater Ani
Squirrel Cockoo
Black-bellied Cuckoo

Typical Owls
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Crested owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Tawny-bellied Screech-owl
Spectacled owl

Nightjars and Nighthawks
Pauraque
Ocellated Poorwill

Swifts
Grey-rumped Swift

Jacamars
Great Jacamar
Yellow-billed Jacamar

Puffbirds
Swallow-winged Puffbird
Chestnut-capped Puffbird
White-chested Puffbird
Yellow-billed Nunbird
White-fronted Nunbird
Black-fronted Nunbird
White-necked Puffbird

New World Barbets
Scarlet-crowned Barbet
Gilded Barbet
Lemon-throated Barbet

Toucans
Ivory-billed Aracari
Chestnut-eared Aracari
Lettered Aracari
Many-banded Aracari
Channel-billed Toucan
White-throated Toucan
Golden-collared Toucanet

Woodpeckers and Piculets
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Red-necked Woodpecker
Chestnut Woodpecker
Cream-coloured Woodpecker
Scale-breasted Woodpecker
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
Lafresnaye's piculet
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Veniliornis passerinus Little Woodpecker

Hummingbirds
Andean Emerald Hummingbird
Glittering-throated Emerald
Black-throated Mango
Gray-breasted Sabrewing
Napo Sabrewing
Glowing Puffleg
Buff-tailed Sicklebill
Rufous -breasted Hermit
Black-eared Fairy
Gould's Jewelfront
Straight-billed Hermit
White-bearded Hermit
Great-billed Hermit
Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Trogons and Quetzals
Pavonine Quetzal
Black-tailed Trogon
Amazonian White-tailed Trogon
Collared Trogon
Black-throated Trogon
Amazonian Violaceous Trogon
Blue-crowned Trogon

Kingfishers
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green and Rufous Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher

Motmots
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Blue-crowned Motmot

Cotinga
Scaled Fruiteater
Cotinga cayana Spangled Cotinga
Plum-throated Cotinga
Bare-necked Fruitcrow
White-browed Purpletuft
Purple throated Fruitcrow


Manakins
Blue-backed Manakin
Green Manakin
White-crowned Manakin
Blue-crowned ManakinWhite-bearded Manakin
Golden-headed Manakin
Dwarf Tyrant Manakin

Vireos
Red-eyed Vireo

Thrushes
Swainson's Thrush
White-necked Thrush
Lawrence's Thrush

Swallows and Martins
White-banded Swallow
Southern rough-winged swallow
White-winged Swallow

Wrens
Thrush-like Wren
Black-capped Donacobius
White-breasted Wood-wren
Southern Nightingale-Wren
Coraya Wren

Gnatcatchers and Gnatwrens
Tawny-faced Gnatwren

New World Warblers
Yellow Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler

Tanagers
Green Honeycreeper
Magpie Tanager
Rufous-crested Tanager
Purple Honeycreeper
Yellow-bellied Dacnis
Thick-billed Euphonia
Rufous-bellied Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
White-lored Euphonia
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Yellow-backed Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
Masked Crimson Tanager
Flame-crested Tanager
Fulvous-crested Tanager
Opal-crowned Tanager
Paradise Tanager
Turquoise Tanager
Green-and-gold Tanager
Yellow-bellied Tanager
Swallow Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager

Saltators, Grosbeaks etc
Blue-black Grosbeak
Slate-colored Grosbeak
Buff-throated Saltator

Emberizine Finches
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Lesser Seed-Finch

Cardueline Finches
Lesser Goldfinch

American Orioles, and Blackbirds
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Solitary Cacique
Casqued Oropendola
Oriole Blackbird
Orange-backed Troupial
Giant Cowbird
Russet-backed Oropendola
Crested Oropendola
Green Oropendola

 

 

 

Class Mammalia
Opossums
Western woolly opossum
Water opossum
Common opossum
Little rufous mouse opossum
Long-furred woolly mouse opossum
Four-eyed opossum

Two-toed sloths
Southern two-toed sloth

Armadillos
Southern naked-tailed armadillo
Nine-banded armadillo

Short-tailed Fruit bats
Short-tailed fruit bat
Little fruit bat

Vampire bats
Common vampire bat

Sac-winged/Sheath-tailed Bats
White-lined bat

Long tongued bats
Long tongued bat
Spear-nosed long-tongued bat

Neotropical Fruit bats
Large fruit-eating bat
Big-eyed bat
Hairy-legged bat
Yellow shouldered fruit bat
Tent-making bat
Great Stripe-faced bat

Spear-nosed Bats
Long-legged bat
Hairy-nosed bat
Spear-nosed bat

Vespertilionid Bats
Little brown bat

Primates Monkeys
Black-mantle tamarin
Red howler monkey
Night monkey
White-fronted capuchin

Carnivores
Raccoon
South american coati
Kinkajou

Weasel
Tayra
Neotropical otter

Felidae Cat
Jaguarundi
Ocelot
Puma

Peccaries and Deer
Red brocket deer
Collared peccary

Rodents
Amazon bamboo rat
Water rat
Spiny rat

Squirrels
Amazon red squirrel
Neotropical pygmy squirrel

Large Cavylike Rodents
Paca
Bi-color spined porcupine
Black agouti
Capybara
Green acouchy

 

 

 

 

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Lizards
Snakes
Amphibians
Insects & Spiders

Collared forest gecko
Bridled forest gecko
Amazon pygmy gecko
Black-bellied forest lizard
Reticulated creek lizard
Common forest lizard
Common streamside lizard
Elegant-eyed lizard
White-striped eyed lizard
Amazon forest dragon
Slender anole
Yellow-tongued forest anole
Amazon bark anole
Amazon green anole
Common forest anole
Black-spotted skink
Collared tree runner
Olive tree runner
Forest whiptail
Golden tegu

Crocodilians
Smooth-fronted caiman

 

Earth snake
Olive whipsnake
Rusty whipsnake
Musarana
Tawny forest racer
Ornate snail-eating snake
Big-headed snail-eating snake
Amazon egg-eating snake
Common glossy racer
Banded south american water snake
Spotted water snake
Common blunt-headed tree snake
Amazon blunt-headed tree snake
Common cat-eyed snake
Brown parrot snake
White-lipped swamp snake
Common swamp snake
Yellow-headed calico snake
Black-headed calico snake
Banded calico snake
Common bird snake
Giant bird snake
Red-vine snake
Tiger rat snake
Black-headed snake
Common false viper
Giant false viper
Green-striped vine snake
Speckeled forest pit viper
Western Striped Forest Pit Viper
Fer-de-lance
Amazonian Hog-Nosed Lancehead
Amazon Bushmaster
Red-tailed boa
Common boa constrictor
Amazon tree boa
Peruvian rainbow boa
Orange-ringed coral snake
Langsdorffs coral snake
Eastern ribbon coral snake
Central amazon coral snake
Aquatic coral snake


Class Amphibia
Lungless Salamanders
Dwarf climbing salamander

Toads
Cane Toad
Crested Forest Toad
Sharp-nosed Toad

Leaf Toads
Orange bellied leaf toad

Frogs
Ruby Poison Frog
Sanguine Poison Frog
Ucayali Rocket Frog
Duellmans Poison Frog
Amazon Leaf Frog
Pygmy hatchet-faced Tree Frog
Upper Amazon Tree Frog
Neotropical Marbled Tree Frog
Red Striped Tree Frog
Variable Clown Tree Frog
Casque-headed Tree Frog
Rocket Tree Frog
Gladiator Tree Frog
Convict Tree Frog
Map Tree Frog
Common Polkadot Tree Frog
Map Tree Frog
Common Polkadot Tree Frog
Forest bromeliad Tree Frog
Common bromeliad Tree Frog
Flat-headed bromeliad Tree Frog
Amazonian Milk Tree Frog
Warty Monkey Frog
Barred Monkey Frog
White-lined monkey Tree Frog
Fringe lipped Tree Frog
Two-striped Tree Frog
Common milk Tree Frog
Bassler's Sheep Frog
Eyelashed Forest Frog
Green Rain Frog
aff Peruvian Rain Frog
Amazonian Rain Frog
Chirping Robber Frog
Striped-throated Rain Frog
Malkini's Rain Frog
Marti's rainfrog
Carabaya Rain Frog
Broad-headed Rain Frog
Variable Rain Frog
Black-banded Robber Frog
Broad-headed Rain Frog
Painted Forest Toadlet
Cocha Chirping Frog
Rose-sided Jungle Frog
Moustached Jungle Frog
Wagneris Jungle Frog
Painted Antnest Frog
Common big headed Rain Frog
Dark-blotched Whistling Frog
Neotropical Green Frog

 

Class Arachnida
Golden Silk Spider
Giant Fishing Spider

Class Insecta
Giant Ceiba Borer
Pleasing Fungus Beetle
Spiny Devil Katydid
Lunate Flatbug
Common Brown Morpho
Pareuptychia hesionides
Cleopatra Satyr
Echo Satyr
Sosis Satyr

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