New records of birds from the inter-Andean valley of Quito, Ecuador

Héctor Cadena-Ortiz; Jorge Bedoya; Roger Ahlman; Cesar Garzón-Santomaro; Edison Ocaña; Daniel Arias-Cruzatty; Maartje Musschenga; Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

doi:10.15560/22.1.91

New records of birds from the inter-Andean valley of Quito, Ecuador

Héctor Cadena-Ortiz
, Jorge Bedoya
, Roger Ahlman
, Cesar Garzón-Santomaro
, Edison Ocaña
, Daniel Arias-Cruzatty
, Maartje Musschenga
, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Colectivo ciudadano AvesQuito
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INABIO
Yaku Parque Museo del Agua
Mindo Cloudforest Foundation
Programa de Aves Urbanas Quito (PAU Quito)

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We present occurrence records of 93 bird species from the inter-Andean valley of Quito, Ecuador: the first vouchered country record of Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus, 1766); first records for 37 species in the Andes of Ecuador or within the inter-Andean valley; supplementary records of 45 species with scattered records; modern records for seven species; and reports of three non-native species. Several observations originate from novel urban habitats, underscoring the conservation potential of green infrastructure. The study highlights the pivotal role of participatory science in advancing our understanding of bird distribution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-149
Number of pages	59
Journal	Check List
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15560/22.1.91
State	Published - 2026

Keywords

Andes
Aves
Passerina cyanea
distribution
highlands
non-native species
urban birds

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New records of birds from the inter-Andean valley of Quito, Ecuador

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