Birdwatching at Hotel Ali Shungu

"Don't be surprised if the hummingbirds come right up to your window."

__CINEROUS CONEBILL - Regular in surrounding hills

__SLATE-COLORED or ANDEAN COOT- Common on Lago San Pablo

__EARED DOVE - Common in town and Ali Shungu

__CATTLE EGRET - Common on Lago San Pablo

__VERMILION FLYCATCHER - Ali Shungu garden, omnipresent , beautiful

__YELLOW GROSBEAK - Very common, even in the Ali Shungu garden

__BLACK-TAILED TRAINBEARER - Common longtailed hummingbird

__AMERICAN KESTREL - On hillsides outside of town and at Ali Shungu

__SPOTTED SANDPIPER - Regular, Lago San Pablo edge

__BLACK & WHITE SEEDEATER - In foothills outside of town

__SLATE COLORED SEEDEATER - In foothills outside of town

__PLUMBEOUS SIERRA FINCH - In foothills outside of town

__BAND TAILED SEEDEATER - In foothills outside of town

__HOODED SISKIN - Common, including the Ali Shungu garden

__RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW - MOST omnipresent, a sweet song

__BLUE & WHITE SWALLOW - Omnipresent

__BROWN-BELLIED SWALLOW - Seen at Lago San Pablo and Ali Shungu

__FAWN-BREASTED TANAGER - In foothills

__GREAT THRUSH - Should be easy to see in Otavalo and the Peguche falls

__TORRENT TYRANNULET - On Stream edge near Peguche Falls

__SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR - Round-edge tailed hummingbird, vivid purple ear & chest

__BLACK PHOEBE - Seen at Peguche Falls

__ROCK DOVE - Rat with wings..........

__MASKED FLOWER-PIERCER - At the Peguche Falls

__WHITE-TIPPED SWIFT - In Otavalo, near Ali Shungu & at Peguche Falls

__GREEN-TAILED TRAINBEARER - Seen at Ali Shungu

__ANDEAN CONDOR - Roosts at Cuicocha Cliffs, possibly at Mojanda Lake

OTHER BIRDS SEEN IN THE OTAVALO, CUICOCHA and SELVE ALEGRE AREA

__Speckled Teal __Black Vulture

__Red-backed Hawk __Common Gallinule

__White-collared Swift __Shining Sunbeam

__Scarlet-bellied Moun' Tanager __Rufous-nap' Brush Finch

__Yellow-billed Pintail __Black-ch' Buzzard Eagle

__White-rumped Hawk __White-tipped Dove

__Blue-tailed Emerald __Streak-thr' Trainbearer

__White-thr' Tyrannulet __Carbon Flower Piercer

__Andean Ruddy Duck __Speckled Hummingbird

__Tyrian metaltail __Brown-back' Chat Tyrant

__White-crested Elaenia __Plain-tailed Wren

__ Scrub Tanager

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Ali Shungu Mountaintop Lodge

Four warm, spacious Guesthouses & Lodge Restaurant

Only 3 miles from the Otavalo markets

Breathtaking views east, west, north, south

Same excellent Ali Shungu service!

40 acres of Private Natural Reserve, Lodge Guests only

Gourmet Home Cooking, Organic Vegetarian & Meat dishes

Horseback Riding (2 hrs. included), Paths for Idyllic Walks,

Downhill Bicycling, Hikes, Hammocks, Cultural Tours

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Safe and Tranquil Agricultural Indigenous Community

3 miles from 2500 acres of Protected Cloud Forest

30 minutes from volcanic lakes Mojanda & Cuicocha

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