La province d’Esmeraldas (Équateur), Terra Incognita?

In the North of Ecuador, near the Colombia border, the Province of Esmeraldas is really poor known by birders; it’s a pity, as this region has a lot to offer to birders.
Besides the especially important and uncommon lowland Chocó endemics, one can discover numerous specialities from the mangroves on the Pacific coast to the forests on the foothills of Western Cordillera.
Specialties include: Plumbeous Hawk, Plumbeous Forest-Falcon, Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail, Tawny-faced Quail, Brown Wood-Rail, Olive-backed Quail-Dove, Rose-faced Parrot, Red-lored Amazon, Bronzy Hermit, White-tipped Sicklebill, Tooth-billed Hummingbird, Purple-chested Hummingbird, Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer, Orange-fronted Barbet, Five-colored Barbet, Stripe-billed Araçari, Lita Woodpecker, Cinnamon Woodpecker, Star-chested Treerunner, Western Woodhaunter, Griscom’s Antwren, Ocellated Antbird, Rufous-crowned Antpitta, Speckled Mourner, Black-tipped Cotinga, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Red-capped Manakin, Green Manakin, Gray-mantled Wren, Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Scarlet-breasted Dacnis, Scarlet-and-white Tanager, Gray-and-gold Tanager, Emerald Tanager, Silver-throated Tanager, Blue-whiskered Tanager, Rufous-winged Tanager, Golden-chested Tanager, Lemon-spectacled Tanager, Tawny-crested Tanager, Scarlet-browed Tanager, Yellow-green Bush-Tanager, and much much more…
Benoît Forget Robert Langhendries visited the North of Ecuador from the 10th to the 28th of May 2007, and Benoît proposes us a presentation of the province of Esmeraldas.