Bird species lists and descriptions of these protected areas in the Colonche Mountains of western Ecuador have been published elsewhere1,2. Range extensions and habitat anomalies are discussed. Measurements and description of an unidentified Otus species mist-netted at Loma Alta are provided in the hope that readers, with expertise with owls, will assist in its final identification.
Local people report that the species is a consistent visitor, in the afternoons, to the spring.
It returned to the same perch several times within 25 m of three observers all familiar with the woodstar group. This endangered species appears to be extremely rare and local in the MNP area. Tawny-breasted Flycatcher Myiobius villosus Sight record. New regional record. Apparently sympatric with C. trochilirostris in this area, as both were mist-netted at this site.