New distributional bird records from south-western province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador

In 2004 and 2005, the Cabo San Francisco Foundation carried out the "Rain Forest" project, with the principal objective of promoting agroforestry among local farmers to improve the conservation of natural resources. As part of this project, bird surveys were carried out at three sites in Punta Galeras, south-western province of Esmeraldas province, Ecuador, which had been infrequently studied previously. EcoCiencia carried out a rapid assessment in 2001 (Benítez 2001) and other ornithologists have visited the area only occasionally. The area is part of the Tonchigüe-Mompiche Important Birds Area (Freile and Santander 2005).