Ecuador Birds Tour (Richard Hernandez)

Ecuador Birds Tour is an owner-operated outfit run by Richard Hernandez, a certified Ecuadorian bird guide active since around 2005 with roughly 25 years of overall naturalist experience. Hernandez markets the operation as 100% locally owned and works primarily out of Quito and Mindo, designing private custom tours from single-day Mindo trips up to 16-day national itineraries. Tours range across the western and eastern Andean slopes, the Amazon, and southern Ecuador, with a partnership with the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation that includes visits to the Buenaventura, Jorupe, Utuana, and Copalinga reserves. Headline species advertised include Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Club-winged Manakin, and Jocotoco Antpitta.