# San Pedrito Hummingbirds

> San Pedrito (Finca San Pedrito) is a family-run hummingbird lookout on a cloud-forest farm in Sector Alejandría, Cuyuja, Quijos canton, Napo province, Ecuador, at about 2,330 m on the E20 Quito–Papallacta–Baeza road (GPS -0.4276, -77.9991). It is about 23 km (30 minutes) east of Papallacta and 93 km from Quito. The lookout is opening soon; contact by WhatsApp +593 99 280 4477. The site is bilingual: English at the root and Latin American Spanish under /es/.

Key facts: Ecuador has recorded 136 hummingbird species. A 2019–2020 bird survey of Cuyuja parish recorded 141 bird species, 14 of them hummingbirds (Reyes Vargas et al. 2022, Siembra 9(2), doi:10.29166/siembra.v9i2.3725). The only species we have photographed on the farm so far is the Collared Inca (1 March 2025). We only claim "seen at San Pedrito" for birds we have photographed there.

## Visit
- [Visit San Pedrito: hummingbird day trip from Quito](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/visit/): directions by car and bus, road conditions on the E20, weather, what to bring.
- [Visitar San Pedrito (español)](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/visitar/): cómo llegar desde Quito, estado de la vía, plan de un día con las termas de Papallacta.

## Hummingbird species (eastern Andes, 2,300–2,700 m)
- [Hummingbirds of Ecuador's eastern Andes](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbirds-of-ecuador/): the 14 species around Cuyuja with status and altitude.
- [Sword-billed hummingbird](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbirds-of-ecuador/sword-billed-hummingbird/)
- [Collared inca](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbirds-of-ecuador/collared-inca/)
- [Long-tailed sylph](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbirds-of-ecuador/long-tailed-sylph/)
- [Tourmaline sunangel](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbirds-of-ecuador/tourmaline-sunangel/)
- [Chestnut-breasted and buff-tailed coronets](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbirds-of-ecuador/coronets/)
- [Colibríes del Ecuador (español)](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/colibries-del-ecuador/), [colibrí pico de espada](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/colibries-del-ecuador/colibri-pico-de-espada/), [inca collarejo](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/colibries-del-ecuador/inca-collarejo/), [silfo colilargo](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/colibries-del-ecuador/silfo-colilargo/), [solángel turmalina](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/colibries-del-ecuador/solangel-turmalina/), [coronitas](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/colibries-del-ecuador/coronitas/)

## Guides
- [What do hummingbirds eat?](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/what-do-hummingbirds-eat/) / [¿Qué comen los colibríes?](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/que-comen-los-colibries/): nectar, insects, chicks, the 1:4 feeder recipe.
- [Hummingbird plants of the Andes](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbird-plants-andes/) / [Plantas para atraer colibríes](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/plantas-para-atraer-colibries/): native flowers for ~2,300 m.
- [Hummingbird photography in Ecuador](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbird-photography-ecuador/) / [Fotografía de colibríes](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/fotografia-de-colibries/)
- [Cuyuja, Ecuador travel guide](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/cuyuja/) / [Cuyuja, Napo: guía](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/cuyuja/)

## More guides
- [Quito to Papallacta and Cuyuja: route](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/visit/quito-to-papallacta-and-cuyuja/) / [Quito-Papallacta y Cuyuja](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/visitar/quito-papallacta-cuyuja/)
- [Cloud forest Ecuador (eastern slope)](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/cloud-forest-ecuador/) / [Bosque nublado del Ecuador](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/bosque-nublado-ecuador/)
- [How long do hummingbirds live?](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/how-long-do-hummingbirds-live/) / [¿Cuánto vive un colibrí?](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/cuanto-vive-un-colibri/)
- [Where do hummingbirds sleep? (torpor)](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/where-do-hummingbirds-sleep/) / [¿Dónde duermen los colibríes?](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/donde-duermen-los-colibries/)
- [Hummingbird feeder problems: bees, ants, foil](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/hummingbird-feeder-problems/) / [Problemas del bebedero para colibrí](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/problemas-bebedero-colibries/)
- [Male vs female hummingbirds](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/male-vs-female-hummingbirds/) / [Colibrí macho y hembra](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/colibri-macho-y-hembra/)

## Optional
- [Blog](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/blog/) / [Blog en español](https://sanpedritohummingbirds.com/es/blog/)