This is a shot of the Chical Road in the northern province of Carchi in Ecuador. This road was "discovered" (by Dusan Brinkhuizen) in 2010, and is now well-established on the birding circuit as it is home to a number of rare Choco species that are very easy and gettable here relative to all the other sites in Ecuador. The two biggest drawcards here are the Star-chested Treerunner and the Purplish-mantled Tanager that are easier here than anywhere else and visible from the road itself, with no difficult trekking required like some other sites for them. Other specialties and scarcities found in the area include Beautiful Jay, Pacific Tuftedcheek, Glistening-green Tanager, Rufous-crested Tanager, Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager, Indigo Flowerpiercer, Toucan Barbet, Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan, Handsome Flycatcher (rare on the west slope), and Semicollared Hawk.