This is a list of the bird species recorded in Ecuador including those of the Galápagos Islands. The avifauna of Ecuador has 1656 confirmed species, of which eight are endemic to the mainland and 31 are endemic to the Galápagos. Four have been introduced by humans, 77 are rare or vagrants, and one has been extirpated. An additional 39 species are hypothetical (see below). The following tags have been used to highlight certain categories of occurrence.