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A Report from birdtours.co.uk

Northern Peru, 23rd -31st October 2012,

Robert and Angela Page

Introduction and Summary

Our trip could be said to be remarkable for the birds we saw like White-faced Nunbird, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant and Pale-billed Antpitta and the birds we didn’t, like Gilded Barbet, Many-striped Canastero and Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant.  This report describes a nine day custom based tour, guided by Andrew Spencer, in Northern Peru with Tropical Birding, who made all the ground arrangements. The region visited is popular with birdwatchers and with good reason, so it is no surprise many tour companies operate in this part of Peru. Consequently the birds are relatively well known and listed in numerous bird reports. The justification for adding yet another bird report for Northern Peru is an opportunity to describe the adverse effects of current road improvements, diversions and the resulting destruction of habitat to a section of the road used by most bird watchers visiting Northern Peru. A recently constructed forest ride south east of Abra Patricia is described.

Before the trip I had some idea of the main features of 636 birds, which I anticipated we may see based trip reports for Northern Peru. 

I used a field note book throughout the trip but regretfully only listed some of the birds as they were seen.

Our guide identified 377 species of birds during the tour.

Tour Itinerary

23 Oct.

Lan Flight Lima- Tarapoto. Travel + birding Quiscarrumi Bridge and Waqanki. Night Waqanki Lodge.

24 Oct.

Birding Quebrada Mishquiyacu and Waqanki.  Night Waqanki Lodge.

25 Oct.

Travel to Abra Patricia + birding Rioja area and Afluente. Night ECOAN Owlet Lodge.

26 Oct.

Birding Royal Sunangel Ridge and Forest Ride. Night ECOAN Owlet Lodge.

27 Oct.

Birding Cinnamon Screech-Owl, Grallaria Trails and Forest Ride. Night ECOAN Owlet Lodge.

28 Oct.

Travel to Leymebamba + Birding San Lorenzo Area, Huembo, Hotel Chillo and Canyon de los Condores. Night Hotel Casona de Leymebamba in Leymebamba.

29 Oct.

Travel to Celendin + Birding Abra Negro Pass, Balsas and Marañon Canyon. Night Hostal de Turistas Celendin.

30 Oct.

Travel to Cajamarca + Birding Marañon Canyon and Rio Chonta. Night Hotel Laguna Seca Cajamarca.

31 Oct.

Travel to San Marcos return to Cajamarca + birding San Marcos and Rio Chonta. LAN Flight Cajamarca - Lima.

Daily Log

Day 1. Tuesday 23 October

Andrew greeted us at the national section of Jorge Chavez airport and checked us in for our 1hr. 25min. flight to Tarapoto. Horacio, our driver for the next nine days, was waiting for us when we landed at 10.45 hrs. It was quickly decided to abandon a suggestion of going to Juan Guerra as the sky was cloudless and getting hotter, so by midday bird activity would be minimal. We drove for an hour and 35 minutes before stopping shortly before the 515 km post at the Quiscarrumi Bridge. The Oilbirds nearby were unusually active allowing excellent views of the white spotting in their rufous plumage. Unlike when previously seen at night in Trinidad.

We continued on the 5N road arriving at Moyobamba at 13.40 hrs. After lunch at La Olla de Barda we drove to Waqanki Lodge. At 15.40 hrs. we climbed the hillside above the lodge to the hummingbird feeders. A resplendent male Rufous-crested Coquette was among the 10 species of hummingbirds seen from the tower. Good views were had of a Varzea Thrush, a recent split from Black-billed Thrush on the wooden bridge before we continued up into the Quebrada Mishquiyacu. Andrew heard and drew in a Chestnut-throated Spinetail, from a clump of Guadua bamboo, which flew across the narrow path, flitting about close to the edge where it was repeatedly clearly seen if briefly. Andrew said he had decided not to include this difficult bird on the bird checklist. It was certainly one I had hoped to see and was on the list I made before the trip, using different bird reports. The reports by Goodie (2007), Vercruysse et al. (2010) and Matheve et al. (2011) were particularly helpful. We returned to the lodge at 18.00 hrs.

Day 2. Wednesday 24 October

At 05.50 hrs. a Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher was seen within the cultivated area before reaching the trail into the Quebrada Mishquiyacu.  We saw Plain-brown, Long-tailed and Ocellated Woodcreepers amongst others, before persistent heavy rain caused us to return to the lodge with our box/picnic lunches at 11.00 hrs.  We returned to the observation tower above the hummingbird feeders, just in time to see seven Swallow-tailed Kites fly past close to the tower and alight in a distant tree. The distinctive slow wing beats of a Grey-breasted Sabrewing, a hummingbird that we didn’t see from the tower yesterday, was then seen. A responsive Coraya Wren flew about in the area in front of the tower and was at last seen well, in some small trees just behind the tower. The rain had cleared now and we returned to the Quebrada Mishquiyacu.  The army ants we had seen in the morning were still on the path and Andrew decided to try and tape in a Hairy-crested Antbird. However a Scale-backed Antbird was the only bird to respond but I only had a glimpse of it. At 14.30 hrs. there was again torrential rain, but we did see an Orange-backed Troupial, before returning to the lodge at 15.20 hrs. by then the rain had stopped. Just outside the entrance to the grounds of Waqanki Lodge some Fork-tailed Palm-swifts were flying about. Also we enjoyed close up views of Black-throated Tanagers in excellent light. We saw two Black-faced Tanagers on the right hand side of the track as we walked down towards the main road. We tried unsuccessfully to lure a very vocal Dusky-breasted Spinetail out of an isolated thicket. Andrew reluctantly admitted defeat after trying all known strategies. We again had a lovely meal in the evening at the Japanese restaurant close to the lodge.

Day 3. Thursday 25 October

Having failed to see Point-tailed Palmcreeper in the Mauriti palms close to the lodge at La Selva in Ecuador I was keen to try to see it in the stand of Mauriti palms Mauritia flaeuosa close to the road just outside Rioja as described by Matheve (2011). I had a description of the site and its location with me. Horacio parked our 4x4 Hyundai vehicle in a lay by and we crossed the road, fortunately I was wearing rubber Wellington boots, as to get close to the palms, we had to cross several flooded paddy fields. The very narrow access paths dividing the flooded rice fields were barely above the water level and had many gaps making access difficult. At least we didn’t have to turn back, which had we approached differently, would have been necessary.

Andrew said our best chance of seeing the palmcreeper was not to enter the stand of palms but to watch from about 36.58 metres / 40 yards away. In addition to a Point-tailed Palmcreeper which flew the length of the plantation and a Spotted Rail we heard. We saw the following between 06.15 – 07.25 hrs. Striated Heron, Cattle Egret, Limpkin, Blackish Rail, Wattled Jacana, Blue Ground Dove, Red-bellied Macaw, Ringed Kingfisher and Black-capped Donacobius.

We arrived at Afluente and parked in the large area of bare ground opposite the vulcanizadora (tyre repairs) where the road reaches the top of a hill before descending the other side. As soon as we were out of the vehicle Andrew was watching a flock of tanagers, in some trees at the side of the road, which included a Blue-browed Tanager. We then turned left and started to walk downhill. Almost immediately we could hear and see a canopy flock of tanagers in the trees on the opposite side of the road. At times the light was not ideal but soon we had seen 18 species of tanager. The flock just seemed to keep on coming but possibly was also slow moving. The flock then started crossing the road and many birds started feeding on berries in a small tree. The birds were now about 3.66 metres / 12 feet above the ground and about 7.62 metres / 25 feet away. Also as we were downhill from them, they were not only at eye level, but were now in perfect light. We both saw Orange-eared, Silvery, Spotted, Paradise, and Bay-headed Tanagers for the first time in such optimum conditions. Altogether we were on this stretch of road for 2 hours 45 minutes and probably watched the flock for at least 40 minutes. The flock also contained White-eared Solitare, Speckle-chested Piculet, Smoky-brown and Golden-olive Woodpeckers. A Versicoloured Barbet was seen on the left hand side of the road before we returned to the car. Where Horacio had set up a table and chairs for a 20 minute lunch break. We then walked downhill with the vulcanizadora on our left but no birds were seen apart from an Ecudorian Piedtail which only our guide saw.

The ECOAN Owlet Lodge was now just 40 minutes away by car which we reached just after 13.00 hrs. There were no the hummingbirds at the feeders that we hadn’t already seen on this trip. As bird activity was now minimal we stayed around the lodge until 15.00 hrs. when we passed the tower and then followed the Grallaria trail. A Rufous-vented Tapaculo was seen before we reached the lodge gates. The endemic Johnson’s Tody-Flycatcher was seen close to the road just down from the gates before we returned to the lodge at 17.40 hrs. Andrew showed us a Cinnamon Screech-Owl later that evening, which flew in just above our heads and remained motionless on a branch in the beam from Andrew’s spotlight.

Day 4. Friday 26 October

We left the lodge at 06.00 hrs. and drove eastwards stopping by the river where a White-collard Jay was seen flying amongst the trees on the far bank. It responded to playback and eventually flew in and perched momentarily in a tree about 6 metres / 20 feet away. Just as we entered the sunangel site gate a White-capped Tanager was heard in the trees at the roadside. This unusual singleton was very responsive to playback which enabled us to have a prolonged look at this magnificent tanager from the road. Returning to the sunangel ridge we climbed to the high vantage point close to the gate and waited, seeing a Bar-winged Wren before we had two good views of probably the same male Royal Sunangel atop a bush. From the vantage point we could see a forest ride had recently been bulldozed through the forest about 402.34 metres / 440 yards away.

 We then followed an overgrown trail leading down from the gate where we found a suitable place to tape in a Barred Antthrush, heard calling. After several attempts we all got a brief view of the bird as it came out into the open at another suitable location further along the trail. Fortunately it followed playback for a considerable distance without losing interest. At one point whilst waiting motionless in anticipation of seeing the Barred Antthrush, a male Royal Sunangel visited a flowering bromeliad in full sunshine about 2.44 metres / 8 feet away. Amazing. Before we returned to the lodge we stopped by the roadside where Andrew wanted to call in a Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant with a recording he had not used before. I have never seen a bird respond so persistently or aggressively. At one stage we could have reached out and touched its rictal bristles.

We returned to the lodge at 11.50 hrs. and set off again at 15.00 hrs. intent on exploring the forest ride we had seen in the morning. After Andrew and Horacio had spoken to some people in some near-by houses, it was decided to ignore the no entry sign. Apparently the forest ride was made to enable the inhabitants of a village to have access to local transport. We spent an hour and forty minutes birding along the forest ride. Its construction has caused the removal of trees and vegetation which have simply been pushed to one side, revealing many large smooth boulders amongst the underlying soil composed of light coloured sand together with yellow and reddish clay. The forest ride had cut through several streams resulting in pools of water stained with tannins, indicative of the surrounding low nutrient acidic soil.

We were fortunate to eventually see a Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant in response to playback that flitted back and forth across the open ride. Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant is not always an easy bird to see at the ECOAN Owlet Lodge being listed as near threatened (Schulenberg et al. 2012) and rare and local by Ridgely & Tudor (2009). I saw it well, in what may be a typical posture, perched exactly as in the photograph taken at Abra Patricia, on 13 February 2010 by I.Davies (Schulenberg et al. 2012). except it was facing directly towards me. White-throated Hawk was later seen perched in a tree close to the edge of the ride. We were back in the lodge at 17.40 hrs.

Day 5. Saturday 27 October

After breakfast we headed off towards the tower from which we saw a Common Bush-Tanager.

Once on the trail again we reached the start of the Grallaria trail. We debated whether to continue down along the Cinnamon Screech Owl trail or make our way down to the lodge gates via the Grallaria trail. We decided at 06.35 hrs. to turn left and had hardly taken a few paces when I saw, as did Andrew and Angela at the same time, a large puffbird fly in on our left and settle in perfect light on an exposed branch about 7.62 metres / 25 feet above the ground. I knew it wasn’t a bird on the list I had prepared before the trip and the reason for this, as I now know was, being rarely seen, it was not in any of the bird reports I consulted, being described as rare with a patchy distribution (Stotz et al. 1996). Andrew of course knew immediately it was a White-faced Nunbird which remained perched long enough for us all to see the detail in the plumage of this beautiful bird. The rich orange-rufous breast and underparts were particularly striking in the sunlight contrasting with the white chin and lores below a black band. The breast seemed more orange in sunlight than the chestnut its specific name suggests. Since returning to the UK, I found White-faced Nunbird listed in a trip report for Northern Peru by Rowlett & Webster (2009).

We saw a Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant bill-snapping, before we reached the end of the Grallaria trail at 10.25 hrs. as well as Black-throated Tody-Tyrant and Long-tailed Antbird amongst others. A Pale-edged Flycatcher was the only bird seen from the tower before lunch at 12.30 hrs. At 14.30 hrs. we made our second visit to the forest ride where a Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant responded to playback at the same place as before. Later I had an opportunity to see all the features on a Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet perched about 1.83 metres / 6 feet away. Unfortunately a Jet Manakin remained unresponsive to playback. It started to rain at 16.10 hrs. so we made our way back to Horacio and our vehicle.

Around 20.30 hrs. we reached the end of the Long Whiskered Owlet trail, where we were rewarded by seeing Long-whiskered Owlet well.

Day 6. Sunday 28 October

We left the ECOAN Owlet Lodge at 05.45 hrs. passing the large Pomacochas Lake on our left before turning right at 06.35 hrs. on to an unpaved road to San Lorenzo, where we left the car at 06.45 hrs. In the distance, on the far side of the valley, we could see the area where the Rio Chido Trail lies above La Florida.

We crossed a field and started a long climb up a mule track made up largely of stone steps. There is a thicket of bamboo on the right hand side, just before the steps leading to where the path appears to level off.  We could hear the very distinctive call of Pale-billed Antpitta from amongst the bamboo. Once inside the thicket, the ground was remarkably free of vegetation, with only a few bare branches or dead stems of small bushes preventing a clear view of the ground. We all had good views of two Pale-billed Antpittas as they crossed this bare area of ground immediately in front of us and too close to need, or to focus binoculars. The pale bill, dark head and deep red eyes were particularly noticeable.

On the steep slope opposite the stand of bamboo Andrew could hear the call/song of Plain–tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys schulenbergi which has a different song which he wanted to record. Thankfully on this one occasion I appreciated the difference remembering the amazing vociferous response by a pair of Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys euophrys in the Upper Tandayapa Valley in Ecuador when Angela and I played its prerecorded song. The subspecies schulenbergi was very responsive too. On our way down we managed to call in a Rusty-tinged Antpitta which while responsive, remained largely hidden within the thick ground cover and was only partially seen.

It took 40 minutes to drive to Huembo, We walked down from the gates with its impressive marvelous spatuletail in wrought iron at 09.50 hrs. We took our seats facing the hummingbird feeders and didn’t have to wait long before a male Marvelous Spatuletail (Huembo, 2012) flew in and lived up to all our expectations. We added five new Trochlidae to our list out of the eight species seen at Huembo before we set off again at 10.40 hrs. We reached the Hotel Estancia Chillo by the river an hour and a half later. Andrew asked the owner if the Koepcke’s Screech-Owl was still roosting in the large eucalyptus tree, while Horacio set up the picnic table and chairs for our picnic lunch.  We searched for the owl amongst the many branches of the eucalyptus tree, always partially hidden by other branches and leaves in vain, before searching the other trees along the road. A strategy we repeated. As we returned for a third time to search the eucalyptus tree we saw Horacio too was looking up into the tree. He was all smiles as we reached him, having found two Koepcke’s Screech-Owls perched together some 9.14 metres / 30 feet up in the tree. A nice example of when bird watching four pairs of eyes are often better than three. We birded along the river for half an hour where we saw a Fasciated Tiger-Heron standing quite unconcerned in the middle of the river, with a pair of Torrent Ducks and a Torrent Tyrannulet that flitted about perching on boulders close to the river bank. We arrived at the La Casona Hotel in Leymebamba in glorious sunshine at 14.35 hrs. and settled into our room before going to the Canyon de los Condores at 15.15 hrs. We left the car in the Canyon de los Condores at 15.45 hrs. seeing Grey-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Blue and Black and Silver Backed Tanagers among others before returning to our hotel at 18.00 hrs.

Day 7. Monday 29 October

We left La Casona just after 06.00 hrs. and continued along the road 8 towards the Abra Barro Negro pass, birding on the way. Between 06.20 – 07.40 hrs, we saw Russet-mantled Softtail, Moustached Flowerpiercer, and Blue-capped Tanager among others. Between 08.15 – 09.36 hrs. we saw Lined Canastero, and White-chinned Thistletail among others. We reached the pass at an altitude of 3680 metres / 12073.50 feet at 10.20 hrs.

Shortly after the pass Andrew and I climbed, quite a way, up a steep grassy bank to where a Neblina Tapaculo was calling. I saw it briefly when, as Andrew had contrived with the aid of playback, it flew across an open area and settled momentarily before disappearing into a grass tussock. As we climbed down to the roadside it followed, for all three of us soon had amazing views for at least 70 seconds of this endemic tapaculo and its rufous brown flanks.

We drove for 10 minutes and then stopped at 11.25 hrs. at a hand held red “PARE” sign. Little did I think we would still be looking at it 3 hours and 40 minutes later. The reason for the delay was, the recently resurfaced road required its closure for 5 hours. Unfortunately we had no knowledge of this or any subsequent road closures. We passed the 349 km. post at 15.40 hrs. and crossed the bridge at Balsas over the river Marañon at 15.40 hrs. It was now getting late in the day and our guide was concerned, we would have to drive all the way back to Balsas tomorrow morning, if we missed seeing certain birds now. Fortunately we had several views of Peruvian Pigeons flying upriver. Then Andrew, with the aid of a laser light beam, enabled me to see a distant yellow dot in one of the few trees in this arid valley, which he said was a Yellow-faced Parrotlet. Fortunately two Yellow-faced Parrotlets then flew past just below us. The blue in their wings was particularly conspicuous before they settled in a tree about 18.29 metres / 20 yards away. We stopped near the 322 km. post and quickly found a Buff-bridled Inca-Finch which we all saw well. We then drove to Celendin arriving at the Hostal de Turistas at 18.45 hrs. All four of us had a good meal at a nearby restaurant before retiring for the night.

Day 8. Tuesday 30 October

We left the hostal at 05.30 hrs and retraced our steps for a short distance downhill towards Balsas. We were to have breakfast in the field, so while Horacio set up the table etc, a co-operative Baron’s Spinetail showed well, as did an unusually non skittish Jelski’s Chat-Tyrant. Which enabled its wing bars and the different configuration of its supra loral which distinguishes it from golden-browed chat-tyrant to be seen. Other birds seen, after we had driven on a bit further, included Grey-winged Inca-Finch, Chestnut-backed Thornbird and Fasciated Wren. We were back in Celendin at 09.38 hrs. where Horacio bought our lunch for the day. We were off again at 10.05 hrs. heading towards Cajamarca. Extensive road works were in progress on the road 8 just outside Celendin and the road was closed with a clearly signposted diversion, which we followed towards Sucre. At 10.35 hrs. we reached a manned check point and were confronted with a barrier across the diversionary road. Apparently this road was now also closed because dynamite was being used to loosen rock required for the road works on the main road between Celendin and Cajamarca. Therefore for several hours no one could travel between Celendin and Cajamarca or vice versa.

After an hour and a half the barrier was lifted allowing about a dozen cars to continue their journey. We reached the main road at 12.15 hrs. and for the next 35 minutes we drove along a section of the road where bulldozers and other heavy plant had been working. The road had been straightened and widened thus destroying the roadside vegetation. At one point, which was previously an ideal place to see striated earthcreeper, several tons of rubble had been tipped down the hillside, completely destroying the habitat. We reached Abra Gran Chimu the highest point of our trip at 12.52 hrs. We drove through Cajamarca and arrived at the Rio Chonta at 14.45 hrs. where White-winged Cinclodes was seen well on rocks in the river. We continued our search for Grey-bellied Comet, after sheltering from a thunderstorm with torrential rain, but only saw Black Metaltail. We returned to Cajamarca and checked into the Laguna Seca Hotel at 17.20 hrs.

Day 9. Wednesday 31 October

After breakfast we checked out of the Laguna Seca Hotel and were on our way to San Marcos at 06.00 hrs. We stopped close to a small bridge in open countryside just before the town of San Marcos.

Andrew said as he could hear Great Spinetail calling by the roadside just above the bridge. So Instead of following the trail to the area usually visited by birdwatchers, we set off back up the road and soon had a pair of Great Spinetails responding to playback.  Fortunately they crossed the road where they were seen well in good light fanning their tails. On the left hand side of the road towards Cajamarca there was a raised piece of ground extending into the trees. This enabled us to look down on to the Great Spinetails as they moved about in the tops of the trees, just below this man made vantage point. Great Spinetail is not a challenging spinetail to identify, and placed in a separate genus Siptornopsis (Ridgely & Tudor, 1989; Clements et al. 2007) for apart from its large size and its restricted range in the Upper Marañon valley, it has pronounced dark streaking below the white chin. Remsen et al. (2012) merge Siptornopsis into Synallaxis as followed in this report.

We still hadn’t seen the endemic Black-necked Woodpecker during the trip and as I thought it was on the site list of birds, I prepared before the trip for this area, I asked if it was a difficult bird to see. Andrew said he had never seen it here and I guessed I was probably mistaken in thinking other people had seen it here. However within a few minutes Andrew heard a Black-necked Woodpecker which landed on the trunk of a nearby tree. It responded to playback and stayed in the immediate area enabling us all to see it well and for Andrew to photograph it.

At 18.15 hrs. after seeing Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant we returned to Cajamarca and to the Rio Chonta arriving there at 09.54 hrs. Blue and Yellow Tanager was seen on the far bank of the river and then at 10.25 hrs. two Rufous-crowned Tit-Spinetails responding to playback were flying around close by.  They are delightful birds to watch, hanging up side down on the thinnest of branches flapping their wings. As I was watching one perched on the top of a bush with the aid of binoculars in perfect light, a male Grey-bellied Comet appeared in my field of vision. This was indeed a memorable way to see this endemic hummingbird for the first time. Almost at once I saw the brilliant blue gorget. The slimness of this hummingbird appeared accentuated by its long tail.

It took an hour to reach Abra el Gavilan at 3050 meters / 12073 feet where we had a picnic lunch at 11.45 hrs. After lunch Andrew taped in a nearby Unicoloured Tapaculo which crossed the narrow open area we were watching, but very quickly.

This was the last day of our tour with Tropical Birding, so with our flight to Lima scheduled to leave Cajamarca at 17.00 hrs. Horacio drove to the airport, arriving at 13.20 hrs. which gave us plenty of time to check in and for Horacio to make the long journey back to Chiclayo.

Ground Arrangements

All the ground arrangements for the tour were made by Tropical Birding. We are grateful to Nick Athanas, who fine tuned our initial suggested itinerary, based on his knowledge of the area, having previously guided tours in Northern Peru, and to our guide Andrew Spencer for all the birds he enabled us to see and for making the tour both interesting and enjoyable. Andrew clearly liked this part of Peru and had an amazing knowledge of the birds and skill in identifying them from their calls/songs alone. He carried a 55.88 cms / 22" Parabola, when in the field, fitted with a Sennheiser mkh20 as part of his sound equipment. He shared his enthusiasm with us telling us when he had heard a song/call he had never heard before and showed us the photographs he was particularly pleased with, from the many taken on the trip with his Canon camera. We also thank Horacio for his safe driving in a comfortable vehicle, choosing the food for many of our picnics and for finding the Koepcke’s Screech-Owls!

Tropical Birding provided a ring bound bird checklist on the first day for the nine days of the tour. The checklist of 698 birds was completed daily but when our guide called out the birds seen that day I was surprised at the number of birds included that we never heard mentioned during the day and which only our guide saw. I remember birds like the Fiery-throated Manakin which I tried hard to see and failed but others for example Broad-billed Motmot we never had the chance to see. Usually Momotidae are not difficult to locate, perhaps a missed opportunity but we saw many other birds, including 36 endemic to Peru with Tropical Birding.  The birds only our guide saw are listed at the end of this report marked with an asterisk as a suffix.

Internal Flights

We have flown with LAN airlines in South America before and I was pleased our internal flights were with this airline rather than with Star Peru as originally planned by Tropical Birding.

Accommodation

Waqanki Lodge

Our accommodation for the first two nights was changed at the last moment from the Puerto Mirador Hotel in Moyobamba to the new lodge at Waqanki. The rooms at the lodge were clean and save but unfortunately the gap, left under the door of our room, allowed easy access to any insect attracted into the room by the electric lights. Possibly the very heavy rain we had, was the first since the roof was completed as we had a small leak in the bathroom with a trickle of water seeping down the wall. No problem for us and the owner appreciated we brought it to his attention. The advantage of staying at Waqanki rather than Moyobamba meant we had easy access to the extensive grounds and to Quebrada Mishquiyacu. We had breakfast at 05.30 hrs. at the lodge and had our evening meal at the nearby excellent Hospedaje Ecológica Rumipata (Siraishi, 2012) restaurant run by Japanese immigrants, Seizo Siraishi and his wife who served us for the two lovely meals we had there.

ECOAN Owlet Lodge

We spent the next three nights at the ECOAN Owlet Lodge, together with a group of five friends with Manu Tours. Our room was spacious and comfortable and as the adjoining room was empty, we had exclusive use of the bathroom.  The electricity was switched on around 04.15 hrs. and again at 18.00 hrs. The trails within the grounds were muddy in places but well maintained which made walking easy, with the exception of the Long Whiskered Owlet trail. Initially this trail is very steep and muddy, so we decided not to try to see Long-whiskered Owlet on our second night thinking we could lose our balance in the dark.  The group with Manu, which Andrew now referred to as “The Brits” was keen to go a second time and persuaded us we could both manage the trail. I am grateful to the doctor in the group who recommended we both take and use one of the sticks from the lodge. Earlier that day we had seen workman carrying out maintenance at the top of the trail.

Andrew invited “The Brits” who wanted to see and photograph the Long-whiskered Owlet again to join us at 20.00 hrs. Andrew led us in single file onto the trail but came to an abrupt stop after about 18.29 metres / 20 yards when confronted by a strategically placed locked gate that had only just been put there that day. Andrew agreed to go back to the lodge for the key. I then understood the manager had said he wished to minimize the number of visits to avoid undue disturbance and wasn’t keen for any one go twice. We were very relieved when Andrew returned with the key but surprised at the news, that as from today the ECOAN Owlet Lodge was charging 10 US Dollars for the opportunity of seeing the Long-whiskered Owlet. However under the circumstances the manager had agreed with Andrew it wouldn’t apply to us this time. We had no success in obtaining a response from the owlet until we reached the wooden bench at the end of the trail, where we waited in silence. After quite a while Andrew switched on his spot light to reveal a Long-whiskered Owlet perched on a branch not far above us. Magical! We were both glad we wore Wellington rubber boots and found the stick a great help in keeping pace with the others going back uphill. We reached the lodge at 22.10 hrs.

It was interesting to met up with “The Brits” in the evening and hear about the birds they had seen and to exchange information, as we also did, when we met the group on the road just after we saw a Russet-mantled Softail. Andrew had quickly told their guide where he had seen the White Faced Nunbird. It was the “The Brits” who gave Andrew the directions and GPS coordinates of the location where they had seen the Pale-billed Antpitta earlier in their trip, saying it was a long hike but easier than trying to see this antpitta on the Rio Chido trail.

La Casona de Leymebamba

La Casona de Leymebamba situated in a quiet narrow street in the town of Leymebamba, was for me the most enjoyable place we stayed at on the tour. It seemed an old building full of character. Once inside there was a wooden staircase from an open courtyard leading to a landing and the upstairs bedrooms. The food was superb and the proprietors Nelly and Julio Zumaeta Diaz made us so welcome. We met “the Brits” again at La Casona de Leymebamba. I wish we could have stayed there longer.

The Hostal de Turistas

The Hostal de Turistas in Celendin was clean and appeared to have been recently redecorated but I understand Tropical Birding is unlikely to use this hotel again. I can only add we never had running water in our bathroom and as we were assured the problem would be fixed immediately we didn’t ask to change our room, having already unpacked our cases before we realized the water situation.

The Hotel Laguna Seca

The Hotel Laguna Seca in Cajamarca was as one would expect from a luxurious four star hotel set in extensive grounds. It was a pity we spent so little time there but at least we were able to have a cooked breakfast at 05.30 hrs. before we left at 06.00 hrs.

Travel & Road Closures

That we lost so much time owing to road works was unfortunate, however Andrew kept “The Brits” with Manu Tours informed of the delays between the pass at Abra Barro Negra and Balsas. Also the times of the road closures clearly displayed at the barrier between Celendin and Cajamarca. Hindsight is always easy, but this information may have been available well beforehand from the Associacion Automotriz del Peru, 299 Avenida Dos de Mayo, San Isidro. Lima Peru Telephone 51 1 440 0495. (ASIRT, 2004). It was disheartening to see the habitat destroyed as a result of road improvements and as a probable consequence of the loss of habitat and the delays owing to road closures, we never had the opportunity to see Striated Earthcreeper, Thin-billed Miner, Many-striped Canastero or any of the Ground-Tyrants.

References

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Clements, J. F., White, A. W. & Fitzpatric, J.W. (2007). The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. Cornell.

Goodie, C. (2007). Two Go Mad at Abra Patricia - 10 days in the Peruvian Andes: Downloaded from http//www.surfbirds.com/trip-report.php?id=1319.

Hospedaje Ecológica Rumipata, (2012). Downloaded from htpp://www. conservationbirding.org.aboutwaqanki.html.

Huembo, (2012). Downloaded from http://www.conservationbirding.org/about huembo.

Matheve, H. Opdekamp. O, Spanhove, T. & Drijvers, R. (2011). Peru 14/12/2010 – 17/01./2011 Downloaded from http://www.users.ugent.be/~hmatheve/hm/PERU10.html.

Remsen, J. V., Cadena, C. D., Jaramillo, A., Nores, M., Pacheco, J., Robbins, M. B., Schulenberg, T. S., Stiles, F. G., Stotz, D. F. & Zimmer, K. J. (2012). A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists’ Union. Version:19 November 2012 Downloaded from http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html.

Ridgely, R.S. & Tudor, G. (1989). The Birds of South America, Volume I The Oscine Passerines. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ridgely, R.S. & Tudor, G. (2009). Birds of South America – Passerines. Christopher Helm.

Rowlett, R. & Webster, R. (2009). Northern Peru November 8, 2009 to November 27, 2009.Downloaded from http://fieldguides.com/triplists/npe09list/pdf.

Schulenberg, T. S., & Kirwan, G.M. (2012). Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=445001

Siraishi, S. (2012). Hospedaje Ecológica Rumipata Downloaded from htpp://www. conservationbirding.org.aboutwaqanki.html

Stotz, D. F.; Fitzpatrick, J. W.; Parker, T. A. & Moskovits, D. K. (1996). Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.in BirdLife International (2012). Species factsheet: Hapaloptila castanea. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/11/2012.

Vercruysse, E. & Lieven de Temmerman. (2010). Northern Peru and the Cordillera Blanca. Downloaded from htpp://www.freewebs.com/lievendetemmerman/peru%20trip%20report%20pdf.pdf

Robert and Angela Page, Surrey, United Kingdom

Northern Peru, 23rd -31st October 2012

A list of 377 birds seen

The taxonomy follows Remsen, J. V., Cadena, C. D., Jaramillo, A., Nores, M., Pacheco, J., Robbins, M. B., Schulenberg, T. S., Stiles, F. G., Stotz, D. F. & Zimmer, K. J. (2012). A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists’ Union. Version:19 November 2012

Birds seen by guide = 357, Suffix* = Seen only by guide.
Heard only (H) = 20
Seen by report author = 322.
Endemic Birds = 36 of the 44 included in the 698 birds on the checklist (Clements, 2007) prepared by Tropical Birding for the tour were seen.

TINAMIDAE

     

(H)

Grey Tinamou

 

Tinamus tao

(H)

Cinereous Tinamou

 

Crypturellus cinereus

(H)

Little Tinamou

 

Crypturellus soui

ANATIDAE

     
 

Torrent Duck

 

Merganetta armata

CRACIDAE

     
 

Andean Guan,

 

Penelope montagnii

(H)

Wattled Guan

 

Aburria aburri

 

Speckled Chachalaca

 

Ortalis guttata

ARDEIDAE

     
 

Fasciated Tiger-heron

 

Tigrisoma fasciatum

 

Striated Heron

 

Butorides striatus

 

Cattle Egret

 

Bubulcus ibis

 

Great Egret

 

Ardea alba

CATHARTIDAE

     
 

Turkey Vulture

 

Cathartes aura

 

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

 

Cathartes melambrotus

 

Black Vulture

 

Coragyps atratus

ACCIPITRIDAE

     
 

Swallowtail Kite

 

Elanoides forficatus

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

Accipiter striatus

 

Roadside Hawk

 

Rupornis magnirostris

ARAMIDAE

     
 

Limpkin

 

Aramus guarauna

RALLIDAE

     

(H)

Rufous-sided Crake

 

Laterallus melanophaius

(H)

Spotted Rail

 

Pardirallus maculatus

 

Blackish Rail

 

Pardirallis nigricans

 

Common Gallinule

 

Gallinula galeata

CHARADIIDAE

     
 

Andean Lapwing

 

Vanellus resplendens

SCOLOPALIDAE

     
 

Spotted Sandpiper

 

Actitis macularius

JACANIDAE

     
 

Wattled Jacana

 

Jacana jacana

       

LARIDAE

     
 

Andean Gull

 

Chroicocephalus serranus

COLUMBIDAE

     
 

Ruddy Ground Dove

 

Columbina talpacoti

 

Croaking Ground Dove

 

Columbina cruziana

 

Blue Ground Dove

 

Claravis pretiosa

 

Rock Pigeon

 

Columba livia

 

Band-tailed Pigeon

 

Patagioenas fasciata

 

Peruvian Pigeon

 

Patagioenas oenops

 

West Peruvian Dove

 

Zenaida meloda

 

Eared Dove

 

Zenaida auriculata

 

White-tipped Dove

 

Leptotila verreauxi

 

Grey-fronted Dove

 

Leptotila rufaxilla

 

White-throated Quail-Dove*

 

Geotrygon frenata

CUCULIDAE

     
 

Squirrel Cuckoo

 

Piaya cayana

 

Smooth-billed Ani

 

Crotophaga ani

 

Groove-billed Ani

 

Crotophaga sulcirostris

 

Striped Cuckoo

 

Tapera naevia

STRIGIDAE

     
 

Koepcke’s Screech-Owl 

 

Megascops koepckeae

 

Cinnamon Screech-Owl

 

Megascops petersoni

(H)

Yungas Pygmy-Owl

 

Glaucidium bolivianum

 

Peruvian Pygmy-Owl

 

Glaucidium peruanum

 

Long-whiskered Owlet

 

Xenoglaux loweryi

STEATORNITHIDAE

     
 

Oilbird

 

Steatornis caripensis

APODIDAE

     
 

White-chinned Swift

 

Cypseloides cryptus

 

Grey-rumped Swift

 

Chaetura cinereiventris

 

Short-tailed Swift

 

Chaetura brachyura

 

Fork-tailed Palm-Swift

 

Tachornis squamata

 

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift*

 

Panyptila cayennensis

TROCHILIDAE

     
 

Black-throated Hermit*

 

Phaethornis atrimentalis

 

Long-tailed Hermit

 

Phaethornis superciliosus

 

Brown Violetear

 

Colibri delphinae

 

Sparkling Violetear

 

Colibri coruscans

 

Black-throated Mango

 

Anthracothorax nigricollis

 

Amethyst-throated Sunangel

 

Heliangelus amethysticollis

 

Purple-throated Sunangel

 

Heliangelus viola

 

Royal Sunangel

 

Heliangelus regalis

 

Wire-crested Thorntail*

 

Discosura popelairii

 

Rufous-crested Coquette

 

Lophornis delattrei

 

Ecuadorian Piedtail*

 

Phlogophilus hemileucurus

 

Speckled Hummingbird

 

Adelomyia melanogenys

 

Long-tailed Sylph

 

Aglaiocercus kingi

 

Grey-bellied Comet

 

Taphrolesbia griseiventris

(H)

Green-tailed Trainbearer

 

Lesbia nuna

 

Tyrian Metaltail

 

Metallura tyrianthina

 

Coppery Metaltail

 

Metallura theresiae

 

Black Metaltail

 

Metallura phoebe

 

Buff-thighed Puffleg*

 

Haplophaedia assimilis

 

Emerald-bellied Puffleg

 

Eriocnemis alinae

 

Marvelous Spatuletail

 

Loddigesia mirabilis

 

Shining Sunbeam

 

Aglaeactis cupripennis

 

Bronzy Inca

 

Coeligena coeligena

 

Collared Inca

 

Coeligena torquata

 

Violet-throated Starfrontlet

 

Coeligena violifer

 

Rainbow Starfrontlet*

 

Coeligena iris

 

Chestnut-breasted Coronet

 

Boissonneaua matthewsii

 

Booted Rackettail

 

Ocreatus underwoodii

 

Black-throated Brilliant*

 

Heliodoxa schreibersii

 

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

 

Heliodoxa rubinoides

 

Violet-fronted Brilliant

 

Heliodoxa leadbeateri

 

White-bellied Woodstar

 

Chaetocercus mulsant

 

Blue-tailed Emerald

 

Chlorostilbon mellisugus

 

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

 

Campylopterus largipennis

 

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

 

Thalurania furcata

 

Many-spotted Hummingbird

 

Taphrospilus hypostictus

 

Spot-throated Hummingbird

 

Leucippus taczanowskii

 

White-bellied Hummingbird

 

Amazilia chionogaster

 

Andean Emerald

 

Amazilia franciae

 

Sapphire-spangled Emerald

 

Amazilia lactea

 

Golden-tailed Sapphire

 

Chrysuronia oenone

TROGONIDAE

     

(H)

Golden-headed Quetzal

 

Pharomachrus auriceps

 

Green-backed Trogon

 

Trogon viridis

 

Blue-crowned Trogon

 

Trogon curucui

 

Collared Trogon

 

Trogon collaris

ALCEDINIDAE

     
 

Ringed Kingfisher

 

Megaceryle torquata

MOMOTIDAE

     
 

Broad-billed Motmot*

 

Electron platyrhynchum

BUCCONIDAE

     
 

White-faced Nunbird

 

Hapaloptila castanea

CAPITONIDAE

     

(H)

Gilded Barbet

 

Capito auratus

 

Versicoloured Barbet

 

Eubucco versicolor

RAMPHASTIDAE

     

(H)

Black-mandibled Toucan

 

Ramphastos ambiguus

 

Emerald Toucanet

 

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

 

Grey-breasted Mountain-Toucan

 

Andigena hypoglauca

PICIDAE

     
 

Speckle-chested Piculet

 

Picumnus steindachneri

 

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

 

Melanerpes cruentatus

 

Smoky-brown Woodpecker

 

Picoides fumigatus

 

Little Woodpecker

 

Veniliornis passerinus

 

Yellow-vented Woodpecker*

 

Veniliornis dignus

 

Golden-olive Woodpecker

 

Colaptes rubiginosus

 

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

 

Colaptes rivolii

 

Black-necked Woodpecker

 

Colaptes atricollis

 

Andean Flicker

 

Colaptes rupicola

FALCONIDAE

     
 

Mountain Caracara

 

Phalcoboenus megalopterus

 

American Kestrel

 

Falco sparverius

PSITTACIDAE

     
 

Red-bellied Macaw

 

Orthopsittaca manilata

 

Golden-plumed Parakeet

 

Leptosittaca branickii

 

Mitred Parakeet

 

Aratinga mitrata

 

White-eyed Parakeet

 

Aratinga leucophthalma

 

Yellow-faced Parrotlet

 

Forpus xanthops

 

Cobalt-winged Parakeet

 

Brotogeris cyanoptera

 

Red-billed Parrot

 

Pionus sordidus

 

Speckle-faced Parrot

 

Pionus tumultuosus

 

Blue-headed Parrot

 

Pionus menstruus

 

Orange-winged Parrot

 

Amazona amazonica

 

Scaly-naped Parrot

 

Amazona mercenarius

THAMNOPHILIDAE

     
 

Variable Antshrike

 

Thamnophilus caerulescens

 

Ornate Antwren

 

Epinecrophylla ornata

 

Stripe-chested Antwren*

 

Myrmotherula longicauda

 

Yellow-breasted Antwren*

 

Herpsilochmus axillaris

 

Long-tailed Antbird

 

Drymophila caudata

 

Peruvian Warbling-Antbird*

 

Hypocnemis peruviana

 

White-backed Fire-eye

 

Pyriglena leuconota

 

Spot-backed Antbird

 

Hylophylax naevius

 

Common Scale-backed Antbird

 

Willisornis poecilinotus

GRALLARIIDAE

     

(H)

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta

 

Grallaria ruficapilla

 

Pale-billed Antpitta

 

Grallaria carrikeri

 

Rusty-tinged Antpitta

 

Grallaria przewalskii

(H)

Rufous Antpitta

 

Grallaria rufula

RHINOCRYPTIDAE

     
 

Blackish Tapaculo 

 

Scytalopus latrans

 

Unicoloured Tapaculo

 

Scytalopus unicolor

(H)

Trilling Tapaculo

 

Scytalopus parvirostris

 

Rufous-vented Tapaculo

 

Scytalopus femoralis

 

Neblina Tapaculo

 

Scytalopus altirostris

FORMICARIIDAE

     
 

Barred Antthrush

 

Chamaeza mollissima

FURNARIIDAE

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

 

Sittasomus griseicapillus

 

Long-tailed Woodcreeper

 

Deconychura longicauda

 

Tyrannine Woodcreeper

 

Dendrocincla tyrannina

 

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

 

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

 

Ocellated Woodcreeper

 

Xiphorhynchus ocellatus

 

Buff-throated Woodcreeper

 

Xiphorhynchus guttatus

 

Olive-backed Woodcreeper

 

Xiphorhynchus triangularis

 

Montane Woodcreeper

 

Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger

 

Plain Xenops

 

Xenops minutus

 

Streaked Xenops

 

Xenops rutilans

 

Point-tailed Palmcreeper

 

Berlepschia rikeri

 

Streaked Tuftedcheek

 

Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii

 

Rusty-winged Barbtail

 

Premnornis guttuliger

 

Cream-winged Cinclodes

 

Cinclodes albiventris

 

White-winged Cinclodes

 

Cinclodes atacamensis

 

Montane Foliage-gleaner

 

Anabacerthia striaticollis

 

Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner

 

Philydor rufum

(H)

Spotted Barbtail

 

Premnoplex brunnescens

 

Pearled Treerunner

 

Margarornis squamiger

 

Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail

 

Leptasthenura pileata

 

Rufous-fronted Thornbird

 

Phacellodomus rufifrons

 

Chestnut-backed Thornbird

 

Phacellodomus dorsalis

 

Line-fronted Canastero

 

Asthenes urubambensis

 

Russet-mantled Softtail

 

Thripophaga berlepschi

 

Ash-browed Spinetail*

 

Cranioleuca curtata

 

Baron's Spinetail

 

Cranioleuca baroni

 

White-chinned Thistletail

 

Asthenes fuliginosa

 

Great Spinetail

 

Synallaxis hypochondriacas

(H)

Dark-breasted Spinetail

 

Synallaxis albigularis

(H)

Azara’s Spinetail

 

Synallaxis azarae

 

Rufous Spinetail

 

Synallaxis unirufa

 

Chestnut-throated Spinetail

 

Synallaxis cherriei

       

TYRANNIDAE

     
 

Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet

 

Phyllomyias plumbeiceps

 

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

 

Elaenia flavogaster

 

White-crested Elaenia

 

Elaenia albiceps

 

Lesser Elaenia*

 

Elaenia chiriquensis

 

Sierran Elaenia*

 

Elaenia pallatangae

 

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet

 

Camptostoma obsoletum

 

White-tailed Tyrannulet

 

Mecocerculus poecilocercus

 

White-banded Tyrranulet

 

Mecocerculus stictopterus

 

White-throated Tyrannulet

 

Mecocerculus leucophrys

 

Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet

 

Mecocerculus minor

 

Black-crested Tit-Tyrant

 

Anairetes nigrocristatus

 

Torrent Tyrannulet

 

Serpophaga cinerea

 

Mouse-coloured Tyrannulet

 

Phaeomyias murina

 

Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant

 

Pseudotriccus ruficeps

 

Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant

 

Euscarthmus meloryphus

 

Red-billed Tyrannulet*

 

Zimmerius cinereicapilla

 

Misahana Tyrannulet

 

Zimmerius villarejoi

 

Peruvian Tyrannulet

 

Zimmerius viridiflavus

 

Variegated Bristle-Tyrant

 

Phylloscartes poecilotis

 

Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant

 

Phylloscartes ophthalmicus

 

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet

 

Phylloscartes ventralis

 

Ecuadorian Tyrannulet*

 

Phylloscartes gualaquizae

 

Streak-necked Flycatcher

 

Mionectes striaticollis

 

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

 

Mionectes oleagineus

 

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

 

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

 

Slaty-capped Flycatcher

 

Leptopogon superciliaris

 

White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant

 

Myiornis albiventris

 

Short tailed Pygmy-Tyrant*

 

Myiornis ecaudatus

 

Black-throated Tody-Tyrant

 

Hemitriccus granadensis

 

Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant

 

Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus

 

Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher

 

Poecilotriccus luluae

 

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

 

Poecilotriccus latirostris

 

Common Tody-Flycatcher

 

Todirostrum cinereum

 

Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher*

 

Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum

 

Yellow-olive Flycatcher

 

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

 

Yellow-breasted Flycatcher*

 

Tolmomyias flaviventris

 

Bran-coloured Flycatcher

 

Myiophobus fasciatus

 

Cinnamon Flycatcher

 

Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus

 

Euler's Flycatcher

 

Lathrotriccus euleri

 

Smoke-coloured Pewee

 

Contopus fumigatus

 

Eastern Wood-Pewee

 

Contopus virens

 

Vermilion Flycatcher

 

Pyrocephalus rubinus

 

Rufous-tailed Tyrant

 

Knipolegus poecilurus

 

White-winged Black-Tyrant

 

Knipolegus aterrimus

 

Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant

 

Agriornis montanus

 

White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant

 

Agriornis albicauda

 

Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant

 

Myiotheretes striaticollis

 

Smoky Bush-Tyrant

 

Myiotheretes fumigatus

 

Jelski's Chat-Tyrant

 

Ochthoeca jelskii

 

Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant

 

Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris

 

Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant

 

Ochthoeca rufipectoralis

 

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant

 

Ochthoeca fumicolor

 

White-browed Chat-Tyrant

 

Ochthoeca leucophrys

 

Piratic Flycatcher

 

Legatus leucophaius

 

Social Flycatcher

 

Myiozetetes similis

 

Great Kiskadee

 

Pitangus sulphuratus

 

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher*

 

Myiodynastes luteiventris

 

Streaked Flycatcher

 

Myiodynastes maculatus

 

Boat-billed Flycatcher

 

Megarynchus pitangua

 

Tropical Kingbird

 

Tyrannus melancholicus

 

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

 

Myiarchus tuberculifer

 

Short-crested Flycatcher

 

Myiarchus ferox

 

Pale-edged Flycatcher

 

Myiarchus cephalotes

       
       

COTINGIDAE

     

(H)

Green-and-black Fruiteater

 

Pipreola riefferii

 

Red-crested Cotinga

 

Ampelion rubrocristata

 

Andean Cock-of-the-rock

 

Rupicola peruvianus

PIPRIDAE

     

(H)

Jet Manakin

 

Xenopipo unicolor

 

Fiery-capped Manakin*

 

Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

 

Golden-headed Manakin

 

Ceratopipra erythrocephala

TITYRIDAE

     

(H)

Barred Becard

 

Pachyramphus versicolor

 

White-winged Becard

 

Pachyramphus polychopterus

 

Black-and-white Becard

 

Pachyramphus albogriseus

 

Wing-barred Piprites*

 

Piprites chloris

VIREONIDAE

     
 

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

 

Cyclarhis gujanensis

 

Red-eyed Vireo

 

Vireo olivaceus

 

Olivaceous Greenlet*

 

Hylophilus olivaceus

CORVIDAE

     
 

White-collared Jay

 

Cyanolyca viridicyanus

 

Green Jay

 

Cyanocorax yncas

HIRUNDINIDAE

     
 

Blue-and-white Swallow

 

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

 

Brown-bellied Swallow

 

Orochelidon murina

 

Grey-breasted Martin

 

Progne chalybea

TROGLODYTIDAE

     
 

Scaly-breasted Wren

 

Microcerculus marginatus

 

Grey-mantled Wren*

 

Odontorchilus branickii

 

House Wren

 

Troglodytes aedon

 

Sedge Wren

 

Cistothorus platensis

 

Fasciated Wren

 

Campylorhynchus fasciatus

 

Thrush-like Wren*

 

Campylorhynchus turdinus

 

Plain-tailed Wren

 

Pheugopedius  euophrys

 

Coraya Wren

 

Pheugopedius  coraya

 

Sharpe's  Wren

 

Cinnycerthia olivascens

 

Bar-winged Wood-Wren

 

Henicorhina leucoptera

POLIOPTILIDAE

     
 

Tropical Gnatcatcher

 

Polioptila plumbea

DONACOBIIDAE

     
 

Black-capped Donacobius

 

Donacobius atricapilla

TURDIDAE

     
 

Swainson's Thrush

 

Catharus ustulatus

 

White-eared Solitaire

 

Entomodestes leucotis

 

Pale-breasted Thrush

 

Turdus leucomelas

 

Hauxwell’s Thrush

 

Turdus hauxwelli

 

Varzea Thrush

 

Turdus sanchezorum

 

Black-billed Thrush

 

Turdus ignobilis

 

Marañon Thrush

 

Turdus maranonicus

 

Slaty Thrush*

 

Turdus nigriceps

 

Great Thrush

 

Turdus fuscater

 

Chiguanco Thrush

 

Turdus chiguanco

 

Glossy-black Thrush

 

Turdus serranus

 

Long-tailed Mockingbird

 

Mimus longicaudatus

THRAUPIDAE

     
 

Black-faced Tanager

 

Schistochlamys melanopis

 

Magpie Tanager

 

Cissopis leverianus

 

White-capped Tanager

 

Sericossypha albocristata

 

Superciliaried Hemispingus

 

Hemispingus superciliaris

 

Drab Hemispingus

 

Hemispingus xanthopthalmus

 

Grey-hooded Bush-Tanager

 

Cnemoscopus rubrirostris

 

Buff-bellied Tanager

 

Thlypopsis inornata

 

Yellow-crested Tanager*

 

Tachyphonus rufiventer

 

White-lined Tanager

 

Tachyphonus rufus

 

Black-bellied Tanager

 

Ramphocelus melanogaster

 

Hooded Mountain-Tanager

 

Buthraupis montana

 

Grass-green Tanager

 

Chlorornis riefferii

 

Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager

 

Anisognathus lacrymosus

 

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager

 

Anisognathus igniventris

 

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager

 

Anisognathus somptuosus

 

Blue-grey Tanager

 

Thraupis episcopus

 

Palm Tanager

 

Thraupis palmarum

 

Blue-capped Tanager

 

Pipraeidea hraupis cyanocephala

 

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

 

Pipraeidea  bonariensis

 

Yellow-throated Tanager

 

Iridosornis analis

 

Orange-eared Tanager

 

Chlorochrysa calliparaea

 

Silvery  Tanager

 

Tangara viridicollis

 

Blue-necked Tanager

 

Tangara cyanicollis

 

Yellow-bellied Tanager

 

Tangara xanthogastra

 

Spotted Tanager

 

Tangara punctata

 

Blue-and-black Tanager

 

Tangara vassorii

 

Beryl-spangled Tanager

 

Tangara nigroviridis

 

Metallic-green Tanager

 

Tangara labradorides

 

Blue-browed Tanager

 

Tangara cyanotis

 

Turquoise Tanager

 

Tangara mexicana

 

Paradise Tanager

 

Tangara chilensis

 

Bay-headed Tanager

 

Tangara gyrola

 

Golden-eared Tanager*

 

Tangara chrysotis

 

Saffron-crowned Tanager

 

Tangara xanthocephala

 

Green-and-gold Tanager

 

Tangara schrankii

 

Golden Tanager

 

Tangara arthus

 

Black-faced Dacnis

 

Dacnis lineata

 

Blue Dacnis

 

Dacnis cayana

 

Green Honeycreeper

 

Chlorophanes spiza

 

Chestnut-vented Conebill

 

Conirostrum speciosum

 

Blue-backed Conebill

 

Conirostrum sitticolor

 

Moustached Flowerpiercer

 

Diglossa mystacalis

 

Black-throated Flowerpiercer

 

Diglossa brunneiventris

 

White-sided Flowerpiercer

 

Diglossa albilatera

 

Deep-blue Flowerpiercer*

 

Diglossa glauca

 

Masked Flowerpiercer

 

Diglossa cyanea

 

Peruvian Sierra-Finch

 

Phrygilus punensis

 

Plumbeous Sierra-Finch

 

Phrygilus unicolor

 

Band-tailed Sierra-Finch

 

Phrygilus alaudinus

 

Grey-winged Inca-Finch

 

Incaspiza ortizi

 

Buff-bridled Inca-Finch

 

Incaspiza laeta

 

Saffron Finch

 

Sicalis flaveola

 

Blue-black Grassquit

 

Volatinia jacarina

 

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

 

Sporophila castaneiventris

 

Band-tailed Seedeater

 

Catamenia analis

 

Plain-colored Seedeater

 

Catamenia inornata

 

Bananaquit

 

Coereba flaveola

 

Dull-coloured Grassquit

 

Tiaris obscurus

INCERTAE SEDIS

     
 

Greyish Saltator

 

Saltator coerulescens

 

Golden-billed Saltator

 

Saltator aurantiirostris

 

Streaked Saltator

 

Saltator striatipectus

EMBERIZIDAE

     
 

Rufous-collared Sparrow

 

Zonotrichia capensis

 

White-browed Brush-Finch

 

Arremon torquatus

 

Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch

 

Atlapetes latinuchus

 

Common Bush-Tanager

 

Chlorospingus flavopectus

 

Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager

 

Chlorospingus canigularis

CARDINALIDAE

     
 

Hepatic Tanager

 

Piranga flava

 

Summer Tanager

 

Piranga rubra

 

Scarlet Tanager*

 

Piranga olivacea

 

White-winged Tanger

 

Piranga leucoptera

 

Golden-bellied Grosbeak

 

Pheucticus chrysogaster

PARULIDAE

     
 

Blackburnian Warbler

 

Dendroica fusca

 

Cerulean Warbler*

 

Dendroica cerulea

 

Masked Yellowthroat

 

Geothlypis aequinoctialis

 

Canada Warbler

 

Wilsonia canadensis

 

Slate-throated Redstart

 

Myioborus miniatus

 

Spectacled Redstart

 

Myioborus melanocephalus

 

Black-crested Warbler

 

Basileuterus nigrocristatus

 

Russet-crowned Warbler

 

Basileuterus coronatus

 

Three-striped Warbler

 

Basileuterus tristriatus

 

Buff-rumped Warbler*

 

Phaeothlypis fulvicauda

ICTERIDAE

     
 

Russet-backed Oropendula

 

Psarocolius angustifrons

 

Crested Oropendola

 

Psarocolius decumanus

 

Mountain Cacique

 

Cacicus chrysonotus

 

Yellow-rumped Cacique

 

Cacicus cela

 

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

 

Cacicus uropygialis

 

Orange-backed Troupial

 

Icterus croconotus

 

Yellow-tailed Oriole*

 

Icterus mesomelas

 

Peruvian Meadowlark

 

Sturnella bellicosa

FRINGILLIDAE

     
 

Hooded Siskin

 

Sporagra magellanica

 

Olivaceous Siskin

 

Sporagras olivacea

 

Lesser Goldfinch

 

Astragalinus psaltria

 

Thick-billed Euphonia

 

Euphonia laniirostris

 

Orange-bellied Euphonia

 

Euphonia xanthogaster

 

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