Northern Peru bird list ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus SCREAMERS ANHIMIDAE Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta DUCKS ANATIDAE Torrent Duck Merganetta armata White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica Andean Teal Anas andium Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos GUANS CRACIDAE Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata Andean Guan Penelope montagnii Wattled Guan Aburria aburri White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis (E) Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii NEW WORLD QUAILS ODONTOPHORIDAE Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus GREBES PODICIPEDIDAE White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Great Grebe Podiceps major PELICANS PELECANIDAE Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus BOOBIES SULIDAE 1 Amazon Birding is a specialist birding tour operator in Peru Northern Peru bird list ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii Peruvian Booby Sula variegata CORMORANTS PHALACROCORACIDAE Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii FRIGATEBIRDS FREGATIDAE Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens ANHINGAS ANHINGIDAE Anhinga Anhinga anhinga HERONS ARDEIDAE Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Striated Heron Butorides striata Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Snowy Egret Egretta thula Agami Heron Agamia agami STORKS CICONIIDAE Wood Stork Mycteria americana IBISES THRESKIORNITHIDAE Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja FLAMINGOES PHOENICOPTERIDAE Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus Black Vulture Coragyps atratus King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Andean Condor Vultur gryphus OSPREY PANDIONIDAE Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 Amazon Birding is a specialist birding tour operator in Peru Northern Peru bird list ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HAWKS & EAGLES ACCIPITRIDAE Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus Harris’s Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus FALCONS FALCONIDAE Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus Black Caracara Daptrius ater Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans 3 Amazon Birding is a specialist birding tour operator in Peru Northern Peru bird list ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Merlin Falco columbarius Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis American Kestrel Falco sparverius LIMPKINS ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna RAILS, COOTS & GALLINULES RALLIDAE Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps Russet-crowned Crake Anurolimnas viridis Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops Common Moorhen Gallinula Chloropus Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca STILS RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus THICK-KNEES BURHINIDAE Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris FINFOOTS HELIORNITHIDAE Sungrebe Heliornis fulica SUNBITTERNS EURYPYGIDAE Sunbittern Eurypyga helias JACANAS JACANIDAE Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana PLOVERS CHARADRIIDAE Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis 4 Amazon Birding is a specialist birding tour operator in Peru Northern Peru bird list ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME OYSTERCATCHERS HAEMATOPODIDAE American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater SANDPIPERS SCOLOPACIDAE Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Willet Tringa semipalmata Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Surfbird Aphriza virgata Red Knot Calidris canutus Sanderling Calidris alba Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Puna Snipe Gallinago andina SEEDSNIPES THINOCORIDAE Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus GULLS LARIDAE Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Gray Gull Leucophaeus modestus Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Belcher’s (Band-tailed) Gull Larus belcheri Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris Peruvian Tern Sternula lorata 5 Amazon Birding is a specialist birding tour operator in Peru Northern Peru bird list ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Inca Tern Larosterna inca Common Tern Sterna hirundo Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus SKIMMERS RYNCHOPIDAE Black Skimmer Rynchops niger PIGEONS & DOVES COLUMBIDAE Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Peruvian Pigeon Patagioenas oenops Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura Bare-faced Ground-Dove Metriopelia ceciliae Croaking Ground-Dove Columbina cruziana Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata PARROTS PSITTACIDAE Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus Military Macaw Ara militaris Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalma Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Aratinga wagleri Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura 6 Amazon Birding is a specialist birding tour operator in Peru Northern Peru bird list ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii Spot-winged Parrotlet Touit stictopterus Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus Speckle-faced Parrot Pionus tumultuosus Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenaria HOATZIN OPISTHOCOMIDAE Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin CUCKOOS CUCULIDAE Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi Squirrel