With 1,800 species, is one of the most avian-rich countries on earth. This birding tour takes us across the eastern slopes of the Andean Mountains, high above the sweeping lowlands of the Amazon Rainforest, and descends through mystical cloud forests into the western edge of the Amazon basin. Here, regular swathes of clouds cloak the canopy in a dense mist, giving life to an abundance of mosses, lichen, bromeliads, orchids and more, and providing home to mountain toucans, golden-headed quetzals, and huge, roving mixed flocks of colorful tanagers and other species. Amongst the gnarled branches of the forest, Spectacled Bears, Gray Woolly Monkeys and vibrant orange Cock-of- the-Rocks still live unmolested. On this tour will enjoy some of the very best birding in the world, while staying at a selection of the most comfortable and bird friendly lodges in the area.

Andean Cock-of-the-Rock Tour Overview

Day 1: Arrive Lima Day 2: Birding Pantanos de Villa, flight Peru: Birding from the to Cusco Day 3: Cusco to Wayqecha to the Amazon Day 4: Wayqecha and the Manu Road Day 5: Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock 8 Nights/9 Days Lodge Day 6: Cock of the Rock Lodge and the Manu Road Day 7: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Villa Carmen Day 8: Villa Carmen Lodge and Biological Station Day 9: Depart Villa Carmen for Cusco

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8 Night/9 Day Itinerary: Oystercatcher, Killdeer, Whimbrel, Blue-footed Booby, Peruvian booby, Ruddy Turnstone, Spotted Red-legged Cormorant, Neotropic Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Cormorant, Guanay Cormorant, Lesser Yellowlegs, Andean Gull, Peruvian Pelican and the endemic Day 1, Arrive Lima: Grey-hooded Gull, Gray Gull, Surf Cinclodes. Return to Lima for We’ll arrive our Lima hotel later this Franklin’s Gull, Belcher’s Gull, Kelp mid-afternoon (5pm) flight to afternoon/evening, check in to our Gull, Inca Tern, Black Skimmer, Cusco. hotel and have dinner before Peruvian Booby, Neotropic resting up for the following day. Cormorant, Guanay Cormorant, Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Lodging in Cusco Meals: Dinner Blue Heron, Cattle Egret, Striated Lodging in Lima Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Day 3, Birding from Cusco (11,154 ft.) Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Puna to Manu’s cloud forests: Ibis, Osprey, Harris’s Hawk, Day 2, Birding the Pantanos and fly to American Kestrel, Wren-like Starting the descent from Cusco’s Cusco: Rushbird, Many-colored Rush Andean altitude we’ll travel paved, Tyrant, Vermillion Flycatcher, Blue- and then dirt roads across high We’ll have an early hotel breakfast, and-white Swallow, Long-tailed grasslands, the landscape gives before heading to Pantanos de Villa Mockingbird, Peruvian way to immense cloud forests Wildlife Refuge on the southern Meadowlark, Scrub Blackbird, and where the Wayqecha (“brother” outskirts of Lima. Yellow-hooded Blackbird. in Quechua) Birding Lodge is set within a 1,450-acre reserve. Pantanos de Villa is an outstanding After birding along the coast and coastal/wetland home for species several of the coastal pool and After an early breakfast in Cusco, such as; Cinnamon Teal, White- reed bed areas we will continue we will depart for our first stop cheeked Pintail, Andean Duck, Pied- on south to the fishing village at Huarcapay Lake for Andean billed Grebe, Great Grebe, Croaking of Pucusana. Here we’ll lunch waterfowl species such as Puna Ground Dove, West Peruvian Dove, at a local restaurant before taking Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Yellow-billed Groove-billed Ani, Amazalia motorized boats to the island just Pintail, Yellow-billed Teal, Andean , Plumbeous Rail, off shore for Blackish Duck, Chilean Flamingo, and White- Common Gallinule, Slate-colored Oystercatcher, Ruddy Turnstone, tufted Grebe. In addition, the high Coot, Black-necked Stilt, American Inca Tern, Humboldt Penguin, reeds and scrub around the lake Masked Flowerpiercer are a ket location for Spot-winged Pigeon, Bare-faced Ground Dove, Eared Dove, Sparkling Violetear, Plumbeous Rail, Common Gallinule, Slate-colored Coot, Black- necked Stilt, Andean Lapwing, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Andean Gull, American Kestrel, White-crested Elaenia, Brown-bellied Swallow, Chiguanco Thrush, Hooded Siskin, Blue-and- yellow Tanager, Cinereous Conebill, Band-tailed Seedeater, and Golden- billed Saltator. Black-tailed Trainbearer, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Bearded Mountaineer, Giant Hummingbird, Puna Ibis, Wren-like Rushbird, Streak-fronted Thorn-bird, Rusty-fronted Canastero, Many-colored Rush Tyrant, Andean Negrito, Yellow- winged Blackbird, Peruvian Sierra-

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Grass-green Tanager

Finch, Ash-breasted Sierra Finch, the endemic Chestnut-breasted We’ll start early, grabbing a hot Mourning Sierra-Finch, and Mountain-Finch and Creamy- drink to get us going, and birding Greenish-yellow Finch are also crested Spinetail. around the Lodge. Later, after a hot abundant here. breakfast, we’ll continue exploring Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner further afield. As the day warms There are also chances here for Lodging at Wayqecha Biological we’ll spend time birding downhill Cinereous Harrier, Variable Hawk, Station through the forest looking for Black-chested Buzzard- Eagle and mixed feeding flocks. Alpomado Falcon. Day 4, irding Wayqecha Lodge (9,500 Species here include Andean Guan; Continuing on through an ft.) and the Manu Road: Amethyst-throated Sunangel, intermontane biome we’ll stop at a Wayqecha Birding Lodge boasts Tyrian Metaltail, Violet-throated convenient scenic spot to have a an extensive, well maintained trail Starfrontlet, Pearled Treerunner, picnic lunch. In this area our main system to explore – be prepared, Azara’s Spinetail, White-banded targets will be the Andean , the reserve is spread over a 3,000 Tyrannulet, White-throated Andean Flicker, Black-throated ft. elevation gradient – with just Tyrannulet, Sierran Elaenia, Rufous- Flowerpiercer, and Chuiguanco under 450 bird species listed, breasted Chat-tyrant, White- Thrush. Further on we’ll look out an orchid garden and a canopy collared Jay, Great Thrush, Black- for the Scribble-tailed and Line walkway. The lodge sports a faced Brushfinch, Mountain -fronted Canasteros, Puna Wren, central building, and well-equipped Cacique, Spectacled Redstart, Puna and Diademed Tapaculos. cabins with private bathrooms and Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, As we descend further, the forest hot showers. Here is a good place Blue-capped Tanager, and Masked becomes denser and houses to look out for the endemic Flowerpiercer among others. a different range of species Redand-white Antpitta and including mixed species flocks endemic Marcapata Spinetail, and Special target species here with ovenbirds, flycatchers and to keep an eye out for some of the include the Puna Thistle-tail, tanagers, as well as toucans, jays, mammals that live in the reserve, Peruvian Tree-hunter, Golden- caciques and more. such as the Andean bear, jaguar, plumed Parakeet, Greater puma, ocelots, monkeys etc. Scythebill, Barred Fruiteater, Black- Two special targets here are throated Tody-flycatcher, Hooded

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Mountain-Tanager, Grass-green Tanager, Golden-collared Tanager, Moustached Flower-piercer, and Titlike Dacnis.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Lodging at Wayqecha Biological Station

Day 5, Birding from Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge (4,260 ft.): After breakfast we’ll spend all day birding by vehicle from Wayqecha down to our next stop. The journey down to Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge allows us to observe the changes in elevation and scenery, and to find new bird species while others disappear. Lunch will be en route and we’ll search along the way for Andean Guan, Collared Inca, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Violet-throated Starfrontlet and Amethyst-throated Sunangel Amethyst-throated Sunangel, Purple-backed Thornbill, Scaled Metaltail, White-bellied Woodstar, Rock is common in the area, with a several species right at the dining White-rumped Hawk, Crimson- lek viewable just a few kilometers room, and a trail behind the lodge mantled Woodpecker, Bar-bellied before arriving at the lodge, which enables us to enter the under-story Woodpecker, Trilling Tapaculo, enables us to observe these of the cloud forest, and facilitates Black and Chestnut Eagle, Scaly- majestic while at their dawn seeing certain species not likely naped Parrot, White-throated mating rituals. The central building from the road. Among the more Antpitta, Barred Fruiteater, Band- at COR hosts the dining area and sought after species here are tailed Fruiteater, White-throated bar, with 12 large bungalows for Specked Chachalaca, Plumbeous Tyrannulet, Ochraceous-breasted sleeping, each with private Pigeon, Squirrel Cuckoo, Green Flycatcher, Barred Becard, Pale- bathroom and hot showers. The Hermit, Geoffroy’s Daggerbill, footed Swallow, Mountain Wren, bungalows are lit atmospherically Sparkling Violetear, Wire-crested Citrine Warbler. by candles and there is a generator Thorntail, Speckled Hummingbird, running in the evening for certain Longtailed Sylph, Bronzy Inca, Special target species here are the hours to charge our equipment in Booted Racket-tail, Violet-fronted endemic Marcapata Spinetail, and the main lodge area. Brilliant, White-bellied Woodstar, of course, the spectacular Andean Many-spotted Hummingbird, Cock of the Rock. Trails exploring the surrounding Andean Motmot, Versi-colored forest include an area of bamboo Barbet, Green-olive Woodpecker, Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner replete with bamboo specialist Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Stripe, Lodging at Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge species. A staggering total of 685 chested Antwren, White-crowned bird species have been recorded Tapaculo, Montane Foliage- in the reserve. There is a large gleaner, Streak-necked Flycatcher, Day 6, Birding Cock-of-the-Rock dining area and lounge overlooking Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Marble- Lodge: feeding stations for birds that are faced Bristle-tyrant, Scale-crested This lodge is set in lush montane also visited by Brown Capuchin Pygmy-tyrant, Black Phoebe, forest within a protected 12,500- Monkeys and the awesome Tayra Lemon-browed Flycatcher, Golden- acre reserve. And as its name (a large mustelid related to otters). crowned Flycatcher, Tropical suggests, Andean Cock-of-the- Hummingbird feeders attract Kingbird, Green Jay, Blue-and white

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Swallow, Moustached Wren, Gray- Yellow-rumped Antwren, Variable plantations. Depending on birding breasted Woodwren, Blue-naped Antshrike, Uniform Antshrike, stops along the way, we should Chlorophonia, Orange-bellied Slaty Gnateater, Scaled Antpitta, arrive at Villa Carmen in time for Euphonia, Yellow-throated Rufous-breasted Antthrush, some birding around the lodge Chlorospingus, Common Short-tailed Antthrush, Olive- before dark. On the way to the Chlorospingus, Yellow-browed backed Woodcreeper, Montane lodge we’ll be on the look-out Sparrow, Russet-backed Woodcreeper, Spotted Barbtail; Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail, Oropendola, Dusky-green Yungas Manakin, Scaled Fruiteater, Chestnut-collared Swift, Long- Oropendola, Tropical Parula, Three- Chestnut-crested Cotinga, endemic tailed Sylph, Lanceolated Monklet, striped Warbler, Two-banded Cerulean-capped Manakin, Versicolored Barbet, Speckle-faced Warbler, Slate-throated Redstart, Amazonian Umbrellabird, White- Parrot, Russet Antshrike, Yungas Silver-beaked Tanager, Orange- throated Spadebill, endemic Inca Manakin, Marble-faced eared Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, Flycatcher, Fulvous-breasted Bristletyrant, Fulvous-breasted Spotted Tanager, Blue-necked Flatbill, Bolivian Tyrannulet, Flatbill, Olive-tufted Flycatcher, Tanager, Paradise Tanager, Bay- Chestnut-breasted Wren, Saffron- Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Three- headed Tanager, Golden Tanager, crowned Tanager and Deep-blue banded Warbler, Dusky-green Bananaquit, and Buff-throated Flowerpiercer. Oropendola, White-winged Saltator among others. Tanager, Yellow-throated Bush- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Tanager, Golden-collared Special target species here are Lodging at Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge Honeycreeeper, and others. numerous, and include Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Andean Potoo, ENDEMIC Day 7, Cock of the Rock Lodge to Villa Special targets here include the Peruvian Pied-tail, Rufous-capped endemic Peruvian Pied-tail and Carmen (1,640 ft.): Thornbill, Rufous-webbed Brilliant, Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher. Solitary Eagle, White-rumped After an early breakfast we leave Hawk, Rufescent Screech-owl, the Cock-of-the-rock Lodge and Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Rufous-banded Owl, Golden- start the final descent into low Lodging at Villa Carmen Lodge headed Quetzal, Crested Quetzal, montane rainforest and the Masked Trogon, Black-streaked Amazon basin. As we descend, Day 8, Birding the Rain Forests of Villa Puffbird, Blue-banded Toucanet, we’ll see that forest transitions Carmen Biological Station: into tea, coffee, cacao and coca Golden-headed Quetzal Located at the lower reaches of the Manu Road is Villa Carmen, a 7,500-acre reserve within the Manu Biosphere Reserve, encompassing areas of forest that range from 3,900 to 1,500 ft. in elevation. This is the last of the lower montane rainforest before it gives way to the vast lowland Amazonian rainforest. Over 35 kilometers of trails here spread out across pasture, scrub, young secondary forest, and mature forest providing access to streams, waterfalls, the nearby river Pine Pini, and a bird species list of nearly 600 species. The main lodge hosts a bar, dining, and comfortable seating area, and nearby bungalows with private bathrooms and floor-to ceiling screened windows. It also is home to a laboratory, scientific library, and a running sustainable

Page 5 • Peru: Birding from the Andes to the Amazon agriculture and fish-farm. This area Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner supports large stands of bamboo Lodging at Villa Carmen Lodge so we will have the bonus of specialties of this micro habitat. Day 9, Departure for Cusco:

From here we can also visit We’ll have early this morning nearby lookouts for Blue-headed to explore once more before and Military Macaws. In the breakfast, and soon after we will surrounding forests occur head back to Cusco. Lunch en Cinereous Tinamou, Undulated route will expedite our drive and Tinamou, Black-capped Tinamou, allow us to make stops on the way Speckled Chachalaca, Blue- for birds that might have escaped throated Piping-guan, Gray-fronted us. We will be dropped off at our Dove, Smooth-billed Ani, Squirrel hotel or the airport depending on Cuckoo, White-collared Swift, Blue- individual arrangements. tailed Emerald, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Hoatzin, Gray-cowled Wood-rail, Included in this itinerary: Purple Gallinule, Limpkin, In-country accommodations from Violet-tailed Sylph Sunbittern, Rufescent Tiger-heron, night 1 to 8, ground transportation, Turkey Vulture, Roadside Hawk, tours, meals as indicated, guide Black-tailed Trogon, Blue-crowned and entrance fees. Trogon, Black-fronted Nunbird,

Swallow-winged Puffbird, Bluish- fronted Jacamar, Crimson-crested Not Included: Woodpecker, Blue-headed Parrot,

Chestnut-fronted Macaw, White- Local flights between Lima and

Eyed Parakeet, Great Antshrike, Cusco are not included, however Barred Antshrike, Plain-winged we are happy to advise and help Antshrike, Bluish-slaty Antshrike, with scheduling these. Personal Stripe-chested Antwren, Yellow- items such as alcoholic beverages, breasted Warbling Antbird, White- gift shop, laundry, etc. are not included. browed Antbird, Chestnut-tailed Antbird, Black-throated Antbird,

Amazonian Antpitta, Wedge-billed Travel insurance: Woodcreeper, Pale-legged Hornero, Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner, We highly recommend purchasing Plain-crowned Spinetail, Cabanis’s travel insurance. In the event that Spinetail, Rusty-fronted Tody- you need to cancel your trip due flycatcher and more. to medical or other reasons, this insurance will protect you. Special Targets here are many and include Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Rufous-headed Woodpecker, Bamboo Antshrike, Ornate Antwren, Dot-winged Antwren, Manu Antbird, White-lined Antbird, 109 Eaglewood Way, Athens, Goeldi’s Antbird, Red-billed Georgia 30606 Scythebill, Dusky-cheeked Foliage- gleaner, Flammulated Tody-Tyrant, [email protected] White-cheeked Tody-tyrant, and Large-headed Flatbill. www.naturalselectionstours.com

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