Peru - Macaws & Machu Picchu

Naturetrek Tour Report 4 - 20 October 2019

Roseate Spoonbill Parrots at a clay lick

Inca Terns Andean Cock of the Rock

Report and images compiled by Jose Antonio Padilla Reyes

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Tour Report Peru - Macaws & Machu Picchu

Tour participants: Jose Antonio Padilla Reyes (Leader) with four Naturetrek clients

Summary:

This was another successful tour in Peru, where we covered the most important habitats within the country: the Peruvian coast line, the Amazon rainforest in the Tambopata National reserve, the Peruvian Andes and the Puna Habitat in Cusco, and the fantastic Cock of the Rock Lodge in the pristine Cloud forest of Manu National Park. Finally, we enjoyed the last two days at Inkaterra Pueblo Hotel, an amazing site where we were based only for one night to go and see of the new seven wonders of the world: the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu.

We saw 350 species of birds, plus another five species which were heard only, the highlights being the Inca Tern on the Peruvian Coast and almost one hour spent at the lek of Cock of the Rock

Day 1 Friday 4th October

Two of the group arrived one day before the tour began, and the remaining two arrived on time after a long flight on British Airways and KLM. We all met up at the hotel without incidents, and the people whose bodies were still on British time went straight to sleep.

Day 2 Saturday 5th October

Today we planned to do a full day in the Lima area getting to know a little bit about the Pacific Ocean in the morning and in later in the day making a stop at Los Pantanos de Villa or Villa Marshes, a great natural protected area where fresh water meets the Pacific creating a nice habitat for a lot of birds, specially migratory species. We started at 8:50 am and went to the Callao harbour (one of the oldest harbours in the Americas) where a large boat took us for a four hour trip to see the Palominos islands and the abundant sea lions. Today we also saw Humboldt Penguins, a local endemic, and two species of storm-petrels: Wilson´s and Elliot´s. We had also Inca Terns, Belcher´s and Kelp Gulls, Grey & Grey-hooded Gulls, a flock of Ruddy Turnstones, Red-legged, Neotropical and Guanay Cormorants, huge colonies of Peruvian Boobies and Peruvian pelicans, Spotted Sandpipers, Killdeer, Snowy Egret, Long-tailed Mockingbirds, West Peruvian & Eared Doves, many Black and Turkey Vultures, and couple of Elegant Terns flying overhead.

The islands visited today were San Lorenzo (the biggest island on the Peruvian coast, which was once connected to the coast), El Fronton, Palominos and Cavinza, making for a very good start to the tour. Back on the shore, we took the van again and went straight to the Villa Marshes or Pantanos de Villa in Spanish, having lunch on the way, and here we spent the rest of the afternoon. At the marshes we saw many different species of birds including Groove-billed Anis, Grey-hooded Gulls, Spotted and Baird´s Sandpipers, Sanderling, Common Gallinule, Slate-coloured Coots, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Puna Ibis, Killdeers, big numbers of Whimbrels, Pied, White-tufted & Great Grebes, and four Many-coloured Rush-tyrants (one of the most beautiful flycatchers in the world). Also here were Little Blue Heron, White-cheeked Pintail, Cinnamon Teal, Yellow-billed Teal, some Wilson´s Phalaropes, American Oystercatchers, Greater Yellowlegs, Scrub Blackbirds, Peruvian Meadowlark and many more. What an amazing place these marshes are.

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Sadly, we needed to return to the hotel for dinner and get ready for tomorrow where we would visit the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest and The Tambopata National Reserve, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. We couldn’t have a better start to the holiday.

Day 3 Sunday 6th October

Today we flew to Puerto Maldonado city, “the Biodiversity Capital of Peru”, a small city with more than 80,000 inhabitants close to the borders with Brazil and Bolivia, located in the south-eastern Peru in the region of Madre de Dios. We met our local guide, Dino, who picked us up and took us to his office to collect his things. At the office, as we were waiting, we saw in the garden Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Crowned Slaty Flycatcher and a nice Amazonian Motmot. We also had a small family of Saddleback Tamarins crossing the gardens of the office in Puerto Maldonado. What an excellent start.

By midday we were ready to begin the Amazon part of our adventure. We got into the bus and drove for about 45 minutes to the Tambopata river port at Infierno native community, where our motorized canoe was waiting for us. At the port, and while waiting to board we saw Black & Greater Yellow-headed Vultures, Orange-backed Troupial, Tropical and Eastern Kingbirds, Black-billed Thrush, White-eyed Parakeets, Chestnut-fronted Macaws, several Silver-beaked Tanagers, a family of Yellow-tufted Woodpeckers, and the fantastic Grey Potoo, which was found on a roasting spot known by Dino. Unfortunately we also witnessed of some of the rainforest damaged by people especially for farming activities.

After few minutes, we were ready to take the boat and head to Posada Amazonas lodge, a lodge close to Puerto Maldonado owned by Rainforest Expeditions (a pioneer ecotourism company in Peru). Once in the boat we were navigating on the Tambopata river and it soon became clear why this is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. White-banded, White-winged and Southern Rough-winged Swallows, more Vultures, Roadside Hawks and Giant Cowbirds were seen on the way upriver.

Lunch was served on the boat, a nice Peruvian-style Chinese fried rice wrapped in a banana leaf – a very local way of presenting it, and after 45 minutes on the river, we made it to Posada Amazonas, where we were met by Claudia, the service manager of the lodge who gave us a nice briefing and information about the lodge.

By 3:45 in the afternoon, we met with Dino again to do a jungle introductory walk, where we saw some interesting trees, including Walking and Belly Palms, Strangled Figs, and Brazil Nut trees, amongst others. We were lucky to hear and then see the very conspicuous Rufous-capped Ant-thrush and a beautiful family of Red- necked Woodpeckers. Today the weather in the rainforest was a bit cloudy and overcast and even some rain came down to welcome us to the jungle.

After a nice 30 minutes walk, we arrived at the base of the canopy tower, that stands on a solid stairway at about 37 metres high. As we were arriving a nice pair of Amazonian Violaceous Trogons were seen on a branch nearby. The whole group made it to the top, and from the canopy we had great views of Greater Yellow-headed Vultures, Red and Green and Scarlet Macaws, and Rufous-bellied Euphonia. After seeing one of the most amazing views of the canopy layer of the Amazon from the tower, we headed back to the lodge in time to take a shower and have a nice buffet dinner, and on the way back we had coupe of Buff-throated Woodcreepers that responded very well to the play back.

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We all went to sleep early as tomorrow we would be having a long day, travelling to Tambopata Research Centre.

Day 4 Monday 7th October

Today we were up at 4:00, with our buffet breakfast at 4.30 and by 5:00, we were already heading to the river to take the motorized canoe and going upstream for about 20 minutes to the start of the trail to one of the biggest oxbow lakes in the area known as Three Chimbadas. Oxbow lakes are old remains of the river that after many rainy seasons, a meander is cut off from the river and becomes an isolated lake, creating a new home for many species of birds, fishes and mammals including Giant River Otters.

This particular oxbow lake is home to a family of Giant River Otters consisting of five individuals. On the way to the lake we found Blue-crowned Trogons, Thrush-like Wrens, Speckled Chachalacas, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Chivi Vireo, Female Goeldi´s Antbird and Gilded Barbet. Once we arrived at the lake, we had the prehistoric- looking Hoatzin, Smooth-billed & Greater Anis, Pale-vented Pigeons and Tropical Kingbirds. We also found a groups of Long-nosed Bats on a tree trunk, and after spending almost half an hour, we eventually found the Giant River Otters having their breakfast. Finding one of the biggest and most endangered species of mammal in the Amazon rainforest was great but spending more than half an hour observing them in the wild was just fantastic. We saw them playing, swimming, eating and jumping. This natural show was just one of major highlights of the trip, for sure. We also had today around the lake Silvered Antbird, Black-capped Donacobious, Sungrebes, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Yellow-rumped Caciques, Russet-Backed Oropendulas, Black Caracaras and the big and weird Horned Screamers.

By 10:20 am we started our long boat ride to Tamboapata Research Centre, the furthest ecolodge owned by the same people that owns Posada Amazonas, which would be home for the next three days. We had on the way up a single Capybara, (the largest rodent in the world), Wood Stork, Drab Water Tyrants, Giant Cowbirds, Orinoco Geese, Great Black Hawks, Large & Yellow-billed Terns and Muscovy Ducks. We also saw three large species of macaw, because we decided to stop at a small macaw clay lick called Chuncho, where we were lucky to see the three largest species of Macaws found in Peru, including the beautiful Blue and Yellow Macaws which were trying to get down to eat clay, but finally they decided not to do so. As we know now, the clay is extremely important for these birds as they need to neutralize the toxins in the seeds and unripe fruit which they eat during the day, especially in the dry season. Here on this island, we also had Spotted Tody-flycatcher, Little Woodpecker and Straight-billed Woodcreeper.

We spent about half an hour looking at these big parrots, another highlight of the trip for sure, and eventually, we continued our way up to TRC. We also made a stop by a small clay lick next to the river that was very active with a big number of Cobalt-winged and Tui Parakeets. Just before we made it to TRC, we found a small family of Roseate Spoonbills and Scarlet Macaws on a nesting site - just fantastic.

We arrived at TRC at about 4:30 pm, had some rest until 6:15 when we met again and Jose talked about Peru a little, before the checklist and dinner.

Everyone is excited at this point as the tour is getting better and better.

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Day 5 Tuesday 8th October

Today we had our first experience at the big macaw clay lick next to TRC, the one that was first studied by biologists in Peru, so we started at 4:45 in the morning and by 5:20 am we were at the spot. When we arrived at the lookout point we first saw Mealy Amazon, Orange-checked, White-bellied & Blue-headed Parrots, the three largest species of macaws (Red and Green, Scarlet and Blue & Yellow), and also smaller species like: Chestnut- fronted and Blue-headed Macaws flying overhead. We also had some species of parakeets like White-eyed & Dusky-headed flying around.

The mixture of noise and colours in this place was spectacular. While we watched we had coffee and a cake, and more birds were coming like Bat Falcon, Blue-throated Piping Guan, two Roadside Hawks, a bunch of Russet- backed Oropendolas, Violaceous & Purplish Jay and a Crimson-crested Woodpecker. This fantastic nature show was on for almost two hours until we remembered we had to return for breakfast.

We had our buffet breakfast and a short break, so by 9:15 am we met again and went for a walk to see the fishpond. Right after we left the lodge, Jose found a fantastic Amazonian Pygmy Owl way up in the top of the trees, and also a troop of Peruvian Spider Monkeys. During the morning walk on the island we found Bluish- fronted Jacamar, Social Flycatcher, White-throated Toucan, White-winged Becards, many Black-fronted Nunbirds, Hoatzin and Buff-fronted Foliage-Gleaners. On the pond we had Incredible views of Yellow-spotted Side-necked Turtles and White-lined Sac-winged Bats, but as the day was now getting very hot, we decided to return to TRC for lunch.

After another superb buffet lunch, we went for an afternoon walk at TRC over a nice floodplain forest looking for birds and monkeys. Luckily, we found Red-howler monkeys right at the beginning of the walk, then we encountered a small mixed feeding flock which included White-winged Shrike-tanager, Long-winged Antwren, Plain-winged Antshrike, (heard only), Black-faced Antthrush, Red-crowned Ant Tanager, a female Collared Trogon and a Golden-crowned Spadebill. On the way back to the lodge, we found the largest of the primates of this part of the Amazon, the Peruvian Black Spider Monkeys which we watched for more than 15 minutes, a very agile and acrobatic species of primates that are often found in the area of this lodge. At the very end of our walk we found a huge Chicken-eating Spider, a type of tarantula that can grow as big as a dinner plate, so Dino, found a nest and managed to get it out. Just fantastic!!

We met at 6:45 pm to do the checklist together and dinner again was outstanding.

Tonight, some people decided to listen the macaw lecture given by one of the resident researchers at TRC. Finally, we went all to sleep to be ready and well rested for the last full day of the Amazon part of the tour.

Day 6 Wednesday 9th October

Today we had the opportunity to have a second visit to the big macaw clay lick, so everybody decided to go back, including Pamela Gamble as she missed the first morning at this place.

The activity was much better today, probably because the weather yesterday was not so good. We saw the same as yesterday and also had some new species of parrots and other birds today like Red-bellied Macaws, Yellow-

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crowned Parrots, and a very rare species of Parakeet, the Black-capped, which has never been seen before eating clay at this place, Chestnut-eared Aracari, Spix´s Guan eating clay and also the very loud and beautiful Pale- legged Hornero.

After another excellent breakfast we went for a walk in the forest and this time we took in part of the floodplain forest and the bamboo forest on our route, and during the walk we encountered Purple Honeycreeper, Orange- bellied Euphonia, Green and Gold Tanagers and Forest Elaenias - what an amazing start. Later, on the bamboo trail, we saw American Swallow-tailed Kites and a new species of Monkey, the Dusky-titi Monkey with little babies. The monkeys were very tame and allowed us to have amazing views of them.

We eventually made it to a nice look out point, where we had time for a short rest, so, during five minutes at this place we saw White-throated Jacamars and Southern Rough winged Swallows. We then decided to start heading back to TRC. On the way back, the forest was very hot and humid, so we didn’t see much, arriving back at the lodge by midday.

After lunch and after resting for a couple of hours, we went for a sunset cruise, taking the boat upstream on the upper Tambopata river, where we saw more egrets, Little Blue Heron, a big flock of Black Vultures, a couple of Orinoco Geese, Capped Heron, Burrowing Owl, Amazon & Green Kingfishers, some species of macaws, parrots and parakeets, and a fantastic Sunset over the river.

We then returned to TRC and met at 6:45 for the checklist and our last dinner in the jungle. We would be sad to leave, but it was time to start thinking about Cusco and the next part of the trip.

Day 7 Thursday 10th October

We left the TRC at 5:45 in the morning as we needed to catch the 13:55 flight to Cusco, and on the way back, we saw Yellow-billed Terns, Black Caracaras, Snowy and Western Cattle egrets, Cocoi & Capped Herons, many Giant Cowbirds, a big number of Orinoco Geese, Pied Lapwings and vultures. we arrived at a small macaw clay lick where we stopped for an welcome breakfast and here we had Chestnut-fronted, Blue & Yellow and Red & Green Macaws in position to come down and eat clay, and also Blue-headed, Yellow-crowned and Mealy Parrots and some parakeets, also ready to eat clay. What a way to say goodbye to the Amazon rainforest. Finally, we arrived at Philadelphia port and said goodbye to Dino, then took the bus and took part of the inter-oceanic highway and in about an hour and a half, we made it back to Puerto Maldonado. After some final packing, we waited some time before going back to the airport and saw Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, Yellow-olive Flycatcher, Epaulet Oriole and Thick-billed Euphonias. We then went back to the airport, and got ready to flight to Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire. Lunch was at the airport while waiting for the flight and by 3:30 pm, we were at the hotel in Cusco, so this afternoon was free to start slowly the process of acclimatising to this high-altitude city . Cusco was the capital of the Inca empire and nowadays it is the fifth largest city in Peru, located at almost 3,400 metres, with over 700,000 inhabitants, a fantastic city, full of ancient history and great people.

We met later for dinner and the checklist but then everybody went to bed quite early to start with more energy the next day.

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Day 8 Friday 11th October

Today was a free day, but we all went out for a walking city tour, meeting Jesus Carrillo, our great guide who took us to see the local market of San Pedro, one of the most beautiful cathedrals in South America and the Temple of the Sun, also known as Koricancha. This city tour was excellent and finished just in time for lunch. After lunch everyone had some free time and later, we met again later for the checklist and dinner at the hotel.

There were not many birds to see in the city, but we managed to find a few species new for the trip like Chiguanco Thrush, the very common Rufous-collared Sparrows, the very widespread Eared Dove and three Bare-faced Ground Doves.

Day 9 Saturday 12th October

After one day off, it was like starting the tour again! Today we went to do a full day into the Sacred Valley, and learned more about the Incas, and also found new species of birds for the trip as we toured the Andean scenery. In the morning, we saw Hooded Siskin, Cinereous Conebills, Band-tailed Seedeaters, more Chiguanco Thrushes, Spot-winged Pigeons, Peruvian Sierra Finches, White-browed Chat-tyrant, Golden-billed Saltator, and the small but very smart Black-throated Flowerpiercer.

After some early birding nearby, we went to visit an impressive Inca site called Sacsayhuaman, then we stopped at a small lagoon called Wayarcocha, where we had more Peruvian Sierra Finches, Yellow-billed Teals, Ruddy Ducks, Common Gallinules and Slate-coloured Coots, plus the fantastic Andean Geese with at least eight chicks moving all together across the lake.

We returned to the car and moved to the next place, a lovely Llama farm knowns as Awanacancha, where we saw some of the different races of Llamas and Alpacas as well as Guanacos and Vicuñas walking around the centre.

During the visit we had: Blue and Yellow Tanager, more Rufous-collared Sparrows, Golden-billed Saltator, more Black-throated Flowerpiercers and Band-tailed Seedeaters.

Nest we went to visit this big archaeological site at Pisac, where apart from learning more about the Incas, we found amazing birds like Giant Hummingbirds, more Black-throated Flowerpiercers, American Kestrels, the Peruvian endemic Rusty-fronted Canastero and the more beautiful and also endemic Bearded Mountaineer - just great!

Finally, we started heading back to Cusco and had one last stop on the way at Lake Huacarpay, a lake located only 45 kms from Cusco and here we found more birds including Puna Teal, Yellow-billed Teals, Common Gallinules, Slate-coloured Coots, another Bearded Mountaineer, many Andean Gulls, and others.

Sadly, after a very long and productive day, we had to return to the hotel in time for the group to have the briefing provided by our local guide Alex Duran about the Cloud Forest part of the tour, and Alex explained us a little bit more about the next four days at the Cock of the Rock Lodge.

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We did our checklist and had dinner that was again at the hotel, as we didn’t want to go very far, because tomorrow we would have another early start to go Manu National Park.

Day 10 Sunday 13th October

We were picked today at 6:00 am by Alex and Alfredo (our driver) to start our journey to Cock of the Rock Lodge (CORL), located in the cloud forest habitat of Manu National Park at 1,500 metres in elevation and 161 kms from Cusco. We first stopped in Oropesa village where we bought some nice chuta bread, a big and round local bread that is sweet as sugar is added during the preparation, so we had one big bread to share and eat during the whole journey. Right after this stop we arrived again at Huacarpay Lake, where unlike yesterday the weather wasn’t very windy, so today we found Plumbeous Rail, Yellow-winged Blackbirds, Green-tailed Trainbearer, (new ones for the trip), Giant Hummingbird, Yellow-billed Pintails, Andean Lapwing, Slate- coloured Coots, Common Gallinules White-tufted Grebes, Yellow-billed, Puna & more Cinnamon Teals. We also had Bare-faced Ground Doves and much more.

We then continued our journey up to our first mountain pass at over 4,000 metres in elevation, having stopped on the way near some small Andean houses and found Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch (endemic), Bearded Mountaineer (endemic), Giant Hummingbird again and the very big and beautiful Black-backed Grosbeak. Another Peruvian endemic to add to our tour list.

Almost reaching our first pass at 3,900 metres in elevation, we stopped again in a nice Puna habitat, an area that is very dry and arid, over 3,500 metres and above the tree line, mainly dominated by bunch grasses, to look for some Puna birds and found Rufous-webbed Bush Tyrant, and the almost endemic to Peru Slender-billed Miner. Great!

Our next stopped was about an hour later at the beautiful colonial style Andean town of Paucartambo, where we went for a short walk over an old bridge, and into the main plaza, and we finished by visiting the local museum, where we could see all the beautiful and sophisticated costumes used by the dancers during the festivity of “La Virgen del Carmen”, who is the main patron saint of this Andean town. It is very famous in Peru due to the Pope Juan Pablo (John Paul) II, who in 1984 put the golden crown on her head in Cusco city during the celebration of a big mass service.

After this stop we continued our way up to the second pass, Acjanacu, the main entrance to Manu National Park, and the place we had chosen to have lunch.

Halfway up we made a stop in a nice little habitat and found Creamy-crested Spinetail (endemic), Rufous- breasted Chat Tyrant and the beautiful Slaty-backed ChatTyrant.

We made it to the top and had lunch inside the vehicle as it was cold and starting to rain. Once we had finished lunch we continued our way to the CORL, with some great stops along the way, finding lots of birds including Great Thrush, Moustached & Masked Flowerpiercers, Blue-banded Toucanet, Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan, Scarlet-bellied & Hooded Mountain Tanagers, Amethyst-throated Sunangel and Rufous-capped Thornbill. We also saw White-collared Jay, Blue-capped Tanager, the fantastic Golden-headed Quetzal and the big and beautiful Andean Motmot. We had as well Short-billed Chlorospingus and the very drab Smoke-coloured Pewee.

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We made it to the lodge at about 5:30 pm, just before it got dark in the forest, and went straight to the bungalows. Later at 6:30 we met again for the checklist and dinner.

CORL is located at 1,500 metres in elevation, a nice, small eco-lodge, owned by a Peruvian NGO called Peru Verde. This organization protects more than 400 hectares of this fantastic habitat, which helps to guarantee the quality of the waters that flow into the rivers of the Amazon rainforest. By coming here, we are also helping this organization to protect more pristine forest in the cloud forest and in the lowland Amazon rainforest where they have been also working a lot in the last 20 years.

Day 11 Monday 14th October

Today we started at 5:00 am to go to the Lek of the Andean Cock of the Rock, located only 10 minutes by car up the road from the lodge. We had one hour of what Jose thought was the best lek activity he had ever seen. It was just amazing as we had at least eight males displaying for at least two females that came this morning to the Lek. An Andean motmot was also there feeding, giving us great views.

We returned to the lodge for breakfast and we saw many hummingbirds out in the garden like Sparkling Violetear, Wire-crested Thorntail, Green Hermit, Booted Racket-tail, Many-spotted Hummingbird and Violet- fronted Brilliant.

After breakfast, we took the van and we went up the road to get higher in elevation to the Rocotal area. While waiting right at the entrance of the lodge we had Olivaceous Siskins, Yellow-throated Chlorospingus, Lemon- browed Flycatcher, Tropical Kingbird, Western Wood-Pewee and Blue-grey Tanagers.

We finally got in the van and started our way up, and we encountered some new birds for the trip including Saffron-crowned Tanagers, Common Chlorospingus, Deep-blue Flowerpiercers, Black-faced Brush Finches, Yellow-throated Tanager, Ochre-faced Tody-flycatcher, Slate-throated & Spectacled Whitestart, Orange-bellied & Bronze-green Euphonias, Cinnamon & Golden Crowned Flycatcher, Lyre-tailed Nightjars (females), Blue and White Swallows, at least three Golden-headed Quetzals, Dusky-green Oropendula, Unadorned Flycatcher, and glimpses of a Solitary Eagle.

We arrived back in good time for Lunch which was at 1:00 pm, and just that moment, very heavy rain started, but nevertheless while having lunch we saw Silver-beaked Tanagers, Peruvian Piedtail (endemic), Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Orange-bellied Euphonias, Yellow-breasted Antwren (rare) Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Speckled Chachalacas, Russet-backed Oronpedulas coming to the fruit feeders, and the very small hummingbird White- bellied Woodstart.

The rain stopped by 3:30 and at 4:00 we decided to go up the road and try for the male Lyre-tailed Nightjar, and as we were going up the road we encountered some excellent new birds for the trip - Three- striped Warbler, Spotted Barbtail (rare), Short-billed Chlorospingus, Black-eared Hemispingus, Grey-breasted Wood Wren and the always beautiful Torrent Duck (a female with two chicks) on the Union Creek.

We made it to the spot for the nightjar by 5:40 pm and after 20 minutes of waiting and hearing the bird in the distance, we finally saw a fantastic male Lyre-tailed landing on a perch, where we were able to see it through the

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scopes, we also had great views of the same male flying overhead catching insects, a view that made us very, very happy. Just incredible!!!

We were back at the lodge by 6:30 pm in plenty of time for dinner, after which we did the checklist and went straight to bed, as tomorrow we would explore the lower part of the road and it would be another early start.

Day 12 Tuesday 15th October

On our last full day in the cloud forest, today we went down the road to get down to the foothills, near the base of the mountains, hoping to get a bunch of new species of birds and wildlife. We packed our breakfast and our lunch for the day, so we were ready for a full day out. Unfortunally, the weather wasn´t very good early in the morning but we still managed to get some good birds like Sunbittern, crossing the San Pedro Stream, Two- banded Warbler, Stripe-chested Antwren, (new for the tour), Silver-beaked Tanagers, White-banded Swallows, and much more.

We took the van and continued as it was raining quite heavily, so there were not many stops until we reached the lower part of the road where finally the rain was slowing down, so we kept looking and found a pair of Military Macaws flying overhead, just fantastic, Blue-headed Parrots flying away, Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird, Long-tailed Tyrant, Swallow & Magpie Tanagers, Chestnut-bellied Seed-finch singing, Plumbeous Kite, Spix´s Guans, Black-billed Thrush, Yellow-bellied Dacnis, Tropical Kingbirds, Social Flycatchers and more.

We made it to a small, basic, ecolodge called Bamboo Lodge where we had some rest and shelter from the rain. This place has a beautiful garden and a small coca plantation, with some hummingbird feeders, so a perfect place to find new birds for the trip. Here we got Beryl-spangled Emerald, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Grey-breasted Sabrewing, Little Woodpecker, many Black-billed Thrushes, Lesser Elaenia, Silver beaked, Blue-necked and Green & Gold Tanagers, Social and Piratic Flycatcher, and some Fork-tailed Palm Swifts flying up in the air and the wonderful Common Potoo.

The rain had now stopped completely and we decided to take the van and go a little bit further, and made it to a big, open coca farm, and here we had Large & Mottle-backed Elaenias, Mouse-coloured Tyrannulet, Dark- breasted Spinetail, many Blue-black Grassquits and Chestnut-bellied Seedeaters. Also, a couple of Turkey Vultures and Plumbeous Kites flying over. We waited a little bit for our transport as Alfredo (our driver), went back to Patria Village to fix a flat tyre. As we were waiting, we found a Chestnut-fronted Macaw eating the seeds of a bamboo, and a very small, Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet up in trees.

We got back to Bamboo Lodge for lunch, and for the last birding before heading back to CORL. After lunch we went down and stayed near the verbenas bushes and got some great new birds like Golden-tailed Sapphire, the spectacular Rufous-crested Coquette, Blue-tailed Emerald, Short-crested Flycatcher, White-browed Hermit and much more.

By 3 pm, we decided to start heading back to CORL, as we were all tired and sleepy, so we went straight back to the lodge and got back by 4:15 pm.

We met later at 6:15 pm for the checklist and for our last dinner at the CORL lodge.

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Day 13 Wednesday 16th October

Today we returned to Cusco, so we had a long day of travelling ahead of us. Jose and Alex met Ian, Joyce and Jill before breakfast to go down the road looking for Amazonian Umbrella Bird at 5:45 am, so we went to some areas where the bird had been seem before, but unfortunately we weren’t lucky today, although we did however find Lanceolate Monklet (rare and new), Blue-and-white Swallows, and others.

Back to CORL for breakfast, we met Pamela, who had decided not to come early this morning and enjoyed breakfast all together.

We left CORL by 8:00 am, and by 17:00 we were back in Cusco, having done a little birding on the way, finding fantastic birds like Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Barred Fruiteater, Puna Thistletail, Streak-throated Bush- tyrant, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Sapphire-vented Puffleg and Aplomado Falcon flying over the pre-Inca stone burial tower site of “Ninamarca” - all birds new for the trip, but the highlight of today was to find a family of Tshudi´s Woolly Monkeys, a very rare species of monkey that only lives in the mountain and are highly threatened as they were heavily hunted in the past.

We met again for dinner at 6:45 at the hotel as we were all too tired to go out tonight.

Day 14 Thursday 17th October

After an early breakfast, we were all ready to be picked at 5:50 am to be transferred to Poroy train station, 25 minutes away from Cusco City to take the 6:40 am expedition train to Machupicchu town.

During the ride we found many Torrent Ducks on the Urubamba river and we also witnessed the dramatic change in the scenery, as we were descending to the Cloud Forest habitat on the eastern slopes of the Andes.

After three and a half hours , we arrived at Machu Picchu town at around 10 am and we went to the hotel to leave our bags and sign in. However the rooms were not ready and we had to wait until the afternoon to enjoy our rooms, but we used this time before going to Machu Picchu, to go for a small walk in the grounds of this fantastic hotel. We started seeing Chestnut-breasted Coronets, Gould´s Inca, Speckled Hummingbird, Slate- throated Whitestart, Andean Cock of the Rock, the small but fantastic Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Blue-grey, Saffron-crowned, Blue-necked and the beautiful Golden-naped Tanager. After some great birding, it was time to go as our local guide Jesus was already waiting for us to take us up to see Machu Picchu.

After a 25 minute bus ride, we arrived at the entrance to Machu Picchu, but before that we went to have lunch at a lovely hotel called Sanctuary Lodge. Lunch was an all-inclusive buffet, and it was excellent. After lunch and a small break, we entered Machu Picchu, and Jesus, our local guide, who was a walking encyclopaedia, showed us and explained to us this magnificent citadel, telling us all the different stories and histories about this fantastic piece of engineering made by the Incas more than 400 years ago.

After a tour of almost three hours, we returned to the Inkaterra Pueblo hotel to take a shower and rest a little before meeting again at 7:30pm to do the checklist and to enjoy a nice dinner at this hotel.

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We all had an early night after this amazing day in Peru. Tomorrow would be the last day of the tour really, as we will start heading back to Cusco, and then Lima and then home.

Day 15 Friday 18th October

On our last full day in Peru Ian, Joyce and Jose met early at 6:00 am in the gardens of this fantastic hotel for some birding before breakfast. It was raining, but despite this we still managed to get some birds like Blue-grey, Blue-yellow and Saffron-crowned Tanagers, Blue-naped Chlrophonias, Thick-billed Euphonias, Chestnut- breasted Coronet, Collared Ica, Bronzy Inca (rare), Andean Cock of the rock, and more. After only 20 minutes due to the rain, we all went to enjoy the excellent buffet breakfast at Inkaterra Pueblo.

After breakfast we continued with our morning of birding and went further into the grounds of the property, where we found Violet-throated Startfrontlet and Blue-grey Tanagers. We made it to the end of the trail where there was a big, nice clearing, and here, we found Common Tody-flycatcher, Silvery Tanagers, White-bellied Woodstart, Brown-capped & Chivi Vireo and Blue-necked Tanagers. The rain continued so we decided to go back to the hotel , and met again at 11:55 am, to have lunch. In the meantime, Joyce and Jill went to so some shopping in town and Ian stayed in the area of the Hotel birding on his own, despite the rain.

We finally met again and went for lunch, which again as very good. Right after lunch it was time to move to the train tation as we are going to catch the 13:37 train back to the Sacred Valley. We arrived at Ollantaytambo by 3:10 pm, and our driver was already waiting for us.

Ninety minutes later we were arriving at Cusco city, and finally after six fantastic days it was time to say goodbye to Jesus, our local guide, one of our best local guides we have on this tour.

We made a reservation at “Incanto” restaurant, a Peruvian - Italian restaurant where we had our last dinner together. Incanto was a good choice as the food was excellent and the staff very efficient. Here, we did our last checklist of the trip, enjoyed some nice drinks and chatted for a while.

We finally went back to the hotel, and straight to sleep, as we were very tired. Tomorrow, although it would be the day of the flight back home, would also be a day where we have our last activities in Lima.

Day 16 Saturday 19th October

Today we had our last hours in Peru and we left the Cusco hotel at 8:20am to catch our 10:40am flight to Lima. Once in Lima, we were taken to this nice Peruvian restaurant called el “Bolivariano” near to the Larco Museum for lunch, where we enjoyed our last meal together, after which we went to the museum before our journey home. At the entrance of the museum there was a very nice garden, with a lot of bougainvillea, orquideas, and flowering plants that attract some birds like Bananaquit, Scrub Blackbirds, West Peruvian Doves, Amazalia Hummingbirds, Saffron Finches (new for the trip) and Scarlet-fronted Parakeets (also new for the trip).

The Larco Museum was a private collection owned by Rafael Larco Hoyle, a Peruvian arqueologist, researcher and historian whose family owned a big hacienda in northern Peru, where they found this amazing amount of archaeological pieces belonged to pre-Incas cultures, especially the one in northern Peru called Mochica Culture.

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Here our resident guide, Fiorella, showed us most of the pieces of this collection and took us to see the biggest erotic collection of pottery (!) found in ancient cultures around the world.

We said goodbye to Fiorella, and then it was time to head back to the airport and get ready to fly home after a fantastic holiday visiting many varied habitats in this fascinating country.

Day 17 Sunday 20th October

Arrival back in the UK

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Species Lists

Birds (H = heard only) E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major H 2 Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus H 3 Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus H 2 4 Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta 3 5 Torrent Duck Merganetta armata 3 30 6 Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata 6 3 5 6 7 Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera 10 8 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 3 1 9 Puna Teal Spatula puna 6 6 10 Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera 6 4 20 11 White-checked Pintail Anas bahamesis 1 12 Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica 1 1 13 Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris 10 20 2 14 Andean Ruddy Duck Oxyura ferruginea 12 15 Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata 3 3 3 5 16 Andean Guan Penelope montagnii 10 17 Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu 3 3 18 Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumanensis 4 10 19 Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum 1 3 20 Humboldt Penguin - N Spheniscus humboldti 20 21 Elliot's Storm Petrel Oceanites gracilis 20 22 Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 3 23 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 1 24 White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland 6 1 1 25 Great Grebe Podiceps major 1 26 Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi 12 50 30 20 27 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja 6 28 Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum 1 29 Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea 1

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 30 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 20 6 6 4 6 31 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 4 4 32 Great Egret Ardea alba 1 1 4 6 1 33 Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus 2 10 2 8 34 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 2 1 1 1 35 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 4 4 2 4 12 36 Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus 50 37 Peruvian Booby Sula variegata 100 38 Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi 30 39 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 100 50 6 12 10 6 2 40 Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvillii 8 41 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 1 42 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 4 1 2 1 4 43 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus 1 6 1 44 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 20 10 10 6 20 50 10 45 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa 1 46 Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 47 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea 4 1 6 48 American Swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus 12 1 49 Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga 2 1 50 Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius 1 51 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 52 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus 3 53 Black-chested Buzzard-eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus 1 54 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias 1 1 55 Sungrebe Heliornis fulica 3 1 56 Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus H 2 57 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata 20 12 20 58 Andean Slate-coloured Coot Fulica ardesiaca 4 12 59 Pale-winged Trumpeter Psophia leucoptera 6 2 60 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 10 61 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 15

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 62 Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens 2 6 63 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 2 64 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 4 65 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris 2 66 Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus 2 67 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 50 68 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1 69 Sanderling Calidris alba 1 70 Baird´s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 2 71 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 8 4 4 3 1 72 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 4 3 1 73 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 20 74 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor 4 75 Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus 12 20 4 30 6 76 Grey-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 50 77 Grey Gull Leucophaeus modestus 10 78 Franklin´s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan 1 79 Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri 100 4 80 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 30 81 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans 2 82 Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris 6 5 4 83 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex 1 84 Inca Tern Larosterna inca 100 85 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 12 8 86 Rock Dove - I Columba livia 80 10 6 20 10 30 30 20 20 20 87 Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa 5 20 88 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 1 10 89 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis 4 12 10 90 Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea 1 10 3 91 Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla H 92 White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata 1 93 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata 6 5 20 4

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 94 West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda 10 6 95 Bare-faced Ground-dove Metriopelia ceciliae 3 13 96 Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin 12 2 97 Greater Ani Crotophaga major 6 4 98 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 8 10 99 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris 1 100 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 1 1 101 Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta 1 102 Tawny-bellied Screech Owl Megascops watsonii H 103 Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi 1 104 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 3 1 105 Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra 3 6 2 106 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus 1 1 107 Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila 10 10 108 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 20 6 6 109 Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia 5 110 White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus 4 111 Neotropical Palm Swift Tachornis squamata 12 112 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy 2 113 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 1 114 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans 15 15 4 4 115 Rufous-crested Coquete Lophornis delattrei 1 116 Wire-crested Thorntail Discosura popelairii 1 117 Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus 2 118 Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata 1 1 1 1 1 119 Golden-Tailed Saphhire Chrysuronia oenone 6 120 Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus 3 2 121 White-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia chionogaster 1 1 122 Green-and-white Hummingbird - E Amazilia viridicauda 2 6 123 Amazilia Hummingbird - N Amazilia amazilia 2 124 Sapphire-spangled Emerald Amazilia lactea 10 125 Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys 1 1 1

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 126 Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti 1 1 127 Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri 5 3 128 Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii 4 6 129 Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis 2 1 130 Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena 1 131 Collared Inca Coeligena torquata 3 3 132 Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas 2 1 133 Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis 1 134 Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani 1 135 Rufous-booted Racket-tail - N Ocreatus addae 4 1 4 136 Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna 1 137 Bearded Mountaineer - E Oreonympha nobilis 1 1 138 Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina 1 139 Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps 1 140 White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant 1 1 141 Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps 1 3 1 142 Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus 2 143 Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus 2 144 Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui 2 1 1 145 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 1 146 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona 1 1 1 147 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 1 148 Amazonian Motmot Momotus momota 1 1 149 Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis 1 2 1 1 150 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii 1 151 White-throated Jacamar Brachygalba albogularis 4 152 Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens 3 2 1 153 Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons 4 6 4 154 Rufous-capped Nunlet Nonnula ruficapilla H 155 Swallow-winged Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa 1 156 Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata 1 157 Gilded Barbet Capito auratus 1

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 158 Blue-banded Toucanet - N Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis 1 159 Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis 4 160 White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus cuvieri 1 1 2 161 Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan Andigena hypoglauca 1 162 Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus 3 163 Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus 1 1 164 Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola 1 1 165 Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii 1 166 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus H 167 Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis 3 168 Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos 1 169 Fine-barred Piculet Picumnus subtilis 2 170 Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus 1 1 171 Black Caracara Daptrius ater 3 1 1 1 172 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 1 2 10 6 173 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis 1 174 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 1 2 175 Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera 50 20 3 176 Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae 6 177 Orange-cheeked Parrot Pyrilia barrabandi 50 50 178 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus 6 20 20 2 179 Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala 2 20 180 Southern Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa 50 50 181 White-bellied Parrot Pionites leucogaster 12 10 182 Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola 1 183 Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii 20 20 10 184 Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Aratinga wagleri 2 185 Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilatus 6 186 Blue-headed Macaw Primolius couloni 2 4 4 187 Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna 6 20 30 6 H 188 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao 2 10 12 10 6 189 Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus 2 20 20 6 10

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 190 Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus 2 12 30 20 4 1 191 Military Macaw Ara militaris 2 192 White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus 10 16 6 193 Slender-billed Miner Geositta tenuirostris 1 194 Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus 1 195 Puna Thistletail Schizoeaca helleri 1 196 Rusty-fronted Canastero - E Asthenes ottonis 1 197 Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae H 1 198 Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis H 199 Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis 1 200 Creamy-crested Spinetail - E Cranioleuca albicapilla 1 201 Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens 1 202 Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufum 2 203 Elegant Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus elegans 1 204 Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus 2 2 205 Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus 1 206 Great Antshrike Taraba major H 207 Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris 1 208 Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus H 209 Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda 1 210 Grey Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii 1 211 Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis 2 212 Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura H 213 White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys 1 214 Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia 1 215 Goeldi's Antbird Myrmeciza goeldii 1 216 Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis subflava 1 217 Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma 1 218 Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis 1 219 Red-and-white Antpitta - E Grallaria erythroleuca H 220 Sclater's Tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateri 1 221 Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus 1

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 222 Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii 3 223 Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis 4 224 Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis 1 225 Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas 1 226 Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus 1 227 Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea 2 228 Mouse-coloured Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina 2 229 Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis 2 230 Slaty-capped Flycather Leptopogon superciliaris 1 231 Unadorned Flycatcher Myiophobus inornatus 1 232 Many-coloured Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra 4 233 Ochre-faced Tody-flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps 1 234 Black-backed tody-flycatcher Poecilotriccus pulchellus 1 235 Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum 1 236 Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum 1 237 Common Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 1 1 238 Grey-crowned Flatbill Tolmomyias poliocephalus 1 239 Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens 1 1 240 Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus 1 241 Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus 4 242 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 3 2 4 1 243 Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus 1 244 Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus 3 245 Scarlet Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 1 246 White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus 3 247 Drab Water Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis 4 6 10 248 Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus 2 1 249 Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis 1 250 Rufous-webbed Bush-tyrant Polioxolmis rufipennis 1 251 Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis 1 252 White-browed Chat-tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys 4 253 Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris 1

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 254 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus 6 255 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 4 4 2 256 Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis 1 3 257 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 1 2 258 Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti 2 1 259 Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus 5 260 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus 3 261 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 2 262 Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus 1 1 263 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 1 6 2 1 2 6 4 3 264 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 20 6 1 265 Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox 1 266 Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata 2 267 Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus 1 268 Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus 12 1 2 269 Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys 1 270 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 1 1 271 White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus 2 272 Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi 1 273 Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus 1 12 20 20 4 274 Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas 6 10 275 White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus 1 276 White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer 5 15 6 10 10 277 Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca 4 20 20 20 278 Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina 2 279 Andean Swallow Haplochelidon andecola 1 280 White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata 10 10 6 12 10 15 281 Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 6 10 10 10 20 282 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 6 283 Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla 4 284 Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus 2 285 Inca Wren - E Pheugopedius eisenmanni 1

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 286 Southern House Wren Troglodytes aedon 1 1 287 Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 2 288 Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus 4 289 Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides H 1 290 Swainson´s Thrush Catharus ustulatus 1 1 291 Great Thrush Turdus fuscater 10 2 292 Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco 1 6 20 10 1 293 Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis 1 12 294 Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii 1 295 White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus 1 296 Olivaceous Siskin Spinus olivaceus 10 297 Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus 5 298 Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris 1 6 4 299 Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster 1 2 1 300 Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa 1 301 Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea 1 2 302 Two-banded Warbler Myiothlypis bivittata 2 303 Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus 1 304 Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus 1 1 4 305 Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus 1 4 306 Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa 1 307 Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons 20 10 20 10 10 20 10 308 Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens 2 12 1 2 309 Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus 2 2 310 Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela 20 10 10 4 311 Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis 2 312 Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus 1 313 Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus 2 20 15 10 314 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis 3 315 Scrub Blackbird Dives warczewiczi 1 316 Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius 10 317 Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis 6 20 20 2 6 6

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E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 318 Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons 1 4 319 Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus 4 320 Short-billed Chlorospingus Chlorospingus parvirostris 1 321 Yellow-throated Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavigularis 6 322 Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus 2 323 Magpie Tanager Cissopis leverianus 4 1 324 Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps 2 325 White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor 2 326 Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo 6 1 5 10 20 2 327 Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana 6 328 Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus 2 1 12 6 10 4 329 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum 2 4 1 4 330 Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis 4 1 6 331 Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala 2 332 Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Anisognathus igniventris 2 333 Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis 2 334 Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis 2 335 Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii 4 2 336 Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala 2 1 2 337 Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix 1 1 338 Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis 6 2 6 4 339 Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis 1 340 Silver-backed Tanager Tangara viridicollis 2 2 341 Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis 2 2 342 Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus 2 343 Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer 4 344 Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum 4 345 Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis 1 2 346 Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris 6 1 347 Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer Diglossa glauca 2 348 Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea 1 349 Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides 1

Peru - Macaws & Machu Picchu Tour Report

E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 350 Red-crowned Ant-tanager Habia rubica 1 351 Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris 1 352 Peruvian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus punensis 2 2 353 Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch - E Poospiza caesar 1 354 Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola 2 355 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus 2 356 Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris 1 1 357 Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris 3 358 Chestnut-bellied Seed-finch Oryzoborus angolensis 6 359 Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis 4 4 360 Plain-coloured Seedeater Catamenia inornata 2 361 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 1 2

MAMMALS 1 Southern Sea-lion Otaria byronia 1000 2 Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus fuscicollis 4 3 Common Woolly Monkey Lagotrix lagotricha 3 4 Brown Capuchin Monkey Cebus apella 6 5 Dusky Titi Monkey Callicebus moloch 5 6 Red Howler Monkey Alouatta seniculus 5 10 6 7 Peruvian Spider Monkey Ateles chamek 10 10 8 Capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris 1 4 9 Southern Amazon Red Squirrel Sciurus spadiceus 1 1 10 Bolivian Squirrel Sciurus ignitus 1 11 Brown Agouti Dasyprocta variegata 1 1 2 1 12 Giant River Otter Pteronura brasilensis 5 13 Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso 10 14 White-lined Sac-winged Bat Saccopteryx leptura 4 15 Cavy (Guinea Pig) Cavia porcellus 2 1 16 Northern Viscacha Lagidium peruanum 3

Peru - Macaws & Machu Picchu Tour Report

E=Endemic, N=Near-endemic I=Introduced October Common name Scientific name 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS 1 Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus 2 2 Yellow-spotted Side-necked Turtle Podocnemis unifilis 4 4 3 Rain Frog Eleuterodactylus sps 1 4 Amazon Racerunner Ameiva ameiva 1

Group at Machu Picchu Common Potoo