Women Birders Program

WOMEN BIRDERS PROGRAM

Sponsored by Jacamar Club and Vortex Optics

A FIELD REPORT OF BIRDING EXCURSIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPOWERING WOMEN IN THE BIRDING ACTIVITIES FOR ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION IN PERU AND BOLIVIA

LOCATION: HUMEDAL LUCRE - HUACARPAY CUSCO - PERU

JULY 25, 2020

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The Women Birders Program is created basically to empower women in the good practice of birding & Birdwatching in Peru and Bolivia. Throutgh this program the women community will be able to increase their leadership and conservation skills, this will also make a difference in their communities and it will involved directly in the conservation of birds. The Jacamar Club programs perform a series of activities as a preliminary steps to environmental education, ecotourism ideas and conservation of bird biotopes in Peru and Bolivia.

At Lucre - Huacarapay lagoon; Leader-instructor Leonardo Gonzales reviewing details of Bare-faced Ground-Dove in field guide to the birds of Peru; Photo by Ana Amable.

At Lucre - Huacarpay lagoon; Photo by Whendy Espino.

The whole group at Humedal de Lucre - Huacarpay over look; Photo by Ana Amable.

BIRDING LOCALITIES OF INTEREST

CUSCO

Cuzco is a city in the Peruvian Andes that was the capital of the Inca Empire and is known for its archaeological remains and Spanish colonial architecture. The Plaza de Armas is the center of the old city, with galleries, carved wooden balconies and ruins of Inca walls. The Santo Domingo convent, in the Baroque style, was built on the Inca Sun Temple (Qoricancha) and has archaeological remains of Inca stonework. Cuzco has many bird watching places, emblematic places and that ensure the enjoyment of any amateur and professional birdwatchers, they are also very close to the city of Cusco.

HUMEDAL DE LUCRE - HUACARPAY

Lucre - Huacarpay Lagoon is the eleventh wetland located by the Peruvian State as a Ramsar site of international importance. Its located in the district of Lucre, province of Quispicanchi, in Cusco Region and is accessed by the Cusco-Puno road 25 km from Cusco, at 3020 m. altitude, between 13°36´71´´ S and 71°44´21´´ Lucre - Huacarpay lagoon, constitutes a fragmenting set of lagoons, swamps and surrounding areas due to natural and anthropic activities. Lucre - Huacarpay lagoon is made up of 6 six water mirrors, which are permanent throughout the year.

Humedal Lucre -Huacarpay map

THE KEY TO THE BIRD LIST

* = Species heard only Red – IUCN Red List Category IOC = International Ornithological Congress SACC = South American Classification Committee

THE LIST

ANATIDAE: DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS / PATOS, GANSOS, Y CISNES

1.-Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica - Pato Jergón Seen four, common here. The SACC says “Hellmayr & Conover (1948a) and many earlier classifications treated andium (Andean Teal) as a separate species from A. flavirostris. Many authors, from Meyer de Schauensee (1970) to Dickinson (2003), have treated andium as a subspecies of A. flavirostris. Anas andium was considered a separate species from Anas flavirostris by Ridgely et al. (2001), and this was followed by Hilty (2003). SACC proposal passed to recognize andium as separate species. 7 Jaramillo (2003) further suggested that the subspecies oxyptera may also deserve recognition as a separate species from A. flavirostris.

2.-Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal - Anas flavirostris - Pato Barcino Seen over ten, common here

3.- Puna Teal - Spatula puna - Pato de la Puna Seen eight of them, common here

Puna Teal Photo by Gina Anampa

4.- Cinnamon Teal - Spatula cyanoptera - Pato Colorado Seen a pair only

Cinnamon Teal Photo by Gina Anampa

5.- Andean Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis – Pato Andino One seen from the main over look. Andean populations have often (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1948a, Siegfried 1976, Sibley & Ahlquist 1990, AOU 1998, Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Jaramillo 2003, del Hoyo & Collar 2014) been treated as a separate species, O. ferruginea ("Andean Duck" or "Andean Ruddy-Duck"). However, see Adams and Slavid (1984), Fjeldså (1986), McCracken & Sorenson (2005), and Donegan et al. (2015) for rationale for treating them as conspecific, as done previously (e.g., Blake 1977, Johnsgard 1979), and then followed by Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Carboneras (1992f), and Dickinson & Remsen (2013). Siegfried (1976) and Livezey (1995) considered ferruginea to be more closely related to O. vittata than to O. jamaicensis, but McCracken & Sorenson (2005) showed that this is incorrect.

6.- Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus - Rascón Plomizo About four seen in diferents sites

Plumbeous Rail Photo by Gina Anampa

COLUMBIDAE: PIGEONS AND DOVES - PALOMAS Y TÓRTOLAS

7.- Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata - Tórtola Orejuda Seen thirty of the them, very common

8.-Bare-faced Ground Dove - Metriopelia ceciliae – Tortolita moteada Seen two at north side of the lake. Named for Cecile Gautrau daughter of French naturalist Rene Lesson

THRAUPIDAE: TANAGERS / TANGARAS

9.- Blue-and-yellow Tanager - Rauenia bonariensis - Tangara Azul y Amarilla Seen a pair

10.- Band-tailed Seedeater - Catamenia analis - Semillero de Cola Bandeada Seen four, common

11.- Golden-billed Saltator - Saltator aurantiirostris - Saltador de Pico Dorado One seen at the main over look. Burns et al.‚Äôs (2014) comprehensive phylogeny of the tanagers and relatives was based on two mitochondrial and four nuclear loci, and taxon-sampling was nearly complete.

12.- Rusty Flower-piercer - Diglossa sittoides -Pincha-Flor de Pecho Canela One seen

APODIDAE: SWIFTS / VENCEJOS

13.- White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris - Vencejo de Collar Blanco Seen twenty at noth side of the lake

TROCHILIDAE: HUMMINGBIRDS / COLIBRÍES

14.-Black-tailed Trainbearer - Lesbia victoriae - Colibrí de Cola Larga Negra Seen two near the Nicotina flowers

Black-tailed Trainbearer Photo by Gina Anampa

15.- Green-tailed Trainbearer - Lesbia nuna - Colibrí de Cola Larga Verde One seen at north side of the lake. . Lesbia: Gr. Lesbias= woman of Lesbos. nuna: Nouna-Koali, a graceful Indian virgin in Jean F. Denis’s novel (1829) “Ismaël Ben Kaïzar ou la découverture du Nouveau Monde”.

16.- Giant Hummingbird - Patagona gigas - Colibri Gigante One Seen. One of the world's largest Hummingbirds after the Sword-billed Hummingbird if talking about measurement from tail tip to bill tip.

RALLIDAE: RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS / RASCONES, POLLAS DE AGUA, Y GALLARETAS

17.-Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata - Polla de Agua Común Fairly common. Note that this species is a recent split from Common Moorhen of the old world (Gallinula chloropus) on the basis of morphological, genetic, and vocal differences (Groenenberg et al 2008).

Common Gallinule, Photo by Ana Amable

18.- Slate-colored (Andean) Coot - Fulica ardesiaca - Gallareta Andina Several seen form the over looks. Called "Andean Coot" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Taylor (1996 and Ridgely et al. (2001) but other authors use Slate-colored Coot

CHARADRIIDAE LAPWINGS AND PLOVERS / AVEFRÍAS Y CHORLOS

19.- Andean Lapwing - Vanellus resplendens - Avefría Andina Three seen in different sites

LARIDAE: GULLS AND TERNS / GAVIOTAS Y GAVIOTINES

20.- Andean Gull - Chroicocephalus serranus - Gaviota Andina Seen twelve at main over look and more at the north side of the lagoon

ARDEIDAE: HERONS AND BITTERNS / GARZAS Y MIRASOLES

21.- Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis – Garcita Bueyera Seen six, very common THRESKIORNITHIDAE: IBISES AND SPOONBILLS / IBISES Y ESPÁTULAS

22.- Puna Ibis - Plegadis ridgwayi - Ibis de la Puna Seen several at Lucre – Huacarpay lagoon, very easy

Puna Ibis, Photo by Ana Amable

ACCIPITRIDAE: KITES, EAGLES, AND HAWKS / GAVILANES, AGUILAS, Y AGUILUCHOS

23.- Cinereous Harrier - Circus cinereus - Aguilucho Cenizo Seen only one

24.-Variable Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma – Aguilucho Variable One seen near Lucre river. Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous and B. polyosoma are conspecific, as they were formerly treated (REF); he was unable to find any way to reliably diagnose the two forms using plumage characters or measurements. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Schulenberg et al. (2007) followed this treatment and suggested "Variable Hawk" be retained for the composite species. Genetic data (Riesing et al. 2003) are consistent with hypothesis that B. polyosoma and B. poecilochrous are conspecific. [incorp. Cabot & De Vries 2003, Vaurie 1962]. SACC proposal passed to treat as conspecific. Cabot & de Vries (2003, 2004, 2010) presented additional data that support their recognition as separate species. SACC proposal to re-elevate poecilochrous to species rank did not pass.

Variable Hawk, Photo by Ana Amable

25.-Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Geranoaetus melanoleucus -Aguilucho de Pecho Negro One seen at Lucre – Huacarpay Lagoon.

FALCONIDAE: FALCONS AND CARACARAS / HALCONES Y CARACARAS

26.- Mountain Caracara - Phalcoboenus megalopterus -Caracara Cordillerano Seen two o flight

27.- American Kestrel - Falco sparverius - Cernícalo Americano Seen two near the inca ruins

American Kestrel Photo by Whendy Espino

FURNARIIDAE: OVENBIRDS / HORNEROS

28.- Wren-like Rushbird - Phleocryptes melanops – Junquero Several seen and hear, common here

TYRANNIDAE: TYRANT FLYCATCHERS / TIRANOS

29.-Many-colored Rush Tyrant - Tachuris rubrigastra - Siete Colores de la Totora Several seen and hear, common here

Many-colored Rush Tyrant Photo by Gina Anampa

30.- Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola rufivertex – Dormilona de nuca rojiza Seen two at north side of the lagoon

Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant, Photo by Whendy Espino

31.- White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps – Elaenia Crestiblanca o Fío-fío de cresta blanca Seen two at north side of the lagoon

White-crested Elaenia, Photo by Whendy Espino

TROGLODYTIDAE: WRENS / CUCARACHEROS

32.-House Wren - Troglodytes aedon - Cucarachero Común Seen two only

TURDIDAE: THRUSHES / ZORZALES

33.-Chiguanco Thrush - Turdus chiguanco - Zorzal Chiguanco Several seen, very common Turdus

FRINGILLIDAE: FINCHES / JILGUEROS Y EUPHONIAS

34.-Hooded Siskin - Spinus magellanicus - Jilguero Encapuchado Several seen, very common

PASSERELLIDAE: NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES / GORRIONES DEL NUEVO MUNDO Y AFINES

35.-Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonotrichia capensis - Gorrión de Collar Rufo Common

ICTERIDAE: NEW WORLD BLACKBIRDS / OROPÉNDOLAS Y TORDOS

36.- Yellow-winged Blackbird - Agelasticus thilius - Tordo de Ala Amarilla Seen two near the reeds

OTHER WILDLIFE

CAVIIDAE

37.- Poronccoy - Cavia tschudii - Cuy Silvestre One seen at north side of the lagoon, this is a native guinea pig.

THANKS TO THE PROUD SUPPORTER AND SPONSORS FOR THE BIRDERS WOMEN PROGRAM - 2020

1.- Thanks to Shamus Terry and Vortex Optics for sponsoring with birding gear for the education and training purpose, to help leaders in birding and birdwatching in Perú.

2.- Thanks a lot to our Jacamar Club Team and Instructor Leonardo Gonzales, for the excellent accompaniment, patience and teachings.

3.- Thanks to volunteers (cusco) for this program and for the enthusiasm and companionship in the world of birds.

− Ing.Ambiental Whendy Espino − Bach. Blga. Biologia Ruth Caviedes − Bach. Blga. Melinda Valenzuela − Estudiante de Biologia Gina Anampa.

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REFERENCES AND TITERATURES

PLENGE, M. A. Versión [junio/2020] List of the birds of Peru / Lista de las aves del Perú. Unión de Ornitólogos del Perú: PARKER III. 2007. Birds of Peru. Princeton Field Guides. Princeton University Press. 304 pp. SCHULEMBERG, T. S.; D .F.STOTZ; D. F. LANE; J. P. O’NEILL & T. A. VENERO, J. L. 2015. Guia de Macrofauna y Etnornitologia en LUCRE -HUACARPAY. Ed. Moderna.Cusco.250 pp. WALKER, B. 2015. A field Guide to the Birds of Machu Picchu, and the Cusco Region. Peru. Includes a Bird Finding Guide to the Area. Lynx - Buteo Bookx. 243 pp.

PICTURES OF THE DAY

North side of Lucre - Huacarpay Lagoon; Photo Ana Amable

Inca ruinas site at Lucre - Huacarpay Lagoon; Photo Ana Amable

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