The Northern Peru Birding Route

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Loddigesia mirabilis Loddigesia

Marvelous Spatuletail Marvelous

Incaspiza laeta Incaspiza

Buﬀ-bridled Inca-Finch Buﬀ-bridled

bellied Comet. bellied - Equato Piculet, Speckle-chested Huallaga rivers, the area has several sites of interest. interest. of sites several has area the rivers, Huallaga Speckle-chested Piculet, Green-and-black Fruiteater, Fruiteater, Green-and-black Piculet, Speckle-chested © Jos

- Grey occasional the and Inca-Finch ing side trails to explore for for explore to trails side ing Situated near the conﬂuence of the Alto Mayo and and Mayo Alto the of conﬂuence the near Situated

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arapoto T Unicolored Tapaculo, Rufous-backed Rufous-backed Tapaculo, Unicolored

- interest with Verdes, Aguas and junction is the San Antonio private reserve (357 ha) ha) (357 reserve private Antonio San the is junction THE NORTHERN BIRDING ROUTE

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section of road from the pass downhill with with downhill pass the from road of section in the protection forest is Aﬂuente Aﬂuente is forest protection the in Speckle-chested Piculet. Just after the Chachapoyas Chachapoyas the after Just Piculet. Speckle-chested

pass at 3,200 m. Birding is good along this this along good is Birding m. 3,200 at pass Along the lower section of the road road the of section lower the Along birding, including a Cock-of-the-Rock lek and the the and lek Cock-of-the-Rock a including birding, the road continues on to Tarapoto. Tarapoto. to on continues road the

main road to the coast goes over Abra Gavilan Gavilan Abra over goes coast the to road main hold an impressive array of species. species. of array impressive an hold tourism and the walk to the falls provides interesting interesting provides falls the to walk the and tourism

under the bridge for a colony of Oilbirds. From here here From Oilbirds. of colony a for bridge the under Perú, a true Buﬀ-bridled Inca-Finch. Back in Cajamarca the the Cajamarca in Back Inca-Finch. Buﬀ-bridled adjoining Alto Mayo Protection Forest (182,000 ha) ha) (182,000 Forest Protection Mayo Alto adjoining available. The community here is well organized for for organized well is here community The available. bridge; stop here and investigate the steep gorge gorge steep the investigate and here stop bridge;

well as White-winged Black-Tyrant and and Black-Tyrant White-winged as well the Long-whiskered Owlet although the reserve and and reserve the although Owlet Long-whiskered the Falls and Cocachimba village with accommodation accommodation with village Cocachimba and Falls

after the village is the clearly marked Quiscarrumi Quiscarrumi marked clearly the is village the after paradise of birds

is the best place to find the Great Spinetail, as as Spinetail, Great the find to place best the is different sites along the road. The main a¢raction is is a¢raction main The road. the along sites different kilometers from Pedro Ruiz is the turn-off for Gocta Gocta for turn-off the is Ruiz Pedro from kilometers the road to Tarapoto is the village of El Triunfo. Just Just Triunfo. El of village the is Tarapoto to road the

again lower down. The dry cactus scrub here here scrub cactus dry The down. lower again dation available and a good base for venturing out to to out venturing for base good a and available dation with some interesting optional side trips. Fourteen Fourteen trips. side optional interesting some with its ﬂooded forests. Some 11 km after Moyobamba on on Moyobamba after km 11 Some forests. ﬂooded its

valley for some 2 km. to eventually join the main road road main the join eventually to km. 2 some for valley - accommo class ﬁrst with ha), (1,275 reserve private from Pedro Ruiz, mentioned before, to Cajamarca city, city, Cajamarca to before, mentioned Ruiz, Pedro from interesting reserve from Moyobamba is Tingana with with Tingana is Moyobamba from reserve interesting

village of Chugur. A trail from here takes you down a a down you takes here from trail A Chugur. of village abra or pass is now the Abra Patricia – Alto Nieva Nieva Alto – Patricia Abra the now is pass or abra crossing of the Marañón valley. The route is basically basically is route The valley. Marañón the of crossing is becoming a permanent ﬁxture on tours. Another Another tours. on ﬁxture permanent a becoming is

San Marcos. Some 7 km. before San Marcos is the the is Marcos San before km. 7 Some Marcos. San couple of days to fully explore. The area around the the around area The explore. fully to days of couple along the Utcubamba river and the breathtaking breathtaking the and river Utcubamba the along species. And with new overnight facilities this reserve reserve this facilities overnight new with And species.

Finch. The main road south-east of Cajamarca goes to to goes Cajamarca of south-east road main The Finch. Well known in the birding world this area takes a a takes area this world birding the in known Well most spectacular scenery, with the pleasant drive drive pleasant the with scenery, spectacular most orchid and bromeliad garden and some 300 plus birds birds plus 300 some and garden bromeliad and orchid

bra Patricia bra - Brush Yellow-breasted and Yellow-Finch rumped This section of the north route provides some of the the of some provides route north the of section This reserve has a good trail system, hummingbird feeders, feeders, hummingbird system, trail good a has reserve

o Antoni San and Gocta - Bright Sierra-Finch, Morning Tit-Spinetail, crowned with easy access from the centre of Moyobamba. The The Moyobamba. of centre the from access easy with

- Rusty Hummingbird, Giant Metaltail, Tyrian tail, beyond. beyond. this forested area is the private reserve of Wakanki – – Wakanki of reserve private the is area forested this

Royal Flycatcher Royal

Onychorhynchus coronatus Onychorhynchus

a Cajamarc – Leymebamba – Utcubamba - Metal Black Hillstar, Andean Swift, Andean as well down-hill drive to Moyobamba, Tarapoto and and Tarapoto Moyobamba, to drive down-hill lying ridge of Mishquiyacu-Rumiyacu. Some 86 ha of of ha 86 Some Mishquiyacu-Rumiyacu. of ridge lying

Black-streaked Puﬀbird Black-streaked Malacoptila fulvoqularis Malacoptila

extremely rare and threatened Grey-bellied Comet, as as Comet, Grey-bellied threatened and rare extremely Esperanza on the main road is Abra Patricia and the the and Patricia Abra is road main the on Esperanza department. Flanking the town to the south is the low low the is south the to town the Flanking department.

the Chonta river and the best area to ﬁnd the the ﬁnd to area best the and river Chonta the birders visiting to boost species lists. Shortly after La La after Shortly lists. species boost to visiting birders accommodation here. here. accommodation Next stop Moyobamba, the capital of San Martín Martín San of capital the Moyobamba, stop Next Juanjui. Good sites in this area include Puerto Lopez Lopez Puerto include area this in sites Good Juanjui.

Driving out past the airport takes you to the valley of of valley the to you takes airport the past out Driving Long-whiskered Owlet and would beneﬁt from more more from beneﬁt would and Owlet Long-whiskered most visitors to the area will have pre-booked their their pre-booked have will area the to visitors most anywhere there is reasonable vegetation, searching searching vegetation, reasonable is there anywhere Bridge the road follows the Huallaga river south to to south river Huallaga the follows road the Bridge

round Cajamarca round Both areas are relatively new for birding, but hold the the hold but birding, for new relatively are areas Both Quistococha. The area has many jungle lodges and and lodges jungle many has area The Quistococha. on this section and birding stops can be made made be can stops birding and section this on terrain here might be be¢er for some birders. birders. some for be¢er be might here terrain overlooking the Huallaga river. Crossing Colombia Colombia Crossing river. Huallaga the overlooking

consider visiting Yambrasbamba and La Esperanza. Esperanza. La and Yambrasbamba visiting consider Iquitos river islands can be visited as well as Lake Lake as well as visited be can islands river Iquitos 960 m. on the Marañón river. The scenery is awesome awesome is scenery The river. Marañón the on m. 960 many of the same birds as Morro and the ﬂa¢er ﬂa¢er the and Morro as birds same the of many town the road continues to Pumarinri reserve reserve Pumarinri to continues road the town

form of the Rufous Antpi¢a. Rufous the of form Gull. After Florida heading east, and if time allows, allows, time if and east, heading Florida After Gull. crested Spadebill and Iquitos Gnatcatcher. Around Around Gnatcatcher. Iquitos and Spadebill crested 3,600 m., then drops down to the village of Balsas at at Balsas of village the to down drops then m., 3,600 list does not exist for this site although it should hold hold should it although site this for exist not does list Antshrike and Mishana Tyrannulet. After Shapaja Shapaja After Tyrannulet. Mishana and Antshrike

cajamarcae the for village Conga Cruz near site the lake for Puna Snipe, Andean Lapwing and Andean Andean and Lapwing Andean Snipe, Puna for lake - Cinnamo Tyrant, Cinnamon Tody-Tyrant, Zimmer's the pass at Abra Barro Negro (a.k.a Calla Calla) at at Calla) Calla (a.k.a Negro Barro Abra at pass the ha), with similar forest to Calzada. A detailed species species detailed A Calzada. to forest similar with ha), Thornbird, Chestnut-throated Spinetail, Barred Barred Spinetail, Chestnut-throated Thornbird,

down into the town of Celendin. After Celendin check check Celendin After Celendin. of town the into down many other target species. In La Florida check out the the out check Florida La In species. target other many After Leymebamba the road climbs for some 25 km to to km 25 some for climbs road the Leymebamba After crested Tyrant-Manakin, Mishana Tyrannulet, Tyrannulet, Mishana Tyrant-Manakin, crested bamba is the private reserve of Fundo La Julianita (54 (54 Julianita La Fundo of reserve private the is bamba form), Tataupa Tinamou, Rufous-fronted Rufous-fronted Tinamou, Tataupa form), huallagae (

bra Barro Negro - Balsas - Celendin - Cajamarca - Celendin - Balsas - Negro Barro bra 3,100 m. near the village of Gelic before dropping dropping before Gelic of village the near m. 3,100 Antshrike and Russet-mantled Sof¢ail amongst amongst Sof¢ail Russet-mantled and Antshrike - Saﬀron Manakin, Orange-crested Cotinga, dour - Moyo and Calzada Between Purpletuft. browed Colombia Bridge will give Northern Slaty-Antshrike Slaty-Antshrike Northern give will Bridge Colombia

Inca-Finch. The road continues to climb to a pass at at pass a to climb to continues road The Inca-Finch. Antpi¢a, Large-footed Tapaculo, Rufous-capped Rufous-capped Tapaculo, Large-footed Antpi¢a, - Pompa Antbird, Allpahuayo Antbird, Chesnut-tailed - White and Tyrannulet, Mishana Spinetail, breasted and the Shapaja road from the roundabout before before roundabout the from road Shapaja the and

Chestnut-backed Thornbird and Gray-winged Gray-winged and Thornbird Chestnut-backed Río Chido trail, well-known for the Pale-billed Pale-billed the for well-known trail, Chido Río Target species include the Ancient Antwren, Northern Northern Antwren, Ancient the include species Target - Cinereous Fairy, Black-eared Nightjar, Spot-tailed Toucan and Andean Condors amongst many others. others. many amongst Condors Andean and Toucan South of Tarapoto the side trail leaving Juan Guerra Guerra Juan leaving trail side the Tarapoto of South

Around the village of Limón check scrub for for scrub check Limón of village the Around before Florida is the turn-oﬀ for San Lorenzo a.k.a. the the a.k.a. Lorenzo San for turn-oﬀ the is Florida before several new bird species were discovered in the area. area. the in discovered were species bird new several include the Rufous Nightjar, Blackish Nightjar, Nightjar, Blackish Nightjar, Rufous the include - Mountain Grey-breasted Quetzals, Golden-headed

Black-necked Woodpecker and Marañon Thrush. Thrush. Marañon and Woodpecker Black-necked interpretation center and overnight facilities. Just Just facilities. overnight and center interpretation National Reserve (58,000 ha), declared in 2004 after after 2004 in declared ha), (58,000 Reserve National steep hiking trail to the top at 1,450 m. Good birds birds Good m. 1,450 at top the to trail hiking steep the track up the Río Atuen, great for birding with with birding for great Atuen, Río the up track the an alternative to Iquitos. Iquitos. to alternative an

Yellow-faced Parrotlet, Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, Parakeet, Scarlet-fronted Parrotlet, Yellow-faced hummingbird. The reserve has good trails, an an trails, good has reserve The hummingbird. 25 km south of the city is the Allpahuayo-Mishana Allpahuayo-Mishana the is city the of south km 25 Calzada. A good road leads to the mountain, with a a with mountain, the to leads road good A Calzada. Sword-billed Hummingbird. Just after the museum is is museum the after Just Hummingbird. Sword-billed documented but with more exploration could provide provide could exploration more with but documented

the valley from Balsas look for Peruvian Pigeon, Pigeon, Peruvian for look Balsas from valley the feeders a¢racting this and another 11 species of of species 11 another and this a¢racting feeders although boats can be taken from Yurimaguas. Some Some Yurimaguas. from taken be can boats although an impressive solitary mountain called Morro de de Morro called mountain solitary impressive an at feeders, including Marvelous Spatuletail and and Spatuletail Marvelous including feeders, at banks of the Río Huallaga. This area is poorly poorly is area This Huallaga. Río the of banks

Rufus-capped Antshrike. Climbing up the other side of of side other the up Climbing Antshrike. Rufus-capped the stars of the route the Marvelous Spatuletail, with with Spatuletail, Marvelous the route the of stars the accessed mainly by ﬂights from Lima or Tarapoto, Tarapoto, or Lima from ﬂights by mainly accessed Moyobamba is the village Calzada overshadowed by by overshadowed Calzada village the is Moyobamba cake while watching up to 18 species of hummingbird hummingbird of species 18 to up watching while cake Tunnel the road continues to Yurimaguas on the the on Yurimaguas to continues road the Tunnel

Russet-mantled Sof¢ail, Baron´s Spinetail and and Spinetail Baron´s Sof¢ail, Russet-mantled Huembo (32 ha and growing). Set up to protect one of of one protect to up Set growing). and ha (32 Huembo Capital of Loreto department, this bustling town is is town bustling this department, Loreto of Capital Burnished-buff Tanager, amongst others. Before Before others. amongst Tanager, Burnished-buff museum is the Kentitambo cafe, great for coffee and and coffee for great cafe, Kentitambo the is museum Do¢ed Tanager and Yellow-bellied Tanager. After the the After Tanager. Yellow-bellied and Tanager Do¢ed

quitos I for such species as the White-chinned Thistletail, Thistletail, White-chinned the as species such for before the town is the excellent li¢le reserve of of reserve li¢le excellent the is town the before Palmcreeper, Stipe-necked Tody-Tyrant and and Tody-Tyrant Stipe-necked Palmcreeper, while the gardens are good for birding. In front of the the of front In birding. for good are gardens the while Rufous-winged Antwren, Golden-headed Manakin, Manakin, Golden-headed Antwren, Rufous-winged

several sites of interest nearby. Some 10 kilometers kilometers 10 Some nearby. interest of sites several Forest-Falcon, Russet-crowned Crake, Point-tailed Point-tailed Crake, Russet-crowned Forest-Falcon, visiting for its collection of Chachapoyan mummies, mummies, Chachapoyan of collection its for visiting include the Blackish Nightjar, Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner, Foliage-Gleaner, Ruddy Nightjar, Blackish the include

and forest patches at these sites provide Buckley´s Buckley´s provide sites these at patches forest and excellent museum on the road out of town is worth worth is town of out road the on museum excellent where the road cuts through the ridge. Top birds here here birds Top ridge. the through cuts road the where Greenlet. Lulu’s Pygmy-Tyrant Lulu’s Poecilotriccus luluae Poecilotriccus

Rioja take the side road to Posic. The scrub, savanna savanna scrub, The Posic. to road side the take Rioja herons before reaching Leymebamba town. The The town. Leymebamba reaching before herons all along this section up to the Tunnel (1,020 m.), m.), (1,020 Tunnel the to up section this along all

Casiornis, Mishana Tyrannulet and Ashy-headed Ashy-headed and Tyrannulet Mishana Casiornis,

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Yacumama recreational centre; while just entering entering just while centre; recreational Yacumama the main road keep checking the river for ducks and and ducks for river the checking keep road main the leading into the forest. Birding is good from the road road the from good is Birding forest. the into leading Bamboo-Tyrant, Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant, Rufous Rufous Tody-Tyrant, Pearly-vented Bamboo-Tyrant, © Rob & Anah i Williams

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bamba. Before Rioja explore the trail leading past the the past leading trail the explore Rioja Before bamba. reserve at the entrance to Choctomal village. Back on on Back village. Choctomal to entrance the at reserve Ahuashiyacu Falls with good facilities and a trail trail a and facilities good with Falls Ahuashiyacu Thornbird, Chestnut-throated Spinetail, Flammulated Flammulated Spinetail, Chestnut-throated Thornbird,

- Moyo and Rioja is interest of area and towns main visiting. This road up passes the Huiquilla private private Huiquilla the passes up road This visiting. the traﬃc. Further up the highway are the the are highway the up Further traﬃc. the sites include the Planalto Hermit, Rufous-fronted Rufous-fronted Hermit, Planalto the include sites

After Aguas Verdes the land is quite ﬂat and the next next the and ﬂat quite is land the Verdes Aguas After may not add new birds but is spectacular and worth worth and spectacular is but birds new add not may Fundo Wayra Sacha for some quiet birding away from from away birding quiet some for Sacha Wayra Fundo Ojos de Agua reserve (2,400 ha). Good birds at these these at birds Good ha). (2,400 reserve Agua de Ojos

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The side trip to the Chachapoyan fortress of Kuelap Kuelap of fortress Chachapoyan the to trip side The road. On the way out of Tarapoto visit the the visit Tarapoto of out way the On road. While a bit further south in Pucacaca you can visit the the visit can you Pucacaca in south further bit a While

uelap and Leymebamba and uelap K provides good birding from the the from birding good provides Quebrada Upaquihua on the road to Santa Rosa. Rosa. Santa to road the on Upaquihua Quebrada

he Eastern Lowlands Eastern he T vation Area (149,870 ha) and and ha) (149,870 Area vation to Buenos Aires the junction here will take you along along you take will here junction the Aires Buenos to

minutes to check for Torrent Ducks. Ducks. Torrent for check to minutes - Conser Regional Escalera Cordillera Sauce (Azul). Back on the main road traveling down down traveling road main the on Back (Azul). Sauce

and many more. many and cement bridge over the Utcubamba river; worth a few few a worth river; Utcubamba the over bridge cement altitude as it crosses through the the through crosses it as altitude accommodation and Sauce town on shores of Lake Lake of shores on town Sauce and accommodation

Piedtail, Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant, Huallaga Tanager Tanager Huallaga Bristle-Tyrant, Spectacled Piedtail, opposite side of the road from the reserve is an old old an is reserve the from road the of side opposite the north-east, the road rises in in rises road the north-east, the goes to Lago Lindo reserve (+2,000 ha) with good good with ha) (+2,000 reserve Lindo Lago to goes

rial Greytail, Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant, Ecuadorian Ecuadorian Bristle-Tyrant, Marble-faced Greytail, rial Buﬀ-Bellied Tanager and Marañón Thrush. On the the On Thrush. Marañón and Tanager Buﬀ-Bellied Taking the Yurimaguas road to to road Yurimaguas the Taking on the river, then crossing the river by barge the trail trail the barge by river the crossing then river, the on

Polioptila clementsi Polioptila

Iquitos Gnatcatcher Gnatcatcher Iquitos

Pallid Dove (amongst others) have been added to the the to added been have others) (amongst Dove Pallid on the coast, are the Santa Rosa marshes, good for for good marshes, Rosa Santa the are coast, the on common overnight resting stop on the route with with route the on stop resting overnight common

Free distribution -Sale prohibited -Sale distribution Free Pale-mandibled Aracari, Flame-rumped Tanager and and Tanager Flame-rumped Aracari, Pale-mandibled Between Pimentel and Eten, south-west of Chiclayo Chiclayo of south-west Eten, and Pimentel Between is Florida overlooking Pomacochas lake. This is a a is This lake. Pomacochas overlooking Florida is Andean chain. South of Piura department is is department Piura of South chain. Andean

anta Rosa marshes Rosa anta their distribution here and in the last few years the the years few last the in and here distribution their From Pedro Ruiz on the main highway the next town town next the highway main the on Ruiz Pedro From Porcuya, which at 2,140 m. is the lowest pass of the the of pass lowest the is m. 2,140 at which Porcuya,

La Florida - Pomacochas - Florida La www.peru.info ceous A¢ila. Several species reach the southern limit of of limit southern the reach species Several A¢ila. ceous Further along the main road is the pass of Abra Abra of pass the is road main the along Further

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- Ochra and Spinetail Blackish-headed Guan, Crested Foliage-gleaner and others. and Foliage-gleaner Foliage-gleaner and White-headed Brush-Finch. Brush-Finch. White-headed and Foliage-gleaner

Hawk, Gray-cheeked Parakeet, Bronze-winged Parrot, Parrot, Bronze-winged Parakeet, Gray-cheeked Hawk, cowled Saltator, Black-tailed Trogon, Henna-headed Henna-headed Trogon, Black-tailed Saltator, cowled see below. below. see race), Henna-headed Henna-headed race), porcullae ( Hermit chinned

Some of the key-species include the Gray-backed Gray-backed the include key-species the of Some - Black the for Tocmoche and Casupe to up road the of the Utcubamba - Leymebamba - Cajamarca loop, loop, Cajamarca - Leymebamba - Utcubamba the of - Gray Chat-Tyrant, Piura the for tours on visited

relatively easy with a 2 hour drive from Tumbes city. city. Tumbes from drive hour 2 a with easy relatively and other species. Also worth visiting from Chaparrí is is Chaparrí from visiting worth Also species. other and Pedro Ruiz up the Río Utcubamba is the start (or end) end) (or start the is Utcubamba Río the up Ruiz Pedro de Porcuya (or Porculla) and another regular site site regular another and Porculla) (or Porcuya de

230 species have been recorded here and access is is access and here recorded been have species 230 tion of the Black-faced Ibis, Comb Duck, Spo¢ed Rail Rail Spo¢ed Duck, Comb Ibis, Black-faced the of tion onto the crossroad town of Pedro Ruiz. Turning oﬀ in in oﬀ Turning Ruiz. Pedro of town crossroad the onto few kilometres along this road is the village of Limón Limón of village the is road this along kilometres few

Caucho area providing the best site for birding. Some Some birding. for site best the providing area Caucho - popula coastal rare the for reservoir Tinajones visit Grande (with Bagua Chica nearby) and continues continues and nearby) Chica Bagua (with Grande guas and the backbone of the main northern circuit. A A circuit. northern main the of backbone the and guas

Amotape National Park (151,560 ha), with the El El the with ha), (151,560 Park National Amotape around the lodge. On the way in (or out) of Chaparrí Chaparrí of out) (or in way the On lodge. the around on the main highway the road goes through Bagua Bagua through goes road the highway main the on - Yurima and Tarapoto to road main the for junction

area of forest is now protected within the Cerros de de Cerros the within protected now is forest of area Spectacled Bears and other mammals can be spo¢ed spo¢ed be can mammals other and Bears Spectacled habitat will produce additional birds of interest. Back Back interest. of birds additional produce will habitat or overnight in Olmos. Just south of Olmos is the the is Olmos of south Just Olmos. in overnight or

the Chocó ecosystem of Ecuador and Colombia. This This Colombia. and Ecuador of ecosystem Chocó the in front of Mount Chaparrí, while with luck wild wild luck with while Chaparrí, Mount of front in particularly exploring the roads to the north, scrub scrub north, the to roads the exploring particularly site for the Guan. Facilities are few here so either camp camp either so here few are Facilities Guan. the for site

extent of the tropical Pacific forests with influences of of influences with forests Pacific tropical the of extent throated Finch. Andean Condor and King Vulture soar soar Vulture King and Condor Andean Finch. throated ing or overnight facilities are available. Around Jaen, Jaen, Around available. are facilities overnight or ing north of Olmos, a trail leads in for some 20 km to the the to km 20 some for in leads trail a Olmos, of north

White-edged Oriole Oriole White-edged Icterus graceannae Icterus

of Tumbes are unique in Peru - forming the southern southern the forming - Peru in unique are Tumbes of - Sulphur and Pewee Tumbes Flycatcher, Rufous - camp and system trail good a has reserve The chest. site for the White-winged Guan. From Mocape village, village, Mocape From Guan. White-winged the for site

Pacific forests and mangroves. The Pacific dry forests forests dry Pacific The mangroves. and forests Pacific tion. Other regulars include the Tumbes Tyrant, Tyrant, Tumbes the include regulars Other tion. - Crescent Marañon and Inca-Finch Li¢le Antshrike, Quebrada Frejolillo (near Limón village), a regular regular a village), Limón (near Frejolillo Quebrada

From Tumbes city two habitat types are of interest; the the interest; of are types habitat two city Tumbes From - popula global the of 25% some Guan; White-winged - Slaty Marañon Spinetail, Chinchipe Tinamou, highway to Chiclayo and the road needed to visit visit to needed road the and Chiclayo to highway

Magnificent Frigatebird Frigatebird Magnificent Fregata magnificens Fregata

The north coast: Tumbes coast: north The protected population of the critically threatened threatened critically the of population protected reserve holds specialties such as the Tatuapa Tatuapa the as such specialties holds reserve © Heinz Plenge Pan-American old the is east road the Piura in Back

ebrada Frejolillo and Limón de Porcuya Porcuya de Limón and Frejolillo ebrada 34,400 ha reserve. Star a¢raction is the largest largest the is a¢raction Star reserve. ha 34,400 Agua reserve just outside of Jaen city. This 1,800 ha ha 1,800 This city. Jaen of outside just reserve Agua

south-east of town. town. of south-east

accommodation run by the local community in this this in community local the by run accommodation some special birds. The best site here is the Gotas de de Gotas the is here site best The birds. special some protect these birds. birds. these protect

birding at the Palo Santo reserve (60 ha), just 1.5 km km 1.5 just ha), (60 reserve Santo Palo the at birding

north, Chaparrí provides great birding and excellent excellent and birding great provides Chaparrí north, oﬀ the main Olmos – Tarapoto highway, Jaen holds holds Jaen highway, Tarapoto – Olmos main the oﬀ into many local conservation initiatives working to to working initiatives conservation local many into from Piura. Piura. from

in Tumbes city with an hour or two to spare keep keep spare to two or hour an with city Tumbes in

Firmly established as the premier dry forest site in the the in site forest dry premier the as established Firmly Located in north Cajamarca department, some 17 km km 17 some department, Cajamarca north in Located species) and the route provides an interesting insight insight interesting an provides route the and species) visited with some planning and a good early start start early good a and planning some with visited

tourists and provides less variety with birds. If you are are you If birds. with variety less provides and tourists

Reserv Ecological Chaparrí n Jae Reserve, Agua de Gotas globally threatened (plus c.50 near-threatened near-threatened c.50 (plus threatened globally lagoons and the Illescas Peninsula. These sites can be be can sites These Peninsula. Illescas the and lagoons

from Puerto Pizarro port, which is more for general general for more is which port, Pizarro Puerto from

tropical lowlands. However some 75 species are are species 75 some However lowlands. tropical

Mangroves, Virrila Estuary, Ramón & Ñapique Ñapique & Ramón Estuary, Virrila Mangroves,

mangroves. Another way to visit the mangroves is is mangroves the visit to way Another mangroves.

Central highlands Central cabamba, and not forge¢ing the mega-diverse mega-diverse the forge¢ing not and cabamba, the forest as you bird. bird. you as forest the from Piura heading to the coast are the San Pedro Pedro San the are coast the to heading Piura from

Various tour agencies in Tumbes oﬀer trips to the the to trips oﬀer Tumbes in agencies tour Various

- Huan and Utcubamba Marañón, the as such valleys Sicán culture tombs and pyramids do¢ed throughout throughout do¢ed pyramids and tombs culture Sicán that can be picked up in a couple of hours. South-west South-west hours. of couple a in up picked be can that

Other access points are El Algarrobo and El Bendito. Bendito. El and Algarrobo El are points access Other

relatively low altitude Andes and inter-Andean inter-Andean and Andes altitude low relatively Snowy-throated Kingbird. Check out the ancient ancient the out Check Kingbird. Snowy-throated the road up to Cajamarca. Cajamarca. to up road the knee and Tumbes Swallow amongst 30 to 40 birds birds 40 to 30 amongst Swallow Tumbes and knee

mangroves. Overnight facilities are also available. available. also are facilities Overnight mangroves.

inﬂuencing the coast, and topographical features; the the features; topographical and coast, the inﬂuencing Plantcu¢er, Rufous Flycatcher, Tumbes Swallow and and Swallow Tumbes Flycatcher, Rufous Plantcu¢er, Note that just north of Pacasmayo is the junction for for junction the is Pacasmayo of north just that Note - Thick Peruvian with birding good provides (UDEP)

organized to provide canoe trips through the the through trips canoe provide to organized

with the El Niño and Humboldt ocean currents currents ocean Humboldt and Niño El the with dominated forest. Key species include the Peruvian Peruvian the include species Key forest. dominated cillo reserve, which is worth a visit if time allows. allows. time if visit a worth is which reserve, cillo Piura city the campus of the University of Piura Piura of University the of campus the city Piura

point is Puerto 25 where the local community is well well is community local the where 25 Puerto is point

is due to a complex combination of climatic factors; factors; climatic of combination complex a to due is birds and archeology in 5,887 ha of Algarrobo Algarrobo of ha 5,887 in archeology and birds - Cañon the is Pacasmayo Near Plantcu¢er. Peruvian for birding needs some previous planning to visit. In In visit. to planning previous some needs birding for

forest patches for additional species. The main access access main The species. additional for patches forest

areas. Not surprisingly such diversity and endemism endemism and diversity such surprisingly Not areas. town, this reserve provides a double-whammy of of double-whammy a provides reserve this town, remnant dry forest patches around Paijan for the the for Paijan around patches forest dry remnant Hunting Ground (65,000 ha), which although good good although which ha), (65,000 Ground Hunting

recorded here and make sure to check out the dry dry the out check to sure make and here recorded

ing 140 restricted-range species, from 10 endemic bird bird endemic 10 from species, restricted-range 140 ing Located north of Chiclayo passing through Ferrañafe Ferrañafe through passing Chiclayo of north Located check out the El Tubo wetland near Malabrigo and and Malabrigo near wetland Tubo El the out check

Sullana. To the north of Sullana is the El Angolo Angolo El the is Sullana of north the To Sullana.

Mangrove Warbler. About 200 bird species have been been have species bird 200 About Warbler. Mangrove

Pómac Historical Sanctuary Historical Pómac - outstand an with coupled is diversity impressive This Tit-Spinetail and Great Inca-Finch. Heading north north Heading Inca-Finch. Great and Tit-Spinetail Pan-American highway the next major town is is town major next the highway Pan-American

crowned Night-heron, Bare-throated Tiger-heron and and Tiger-heron Bare-throated Night-heron, crowned

species; approximately 85% of Peru´s c.1,840 species. species. c.1,840 Peru´s of 85% approximately species; other Tumbesian dry forest birds. Heading along the the along Heading birds. forest dry Tumbesian other

Tumbes Tyrant Tyrant Tumbes Tumbezia salvini Tumbezia - Yellow Wood-Rail, Rufous-necked the include

White-tailed Jay Jay White-tailed Cyanocorax mysticalis Cyanocorax Lambayequ These eight departments alone hold some 1,600 bird bird 1,600 some hold alone departments eight These Plantcu¢er, Tumbes Tyrant, Cinereous Finch and and Finch Cinereous Tyrant, Tumbes Plantcu¢er,

on the Paciﬁc coast of South America. Key species species Key America. South of coast Paciﬁc the on

Cajamarca, Amazonas, San Martin and ﬁnally Loreto. Loreto. ﬁnally and Martin San Amazonas, Cajamarca, Pariñas. This is a great spot to pick up the Peruvian Peruvian the up pick to spot great a is This Pariñas.

Mangroves represent the southern limit of this habitat habitat this of limit southern the represent Mangroves unusual species such as Cactus Canastero, Streaked Streaked Canastero, Cactus as such species unusual

Spectacled owl owl Spectacled Pulsatrix perspicillata Pulsatrix Libertad along the coast, then moving east we ﬁnd ﬁnd we east moving then coast, the along Libertad the hamlet of Piedritas, on the south side of Quebrada Quebrada of side south the on Piedritas, of hamlet the

Located north of the city of Tumbes, the Tumbes Tumbes the Tumbes, of city the of north Located Campana with cactus-scrub habitat and some some and habitat cactus-scrub with Campana

lowlands with: Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque and La La and Lambayeque Piura, Tumbes, with: lowlands Further south on the coast is Talara city and nearby is is nearby and city Talara is coast the on south Further

2,970 ha state protected area bordering Ecuador. Ecuador. bordering area protected state ha 2,970 Russet-bellied Spinetail. Just north of Trujillo is Cerro Cerro is Trujillo of north Just Spinetail. Russet-bellied

from the coast, across the Andes and into the Amazon Amazon the into and Andes the across coast, the from

The Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary is a a is Sanctuary National Tumbes de Manglares The provide some interesting additions such as the the as such additions interesting some provide

ate. The route traverses eight political departments departments political eight traverses route The ate.

Booby amongst many others. many amongst Booby

Tumbes Mangroves Tumbes

4 hour drive to the highland town of Sinsicap will will Sinsicap of town highland the to drive hour 4

- appreci fully to trips two least at takes birders avid Petrel, Black and Least Storm-Petrel and Nazca Nazca and Storm-Petrel Least and Black Petrel,

Luna and El Sol archeological sites. From Trujillo the the Trujillo From sites. archeological Sol El and Luna

provides a near endless experience, which for most most for which experience, endless near a provides high-sea birding with Galapagos and Parkinson´s Parkinson´s and Galapagos with birding high-sea

ment with SERNANP (national park service) in Tumbes. Tumbes. in service) park (national SERNANP with ment well-known for the Chan Chan, El Brujo and Huaca La La Huaca and Brujo El Chan, Chan the for well-known

variety of ecosystems and birding destinations destinations birding and ecosystems of variety waters of the El Niño Current here provide excellent excellent provide here Current Niño El the of waters

- arrange prior station biological the at staying or ing allow you to skip some sites further north. The area is is area The north. further sites some skip to you allow

diversity. From the coast to the tropical lowlands the the lowlands tropical the to coast the From diversity. where pelagic trips can be organized; the warm warm the organized; be can trips pelagic where

- camp either visitors with limited are Facilities list. Peru extra species not found on the rest of the route and and route the of rest the on found not species extra

Few places on earth can match northern Peru for bird bird for Peru northern match can earth on places Few forest birds. South of Mancora is Los Organos from from Organos Los is Mancora of South birds. forest

Starting your north circuit from Trujillo will provide provide will Trujillo from circuit north your Starting

Tumbes Tyrant, Rufous Flycatcher and other dry dry other and Flycatcher Rufous Tyrant, Tumbes

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Mancora. This quebrada is worth exploring for the the for exploring worth is quebrada This Mancora.

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department is Quebrada Fernandez, just north of of north just Fernandez, Quebrada is department

Heading south from Tumbes the border with Piura Piura with border the Tumbes from south Heading

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u T Tawny-throated Do¢erel and Least Seedsnipe. Near Near Seedsnipe. Least and Do¢erel Tawny-throated

Loddigesia mirabilis Loddigesia

Marvelous Spatuletail Marvelous

Incaspiza laeta Incaspiza

Buﬀ-bridled Inca-Finch Buﬀ-bridled

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- interest with Verdes, Aguas and junction is the San Antonio private reserve (357 ha) ha) (357 reserve private Antonio San the is junction THE NORTHERN BIRDING ROUTE

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well as White-winged Black-Tyrant and and Black-Tyrant White-winged as well

the Long-whiskered Owlet although the reserve and and reserve the although Owlet Long-whiskered the Falls and Cocachimba village with accommodation accommodation with village Cocachimba and Falls

after the village is the clearly marked Quiscarrumi Quiscarrumi marked clearly the is village the after paradise of birds

o Antoni San and Gocta - Bright Sierra-Finch, Morning Tit-Spinetail, crowned with easy access from the centre of Moyobamba. The The Moyobamba. of centre the from access easy with

- Rusty Hummingbird, Giant Metaltail, Tyrian tail, beyond. beyond. this forested area is the private reserve of Wakanki – – Wakanki of reserve private the is area forested this

Royal Flycatcher Royal

Onychorhynchus coronatus Onychorhynchus

a Cajamarc – Leymebamba – Utcubamba - Metal Black Hillstar, Andean Swift, Andean as well

down-hill drive to Moyobamba, Tarapoto and and Tarapoto Moyobamba, to drive down-hill lying ridge of Mishquiyacu-Rumiyacu. Some 86 ha of of ha 86 Some Mishquiyacu-Rumiyacu. of ridge lying

Black-streaked Puﬀbird Black-streaked Malacoptila fulvoqularis Malacoptila

Casiornis, Mishana Tyrannulet and Ashy-headed Ashy-headed and Tyrannulet Mishana Casiornis,

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uelap and Leymebamba and uelap K provides good birding from the the from birding good provides Quebrada Upaquihua on the road to Santa Rosa. Rosa. Santa to road the on Upaquihua Quebrada

he Eastern Lowlands Eastern he T vation Area (149,870 ha) and and ha) (149,870 Area vation to Buenos Aires the junction here will take you along along you take will here junction the Aires Buenos to

Polioptila clementsi Polioptila

Iquitos Gnatcatcher Gnatcatcher Iquitos

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- Ochra and Spinetail Blackish-headed Guan, Crested Foliage-gleaner and others. and Foliage-gleaner Foliage-gleaner and White-headed Brush-Finch. Brush-Finch. White-headed and Foliage-gleaner

White-edged Oriole Oriole White-edged Icterus graceannae Icterus

Magnificent Frigatebird Frigatebird Magnificent Fregata magnificens Fregata

The north coast: Tumbes coast: north The protected population of the critically threatened threatened critically the of population protected reserve holds specialties such as the Tatuapa Tatuapa the as such specialties holds reserve © HeinzPlenge Pan-American old the is east road the Piura in Back