Condor 83:209-216 0 The Cooper Omithologd Socirty 1981
STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOME NORTHWEST PERUVIAN BIRDS
THOMAS S. SCHULENBERG
AND THEODORE A. PARKER, III
ABSTRACT.-A brief history of ornithological exploration in northwestern Peru (Depts. of Tumbes, Piura, and Lambayeque) is given, with emphasis on recent work by the authors and other personnel of the Louisiana State Uni- versity Museum of Zoology. New information on the distribution of 48 species is presented. Two species, Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) and Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta vu&), are reported in Peru for the first time.
Field workers from the Louisiana State Uni- des in central Peru, beginning in 1952, and versity Museum of Zoology (LSUMZ) have collected in Tumbes and Piura in 1950 and obtained many noteworthy distributional 1956 (Koepcke 1961; catalog, Museo de His- records of birds in northwestern Peru. The toria Natural “Javier Prado”). most important of these, including records Field workers from the LSUMZ first vis- of two species not previously reported from ited northwestern Peru in 1964, when A. the country, are presented in this paper. We Feduccia collected from 24 December 1964 have also included sight records or unpub- to 4 January 1965 at several localities be- lished specimens obtained by workers from tween Olmos, Lambayeque and Puerto Pi- other institutions. Northwestern Peru is zarro, Tumbes. D. and E. Tallman collected here defined as the area from the crest of at El Angolo, 90 km NW Sullana, 700 m, the western Andes to the Pacific in the De- Piura (428’ S,’ 80”48W)’ from 11-18 Novem- partments of Tumbes, Piura, and Lamba- ber 1972. The Tallmans also collected at yeque. In this paper, “Tumbes,” “Piura,” Rica Playa, Rio Tumbes, Tumbes (3”48S,’ and “Lambayeque” refer to names of De- 80”31W)’ from 24-31 October 1973. Parker, partments, and not to the cities of the same K. Rutherford, and R. Thomas collected at names unless otherwise specified. Puerto Pizarro 18-23 November 1974, and Although much of northwestern Peru is worked the Morropan-Canchaque-Huanca- now reasonably accessible by road, few or- bamba highway, Piura from 24 November- nithologists have worked there and little 10 December 1974. Canchaque, which ap- has been published on its avifauna. J. Stolc- pears on recent maps of Peru, is only a few mann and K. Jelski, apparently the first or- kilometers from Palambla, the classical col- nithologists to visit northwestern Peru, col- lecting site of Watkins (in 1922) and Carri- lected in Tumbes in 1876-1877 ker (in 1933). J. P. ONeill’ and R. Kennedy (Taczanowski 1877a, b). Of the few natural- returned to this highway 19-25 August ists who have worked there since, P. Si- 1975, and also collected at Chignia, Piura, mons, H. Watkins, M. A. Carriker, Jr., and 300 m (5”33S,’ 79”43W)’ 26-28 August 1975. M. Koepcke made the most significant con- J. W. Eley, G. R. Graves, and Schulenberg tributions. Simons travelled from Sullana, collected from 26-31 October 1977 on the Piura to Eten, Lambayeque in 1899 (Chubb Rio Quiroz, below Ayabaca, Piura, 700 m 1919). Watkins, a collector for the American (4”42S,’ 79”52W).’ Eley, M. Robbins, Schu- Museum of Natural History (AMNH), lenberg, and D. Wiedenfeld collected at El worked in central Piura in 1919 and 1922. Gaucho, Tumbes, 400-750 m (3”5OS,’ Watkins ’ specimens from Peru and adjacent 80”15W)’ from 14 June-5 July 1979. Ecuador were analyzed by Chapman (1926) Beginning in 1977, Olmos and Chiclayo, and Zimmer (“Studies of Peruvian Birds,” Lambayeque have served as bases from nos. l-66, 1931-1955, Am. Mus. No&t.). which LSUMZ field parties have mounted Carriker collected in Tumbes, Piura, and expeditions into the interior of northern Lambayeque in 1933 for the Academy of Peru. From 1977 to 1979 LSUMZ field Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP) workers have made numerous brief (l-2 (A. J. Mack, pers. comm.). Koepcke worked days) visits to various localities in Lamba- extensively on the western slope of the An- yeque, particularly to coastal areas near 210 T. S. SCHULENBERG AND T. A. PARKER. III
Chiclayo and to forested streams (quebra- cheri are from Playa Villa, Dpto. Lima, about 675 km das) northeast of Olmos. Most localities re- SE Pimentel (Plenge 1974). Most Peruvian records of Pach!/ptiZa are of birds found dead on beaches. Our ferred to in this paper are readily located on observations show that living prions range as far north standard maps, and Vaurie (1972) provided as northern Peru, although perhaps not regularly. coordinates for the classical collecting lo- Hughes (1970) noted that at Mollendo, Dpto. Arequipa, calities. Certain sites near Olmos, men- prionx were more common some years than others; possibly they occur off northwestern Peru only irreg- tioned frequently in the species accounts, ularly. are less well-known and are here described Ix&-!/&us e&s. Least Bittern. Single individuals in greater detail: were seen on 24 Sep. 1977 (Parker) and 8 Oct. 1977 Sun lsidro, Lwmballeque, 450-525 m (Parker et al.) at a cattail-bordered marsh at Km 879 on (5”39S,’ 79”44W).’ A seasonally dry forest the Pan American highway, ahout 5.2 km N Olmos, Lambayeque. G. L. Graham mist-netted a female bordering a stream (Quebrada San Isidro). (LSUMZ 87133) over this marsh on 13 Oct. 1978. Wil- In striking contrast to forests at lower ele- liams saw single individuals several times from Sep. vations, which are generally dominated by through Nov. 1978 at a coastal marsh 3 km N Puerto Acacia, the most common trees at San Isi- Eten, Lambayeque, and collected a female (LSUMZ dro are tall deciduous Bombax and Eq- 87134) there on 21 Nov. 1978. Both specimens are of the subspecies peruuianus, previously known only thrinu. Celtis and Ficus are also found from Dpto. La Libertad south to Dpto. Lima (Blake along the stream, where trees retain their 1977). Sight records from Agua Santa, NE Pisco, Dpto. leaves through the dry season. Epiphytic Ica (June 1976, Parker), the mouth of the Pisco River, bromeliads, including Tillandsiu us- Dpto. Ica (7 July 1978, Ridgely and J. Gee) and Mol- lendo, Dpto. Arequipa (Hughes 1976) extend the neoides, are conspicuous. species ’ range to the south, and suggest that Least Bit- Granada, Lumbuyeque, 300525 m (cu. terns may occur in virtually any area with suitable hab 5”45S,’ 7939’ W).’ Forest similar to San Isi- itat in coastal Peru. dro. Theristicus caurlutus. Buff-necked Ibis. Schulenherg Rio Tocto, Lambuyeque, 200 m (cu. saw a pair fly over Mochumi, Lamhayeque on 17 Nov. 1978. Schulenberg, Eley, Robbins and Wiedenfeld saw 5”5OS,’ 7943’ W).’ A seasonally dry stream up to 50 Buff-necked Ibises feeding in sorghum fields bordered by a relatively tall forest of C&is, 5 km N, 2 km W Jayanca, Lambayeque in late July Loxopterygium, and Acacia, with a well-de- 1979. In flight these birds gave a high, hell-like honk- veloped shrubby understory. ing call. We have one specimen (LSUMZ 91601) of the subspecies melanopis collected from this flock on 15 Taxonomy and nomenclature follow Mey- July 1979 by a local hunter. Schulenherg saw five Buff- er de Schauensee (1966, 1970). necked Ibises fly across the nearby Pan American high- way on 31 Aug. 1979. The only other report north of SPECIES ACCOUNTS Dpto. Lima was an observation of a “small flock” near Cayalti, Lambayeque (Koepcke 1961). The presence of Cr~/ptureZlus trr~n.~~~~scicltu.~.Pale-browed Tinamou. a population in northwestern Peru is particularly im- Gustave de1 Solar collected a male (LSUMZ 86016) on portant because the coastal population elsewhere in 25 Oct. 1977 at Quebrada La Pachinga (about 5”45S,’ Peru has apparently suffered a precipitous decline 79O42W).’ La Pachinga is probably similar to San Isidro (Hughes 1970, Koepcke 1970). We know of no coastal and Granad+, but we are not familiar with this locality. Peruvian breeding records, although Hughes (1970) This is the first record for Lamhayeque. The southern- reported it to be “formerly resident” at Mollendo, most previously published locality is Mallares, Piura Dpto. Arequipa. It is said by local hunters to occur (Koepcke 1962). year-round near Jayanca. M~cronectes giganteus. Giant Petrel. R. S. Ridgely Eudocimu.s albus. White Ibis. Parker photographed observed a single individual swimming in the ocean several individuals (LSUMZ photo file) of 30-40 pres- N of Canoas, Tumbes on 7 Sep. 1976. The Giant Petrel, ent 18-23 Nov. 1974 on mudflats at Puerto Pizarro, generally a bird of cold-water currents, has been re- Tumbes. Ridgely saw 20 White Ibises, including sev- corded as far north as Talara, Piura (Blake 1977). The eral immatures, near Salto, Tumbes on 4 Aug. 1976. present record is unusual, because the waters off Schulenberg and Graves saw an adult at Puerto Pizarro Tumbes are typically outside of the Humboldt Current, on 26 Sep. 1977, and Rohhins and Wiedenfeld saw six and are consequently somewhat warmer. adults there on 11 June 1979. The catalog of the Museo Pach!/ptila belcheri. Slender-hilled Prion. In 1978 de Historia Natural “Javier Prado,” Lima, records four Graves collected two males (25 June, LSUMZ 87130; specimens (MHNJP 1846-1849) collected at Puerto 26 June, LSUMZ 87131; both emaciated) flying low Pizarro by J. Ortiz de la Puente in May 1951. Schulen- over the surf along the beach 2 km S Pimentel, Lam- berg located only one of these specimens (MHNJP hayeque. M. D. Williams found several prions dead on 1846, adult female) in the research collection in Dec. beaches in Lambayeque in 1978: one, 2 km S Pimentel, 1979, and noticed another adult labelled “Tumhes” on 26 June; three, 5 km N San Jo&, 4 July; and one, Isla display in an exhibit hall. We know of only one pre- Lobes de Tierra, 15 July (all uncatalogued skeletons, vious record from Peru, at Santa Lucia, Tumbes (Tac- LSUMZ). Parker, Schulenberg, Williams, et al. saw zanowski 1877h). L&aque (1964) reported the White four live prions 6.5 to 8 km offshore from Pimentel on Ibis to be very common and probably breeding in the 30 July 1978. One of these birds flew close to the boat Guayas Estuary, Ecuador, 140 km N Tumbes. The and briefly settled on the water. All observers noted species is probably a regular non-breeding visitor to the relatively narrow hill which distinguishes this coastal northwestern Peru, and may eventually be species from other species ofprion recorded from Peru. found hreeding there. The prions we saw flew low over the water and often Antis cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. Schulenberg saw glided. The northernmost previous records of P. hel- this species, often with White-cheeked Pintails (A. ba- NORTHWEST PERUVIAN BIRDS 211 hamensis) and occasionally Blue-winged Teal (A. dis- found in small flocks (up_ to 15 individuals) in bare cars), at Puerto Eten, Lambayeque from Sep.-No”. fields or at the edge of desert. Three specimens iLSUMZ 87185. 87186. 91636) agree well with de- 1978, and July-Aug. 1979. Peak numbers were seen on Y 19 July 1979, with 15 male cyclnopteru, one male rlis- scriptions of E. r. pullidus, described by Carriker cars, and 90 unidentified females. Schulenberg and (1935) from San Jo&, 15 km N Santa Rosa. Hellmayr Williams examined a male shot by Gustav0 del Solar and Conover (1948) did not recognize pullidus, after at this locality on 1 Oct. 1978. Taczanowski (18771)) examining a specimen from Isla Lobos de Tierra, Lam- reported a pair collected at Santa Lucia, Tumbes. Blake bayeque that was indistinguishable from the nominate (1977) reported only a single coastal locality (Mollen- race. However, Schulenberg and Wiedenfeld saw a do, Dpto. Arequipa) for this species, although it is reg- verv dark individual with a flock of tvpicallv pale dot- ular north to Dpto. Lima (Koepcke 1970). The Cinna- ter;ls at Santa Rosa on 7 June 1979. Boih the.& Lobos mon Teal is probably more widespread in coastal Peru de Tierra specimen and the dark Santa Rosa individual than the few records indicate. may have been migrants of the nominate race, which Accipiter &color. Bicolored Hawk. D. Tallman col- breeds from the highlands of southern Peru south to lected an immature female (LSUMZ 72152) at El An- Tierra de1 Fuego, and which is migratory (Meyer de golo, Piura on 13 Nov. 1972. Ridgely saw a large adult Schauensee 1966, 1970). D. Tallman collected another at Quebrada Hierba Buena, Lambayeque on 11 June pullidus (LSUMZ 75092) on 3 Nov. 1973 at Jequete- 1978. This bird uttered a loud, “typical accipiter call: peque, Dpto. La Libertad, extending the range of this kek-kek-kek‘ ”’ (pers. comm.). Parker saw an adult and population 65 km farther south. an immature at San Isidro on 1 Aug. 1978. These are On 13 Aug. 1979, Parker, V. Emanuel and a natural the first reports of the species between Tumbes (Tac- history tour group found seven adult dotterels and zanowski 1877a) and Taulis, Dpto. Cajamarca (Koepcke three-four downy young in barren desert bordering the 1961), the only other locations on the west slope of Pan American highway about 15 km S Chiclayo. Par- Peru where it has been found. ker, Robbins, and L. Barkley again found 12 adults and ButeogaZZus uruhitingn. Great Black Hawk. Parker 3 downy young in the same area three months later on saw a pair of adults 15 road-km E Canchaque, Piura, 18 Nov. 1979. On both occasions all adults and young 2,425 m on 5 Dec. 1974. Parker saw three adults en- were observed within 25 m of the roadway; they gaged in aerial maneuvers suggesting courtship activ- seemed to be attracted to vegetable debris that falls ities along the Rio Tocto on 18 May 1978. Schulenberg from passing trucks and draws hordes of insects, es- found an uncatalogued adult specimen in June 1979 at pecially small flies. The young, which on both dates the MHNJP. The only information on the tag was measured ca. 80 mm (total length), were sandy-brown “Hacienda Mallares, cerca de Sullana” (Piura) and spotted with black. When pursued they crouched in “Merkl” (=Markl, an amateur ornithologist who for- the sand and became almost invisible. They remained merly lived in Piura). D. Tallman collected an adult limp when held in the hand and held their eyes tightly male (LSUMZ 75082) at Rica Playa, Tumbes on 30 Oct. closed. Upon hearing the whistled calls of nearby 1973. Both adults and immatures of this species were adults, a soft melodious “ti-turrr” or “chi-churrr,” the seen regularly at El Gaucho, Tumbes and an adult male young ran rapidly away, but not necessarily in the di- (LSUMZ 91610) was collected there on 18 Tune 1979. rection of the adults. Only one adult accompanied each Although the &ecies is often reported ti occur in of the young birds. north&tern Peru (Meyer de Schauensee 1966, 1970, This breeding population is almost certainly of the Blake 1977). we could not find anv nreviouslv oub- resident race pallidus. Koepcke (1970) assigned breed- I _ , _ lished locality records. The apparent basis for these ing dotterels at the Lomas de Lachay, Dpto. Lima, the reports is unpublished information from the late Maria only other Peruvian coastal breeding population, to the Koepcke, as Meyer de Schauensee (1966) stated that nominate race. the species was known from “northwestern Peru Cfirle Lurus cirrocephalus. Gray-hooded Gull. Schulen- Koepcke).” berg located a single nest at a lagoon at the city of Churudrius collar-is. Collared Plover. We have the Piura, Piura on 10 July 1979. The nest was on a low following ., records, from north to south: Schulenberg et small island 10 m from shore. The nest contained two al. saw one on mudflats at Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes on eggs, one of which was collected (LSUMZ, T. Schu- 13 June 1979; Schulenberg and Graves saw 12 along lenberg 1693). Thirty gulls, all in breeding plumage, the Rio Tumbes at the city of Tumbes, Tumbes on 27 were present at the lagoon. This nesting site is over 40 Sep. 1977, and Schulenberg saw two there on 11 June km inland from the Pacific Ocean. 1979. Ridgely saw two about 15 km W Sullana, Piura Gray-hooded Gulls have only recently been record- on 7 Sep. 1976, and Schulenberg et al. saw four at the ed breeding in western South America, and only three edge of-a lagoon at the city of Piura, Piura on 10 July previous breeding localities were known: two colonies 1979. We have many sightings of small numbers of in Dpto. Ica, Peru (Tovar and Ashmole 1970, Duffy and Collared Plovers in coastal Lambayeque, and three Atkins 1979) and one in Prov. Guayas, Ecuador (Ridge- specimens from this area: LSUMZ 87182, male, 5 km ly and Wilcove 1979). Undoubtedly other breeding lo- N San To&. 4 lulv 1978: LSUMZ 87183. male. and cations will be found, both because the species appears LSUMi 87i84,“female, 3km’ N Puerto Etkn, 2lNov.’ to be expanding its range (Tovar and Ashmole i970, 1978. None of our specimens is in breeding condition, Ridgely and Wilcove 1979), and because much of the but Williams saw a pair north of Puerto Eten on 21 region is still relatively unexplored. Nov. 1978 that acted as if thev had eggs or young near- Sterna hirundinacea. South American Tern. Robbins by. The Collared Plover is known from west&n Ec- collected an alternate-nlumaged individual (LSUMZ uador and Chile (Mever de Schauensee 1966. 1970. 91641) 3 km NW Puerto Eten:Lambayeque‘ 0, 30 Aug. Blake 1977) but has ndt previously been reported from 1979. The northernmost previous record of the species western Peru, where our observations suggest that it in Peru was Pacasmayo, Dpto. La Libertad (Murphy is widespread in suitable habitat south at least to Lam- 1936). The species may be more common in Lamba- bayeque. yeque than the one record would indicate, as Sternu Eudromius (=OreophoZus) ruficollis. Tawny-throat- terns are difficult to identifv in the field. The beach at ed Dotterel. \Villiams, Schulenberg, et al. regularly which this specimen was cdllected, at the mouth of the found this species near Pimentel and Santa Rosa, Lam- Rio Reque, often attracts large numbers of terns; we bayeque, in 1978 and 1979. Dotterels were usually have specimens of Common (S. hirundo), Arctic (S. 212 T. S. SCHULENBERG AND T. A. PARKER. III purudi.~ea), Royal (S. muxima) and Elegant (S. elegnns) 1974 (Parker), where R. Thomas collected a male terns from this locality, and sight records of the Sand- (LSUMZ 78037) at 1,725 m. Parker and Schulenherg with Tern (S. snndcicensis). saw several violetears, probably this species, in Columhinu minutu. Plain-breasted Ground-Dove. streamside vegetation at Granada on 5 Oct. 1977. The Ridgely saw two near Mochumi, Lamhayeque on 10 low elevation, 525 m, suggests that this species under- June 1978. Williams, Schulenberg et al. repeatedly ob- goes seasonal altitudinal migrations in northern Peru, served small numbers in 1978 and 1979 hetween Pi- as it does in Dpto. Lima (Koepcke 1970). Ridgely found mentel and Santa Rosa, Lamhayeque. We have three the species common along the road below Porculla specimens from this area: LSUMZ 86980 (skeleton), 25 Pass, Piura on 12 June 1978. Bond (1954) reported a June 1978; LSUMZ 91650-91651, 18 July 1979. We snecimen from Porculla. Mever de Schauensee (1966. also have records from Puerto Eten, Lamhayeque (two, 1970) reported that Sparkling Violetears occur on the 20 Nov. 1978, Williams; several, 19 Oct. 1979, Schu- west slope of Peru only in Dpto. Lima, hut the species lenberg) and Laguna, Lambayeque (six, 7 Aug. 1976, probably has a continuous distribution along the west- Ridgely). This dove seems to prefer barren fields not ern slope of the Peruvian Andes, as suggested by our frequented by Croaking Ground-Doves (C. cruziuna). records and two specimens in the MHNJP: MHNJP On the coast of Peru the species was previously re- 2293, Llama, Dpto. Cajamarca, 22 Apr. 1951; and ported only as far north as Cartavio, Dpto. La Lihertad MHNJP 2286, “cerca de Colcabamha,” Dpto. Ancash, (Bond 1955). about 2,800 m, 17 Aug. 1956. CZurrcvi.~mondetouru. Maroon-chested Ground-Dove. Leucippus hueri. Tumbes Hummingbird. This Graves observed a male walking on the ground under species is a common resident in Lamhayeque, primar- bamboo in a narrow humid canyon 2.8 km by road SW ily from 175-1,275 m in or near areas with a well-de- Porculla Pass, Piura, 1,975 m, on 2 Oct. 1977. Barkley velooed shrub formation. We have seen Tumbes Hum- and Graham mist-netted a female (LSUMZ 87235) in mingbirds feeding at large red Erythrinu blossoms and bamboo on 5 Tune 1978 at San Isidro. We know of no a red-flowering epiphyte (Psittacanthus), and appar- other report of the species for the western slope of the ently competing for both of these with another hurn- Andes, although it has been recorded in southwestern mingbird, Amnziliu urnuziliu. We have five specimens Colombia at Munchique, Dpto. Cauca (Meyer de from Lambayeque: LSUMZ 87376, 10 km NE Taupe, Schauensee 1949). 175 m, 16 May 1978; LSUMZ 91738-91740, Rio Tocto, TcLperu naeuiu. Striped Cuckoo. D. and E. Tallman 19-21 July 1979; and LSUMZ 87377,5.2 km N Olmos, collected a male (LSUMZ 75121) at Rica Playa, 13 Oct. 1978. We have also seen the species at San Tumbes on 25 Oct. 1973. Graves and Schulenherg saw Isidro. Granada. Km 34 on the Olmos-Porculla Pass single individuals in shruhby thickets near the city of highway (1,275 m), and Hierba Buena (Ridgely). The Tumbes, Tumbes on 22 and 27 Sep. 1977. Ridgely saw southernmost previous record of this Peruvian endem- one at Laguna, Lambayeque some 400 km S Tumbes, ic was from Paimas. Piura. 150 km N Olmos (Berlioz on 7 Aug. 1976. Striped Cuckoos have not been found 1962). at Laguna on subsequent visits by Ridgely or LSUMZ Meyer de Schauensee (1966, 1970) described the field workers. The species is known to occur in south- range of L. tucznnowskii as “arid coastal Peru from western Ecuador, but was not previously reported from Piura S to Ancash,” suggesting that these two species northwestern Peru (Meyer de Schauensee 1966, 1970). of Leucippus might be sympatric in Piura and Larn- Pulsutrix per.@cilluta. Spectacled Owl. Del Solar bayeque. The Spot-throated Hummingbird (Leucippus collected one sometime during the fall (probably Oct.) taczunowskii), which does occur in Piura but only in- of 1977 NE Olmos, Lambayeque. Del Solar froze the land in the Rio Maranon drainage north to Huancaham- bird, and it w:is photographed (color transparency, ba, has not been recorded on the west slope north of LSUMZ photo file) by Williams in June 1978. Williams Paucal, Dpto. Cajamarca, about 140 km SE Olmos prepared the bird as a skeleton, hut the specimen was (Zimmer 1950h). later destroyed by a dog. A pair of Spectacled Owls Thuunmstura cot-u. Peruvian Sheartail. Feduccia was regularly heard calling after dark at El Gaucho, collected a female (LSUMZ 35139) and two hasic- Tumbes in June 1979, and Eley once saw a bird during plumaged males (LSUMZ 35138, 35140) on 28 Dec. the day. The species occurs in western Colombia and 1964 at Hacienda San Jacinto, near Catacaos, Piura. Ecuador, but was not previously known from western Schulenberg saw five, including a basic-plumaged Peru (Meyer de Schauensee 1966, 1970). male, 5 km N Jayanca, Lambayeque on 1 Oct. 1977. ChorrZeiZes minor. Common Nighthawk. Barkley and Parker saw a female 14 km N. 2 km E Olmos. Lam- Graham mist-netted a female (LSUMZ 87304) over a bayeque on 1 Sep. 1978. These records are from the marsh 5.2 km N Olmos, Lambayeque on 12 Oct. 1978. presumed non-breeding season. Koepcke collected an Although the species is widely distributed as a winter alternate-plumaged male (MHNJP 211) with slightly resident in South America, and prohably occurs in east- enlarged testes (1.3 mm) on 3 Mar. 1958 “cerca de ern Peru, this is the first specimen record for the coun- Chongoyape,” Lambayeque. Ridgely saw three alter- try. The specimen has not been identified to subspe- nate-plumaged males at 1,675 m below Porculla Pass, ties. Piura on 12 June 1978. The species was previously Phuethornis griseoguluris. Gray-chinned Hermit. recorded only as far north as Hacienda Llaguedo, Dpto. This hummingbird is uncommon in streamside forest La Libertad (Zimmer 1953). The Peruvian Sheartail at San Isidro and Granada. In Oct. 1977 Gray-chinned probably breeds as far north as Lambayeque and dis- Hermits were found in a densely wooded canyon en- perses to the adjacent lowlands after breeding. tering the Rio Quiroz 46 km by road SW .4yabaca, Autornolus (=HyZocqptu.s) erythrocephulus. Hen- Piura, 700 m. Two specimens were collected but were na-hooded Foliage-gleaner. Parker collected a male later stolen. The species also occurred uncommonly in (LSUMZ 84742) at Km 34 on the Olmos-Porculla Pass similar habitats at El Gaucho, Tumhes in June 1979. highway, Lambayeque, 1,275 m on 21 Sep. 1977. The Two specimens (LSUMZ 91724-91725) from El Cau- bird was moving about one m above the ground cho agree with Zimmers’ (1950a) description of the through streamside vegetation. Ridgely obaervecl this subspecies porcullue, previously known only from species at the same location on 12 June 1978. In Peru Porculla Pass (type locality) and Palambla, Piura. the species was previously known only from Palambla, Colihri coruscuns. Sparkling Violetear. This species Piura, about 50 km north of these records (Paynter was present in small numbers along forest edge E 1972a). Canchaque, Piura, 2, 425 m in late Nov.-early Dec. Myrmecizu griseiceps. Gray-headed Antbird. Graves NORTHWEST PERUVIAN BIRDS 213 collected I\ female (LSUMZ 84912) on 2 Oct. 1977 2.8 South American distribution of the species as “Piura km by road SW Porculla Pass, Piura, 1,975 m. The S to La Lihertad,” but the only published locality is species was previously known only as far south as Pa- Chepen, Dpto. La Libertad (Zimmer 1955). There is lambla, Piura (Chapman 1926, specimens LSUMZ). a specimen in Lima (MHNJP 4632) from “Tumbes” Grallaricula ferrugineipectus. Rusty-breasted Ant- collected 20 Sep. 1876. We have three specimens from pitta. Koepcke collected an immature female (MHNJP Lambayeque: LSUMZ 88530 (skin) and LSUMZ 89507 4331) “cerca de Canchaque,” Piura, 1,750-1,800 m on (alcoholic), 12 km N Olmos, 29-30 Sep. 1978; and 4 May 1956. Parker collected a female (LSUMZ 78547) LSUMZ 90118 (skeleton), 8 km W Mocupe, 15 Oct. on the west side of the pass between Canchaque and 1978. Huancalxunlx~, Piura, 3,050 m on 29 Nov. 1974. This Ripuriu ripuriu. Bank Swallow. Graves and Schulen- antpitta was previously known to occur in Peru only in berg saw one at the city of Tumbes, Tumhes on 27 Sep. the eastern Andes from Dpto. Amazonas (Meyer de 1977. A male (LSUMZ 88543) was mist-netted on 1 Schauensee 1966, specimens LSUMZ) to Dpto. Hub Oct. 1978 12 km N Olmos, Lambayeque. Schulenberg uco (specimens LSUMZ). Curiously, the species is un- collected another male (LSUMZ 92933) 3 km NW recorded from Ecuador (Meyer de Schauensee 1966). Puerto Eten, Lamhayeque on 30 Aug. 1979, and saw Pachyrumphus u1hogriseu.s. Black-and-white Be- five at Puerto Eten on 19 Oct. 1979. h4. A. Plenge, J. card. Parker saw two pairs on 18 May 1978 on the Rio P. ONeill,’ and Graves saw 20 at Playa Conchan, Dpto. Tocto feeding in fruiting Celtis trees with T~/rc~nnus Lima 19 Sep. 1976 and collected two (LSUh\IZ 82113- niceigularis, M!/iod!ynustes bairdii and Turdus reecei. 82114). Schulenberg saw five at Cafiete, Dpto. Lima Both males repeatedly uttered a mellow whistled on 23 Oct. 1979. On the coast of Peru the species was “chu-u-ree.” Ridgely saw four birds, giving similar previously known only from Bujama Baja, Dpto. Lima calls, on 12 June 1978 in clry forest at Hierba Buena, (Plenge 1974) and Mollendo, Arequipa (Hughes 1970), Lambayeque. Parker collected the two males he saw but is probably more regular than the few records sug- (LSUMZ 88192-88193) and these were identified by gest. Schulenberg at AMNH as the subspecies suloini. Com- Petrochelidonfuluu. Cave Swallow. We have the fol- parison was made with the type of guu!/uquiZensis, de- lowing sight records from north to south: 1, city of scribed by Zimmer (1936) from western Ecuador. Piura, Piura, 10 July 1979 (Schulenberg); “common,” Koepcke (1961) referred a male (original fielcl number 12 km N Olmos, Lamhayeque, early Oct. 1977 (Parker 1418e, now MHNJP 3594) from Huabal, below Can- et al.); 30, Rio Tocto, 4 Oct. 1977 (Parker et al.); 20, 4 chaque, Piura to guayuyuilensis. This specimen, how- km N Puerto Eten, Lambayeque, 20 Nov. 1978 (Wil- ever, (examined by Schulenberg in June 1979) is a liams); 15, Puerto Eten, 19 Oct. 1979 (Schulenberg); “ young bird; it is in female plumage, the flight feathers many,” Casma, Dpto. Ancash, 15 Nov. 1974 and 10 are in active molt, and it is not referable to subspecies. Oct. 1977 (Parker). Graves collected a male (specimen Another male (MHNJP 3597) from Matapalo, Tumbes, later
Peru. Scrub Blackbirds are commonest along the west- of the species (which he considered conspecific with ern base of the Andean foothills, and also occur in the the Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch, A. nationi) from “the upper Rio Marznibn drainage in Piura east of Porculla Porculla valley.” Paynter assigned these specimens to Pass. In some areas with extensive agriculture, such as the subspecies simonsi, previously known only from near Sullana, they occur well out into the desert. Wat- Prov. Loja, Ecuador. The five specimens that we have kins was the first to find Dives in Piura; he collected examined from northwestern Peru (LSUMZ 97451- specimens (AMNH) at Lamor, Sullana, Chilaco, and 97453, MVZ 156594, MVZ 157964) also resemble si- Pilares in 1919. A series of 15 male specimens from monsi. These specimens, however, are generally Tumbes, Piura, and Lambayeque (combined series of smaller than a series of seven specimens of nominate AMNH and LSUMZ) fall within the range of size vari- seehohmi from Dpto. Ancash (LSUMZ), and may show ation of warszewiczi (wing length: n = 114.8 mm, an approach to celicue, a small form known only from range 105.2-116.5 mm; exposed culmen: x = 25.2 mm, the type from Celica, Prov. Loja, Ecuador (see Paynter range 22.6-27.8 mm; see Hellrnayr 1937). A female 1972b). (LSUMZ 64517; wing 107.4 mm, culmen 24.4 mm) Rhodospingus cruentus. Crimson Finch. Parker saw from 12 km W Llama, Dpto. Cajamarca and a male a flock of six Crimson Finches, including one adult (MHNJP 4170; wing 140 mm, culmen 34 mm) from La male, in the undergrowth of Loxopterygium-Celtis- Esperanza, Dpto. Cajamarca appear to represent wur- Prosopis forest along the Rio Tocto on 17 May 1978. szeu;iczi and kalinoxxkii, respectively; these localities They associated with White-headed Brush-Finches are only 35 km apart. Other specimens suggest in- and Tumbes Sparrows (Aimophilu stokmunni), and trogression however, including a male reported from were difficult to approach. Parker saw several Crimson Palambla, Piura by Bond (1953; wing 121 mm, culmen Finches the following day, and collected a female 29 mm) and a female from Trujillo, Dpto. La Libertad (LSUMZ 88808). The species was previously reported (MHNJP 4633; wing 120 mm; culmen 29 mm). These only as far south as northern Piura (Meyer de Schauen- two taxa are probably conspecific, as they are usually see 1966). treated, but contact between them merits flIrther in- vestigation. Icterus mesomelus. Yellow-tailed Oriole. Feduccia SIGHT RECORDS collected an adult male (LSUMZ 35304) 15 km E Ol- mos on the Olmos-Porculla Pass road, Lambayeque on We would also like to report sight records 26 Dec. 1964. Wiedenfeld collected an adult female of the following species whose presence in (LSUMZ 93834) on the Rio Tocto on 19 July 1979. On northwestern Peru has not been document- the west slope this species was previously recorded ed by specimens or photographs. south only to Palambla, Piura (Bond 1953). The Yel- low-tailed Oriole does not appear to be common in Podiceps occipitulis. Silvery Grebe. D. Hunter and Lambayeque, as the two specimens represent our only Williams saw a single individual on 21 July 1978 on a records. The White-edged Oriole (Icterus gmceun- small rush-bordered sewage lagoon 0.5 km N Puerto nae), in contrast, is common at the same localities at Eten, Lambayeque. Attempts to collect the bird were which the specimens of 1. mesomelas were taken. unsuccessful. Present on the lagoon at the same time for Ba.deuterus trifawiutus. Three-banded Warbler. comparison were 150 White-tufted Grebes (Rollandiu Badeuterus frc~seri. Gray-and-gold Warbler. Parker [=Podiceps] rolland). The Silvery Grebe could not saw three B. trifusciutus and one B. fraseri in tall mes- be found the following day. This is the first record quites, 5.2 km N Olmos, Lambayeque on 1 Sep. 1978. for this species on the coast of Peru, but is at the same Schulenberg saw one B. fruseri 12 km N Olmos on 15 time of year as most coastal records of aquatic puna Dec. 1980. The elevation of these localities, about 150 birds (Pearson and Plenge 1974). m, is unusually low for both of these warblers and in- Phoenicopterus chilensis. Chilean Flamingo. K. E. dicates that they may occasionally move downward Campbell saw “probably a couple of hundred flamin- from the western Andes. Subsequent visits to these goes” (pers. comm.) on several occasions in Apr. 1970 localities have failed to produce additional records. at an embayment about 30 km SSW Sechura, Piura. Haplospizu rusticu. Slaty Finch. Parker mist-netted Coppelia Hays de Brown also saw flamingoes at this a male (LSUMZ 79430) above Canchaque, Piura, 2,750 locality in Feb. and Mar. 1979. Hays de Brown saw 80- m, on 1 Dec. 1974. Graves collected a male (LSUMZ 120 flamingoes in mid-Feb. 1979 at San Pedro, Piura, 85632) and saw three other individuals in bamboo- and 45 flamingoes at Miramar, Piura during the same laced forest understory 2.8 km by road SW Porculla month. None was identified to species in the field, but Pass, Piura, 1,975 m, on 2 Oct. 1977. In western Peru there is little doubt that they refer to the Chilean Fla- the species was previously reported only from Llama, mingo, since this is the only species recorded from the Dpto. Cajamarca (Koepcke 1961). Peruvian coast. Taczanowski (1877a) reported this fla- Atlupetes seebohmi. Bay-crowned Brush-Finch. Par- mingo to be a rare visitor to the Rio Tumbes, Tumbes. ker saw three A. seebohmi on 1 Aug. 1978 at San Isidro There are no other records from Peru north of Huacho, in a large flock of White-winged (A. Zeucopterus) and Dpto. Lima (Koepcke 1970), although Chilean Flam- White-headed (A. albiceps) brush-finches. Ridgely saw ingoes have recently been reported from western Ec- four-five A. seebohmi, also with A. leucopterus and A. uador (Ridgely 1980). The presence of flamingoes at ulhiceps, on 12 June 1978 at Km 34 on the Olmos-Por- the same locality near Sechura on two occasions nine culla Pass highway, Lambayeque. Eley and ONeill’ years apart suggests that Phoenicopterus chilensi.s may also found A. seebohmi at Km 34 in early June 1980, be a local but regular visitor to the coast of northern and collected three specimens (LSUMZ 97451-97453). Peru, as it is in central and southern Peru (Hughes Parker saw a single A. seehohmi at Rio Tocto on 14 1970, Pearson and Plenge 1974). Aug. 1979. The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) Buteo swuinsoni. Swainsons’ Hawk. Ridgely saw contains two unreported specimens of A. seehohmi two light-phase adults over agricultural fields south of from Lambayeque: MVZ 156594, 28 km E Olmos on the citv of Tumbes, Tumbes on 23 Oct. 1976. Parker the Olmos-Porculla Pass highway, 1,150 m, 5 Jan. 1964, saw a l&ht-phase adult over the city of Piura, Piura on collected by J. K. Wright; and MVZ 157964, 16 km N, the late date of 8 June 1980. The species is believed 25 km E Olmos, 1,300 m, 16 .4ug. 1967, collected by to winter in southern South America, but migration R. B. Huey. Paynter (1972b) reported two specimens routes and wintering areas are not well known (Ama- NORTHLIIEST PERUVIAN BIRDS 215
don 1964). This hawk has been recorded in western ACKXOWLEDGMENTS Colombia, though not on the Pacific slope (Meyer de Schauensee 1949). In Peru the Swainsons’ Hawk was We wish to express our gratitude to the following for previously known only from Dpto. Puno (Meyer de allowing us to report their records: L. 1. Barklev. 1. Schauensee 1966). WilliamEley, G&y L. Graham, Garv R. craves, David Hnrpyhaliaetu.s soliturius. Solitary Eagle. Riclgely R. Hunter. Mark B. Robbins. David A. Wiedenfeld. saw an adult on 13 June 1978 at San Isidro. The eagle Morris 1). Williams (LSUMZj; Kenneth E. Cam~heli “made a quick pass in the direction of two White- (Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History); winged Guans (Penelope albipennis), the latter diving Robert S. Ridvelv (School of Forestrv and Environ- for cover inside the forest” (Ridgely, pers. comm.). The mental Studies, ?ale University); andcoppelia’ Hays bird then perched for a long period in a tall Bomhu~ de Brown. We are deeply appreciative of the hospital- at the edge of a clearing, and later was seen with ity of Gustav0 de1 Solar R., who has assisted us in ways another individual soaring high. Local farmers told too numerous to mention. We gratefully acknowledge Ridgely that eagles regularly went after guans. Other the financial support of the LSUMZ Peruvian fiefd- species of “eagle,” however, such as the Black-chested work by John S. McIlhenny, Babette M. Odom, Laura Buzzard-Eagle (Gerullouetus melanoleucus), occur at Schweppe, Irving Schweppe, and E. W. Mudge. We San Isidro. The Solitary Eagle has a curiously local thank Eric Cardich Bricefio, Susana Moller-H., Anto- distribution (Blake 1977). The species was not previ- nio Brack E., and Richard Bustamante M. of the Di- ously recorded from western Ecuador or Peru, al- reccibn General Forestal y de Fauna, Ministerio de though there is a record for Munchique, Dpto. Cauca, Agricultura, Lima, Peru for their continued interest in Colombia (Meyer de Schauensee 1949). our work and for the issuance of necessary permits. We F&o rujiguluris. Bat Falcon. Parker saw a pair on acknowledge the continued cooperation of Aeroperu. the Rio Tocto on 18 May 1978. The birds were calling We thank the following for loaning us specimens or loudly, and one of them carried a small bird. This fal- allowing us to use material under their care, and for con occurs in western Colombia and Ecuador. hut was permission to publish on specimens in their institu- not previously reported from western Peru (Meyer de tions: Wesley E. Lanyon and John Farrand, Jr. (Amer- Schauensee 1966, 1970. Blake 1977). ican Museum of Natural History); Ned K. Johnson Pum/ptiZa cayenne&. Lesser S&low-tailed Swift. (14useum of Vertebrate Zoology); and Hernando de Small numbers of this swift (maximum 4iflock) were Macedo-Ruiz (Muse0 de Historia Natural “Javier Pra- seen occasionally at El Gaucho, Tumbes in June 1979. do”). Manuel A. Plenge was of invaluable aid in re- Parker, Schulenberg, and Graves saw two flving low searching the literature on Peruvian birds. G. R. over the forest at Granada on 5 Oct. 1977. Thehirds Graves, j. P. ONeill,’ M. A. Plenge, J. V. Rem\en, Jr., passed within 60 m of the observers and diagnostic R. S. Ridgely, and 54. D. Williams made valuable com- field marks were noted. The species is known on the ments on the manuscript. We gratefully acknowledge west coast of South America south to Ecuador (Meyer grants from the Frank Xl. Chapman Memorial Fund in de Schauensee 1949; Ridgely, pers. comm.) but was 1979. not reported from northwestern Peru. Petrochelidon pyrrhonotu. Cliff Swallow. Ridgelv LITERATURE CITED saw five Cliff Swallows perched on a telephone wire with Barn Swallows (Hirun& rustica) and Southern AXIADON, D. 1964. Taxonomic notes on birds of prey. Martins (Progne mociestc~) about 15 iim W Sullana, Am. Mus. Novit. 2166: l-24. Piura on 24 Oct. 1976. The birds were carefully distin- BEI~LIOZ, J. 1962. Notes critiques sur quelques es- guished from P. fuhu. the exnected Petrochelidon. p&es de trochilidbs. Oiseau Rev. Fr. Ornithol. Hughes (1970) reported Cliff Swallows to he regular 32:135-144. fall migrants (Sep.-Nov.) at Mollendo, Dpto. Arequipa. BLAKE, E. R. 1977. Manual of Neotropical birds. Vol. The onlv other Peruvian record is from Bujama Baja, 1. Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago. Dpto. Lima (Plenge 1974). BOND, J. 1953. Notes on Peruvian Icteridae, Vireoni- Mrziatiltu uuriu. Black-and-white Warbler. Parker dae, and Parrdidae. Not. Nat. (Phila.) 255: I-15. saw a female-plumaged individual of this distinctive BON]], J. 1954. Notes on Peruvian Trochilidae. 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