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RESERVA LAS GRALARIAS BIRD CHECKLIST Updated May 2012 Taxonomy based on The Birds of Ecuador by Ridgely and Greenfield, 2001. www.reservalasgralarias.com Tinamous Tinamidae (2) 1 Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius 2 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Herons, Bitterns and Egrets Ardeidae (2) 3 Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum 4 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis American Vultures Cathartidae (2) 5 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 6 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Kites, Eagles, Hawks and Osprey Accipitridae (16) 7 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis 8 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 9 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 10 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 11 Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis 12 Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus 13 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor 14 Plumbeous Hawk Leucopternis plumbea 15 Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps 16 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 17 White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous 18 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 19 White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula 20 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 21 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus 22 Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori Falcons and Caracaras Falconidae (6) 23 Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis 24 Plumbeous Forest-Falcon Micrastur plumbeus 25 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 26 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 27 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 28 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas Cracidae (3) 29 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 30 Wattled Guan Aburria aburri 31 Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii New World Quails Odontophoridae (1) 32 Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Rallidae (1) 33 White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis Sandpipers, Snipes, and Phalaropes Scolopacidae (3) 34 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 35 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda 36 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pigeons and Doves Columbidae (7) 37 Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata 38 Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea 39 Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea 40 Dusky Pigeon Columba goodsoni 41 Ecuadorian Ground-Dove Columbina buckleyi 42 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 43 White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenara Parrots and Macaws Psittacidae (7) 44 Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura 45 Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola 46 Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissima 47 Red-billed Parrot Pionus sordidus 48 White-capped Parrot Pionus seniloides 49 Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus 50 Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenaria Cuckoos and Anis Cuculidae (3) 51 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 52 Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta 53 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Barn Owls Tytonidae (1) 54 Barn Owl Tyto alba Typical Owls Strigidae (5) 55 Rufescent Screech-Owl Otus ingens 56 Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii 57 Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nubicola 58 Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata 59 Mottled Owl Strix virgata Oilbirds Steatornithidae (1) 60 Oilbird Steatornis caripensis Potoos Nyctibiidae (1) 61 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus Nightjars and Nighthawks Caprimulgidae (5) 62 Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris 63 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 64 Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris 65 Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata 66 Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra Swifts Apodidae (4) 67 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 68 Chestnut-collared Swift Cypseloides rutilus 69 Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei 70 Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris Hummingbirds Trochilidae (27) 71 Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus 72 Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae 73 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 74 Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae 75 Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus 76 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans 77 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl 78 Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae 79 Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys 80 Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini 81 Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix 82 Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula 83 Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides 84 White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri 85 Brown Inca Coeligena wilsoni 86 Collared Inca Coeligena torquata 87 Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens 88 Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini 89 Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus 90 Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis 91 Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens 92 Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii 93 Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi 94 Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis 95 Wedge-billed Hummingbird Schistes geoffroyi 96 Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii 97 White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant Trogons and Quetzals Trogonidae (4) 98 Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus 99 Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps 100 Chocó Trogon Trogon comptus 101 Masked Trogon Trogon personatus Motmots Momotidae (1) 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Synallaxis azarae 121 Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura 122 Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa 123 White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis 124 Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops 125 Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii 126 Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni 127 Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger 128 Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens 129 Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuligera 130 Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris 131 Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps 132 Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus 133 Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus 134 Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus 135 Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps 136 Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis 137 Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus Woodcreepers Dendrocolaptidae (6) 138 Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina 139 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocinda fuliginosa 140 Wedge-billed 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Contopus fumigatus 179 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 180 Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris 181 Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca diadema 182 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus 183 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 184 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 185 Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus 186 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 187 Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor 188 Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus 189 White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus 190 Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus 191 One-colored Becard Platypsaris
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    Abra Maruncunca, Dpto. Puno, Peru, Revisited: Vegetation Cover and Avifauna Changes Over a 30-Year Period

    Mark B. Robbins et al. 31 Bull. B.O.C. 2013 133(1) Abra Maruncunca, dpto. Puno, Peru, revisited: vegetation cover and avifauna changes over a 30-year period by Mark B. Robbins, Thomas S. Schulenberg, Daniel F. Lane, Andrés M. Cuervo, Laurence C. Binford†, Árpád S. Nyári, Mariela Combe, Enrique Arbeláez-Cortés, Walter Wehtje & Andrés Lira-Noriega Received 20 July 2012 Summary.—Avifaunal inventories in 1980, 2007 and 2009 along the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes at Abra Maruncunca, dpto. Puno, document the occurrence and change in relative abundance of 245 species. Degradation of forest cover with an increase in secondary vegetation probably explains many of the differences between the 1980 and 2009 surveys. We provide details for the first occurrence and clarification of the status in Peru for Ochre-cheeked Spinetail Synallaxis scutata, Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus viridis, Scimitar-winged Piha Lipaugus uropygialis, White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis contemptus, Blue- browed Tanager Tangara cyanotis cyanotis, White-browed Brush Finch Arremon torquatus and Yellow-bellied Siskin Sporagra xanthogastra, with comments on the taxonomy of Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris, Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea, a Pyrrhura parakeet, White-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia chionogaster, an antwren Herpsilochmus sp., and Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus. The key for ensuring that this rich avifauna is preserved at this site lies in the protection of the relatively intact forest at the base of the massif at the north end of our study area. The east Andean slope has long been recognised to harbour one of the most speciose avifaunas in the world (Chapman 1917, 1926, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Stotz et al.
  • Field Guides Tour Report Mountains of Manu, Peru I 2019

    Field Guides Tour Report Mountains of Manu, Peru I 2019

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