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Northern Peru, B MANU EXPEDITIONS BIRDING TOURS [email protected] www.Birding-In-Peru.com Painting Scarlet-banded Barbet A TRIP REPORT FOR A FOCUSED BIRDING TRIP TO NORTH PERU September 3-9 2012 Trip Leader and report redaction: Barry Walker With: Ken Petersen, Ron and Sue Johns, John Lobel & William Tucker A quick foray into North Peru on a special “clean up trip” searching for certain species - and we had to rush a little bit but we successfully saw some very good species indeed including Scarlet-banded Barbet, Long-whiskered Owlet, Varzea Thrush, Marvelous Spatuletail, Pale-billed Antpitta, Rusty-tinged & Ochre-fronted Antpittas, Roraiman Flyctacher, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Flycatcher, Fiery-throated, Scarlet-breasted and Scaled Fruiteaters, Grey-tailed Piha, Mishana Tyrannulet, Foothill Schiffornis & Bar- winged Wood-Wren . Despite unusual sun for this time of year at Abra Patricia and low flock activity there we managed to see a wide variety of the special birds of this endemic area including 35 species of Hummingbirds most seen very well at feeding stations, record 15 true Peruvian endemic and many other range restricted species including several near endemics. DAY BY DAY ACTIVITIES September 2: Arrive in Lima an dinner near the hotel September 3: Flight to Tarapoto and the Scarlet-banded Barbet Camp. On arrival we met our drivers & field chef Aurelio. We then drove by bus and then specially modified Toyota 4 x 4 pickups for several hours to the Barbet Camp where we arrived just in time as a huge rainstorm hit the camp – no harm done – a 3 course dinner concluded the day. Night at the Barbet Camp at 1400 meters, Department of San Martin. September 4: A full day birding the Ridgeline trail out of camp and to the East. It was a tricky muddy trail but incredibly rewarding and prefect overcast day without rain – we spent all day with a field lunch packed in by Aurelio, seeing multiple Scarlet-banded Barbets and other hard to see species and spent an elated night in camp with no rain ( important for our exit next day). Birding elevations 1400-1700 meters, Department of San Martin. Night in Camp. September 5: Birding the road our and onto Moyobamba The weather behaved and our vehicles arrived. As Aurelio and Martin were breaking camp we birded down the road until the vehicles picked us up late morning. Then it was a long drive to our comfortable hotel in Moyobamba. Night Moyobamba, Department of San Martin. September 6: Morro de Calzada and Abra Patricia Dawn found us at the municipal reserve of Morro de Calzada where we birded the nutrient poor soil forest and scrub. Varzea Thrush (recently described) showed up after a rain shower and then we headed onto the open country dominated by bracken and Mauritia Palm near Rioja, before continuing to the ECOAN Owlet Lodge at Abra Patrica with some late afternoon birding there at 1900 meters. [ECOAN is a Peruvian NGO working mainly on the conservation of cloud and Polylepis forests http://www.ecoanperu.org/] Night Owlet Lodge. Department of San Martin. Night Owlet Lodge September 7: San Lorenzo and Huembo. Afternoon Abra Patricia Owlet trail. A cold but clear dawn found us at the bottom of a steep trail (almost a staircase in parts) that took us up to a small patch of Chusquea bamboo where Pale-billed Antpitta treated us to marvelous views ara round 2900 meters. We then went to the Marvelous Spatuletail interpretation centre at Huembo at 2050 meters where we were treated to – well Spatuletails, amongst others including Little Woodstar. Returning to Abra Patricia the group set off down the Owlet trail to be follows by local guide Roberto. Success with Ochre-fronted Antpitta and the Owlet! Department of San Martin & Amazonas. Night Owlet Lodge September 8: We spent our time between walking trails and birding the roadside at different elevations between the pass at 2200 meters to 1700 at Alta Nieve. Flocks were scarce but we did manage to winkle out most of the specialties’ of the area, had a marvelous time at the Hummingbird feeders. Unusual sun for this time of year hampered us somewhat. Department of San Martin. September 9: Abra Patricia to Tarapoto A morning above Afluente at 1600-1200 meters and then a visit to the Waqanki Hummingbird feeders near Moyobamba. A quick Oilbird stop and then to Tarapoto for flights to Lima and the next section of the trip. Department of San Martin. MAJOR GPS READINGS Aguas Verdes Bridge: 05°41’04’’S – 77°39’14’’W – 1037 m Afluente: 05°40’27’’S – 77°42’09’’ – 1418 m Abra Patricia: 05°40’49’’S – 77°46’41’’W – 1970 m ECOAN Huembo feeders: 05°51’26’’S – 77°59’03’’W – 2053 m BIRDLIST Taxonomy: SACC = South American Classification Committee (Nov 2012) http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html IOC = International Ornithologist’s Union http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ * = Heard Only RR = Restricted-range species E = Endemic to Peru Conservation Status: Follows Birdlife International Family: TINAMIDAE (TINAMOUS) GRAY TINAMOU Tinamus tao* Heard at the Barbet Camp. VULNERABLE HOODED TINAMOU Nothocercus nigrocapillus* Heard at Abra Patricia LITTLE TINAMOU Crypturellus soui* TATAUPA TINAMOU Crypturellus tataupa* Tataupa means house in Guarani as in those parts it was often around villages and houses. Family: CRACIDAE (GUANS) SPECKLED CHACHALACA Ortalis guttata Family: ODONTOPHORIDAE (WOODQUAIL) MARBLED WOOD-QUAIL Odontophorus gujanensis* Family: PHALACROCORIDAE (CORMORANTS) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT Phalacrocorax brasilanus On the Huallaga River. Family: ARDEIDAE (HERONS) CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis Common throughout the trip GREAT EGRET Ardea alba Some in the rice paddies near Tarapoto. LITTLE BLUE HERON Egretta caerulea One near Tarapoto SNOWY EGRET Egretta thula A few here and there Family: CATHARTIDAE (NEW WORLD VULTURES) TURKEY VULTURE Cathartes aura Common throughout the trip BLACK VULTURE Coragyps atratus Common throughout the trip LESSER-YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE Cathartes burrovianus Family: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWKS) SWALLOW-TAILED KITE Elanoides forficatus One of the most beautiful raptors in South America! Many seen. HARRIS’S HAWK Parabuteo unicinctus harisi Two . Named for Edward Harris one of Audubon’s sidekicks. ROADSIDE HAWK Buteo magnirostris Six of this common raptor seen WHITE–RUMPED HAWK Buteo leucorrhous One seen gliding across a hillslpoe at Abra Patricia SHORT-TAILED HAWK Buteo brachyurus 1 near Tarapoto VARIABLE HAWK Buteo polyosoma Two near San Lorenzo. The taxonomy of this group is confusing, and some authors try to split it as Puna Hawk B. poecilochrous and Red-backed Hawk B. polyosoma. SACC comments: Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous and B. polyosoma are conspecific, as they were formerly treated; 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. Cabot & de Vries (2004, in press) and Cabot et al. (in press) present additional data that support their recognition as separate species. SACC proposal to re-elevate poecilochrous to species rank did not pass. The IOC does not split these either as yet. Family: RECURVIROSTRIDAE (STILTS & AVOCETS) BLACK-NECKED STILT Himantopus mexicanus Common in the rice fields. Taxonomy is a bit confusing. The SACC says “Himantopus mexicanus was formerly considered a subspecies of Old World H. himantopus (“Common Stilt”). Some authors have treated southern South American melanurus (White-backed Stilt) as a separate species. The six taxa in the genus Himantopus form a near-globally distributed superspecies and between one to six species-level taxa recognized by various authors. Virtually no data are available relevant to taxon-ranking of allopatric populations. The contact between mexicanus and melanurus in South America, where at least some hybridization occurs, affords one of the best opportunities for such study. Family: SCOLOPACIDAE (SANDPIPERS) Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 6 near Tarapoto Family: LARIDAE (GULLS) LARGE-BILLED TERN Phaetusa simplex A total of 3 seen n the Huallaga River Family: COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS) BAND-TAILED PIGEON Patagioenas fasciata Several sightings. Note that recent research has shown that the genus Columba is paraphyletic, with New World taxa being more closely related to Streptopelia than to Old World Columba pigeons. This is consistent with differences between New World and Old World Columba in terms of morphology, serology and 5ehavior. The suggestion was made to place all New World forms in the genus Patagioenas, and the AOU recently adopted this change in its latest checklist supplement PLUMBEOUS PIGEON Patagioenas plumbea Mostly heard but 4 seen at Abra Patricia EARED DOVE Zenaida auriculata Very common RUDDY GROUND-DOVE Columbina talpacoti Common in the eastern lowlands. WHITE-TIPPED DOVE Leptotila verreauxi Fairly common throughout the trip. Named for the impressive sounding John Baptiste Edouard Verreaux (1810-1868) French Natural History dealer and collector. GRAY-FRONTED DOVE Leptotila rufaxilla* Family: CUCULIDAE (CUCKOOS) SQUIRREL CUCKOO Piaya cayana Regular sightings. SMOOTH-BILLED ANI Crotophaga ani Common in the eastern lowlands Family: STRIGIDAE (OWLS) Long-whiskered Owlet TROPICAL SCREECH-OWL Megascops choliba* Near our rooms at the Moyobamba Hotel (RR) CINNAMON SCREECH-OWL Megascops pertersoni Well we had them above us, and one flew over against the night. I still find it hard to believe we could not see one well. Named for American pioneer ornithologist and artist Roger Tory Petersen (1908-1996) VERMICULATED SCREECH-OWL Megascops guatemalae* At the Barbet camp but always pre-dawn. BAND-BELLIED OWL Pulsatrix melanota* At the Barbet camp but always late at night FERRUGINOUS PYGMY-OWL Glaucidium brasilianum* One heard near Rioja (E) LONG-WHISKERED OWLET Xenoglaux loweryi Yes! One attempt was enough at Abra Patricia and one was seen well by all with Roberto.
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