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W W W .Perubirdingroutes.Com Cactus canastero canastero Cactus Pelagic trip from Callao In order to organize a pelagic trip you need to contact The Central Peru Birding Route one of the companies offering boat trips out of the Asthenes cactorum Asthenes white cheeked cotinga cotinga cheeked white port of Callao. They organize trips around the islands of San Lorenzo. These are good and you can see most of the island birds including the Humboldt Penguin, There are only about 55 bird species here, which The Central Peru circuit can be also called the but in order to get birds such as Petrels and makes it a good introduction to Peruvian birding, “Route of Contrasts”. Starting in the coastal desert of Albatrosses you would need to go farther out to sea. holding some specialties and four endemics that are Lima, which includes wetlands, mist oases and one of Plan at least 6 boat hours. Go several kilometers out to difficult to see elsewhere (Thick-billed Miner, Grayish the richest oceans in the world, the transect, of which stresemanni Zaratornis the open ocean in search of a fish shoal, which you Miner, Raimondi’s Yellow-Finch and Cactus Canas- the spinal chord is the central Highway, rises dramati- will spot from far away by the concentration of tero). cally climbing the Western Andes, with mostly dry dolphins, storm-petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, habitats, over the highest train pass in the world at gulls, terns, and more. Chumming is a good option Pantanos de Villa Ticlio (15 807 feet elevation) onto the puna plateau of and some of these companies can now arrange this. Junin with beautiful lakes and wetlands, and down on The Pantanos de Villa is a small protected marsh (978 the east slope of the Andes where the habitats are acres) within the city limits of Lima; despite its much more humid than on the western side, to the proximity to the city, the site supports most of the wet evergreen forests of the Amazon. There are many coastal marsh species found in Peru and was declared options, particularly when it comes to birding the a Ramsar Site (a Wetland of International Importance) lowlands, and choosing between them can be in 1997. More than 130 bird species have been recorded here and typically more than 50 species can International boundary difficult; time may be the deciding factor. The Cordi- Regional boundary llera Blanca, located in central Peru north of the main be seen on a single visit. It is an excellent place to Republic capital spend a morning or afternoon in Lima and makes a Departament Capital route is one of the most scenic regions of Peru, and Provincial capital provides good birding in some of the best Polylepis good introduction to Peruvian birds. There are District capital marked trails with observation towers, a paddle boat Paved road woodlands. Unpaved road circuit and a trekking trail (1 hour). Depending on Airport, Seaport Main birding route time, try them all. To find Peruvian Thick-Knee, ask the Alternative birding route park guard where they have been seen in the last Birding site © Rob Williams © Rob Archaeological site days. Parks and reserves ú Cape Petrel Daption capense WESTERN CORDILLERA time is a constraint, you should take the Carretera Climbing and winding through the massive Andean Central (a parallel paved road) to reach other birding cordillera, the Carretera Central (Central Highway) destinations farther on. The Santa Eulalia loop starts © Alejandro Tello / PromPer Tello © Alejandro connects the coastal desert on the west side of the from the Central Highway at mile 24 (2 755 feet Andes with the humid east side and Amazonian towns elevation) and rejoins it at mile 75 (14 107 feet Coastal Miner Geossita peruviana like Satipo, Oxapampa or Pucallpa. This engineering elevation). The beginning of the road goes through ú wonder takes you through impressive landscapes and fields and dry montane scrub with birds like Scarlet- ú Lomas de Lachay: good birding spots en route. As you travel this fronted Parakeet, Mountain Parakeet, and seedeaters. Lomas de Lachay is a “mist oasis”, a unique formation highway you will understand how the Andes of vegetation that depends on water supplied contribute to the astonishing natural diversity of Peru. At about 17 miles from the town of Santa Eulalia, entirely by mist clouds rolling in from the ocean 5 check the vegetation above the road on the one miles away and hitting the hillsides at 490 – 2 300 feet Santa Eulalia Valley kilometer stretch before the bridge over a very deep elevation. The site is 65 miles north of Lima and 27 The Santa Eulalia - Carretera Central loop is a good full canyon. In the early morning, this scrub is the best © Alejandro Tello / PromPer Tello © Alejandro milles south of the city of Huacho. Lomas de Lachay day trip from Lima. About 200 species of birds have place to look for Great Inca-Finch. Keep checking the / PromPer Tello © Alejandro National Reserve protects Great Grebe Podiceps major been seen here, many of which are endemic to Peru. If sky for Andean Condor and Black-chested Buzzard- Peruvian Pymy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum Text extracted from: to moss-covered rocks. Here, Olivaceous Thornbill, Warbling-Finch, and Bay-crowned Brush-Finch. There Striated Earthcreeper, Stripe-headed Antpitta, Tit-like is a trail that goes from here to the lake (María Josefa Dacnis, and Milpo Tapaculo are quite common. You trail) which is a good place to bird away from the road. PERUA T R U E P A R A D I S E O F B I R D S will reach the pass and the road descends entering The lakes themselves also have a nice trail system. good montane (cloud) forest. The road and the forest Expect to find Stripe-headed Antpitta, Rufous-eared here are in remarkably good shape, and the traffic is Brush-Finch, Baron’s Spinetail, Tit-like Dacnis, and very light. Stop frequently and bird the forest Giant Conebill, among others. About 2 or 3 miles wherever you see suitable pullouts. Around Puente further on you reach Yurac Corral, which has scrub by Thomas Valqui Carrizales (mile 39 from Comas, 10 367 feet elevation), habitat good for ground-tyrants, Streak-throated explore the dense Chusquea bamboo for Eye-ringed Canastero, and Striated Earthcreeper. The Polylepis Thistletail, listening for its distinctive scratchy whistle. Williams © Rob along the stream above the lake is good for White- Fire-throated Metaltail is also frequent here. In the Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus cheeked Cotinga, although it is seasonal. Koepcke’s cloud forest from 9 840 feet elevation down to about Screech-Owl and the rare Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant are 6560 feets you will be rewarded with canopy flocks the Andes, at mile 75, lies Laguna Conococha, which also sometimes seen here. full of tanagers, hemispingus, flower-piercers, and has a good variety of Andean waterbirds (Crested Duck, dacnises. Almost 20 species of tanager are possible Cinnamon Teal, Puna Duck) and on the shores you Abra Portachuelo here, including five species of mountain-tanager. As could find Black-faced Ibis and in the Puna grassland If you keep going on the road after the Llanganuco the road continues to drop, the avifauna changes as the Ornate Tinamou. At Catac (mile 102) you could take lakes you will go into the Marañón basin, on the east you enter the lowland forest of the Amazon Basin. a short side trip to Querococha Lake, a relatively large side of the Cordillera Blanca. You must first climb to Birding from 5 900 feet to 3 940 feet elevation will high Andean lake surrounded by Polylepis forest. the pass (Punta Union, (15 584 feet elevation) at the provide some new birds, but below about 5 580 feets Recent records for Southern Pochard are from this area. base of Huascarán, the highest mountain in Peru (22 elevation, the forest becomes increasingly degraded. However, if you are short on time, skip these lakes and 204 feet elevation), and down 6 miles into a mixed At the end of the road, Satipo has a variety of accom- concentrate on the Polylepis forests described below. A forest dominated by Polylepis trees (Quebrada www.perubirdingroutes.com modation, including the comfortable Hotel Majestic, visit to the pre-Inca Wari ruins further on is recom- Morococha). This spot, and Ceguela Pampa, might be which has a protected parking lot. mended for general sight-seeing. your best chance of all to see White-cheeked Cotinga. This species tends to be active in the morning as the CORDILLERA BLANCA From Huaraz (mile 124, 10 006 feet elevation), go for sun first hits the Polylepis trees. Just bird around the Also known as “El Callejón de Huaylas”, the Cordillera another 37 miles on the paved road to Yungay (8 038 forest patches where there is plenty of room to hike Blanca is on a different road system from the previous feet elevation), which has modest but comfortable around and search for vantage points. Tit-like Dacnis sites, but still belongs to what is considered central hotels (e.g. Hostal Glendel). During the morning or and Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch are abundant. Peru. This area of Peru, the “Peruvian Switzerland”, is a afternoon, try birding in the nice gardens of the grave- favorite destination for mountain climbers and hikers. yards of Yungay (5 minutes from town), which, besides The impressive snow-capped mountains that attract helping with acclimatization to the elevation, offers a Pueblo Libre them also create barriers for distribution and popula- good opportunity to see hummingbirds such as To the north of Yungay, the site called Pueblo Libre is tion isolation that are partly responsible for the Spot-throated Hummingbird and Purple-collared the locality for an unnamed distinctive race of Pale- uniqueness of the landscape and its birds.
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