Macaws & Machu Picchu

Peru - Macaws & Machu Picchu

Naturetrek Tour Report 11 – 25 September 2015

Hoatzin Capybara

Macaws at a clay lick Burrowing Owl

Report compiled by Andy Smith Images courtesy of Phil Bignell

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Peru - Macaws & Machu Picchu Tour Report

Tour Participants: Andy Smith (leader), local guides Carlos (Lima), Uriel & Paul (Tambopata) and Jose Manuel (Cusco and Inca Trail), and nine Naturetrek clients

Day 1 Friday 11th September

In flight from the UK to Peru. We arrived in Lima in the early evening and transferred across town to our hotel in Miraflores.

Day 2 Saturday 12th September

In the morning we went on a boat trip from Callao around the Palaminos Islands. We enjoyed close encounters with masses of Southern Sea Lions and a good range of Humboldt Current seabirds including Peruvian Pelican, Peruvian Booby, Guanay and Red-legged Cormorants, Band-tailed and Grey Gulls, Inca Tern and Humboldt Penguin. In the afternoon we visited the Pantanos de Villa Marshes and saw a variety of wetland birds including Great Grebe, Cinnamon Teal and Least Bittern, plus Wren-like Rushbird, Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant, Peruvian Thick-knee and a superb Burrowing Owl.

Day 3 Sunday 13th September

After breakfast we transferred back to the airport for our flight over the Andes to Puerto Maldonado, where we arrived in the late morning. Our journey continued with a bus ride to the little port of Infierno. Highlights en route included a Tegu crossing the road ahead of us, a King Vulture soaring overhead, a couple of Roadside Hawks, lots of White-collared Swifts, and at a brief river bridge stop some nesting Yellow-rumped Caciques, a Magpie Tanager, two Chestnut-capped Puffbirds and a Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher. Recent rain had left lots of puddles along the roadside which were attracting masses of large, colourful butterflies of a wide range of species.

At Inferno we watched an impressive Crimson-crested Woodpecker drumming in a tall riverside tree, and then transferred to the boat that would take us the short distance up-river to the Posada Amazonas. Along the river we saw a Capped Heron, a Grey Hawk, and some Red-and-Green Macaws taking clay at a small cliff. We finished the day at the Posada with a short walk out into the forest during which we saw a Rufous Motmot, a trio of Yellow-tufted Woodpeckers, some Mealy Parrots, a Great Tinamou and a couple of Dusky Titi Monkeys.

Day 4 Monday 14th September

We started the day at first light with a trip to a nearby oxbow lake where we spent a very pleasant couple of hours pottering sedately on a large wooden raft. Highlights here included sensational views of a pair of Giant River Otters catching and eating fish, plus several Hoatzins, a Sungrebe, a Rufescent Tiger-Heron, two Slate- coloured Hawks, some Wattled Jacanas, both Ringed and Amazon Kingfishers, and a few Greater Anis. In the forest around the lake we enjoyed good views of a Striolated Puffbird and a confiding Black-faced Ant-Thrush.

Continuing up-river into ever remoter and more pristine rainforest, we saw a wide range of exciting Amazonian wildlife including Capybara, Greater Yellow-headed Vulture, Great Black Hawk, Collared Plover, White-necked Heron and Side-necked Terrapin. We broke the journey in the mid-afternoon heat at the Chuncho clay lick and

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were treated to great views of Blue-and-yellow and Red-and-green Macaws, plus lots of nesting Russet-backed Oropendolas and an interesting range of small birds. Back on the river we finished the boat journey with good sightings of Orinoco Geese, Black Caracara, Razor-billed Curassow and a superb Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle. We arrived at the Tambopata Research Centre (TRC) at the end of the afternoon in good time to settle in before dark.

Day 5 Tuesday 15th September

We started the day at the Colpa where we were treated to the glorious spectacle of hundreds of noisy and colourful parrots and macaws assembling to eat clay. Undoubted stars were the big macaws, and we had superb views of Blue-and-yellow, Red-and-green and Scarlet Macaws. Additionally there were dozens of the smaller Chestnut-Fronted and Red-bellied Macaws and good numbers of Mealy, Yellow-crowned and Blue-headed Parrots. Several White-bellied and a few Orange-cheeked Parrots also turned up, and other notable sightings on this superb morning included Blue-throated Piping Guan, Lineated Woodpecker, Emerald Toucanet, Violaceous Jay, Gilded Barbet and Bare-necked Fruitcrow.

Back at the lodge over breakfast the excitement continued with sightings of White-throated Toucan, Long-tailed Hermit and several graceful Plumbeous Kites. The rest of the day either side of lunch and a siesta was spent out on the trails exploring the forest. Highlights included good views of Red Howler and Black Spider Monkeys, Saddleback Tamarins and a noisy, smelly herd of 50+ White-lipped Peccaries. An exciting range of birds included roosting Long-tailed Potoo, male Red-capped Manakin, Blue-crowned Motmot, both Black-tailed and Blue-crowned Trogons, a pair of White-browed Antbirds and two Black-spotted Bare-eyes.

Day 6 Wednesday 16th September

Back at the Colpa at dawn we enjoyed another sensational parrot and macaw extravaganza until a Black-and- white Hawk-Eagle appeared and spooked them, and they all rose up in a whirling, shrieking cloud of form and colour and dispersed away into the forest. The supporting cast today included Grey-necked Wood-Rail, Red- capped Cardinal and singing Yellow-browed Sparrow.

Breakfast action back at the lodge involved a mixed troop of Brown Capuchins and Squirrel Monkeys making their way around the clearing, and nice views of an impressive Spix’s Guan. Highlights out on the trails included more Howlers and Spider Monkeys, a Sunbittern, some Ivory-billed Aracaris, a stunning little Rufous-capped Antthrush and a handsome Green Amoeva.

Day 7 Thursday 17th September

We left TRC after an early breakfast and made our way down to the river in the pre-dawn with a wonderful background soundscape of Dusky-Titi, Howler Monkeys, Blue-crowned Motmot, Tawny-bellied Screech Owl, Buff-throated Woodcreeper and Buckley’s Forest Falcon. The journey back downstream to Infierno in the early morning was also very enjoyable and bought us repeated sightings of most of the wildlife that we had seen on the way up plus a few new things including Grey-headed Kite, Pied Lapwing, a flock of White-eyed Parakeets, Channel-billed Toucan, some Chestnut-eared Aracaris and a few Swallow-wings.

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From Infierno we transferred by bus to Puerto Maldonado and the airport, and in the early afternoon we touched down in breathless, lofty Cusco. Meeting up with our local guide we transferred to our hotel, took a short break and then set out on an informative tour of parts of this ancient and fascinating city.

Day 8 Friday 18th September

After breakfast we set off to picturesque Huacarpay Lake, an hour or so to the south of Cusco. Shallow and marshy, surrounded by grassland and scrubby hills, and with a backdrop of spectacular mountains, Huacarpay is a rich place to explore. In a short space of time we saw a wide range of wetland birds including White-tufted Grebe, Speckled and Puna Teals, Yellow-billed Pintail, Andean Ruddy Duck, Andean Coot and Wilson’s Phalarope. Plumbeous Rail, Wren-like Rushbird and dazzling Many-coloured Rush-Tyrants skulked in the rushes, Puna Ibis waded in the shallows, Andean Lapwing strutted around on the fringing grassland, and handsome Andean Gulls passed low over our heads. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Puna Hawk and Mountain Caracara added raptor interest, and smaller birds included Bare-faced Ground Dove, Giant Hummingbird, Andean Flicker, Streak-fronted Thornbird, White-browed Chat-Tyrant, Blue-and-yellow Tanager and Yellow- winged Blackbird.

From Huarcarpay we drove along the Sacred Valley to Pisac. Here we explored the remarkable Inca ruins and added Bearded Mountaineer, Rusty-fronted Canastero, Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant, Peruvian Sierra-Finch and Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch to the bird list before returning towards Cusco. We finished the afternoon with a visit to the fortress of Sacsayhuaman and arrived back at the hotel in good time to prepare for our time on the Inca Trail.

Day 9 Saturday 19th September

After breakfast we boarded our bus and headed out of Cusco and across the high altitude Chinchero plateau. We stopped for an hour or so at Piuray Lake where we enjoyed a short stroll and a nice range of birds. Among the highlights were two pairs of Andean Geese, three Burrowing Owls, a couple of Short-billed Pipits, and out on the lake itself an amazing 175 Wilson’s Phalaropes spinning and pirouetting in classic fashion on the mirror calm surface.

Continuing on, we dropped down into the Sacred Valley, passed through Urubamba and continued to the small and bustling little town of Ollantaytambo where we had a chance to stock up with any last minute supplies before beginning the trail. A little further on, at Chilca, we came to the end of the road and found our porters waiting for us. After a little time adjusting loads we all set off.

Keeping close to the river, our route took us through a patchwork of farmsteads and dry rocky scrubland and past occasional small Inca ruins. Birds seen as we walked included Peregrine, Andean Swift, Giant Hummingbird, White-winged Black Tyrant, Black Phoebe, Rust-and-yellow Tanager and several superb Torrent Ducks. Towards the end of the afternoon, after a leisurely and enjoyable walk, we arrived at Coriwayrachina to find our tents already erected and the kettle on.

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Day 10 Sunday 20th September

Up at first light with a cup of tea, we were soon packed and breakfasted. We descended to the nearby checkpoint and bridge and then with formalities completed, we crossed the river and continued to the impressive Inca terraces at Llactapacta and then on up the beautiful Cusichaca Valley. The scenery, dominated by the mighty snow-capped peak of Veronica, was superb throughout, and a succession of good birds included a few American Kestrels, several Mitred Parakeets, two White-capped Dippers, some Black-backed Grosbeaks and a couple of distant Andean Condors.

We ate lunch in a pleasant streamside meadow, enjoyed the warm sun for a while and then continued on our way up through Huayllabamba village noting Giant Hummingbird, Sparkling Violetear, Creamy-crested Spinetail and Golden-billed Saltator en route. Above the village we saw a handsome Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant, some Brown-bellied Swallows and our first Great Thrushes. By our campsite in the last stretch of the afternoon we found a couple of Andean Tinamous and enjoyed a flypast by a flock of 25 or so Andean Parakeets – a great way to end the day.

Day 11 Monday 21st September

Up and away again shortly after first light, the trail took us steadily upwards through some lovely patches of cloud forest and we enjoyed some rewarding birding as we walked. Hummingbirds were much in evidence and during the morning we saw several species including White-tufted Sunbeam, Great Sapphirewing, Violet- throated Starfrontlet and Tyrian Metaltail. Other notable sightings included Citrine Warbler, Spectacled Whitestart, White-banded Tyrannulet, Black-throated Flowerpiercer and several engaging Creamy-crested Spinetails.

We stopped for lunch at Llulluchapampa, right at the tree-line where we saw a neat little Blue-mantled Thornbill, and then walked up through the open, boulder-strewn meadows above. In this new habitat we found new birds including Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Bar-winged Cinclodes, Line-fronted Canastero and Rufous-naped Ground- Tyrant. From the meadows we began the long, hard climb to the top of the infamous Dead Woman’s Pass, the toughest stretch of the trail and the highest point at 4,200 metres. A surprise Ashy-breasted Tit-Tyrant in the trail-side scrub was a real bonus, but people mostly had their heads down for the climb. Everyone managed admirably and it was a satisfied crew that rested at the top and admired the views before beginning the descent to the campsite at Pacamayo. The trail wound steeply down through some fine paramo scrubland where notable birds included a flock of 30 Andean Parakeets busy feeding in a fruiting shrub, a pair of duetting Sedge Wrens and a colourful and confiding Sapphire-vented Puffleg.

Day 12 Tuesday 22nd September

We woke to a lovely dawn with snow-capped peaks poking up through layers of cloud, and a number of exciting birds in the surrounding scrub. Top of the bill were a pair of Red-crested Cotingas with a fledged youngster, a Marcapata Spinetail and a superb Rufous Antpitta. We were soon breakfasted, packed up and ready to go. From Pacamayo the path climbed steeply past the dramatically positioned ruins of Runcu Raccay and on to the second pass. We paused regularly as we walked to catch our breath, admire the spectacular views and enjoy a range of birds that included Mountain Caracara, Great Sapphirewing, Tit-like Dacnis, and three species of Flowerpiercers.

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From the pass we descended to the ruins of Sayacamarca and on through a beautiful patch of cloud forest to our lunch stop in the tussock grass clearing at Chaquicocha. Birds on this stretch included Scaled Metaltail, Mountain Wren, Golden-collared Tanager and Black-capped Hemispingus.

After lunch we walked on along an impressive section of original Inca paving through yet more wonderful scenery and habitat. We noted Puna Hawk, some Mitred Parakeets, Tufted Tit-Tyrant and Brown-backed Chat- Tyrant along the way and arrived at our spectacularly positioned ridge-top campsite at Phuyupatamarca in good time for tea.

Day 13 Wednesday 23rd September

We woke just before dawn and with breakfast completed we said goodbye and thank-you to our team of porters and negotiated the steep steps down to the ruins of Phuyupatamarca. There were few signs of life at first in the early morning cold but the trail continued to descend steeply and as the morning warmed up so we encountered an exciting range of birds. Among the highlights were a trio of White-collared Jays, several Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanagers, a couple of Cusco Brush-Finches, a group of furtive Yellow-billed Caciques and a stunning Crimson-Mantled Woodpecker.

We reached Trekker’s Lodge in the late morning and before eating our lunch we took a brief look at the nearby ruins of Winay Wayna where we had some good views of a flock of Chestnut-collared Swifts.

In the early afternoon we set off on the last leg; forest all the way with spectacular views down into the Urubamba valley. A Hooded Tinamou and a few other small birds delayed us for a while but we were on a mission now. Soon enough we made the last little climb up to the Sun Gate and there below us lay the wonderful sight of Machu Picchu. We all paused to enjoy the moment then, tired but elated, we strolled on down into the city itself. A pair of trial-side Inca Wrens kept the birding interest going before we finally arrived and Jose Manuel led us on a tour of this fabulous and inspiring place. At the end of the afternoon, as the shadows lengthened, we caught the last bus down into Aguas Calientes and checked into our luxurious hotel.

Day 14 Thursday 24th September

A full morning at Aguas Calientes gave us all plenty of time to relax after the rigours of the trail. We divided our time between exploring the town and its various markets and strolling around the bird-rich forested grounds of the hotel. Hummingbirds were much in evidence as usual and we enjoyed great views of Green-and-white Hummingbird, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Gould’s Inca, Sparkling Violetear, Violet-throated Starfrontlet and White-bellied Woodstar. A wide range of other birds during this excellent morning include Andean Guan, Speckle-faced Parrot, Dusky-Green Oropendola, Streaked Xenops, Barred Becard, Grey-breasted Wood-Wren, Blue-necked Tanager and, for a lucky few, a stunning male Cock-of-the-Rock.

After lunch we caught the train back towards Cusco. The journey along the Urubamba valley was as spectacular as we had anticipated and was further enlivened by good numbers of Torrent Ducks and a couple of White- capped Dippers. We transferred from the train to a bus at Poroy and arrived back in Cusco in the early evening.

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Day 15 Friday 25th September

A mid-morning flight took us back over the Andes and down to Lima. We were efficiently met by our local guide for the day and whisked off for lunch and then a tour of the excellent National Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Pueblo Libre. In the late afternoon we headed back to the airport and checked in for our flights back to the UK. Everything went smoothly and we all arrived back home safely and on time.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Carlos, Uriel, Paul, Jose Manuel and all our various drivers, porters, cooks, fixers and other guides who all worked very hard to ensure that we had an enjoyable time. Thanks also to all the members of the group who each in their own unique way helped to make this a memorable trip!

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Species Lists

Mammals: (C = coast; J = jungle; H = highlands) Southern Sea-Lion C Saddleback Tamarin J Dusky Titi Monkey J Squirrel Monkey J Brown Capuchin Monkey J Red Howler Monkey J Peruvian Black Spider Monkey J Capybara J Southern Amazon Red Squirrel J Brown Agouti J Giant River Otter J White-lipped Peccary J White-tailed Deer H

Birds (= recorded but not counted; H = heard only)

Lima and the Coast (12th & 25th September) Cinnamon Teal Pied-billed Grebe Great Grebe Humboldt Penguin White-vented Storm-Petrel Peruvian Pelican Peruvian Booby Neotropic Cormorant Guanay Cormorant Red-legged Cormorant Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Great Egret Little Blue Heron Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Striated Heron Least Bittern Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Virginia Rail h Common Moorhen Andean Coot Blackish Oystercatcher American Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt Peruvian Thick-knee Killdeer Hudsonian Whimbrel Spotted Sandpiper Sanderling Ruddy Turnstone Surfbird Band-tailed Gull Kelp Gull Grey-headed Gull Grey Gull South American Tern Inca Tern Feral Pigeon Eared Dove Pacific Dove Croaking Ground-Dove Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Groove-billed Ani Burrowing Owl Amazilia Hummingbird Surf Cinclodes Wren-like Rushbird Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant Vermilion Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Blue-and-white Swallow House Wren Long-tailed Mockingbird Bananaquit Blue-grey Tanager Rufous-collared Sparrow Peruvian Meadowlark

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Scrub Blackbird Shiny Cowbird

Madre de Dios and the Tambopata (13th to 17th September) Great Tinamou Grey Tinamou h Undulated Tinamou h Horned Screamer h Orinoco Goose Speckled Chachalaca Spix’s Guan Blue-throated Piping-Guan Razor-billed Curassow Starred Woodquail h Neotropic Cormorant Anhinga Capped Heron Cocoi Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Cattle Egret Striated Heron Rufescent Tiger-Heron Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Greater Yellow-headed Vulture King Vulture Grey-headed Kite Swallow-tailed Kite Plumbeous Kite Slate-coloured Hawk Great Black Hawk Grey Hawk Roadside Hawk Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Black Caracara Red-throated Caracara h Buckley’s Forest-Falcon h Bat Falcon Grey-necked Wood-Rail Grey-breasted Crake h Sungrebe Sunbittern Wattled Jacana Collared Plover Pied Lapwing Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Yellow-billed Tern Pale-vented Pigeon Plumbeous Pigeon h Ruddy Ground-Dove White-tipped Dove Blue-and-yellow Macaw Red-and-green Macaw Scarlet Macaw Chestnut-fronted Macaw Red-bellied Macaw White-eyed Parakeet Dusky-headed Parakeet Cobalt-winged Parakeet White-bellied Parrot Orange-cheeked Parrot Blue-headed Parrot Yellow-crowned Parrot Mealy Parrot Hoatzin Squirrel Cuckoo Greater Ani Smooth-billed Ani Tropical Screech-Owl h Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl h Amazonian Pygmy-Owl h Great Potoo h Long-tailed Potoo Sand-coloured Nighthawk White-collared Swift Grey-rumped Swift Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Rufous-breasted Hermit Long-tailed Hermit Fork-tailed Woodnymph White-chinned Sapphire Black-eared Fairy Black-tailed Trogon Blue-crowned Trogon

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Ringed Kingfisher Amazon Kingfisher Blue-crowned Motmot Rufous Motmot Broad-billed Motmot h Bluish-fronted Jacamar Chestnut-capped Puffbird Striolated Puffbird Black-fronted Nunbird White-fronted Nunbird Swallow-wing Gilded Barbet Emerald Toucanet Ivory-billed Aracari Chestnut-eared Aracari White-throated Toucan Channel-billed Toucan Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Lineated Woodpecker Crimson-crested Woodpecker Olivaceous Woodcreeper h Elegant Woodcreeper Buff-throated Woodcreeper Pale-legged Hornero Dark-breasted Spinetail Plain-crowned Spinetail Great Antshrike h Barred Antshrike h Long-winged Antwren White-browed Antbird Goeldi’s Antbird h Black-spotted Bare-Eye Rufous-capped Antthrush Black-faced Antthrush Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Small-billed Elaenia Mottle-backed Elaenia Vermilion Flycatcher Drab Water-Tyrant Short-crested Flycatcher Tropical Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Boat-billed Flycatcher Streaked Flycatcher Social Flycatcher Grey-capped Flycatcher Piratic Flycatcher Lesser Kiskadee Great Kiskadee Masked Tityra Screaming Piha h Bare-necked Fruitcrow Band-tailed Manakin Red-capped Manakin Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Purplish Jay Violaceous Jay White-winged Swallow Grey-breasted Martin White-banded Swallow Southern Rough-winged Swallow Thrush-like Wren Musician Wren h Lawrence’s Thrush h Magpie Tanager Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Silver-beaked Tanager Blue-grey Tanager Palm Tanager Green-and-gold Tanager Rufous-bellied Euphonia Yellow-browed Sparrow Red-capped Cardinal Double-collared Seedeater Buff-throated Saltator Crested Oropendola Russet-backed Oropendola Olive Oropendola Yellow-rumped Cacique Giant Cowbird

Cusco, the highlands and the Inca Trail (18th to 24th September) Hooded Tinamou Andean Tinamou Andean Goose Torrent Duck

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Speckled Teal Yellow-billed Pintail Puna Teal Cinnamon Teal Andean Duck Crested Duck Andean Guan Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail White-tufted Grebe Neotropic Cormorant Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron Puna Ibis Andean Condor Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Puna Hawk Mountain Caracara American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Plumbeous Rail Common Moorhen Andean Coot Black-necked Stilt Andean Lapwing Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope Andean Gull Spot-winged Pigeon Band-tailed Pigeon Eared Dove Bare-faced Ground-Dove White-tipped Dove h White-throated Quail-Dove Mitred Parakeet Andean Parakeet Speckle-faced Parrot Great Horned Owl h Andean Pygmy Owl h Burrowing Owl Chestnut-collared Swift White-collared Swift Andean Swift Green Violetear h Sparkling Violetear Green-and-white Hummingbird Speckled Hummingbird Chestnut-breasted Coronet Shining Sunbeam White-tufted Sunbeam Collared Inca Violet-throated Starfrontlet Great Sapphirewing Giant Hummingbird Amethyst-throated Sunangel Sapphire-vented Puffleg Black-tailed Trainbearer Green-tailed Trainbearer Bearded Mountaineer Tyrian Metaltail Scaled Metaltail Blue-mantled Thornbill White-bellied Woodstar Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Andean Flicker Bar-winged Cinclodes White-winged Cinclodes Creamy-crested Spinetail Marcapata Spinetail Streak-fronted Thornbird Rusty-fronted Canastero Line-fronted Canastero Wren-like Rushbird Streaked Xenops Undulated Antpitta h Rufous Antpitta Trilling Tapaculo h Vilcabamba Tapaculo h Streak-necked Flycatcher Common Tody-Flycatcher Sclater’s Tyrannulet Highland Elaenia Sierran Elaenia White-banded Tyrannulet Torrent Tyrannulet Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Tufted Tit-Tyrant

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Ashy-breasted Tit-Tyrant Black Phoebe D’Orbigny’s Chat-Tyrant Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant White-browed Chat-Tyrant Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant Cinereous Ground-Tyrant White-winged Black-Tyrant Tropical Kingbird Golden-crowned Flycatcher Barred Becard Red-crested Cotinga Andean Cock-of-the-rock Red-eyed Vireo White-collared Jay Brown-bellied Swallow Blue-and-white Swallow Inca Wren House Wren Mountain Wren Sedge Wren Grey-breasted Wood-Wren White-capped Dipper White-eared Solitaire h Chiguanco Thrush Great Thrush Short-billed Pipit Black-capped Hemispingus Rust-and-yellow Tanager Blue-grey Tanager Blue-capped Tanager Blue-and-yellow Tanager Palm Tanager Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Golden-collared Tanager Fawn-breasted Tanager Saffron-crowned Tanager Blue-necked Tanager Blue-and-black Tanager Thick-billed Euphonia Blue Dacnis Tit-like Dacnis Plushcap Moustached Flowerpiercer Black-throated Flowerpiercer Masked Flowerpiercer Rufous-collared Sparrow Slaty-Brush-Finch Peruvian Sierra-Finch Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Ash-breasted Sierra-finch Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch Yellow-bellied Seedeater Band-tailed Seedeater Plain-coloured Seedeater Black-backed Grosbeak Golden-billed Saltator Tropical Parula Slate-throated Redstart Spectacled Redstart Citrine Warbler Russet-crowned Warbler Cinereous Conebill Dusky-green Oropendola Yellow-billed Cacique Yellow-winged Blackbird Hooded Siskin

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Amphibians and Reptiles:

Tambopata (13th to 17th September) Cane Toad Crested Toad Spectacled Caiman Black Caiman Yellow-spotted Side-necked Terrapin Tegu Amazonian Racerunner Amazonian Treerunner Collared Treerunner Amazonian Whiptail Green Amoeva

Long-tailed Potoo