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AMAZON RIVER CRUISE: MACHU PICCHU EXTENSION MARCH 2–9, 2019 Giant Hummingbird LEADER: JOSE LUIS AVENDAÑO MEDINA LIST COMPILED BY: JOSE LUIS AVENDAÑO MEDINA VICTOR EMANUEL NATURE TOURS, INC. 2525 WALLINGWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 1003 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78746 WWW.VENTBIRD.COM MACHU PICCHU EXTENSION MARCH 2–9, 2019 By Jose Luis Avendaño Medina DAY ONE: Our first birding location was Laguna Huacarpay, where we saw coots, gallinules, elaenias, ibis, gulls, and hummers, etc. Some of the highlights were Giant Hummingbird, Bearded Mountaineer (endemic), and Great Horned Owl. After a nice field lunch, we drove to Yucay to spend a couple of nights there. DAY TWO: After breakfast we went to Malaga Pass, stopping in places to search for White-tufted Sunbeam (endemic), Great Sapphirewing, and Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager. When we reached an elevation of over 14,000 feet, we found Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant, Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, and Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch. The weather was good, and we moved to the humid side of the pass to get more birds: Spectacled Redstart, Sword-billed Hummingbird, metaltails, Barred Fruiteater, and tyrannulets. As we were going back, some of the group saw one of the biggest eagles of the cloud forest, the Black-and-chestnut Eagle, soaring. Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager DAY THREE: We moved to Ollantaytambo to catch our train for Aguas Calientes (cloud forest). Later, after lunch, we visited the highlight of the trip, Machu Picchu. Again we had great weather as we walked along this wonderful place, talking about history and birding. Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 2 Machu Picchu Extension, 2019 Before boarding our bus to go back to the hotel, we were lucky to see the endemic Inca Wren (restricted to that altitude, and specializing in bamboo). Inca Wren DAY FOUR: Today our focus was on finding birds around the hotel. Some species were cooperative, like Ocellated Piculet, Blue-necked Tanager, Andean Motmot, Beryl-spangled Tanager, Collared Inca (Gould’s Inca), Saffron-crowned Tanager, and Thick-billed Euphonia. We did not see the Andean Cock-of-the-rock because they were too far from the property, but we got some cloud forest species. Machu Picchu Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 3 Machu Picchu Extension, 2019 DAY FIVE: We went back to Ollantaytambo and stopped for lunch near Piuray Lagoon (Andean lagoon near Chincheros). In the lagoon we saw Andean Flicker, Peruvian Sierra-Finch, ibis, gulls, teals, pintails, and White-tufted Grebe. However, one of the main reasons to stop here is to see the Silvery Grebe—and we saw it! (This is one of the main target species of the Andes.) Piuray Lagoon near Chincheros town DAY SIX: Another day with a great weather. We visited the famous Inca temple, Koricancha, and later we visited the main food market in Cusco-San Pedro. Then we had a nice lunch near the main square. Everyone returned to Lima in the afternoon. I hope they took with them some good memories of Cusco and Peru. BIRDS: COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME 3 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th th Tinamous Tinamidae Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus Taczanowski's Tinamou (E) Nothoprocta taczanowskii Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii Ducks, Geese & Waterfowl Anatidae Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides Torrent Duck Merganetta armata Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera x x Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 4 Machu Picchu Extension, 2019 Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica x x Puna Teal Anas puna x x Andean Teal Anas andium Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal Anas flavirostris x x Ruddy (Andean) Duck Oxyura jamaicensis x x ferruginea Guans, Chachalacas & Cracidae Curassows Andean Guan Penelope montagnii Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii Speckled Chachalaca New World Quail Odontophoridae Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus Stripe-faced Wood-Quail Odontophorus balliviani H Grebes Podicipedidae White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland x Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis x Cormorants & Shags Phalacrocoracidae Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus x x Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum x Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea (Egretta) alba x Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Striated Heron Butorides striata Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Ibises & Spoonbills Threskiornithidae Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi x x Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis New World Vultures Cathartidae Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Andean Condor Vultur gryphus Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori X Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus Semicollared Hawk Accipiter collaris Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus (Plain-breasted Hawk) (Accipiter (s.) ventralis) Solitary Eagle Buteoallus solitarius Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris x White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma (Puna Hawk) (Geranoaetus poecilochrous) Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 5 Machu Picchu Extension, 2019 Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata x x Slate-colored Coot Fulica ardesiaca x x Stilts & Avocets Recurvirostridae Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens x x Puna Plover Charadrius alticola Seedsnipes Thinocoridae Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi Gray-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius x Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca X Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Puna Snipe Gallinago andina Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni Imperial Snipe Gallinago imperialis Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus x X x Pigeons & Doves Columbidae Rock Pigeon (I) Columba livia x X x x Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa x x x Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura Bare-faced Ground-Dove Metriopelia ceciliae x x Black-winged Ground-Dove Metriopelia melanoptera White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi x White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata x Cuckoos Cuculidae Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Barn-Owls Tytonidae Barn Owl Tyto alba Owls Strigidae Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba White-throated Screech-Owl Megascops albogularis Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (Magellanic Horned Owl) (Bubo (v.) magellanicus) Pacific Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 6 Machu Picchu Extension, 2019 Yungas Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium bolivianum Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsis Nightjars & Allies Caprimulgidae Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra Oilbird Steatornithidae Oilbird Steatornis caripensis Swifts Apodidae Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus X Hummingbirds Trochilidae Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini Green Hermit Phaethornis guy Lesser Violetear Colibri thalassinus X x Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans x x Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis X Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii x Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna x Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps Olivaceous Thornbill Chalcostigma olivaceum Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi Bearded Mountaineer (E) Oreonympha nobilis x Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina x Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda Buff-thighed Puffleg Haplophaedia assimilis Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani (Coppery-naped Puffleg) (E) (Eriocnemis l. sapphiropygia) Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis White-tufted Sunbeam (E) Aglaeactis castelnaudii X Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena x Collared (Gould's) Inca Coeligena torquata inca x Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer X Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera x Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus X Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii x Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas x White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 7 Machu Picchu Extension, 2019 White-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia chionogaster X x Green-and-white Hummingbird (E) Amazilia viridicauda X x Trogons Trogonidae Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus Masked Trogon Trogon personatus Motmots Momotidae Andean (Highland) Motmot Momotus aequatorialis Puffbirds Bucconidae Black-streaked Puffbird
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    References added since publication of 2007 CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses Abadie, K. B., J. Pérez Z., and M. Valverde. 2006. Primer reporte de colonias del Martín Peruano Progne murphyi. Cotinga 24:99-101. Ackerman, J. T., J. Y. Takekawa, J. D. Bluso, J. L. Yee, and C. A. Eagles-Smith. 2008. Gender identification of Caspian Terns using external morphology and discriminant function analysis. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:378-383. Alarcos, S., C. de la Cruz, E. Solís, J. Valencia, and M. J. García-Baquero. 2007. Sex determination of Iberian Azure-winged Magpies Cyanopica cyanus cooki by discriminant analysis of external measurements. Ringing & Migration 23:211-216. Albayrak, T., A. Besnard, and A. Erdoğan. 2011. Morphometric variation and population relationships of Krüeper’s Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi) in Turkey. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123:734-740. Aleixo, A., C. E. B. Portes, A. Whittaker, J. D. Weckstein, L. Pedreira Gonzaga, K. J. Zimmer, C. C. Ribas, and J. M. Bates. 2013. Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Curve-billed Scythebill complex (Campylorhamphus procurvoides: Dendrocolaptidae), with description of a new species from western Amazonian Brazil. Pp. 253-257, In: del Hoyo, J., A Elliott, J. Sargatal, and D.A. Christie (eds). Handbook of the birds of the world. Special volume: new species and global index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. Volume 1. Alfano, A. 2014. Pygmy Nightjar (Nyctopolus hirundinaeus). Neotropical Birds Online (T.S. Schulenberg, ed.). Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. Alvarenga, H. M. F., E. Höfling, and L. F. Silveira. 2002. Notharchus swainsoni (Gray, 1846) é uma espécie válida.
  • Threatened Birds of the Americas

    Threatened Birds of the Americas

    TANAGER-FINCH Oreothraupis arremonops V/R10 This cloud-forest undergrowth species has a poorly known and patchy distribution in the West Andes of Colombia and in north-western Ecuador, with few recent records. However, large tracts of apparently suitable habitat remain in protected areas, the reason for its apparent rarity being essentially unknown. DISTRIBUTION The Tanager-finch (see Remarks 1) is known from just a few apparently disjunct areas on the West Andes in Antioquia, Valle, Cauca and Nariño departments, Colombia, and also from Imbabura and Pichincha provinces, north-western Ecuador, where localities (coordinates from Paynter and Traylor 1977, 1981) are as follows: Colombia (Antioquia) Hacienda Potreros (c.6°39’N 76°09’W; on the western slope of the West Andes, south-west of Frontino), where a male (in USNM) was taken at 1,980 m in June 1950 (also Carriker 1959); (Valle) in the region of Alto Anchicayá (c.3°37’N 76°53’W), where the species has fairly recently been recorded (Orejuela 1983); (Cauca) in the vicinity of Cerro Munchique (2°32’N 76°57’W), where the bird is regularly found on the western slope (Hilty and Brown 1986), specific localities including: La Costa (untraced, but c.10 km north of Cerro Munchique), where a female (in ANSP) was taken at 1,830 m in March 1938 (also Meyer de Schauensee 1948-1952), Cocal (2°31’N 77°00’W; north-west of Cerro Munchique), where two specimens were collected at 1,830 m (Chapman 1917a), El Tambo (2°25’N 76°49’W; on the east slope of the West Andes), whence come specimens taken at 1,370
  • Bolivia Lowlands and Highlands

    Bolivia Lowlands and Highlands

    BOLIVIA LOWLANDS AND HIGHLANDS PARTICIPANTS: Sally Weiner, Sharon Lynn, Alice Deutsch, Builder Levy, Keelin Mary Miller and Neal Bruce Miller. Tour Leader: Lelis Navarrete 17 December – 31 December /2010. Red-tailed Comet By Lelis Navarrete Dec 17. The group arrived to Viru Viru airport (8:50 AM) and after a quick breakfast at the terminal building. We had a partially successful visit to the habitats near the airport and PM visit to the Lomas de Arena Regional Park. Some of the best birds of the day included Red- winged Tinamou, Peach-fronted Parakeet, Chotoy Spinetail and Rufous-rumped Seedeater, Dec 18. Early morning visit to Santa Cruz Botanical Gardens. We had some troubles trying to organize the visit the previous days for nobody was answering the gardens office phone. We arrive at the gardens and no guard was in sight. We open the gate ourselves and enter to bird, closing the gate behind us. The staff working at the gardens knows about our birding activities and they had no troubles with us getting in early hours, even before the gardens open, for we always pay our fee in our way out. In the afternoon we drove from Santa Cruz to Refugio Los Volcanes. Once in Refugio Los Volcanes we were able to do some birding before the sunset. Some of the highlights for the day were Planalto Hermit, White-wedged Piculet, Gray-throated Leaftosser, Plain-crowned Spinetail , Black-banded Woodcreeper, Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike, Black-capped Antwren, Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Fuscous Flycatcher, Rufous Casiornis, Hooded Tanager, Red-crested Cardinal , Black-goggled Tanager and Dusky-green Oropendola.