Southeast Peru 15 oct - 5 nov 2005

Manu, Manu road, Abra Malaga, Machu Picchu Also including Pelagic, Lomas de Lachay, Santa Eulalia Valley and Marcopomacochas

www.kolibriexpeditions.com – [email protected] General

This trip was organized by Kolibri Expeditions. It turned out to be a very good trip almost without any hazzles and with a lot of birds seen. No less than 754 species were recorded during the trip!

All of the participants were first-timers in South America and for most of them, this was probably a once-in-a- lifetime trip to the continent. We designed the trip to see as many different families and habitats as well as spe- cies, as possible. Add to this the ruins at Machu Picchu. It was also a request for short travelling distances. Time spent in vehicles and boats are, however, pretty inevitable in Peru.

At the high altitude sites, Abra Malaga and Ticlio, some in the group suffered from altitude sickness and were given oxygen.

The wheather was generally good with some rain the first days.

Leader - Roger Ahlman/Kolibri Expeditions ([email protected])

Co-leaders - Gunnar Engblom on the Pelagic, Saturnino at Abra Malaga, Walter Mancilla and Alex Duran at Manu and Antonio at Puerto Maldonado

Participants - Ulf Karlsson, Anders Lundkvist, Mårten Ajne, Fredrik Forsberg, Staffan Brunborg, Gunnar Granström, Ola Jörnstedt, Jesper Danielsson, Bo Holst, Jan Ohlsson, Erik Nordberg and Håkan Carlestam

All photos by Fredrik Forsberg© ([email protected])

Overview of the itinerary

16 oct - Pelagic off Lima 17 oct - Travel from Lima to Cusco, birding at lake Huacarpay then to Ollantaytambo and by train to Aguas Calientes 18 oct - Birding at Machu Picchu, afternoon train back to Ollantaytambo 19 oct - All day Abra Malaga 20 oct - All day Abra Malaga, in the afternoon back to Cusco 21 oct - Travel to upper Manu road and ACCA 22 oct - ACCA to Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23 oct - All day around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24 oct - Birding at Quita Calzones bridge then to Amazonía lodge 25 oct - Amazonía lodge in the morning then to Pantiacolla lodge for afternoon birding 26 oct - Pantiacolla lodge in the morning then travel to Boca Manu 27 oct - Birding around Boca Manu in the morning then travel to Manu Camping lodge 28 oct - Half of the group in the Canopy tower, the other half at the Clay-lick. Afternoon at Cocha Blanco 29 oct - Same as yesterday but afternoon at Manu Camping lodge 30 oct - Morning at Illachoque for Crested eagle. Afternoon at Manu Camping lodge 31 oct - All day at Manu Camping lodge 1 nov - All day traveling to Puerto Maldonado 2 nov - Morning birding around Puerto Maldonado. Flight to Lima and afternoon birding at Ventanilla 3 nov - All day at Lomas de Lachay and Paraiso lagoon 4 nov - All day at Ticlio bog and Marcopomacochas 5 nov - Santa Eulalia valley until lunch then back to Lima and the airport for the flight back to Sweden Itinerary

16 oct - Early start for the pelagic off Lima. The sea was unusually rough today and some got seasick. Those that kept their eyes open were rewarded with Waved albatrosses, stormpetrels and all three smaller skuas etc.

17 oct - Departure at 3.30 am from hostal Las Artes to the airport and the 5.40 flight to Cusco. A bus was waiting for us and we sat of to lake Huacarpay. One of the first birds seen was the endemic Bearded mountianeer and we also heard Rusty-fronted canastero. Wetland birds and others were all new to the group. We walked up a little side valley and got brief views of Streak-fronted thornbird and good views of Plumbeous rails. We had to leave rather early for Ollantaytambo with a lunch break in Urubamba. Our train to Aguas Clientes left at 15.00 and we checked in at our hotel Imasuma. It was still light so we walked up to the hot springs and had good views of Gould´s inca while we waited for dusk. At 18.10 a male Lyre-tailed nightjar came flying over our heads to the delight of every- one. We ended the day with Lomo saltado, a typical Peruvian dish.

18 oct - At dawn we walked down to the busses that took us up to the ruins of Machu Picchu. Unfortunately it was a dense fog today and we didn´t get the classic view of the ruins. It cleared up a bit as we walked around the ruins before it started to rain. By 9 am the rain eased and we took a bus down the road and started birding as the wheather improved. A pair of Condors put in a nice show and the mood was high. During the walk back to Aguas Calientes we also picked up Masked fruiteater, Sclater´s tyrannulet, Pale-legged warbler and Highland mot- mot among others. In the afternoon we boarded the train back to Ollantaytambo and had an early evening.

19 oct - 4 am departure for the wet side of Abra Malaga. We White-tufted Grebe had the misfortune to understand why it is called the wet side. A light drizzle throughout day made birding uncomfortable but we picked up goodies like Cusco brush-finch, Scaled metaltail, Sword-billed hummingbird, Pale-footed swallow and Plushcap. We decided not to try for the bigger polylepis today but instead tried a smaller patch closer to the road. This paid off with Ash-breasted tit-tyrant and Tawny tit-spinetail while two in the group had brief views of a possible Royal cinclodes. A stop on the way back on the dry side (which wasn´t dry today) gave us Chestnut- breasted mountain-finch and White-tufted sunbeam, two Peruvian endemics.

20 oct - Another try for the wet side started with an absent bus driver! After scouting around at the plaza we found an available driver with a minibus and we could be off only 45 minutes late. A landslide blocked the road on the wet side and we had little options but birding there, which paid off with a good flock containing Marcapata spinetail, Unstreaked tit-tyrant and Puna thistletail. The landslide was soon cleared and we could continue. Much the same birds as yesterday but better views of the Sword-billed hummer. By midday we went up to higher grounds and walked the bigger polylepis. We found several of the good birds like White-browed tit-spinetail, Ash-breasted tit-tyrant, Line-fronted canastero, Puna tapaculo, Thick-billed siskin and Tit-like dacnis. Some saw Streak-headed antpitta. In the afternoon we went to Cusco where Walter Mancilla was waiting for us at the Bu Hostal.

21 oct - We started early for the long drive to the start of the famous Manu road. Short after Paucartambo we made a breakfast stop and did some birding seeing Creamy-crested spinetail and some hummingbirds. During the afternoon we birded the upper temperate part of the road and taped in a Rufous antpitta that everyone got to see well to my surprise. We had a late lunch and checked in at ACCA biological station at about 3000m. The wheather improved and we birded around the station. Red-and-white antpitta was surprisingly easy to see and everyone got good looks. In the late afternoon we went down the road to a stake-out for Swallow-tailed nightjar, but before we got there we spotted one from the car and went out. Three males and a female put in a spectacular show just metres from our heads.

22 oct - After breakfast we birded along the road down from the station until the cars came and took us down to the tunnels from where we walked a few kilometres. It was a bit slow but we did see a pair of Barred fruiteaters. We drove down to Pillahuata and walked a few kilometres down from there picking up some flocks and we had very good views of Golden-headed quetzals. On the way down we spotted a Black-and-chestnut eagle from the car and also a Black-streaked puffbird and some Cocks-of-the-Rock. At the Cock-of-the-Rock lodge it was busy at the feeders and the group was puzzled by all the hummingbirds and others that moved around. 23 oct - Today we walked down the road from the lodge. At the first stream we enjoyed a Sunbittern and at the second stream was a Fasciated tiger-heron. Several Crimson-bellied woodpeckers flew across the road but only some got good looks. Same with an Umbrellabird and three Military macaws. Before lunch we walked the trail below the lodge but didn´t see much but we heard Yellow-rumped antwren. In the afternoon we walked above the lodge and hit a big and lingering flock and it became messy in the heads of the participants. Good thing included Golden-eared tanager and Golden-collared honeycreeper. In the late afternoon we enjoyed a good display of the Cocks-of-the-Rock just above the lodge.

24 oct - We started with driving down to the Quita Calzones bridge at about 1000 m. No less than five Amazonian umbrellabirds were seen well from the cars. As we got out of the cars by the bridge, there were birds around and during the next half hour we saw Lanceolated monklet, Golden-bellied warbler, Yellow-breasted antwren and Cin- namon-faced tyrannulets among others. Again a brief view of Military macaw. We drove down a bit and stopped in some open habitat near Patria. A new set of birds met us and we found Gray hawk, Barred antshrike and Yellow tyrannulet. Lunch at the dock at Atalaya and we boarded the boat that took us across the Alto Madre de Dios river a we birded our way to the Amazonía lodge. We found a Great potoo on it´s daytime roost. Some in the group got good looks at a Thrush-like antpitta without playback. Band-tailed manakins and some trogons etc ended a good day.

25 oct - Today we split up the group for the first time and we obviously saw different things. Along the trails at Amazonía we found Rufous-headed woodpecker, Tiny hawk and Rufous-capped puffbird among many other birds. By lunch we went a couple of hours downstream to Pantiacolla lodge and hit the trails in the afternoon. Rather slow but White-cheeked tody-flycatcher was among the better things as was the pair of Sulphury flycatchers at the lodge clearing.

Waved Albatross breeds on the Galapagos but is the most frequently seen albatross on the pelagics off Lima

26 oct - Morning birding along the Tinamou and Capybara trails produced Koepke´s hermit, Striolated puffbird, heard Pavonine cuckoo, Slender-billed xenops, displaying Round-tailed manakins, Ash-throated gnateater and a pair of White-crested spadebills as some of the highlights. In the afternoon we went with the boat down to Boca Manu. A heavy rainshower made the trip somewhat unplesant.

27 oct - During the morning we birded around the lake not far from the village. Horned screamer, Snail kite, Wood storks and others made it a nice morning. Around lunch we went further down river, which was now called Madre de Dios, to Manu Camping lodge, owned by Walter. In the afternoon we walked to a small lake and saw Sungrebe among more common birds. Here we found some fishermen that informed us about a nest of Harpy eagle nearby. I had no choise but to go there a few days later.

28 oct - Early start for the famous clay-lick near the Blanquillo lodge for half of the group and the canopy tower by the other half. The parrots put in a good performance with about 150 Red-and-green macaws and many others. The tower produced several cotingas like Plum-throated and Spangled and a female Purple-throated. Also a good selection of tanagers in a flock. Below the tower we hit an understorey flock that had some antwrens. When the two groups merged we had White-eyed tody-tyrant. In the afternoon we went to the Cocha Blanco and waited in the shelter for the temperature to cool down a bit. Purus jacamar and a very tame Rufescent tiger-heron kept us company. We boarded the raft and were pushed slowly around the lake until we found a family party of Giant ot- ters. Just before the shelter a Razor-billed currasow was seen well by everyone and we taped out a White-throated antbird.

29 oct - Same thing as yesterday but we swopped places. Neither the tower or the clay-lick was as good as yes- terday. Part of the parrot show was spoiled by a Great black-hawk that hung around there all morning. Just the macaws dared to come down. The tower didn´t produce any flocks. In the afternoon we walked to the bamboo at the lodge and saw some birds like Flammulated bamboo-tyrant and Ruddy-tailed flycatcher.

30 oct - We started with a boatride up the river for about an hour to some houses and employed a local that took us to the ‘Harpy’ nest. Once there an eagle was in the tree but it was a Crested eagle. Not that it matter so much, both are impressive and rare. The bird flew off before everyone got to see it and we walked away for a while hoping that it would come back which it did after about an hour. I tried to get a different angle on the bird and was surprised to find that I was looking at an adult Ornate hawk-eagle in the same tree! That bird flew off before the others got on to it. On the way back we enjoyed good scope-views of a Great jacamar and some got to see Fiery-capped manakin. In the afternoon we birded the trails around Manu Camping lodge. For those that did the Tapir trail it was highly successful with birds like Black tinamou seen! Brazilian and White-throated tinamou heard. Purplish jacamar and Rufous-tailed xenops were others of many highlights.

Ringed Storm-petrel. The Lima pelagic is probably White-vented Storm-petrel seen in hundreds while the best place to see this species chumming 31 oct - A heavy rain during the night spoiled the mammal clay-lick for those that went there and the rain lingered into the morning. When it eased we walked the trails and found Semicollared puffbirds including a pair at a nest. Other goodies included Pavonine quetzal, Red-necked woodpecker, Chestnut-winged hookbill and foliage-gleener and a pair of Paradise jacamars. Around the lodge we also found Green-and-rufous kingfisher, nestbuilding Plain softtails and the usual White-chinned sapphires. A small hummer proved elusive but evetually gave good enough views to identify it as a female of the rare Black-bellied thorntail. Some were lucky to see a Red-billed pied-tanager in a fruiting tree behind the cabins. Those that walked to the bamboo in the afternoon had gripping views of the spectacular Long-billed woodcreeper and also a pair of Slender-billed kites. Even more luck for those who walked the Tapir trail. Some in that group saw a Harpy eagle flying by!!! Also Red-billed pied-tanagers and Long-tailed woodcreeper were seen. Unfortunately this was our last day at this great place.

1 nov - All day in the boat for the long drive, 9 hours, down the river to Labyrinto and then two more hours in the bus to Puerto Maldonado. Rather boring but it was brightened up by two Jabirus, Black- and Ornate hawk-eagle, hundreds of Sand-coloured nighthawks along the river. A Laughin falcon was seen well during the bus ride and two White-tailed kites. Night at the nice Don Carlos hotel.

2 nov - Today was pretty much a travelling day to Lima but as we had a midday flight we went out birding in the morning. First stop gave Red-breasted blackbirds and a short walk around a farm gave most surprisingly three White-throated jacamars in a tree! That brought up the jacamar list on the trip to six species! A couple of other stops gave Gray-headed kite, Rusty-margined flycatcher, another White-tailed kite and heard Russet-crowned crake before it was time to go to the airport. The plane was delayed an hour and two people were not on their list despite the tickets were confirmed. At the end everyone was on board and we landed in Lima in the afternoon and drove straight to Pantanos de Ventanilla just 20 minutes north of the airport. This nice little wetland produced the usual wetland birds and good views of them as well. Many-coloured rush-tyrant was just one of many that showed well just below the tower. We went down to the beach area and had some Peruvian thickknees and a host of Ameri- can waders testing the skills of the participants. Some of these are major rarities in Sweden and the group gained some more experience. Night at hostal las Artes in Lima and a good dinner at restaurant Nautica.

3 nov - Early morning drive up to Lomas de Lachay. Along the entrance we saw Coastal miners and Least seed- snipes. Breakfast and a walk along the trails around the visitor centre gave us good looks at Thick-billed miners, Raimondi´s yellow-finch and Mountain parakeets and many hummingbirds. We then went a bit further up north along the PanAmerican highway to the Paraiso lagoon. Not far from the highway was a Tawny-throated dotterel and down at the lagoon it was crowded with birds. Most impressive a flock of thousands of Sanderlings and a Per- egrine that ploughed through the flock. Also two Hudsonian godwits, four Peruvian terns, 351 Chilean flamingoes, Great grebes and both Oystercatchers plus hundreds of ducks, coots and moorhens etc. We then did a fruitless at- tempt to the Cactus canastero but we only heard one high up. On the way back to Lima we ran into some problems. Another group had crached with their vehicle on the central highway and was at the same hotel in Santa Eulalia as we were going to. Above my head another bigger bus had been ordered that could take both groups. We had to wait a long time for the bus in Lima before we could set off to Santa Eulalia where we arrived at 11 pm.

Red-legged Cormorant must be the most beautiful cormorant in the world!

4 nov - We drove up the central highway with a breakfast/birding stop at Rio Blanco picking up Rusty-crowned tit-spinetail and White-winged cinclodes before breakfast. Then higher up to the Ticlio bog at 4500 m. Fredrik was feeling all but good from the start and got oxygen. Only five minutes after we left the bus, Håkan collapsed and took over the oxygen. Our key bird here was the rare White-bellied cinclodes which we saw four and they were dis- playing putting in a nice show. Once down at the bus we realized that Staffan was missing and he was feeling bad at the start as well but with an upset stomach. We were all getting worried and started to search for him in vain. We went lower down to pick up the other group and found Staffan well and happy with them. Fredrik and Håkan were sent back to Santa Eulalia with a taxi while the rest of us went to Marcopomacochas. The stake-out for the sought-after Diademed sandpiper-plover worked well and it only took a few minutes before we had found three. After a pic-nic lunch some people felt a bit tired from the long trip and the high altitude but the rest walked around slowly and picked up Slender-billed miner and Puna ground-tyrant. A stop on way back gave Streak-throated cansteros and Black-breasted hillstar.

5 nov - Today we should go up the Santa Eulalia valley but we didn´t get very far before a broken bus blocked the road. We birded while they fixed the bus and half an hour later we were back on track. A stop for a stake-out for Great inca-finch worked just fine. We immidiately found two and another stop gave good views of Peruvian pygmy- owl and a brief view of Black-necked woodpecker. Then up to the stake-out for Rufous-breasted warbling-finch and late breakfast. We climbed up the scrubby slope and eventually everyone had had good views of at least three males. Some also saw Canyon canatero and Andean tinamou. A stop lower down gave just brief views of Bronze- tailed comet and that was the end of a very successful trip. List of species

Birds marked with an asterisk * are Peruvian endemics

Black Tinamou Tinamus osgoodi 1 seen well at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 and 1 heard Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Great Tinamou Tinamus major 3 heard at Amazonìa lodge 25.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10, 2 heard Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 White-throated Tinamou Tinamus guttatus 2 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30-31-10 Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus 2 heard on the upper part of Manu road 22.10 A very tame immature Rufescent Tiger-heron at Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus Cocha Blanco Fairly commonly heard in the Amazonian lowlands Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 2 heard daily at Amazonía lodge and Pantiacolla lodge, 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus 1 heard at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus 1 seen at Amazonía lodge otherwise commonly heard in the lowlands Brazilian Tinamou Crypturellus strigulosus 2 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus 2-3 heard at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 29- 31.10 Bartlett’s Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 24.10, 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 28 and 30.10 Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii 1 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti About 10 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 4 seen at Cocha Blanco 28.10 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 5 seen at Ventanilla 2.11, 6 seen at Paraiso 3.11 White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland 15 at Ventanilla 2.11, 5 at Paraiso 3.11 Great Grebe Podiceps major 40 at Paraiso 3.11 Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata 4 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis 40 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus 25 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 100 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 3 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 White-vented Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis 300 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys 10 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Markham’s Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma markhami 5 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Ringed Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma hornbyi 10 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Peruvian Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii 7 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus 150 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Peruvian Booby Sula variegata Thousands seen on the pelagic 16.10, 100 at Paraiso 3.11 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Common along the coast and fairly common along the lowland rivers. Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii 100 seen on the Pelagic 16.10, 50 at Paraiso 3.11 Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi 40 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Crest Eagle in its nesting tree. Rare and impres- 7 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 2 seen at Cocha Blanco 28.10 sive! Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus Singles seen daily along the lowland rivers. Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Singles seen daily along the lowland rivers. Great Egret Ardea alba Singles seen daily along the lowland rivers, 25 at Paraiso 3.11 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 1 seen at the Clay-lick 29.10, 1 seen near Manu Camping lodge 30.10, 10 at Ventanilla 2.11, 5 at Paraiso 3.11 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Common along the coast and along the lowland rivers Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 10 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, singles daily in the lowlands. Striated Heron Butorides striatus 1 at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 2 at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 1 near Manu Camping lodge 1.11, 1 near Puerto Maldo- nado 2.11 Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum 1 seen from the train between Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes 18.10, 1 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 4 seen in the Alto Madre de Rios river 25-26.10 Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum 1 at Amazonía lodge 24.10, 1 at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 1 at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Wood Stork Mycteria americana 9 at Boca Manu 27.10, 3 near Manu Camping lodge 30.10, 15 between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 2 between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Andean Ibis Theristicus branickii 2 Paucartambo 21.10, 2 at Ticlio bog 4.11 Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis 1 heard near the Clay-lick 28.10 Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi 40 at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 5 near Ollantaytambo 18.10, 30 near Paucartambo 21.10, 10 at Paraiso 3.11 Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja 1 seen near Boca Manu 26.10 Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis 351 at Paraiso 3.11 Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta Singles seen or heard daily in Manu Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera 2 seen at Ticlio bog 4.11 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 1 at Boca manu 27.10, 4 seen between Manu Camping lodge and Blanquillo 28-29.10, 10 between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Torrent Duck Merganetta armata 25 between Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes 17-18.10, 2 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris 10 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 2 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10, 8 seen at Acjanaco 21.10 Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica 1 seen at Paraiso 3.11 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis 20 at Ventanilla 2.11, 1000+ at Paraiso 3.11 Puna Teal Anas puna 5 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera 8 at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 15 at Ventanilla 2.11, 100 at Paraiso 3.11 Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea 10 at Ventanilla 2.11 Black-chested Buzzard-eagle Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Common along the coast, Manu road and singles in the lowlands Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Common along the coast, in the foothills and around Puerto Maldonado. Absent from Manu Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus 2 at Quita Calzones bridge on Manu road 24.10. Common in Manu replacing Turkey vulture here. Andean Condor Vultur gryphus 1 pair seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Singles seen almost daily in the lowlands Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 near Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 2 near Blanquillo 28.10, 1 near Manu Camping lodge 30.10, 2 at Paraiso 3.11 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis 2 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Singles or small groups seen almost daily in the lowlands with 75 near Patria 24.10 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 2 seen between Labyrinto and Puerto Maldonado 1.11, 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Slender-billed Kite Rostrhamus hamatus 1 seen at the Clay-lick 29.10, 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 2 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 1 seen near Patria 24.10, 3 seen near Boca Manu 27.10, 1 at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 2 seen near Labyrinto 1.11 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Common in the lowlands Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus 1 female seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis 1 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10 Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus 1 seen between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis 1 seen from the Canopy tower 29.10 Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Singles seen almost daily along the Madre de Dios river. Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 seen between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus 1 seen near Paucartambo 21.10, 5 seen below Ticlio 4.11, 5 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Gray Hawk Asturina nitida 2 seen near Patria 24.10, 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Fairly common in the lowlands White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous 2 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 1 seen between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Puna Hawk Buteo poecilochrous Singles seen in the highlands around Cusco and 1 at Rio Blanco 4.11 Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis 1 at nest between Boca Manu and Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja 1 seen by some at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus Peruvian Thick-knee at Ventanilla 1 seen between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus 1 seen in the same tree at the same time as the Crested Eagle 30.10! Also 1 between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Black-and-chestnut Eagle Oroaetus isidori 1 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10, 2 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Black Caracara Daptrius ater Singles or small groups seen almost daily in the lowlands. Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus 4 seen at Amazonía lodge 24.10, 5 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10, 2 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus 2 seen near Ollantaytambo 17.10, 6+10 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 3 seen near Paucartambo 21.10 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans 2 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 seen near Labyrinto 1.11 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Fairly common in the higlands and along the coast. Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis 4 seen at Ollantaytambo 20.10 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Singles seen daily in the lowlands. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 seen on the Pelagic 16.10, 1 seen near Manu Camping lodge 28.10, 1 between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11, 3 at Paraiso 3.11, 2 seen at Santa Eulalia valley 4.11. Those seen well belonged to the migra- tory tundrius race. Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata Common in the lowlands Andean Guan Penelope montagnii 3 at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10, 2 seen along the upper part of Manu road 22.10 Spix’s Guan Penelope jacquacu 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 4 at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 3 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 and 1 on 31.10 Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis Singles seen alomost daily in the lowlands. Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosa 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 seen very well at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 1 seen near the Canopy tower and 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 29.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus 1 heard near ACCA on the upper Manu road 22.10 Starred Wood-Quail Odontophorus stellatus 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin Common in lowland oxbow lakes Russet-crowned Crake Anurolimnas viridis 1 heard near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius 2 heard at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 2 heard at Boca Manu 27.10 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea Singles heard daily in the lowlands with the odd brief view. Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus 10 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica 3 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Common at lake Huacarpay, Ventanilla and Paraiso Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca 5 at lake Huacarpay 17.10, common at Ventanilla and Paraiso Giant Coot Fulica gigantea 2 at Ticlio bog 4.11 Heliornis fulica Sungrebe Baird´s sandpiper at Paraiso 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 27.10, 1 seen at Cocha Ca- mungo 28.10 and 2 on 29.10 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias 1 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana 5 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 10 at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 1 in the river (!) near Blanquillo 29.10 Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater 4 seen on the Pelagic 16.10, 5 at Paraiso 3.11 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 7 seen on the Pelagic 16.10, 10 seen at Paraiso 3.11 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Common in wetlands Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris 4 seen at Ventanilla 2.11, 6 seen at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus Singles seen daily along the Madre de Dios river. Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens 1 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 2+10 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 2 seen at Ticlio bog 4.11 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 5 seen at Ventanilla 2.11, 50 at Paraiso 3.11 Black-bellied (Grey) Plover Pluvialis squatarola 25 at Ventanilla 2.11, 25 at Paraiso 3.11 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 5 seen at Ventanilla 2.11 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris 2 seen near Amazonía lodge 25.10, 2 at Puerto Maldondo airport 2.11 Snowy (Kentish) Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 10 at Paraiso 3.11 Diademed Sandpiper-Plover Phegornis mitchellii 2 ad and 1 im at Marcopomacochas 5.11. A worthy end to a good trip! Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis 9 at Paraiso 3.11 Puna Snipe Gallinago andina 3 at Ticlio bog 4.11 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica 1 seen at Ventanilla 2.11 and 2 at Paraiso 3.11. Rare migrant in Peru. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 5 seen at Ventanilla 2.11, 50 at Paraiso 3.11 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 5 at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 1 at Atalaya 24.10, 1 near Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 5 at Ventanilla 2.11 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 30 seen at Ventanilla 2.11 and 5 at Paraiso 3.11 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 2 seen between Layrinto and Puerto Maldonado 1.11, 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Fairly common along the lowland rivers. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 20 on the Pelagic 16.10, 30 at Ventanilla 2.11, 50 at Paraiso 3.11 Sanderling Calidris alba 15 at Ventanilla 2.11 and an impressive flock of 3000+ at Paraiso 3.11 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 100 at Ventanilla 2.11 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 5 at Ventanilla 2.11 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 100 at Ventanilla 2.11 Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii 2 at Paraiso 3.11 Inca Tern - high on everyones hit-list Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 3 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10, 1 at the Clay-lick 29.10, 1 between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 5 seen at Ventanilla 2.11 Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus wilsoni 2 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 1 at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 2 at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 4 between Manu Camp- ing lodge and Labyrinto 1.11, 25 at Ventanilla 2.11 and 1 at Paraiso 3.11 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria 100+ on the Pelagic 16.10 Gray-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus 4 at Ticlio 4.11 Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus 10 at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis 3 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki 10 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 10 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 5 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus 5 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri Common along the coast Gray Gull Larus modestus 200 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Common along the coast Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus Common along the coast and coastal wetlands Andean Gull Larus serranus Common in the highlands around Cusco. 2 seen at Ticlio 4.11 Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan 100 seen on the Pelagic 16.10, 75 at Ventanilla 2.11, 200 at Paraiso 3.11 Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini 25 seen on the pelagic 16.10 Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus 2 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Elegant Tern Sterna elegans 1 sen on the Pelagic 16.10 Royal Tern Sterna maxima 3 seen at Paraiso 3.11 South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea 100 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 200 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris Fairly common along the lowland rivers. Peruvian Tern Sterna lorata 1 seen on the Pelagic 16.10, 4 at Paraiso 3.11 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Fairly common along the lowland rivers. Inca Tern Larosterna inca Common at the pelagic 16.10 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 1 on the Pelagic 16.10, singles daily along the lowland rivers Red-and-green Macaws. A spectucalar sight at with 15 between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 the Clay-lick Rock Pigeon Columba livia Seen in villages Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 2 seen between Labyrinto and Puerto Maldonado 1.11 Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen near ACCA 21.10, 6 seen on the upper part of Manu road 22.10 Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis Common in the lowlands, almost entirely near oxbow lakes Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea Singles seen and heard daily in the lowlands. Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea Singles seen and heard daily in the lowlands. Plumbeous being slightly more common. Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata 50 between lake Huacarpay and Ollantaytambo 17.10, 3 near Paucartambo 21.10 and common along the coast. West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda Common along the coast Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 1 at Cocha Blanco 28.10, fairly common around Puerto Maldonado Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui 1 seen between Labyrinto and Puerto Maldonado 1.11 and 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Croaking Ground-Dove Columbina cruziana Common along the coast Bare-faced Ground-Dove Metriopelia ceciliae 6 at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 5 at Lomas de Lachay 3.11, 10 in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Black-winged Ground-Dove Metriopelia melanoptera 1 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 15 in the Santa Eulalia valley White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 1 seen at Aguas Calientes 18.10, 3 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla Fairly commonly heard in the lowlands with singles seen. White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata 1 seen very well and 1 heard at Machu Picchu 18.10, 2 heard at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana 3 seeen at Amazonía lodge 24.10, 3 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna Common in Manu Military Macaw Ara militaris 4 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 2+7 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Fairly common in the lowlands Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera Common in the lowlands with about 150 visiting the Clay-lick on 28.10 Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa Common in the lowlands Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittica manilata Pairs or small groups seen in Manu. Also many unidentified Chestnut-fronted/Red-bellied Blue-headed Macaw Propyrrhura couloni 4+4 at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 4 +2 at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Mitred Parakeet Aratinga mitrata 30 seen at Aguas Calientes 18.10 White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus 20 at Quita Calzones 24.10, 4 at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 5 near Blanquillo 28.10, 2 near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii Common in the lowlands Red-crowned Parakeet Pyrrhura roseifrons Female Wire-crested Thorntail Singles daily at Manu Camping lodge Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola Heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons 25 at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus sclateri 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera Common in the lowlands. Ranging higher up than Tui Parakeet. Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae Common in the lowlands. More restricted to Manu than Cobalt-winged. White-bellied Parrot Pionites leucogaster Singles seen most days in the lowlands, especially at Manu Camping lodge Orange-cheeked Parrot Pionopsitta barrabandi 40 at the Clay-lick 28.10, 3 there 29.10 and 4 seen from the Canopy tower 29.10 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Common in the lowlands with about 200 at the Clay-lick 28.10 Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala 7 at the Canopy tower 28.10 and 2 there 29.10 Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenaria 6 at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 and 2 on 23.10 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa Common in the lowlands Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus 1 seen in Aguas Calientes 17.10, 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 23.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Singles seen almost daily from Cock-of-the-Rock lodge and in Manu Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster 2+1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Greater Ani Crotophaga major Fairly common around the oxbow lakes in the lowlands. Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Fairly common east of the Andes Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Fairly common along the coast Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10 Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii 1 ad and 2 juv seen at Amazonía lodge 24.10, heard at Pantiacolla lodge, Boca manu and Manu Camping lodge Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum 1 heard at Boca Manu 26-27.10, 1 seen near the Clay-lick 29.10 Peruvian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum 1 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 1.11, 4 seen at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis 1 seen on daytime roost at Amazonía lodge 24.10, 1 seen daily at Manu Camping lodge Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris 50 seen near Manu Camping lodge 28.10, 250 seen between Manu Camping lodge and Labyrinto 1.11 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Male Fork-tailed Woodnymph at Amazonía 1 heard at Boca Manu 26.10, 4 seen and heard at Manu lodge Camping lodge 29.10 Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca 1 seen on daytime roost at the Clay-lick 29.10 Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata 3 males and 1 female put in a fantastic show on the upper part of the Manu road 21.10 Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra 1 male seen at Aguas Calientes hot springs 17.10 Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila Common around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-24.10 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Common especially in the subtropics Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris 50 at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 4 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 10 at Machu Picchu 18.10, 3 seen on the upper part of Manu road 21.10 and 3 near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Also many unidentified Chestnut-collared/Gray-rumped/Chimney in the subtropics and lowlands. Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura Singles seen most days in the lowlands with 50 at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus 50 at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 7 at Ollantaytambo 20.10 and common in the Rimac and Santa Eulalia valley. Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata Common in the lowlands Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta 2 seen nestbuilding near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes leucurus 3 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus 1+2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Koepcke’s Hermit* Phaethornis koepckeae 2 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10 Needle-billed Hermit* Phaetornis philippii 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 White-browed Hermit* Phaethornis stuarti 1 seen near the Crested Eagle nest 30.10 Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 seen from the Canopy tower 28-29.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Green Violetear Colibri thalassinus 3 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans 1 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 1 seen at Pillahuata 22.10, 5 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-23.10, 1 seen at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10, 2 seen near Puerto Maldo- nado 2.11 Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Golden-tailed Sapphire Wire-crested Thorntail Popelairia popelairii 4 females seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-23.10 Black-bellied Thorntail Popelairia langsdorffi 1 female seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus 2 males seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10 Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata 1 female at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10, 2 at Amazonía lodge 24-26.10, 2 at Manu Camping lodge 29-31.10 White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus 1 male and 1 female at Manu Camping lodge 28-31.10 Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone 2 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10, 3 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10 White-bellied Hummingbird Leucippus chionogaster 1 seen at Ollantaytambo 20.10 Green-and-white Hummingbird Leucippus viridicauda 5 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Many-spotted Hummingbird Leucippus hypostictus 3 at the feeders at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-24.10, 1 at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia 3 seen in Santa Eulalia 4.11 Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys 3 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23-24.10 Gould’s Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25-10 Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri 10 at the feeders at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-24.10 Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii 1 seen on the Manu road 22.10 Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis 1+1 at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 10 along the upper part of Manu road 21.10, 1 near ACCA 22.10 White-tufted Sunbeam* Aglaeactis castelnaudii 2+1 seen on the dry side of Abra Malaga 19-20.10 Black-breasted Hillstar* Orotrochilus melanogaster 2 seen at Marcopomacochas 5.11 Gould’s Inca Coeligena inca 1 seen at the hotsprings at Aguas Calientes 17.10, 1 seen in the Aguas Calientes village 18.10, 2 seen on the upper part of Manu road 22.10 Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer Singles at Abra Malaga and the upper part of Manu road Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera 1+2 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10 Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus 1 male seen at Abra Malaga 20.10 Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas 2 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 3 seen near Paucartambo 21.10, 2 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis Fairly common in the subtropical and temperate zone at Abra malaga and Manu road. Coppery-naped Puffleg Eriocnemis sapphiropygia 1 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10 Booted Racket-Tail Ocreatus underwoodii Up to 8 at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-24.10 Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae 3 seen near Paucartambo 21.10 Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna 5 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Bronze-tailed Comet* Polyonymus caroli 1 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11 Oreonympha nobilis Bearded Mountaineer* Giant Hummingbird - biggest of its kind 3 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina singles in the temperatezone at Abra Malaga and manu road Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda 1 male and 1 female at Abra Malaga 19.10 Black Metaltail* Metallura phoebe 1 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11 and 2 in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps 2 seen at Pillahuata on the Manu road 22.10 Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi 1 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10, 3 seen in the polylepis at Abra Malaga 20.10 Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi 2 seen near Pillahuata 22.10, 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 from the Canopy tower 29.10 Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Oasis Hummingbird Rhodopis vesper 20 at Lomas de Lachay 3.11, 5 in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora 10 at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny 10 at Lomas de Lachay 3.11, 5 in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant 1 near Paucartambo 21.10, 4 near Pillahuata 22.10, 1 near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Amazonian White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Amazonian Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus 2 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10, 1 seen at Illachoque 30.10 Masked Trogon Trogon personatus 1 seen near ACCA 21.10, 2 heard near Pillahuata 22.10 Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 2 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 and 1 on 31.10 Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus Singles seen or heard dauly in the lowlands. Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps 1 heard at ACCA 22.10. 1 seen at Pillahuata 23.10, 2 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24.10 Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus 1 seen and heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus Singles seen almost daily in the lowlands. Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Singles seen mainly in the Alto Madre de Dios river Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota A few seen or heard daily in the lowlands. Highland Motmot Momotus aequatorialis 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen at the Cloud forest lodge 22.10, 2 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii Singles seen or heard almost daily in the lowlands Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum Seen at Pantiacolla lodge and Boca Manu and heard daily at Manu Camping lodge Semi-collared Puffbird at Manu Camping Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus Lodge 2 seen at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 29.10, 4 seen at the Clay-lick 29.10, 4 seen near Puerto Maldonado 1.11 White-throated Jacamar Brachygalba albogularis 3 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens 2 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 4 seen near Quita Calzones bridge 24.10, 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 2 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10, 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10 Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Purplish Jacamar Galbula chalcothorax 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Great Jacamar Jacamerops aurea 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 25-26.10, 1 seen at Illachoque 30.10 Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus 1 seeen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Chestnut-capped Puffbird Bucco macrodactylus 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 29.10 Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 29.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Semicollared Puffbird Malacoptila semicincta 3 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 including a pair at nest. Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis 1 seen above the Cloud Forest lodge 22.10 Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata 1 seen at the Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons Fairly common in the lowland. White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 5+2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Yellow-billed Nunbird Monasa flavirostris 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 27.10 and 2 seen 31.10 Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa Fairly common along the lowland rivers. Gilded Barbet Capito auratus Singles seen or heard almost daily in the lowlands. Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 2 seen from the Canopy tower 29.10 Scarlet-hooded Barbet Eubucco tucinkae 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 24.10, 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10 Versicolored Barbet Eubucco versicolor 2 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Black-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus atrogularis 2+1 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 2 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis 2 seen along the Manu road 22.10 Lettered Aracari Pteroglossus inscriptus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Brown-mandibled Aracari Pteroglossus mariae 2+2 seen from the Canopy tower 28-29.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis Singles or small groups seen almost daily in the lowlands. Curl-crested Aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii 2 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 and 2 seen 31.10 Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos culminatus 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 1 seen and heard at the Displaying White-bellied Cinclodes at Ticlio Canopy tower 28.10 White-throated (Cuvier’s) Toucan Ramphastus cuvieri Fairly commonly heard and singles seen in the lowlands. Several unidentified seen from the Canopy tower. Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbygnianus 3 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Fine-barred Piculet Picumnus subtilis 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Common in the lowlands, often in small groups. Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus 1 seen near Patria 24.10, 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10, 1+1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29 and 31.10 Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus 4 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 1 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10, 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Black-necked Woodpecker Colaptes atricollis 1 seen briefly in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula 2 seen at Illachoque 30.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola 4 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10, 2 seen near Paucartambo 21.10, 1 seen at Ticlio 4.11 Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10, 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10 Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus 1 heard from the Canopy tower 29.10 Rufous-headed Woodpecker Celeus spectabilis 1 seen and 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus 1 seen from the Canopy tower 29.10 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Singles seen most days in the lowlands. Crimson-bellied Woodpecker Campephilus haematogaster 5 seen at the Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, all flying across the road with only short good views for some. Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis 4 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos 1 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10, 4 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 near the Clay-lick 28.10, 1 seen at Illachoque 30.10 Coastal Miner Geositta peruviana 15 at Lomas de Lachay and Paraiso 3.11 Thick-billed Miner Geositta crassirostris 3 at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Slender-billed Miner Geositta tenuirostris 3 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Plain-breasted Earthcreeper Upucerthia jelskii 1 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes* Cinclodes taczanowskii 1 seen on the Pelagic 16.10 Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus Common at Abra Malaga and Marcopomacochas White-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes atacamensis 2 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11 and 2 seen at Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 White-bellied Cinclodes* Cinclodes palliatus 4 seen displaying at Ticlio bog 4.11. The population is esti- mated to about 250 pairs in a small area. They are threat- ened by habitat destruction in the peat-bogs. Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus Spot-backed Antbird a jewel in the understorey 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 1 at Manu Camping lodge 29 and 31.10, 1 heard near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail* Leptasthenura pileata 2 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11 White-browed Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura xenothorax 10 seen in the polylepis at Abra Malaga 20.10 Tawny Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura yanacensis 2 seen in a small polylepis at Abra Malaga 19.10 and 3 in the bigger patch 20.10 Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops 10 at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 2 heard at Ventanilla 2.11 Azara’s Spinetail Synallaxis azarae Fairly common in the subtropic zone at Abra Malaga and Manu raod Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis Singles heard and seen in semi-open habitat in the lowlands and lower Manu road Cabanis’ Spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 24.10 and 2 seen 25.10 Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis 3 at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Creamy-crested Spinetail* Cranioleuca albicapilla 1 seen near Paucartambo 21.10 Marcapata Spinetail * Cranioleuca marcapatae 3 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10 Puna Thistletail* Schizoeaca helleri 1 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10 Canyon Canastero Asthenes pudibunda 1 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Rusty-fronted Canastero* Asthenes ottonis 1 heard at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Cactus Canastero* Asthenes cactorum 1 heard at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Streak-throated Canastero Asthenes humilis 6 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Line-fronted Canastero Asthenes urubambensis 1 at the small polylepis at Abra Malaga 19.10 and 3 in the bigger patch 20.10 Plain Softtail Phacellodomus fusciceps 1 pair nestbuilding at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 and also heard in the bamboo there 30.10 Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps 1 seen and heard at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger Singles in the temperate zone at Abra Malaga and Manu road Rufous-tailed Xenops Xenops milleri 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 2 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10 and 3 on 29.10 Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen at ACCA 21.10, 2 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 and 1 seen at Quita Cal- zones bridge 24.10 Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis 1 seen at Pillahuata 22.10, 3 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 and 1 seen below Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24.10 Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii 2 seen above Pillahuata 22.10, 1 seen above Cock-of-the- Rock lodge 23.10 Striped Woodhaunter Hyloctistes subulatus 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Chestnut-winged Hookbill Ancistrops strigilatus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Black-faced Antbird Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythropterus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleener Philydor ruficaudatus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner Automolus dorsalis 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10, 1+2 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner Automolus melanopezus 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 25.10 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda 1 seen and heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus Singles seen most days in the lowlands Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus A few seen and heard daily in the lowlands Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis 2 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger 3 seen at Pillahuata 22.10 and 2 at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 25.10, 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus 1 seen and heard at Illachoque 30.10 Bamboo Antshrike Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae 1 heard at Amazonía lodge and 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 25.10, 1 heard at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 2 seen and heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Great Antshrike Taraba major Singles seen and heard in the lowlands most days. Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus Singles seen and heard in the lowlands most days. Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus A few seen and heard daily around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-24.10 Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus Fairly commonly heard in the lowlands with a few seen. Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens 10 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 2 seen near Cock-of-the- Rock lodge 22 and 24.10 Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus Singles seen daily in the lowlands. Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura 4 seen at Amazonía lodge, 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 25.10, 2 heard at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Amazonian Streaked-Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata 1 seen at Cocha Camungo and 1 seen at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda Up to 5 seen and heard around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge Red-and-white Antpitta was easily seen at Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli ACCA 1 seen near the Canopy tower 28.10 White-eyed Antwren Myrmotherula leucophthalma 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10, 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Ornate Antwren Myrmotherula ornata 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10 White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10 and 2 on 29.10, 1+1 at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Ihering’s Antwren Myrmotherula iheringi 1 heard (and probably seen) at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 2 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10 Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 2+1+2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29-31.10 Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris 3 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei Fairly common at Panticolla lodge and Manu Camping lodge in bamboo Yellow-rumped Antwren Terenura sharpei 1 heard at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens 3 heard at Illachoque 30.10 and 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens 1 heard and 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 1 heard at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10 Race fuscicauda which sometimes is considered a separate species (Riparian Antbird). Black Antbird Cercomacra serva 1 heard below Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24.10 Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu 5+4 at Pantiacolla 25-26.10, singles heard at Manu Camping lodge White-backed Fire-Eye Pyriglena leuconota 1 heard at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24.10, 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 26.10, 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 28.10 White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys Singles seen and heard most days in the lowlands Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10, 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator 4 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10, 2+2 at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 White-lined Antbird Percnostola lophotes 1 heard near Patria 25.10, 1 at Amazonía lodge and 2 at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 3 at Panticolla lodge 27.10 Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena Fairly common in the lowlands Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra Singles most days in Manu Goeldi’s Antbird Myrmeciza goeldii Singles most days in the lowlands Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 White-throated Antbird Gymnopithys salvini 1 seen at Cocha Blanco 28.10 Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevia 3 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Scale-backed Antbird Hylophylax poecilonota 2 seen at Illachoque 30.10 Black-spotted Bare-Eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata Singles heared at Amazonía lodge and Panticolla lodge with 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Male Vermillion Flycatcher Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis Singles heard daily in the lowlands Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus 1 heard near the Cloud Forest lodge 22.10 and 2 heard near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Undulated Antpitta Grallaria squamigera 1 heard at Abra Malaga 20.10 Stripe-headed Antpitta Grallaria andicola 2 seen in the polylepis at Abra Malaga 20.10 Red-and-white Antpitta* Grallaria erythroleuca 1 heard at Abra Malaga 19.10, 5-10 seen and heard near ACCA and down to Pillahuata. Surprisingly easy to see at ACCA! Southern Rufous Antpitta Grallaria (rufula) occabambae 2 heard at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 1 seen on the upper Manu road 21.10 The Grallaria rufula complex is currently under revision and will certainly result in at least five species. Amazonian Antpitta Hylopezus berlepschi 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 25.10 and 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona Singles heard in the lowlands and 1 seen at Amazonía lodge Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferrigineipectus leymebambae 1-2 heard at Abra Malaga 19-20.10. The Rusty-breasted Antpitta is also under revision and may result in more species. Ash-throated Gnateater Conopophaga peruviana 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus 1 heard at Amazonía lodge and 2 heard at Panticolla lodge 25-26.10, 2 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris Singles heard daily at Abra Malaga and upper Manu road White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus 2 heard near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Puna Tapaculo Scytalopus simonsi 10 heard and a few seen in the polylepis at Abra Malaga 20.10, 1 heard at Acjanaco 21.10 Cinereous Mourner Laniocera hypopyrra 1 heard at Boca Manu 27.10 and 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata 1 seen at Ollantaytambo train station 18.10, 2+2 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 3+2 seen on the upper manu road 21-22.10 Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia Gripping views of 1 on the Manu road 22.10 Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata 1 pair near the tunnels on Manu road 22.10 Masked Fruiteater* Pipreola pulchra 1 pair seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans A few heard daily in the lowlands with singles seen. Purple-throated Cotinga Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema 1 female seen from the Canopy tower 28.10 Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana 2 males seen from the Canopy towwer 28.10, 1 male seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 and 1 female 31.10 Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 4 seen from the Canopy tower 28.10 and 3 seen there 29.10 Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus Fairly common in the lowlands Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata 2 seen at the Canopy tower 28.10 and 1 on 29.10, 2 heard at Illachoque 30.10 Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus 1 seen briefly near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 5 seen well between Cock-of-the-Rock lodge and Quita Calzones 24.10 Andean Cock-of-the-Rock Rupicola peruviana Southern Beardless Tyrannulet 7 seen from the road below the Cloud Forest lodge 22.10, 9 at the lek near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 and 1 female below Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24.10 Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana 5 seen and heard near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda 3 seen at Amazonía lodge 24.10 and 2 heard 25.10, 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Round-tailed Manakin Pipra chloromeros 4 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 including two displaying males Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata 1+3 seen at Panticolla lodge 25-26.10 Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus Singles seen and heard most days in the lowlands Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni Fairly commonly heard in the lowlands with a few tracked down. Wing-barred Piprites Piprites chloris 1 heard at Cocha Camungo 28.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Sclater’s Tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateri 5 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes cinereiceps 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola 2 seen near Patria 24.10 Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus 1 seen at nest at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Forest Elaenia Elaenia gaimardii 1 heard at Panticolla lodge 25.10 White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps 5 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 2 seen near ACCA 21.10 Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1+2 seen near ACCA 21-22.10 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum sclateri 10 seen in the lower Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea 2+5 seen at Aguas Calientes 17-18.10 Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis Fairly common in the subtropics Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 MacConnell’s Flycatcher Mionectes macconnelli 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10 and 1 at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 and 1 on 31.10 Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus 2+2 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-23.10 Variegated Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis 1 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet Phylloscartes parkeri 2 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis 10 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Bolivian Tyrannulet Zimmerius bolivianus 1+1 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-23.10 White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys 1 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10, 2+5 seen on the upper part of the Manu road 21-22.10 Mecocercalus poecilocercus White-tailed Tyrannulet Male Barred Becard 2 seen near Pillahuata 22.10 and 1 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocercalus stictopterus Fairly common in the temperate and subtropic zones Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant* Anairetes agraphia 4 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10 Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes alpinus 1 seen in the small polylepis at Abra Malaga 19.10 and 4 seen in the bigger forest 20.10 Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant Anairetes reguloides 5 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris 2 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11 and 5 in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus 2 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 2+1 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 2 seen near Paucartambo 21.10 Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra 4 seen at Ventanilla 2.11 Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 heard and 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10. Smallest passerine in the world! Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus Singles haerd and seen around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge White-cheeked Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus albifacies 2+1 seen at Panticolla lodge 25-26.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Flammulated Bamboo-Tyrant Hemitriccus flammulatus 2+1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29-30.10 White-eyed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus zosterops 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10, 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Johannes’ Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus iohannis 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 and 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 25.10, 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquata 2 heard at Illachoque 30.10 Dusky-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon fuscicauda 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus olivaceus 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Zimmer’s Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 1 seen at the Canopy tower 28.10 Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 White-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus platyrhynchos 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10 Amazonian Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus 3 seen at the Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus 1+1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29 and 31.10 Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea Fairly common in the subtropics Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 1 seen below Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 and 1 seen near Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus Band-tailed Fruiteater on the Manu road 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 2+4 seen on the Manu road 22-23.10 Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus 1 seen below Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 and 1 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10, 1 seen at Manu Camp- ing lodge 31.10 Tumbes Pewee Contopus punensis 1 seen in the lower Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Singles near streams in the subtropics Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Common along the coast D’Orbigny’s Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides 1+2 at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 2 near Acjanaco 21.10 Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Common in the temperate and subtropic zones White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys 2 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 1 seen at Abra Malaga 19-10, 2 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11 Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis Common along the rivers Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis 1+1 seen on the upper Manu road 21-22.10 Little Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola fluviatilis 3 seen at the Clay-lick 28-29.10 Puna Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola juninensis 1 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Taczanowski’s Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola griseus 1 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10, 1 seen at Ticlio bog 4.11 Cinereous Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola cinereus 4 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 White-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons 10 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha 1 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas 1 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10 White-winged Black-Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus 3 seen near Quita Calzones bridge 24.10, 3 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 White-eyed Attila Attila bolivianus 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 26.10, 1 heard at Illachoque 30.10 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus Singles heard most days in the lowlands Sirystes Sirystes sibilator 1 seen from the Canopy tower 29.10 Swainson’s Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox 1+1 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 2 seen at Cocha Ca- mungo 28.10 Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 10 at Cocha Blanco 28.10, 2 seen at Cocha Camungo 29.10 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Fairly common in the lowlands Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Singles seen and heard most days in the lowlands Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Cock-of-the-Rock at the display site Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis Common in the lowlands Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis 2 seen below Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24.10, 1 seen at Amazonía lodge and 1 at Panticolla lodge 25.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti 4 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 2 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus 1 seen near Pillahuata 22.10, 1 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus 2 seen at Quita Calzones and 1 at Amazonía lodge 24.10, 1+1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29 and 31.10, 2 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris 1 seen at Panticolla lodge 25.10, 2 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius 3+2 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 2 heard at Manu Camping lodge 29-30.10 Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus Singles daily in Manu Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea 2 seen at Panticolla lodge 25.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10, 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannopsis melancholicus Common in most places Eastern Kingbird Tyrannopsis tyrannus Common along the lowland rivers, often in flocks of 100. Greater (Varzea) Schiffornis Schiffornis major 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 seen and 1 heard at Manu Camping lodge 29 and 31.10 Thrush-like Schiffornis Schifornis turdinus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 and 1 heard 31.10 Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 3 seen near Pillahuata 22.10 White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus 1 seen from the Canopy tower 29.10 Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana 2 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 2 seen from the Canopy tower 28 and 29.10, 2 seen at nest at the Clay-lick 29.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata Singles and pairs seen most days in the lowlands. Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 2 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera Small numbers seen most days along the rivers in the lowlands. Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea 2 seen near Labyrinto 1.11 White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer Common along the lowland rivers. Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Common but absent from the lowlands. Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina Common at lake Huacarpay, Paucartambo and Rio Blanco Pale-footed Swallow Notiochelidon flavipes 25 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10 White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata Common along the lowland rivers. Outnumbered by White- winged though. Andean Swallow Haplochelidon andecola 2 seen at Ollantaytambo 17.10, 5 seen at Ticlio bog 4.11 Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Fairly common in the lowlands. Riparia riparia Bank Swallow Blue-backed Manakin 2 seen at Santa Eulalia valley 4.11 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Fairly common mainly in the lowlands. Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis 3 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10 Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens 2 seen at Ventanilla 2.11, 1 seen at Paraiso 3.11 White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus 10 seeen from the train between Ollantaytambo and Aguas Calientes, 1 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11 Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapillus Singles and pairs at wetlands in the lowlands. Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus Singles and pairs seen and heard in the lowlands. Gray-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii 4 seen in a flock above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Fulvous Wren Cinnycerthia fulva 10 seen and heard along the upper part of Manu road 22.10 Inca Wren* Thryothorus eisenmanni Fairly common at Machu Picchu and Abra Malaga Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis Singles seen and heard most days in the lowlands. Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus Noted most days but less so in the lowlands. Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis 5 at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 1 seen at Acjanaco 21.10, 1 seen near ACCA 22.10 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 5 seen and heard at Machu Picchu 18.10, 3+5 heard around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-23.10 Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus Singles heard in the lowlands with 1 seen. Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus 1 heard below Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Musician Wren Cyphorhinus aradus 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus Common along the coast and lower Santa Eulalia valley Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides Singles seen and heard at Machu Picchu and upper Manu road White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis 5 seen and heard at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 heard on the upper Manu road 22.10 Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater 4 seen and heard at Machu Picchu 18.10 Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus Singles seen almost daily in the lowlands. Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco Common in the (dry) mountains. Great Thrush Turdus fuscater Common in the (wet) mountains. Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis Fairly common in the lowlands, mainly in secondary habitat. Lawrence’s Thrush Turdus lawrencii 1 heard at Panticolla lodge 25.10 Hauxwell’s Thrush Turdus hauxwelli Fairly commonly heard in the lowlands. White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis 1 heard at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 24.10 Inca (Green) Jay Cyanocorax yncas 1 seen above ACCA 21.10, 2 seen near Pillahuata 22.10, 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Blue-crowned Manakin at Pantiacolla Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Fairly common around Amazonía lodge and Panticolla lodge. 1 seen near Labyrinto 1.11 and 2 near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus Common in the lowlands. White-collared Jay Cyanocorax viridicyana 2 seen at ACCA 21.10 and heard the following day. House Sparrow Passer domesticus Seen at Ventanilla and around Lima Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys 3 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 10 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 at Boca Manu 27.10, 7 seen at Manu Camp- ing lodge 30-31.10 Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus A few heard daily in Manu Thick-billed Siskin Carduelis crassirostris 2 seen at the big polylepis at Abra Malaga 20.10 Hooded Siskin Cyclarhis magellanica Fairly common in the dry highlands and west slope. Olivaceous Siskin Cyclarhis olivacea Fairly common on the humid east slope. Black Siskin Cyclarhis atrata 4 seen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi 10 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 2 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus Fairly common in the subtropics. Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus Common in the temperate and upper subtropical zone. Two-banded Warbler Basileuterus bivittatus Fairly common around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge Golden-bellied Warbler* Basileuterus chrysogaster 3 seen and heard at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Pale-legged Warbler Basileuterus signatus 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 2 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Citrine Warbler Basileuterus luteoviridis Fairly common at Abra Malaga Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus 1 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda 1 heard at Amazonía lodge and 1 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 29.10 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 2 seen at Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum Fairly common in the highlands around Cusco White-browed Conebill Conirostrum ferrugineiventre 1+4 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10 Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor 5+3 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 2+2 seen on the upper Manu road 21-22.10 Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons 4 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen at ACCA 21.10, 5 seen around Pillahuata 22.10 Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana Singles and pairs seen daily in the lowlands. Red-billed Pied Tanager Lamprospiza melanoleuca 4 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Dwarf Tyrant-manakin. Perches in the open but Chlorornis riefferii Grass-green Tanager surprisingly hard to track down 2+4 seen near ACCA 21-22.10 Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 2 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10 Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus parvirostris 5 seen below Pillahuata 22.10 Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis 2 seen at Aguas Calientes 17.10, 2 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22.10, 5 seen at Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Northern Black-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus 5+1 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 1 seen near ACCA 22.10 Southern Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris urubambae 1 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10, 5+10 seen on the upper part of Manu road Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus melanotis 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Drab Hemispingus Hemispingus xanthophthalmus 5 seen at Abra Malaga 20.10, 2 seen near ACCA 22.10 Three-striped Hemispingus Hemispingus trifasciatus 2 seen at ACCA 21.10 Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps Common at Machu Picchu 18.10 and fairly common at Abra Malaga and upper Manu road. Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira 1 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10 Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor 1 seen at Cocha Camungo 28.10 Slaty Tanager Creurgops dentata 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 3 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 22-23.10 White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 seen from the Canopy tower 28.10, 3 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis Small groups seen most days in the lowlands. Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Common in the lowlands Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Fairly common in the lowlands Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala Fairly common in the temperate and subtropic zones. Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis 5 seen at Ollantaytambo 17.10, 3 seen on the upper Manu road 22.10, 10 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Singles seen in the lowlands with 25 around Puerto Maldo- nado. Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana 3+3 at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 2 on the upper Manu road 21.10 Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris Fairly common in the temperate and upper subtropical zones. Golden-collared Tanager Iridosornis jelskii 2+1 seen around ACCA 21-22.10 Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 5 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager is a true stun- 1 seen from the Canopy tower 29.10 ner in the flocks in the temperate zone White-lored Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta Singles seen and heard in the lowlands. White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta 2 males seen from the Canopy tower 28.10 Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster Singles seen most days in the lowlands. Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris 1 male seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 male seen from the Canopy tower 28.10 Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea 3 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Orange-eared Tanager Chlorochrysa calliparaea 4 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana 1 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10, 7 seen from the Canopy tower 28.10 Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis Fairly common in the lowlands Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii Singles seen in the lowlands. Golden Tanager Tangara arthus 5 seen around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis 2 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala 15 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 3 seen near Pillahuata 22.10, 5 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata 3 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola 3 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix 3 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis Singles seen around Cock-of-the-Rock lodge Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 1 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 5 seen near Quita Calzones bridge 24.10 Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii 3 seen near ACCA 22.10 Silver-backed Tanager Tangara viridicollis 3 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys 5 seen from the Canopy tower 28.10 Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrima 1 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata 1 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 1 female seen from the Canopy tower 28.10, 2+2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30-31.10 Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer 2 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 2 seen at Boca Manu 27.10 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Fairly common in the lowlands Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Singles seen in the lowlands Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus 2 seen above Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10, 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Tit-like Dacnis Xenodacnis parina Male Mourning Sierra-finch in the Santa Eula- 2 seen in the polylepis at Abra Malaga 20.10 lia valley Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis Singles seen in the lowlands Plush-capped Finch Catamblyrhynchus diadema 2+1 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 1 seen on the upper Manu road 21.10 Peruvian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus punensis Singles seen in the dry highlands. Mourning Sierra-Finch Phrygilus fruticeti Common in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor 3+20 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10, 2 seen at Ticlio 4.11 Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus 10 seen at Lomas de Lachay 4.11 Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Phrygilus plebejus Fairly common in the highlands around Cusco. White-winged Diuca-Finch Diuca speculifera 5 seen at Ticlio 4.11 Great Inca-Finch* Incaspiza pulchra 2 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch* Poospiza rubecula 3 males seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch* Poospiza caesar 1 seen at Ollantaytambo 17.10, 1 seen on the dry side of Abra Malaga 19.10 Collared Warbling-Finch Poospiza hispaniolensis 5 seen at Lomas de Lachay 3.11, 1 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina 5 seen near Patria 24.10, common around Puerto Maldonado and in the west Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola 1 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa 1 male seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10 Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens 10 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 5 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris 3+5 seen at the Clay-lick 28-29.10, 5 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis 5 seen near Patria 24.10, 2 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis Common in the dry highlands Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata 6 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10 Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa 15 seen in one flock at Abra Malaga 19.10 Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura 1 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides 2 seen near Ollantaytambo 17.10, 3 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis 1 seen at Abra Malaga 19.10, 5 seen on the upper Manu road 21.10 Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris 2 seen at Ollantaytambo 17.10, 5+2 seen at Abra Malaga 19- 20.10, 10 seen on the upper Manu orad 21.10 Deep-blue Flowerpiercer Diglossopis glauca 1 seen at the tunnels on Manu road 22.10 Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea Singles seen at Abra Malaga and upper Manu road. Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Great Inca-finch. 5 species in the genus, all 10 seen around Puerto Maldonado 2.11. This is a feral endemics to Peru population of this species found in the Tumbesian zone. Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch Sicalis uropygialis 1 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10, 8 seeen at Marcopomacochas 4.11 Greenish Yellow-Finch Sicalis olivascens 3 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Raimondi’s Yellow-Finch* Sicalis raimondii 17 seen at Lomas de Lachay 3.11 Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis Singles seen daily in the lowlands, often near water. Tricolored Brush-Finch Atlapetes tricolor 2 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Cusco Brush-Finch* Atlapetes canigenis 2 seen at Abra Malaga 19-20.10 Dark-faced Brush-Finch Atlapetes melanolaemus 3+7 seen on the upper Manu road Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch* Atlapetes nationi 5 seen at Rio Blanco 4.11, 10 seen in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Buarremon torquatus 2 seen at ACCA 21.10 Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus 1 heard at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 2 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10 Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons Fairly common in the lowlands. Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis Common in the highlands and in the west. Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Singles seen most days in the lowlands. Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus Singles seen most days in the lowlands. Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus 2 heard at Pantiacolla lodge 25.10 and 1 on 26.10, 1 heard at Cocha Camungo 28.10 Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris 2 seen on the dry side of Abra Malaga 19.10, 1 seen at Ollantaytambo 20.10, 5 seen near Paucartambo 21.10, 1 seen in Santa Eulalia 4.11 Golden-bellied Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster 3 seen in the lower Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris 3 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10 Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides Singles heard in the lowlands. Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius 50 seen at lake Huacarpay 17.10 Yellow-hooded Blackbird Agelaius icterocephalus 3 seen at Ventanilla 2.11. A feral population, the species is found in Loreto. Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris 10 seen around Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa Common at Ventanilla and Lomas de Lachay Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi Common in the Santa Eulalia valley 5.11 Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivora Common in the lowlands Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis A total of 5 seen at Manu Camping lodge, 3 seen near Puerto Maldonado 2.11 Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus 1 seen at Boca Manu 27.10, 2 seen Illachoque 30.10 Cacicus cela Yellow-rumped Cacique Yellow-billed Tit-tyrant Common in the lowlands. Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius 1 seen at Amazonía lodge 24-25.10, 1 seen at Manu Camping lodge 30.10 Casqued Oropendola Psarocolius oseryi 4 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10 Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Singles in the lowlands Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens 5 seen at Machu Picchu 18.10, 5 seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge 23.10 Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons Common in th elowlands and lower subtropics Amazonian (Olive) Oropendola Gymnostinops bifasciatus 3 seen at Amazonía lodge 25.10, 1 seen at Pantiacolla lodge 26.10, 2 seen at Manu Camping lodge 31.10