Tropical Birding Trip Report Peru: Manu and Machu Picchu August 2018
A Tropical Birding set departure tour PERU: Manu and Machu Picchu
24th August – 11th September 2018
Staying at a place called Cock-of-the-rock Lodge, we just had to see this bird! (Andean Cock-of-the-rock)
Tour Leader: Jose Illanes
All photos in this report were taken by Jose Illanes TOUR SUMMARY:
This tour in southern Peru is a fantastic tour to be able to lead regularly, as it offers up much more besides the birds. There is good potential for mammal sightings (or other creatures), and top all of that off, we have the traditional visit to the iconic Machu Picchu Inca ruins, arguably the First Wonder of the South American World. So, it combines classic Amazonian birds, with Andean birding, Inca ruins, and great natural history in one of the world epic biodiversity hotspots. In Manu, in the Andes, displaying Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Creamy-crested Canastero, Giant 1 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
Tropical Birding Trip Report Peru: Manu and Machu Picchu August 2018
Hummingbird, Rufous-crested Coquette, Peruvian Piedtail, (amongst a profusion of other hummingbirds), and a procession of colorful Andean tanagers, like Golden-collared, Paradise, and Blue-necked Tanagers. Other Andean standouts included Andean Motmot, Blue-banded Toucanet, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, and Lanceolated Monklet. On this year’s tour we stayed at Villa Carmen along the lower Manu Road, where forests with bamboo patches were rich in birds, and included a Cinereous Tinamou at a feeding station, and Blue-throated Macaws passing overhead. We will definitely include this marvelous place on future tours. Lower down, excellent views of Amazonian Antpitta, Orinoco Goose, Horned Screamer, Hoatzin, Pavonine Quetzal, Red-necked Woodpecker, and Purus and White-throated Jacamars featured. Moving away from Manu, we ventured higher into the Andes at Abra Malaga, where the gorgeous White-tufted Sunbeam was the highlight. We then visited the famous ruins of the Incas, getting record numbers of Torrent Ducks and Inca Wren while doing so, as well as a popular Masked Fruiteater. The tour finished at the wonderful port of Pucusana, where Inca Terns, Humboldt Penguins and Red-legged Cormorant entertained at the last, before International departures pulled us back to Lima.
A Humboldt Penguin was waiting for us at Pucusana
At the end of this incredibly diverse tour, we had recorded a substantial bird list of 644, 42 of which were only heard. Among the group favorites on the tour were Golden-headed and Pavonine Quetzals, Masked Fruiteater, Andean Cock-of-the- rock, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Streaked Tuftedcheek, Paradise Tanager, Creamy-crested Spinetail, Inca Wren, Red- necked Woodpecker, Dark-billed Cuckoo, Hoatzin, Blue-footed Booby, Amazonian Antpitta, Torrent Duck, Rufous- crested Coquette. 2 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Huacarpay Lakes (near Cusco)
The tour started in the Peruvian capital, Lima, before flying to the Andean city of Cusco. Once there, we quickly started exploring the Andes and birded these lakes near the city. The lakes were dotted with birds like Slate-colored (Andean) Coot, Puna and Yellow- billed Teals, White-tufted Grebe, Puna Ibis, Plumbeous Rail; Andean Lapwing was also found nearby. At one point, an Aplomado Falcon darted in and chased some of the ducks away too. The reedy edges held Wren-like Rushbird and Many- colored Rush-Tyrant (below). Away from the lake the habitat is scrubby, and this is where we found Blue-and- yellow Tanager, Band-tailed Seedeater and Band-tailed Sierra-Finch. Variable Hawk and Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle were also seen overhead.
After a field lunch, we visited another site, and found Rusty-fronted Canastero and Bearded Mountaineer, both Peruvian endemics, and therefore big targets for us in the area. Golden-billed Saltator, Black-throated Flowerpiercer and Streak-fronted Thornbird were also found in the same, scrubby habitat. We returned to Cusco in the late afternoon, taking in the central Plaza de Armas before dinner in the city that night.
Cusco to Wayqecha
(Upper Manu Road)
On this day we retraced our steps but headed towards the Manu road birding our way to and beyond the entrance to Manu National Park, a vast protected area covering high Andean forest that stretch all the way down into the Amazon too.
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This was day where we covered a few different habitats, both scrub and forest in the high Andes on our route to Wayqecha a lodge and research station on the Upper Manu Road. This involved driving up and over a pass before we entered the park itself. Before lunch, and before reaching Manu, we had amassed a good list of species, including the World’s largest hummingbird, Giant Hummingbird, a soaring Mountain Caracara, Green-tailed Trainbearer, Andean Tinamou (for some only), Black-backed Grosbeak, Andean Flicker perched on the rocks, Creamy-crested Spinetail (page before). Rufous- webbed Bush-Tyrant, Mourning and Peruvian Sierra-Finches, and Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch.
On the final leg driving down to Wayqecha we found a Yungas Pygmy-Owl, Red-crested Cotinga, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Moustached Flowerpiercer, and Rust-and-yellow Tanager, among others, which rounded out a typically birdy day on this area. A single night was spent on the Upper Manu Road at Wayqecha.
Wayqecha to Cock-of-the-rock Lodge (Upper Manu Road)
We started out just above Wayqecha, and the birding was great, with species like Red-crested Cotinga, and Masked Trogon, and flowers attracting Amethyst-throated Sunangel, Violet-throated Starfrontlet, and Rufous-capped Thornbill. Golden-collared Tanager (above), Scarlet-bellied, Hooded and Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanagers, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan (next page), and Black-faced Brush-Finch (next page) were all also found in the same area of the Upper Manu Road. A bit of playback was required to reel in one of the calling Rufous Antpittas too. After that, we left Wayqecha behind and continued down the Manu Road from there. 4 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Just below Wayqecha, we noted Shining Sunbeam, Crimson- mantled Woodpecker, Pale- legged Warbler, White-collared Jay, and Rust-and-yellow and Grass-green Tanagers. One of the characteristic features of birding the Manu Road are the roving mixed feeding flocks of Andean birds, and we found another further down, which held Fulvous Wren, Barred Becard, Capped Conebill, and Spectacled Redstart. Just before lunch, we found a Slaty-backed (Maroon-belted) Chat-Tyrant too.
After lunch, another feeding flock lower down still produced Striped Treehunter, Pearled Treerunner, Saffron-crowned, Beryl-spangled, and Slaty Tanagers, and Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus. A friendly Inca Flycatcher was also found sitting beside the road. The same area also yielded a male Golden-headed Quetzal, which betrayed its presence by its call. At the end of the day we checked into Cock-of-the-lodge for a two night stay.
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Cock-of-the-rock Lodge (Upper Manu Road)
Before dawn (and before breakfast) we drove a short distance up the road to a traditional lek site of the lodge’s most famous bird, the Andean Cock-of-the-rock (above). The display site held an amazing 7-8 different scarlet males on our visit there, which also brought us our first Andean Motmot, and a Yungas Manakin too before we turned back to return to the lodge for breakfast. However, other birds distracted us from doing so, included a nesting Barred Becard, White-backed Fire-eye, Three-striped and Two-banded Warblers, Montane Foliage-Gleaner, Orange-eared Tanager and Three-striped Hemispingus (next page).
At and after our late breakfast we admired the lodge feeders, where hummingbirds like Green Hermit, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Booted Racket-tail, White-bellied Hillstar, Wire-crested Thorntail, Many-spotted Hummingbird, and Sparkling, Brown and Lesser Violetears all came in enthusiastically. At the fruit, we watched Russet-backed Oropendola, Saffron-crowned, Golden, Blue-necked and Silver-beaked Tanagers enjoying the banana bonanza. Brown Capuchin and Bolivian Dwarf Squirrel Monkeys, Brown Agouti, and a Tyra also showed interest in any fallen fruit. The lodge garden held plenty of extra birds too, as fruiting trees attracted Blue Dacnis, Bay-headed, Spotted, and Paradise Tanagers all feeding close to the restaurant. Other garden birds included Green-fronted Lancebill, Geoffroy’s Wedge-billed Hummingbird (part of a recent east-west split of this species), Black-billed Thrush and Yellow-browed Sparrow. Along the road nearby, we found Black- streaked Puffbird, Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, and Spotted Barbtail.
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After lunch, we drove up above the lodge to get some higher species we had missed before on the way down, finding Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer, Common Chlorospingus, Green (Inca) Jay, and Blue-banded Toucanet. The latter was the major hope of this upward search. At dusk we managed to call in two different male Lyre-tailed Nightjars that battled with each other impressively just overhead.
Cock-of-the-rock Lodge to Villa Carmen (Lower Manu Road)
After breakfast, we visited some forest with bamboo below the lodge, where we found Swallow Tanager, Lanceolated Monklet, Black-crowned Tityra. Much further down we managed to track down Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Streak-chested Antwren, Yellow-throated Tanager, Chestnut-backed Antshrike, McConnell’s Flycatcher, and Chestnut-breasted Wren. Moving even further down the road and in altitude, we found Black-billed Treehunter, Peruvian Piedtail, Ornate Flycatcher, Olive-faced Flatbill and Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet. We also noticed a soaring Black-and-chestnut Eagle. Final stops before arriving at Villa Carmen produced Spix’s Guan, White-browed Antbird, Long-tailed Tyrant, Chestnut-collared Swift, Burrowing Owl, and in a bamboo patch, the striking Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher. This was all in the morning, before arriving at Villa Carmen in time for afternoon birding there.
Villa Carmen has great birding right on the doorstep (as well as along lodge trails too). At the lodge itself, feeders drew our attention to birds like Purplish Jay, Speckled Chachalaca, and Silvery Tanager. While the hummingbird feeders and garden flowers hosted Gray-breasted Sabrewing, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, and Blue-tailed Emerald. On a nearby pond, White-winged Swallow and Rufescent Tiger-Heron were found along with a classic Amazonian bird, the prehistoric Hoatzin. Short walks on trails brought us Blue-fronted Piping-Guan, Laughing Falcon, Chestnut-eared Aracari, and Magpie Tanager. However, a Bicolored Hawk devouring a dove was perhaps the standout sighting. Some opted for some pre-dinner owling that brought those present a Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl before dinner rounded out a bumper day of different elevation birds on the Manu Road and surrounds.
Villa Carmen (Lower Manu Road) to Amazonia Lodge
After breakfast we concentrated by the lodge feeders, seeing Gray-cowled Wood-Rail, Purplish Jay, Blue-throated Piping- Guans, Russet-backed Oropendola, and Red-capped Cardinal. On the nearby pond, we also ogled Hoatzins again, as well as Limpkin, Purple Gallinule, and Capped and Cocoi Herons. Exploring the forest immediately behind the lodge led us to find Lineated Woodpecker, Plain-capped Spinetail, Straight-billed, Cinnamon-throated and Black-banded Woodcreepers, Orange-fronted Plushcrown, Johanne’s Tody-Tyrant, Hauxwell’s Thrush, and Solitary Cacique.
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We also managed to see several flyovers of Blue-throated Macaws in this area, a sometimes missed species. One of the most amazing experiences of the morning was being shown to a feeding station, where we got to see a Cinereous Tinamou coming in, a widespread but very difficult to see Amazonian species.
Birding some further trails behind the lodge, in an area of forest that held significant bamboo patches, we found other species like Bamboo Antshrike, Rufous-capped Nunlet, Manu and White-lined Antbirds. This same stand of forest also produced Crimson-crested Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Dacnis, and a handful of Blue-crowned Trogons. Among the Heliconias alongside the trail we found a Pale-tailed Barbthroat foraging, in addition to a Black-throated Antbird in the nearby understorey. Reddish and White-bearded Hermits were also found, but the biggest surprise came with a daytime calling Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl that helped us in tracking it down too. Plain-winged Antshrike and Fiery-capped Manakin also featured for some during the same morning. Just as we were readying to leave Villa Carmen, we were gifted a fine pair of Rufous-crested Coquettes to round out our time at this wonderful lodge perfectly.
On leaving Villa Carmen, we traveled to Amazonia Lodge by way of a boat across the Madre de Dios River, a journey that yielded Fasciated Tiger-Heron, and a roosting group of Sand-colored Nighthawks resting on the beaches and emergent dead logs. Arriving mid-afternoon at the lodge, we were welcomed with lemonade, then birded right around the lodge itself, where we enjoyed hummingbirds like White-necked Jacobin, Golden-tailed Sapphire, the endemic Koepke’s Hermit, Gould’s Jewelfront, Blue-tailed Emerald and Violet-headed Hummingbird. The lodge is equipped with not only feeders for the hummingbirds, but fruit-laden ones for other bird species; these attracted Gray-cowled Wood-Rail, Speckled Chachalaca, Masked-Crimson Tanager, and Thick-billed Euphonia. I alerted the group to keep an eye along a particular path for any curassows; right on cue, twenty minutes later a pair of Razor-billed Curassows came on by and slowly walked past us near dusk time.
Amazonia Lodge
After a by now familiar early breakfast, we concentrated around the lodge, finding the endemic Fine-barred Piculet, Little Woodpecker, and Magpie and Turquoise Tanagers. Following this we returned to some trail birding, for forest interior birds. A small feeding flock held Pygmy and Gray Antwrens, Bluish-gray Antshrike, and Speckled Spinetail, among others. Further along the trail we found Black-tailed Trogon, Black-fronted Nunbird, a noisy Goldie’s Antbird, and very cooperative Rusty-belted Tapaculo. The latter, along with a Ringed Antpipit were both skulkers we were lucky to see so well. Southern Emerald Toucanet, Band-tailed Manakin, Chestnut-eared Aracari, and Amazonian Antpitta all also featured as we moved ever deeper on the trail, the latter giving remarkable looks for us all. A little rest was well earned before and after lunch. However, while some rested in the rooms, the remainder of the group sat to admire the fruit feeders and hummingbird feeders, which provided some excellent photo opportunities. Our afternoon plans were scuppered by rain, which kept us largely at or around the lodge. A short walk did produce Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner, Violaceous Jay, and Buff-rumped Warbler. Just before dinner, we also managed to track down a calling Common Potoo.
Amazonia Lodge
Today was a strange day, with a “friaje”, or cold front having come through rather unseasonally on several occasions recently. The worry for this was that it can suppress bird activity. However, these fears seemed to be unfounded, as we ended up doing very well with species like Collared Trogon, Plain-throated Antwren, and among a canopy feeding flock, Golden-green Woodpecker, White-winged Shrike-Tanager, and a beautiful Red-necked Woodpecker. 8 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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We also saw and mostly heard, the incredible Screaming Piha, one of the most used jungle sounds in Hollywood. Slate- colored Hawk, Black-faced Antbird, were also found on this morning walk. Another feeding flock with Gray Antwren, Spot- winged Antshrike, Dusky-capped Greenlet, Olivaceous Woodcrepeer, and Chestnut-winged Foliage-Gleaner. Outside of the flock, a Rufous-tailed Flatbill responded to our tape, Yellow-crested Tanager was seen, and an active Band-tailed Manakin lek was found. The wonderful sounds of a Musician Wren led us to that species. The rare Rufous-vented Ground- Cuckoo was frustratingly only seen by Jose. On the way back long the trail, we finally attracted a Pavonine Quetzal through Jose’s whistles, as well as Grayish and Cinereous Mourners, Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Broad-billed Motmot, and Golden-crowned Spadebill. Behind the lodge a Black-tailed Trogon was found.
After lunch, late in the afternoon, we birded along a creekside trail, adding Thrush-like Wren, White-necked Thrush, Great Antshrike and others. Deep inside the forest, we found canopy species like White-bellied Parrot, Golden-collared Toucanet, Olive Oropendola, Moriche Oriole, and a Rufous-capped Antthrush a short time before dusk that hopped on to an idyllic branch we had been egging it onto. In the evening, some of the group lingered longer in the forest to try and get the Starred Wood-Quail at dusk, which is the best time to try and find them after they have gone to roost, as it proved to be on this occasion too.
Amazonia Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center
Early rain stopped our plans to bird before we took our long boat ride to Manu Wildlife Center. Therefore, our bird list for the morning was dominated by hummingbirds, as we sheltered at the lodge. The same hummingbirds were in attendance, but also we observed Rufous-crested Coquette and Amethyst Woodstar foraging on the Verbena flowers in the garden too. We also enjoyed the by now “usual” entourage” of birds at the fruit feeders. Once the rain had eased, a quick walk brought us Chestnut-tailed Antbird, before we simply had to take to the boat for our long water journey. 9 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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The all-day boat ride following this, featured a small number of birds on the journey, including Pied Lapwing, Orinoco Goose, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Horned Screamer (page before), Drab Water-Tyrant, Little Blue and Cocoi Herons, Black Skimmer, and both perched and flight views of Great Black-Hawk. Bat Falcon was also seen several times. 5 species of macaws were also worth mentioning on this boat ride: Red-and-green, Scarlet, Blue-and-yellow, Chestnut-fronted and Red-bellied Macaws. Some raptors took flight after the rain had stopped, like a superb Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle. Pied and Collared Plovers, Amazon and Ringed Kingfishers, Vermilion Flycatcher and Burrowing Owl on a river island, and Large-billed and Yellow-billed Terns were also seen. While making a brief lunch stop we spotted Cobalt-winged and Tui, and Dusky-headed Parakeets, and Rose-fronted Parakeet at a small clay lick that was found by chance. Late in the afternoon we docked at Manu Wildlife Center, where the traditional welcome drink was very welcome following our long boat ride.
Manu Wildlife Center to Tambo Blanquillo
In the morning we ventured up to a large canopy platform, nestled within a giant Kapok tree. Ivory-billed Aracari, Western Striolated Puffbird, Long-billed Starthroat, White-rumped Sirystes,, Masked Tityra, Black-faced Dacnis, Olive Oropendola, and Red-necked Woodpecker were all found from our lofty position. A nearby nesting Double-toothed Kite, and eye level views of a series of macaws were also major highlights up on high. Once it was too hot from our exposed position on the tower, we retreated to the shade of the forest floor, birding trails instead. A feeding flock was located than held Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, Red-stained and White-throated Woodpeckers, Gilded and Lemon-throated Barbets, and White-winged Shrike-Tanager.
After lunch, we transferred to a new lodge for this tour, the wonderful Tambo Blanquillo. However, before we checked in there, we visited Cocha Blanco, an oxbow lake owned by the same lodge. By the time we reached there, in the later afternoon it was a cooler time of day, and we transferred to a catamaran to ride around the lake. The first birds we found were Hoatzins that do very well in this habitat. Noisy Wattled Jacanas were found among the water hyacinth, a half dozen Pale-eyed Blackbirds were noted, along with a distant Black-collared Hawk. Other species typical of this Amazonian habitat were also found: Lesser Kiskadee, Anhinga, Pale-vented Pigeon, Amazonian Streaked Antwren, Silvered and Band-tailed Antbirds, a White-throated Toucan flew over, and after quite a battle we all saw an elusive Sungrebe, and plenty of Horned Screamers. Mammals also featured, like squirrel monkeys, red howler monkeys, and giant otter. As darkness approached, we finally got to Tambo Blanquillo Lodge, and checked into our cabins. Wifi, good food and electricity were all welcome luxuries deep in this remote part of Peru.
Tambo Blanquillo
The morning started out with another visit to a canopy tower, but a different one than we had previously visited. Plumbeous Kite sitting overhead, Spangled Cotinga, White-winged and Chestnut-crowned Becards, Yellow-bellied Dacnis, and an Orange-backed Troupial being regularly harassed by the nesting becards were observed. Other birds up there included, Channel-billed Toucan, Dull-capped Attila, White-necked Puffbird, Curl-crested Aracari, Cream-colored Woodpecker, and Paradise and Masked-Crimson Tanagers.
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Another oxbow lake was also visited, again different from our previous one before; cruising around the lake we found Gray- headed Kite, Greater Schiffornis, Spotted Tody-Flycatcher, Sungrebe, Black-capped Donacobious, Barred Antshrike, and Purus Jacamar (the latter a key species for this site), and Crested Oropendola. We returned to the lodge for lunch, finding Plumbeous Antbird not long before we did so.
While there are no feeders at this lodge, the verbena flowers in the garden were productive, attracting Festive Coquette and White-chinned Sapphire. After an early afternoon rest, we birded across the river from the lodge, where we managed to track down an Amazonian Pygmy-Owl, Gray Antbird, Bluish-slate Antshrike, Long-tailed Woodcreeper, and Red-stained Woodpecker, but not the trumpeters we had been hoping for. Owling was also rather unsuccessful, with birds remaining heard but not seen.
Tambo Blanquillo to Puerto Maldonado
The morning featured one of the highlights of the tour, a visit to the World’s most famous parrot clay lick in Manu. One of the first things we noticed on arrival were some perched Amazonian Parrotlets, which are often hard to see like that. We took our packed breakfast in the purpose-built blind while waiting for the arrival of other, larger parrots. Yellow-crowned, Mealy, Blue-headed, and Orange-cheeked Parrots were all first in attendance along with Cobalt-winged and Tui Parakeets, but the macaws were later to arrive. Other birds were seen during the macaw vigil, like Amazon Kingfisher, Chestnut-bellied Seedfinch, Smooth-billed Ani, Dark-breasted Spinetail, and Grayish Saltator. Finally, the first of the Red-and-green Macaws (next page) began to arrive, although were at first reticent to come down to the clay itself, remaining in the trees overhead. We waited impatiently, as soon we had to think about leaving, as we still had a considerable journey ahead of us. However, just before we needed to leave, down came the first wave of macaws to the lick, so that we got to see that iconic Peruvian scene of nervous macaws at the lick itself. Magical.
On the way back towards the boat, we saw an Undulated Tinamou standing on the path, and also whistled in a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. A boat ride then followed to Puerto Colorado, which featured some of the river birds we had seen before like Sand-colored Nighthawk, Pied and Southern Lapwings, and Orinoco Goose. This eventually connected us with our driver who took us to the city of Puerto Maldonado for the night. The last part of the drive featured a few familiar birds from the vehicle like Southern Crested Caracara, Black Caracara and Red-bellied Macaw.
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Puerto Maldonado to Ollantaytambo
A little time was spent birding a patch of forest near Puerto Maldonado before a day of travel back up into the Andes. The La Pastora area nearby our hotel was productive, with the most-wanted White-throated Jacamar, plus another Purus Jacamar, White-throated Toucan, Barred Antshrike, and a three-toed sloth. After this we moved to a stand of Moriche palms, where we found the hoped specialties of this habitat, like Sulphury Flycatcher and Point- tailed Palmcreeper. A third site nearby with fish ponds, was also visited for a short time too, and this brought us White- rumped Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit, while in the trees alongside we found Purple-throated Euphonia.
After returning to the hotel, checking out and having lunch, we took an afternoon flight to Cusco; once we landed there, we immediately boarded our bus and drove to the Incan town of Ollantaytambo. Before reaching there, we birded a lake on the way finding Andean Gull, Andean Lapwing, Andean Goose, Black-faced and Puna Ibises, Yellow-billed Pintail, Yellow- billed and Puna Teals, Andean Duck and Silvery and White-tufted Grebes. The night was spent in the wonderful town of Ollantaytambo, after we spent a bit of time talking landscape photos before reaching the city, to take advantage of the incredible Andean scenery with this Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Abra Malaga
Abra Malaga provided an extremely different environment to what we had been in within recent days – we had shortly before been in the humid lowlands of the Amazon, but were now in the high Andes. The highest point would be 13-14,000ft. Below the pass, we birded, in part for the birds, and in part to gauge how people felt with the altitude. White-winged Duica-Finch, Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Andean Flicker, Cordilleran Canastero, Mountain Caracara all featured during that first stop. Moving slowly higher, we found Rufous-naped and Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrants. We crossed the pass and birded the far side too, but below the pass, again to help with acclimatization for the highest point, but also to see birds like Andean Goose, Paramo Pipit, and White-browed Ground-Tyrant. A pond just below the pass brought us Andean Gull and some Wilson’s Phalaropes too. A forested habitat a little lower down from the pass provided us with Brown-backed and Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrants, Tyrian and Scaled Metaltails, Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Puna Thistletail, Black-throated Flowerpiercer, and some excellent views of White-browed Conebill. Walking the road nearby also got us Chestnut-bellied Mountain- Tanager (next page) Spectacled Redstart and Purple-backed Thornbill.
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We then returned to the pass area, once we had acclimatized a little, but the altitude was taking its toll on all, and so we decided in the end not to do the polylepis trail for some of the other specialties due to the impact of the elevation on all. Thus, we returned to birding below the pass in another area of polylepis, where we found some of these specialties like Tawny Tit- Spinetail, Stripe-headed Antpitta (sadly only for Jose), and Taczanowski's Ground-Tyrant. On the way down towards the hotel we came upon a very high record of a Black-crowned Night-Heron sitting beside a river at nearly 13,000ft, as well as Shining Sunbeam, Creamy-crested Spinetail, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Tit-like Dacnis, and Spot-winged Pigeon. Our main aim though was to find White-tufted Sunbeam, which we eventually did after some time, which was our cue to leave. While waiting for dinnertime, some late birding around the hotel in Ollantaytambo produced Bearded Mountaineer, Black-tailed Trainbearer, Green-and-white Hummingbird, and Bare-faced Ground-Dove.
Machu Picchu
Today we left to take the train up to Aguas Calientes, just below one of the most iconic settings in all of South America, the ancient Incan ruins of Machu Picchu. This 90-minute train journey produced a TB record 47 Torrent Ducks, White-capped Dipper, Fasciated Tiger-Heron, Andean Gull, Spot-winged Pigeon, Chiguanco Thrush, and Puna Ibis, and we even saw an Andean Motmot while sitting on the train. Once we arrived at the gates to the ruins, we dropped our luggage at our hotel and met with our local guide, Freddy who gave us some detailed insights into the Incan history and the ruins. While walking the ruins we saw bird species like American Kestrel, Highland Hepatic Tanager, and Dark-billed Cuckoo. Nearby, we found a patch of bamboo forest, which held an Inca Wren that gave great looks and was a very popular tour bird.
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Following a substantial buffet lunch at a nearby hotel, everyone decided against returning to Machu Picchu with long lines to do so, and what with a comprehensive visit having already been enjoyed that morning. So, we took the bus halfway down towards where we were staying – Aguas Calientes, and then walked the final section down to our hotel, searching for birds along the way. This yielded good results with Golden and Black-backed Grosbeaks, Streaked Xenops, Highland Elaenia, Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant, Sclater’s Tyrannulet, Variable Antshrike, Ocellated Piculet. Slaty and Saffron-crowned Tanagers, and best of all the handsome Peruvian endemic, Masked Fruiteater. Speckle-faced Parrot, White-bellied Hummingbird and Versicolored Barbet were also seen later on the walk down. Arriving at our Aguas Calientes hotel in the late afternoon, we were welcomed with a Pisco Sour.
Aguas Calientes
This was a mix of birding and travel day. We started out at Aguas Calientes, by exploring along the railway line and at the start of the road up to Machu Picchu. This produced the hoped-for White-eared Solitaire, in addition to Speckled Hummingbird, Golden-naped Tanager, Oleaginous Hemispingus, Mitred Parakeet, Silvery, Blue-necked and Saffron- crowned Tanagers, and Common Tody-Flycatcher (the latter a common and widespread bird that is oddly scarce on this itinerary). We also found a couple of Fasciated Tiger-Heron along the river, a Torrent Flycatcher, and got incredible views and photos of an Andean Motmot. There was also plenty of time before lunch to visit an Andean market. After lunch at a famed local restaurant, we made the journey back to Ollantaytambo, first with a train, and then to Cusco by road. Another night was spent in Cusco.
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Cusco to Lima. Pucusana and Pantanas de Villa.
After an early morning flight to the capital Lima, and then breakfast taken shortly after arrival, we were ready for the final birding of the tour. Close to Lima, we did some coastal birding, and found species like Surf Cinclodes on the shoreline, as well as more common species like Peruvian Pelican and West Peruvian Dove. After a brief stop there, we visited a local fishing port 90 minutes from the capital – Belcher’s Gull, Long-tailed Mockingbird, and Croaking Ground-Dove preceded a lunch in the port. After lunch, we took a boat out for one of the classic Peruvian experiences, seeing pelagic birds close up, like Humboldt Penguin, Red-legged Cormorant (photo page before), Inca Tern, Peruvian Booby, and even an additional Surf Cinclodes clambering across the rocks. On the way back to shore, Blackish Oystercatcher and Blue-footed Boobies (below) were seen during this hour-long boat ride.
Our final birding of the entire tour was at a wetland close to the ocean, Pantanas de Villa, where we found Gray-headed Gull, White-cheeked Pintail, Amazilia Hummingbird, Peruvian Meadowlark, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Wren-like Rushbird, and Yellow-throated Blackbird. Our final big find of the trip ended up being Peruvian Thick-knee at the same site. We then headed back to Lima for international departures.
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BIRDS
TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE Great Tinamou Tinamus major H Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui L Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus H Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus H Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii SCREAMERS ANHIMIDAE Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL ANATIDAE Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera Torrent Duck Merganetta armata Puna Teal Anas puna Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris oxyptera Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis GUAN,CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS CRACIDAE Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata Andean Guan Penelope montagnii Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum NEW WORLD QUAIL ODONTOPHORIDAE Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus H Starred Wood-Quail Odontophorus stellatus GREBES PODICIPEDIDAE White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland Silvery Grebe (Andean) Podiceps occipitalis juninensis PIGEONS AND DOVES COLUMBIDAE Rock Pigeon Columba livia Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Croaking Ground-Dove Columbina cruziana Bare-faced Ground-Dove Metriopelia ceciliae Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla White-throated Quail-Dove Geotrygon frenata H West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata 16 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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CUCKOOS CUCULIDAE Greater Ani Crotophaga major Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus H Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi australis L Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES CAPRIMULGIDAE Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris L Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra POTOOS NYCTIBIIDAE Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis H Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus SWIFTS APODIDAE Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes leucurus White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus Green Hermit Phaethornis guy Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepckeae Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris L Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae Geoffroy's Wedgebill Schistes geoffroyi Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae Lesser Violetear Colibri thalassinus Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx auritus Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis Wire-crested Thorntail Discosura popelairii Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi 17 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps Bearded Mountaineer Oreonympha nobilis Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda Buff-thighed Puffleg Haplophaedia assimilis Sapphire-vented (Coppery-naped) Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani sapphiropygia Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis White-tufted Sunbeam Aglaeactis castelnaudii Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus L Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus White-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia chionogaster Green-and-white Hummingbird Amazilia viridicauda Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia Sapphire-spangled Emerald Amazilia lactea Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus HOATZIN OPISTHOCOMIDAE Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS HAEMATOPODIDAE Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Gray-cowled) Aramides cajaneus cajaneus Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata Slate-colored (Andean) Coot Fulica ardesiaca Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis H FINFOOTS HELIORNITHIDAE Sungrebe Heliornis fulica LIMPKIN ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna TRUMPETERS PSOPHIIDAE Pale-winged Trumpeter Psophia leucoptera H THICK-KNEES BURHINIDAE Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris 18 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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STILTS AND AVOCETS RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus Black-necked (White-backed) Stilt Himantopus mexicanus melanurus OYSTERCATCHERS HAEMATOPODIDAE American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS CHARADRIDAE Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Killdeer Charadrius vociferus JACANAS JACANIDAE Wattled Jacana (Chestnut-backed) Jacana jacana SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES SCOLOPACIDAE Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Surfbird Aphriza virgata Sanderling Calidris alba White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS LARIDAE Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Inca Tern Larosterna inca Black Skimmer Rynchops niger SUNBITTERN EURYPYGIDAE Sunbittern Eurypyga helias PENGUINS SPHENISCIDAE Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti BOOBIES AND GANNETS SULIDAE Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii Peruvian Booby Sula variegata ANHINGAS ANHINGIDAE Anhinga Anhinga anhinga CORMORANTS AND SHAGS PHALACROCORACIDAE Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii L 19 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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PELICANS PELECANIDAE Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS ARDEIDAE Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Striated Heron Butorides striata Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax IBISES AND SPOONBILLS THRESKIORNITHIDAE Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis branickii NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE Andean Condor Vultur gryphus King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES ACCIPITRIDAE Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor Slate-colored Hawk Buteogallus schistaceus Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Roadside Hawk (Southern) Rupornis magnirostris occiduus Variable Hawk (Variable) Geranoaetus polyosoma polyosoma Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula OWLS STRIGIDAE Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba H Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata H Yungas Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium bolivianum Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula huhula H Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsis TROGONS TROGONIDAE 20 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus H Black-tailed Trogon (Black-tailed) Trogon melanurus Green-backed (Am. White-tailed) Trogon Trogon viridis H Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui Collared Trogon Trogon collaris Masked Trogon Trogon personatus MOTMOTS MOMOTIDAE Amazonian (Blue-crowned) Motmot Momotus momota Andean (Highland) Motmot Momotus aequatorialis Broad-billed Motmot (Plain-tailed) Electron platyrhynchum pyrrholaemum KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda PUFFBIRDS BUCCONIDAE White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus Western Striolated-Puffbird Nystalus obamai Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata Rufous-capped Nunlet Nonnula ruficapilla Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus Swallow-winged Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa JACAMARS GALBULIDAE Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus White-throated Jacamar Brachygalba albogularis Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens NEW WORLD BARBETS CAPITONIDAE Gilded Barbet Capito auratus Lemon-throated Barbet (Flame-throated) Eubucco richardsoni aurantiicollis Versicolored Barbet (Blue-moustached) Eubucco versicolor versicolor TOUCANS RAMPHASTIDAE Southern Emerald-Toucanet (Black-throated) Aulacorhynchus albivitta atrogularis Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena hypoglauca Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis Ivory-billed Aracari Pteroglossus azara Curl-crested Aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus WOODPECKERS PICIDAE Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus Fine-barred Piculet Picumnus subtilis Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos 21 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Lineated Woodpecker (Lineated) Dryocopus lineatus lineatus Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus L Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Black-crowned) Colaptes rivolii atriceps Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula Andean Flicker (Southern) Colaptes rupicola puna FALCONS AND CARACARAS FALCONIDAE Lined Forest-Falcon Micrastur gilvicollis Black Caracara Daptrius ater Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus Southern Caracara Caracara plancus Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans American Kestrel (South American) Falco sparverius peruvianus Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Peregrine Falcon (South American) Falco peregrinus cassini NEW WORLD AND AFRICAN PARROTS PSITTACIDAE Andean Parakeet Bolborhynchus orbygnesius Amazonian Parrotlet Nannopsittaca dachilleae Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera Orange-cheeked Parrot Pyrilia barrabandi Speckle-faced (Plum-crowned) Parrot Pionus tumultuosus tumultuosus Blue-headed Parrot (Blue-headed) Pionus menstruus menstruus Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala nattereri Mealy Parrot (Southern) Amazona farinosa farinosa Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenarius White-bellied Parrot (Black-legged) Pionites leucogaster xanthomerius Rose-fronted Parakeet Pyrrhura roseifrons Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola H Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata Blue-headed Macaw Primolius couloni Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus Mitred Parakeet Aratinga mitrata White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalma TYPICAL ANTBIRDS THAMNOPHILIDAE Chestnut-shouldered Antwren Terenura humeralis Bamboo Antshrike Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae Great Antshrike Taraba major Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus 22 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus Plain-throated Antwren Isleria hauxwelli Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris Foothill Antwren Epinecrophylla spodionota H Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri H Amazonian Streaked-Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis subflava Black Antbird Cercomacra serva Blackish Antbird (foothills) Cercomacra nigrescens aequatorialis H Reparian Antbird (lowlands) Cercomacra nigrescens fuscicauda H Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens White-backed Fire-eye (White-backed) Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus White-lined Antbird Percnostola lophotes Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra Chestnut-tailed Antbird (hemimelaena) Sciaphylax hemimelaena hemimelaena Goeldi's Antbird Myrmeciza goeldii Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax ANTPITTAS GRALLARIIDAE Stripe-headed Antpitta Grallaria andicolus H Red-and-white Antpitta Grallaria erythroleuca H Rufous Antpitta (South Peruvian) Grallaria rufula occabambae Amazonian Antpitta Hylopezus berlepschi Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona H TAPACULOS RHINOCRYPTIDAE Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris H White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus H Puna Tapaculo Scytalopus simonsi H ANTTHRUSHES FORMICARIIDAE Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma Black-faced Antthrush (Black-faced) Formicarius analis analis OVENBIRDS AND WOODCREEPERS FURNARIIDAE Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Amazonian) Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Southern) Deconychura longicauda pallida Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (albigularis) Glyphorynchus spirurus albigularis Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula 23 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris H Black-banded Woodcreeper (Black-banded) Dendrocolaptes picumnus validus Strong-billed Woodcreeper (Amazonian) Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus orenocensis Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus Elegant Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus elegans juruanus Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Lafresnaye's) Xiphorhynchus guttatus guttatoides Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris napensis H Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Inambari (Lineated) Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae H Plain Xenops Xenops minutus Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus tricolor Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops Cream-winged (Bar-winged) Cinclodes Cinclodes albiventris White-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes atacamensis Surf Cinclodes Cinclodes taczanowskii Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis H Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythropterum Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufum Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus Black-billed Treehunter Thripadectes melanorhynchus Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner (Olive-backed) Automolus infuscatus infuscatus Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger Tawny Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura yanacensis Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta Puna Thistletail Asthenes helleri Rusty-fronted Canastero Asthenes ottonis Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiaca Marcapata Spinetail (Rufous-crowned) Cranioleuca marcapatae marcapatae H Creamy-crested Spinetail Cranioleuca albicapilla Ash-browed Spinetail Cranioleuca curtata Speckled Spinetail Cranioleuca gutturata Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis Cabanis's Spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae TYRANT FLYCATCHERS TYRANNIDAE White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus 24 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii White-crested Elaenia (White-crested) Elaenia albiceps urubambae Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas L Highland Elaenia (Highland) Elaenia obscura obscura Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis Olive-striped Flycatcher (Olive-striped) Mionectes olivaceus fasciaticollis Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus McConnell's Flycatcher (Inambari) Mionectes macconnelli peruanus Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus Slaty-capped Flycatcher (albidiventris) Leptopogon superciliaris albidiventer Inca Flycatcher Leptopogon taczanowskii Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant Phylloscartes ophthalmicus Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet Phylloscartes parkeri Sclater's Tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateri Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias cinereiceps Bolivian Tyrannulet Zimmerius bolivianus Ornate Flycatcher (Eastern) Myiotriccus ornatus aureiventris Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquatus Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus White-bellied Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus griseipectus Johannes's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus iohannis Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis H Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris H Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus pulchellus Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Yellow-olive Flycatcher (inornatus) Tolmomyias sulphurescens inornatus Gray-crowned Flycatcher (Flatbill) Tolmomyias poliocephalus Yellow-breasted (Olive-faced) Flycatcher (Flatbill) Tolmomyias flaviventris subsimilis Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus (Amazonian) Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus castelnaui Cinnamon Flycatcher (Andean) Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus cinnamomeus Bran-colored Flycatcher (Bran-colored) Myiophobus fasciatus auriceps Euler's Flycatcher (Euler's) Lathrotriccus euleri euleri Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus Black Phoebe (White-winged) Sayornis nigricans angustirostris Vermilion Flycatcher (obscurus Group) Pyrocephalus rubinus obscurus Vermilion Flycatcher (Austral) Pyrocephalus rubinus rubinus Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas Drab Water Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis Little Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola fluviatilis Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris Taczanowski's Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola griseus Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant (Rufous-naped) Muscisaxicola rufivertex occipitalis White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis 25 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant Polioxolmis rufipennis Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant (Maroon-belted) Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris thoracica Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant (Brown-backed) Ochthoeca fumicolor berlepschi White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephalum L Rufous-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficauda Dull-capped Attila Attila bolivianus White-rumped Sirystes Sirystes albocinereus Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox Lesser Kiskadee Pitangus lictor Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Boat-billed Flycatcher (South American) Megarynchus pitangua pitangua Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis cayanensis Social Flycatcher (Social) Myiozetetes similis similis Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris H Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Streaked Flycatcher (Southern) Myiodynastes maculatus solitarius Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus COTINGAS COTINGIDAE Band-tailed Fruiteater (signata) Pipreola intermedia signata H Masked Fruiteater Pipreola pulchra Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans MANAKINS PIPRIDAE Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus TITYRAS AND ALLIES TITYRIDAE Black-tailed Tityra (Western) Tityra cayana cayana Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata Varzea Schiffornis Schiffornis major Cinereous Mourner Laniocera hypopyrra Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus VIREOS, SHRIKE-BABBLERS AND ERPORNIS VIREONIDAE Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Rufous-fronted) Tunchiornis ochraceiceps viridior Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus 26 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Chivi Vireo (resident) Vireo chivi solimoensis CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES CORVIDAE White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus Green Jay (Inca) Cyanocorax yncas yncas Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus SWALLOWS HIRUNDINIDAE Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Barn Swallow (American) Hirundo rustica erythrogaster L WRENS TROGLODYTIDAE Scaly-breasted Wren (Southern) Microcerculus marginatus marginatus H House Wren (Southern) Troglodytes aedon carabayae Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus Inca Wren Pheugopedius eisenmanni Moustached Wren Pheugopedius genibarbis Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis H Fulvous Wren Cinnycerthia fulva Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Andean) Henicorhina leucophrys leucophrys Chestnut-breasted Wren (Southern) Cyphorhinus thoracicus thoracicus Musician Wren (Ferruginous) Cyphorhinus arada modulator DIPPERS CINCLIDAE White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus DONACOBIUS DONACOBIIDAE Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla THRUSHES AND ALLIES TURDIDAE Andean Solitaire (ralloides) Myadestes ralloides ralloides White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis Hauxwell's Thrush Turdus hauxwelli White-necked Thrush (Gray-flanked) Turdus albicollis spodiolaemus Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii L Black-billed Thrush (Amazonian) Turdus ignobilis debilis Great Thrush Turdus fuscater Chiguanco Thrush (chiguanco/conradi) Turdus chiguanco chiguanco Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS MIMIDAE Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus WAGTAIL AND PIPITS MOTACILLIDAE Paramo Pipit Anthus bogotensis FINCHES, EUPHONIAS, AND ALLIES FRINGILLIDAE Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica Thick-billed Euphonia (Thick-billed) Euphonia laniirostris zopholega 27 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Golden-bellied (White-lored) Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus Olivaceous Siskin Spinus olivaceus NEW WORLD SPARROW PASSERELLIDAE Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Yellow-throated) Chlorospingus flavigularis flavigularis Short-billed Chlorospingus Chlorospingus parvirostris Ashy-throated Chlorospingus (Ashy-throated) Chlorospingus canigularis Common Chlorospingus (Southern Peru) Chlorospingus flavopectus peruvianus Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Chestnut-capped) Arremon brunneinucha frontalis Rufous-collared Sparrow (Rufous-collared) Zonotrichia capensis peruviensis Black-faced (Gray-eared) Brushfinch Atlapetes melanolaemus TROUPIALS AND ALLIES ICTERIDAE Peruvian Meadowlark Leistes bellicosus albipes Russet-backed Oropendola (Russet-backed) Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Olive Oropendola (Amazonian) Psarocolius bifasciatus yuracares Solitary Black Cacique Cacicus solitarius Yellow-rumped Cacique (Amazonian) Cacicus cela cela Casqued Cacique(Oropendola) Clypicterus oseryi L Epaulet Oriole (Epaulet) Icterus cayanensis cayanensis Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi Pale-eyed Blackbird Agelasticus xanthophthalmus Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus icterocephalus NEW WORLD WARBLERS PARULIDAE Tropical Parula (South American) Setophaga pitiayumi pacifica Three-striped Warbler (Bolivian) Basileuterus tristriatus inconspicuus Pale-legged Warbler Myiothlypis signata Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda Two-banded Warbler (Two-banded) Myiothlypis bivittata bivittata Golden-bellied Warbler (Golden-bellied) Myiothlypis chrysogaster chrysogaster Russet-crowned Warbler Myiothlypis coronata Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) Myioborus miniatus Spectacled Redstart (Whitestart) Myioborus melanocephalus CARDINALS AND ALLIES CARDINALIDAE Hepatic Tanager (Highland) Piranga flava lutea Red-crowned Ant-Tanager (Scarlet-throated) Habia rubica peruviana Carmiol's Tanager (Yellow-lored) Chlorothraupis carmioli frenata L Golden Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster chrysogaster Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris Amazonian Grosbeak Cyanoloxia rothschildii L 28 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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TANAGERS, AND ALLIES THRAUPIDAE Red-capped Cardinal (Red-capped) Paroaria gularis gularis Black-faced Tanager Schistochlamys melanopis amazonica Magpie Tanager Cissopis leverianus Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata nana Slaty Tanager Creurgops dentatus Black-capped (White-browed) Hemispingus Hemispingus atropileus auricularis Parodi's Hemispingus Hemispingus parodii Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps Superciliaried Hemispingus (urubambae) Thlypopsis superciliaris urubambae Three-striped Hemispingus Hemispingus trifasciatus Yellow-crested Tanager Tachyphonus rufiventer White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager (Fire-bellied) Anisognathus igniventris igniventris Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager (Bolivian) Anisognathus somptuosus flavinucha Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager Delothraupis castaneoventris Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis Golden-collared Tanager Iridosornis jelskii Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Green-mantled) Pipraeidea bonariensis darwinii Orange-eared Tanager (Blue-throated) Chlorochrysa calliparaea fulgentissima Blue-gray Tanager (White-edged) Thraupis episcopus urubambae Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata Golden-naped Tanager (Rusty-naped) Tangara ruficervix inca Silvery Tanager Tangara viridicollis Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis Turquoise Tanager (Turquoise) Tangara mexicana boliviana Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis Bay-headed Tanager (Bay-and-blue) Tangara gyrola catharinae Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii Golden Tanager (pulchra Group) Tangara arthus sophiae Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis Black-faced Dacnis (Black-faced) Dacnis lineata lineata Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza White-browed Conebill Conirostrum ferrugineiventre Capped Conebill (Blue-capped) Conirostrum albifrons sordidum Cinereous Conebill (Cinereous) Conirostrum cinereum cinereum 29 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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Tit-like Dacnis (petersi/bella) Xenodacnis parina petersi Moustached Flowerpiercer (albilinea) Diglossa mystacalis albilinea Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides Deep-blue (Golden-eyed) Flowerpiercer Diglossa glauca Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema Peruvian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus punensis Mourning Sierra-Finch (Mourning) Phrygilus fruticeti peruvianus Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus White-winged Diuca-Finch Diuca speculifera Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch Poospiza caesar Greenish Yellow-Finch Sicalis olivascens Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata Bananaquit (Continental) Coereba flaveola chloropyga Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscurus Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus Grayish Saltator (Grayish) Saltator coerulescens azarae Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus H OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIDAE House Sparrow Passer domesticus
MAMMALS MARMOSETS, CAPUCHINS, SQUIRREL MONKEYS CEBIDAE Saddleback Tamarin Saguinus fuscicollis Brown Capuchin Cebus apella Common Squirrel Monkey Saimiri sciureus HOWLER, SPIDER, AND WOOLY MONKEYS ATELIDAE Venezuelan Red Howler Alouatta seniculus Geoffroy's(Peruvian) Woolly Monkey Lagothrix Canas SQUIRRELS SCIURIDAE Bolivian Dwarf Squirrel Sciurus ignitus Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis Southern Amazon Red Squirrel Sciurus spadiceus GUINEA PIG & CAPYBARA CAVIOIDAE/CAVIIDAE Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Poronccoy Cavia tschudii Guinea Pig Cavia porcellus AGOUTIS DASYPROCTIDAE Brown Agouti Dasyprocta variegata 30 www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected]
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RABBITS LEPORIDAE Tapeti (Brazilian Rabbit) Sylvilagus brasiliensis SAC-WINGED BATS EMBALLONURIDAE Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso WEASELS & OTTERS MUSTELIDAE Tayra Eira barbara Neotropical (Southern River) Otter Lontra longicaudis Giant Otter Pteronura brasiliensis
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