Northern Peru

Naturetrek Tour Report 6 - 24 October 2010

Callicole cynosora by Alan Hall Spectacled Bear by Alan Hall

Pigmy Marmoset by Tom Radford Dusky-headed Parakeet by Tom Radford

Report compiled by Alejandro Solano-Ugalde

Images courtesy of Alan Hall and Tom Radford

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Tour Report Northern Peru

Tour Leader: Alejandro Solano-Ugalde

Participants: John Flood Allan Hall Anita Hall Margaret Weir Steve Vaughan Tom Radford

Day 1 Thursday 7th October

Most of the participants had afternoon arrivals, and with no delays and bags secured we headed towards our comfortable Lima overnight hotel. Earlier one of the participants had birded along the Malecón and managed nice views of Peruvian Booby, Peruvian Pelican, and a gaudy group of Inca Terns, together with nice common garden birds of the capital such as Eared Dove, West Peruvian Dove, and a sooty morph of Vermillion Flycatcher. In the evening we all met over a nice selection of pastries and other Argentinean-style dishes and we discussed the promising itinerary we had ahead of us.

Day 2 Friday 8th October

This morning we had our transfer to begin the first part of the journey, and we were very enthusiastic about the beginning of the Amazonian experience. We had a nice flight over the mighty Andes and once in Iquitos we met with Muyuna Lodge staff, and were taken across this once rubber capital of the country. At the offices we were informed that rain hadn't been as pronounced as it should and for that reason we had to be transported to the port of Nanay where we boarded our vessel and accessed the mighty Amazon. For the next 3 hrs we had a delightful trip, birding from the boat, and saw some of the typical Amazonian river edge species, including Cocoi Heron, Great and Snowy Egret, Yellow-headed and Black Caracara, Osprey, Large-billed and Yellow-billed Tern. Once in the Yanayacu Creek we walked around the very shallow mouth, and our birding produced a nice set of psittacids: Cobalt-winged, Dusky-headed and White-eyed Parakeets, and scope views of the scarce Tui Parakeet, as well as Yellow-crowned and Mealy Parrot. As we headed towards the lodge we found Blue and Ruddy Ground Doves, Smooth-billed Ani, Fork-tailed Palm Swift, Rufescent Tiger Heron, four species of Kingfishers, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, Scarlet-crowned Barbet, and Chestnut-eared Aracari, among others.

Days 3-5 Saturday 9th - Monday 11th October

Over the course of the next few days at Muyuna we managed to explore the different habitats that are easy to access during this time of the year (given that the water level is low access to those is therefore easier), including the way into varzea (seasonally flooded rainforest), oxbow lakes, river islands, terra firme, swamps, etc. Luckily we had very pleasant weather and saw a good array of typical as well as some of the more special Amazonian birds including White-throated Toucan, Black-fronted Nunbird, Plain-breasted Piculet, Yellow-throated and Cream- coloured Woodpecker, Red-bellied and Blue-and-yellow Macaws, many colourful tanagers (the favourite of all being Paradise), many Black-collared and Slate-coloured Hawks, Amazonian White tailed Trogon, Lemon-throated Barbet, Blue cheek and White eared Jacamars, and many of the new world flycatchers.

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Pale-legged Hornero and the gaudy and fast Red and White Spinetail showed well, and we also saw Long-billed and Cinnamon-throated Woodcreepers, Amazonian and Barred Antshrikes, Amazonian Streak and White-flanked Antwrens. And amongst the difficult antbirds we managed to see the special Black tailed Antbird (best views ever!), Warbling, Plumbeous, White shouldered and Band tailed, and even an elusive Black-spotted Bare-eye allowed good views. The Cotingas didn’t disappoint us either and we were very pleased with Bare-necked Fruit Crow (an odd feathered creature), Plum-throated Cotinga, Purple-throated Fruit Crow and the one we were all hoping for - Amazonian Umbrellabird - a male that flew across a swampy area with lots of flowering Amazonian Giant Water Lilies.

The astonishing male Wire tailed Manakin had us all excited, and the trio of fighting Amazonian Royal Flycatchers produced a similar feeling. Varzea Schiffornis and the always cryptic Rufous-browed Peppershrike allowed close up views. The night birds were not vocally active but despite this we managed Great and Common Potoos, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl and Pauraque.

All in all, we had a very productive first part of the trip. After our return to Iquitos we got checked-in at our hotel and took a nice walk along the “malecón” for our last minutes of the afternoon, observing and learning from the livelihoods of the locals.

Day 6 Tuesday 12th October

Today we had the usual early start and pick-up by local guide and driver, and a great full day to explore one of the most fascinating and enigmatic of Amazonian habitats; the “white sand forest” of Allpahuayo Mishana reserve. A good start came with big flocks of Maroon-tailed and White-winged Parakeets as we were finishing our breakfast. Once on the trails we first found a fast and elusive group of birds that we worked patiently and as the frenzy stopped, we had Mouse-coloured Antshrike, Plain brown Woodcreeper, Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird, Pearly Antshrike, Ancient Antwren, Yellow-browed Antbird, and the most elusive one; the Allpahuayo Antbird.

Diversity is always greatly welcome, but the poor soils at this site make bird densities particularly low, and as a result it is quality and not quantity that was our target! Tody our specials included; King Vulture, Bat Falcon, Amazonian Swift, Brown-banded and Swallow-wing Puffbirds, Black-bellied Cuckoo, Pompadour Cotinga, Broad- billed Motmot, Yellow-billed Nunbird, Amazonian Violaceous Trogon, Orange-crested and White-crowned Manakin, Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin, the discrete Paradise Jacamar, Opal-crowned, Magpie and Paradise Tanagers, Blue Dacnis and both Short-billed and Purple Honeycreepers. Just as the day got hot and bird activity quieted down, we had time to refresh in the hotel and soon after we were transferred to Iquitos Airport for our short domestic flight to Tarapoto, our next destination.

Day 7 Wednesday 13th October

Today we changed habitats; first we visited Juan Guerra (where we found road works! and consequently decided to bird two side tracks), and in the mid morning we went to quebrada Upaquiua. These sites are conveniently located, and here one is met with a very different type of Amazonian forest, a rather distinctive sort of dry habitat that is under the influence of the Huallaga drainage. With little effort we found the Huallaga race of Western Slaty Antshrike (Huallaga Antshrike), and Bluish-fronted Jacamar behaved obligingly as predicted here, together with a well worked pair of White-browed Antbirds.

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Further on we found a nice soaring Hook-billed Kite, and attracted a nice set of birds including a Ferruginous Pygmy Owl together with mobbing Mouse-coloured and Yellow-crowned Tyrannulets, Stripe-chested Antwren, Buff-breasted Wren, Pearly-vented Tody Tyrant, Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Tropical Gnatcatcher, and a White- winged Becard. Along the river we could spot White-banded Swallows, Grayish Saltator, Inca and Violaceous Jays, Red-capped Cardinal, Straight-billed Woodcreeper, Rufous Casiornis, Mishana Tyrannulet and Speckled Chachalaca. Further ahead and along the quebrada we had good looks at Rufous-winged Antwren, Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin, Scaled Pigeon, Small-billed Elaenia, Blue-headed Parrot and Bright-rumped Attila. It was time to get back to the lodge but first we stopped for a Rufous-fronted Thornbird (which builds a colossal nest for its size) and a nice group of sunning Comb Ducks on the banks of the Huallaga itself.

After a nice lunch we had our check-out and promptly headed for Cerro La Escalera protected forest. As the afternoon showed bright and sunny and with only a few birds moving about, we decided to stopped at a lower location, and what a wise choice this was, just as we got out of the vehicle we noticed a fruiting melastome tree that had a very bright and smart set of birds including; Silver-beaked, Masked, Bay-headed, Yellow-backed, Fulvous- headed, White-lined, Grey-headed and an obliging pair of the extremely localized Dotted Tanagers. At the same tree also came Blue-crowned Manakin, Black-faced Dacnis, Gilded Barbet, Purple-throated Euphonia and Green Honeycreeper! The skies had nice flocks of White-tipped, Chestnut and White collared Swifts and at the higher grounds we found the habitual Cliff Flycatcher and a Golden-tailed Sapphire. After having reached the top we found a hummingbird that simply put wouldn't fit anything that we could expect at this site, we observed it in two feeding bouts and as of now remains a mystery, perhaps a new taxon or a species not previously recorded for Perú?. As the sun went down we went to our next lodge, at Puerto Mirador in Moyobamba where we enjoyed a nice meal and a good night of sleep.

Day 8 Thursday 14th October

We started another good day with pre-breakfast birding around the grounds. While still dark we could hear Tropical Screech Owl. Here we had to look hard to find a Pale-breasted Thrush (local in Peru, much commoner in south- eastern South America), Turquoise and Huallaga Tanager (also known as Black-bellied), and some others as Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Blue-winged Parrotlets, Streaked Flycatcher, Squirrel Cuckoo, and Yellow-browed Sparrow, were happily moving about.

As the day progressed we birded the nearby Quebrada Mishkiyaquillo where hummingbird feeders had been put out and we easily had Great-billed and Black-throated Hermits, Grey-breasted Sabrewing, White-necked Jacobin, Fork-tailed Woodnymph and the ubiquitous Glittering-throated Emerald. Some nice and colourful tanagers were found ahead feeding in trees, among these Paradise, Green and gold, Bay-headed, Spotted, Yellow-bellied and Golden. A nice Long-tailed Tyrant did his well coordinated fly-catching, meanwhile others observed Bluish-fronted Jacamar, also fly-catching!, and a canopy flock brought us Lafresnayes Piculet, Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Red-eyed and Yellow-green Vireos, Olivaceous Woodcreeper and a tiny Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater.

We found ourselves enjoying lunch in Yacumama, a savanna and swamps mixture of habitats. It was quite warm and after securing Point-tailed Palmcreeper we started our ascent into the eastern Andes. By the Aguas Verdes River, a mighty one in the foothills, we had very good luck and spotted a family of Torrent Ducks. Soon a White- capped Dipper was called out, and as it started to rain and we were deciding on what to do when a Red-ruffed Fruit Crow flew across the road in front of us!

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We decided to try for the Royal Sunangel, and with little effort we had it perched very close, and soon our attention was on a very obliging Yellow-throated Tanager, and before scampering out of the rain we had a nice Rufous-tailed Tyrant on the rock face across the road. As we approached the famous Abra Patricia Pass we decided to head to the Owlet Lodge and watch a nice set of hummingbirds (Speckled Hummingbird, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Collared and Bronzy Incas, Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Long-tailed Sylph and the minute White- bellied Woodstar) as the day finished.

Day 9 Friday 15th October

In the morning, actually while it was still dark, we tried for White-throated Screech Owl but apparently a Rufous- banded Owl that came by sent it away…at the end we managed a nice look of Rufous-bellied Nighthawk while soaring overhead and an early starting Sickle-winged Guan performing with its mechanical sounds. Pre-breakfast birding put on a nice show of colourful birds including Saffron-crowned, Blue and Black, Metallic green, Beryl spangled, and Silver back Tanagers, and as just we headed to eat, a skulking Bar-winged Wood Wren attracted us, and as a bonus a pair of Golden-headed Quetzals were perched in a small tree watching us!

After some nicely welcome warm food we were ready for the trails, and on the way we picked up Black-throated Tody Tyrant, and a nice pair of Lulu´s (Johnson's) Tody Tyrant. Once inside we could hear Chestnut and Rufous Antpittas but they weren't giving themselves up, and by the end we had better luck with Variable Antshrike, Pearled Treerunner, Green and black Fruiteater, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Cinnamon Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cacique, Russet-crowned Warbler and an unexpected Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher.

After a full on mourning of birding, we had a well deserved lunch and the afternoon was decided to be spend in the area around Afluentes. Later we reached lower elevations and found a different set of nice birds including the fabulous Cock-of-the-Rock, Swallo tailed and Double tooth Kites´, Ruddy Pigeon, Many spotted Hummingbird, Many banded Aracari, Black mandibled Toucan, Speckled-chested Piculet, Lineated Woodpecker, White fronted Tyrannulet, Masked Tityra, Crested and Russet back Oropendola, and a fast male Cerulean Warbler.

The day had been a success so far but the very best was yet to come! While having dinner one of the rangers informed us that a new trail had been producing the mythical Long-whiskered Owlet, so some of the group just couldn't resist the enticement and soon were on the trail again. After 40 or so minutes we were delighting ourselves with this extremely little known creature, and we even managed to video it. The bird remained motionless for almost two minutes! What a treat! And…on our return a stake out of Andean Potoo paid off as well!.

Day 10 Saturday 16th October

Today was certainly a big day, provided that we made a careful effort to find one of the most spectacular hummingbirds of the Americas, the aptly name Marvellous Spatuletail. After a short session of pre breakfast birding, we headed to the Interpretative Center of the Marvellous Spatuletail. Once on the site we were greeted with the fine news that several full adult males were showing sporadically around a patch of hummingbird feeders by a dry quebrada. After enjoying Andean Emerald, Sparkling Violetear, Violet-fronted Brilliant, White-bellied and Purple-collared Woodstars, and White-bellied Hummingbird, we soon were astonished by the splendour of the Marvellous Spatuletail - surely one of the most magnificent species of all hummingbirds.

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After lunch and having settled into our comfortable and nearby hotel we did a little extra birding in upper Abra Patricia, and on the way we had to stop because a loud family group of White-capped Tanagers was by the side of the road. At the pass, the birding yielded Band-tailed Pigeon, Scaly-naped Amazon, Rufous Spinetail, Pale-footed Swallow, Citrine Warbler, Cloud-forest Brush Finch, Spectacled Whitestar, Blue-capped Tanager, Lacrimose and Hooded Mountain-Tanagers, and Barred Becard. We then drove to our nearby hotel and after a good meal rested for the night.

Day 11 Sunday 17th October

This day was full of activity as we birded many sites en route towards the very impressive archaeological sites of our program. Our first stop was at the nearby lake of Pomacochas where we enjoyed good looks of Plumbeous Rail, White-cheeked Pintail, Masked Duck, Common Morhen, Andean Coot, Andean Lapwing, Pectoral Sandpiper, and a few other more common species. Our next stop was at the turn off to Chido Trail where on a swift stop we had Red-crested Cotinga, Black-chested Buzzard Eagle and Mountain Caracara. We then descended to the Utcubamba watershed and given that the valley is parallel to the Marañon River, a fairly good number of the middle Marañon endemics were on our scope for the day. With a well-appointed stop we found a group of Peruvian (Marañon) Pigeons, several Marañon Streak Saltators, a skulking pair of Marañon Wrens, and many Marañon Thrushes. We also enjoyed more widespread species such as Scarlet-fronted Parakeets in big and loud overflying flocks.

The pre-Incan Chachapoyan´s lived in the surroundings of this valley and worked intensively in building the Kuelap Fortress - this impressive archaeological site was our cultural target for the day. Once we accessed the middle Utcubamba we started found a confiding Fasciated Tiger Heron fishing in the torrent. On the way to Kuelap we stopped to enjoy lunch and found a beautiful Rainbow Starfrontlet. At the site itself we enjoyed the extraordinary ruins (considered by archaeologists equally as majestic as the famous Machu Picchu), and did a little more birding adding Tufted Tit Tyrant, Streaked Tuftedcheek and the distinct grey-morph of Superciliared Hemispingus. Later in the afternoon we headed down to the pleasant country side accommodation we had for the night, El Chillo.

Day 12 Monday 18th October

We had the good fortune to wake up in the nice surroundings and gardens of R. Chillo bordering the Utcubamba River, and we were delighted with such birds as Blue Ground and White tipped Dove, an unexpected flushed Lesser Nighthawk, Chestnut-collared Swift, the endemic Black-necked Woodpecker, and other regional endemics such as Spot-throated Hummingbird, Buff-bellied Tanager, Marañon Thrush and Gnatcatcher, and more widespread gaudy ones like Vermilion Flycatcher, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Blue and Yellow Tanager, and the yet unresolved Line-cheeked/Barons´Spinetail. Before getting ready to pack everything, we went and spotted two individuals of the Peruvian endemic and little known Koepcke´s Screech Owl.

We arrived at Jaén, had a relaxed check-in, and then lunch. The afternoon was rainy and we had planned to bird in the outskirts but decided to head further and tried Tamborapa. We found and birded around a nice forested roadside, with good birds such as Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, Andean Emerald (unexpected here!), Scarlet-backed Woodpecker, Marañon Spinetail and Crescentchest, Mouse-coloured Tyrannulet, Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant, Brown-crested Flycatcher (a very localized bird in Perú), Inca Jay, Rufous-browed Peppershrike (taxonomy still pending on this taxon), Purple-throated Euphonia, Red-crested Finch and Golden bellied Grosbeak.

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Day 13 Tuesday 19th October

We started with unexpected rain and that spoiled our plan to visit Gotas de Agua, instead we birded rice fields in the outskirts of town and found lots of Great and Snowy Egrets, Striated Heron, and after walking the fields we managed to flush two nice rallids; Grey-breasted Crake and a juvenile Spotted Rail. Along the hedges and trees in the area we located regional endemics like Ecuadorian Ground Dove, Pacific Parrotlet (in good numbers here) and a vocalizing Striped Cuckoo. The fields had the range of seed-eating birds; Blue black Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Seedeater, and Drab and Chestnut-throated Seedeater.

Later we went to Seminario but found the site highly degraded as it has been recently burned, so instead we ended up driving further and en route birded to find Long-billed Starthroat, Scrub Blackbird, White-lined and a single unexpected Silver-beaked Tanager, Yellow-tailed Oriole, and a cooperative Marañon Wren.

Back in the hotel and after having collected our bags we enjoyed lunch and then had a transfer afternoon drive with a single stop to bird at Porculla which provided good results; Hooded Siskin, the local endemic Bay-crowned Brush Finch, White-browed Chat Tyrant, Gray-chinned (Porculla) Hermit, Collared and Chapman's' Antshrikes, Chiguango Thrush, and the attractive Ash-breasted Sierra Finch. Later we arrived at Tucume in time for a nice welcoming dinner cooked in a cosy family ambience, before retiring to bed.

Day 14 Wednesday 20th October

Today we started our birding right in the grounds of Tucume, a nice pre-breakfast stroll allowed nice sightings of the impressive pyramids and in the outskirts the dry forest provided access to some good Tumbesian endemics such as West Peruvian Dove, Baird's Flycatcher, White-faced Gnatcatcher (split from Tropical), Necklaced Spinetail, Tumbesian Tyrannulet (split from Mouse coloured), Croaking Ground Dove, Pacific Hornero, and Pacific Parrotlet as well as other more widespread but equally welcome gaudy birds like Cinereous Conebill, Golden Olive Woodpecker, and Burrowing Owl.

We then headed to Lambayeque and to the Tomb of the Lord of Sipán Museum. Once in this extraordinary museum we were delighted to learn about the Moche culture, another one of the many little known pre-Incan tribes that inhabited South America. We were extremely impressed by the high level of organization and the superior work in their ornaments.

Later we departed to Chaparrí, where we had a very pleasant lunch and arranged a time to meet for the afternoon activities. Chaparrí is always a beautiful peaceful place we all love to visit, its remoteness and comfortable arrangements together with its superb dry forest and quality tumbesian scrub makes this place a must. The afternoon walk worked well and soon we were watching the critically endangered White-winged Guan up close, the gaudy and noisy White-tailed Jay, and on the way we also found Scarlet-backed Woodpecker, Fasciated and the more cryptic Superciliated Wren, and while watching a Tumbes Sparrow we felt the presence of someone watching us - as we turned around there it was a Spectacled Bear!! …but it turned upon seeing us staring at her and walked the other way. In the afternoon we recorded a rare species for the reserve; Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, and while walking back we encountered Andean Tinamou, Peruvian Meadowlark, Elegant Crescentchest, and Short-tailed Woodstar, all of this while being followed by a White-collared Peccary!

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Day 15 Thursday 21st October

The beginning of the day was quite notable as the weather was unusual this time of the year, we had low fog and little of the usual hectic activity at the bathing hole in the nearby creek, most noteworthy being Amazilia Hummingbird and Purple-collared Woodstars. We then decided to bird the lower access road and found aptly named Croaking Ground Doves, Tumbes Hummingbird drinking sap from a tree trunk, Grey-and-white Tyrannulet, Tumbes Tyrant and Short-tailed Field Tyrant in the open in the desert-like scrub. As the day heated up we could add some nice raptors such as Red-backed (Variable), Harris's Hawk and a nicely patterned American Kestrel female. Lower down we were greeted with the compact flocks of some 50-80 of the local Sulphur-throated Finch and Parrot-billed Seedeaters two of the usual targets. On the way back we had the monotypic Cinereous Finch and were delighted by the cheerful singing of the White-edge Oriole.

After a nice coastal lunch we went out again and found other nice tumbesian birds such as Collared Warbling Finch, White-headed Brush Finch, Pacific Pygmy Owl, and while scanning nearby treetops we found a very rare bird for the reserve a female Little Woodstar, a relief for us as we haven't seen it in the previous days. Upon reaching the area of our previous bear sighting we approached slowly, soon our local guide pointed up in the nearby tree crown and to everyone delight the female Spectacled Bear was joyfully feeding on seedpods! After watching and photographing this magnificent animal for some time we resumed birding and managed some fine bonus birds such as Pacific Elaenia, Red-masked Parakeet, Andean Tinamou, Elegant Crescentchest, Guayaquil Woodpecker, and the variable Bran-coloured Flycatcher.

Day 16 Friday 22nd October

Given our previous day’s good results, we decided to head on early as we had a busy birding itinerary for the day. On the way we found numerous flocks of the highly restricted Sulphur-throated Finch and a soaring pair of Crested Caracara. At our first stop at the Tinajones reservoir we found good numbers of birds among these Pied-billed and Great Grebes, Cocoi Heron, Andean and Puna Ibis (the former being rare overall its range), White-cheeked Pintails, over wintering Blue-winged Teals and a unexpected Yellow-billed Pintail. At the waters edges were Black- necked Stilts and soaring were Savanna Hawk and Osprey, and on the nearby hillside we had great views of the regional endemic Peruvian Thick-knee. Our next stop was Pomac and after admiring a Prosopis tree we ventured into the dry forest and soon were admiring two beautiful endemics; Peruvian Plantcutter and Rufous Flycatcher.

Everything went well with the mornings birding and a nice stop to have sea food for lunch made it even better, it turned out to be a feast! We had the late afternoon to look for birds along the coast, and south of Pimentel we found quite a good variety of the typical Humboldt Current seabirds including Peruvian Pelican, Peruvian Booby, Magnificent Frigatebird, Grey-headed, Belchers, and Kelp Gulls, a combo of four plovers; Semipalmated, Grey, Kentish and the Killdeer, and perhaps best sighting of the afternoon was a Hudsonian Godwit that show well nearby a pond along with several exciting Cinnamon Teal.

We then returned to Chiclayo to do our check-in at the Hotel Grand Chiclayo, after refreshing we went out for a farewell dinner to celebrate the success of our birding journey with a feast and some local drinks.

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Day 17 Saturday 23rd October

On the last day we had breakfast and then headed to the airport for our connecting flight to Lima. Once in Lima we had a couple of birding stops which added Guanay Cormorant, Blackish Oystercatcher, Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers, Laughing Gull, and Sandwich and Royal Terns. After a nice lunch at the restaurant Rosa Nautica and having enjoyed courting Inca Terns in the window, we then drove to the airport to our connecting departures to Europe.

All in all we agreed on our excellent results, more than 500 species of birds recorded! (and with 5 additions to the list). Congratulations to all participants!

Day 18 Sunday 24th October

Travel back to London.

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Species Lists

Birds Common name Scientific name 1 Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao 2 Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus 3 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 4 Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus 5 Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa 6 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 7 Great Grebe Podiceps major 8 Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus 9 Peruvian Booby Sula variegata 10 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 11 Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii 12 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 13 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 14 Great Egret Ardea alba 15 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 16 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 17 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18 Striated Heron Butorides striatus 19 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius 20 Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum 21 Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum 22 Andean Ibis Theristicus branickii 23 Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis 24 Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi 25 Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta 26 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 27 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 28 Torrent Duck Merganetta armata 29 Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica 30 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis 31 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 32 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera 33 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 34 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 35 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus 36 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus 37 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa 38 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 39 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 40 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 41 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis 42 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 43 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea 44 Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus 45 White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis 46 Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga 47 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis 48 Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

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Common name Scientific name 49 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis 50 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus 51 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 52 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 53 Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma 54 Black Caracara Daptrius ater 55 Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus 56 Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway 57 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 58 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans 59 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 60 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 61 Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata 62 White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis 63 Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii 64 Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa 65 Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis 66 Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus 67 Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus 68 Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica 69 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 70 Andean (Slate-colored) Coot Fulica ardesiaca 71 Wattled Jaçana Jacana jacana 72 Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater 73 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 74 Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris 75 Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus 76 Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens 77 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 78 Black-bellied (Grey) Plover Pluvialis squatarola 79 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 80 Snowy (Kentish) Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 81 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica 82 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 83 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 84 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 85 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 86 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 87 Sanderling Calidris alba 88 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 89 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 90 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus wilsoni 91 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 92 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 93 Gray Gull Larus modestus 94 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 95 Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 96 Andean Gull Larus serranus 97 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla 98 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 99 Royal Tern Sterna maxima 100 Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris

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Common name Scientific name 101 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex 102 Inca Tern Larosterna inca 103 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 104 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 105 Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa 106 Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata 107 Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis 108 Peruvian Pigeon Columba oenops 109 Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea 110 Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea 111 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata 112 West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda 113 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta 114 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 115 Croaking Ground-Dove Columbina cruziana 116 Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa 117 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 118 Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla 119 Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna 120 Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittica manilata 121 Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys 122 Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Aratinga wagleri 123 White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus 124 Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii 125 Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura melanura 126 Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola 127 Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius 128 Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis 129 Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus 130 Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera 131 Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae 132 White-bellied Parrot Pionites leucogaster 133 Short-tailed Parrot Graydidascalus brachyurus 134 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus 135 White-capped Parrot Pionus tumultuosus seniloides 136 Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala 137 Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenaria 138 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa 139 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 140 Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster 141 Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta 142 Greater Ani Crotophaga major 143 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 144 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris 145 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia 146 Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba 147 Peruvian Screech-Owl Megascops roboratus 148 Koepcke´s Screech-Owl Megascops koepckeae 149 White-throated Screech-Owl Megascops albogularis 150 Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsis 151 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum 152 Peruvian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum

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Common name Scientific name 153 Long-whiskered Owlet Xenoglaux loweryi 154 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia 155 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis 156 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus 157 Andean (White winged) Potoo Nyctibius l. maculosus 158 Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus 159 Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris 160 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 161 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 162 Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila 163 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 164 Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris 165 Amazonian Swift Chaetura viridipennis 166 Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura 167 White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus 168 Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata 169 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis 170 Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta 171 Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus 172 Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii 173 Black-throated Hermit Phaethornis atrimentalis 174 Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis 175 Porculla Hermit Phaethornis porcullae 176 Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis 177 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 178 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans 179 Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus 180 Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata 181 Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone 182 Tumbes Hummingbird Leucippus baeri 183 Spot-throated Hummingbird Leucippus taczanowskii 184 White-bellied Hummingbird Leucippus chionogaster 185 Many-spotted Hummingbird Leucippus hypostictus 186 Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia 187 Andean Emerald Amazilia franciae 188 Glittering-throated Emerald Polyerata fimbriata 189 Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys 190 Fawn breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides 191 Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri 192 Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii 193 Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena 194 Collared Inca Coeligena torquata 195 Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris 196 Royal Sunangel Heliangelus regalis 197 Emerald-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis alinae 198 Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna 199 Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi 200 Marvellous Spatuletail Loddigesia mirabilis 201 Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris 202 Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny 203 Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura 204 White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant

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Common name Scientific name 205 Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus 206 Amazonian White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis 207 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris 208 Masked Trogon Trogon personatus 209 Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui 210 Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus 211 Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps 212 Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus 213 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona 214 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 215 Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda 216 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii 217 Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum 218 White-eared Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis 219 Blue-cheeked Jacamar Galbula cyanicollis 220 Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens 221 Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea 222 Brown-banded Puffbird Notharchus ordii 223 Rufous-capped Nunlet Nonnula ruficapilla 224 Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons 225 Yellow-billed Nunbird Monasa flavirostris 226 Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa 227 Scarlet-crowned Barbet Capito aurovirens 228 Gilded Barbet Capito auratus 229 Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni 230 Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis 231 Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus 232 Channel-billed Toucan (Yellow -ridged) Ramphastos culminatus 233 Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastus ambiguus 234 White-throated (Cuvier's) Toucan Ramphastus cuvieri 235 Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus lafresnayi 236 Speckle-chested Piculet Picumnus steindachneri 237 Plain-breasted Piculet Picumnus castelnau 238 Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus 239 Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus 240 Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula 241 Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus 242 Black-necked Woodpecker Colaptes atricollis 243 Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula 244 Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus 245 Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans 246 Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus 247 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 248 Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos 249 Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis 250 Lesser Hornero Furnarius minor 251 Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus 252 Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus 253 Wren like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops 254 Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa 255 Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae 256 Marañón Spinetail Synallaxis maranonica

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Common name Scientific name 257 Necklaced Spinetail Synallaxis stictothorax 258 Line-cheeked (Baron's) Spinetail Cranioleuca antisiensis baroni 259 Red-and-white Spinetail Certhiaxis mustelina 260 Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons 261 Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiacus 262 Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger 263 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 264 Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii 265 Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri 266 Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor pyrrhodes 267 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa 268 White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula 269 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus 270 Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris 271 Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula 272 (Andean) Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus 273 Straight-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus picus 274 Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus 275 Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus 276 Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus 277 Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis 278 Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii 279 Great Antshrike Taraba major 280 Collared Antshrike Sakesphorus bernardi 281 Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus 282 Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus 283 Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus 284 Huallaga Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus huallagae 285 Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus amazonicus 286 Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens 287 Pearly Antshrike Megastictus margaritatus 288 Amazonian Streaked-Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata 289 Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda 290 White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris 291 Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii 292 Ancient Antwren Herpsilochmus gentryi 293 Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus 294 Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata 295 Black Antbird Cercomacra serva 296 White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys 297 Black-tailed Antbird Myrmoborus melanurus 298 Peruvian Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator peruviana 299 Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha 300 Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemis maculicauda 301 Allpahuayo Antbird Percnostola arenarum 302 Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza castanea 303 Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra 304 White-shouldered Antbird Myrmeciza melanoceps 305 Black-spotted Bare-Eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata 306 Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla 307 Chestnut Antpitta Grallaria blakei 308 Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx

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Common name Scientific name 309 Elegant Crescentchest Melanopareia elegans 310 Marañón Crescentchest Melanopareia maranonica 311 Large-footed Tapaculo Scytalopus macropus 312 White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus 313 Peruvian Plantcutter Phytotoma raimondii 314 Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata 315 Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii 316 Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis 317 Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana 318 Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea 319 Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus 320 Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata 321 Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus 322 Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus 323 Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana 324 Green Manakin Chloropipo holochlora 325 Wire-tailed Manakin Pipra filicauda 326 White-crowned Manakin Dixiphia pipra 327 Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata 328 Orange-crowned Manakin Heterocercus aurantiivertex 329 Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum 330 Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma sulphureiventer 331 White-fronted Tyrannulet Phyllomyias zeledoni leucogonys 332 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina 333 Tumbesian Tyrannulet Phaeomyias tumbezana 334 Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus 335 Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii 336 Pacific Elaenia Myiopagis subplacens 337 Gray-and-white Tyrannulet Pseudelaenia leucospodia 338 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster 339 White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps 340 Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris 341 Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae 342 Tumbes Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum sclateri 343 West Amazonian Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum olivaceum 344 Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea 345 Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis 346 Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris 347 Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotricus ruficeps 348 Mishana Tyrannulet Zimmerius villarejoi 349 San Martin (Golden-faced) Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops (chlorops/viridaflavus) (s)sp nov 350 White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocercalus stictopterus 351 Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus 352 Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra 353 Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus 354 Lulu’s Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus luluae 355 Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer 356 Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis 357 Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum 358 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 359 Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum 360 Zimmer's Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis

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Common name Scientific name 361 Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus 362 Yellow breasted (Olive faced) Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris (viridiceps) 363 Amazonian Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus 364 Ochraceous breasted Flycatcher Myiophobus ochraceiventris 365 Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus 366 Whiskered Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus 367 Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea 368 Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea 369 Euler’s Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri 370 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 371 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 372 Tumbes Pewee Contopus punensis 373 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum 374 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 375 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus 376 White browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys 377 Tumbes Tyrant Tumbezia salvini 378 Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis 379 Short-tailed Field-Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda 380 Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus 381 White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala 382 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus 383 Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus 384 Citron-bellied Attila Attila citriniventris 385 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus 386 Rufous Casiornis Casiornis rufa 387 Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex 388 Rufous Flycatcher Myiarchus semirufus 389 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 390 Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox 391 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus 392 Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor 393 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 394 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 395 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 396 Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis 397 Lemon browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti 398 Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii 399 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus 400 Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius 401 Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus 402 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannopsis melancholicus 403 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannopsis tyrannus 404 Greater (Várzea) Schiffornis Schiffornis major 405 Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor 406 White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus 407 Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 408 Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 409 Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea 410 Tumbes Swallow Tachycineta stolzmanni 411 White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer 412 Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

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Common name Scientific name 413 Pale-footed Swallow Notiochelidon flavipes 414 White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata 415 Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 416 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 417 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 418 White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus 419 Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapillus 420 Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus 421 Fasciated Wren Campylorhynchus fasciatus 422 Coraya Wren Thryothorus coraya 423 Marañon Wren Thryothorus sclateri sclateri 424 Buff-breasted Wren Thryothorus leucotis 425 Superciliated Wren Thryothorus superciliaris 426 Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus 427 Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis 428 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 429 Bar-winged Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucoptera 430 Southern Nightengale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus 431 Musician Wren Cyphorhinus aradus 432 Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus 433 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 434 Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco 435 Great Thrush Turdus fuscater 436 Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus 437 Marañón Thrush Turdus maranonicus 438 Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas 439 Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis 440 Hauxwell's Thrush Turdus hauxwelli 441 Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus 442 Tropical (Amazonian) Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea parvirostris 443 White-faced (Tropical) Gnatcatcher Polioptila p. bilineata 444 Marañon (Tropical) Gnatcatcher Polioptila p. maior 445 Inca (Green) Jay Cyanocorax yncas 446 Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus 447 White-tailed Jay Cyanocorax mystacalis 448 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 449 Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys 450 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 451 Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus 452 Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis 453 Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica 454 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria 455 Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi 456 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca 457 Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea 458 Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis 459 Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus 460 Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus 461 Citrine Warbler Basileuterus luteoviridis 462 Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus 463 Black crested Warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus 464 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

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Common name Scientific name 465 Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum 466 Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana 467 White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata 468 Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus 469 Superciliaried (White-bellied) Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris leucogaster 470 Drab Hemispingus Hemispingus xanthophthalmus 471 Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida 472 Buff-bellied Tanager Thlypopsis inornata 473 Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira 474 Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis 475 Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata 476 Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata 477 Yellow-crested Tanager Tachyphonus rufiventer 478 Fulvous-crested Tanager Tachyphonus surinamus 479 Highland Hepatic Tanager Piranga lutea 480 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 481 Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis 482 Huallaga Tanager Ramphocelus melanogaster 483 Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo 484 Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus 485 Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala 486 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum 487 Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana 488 Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus 489 Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis 490 Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica 491 Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris 492 Bronze-green Euphonia Euphonia mesochrysa 493 White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta 494 Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster 495 Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana 496 Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis 497 Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii 498 Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala 499 Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii 500 Yellow-bellied Tanager Tangara xanthogastra 501 Dotted Tanager Tangara varia 502 Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola 503 Golden-naped Tanager Tangara ruficervix 504 Metallic-green Tanager Tangara labradorides 505 Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis 506 Masked Tanager Tangara nigrocincta 507 Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis 508 Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii 509 Silver-backed Tanager Tangara viridicollis 510 Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys 511 Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata 512 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana 513 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza 514 Short-billed Honeycreeper Cyanerpes nitidus 515 Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus 516 Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis

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Common name Scientific name 517 Red-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus 518 Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Phrygilus plebejus 519 Cinereous Finch Piezorhina cinerea 520 Collared Warbling-Finch Poospiza hispaniolensis 521 Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina 522 Caqueta Seedeater Sporophila murallae 523 Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina 524 Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides 525 Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola 526 Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa 527 Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis 528 Drab Seedeater Sporophila simplex 529 Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana 530 Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris 531 Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco 532 Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis 533 Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata 534 Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura 535 Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides 536 White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera 537 Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens 538 Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea 539 Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola 540 Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola 541 Sulphur-throated Finch Sicalis taczanowskii 542 Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis 543 Cloud-forest Brush-Finch Atlapetes latinuchus 544 Bay crowned Brush-Finch Atlapetes seebohmi 545 White-headed Brush-Finch Atlapetes albiceps 546 Tumbes Sparrow Aimophila stolzmanni 547 Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons 548 Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis 549 Marañon Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus peruvianus 550 Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens 551 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus 552 Golden-bellied Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster 553 Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus 554 Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa 555 Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi 556 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis 557 Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivora 558 Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas 559 White-edged Oriole Icterus graceannae 560 Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus 561 Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela 562 Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius 563 Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus 564 Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons 565 Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus

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Other Taxa 1 Fishing Bat Noctilio lepurinus 2 Bolivian Squirrel Monkey Saimiri boliviensis 3 Common Squirrel Monkey Saimiri saimiri 4 Night (Owl) Monkey Aotus lemurinus 5 Long-nosed Bat Rynchopteryx naso 6 Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus 7 Pygmy Marmoset Callithrix pygmaea 8 Red Howler Monkey Alouatta seniculus 9 Black Caiman Melanosuchus niger 10 Grey Dolphin Sotalia fluviatilis 11 Black Spiny-tailed Iguana Ptenosaura similis 12 Sechuran Fox Pseudalopex sechurae 13 Spectacled Bear Tremarctos ornatus 14 Brown Capuchin Monkey Cebus apella 15 Yellow crowned Brush-tailed Tree Rat Isothrix negrensis 16 Yellow handed Titi Monkey Callicebus torquatus 17 Saddle-back Tamarin Saguinus fuscicollis 18 Green Iguana Iguana iguana 19 Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu