MANU EXPEDITIONS BIRDING TOURS

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A TRIP REPORT FOR A BIRDING TRIP TO THE MANU BIOSPHERE RESERVE

Nov 12th – Nov 30th 2012

Trip Leader: Percy Avendaño

With: Andrew Rhodes, Alison Rhodes, Kevin Stracey, Elizabeth Dodd, Anna Powell, Lesley Rubin and Delight Gartlein.

BIRDING LOCALITIES ALONG THE MANU ROAD, MANU PARK, CUSCO AND PUERTO MALDONADO

Huacarpay Lakes: S 13 36 732 W 071 44 155 (3200mts) Acjanaco Pass: S13 11 929 W 071 37 057 (Tres Cruces) Guard Station (3360mts) Wayqecha Biological Station: S 13 10 478 W 071 35 478 (2910mts) Pillahuata (Tunnels): S 13 09 725 W 071 35 670 (2600mts) Rocotal: S 13 06 081 W 071 34 145 (2010 mts) Cock of the Rock Lodge: (CORL) S 13 03 863 W 071 32 377 (1300mts) Quita Calzones: S 13 01 550 W 071 29 979 (1000m) Pillcopata: S 12 54 518 W 071 24 196

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Mirador (Above Atalaya): S 12 53 730 W 071 21 751 Atalaya : S 12 53 368 W 071 21 547 (500 mts) Amazonia Lodge: (AL) (500 mts) Manu Wildlife Center: (MWC) (250 mts) Puerto Maldonado: (200 mts)

Versicolored Barbet

DAY BY DAY ACTIVITIES

November 12th: Morning fly to Cusco and straight out to Huacarpay Lakes with picnic lunch. Night in Cusco at the Casa Andina Plaza Hotel

November 13er: Early start from Cusco over the Eastern range of the Andes via Huancarani (highest point 3800 meters), with several birding stops along the way like: brief stop at Huacarpay once again right after Huancarani some stop for Rufous webbed Bush Tyrant and others then Ninamarca also after Paucartambo and then lunch at the valley Paucartambo some good views Undulated Antpitta after Acjanaco (the Pass) 3560 meters. Afternoon after lunch we birded slowly down toward the Wayqecha Biological Station (2910 meters). Night at Wayqecha Research Station

November 14th: Full day at Wayqecha Research Station. Right after breakfast early in the morning Tunnels down the road to Pillahuata area and in the afternoon up the road to Acjanaco (the pass). At night Owling along the road. Night at Wayqecha Research Station

November 15th: Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge, birding at Pillahuata and Buenos Aires as much as we can! Then we covered the way downhil until the Rocotal “pepper farm” 2200mts. Late afternoon arrival to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Night at CORL (1400mts)

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November 16th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. In the morning we birded just around the Lodge up and the down the road and in the afternoon up the road to the Cock of the Rock Lek Night at CORL

November 17th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge: After breakfast we headed down the road to Quita Calzon (1000 mts) elevation we spent most of the morning day birding, so we came back to the logde at mid afternoon for the last minutes birding at the grounds there. Night at CORL

November 18th: Full day at CORL. Early in morning birding up the road near to Buenos Aires at 2300 mts then we started to go down the road towards Rocotal the Chili pepper farm for the rest of the afternoon so we birded along the road to Union mirador we waited for the Lyre- tailed Nightjar spot at 1700 meters where we were successful. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge

November 19th: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Amazonia Lodge birding all the way down to before “Chontachaca” the first village reaching the Lowland around agricultural areas and pastures we found a good spot to lunch and bird watching at the same time we carried on even lower so we passed throught Patria and Pilcopata bssck to civilization, several stop at bamboo and finally arrived to Atalaya the end of the road prior Amazonia lodge saying ood bye to our driver Julian after dropped us safely for mour mountain road experiences. Night at Amazonia Lodge

November 20th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge: In the morning birding around the garden and the jeep track trail and the small lagoon and in the afternoon the jeep track trail, so most of the day around the floodplain forest trails system and successional vegetation forest. Night at Amazonia Lodge

November 21th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge: in the morning up to the canopy tower along the ridge trails system and in the afternoon we birded around the grounds of the lodge like Bamboo (floodplain forest trails again). Night at Amazonia Lodge.

November 22th: Boat ride from Amazonia Lodge along the Alto Madre and Madre de Dios River to Manu Wildlife Center after a short birding morning along the nearby trails of the lodge. Night at MWC

November 23th: Full day at MWC: in the morning we visited The Macaws Clay Lick “Tambo Blanquillo” where we spent the whole morning and in the afternoon we went to the Canopy Platform and some others trails system. Night at MWC

November 24th: Full day at MWC: in the morning we visited Cocha Blanco, and the Anttrush trails for the morning while in the afternoon we went to River side trails and greats views of Giant Anteater for all the participants to the Collpa trail (Tapir clay lick trail). Night at MWC

November 25th: Full day at MWC: In the morning we visited the Cocha Camungo starting at the canopy platform firts to use well the fresh hours of the day and after lunch we explore the Toucan Loop trail. Night at MWC

November 26th: Full day at MWC. In the morning we visited the MWC Canopy platform until mid morning more or less and carry on the Creek side trail until lunch and in the afternoon we went to the Grid trail system to explore as much as we can!! Trying to find as many as Mix feeding flocks we could. Night at MWC

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November 27th: Full day at MWC. In the morning we visit the the Cocha Nueva Bamboo Antthrush trail “bamboo forest” we found some good Bamboo specialists like Rufous capped Nunlet, Peruvian Recurbill and others and in the afternoon we explored the Collpa trails and Creek side system. Night at MWC

November 28th: Full day at MWC. In the morning we bird it the all morning the Collpa trail (Tapir clay lick trail) where we got there right on time as the Rose-fronted, Black- capped Parakeet and the Dusky-billed Parrotlet were setling down to the clay, we were served pack lunch on the hiden platform the rest of the afternoon we spent walkingalong the Collpa trails on our way to the lodge. Night at MWC

November 29th: Boat ride from Manu Wildlife Center to Boca Colorado with short birding stops at the Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) so we spent few more hours in the Madre de Dios River where we found a pretty good numbers of Jabirus and Spoonbills and waters birds After arriving at Boca Colorado (the gold mining town) mid morning we hired taxis for the group to travel as a caravan to Puerto Carlos and then we took a boat to cross the Inambari River and from the other side we travel on a van to our final destination Puerto Maldonado with some birding stops along the way but we had gone to La Cachuela to bird the rest of the afternoon there due to some participant will leave early the next morning ,; Overnight at Cabaña Quinta Hotel.

November 30th: Early birding morning outside of Puerto Maldonado to Km 12 on the Transoceanic high way, La Pastora and Cachuela and surrounding areas, prior breakfast then we did some more birding on the way to the airport for the flight to Cusco or Lima.

The Key to the Bird list RED – IUCN RED LIST CATEGORY SACC = South American Classification Committee IOC = International Ornithological Congress NE = near endemic or range restricted species E = Peruvian Endemic *= Heard Only

THE BIRDLIST

TINAMOUS Great Tinamou - Tinamus major Seen at Amazonia Lodge by Elizabeth and other people in the group.

Cinereous Tinamou - Crypturellus cinereus One individual seenby the Delight and Lesle at the trails of Amazonia Lodge

Brown Tinamou - Crypturellus obsoletus*

Undulated Tinamou - Crypturellus undulatus Exccelent views of one individual along the Cocha Nueva trail at Manu Wildlife Center

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Black-capped Tinamou - Crypturellus atrocapillus*

Variegated Tinamou - Crypturellus variegatus Super views in action walking across the trails at Manu Wildlife Center

Bartlett’s Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti*

CHACHALACA, CURRASOWS AND GUANS Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata Conspicuous in lightly wooded and forest edge areas in the lowlands, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Andean Guan - Penelope montagnii Seen in small groups several times at the Manu Road

Spix’s Guan - Penelope jacquacu A quiet common Lowland Guan, seen around Amazonia and Manu Wildlife Center

Blue-throated Piping-Guan - Pipile cumanensis Another common Guan in the Amazonian Lowland rainforest, seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center; The SACC says “As noted by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), evidence for species rank for the four species of Pipile is weak, and various authors have used just about every possible permutation of species limits. Many authors (e.g., Hilty & Brown 1986, Hilty 2003) continue to treat them as a single species, Pipile pipile ("Common Piping-Guan"), whereas others (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1942, Meyer de Schauensee 1966, Sibley & Monroe 1990, Del Hoyo 1994) Consider all four major groups as separate species, the treatment followed here. Sibley & Monroe (1990) and Del Hoyo (1994) considered P. pipile, P. cumanensis, and P. cujubi to form a super species, but excluded P. jacutinga. Although the latter has been considered sympatric with P. p. grayi in eastern Paraguay (Blake 1977), Del Hoyo & Motis (2004 REF) noted that the evidence for sympatric is weak. Meyer de Schauensee (1970) and Blake (1977) considered cumanensis to be conspecific with P. pipile, but considered cujubi and jacutinga to be separate species. Peters (1934) considered the genus to contain three species: P. pipile, P. cumanensis, and P. jacutinga. Pinto (1938) treated cujubi as a subspecies of P. pipile (and cumanensis, grayi, and jacutinga as species), but later (Pinto 1964) treated cujubi as a subspecies of P. jacutinga. Where P. cujubi nattereri and P. cumanensis grayi meet in eastern Bolivia, they interbreed freely, forming a hybrid swarm (del Hoyo and Motis 2004), and so this suggests that species limits should be re-evaluated and returned to those of Delacour & Amadon (1973), who considered the genus to contain two species: P. pipile (including cumanensis, cujubi, etc.) and P. jacutinga. The IOC recognizes 4 species.

Razor-billed Curassow - Mitu tuberosa We flashed one pair on the trail at Manu Wild Life Center and heard several times in the trails at Amazonia lodge.

SCREAMERS Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta Great views of this stunning bird; first times along the Madre de Dios River during our boat trip down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge and also wonderful views at Cocha Blanco and around Manu Wildlife Center

DUCKS Ruddy [Andean] Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis

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Seen at Huacarpay Lakes; The SACC says “Andean populations of Ruddy Duck O. jamaicensis have often (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1948a, Siegfried 1976, Sibley & Ahlquist 1990, AOU 1998, Ridgely et al. 2001, Jaramillo 2003) been treated as a separate species, O. ferruginea ("Andean Duck" or "Andean Ruddy- Duck"). However, see Adams and Slavid (1984), Fjeldså (1986), and McCracken & Sorenson (2005) for rationale for treating them as conspecific, as done previously (e.g., Blake 1977, Johnsgard 1979), and then followed by Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) and Carboneras (1992f). Siegfried (1976) and Livezey (1995) considered ferruginea to be more closely related to O. vittata than to O. jamaicensis, but McCracken & Sorenson (2005) showed that this is incorrect.” However the IOC says “Oxyura ferruginea is split from O. jamaicensis (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Jaramillo 2003); H&M recognize; SACC does not

Orinoco Goose - Neochen jubata Great views on the way down river Madre de Dios from Amazonia Lodge to Manu WildLife Center along the river NEAR-THREATENED

Torrent Duck – Merganetta armata One pair view in the Paucartambo valley Mapacho river super spot by Michael

Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata Several times a long the river and oxbow lakes near Manu Wildlife Center

Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal - Anas flavirostris Common at Huacarpay Lakes; The SACC says “Hellmayr & Conover (1948a) and many earlier classifications treated andium (Andean Teal) as a separate species from A. flavirostris. Many Authors, from Meyer de Schauensee (1970) to Dickinson (2003), have treated andium as a subspecies of A. flavirostris. Anas andium was considered a separate species from Anas flavirostris by Ridgely et al. (2001), and this was followed by Hilty (2003). SACC proposal passed to recognize andium as separate species. Jaramillo (2003) further suggested that the subspecies oxyptera may also deserve recognition as a separate species from A. flavirostris.

Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica Few seen at Huacarpay Lakes

Puna Teal - Anas puna Common at Huacarpay Lakes

Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanopteras Seen at Huacarpay Lakes

Brazilian Teal – Amazonetta brasilensis Seen in several ponds on the high way to Pto Maldonado

GREBES White-tufted Grebe - Rollandia rolland Seen at Huacarpay Lakes

STORKS Wood Stork - Mycteria americana Quite a few seen along the river around Manu Wildlife Center

Jabiru - Jabiru mycteria A pretty good size group seen along the river Madre de Dios on the last day

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IBIS AND SPOONBILLS Puna Ibis - Plegadis ridgwayi Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Lodge

Roseate Spoonbill – Ajaia ajaja Wonderful views along the Alto Madre de Dios River

HERONS AND BITTERNS Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea Seen at Huacarpay Lake

Snowy Egret - Egretta thula Common

Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge at the water pond and few more individuals along the Madre de Dios River around Manu Wildlife Center or on the way there

Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi Common in the Manu Lowlands; The South American Checklist committee says “Formerly (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1970) known as "White-necked Heron," but this name is also used (e.g., Martínez-Vilata & Motis 1992) for Old World Ardea pacifica.”

Great Egret - Ardea albus Common

Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis Common

Striated Heron Butorides striatus Seen at Cocha Blanco and Cocha Camungo near Manu Wildlife Center

Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Seen on the fast-flowing sections of the Alto Madre de Dios between Amazonia Lodge and Boca Manu and the day we cross the river from Atalaya to Amazonia Lodge

Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigresoma lineatum Excelent views at Cocha Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center

CORMORANTS Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus Common in the Amazonian lowlands

DARTERS Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga Seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake

AMERCAN VULTURES Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus Common 7

Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura Jaramillo (2003) suggested that the resident tropical subspecies ruficollis and the southern subspecies group (jota and "falklandica") might merit recognition as separate species from the northern Cathartes aura group.

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture - Cathartes melambrotus Common in the Manu lowlands

King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa Seen four times at least around Manu Wildlife Center

OSPREYS Western Osprey – Pandion Haliaetus Great views flying and perching along the Alto Madre de Dios and lower elevation

KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES Gray – headed Kite – Leptodon cayanensis On the last day leaving Manu Wildlife Center

Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus Seen soaring up near Pilcopata and over the canopy near Manu Wildlife Center

Snail Kite - Rostrhamus sociabilis Seen soaring up at Cocha Blanco near Manu wildlife Center

Slender- billed Kite – Rostrhamus hamatus Seen soaring over the two oxbowl lakes Blanco and Camungo near Manu wildlife Center

Double-toothed Kite - Harpagus bidentatus Couple of times at the foot hills seen and lowlands Rainforest

Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plumbea Common in the Manu Lowlands

Crane Hawk - Geranospiza caerulescens One seen at Cocha Camungo flying over the lake around Manu Wildlife Center

Slate-colored Hawk – Leucopternis schistacea A good number of times seen near the oxbow and from Canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center

White Hawk - Leucopternis albicollis Very nice view flying against the mountains at Amazonia Lodge

Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urbitinga Seen by Kevin brief views at Cocha Blanco a long the river side at Madre de Dios around Manu Wildlife Center

Black-collared Hawk - Busarellus nigricollis Seen brief views at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake by Kevin

Roadside Hawk - Buteo magnirostris

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Common. Genetic data (Riesing et al. 2003, Lerner et al. 2008, Raposo do Amaral et al. 2009) indicate that this B. magnirostris is basal to all buteos and would require merger of Parabuteo and Geranoaetus into Buteo to keep latter monophyletic; Riesing et al. (2003) and Raposo do Amaral et al. (2009) recommended the resurrection of monotypic genus Rupornis, widely used for this species in earlier literature (e.g., Pinto 1938). The genus Buteo as currently broadly defined is almost certainly polyphyletic (Riesing et al. 2003, Raposo et al. 2006, Raposo do Amaral et al. 2009). SACC proposal passed to resurrect Rupornis for magnirostris.

Gray-lined Hawk - Buteo nitida Nice views at Pto Maldonado surrounding forest. Miller & Griscom (1921) and Sibley & Monroe (1990) considered the Middle American subspecies plagiatus to deserve recognition as a separate species from Buteo nitidus, but this treatment has not been widely accepted; see Hellmayr & Conover (1949) for rationale for treating them as conspecific, although numerous authors have mentioned that they might be best treated as separate species. Millsap et al. (2011) provided morphological, vocal, and plumage (for all age categories) evidence for treatment as separate species. SACC recognizes this split.

Montane Solitary Eagle – Hapyhaliaetus solitaries NT Great views of and adult one and the fledgling at the neast in the Manu road

Roadside Hawk - Rupornis magnirostris Common

Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus Seen at the Manu road near Pillahuata in the Manu cloud forest

White-rumped Hawk - Buteo leucorrhous One seen quite well at Cock of the rock Lodge in the Manu cloud forest

White-throated Hawk - Buteo albigula Seen on the way down from the Cock of the Rock Lodge to the foothills

Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus One seen soaring near Atalaya at the foothills

Crested Eagle – Morphnus guianensis We spotted one from flying near the Canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center pretty good views for most of us.

Black Hawk-Eagle - Spizaetus ornatus*

Black and Chestnut Eagle

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Black-and-Chestnut Eagle - Oroaetus isidori Seen couple of times near Wayqecha and one Rocotal, Manu road

Black Caracara - Daptrius ater Common in the Lowland rainforest

Red-throated Caracara - Daptriusr americanus Several individuals seen and heard at the lowlands at Amazonia Lodge While more seen near Manu Wildlife Center

Mountain Caracara – Phalcoboenus megalopterus Seen on the mountain Manu road near Cusco

Southern-crested Caracara - Caracara cheriway Seen along in the last day near to Puerto Maldonado

Laughing Falcon - Herpetoteres cachinnans One nice pair seen at the river Madre de Dios near Manu Wildlife Center

Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon - Micrastur mirandollei*

American kestrel - Falco sparverius Common

Bat Falcon - falco rufigularis Seen once around Manu Wildlife Center and another one on our way down to Puerto Maldonado

Orange breasted Falcon - falco deiroleucos A brief view just the leader near Manu Wildlife Center

SUNBITTERNS Sunbittern - Eurypyga helias Super views by some of us at Amazonia Lodge; second time from the hide at Blanquillo Macaw clay lick and two more individuals seen almost everyday from the boat along the river bank on our way back to the Manu Wildlife Center

SUNGREBE Sungrebe- Heliornis fulica Super view at the oxbow lakes like Cocha Blanco and Camungo

RAILS & CRAKES Rufous-sided Crake - Laterallus Melanophaius Wonderful views at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake; after working with play back

Gray-breasted Crake - Laterallus exilis*

Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajanea Very common at Amazonia Lodge; seen several times at the garden

Blackish Rail - Pardirallus nigricans*

Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus

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Quiet common around Huacarpay Lakes

Azure Gallinule – Gallinula Excellent views at Cocha Blanco oxbow lake

Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata Common at Huacarpay Lake recently split for the old world Common Moorhen.

Andean (Slate-colored) Coot - Fulica ardesiaca Common at Huacarpay lakes; Called "Andean Coot" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Taylor (1996), and Ridgely et al. (2001) but other authors use Slate-colored

TRUMPETERS Pale-winged Trumpeters seen and heard in Amazonia lodge near the tower and second time at Manu Wild life Center super views

LIMPKIN Limpkin - Aramus guarauna One seen at La Cachuela the fishing farm near Pto Maldonado also heard at Cocha Blanco Ox-bow Lake

STILTS White-backed Stilt Seen at Huacarpay lake

PLOVERS Collared Plover - Charadrius collaris Seen along the Madre de Dios River

Pied Plover - Hoploxypterus cayanus Excellent views along the Madre de Dios River – a cracker! Formerly called Pied Lapwing (it is clearly not a vanellus!) and formerly in that genus.

Southern Lapwing - Vanellus chilensis Seen at the catlle farming areas near Pto Maldonado. A recent colonizer to Peru

Andean Lapwing - Vanellus resplendens Seen at Huacarpay lakes

JACANAS Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana Common on the Oxbow Lakes in Manu

SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca Seen at Huacarpay Lake

Lesser Yellowleg - Tringa flavipes Seen at Huacarpay Lake

Solitary Sandpiper – Tringa solitaria 11

One seen near Madre de Dios River

Spotted Sandpiper – Tringa macularia One small group seen along the Madre de Dios River

GULLS & TERNS Andean Gull - Chroicocephalus serranus Common at Huacarpay Lakes

Large-billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex Great views, common in the Manu lowlands

Yellow-billed Tern - Sternula superciliaris Another common Lowland Tern in the Lowlands

SKIMMERS Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger Common in the Manu lowlands

PIGEONS AND DOVES Scale Pigeon – Patagioenas speciosa Seen at La Cachuela near Pto Maldonado

Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata Common in the Higher Cloud Forest, seen around Wayqecha

Pale-vented Pigeon - Patagioenas cayennensis Common in the Lowlands

Plumbeous Pigeon - Patagioenas plumbea Common in the foothills and lowlands

Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea Seen at Amazonia Lodge

Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata Common in the arid montane forest, seen around Huacarpay lakes

Rudy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti Seen along the Trans-oceanic high way, on our way to Puerto Maldonado

Bare-faced Ground-Dove - Metriopelia ceciliae Seen around Huacarpay Lakes

Gray-fronted Dove - Leptotila rufaxilla Seen around Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

PARROTS Manu is a Macaws paradise

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Red and Green Macaw

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna Several pairs flying over the lodge everday it was a real treat, around Manu Wildlife Center

Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao Pretty good numbers everyday near Manu Wildlife Center

Red-and-Green Macaw - Ara chloropterus Quite a bird at the Macaw Clay Lick

Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Ara severa Common small Macaw of the lowlands

Red-bellied Macaw - Ara manilata Likes Mauritia palms, seen in big flocks near Pto Maldonado in the Lowlands

Blue-headed Macaw - Primolius couloni (EN) Super views of pairs through the scope at Amazonia Lodge by the lagoon

White-eyed Parakeet - Aratinga leucophthalmus Common in the Lowland

Dusky-headed Parakeet - Aratinga weddellii Seen in two different locations Amazonia and Manu Wildlife Center in the lowlands

Rose-fronted Parakeet - Pyrrhura roseifrons Gorgeous views of a small group at the Tapir clay lick with Dusky-billed Parrotlet and Cobalt-winged Parakeet down on the clay, eating clay….

Black- capped Parakeet - Pyrrhura rupicola Gorgeous views od few individuals eating clay at the Salt lick at Manu Wildlife Center

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Barred Parakeet – Bolborhynchus lineola Two big flocks seen at Chontachaca not very common Parakeet specie at the foothills

Dusky-billed Parrotlet - Forpus sclateri Another visitor bird seen at the Tapir clay lick at Manu Wildlife Center

Cobalt-winged Parakeet - Brotogeris cyanoptera cyanoptera Common and noisy in lowland forest, and also seen at the Tapir clay lick at MWC

Tui Parakeet - Brotogeris sanctithomae Good views of few individuals around the Cocha Camungo and ox-bow lakes

White-bellied Parrot – Pionites leucogaster*

Orange-cheeked Parrot - Pionopsitta barrabandi Super views at the Tambo Blanquillo Macaw clay lick

Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus Hundreds at the Macaw Lick and a common lowland forest resident

Speckle-faced Parrot - Pionus tumultuosus tumultuosus Seen few individuals at the Rocotal area above Cock of the Rock Lodge Manu road

Scaly-naped Amazon - Amazona mercenaria Seen severa individuals flying over the mountains at Cock of the Rock Lodge Manu Road

Yellow-crowned Amazon - Amazona ochrocephala At the Macaw lick

Mealy Amazon - Amazona farinosa Common in the lowlands; Farinosa is Latin for “Sprinkled with Flour” referring to the “dusted” appearance of this Amazon.

HOATZIN Hoatzin - Opisthocomus hoazin Punk looking, prehistoric bird! Noisy and clumsy! Always a pleasure to watch, seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes

CUCKOOS Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana Common in the Lowland

Little Cukoo – Piaya minuta Excellent views of two of them at Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake

Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani Common in the open secondary forest in the Lowland rainforest

Greater Ani - Crotophaga major Common in two oxbow lakes Blanco and Camungo at Manu wildlife Center

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OWLS Rufescent Screech-Owl - Megascops ingens*

Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl - Megascops (usta) watsonii Great looks at Amazonia Lodge; Recent analyses of genetic and vocal differences (König et al. 1999) confirm a major division of the screech-owls into New World Otus (except O. flammulatus) and Old World groups, as noted by Amadon & Bull (1988). consequently, the AOU (Banks et al. 2003) placed all New World Otus (except O. flammulatus) in the genus Megascops. The SACC says: Sibley & Monroe (1990) and König et al. (1999) treated usta as a separate species from Megascops watsonii based on vocal differences, but this was not followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001). SACC proposal to recognize usta as a separate species from M. watsonii was rejected because of inadequate geographic sampling and analysis. Usta was split by Restall 2002. Named after Gavin Watson US writer and ornithologist.

Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata Great views of one individual vocalizing in from of the Lodge Manu Wildlife Center most we left our dinner to watched him

Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata* Gorgeous views of an inmature individuals spotted by our boat driver at Camungo Oxbow lake

Amazonian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium hardyi*

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum This species took us time but we got to see it near Pto Maldonado to both of the groups at La Pastora

Yungas Pigmy-Owl - Glaucidium bolivianum Seen near Wayquecha station on the Manu road

Burrowing Owl – Speotyto cunicularia Seen along the river on our way down from Manu Wildlife Center to Colorado then in the last day near Puerto Maldonado

POTOOS Great Potoo – Nyctibius grandis Wonderful view of two different individuals seen rusting on the Cecropia this was near Atalaya and the other one sitting ona tree near to the Canopy platform at Cocha Camungo

Common Potoo - Nyctibius griseus One seen very well at Amazonia Lodge, views in an open tree

NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS Sand-colored Nighthawk - Chordeiles rupestris Great looks along the Madre de Dios River; Roosts on sandbars and dead logs in the river.

Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis Common calling every night at Amazonia Lodge garden near the jeep track trail

Ladder-tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis climacocerca Nice views of one individuls at Camungo oxbow lake near Manu Wildlife Center

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Lyre-tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis lyra A beautiful male had flown over displaying for us at Cock of the Rock Lodge

SWIFTS Chestnut-collared Swift - Streptoprocne rutilus Seen in several days in the cloud forest and quiet common at Cock of the Rock Lodge

White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris Common Gray-rumped Swift – Chaetura agregia Good views at Pto Maldonado

Short- tailed Swift – Chaetura brachyura Seen mos of the time at Amazonia lodge

(Neotropical) Fork-tailed Palmswift – Tachornis squamata Seen several occasion in the Lowlands

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift – Panyptila cayennensis Seen at the Macaw clay lick

HUMMINGBIRDS Rufous-breasted Hermit – Glaucis irsuta Very common at Manu Wildlife Center attending a nest

Great-billed Hermit - Phaethornis malaris One seen at Amazonia Lodge

White-bearded Hermit - Phaethornis hispidus Great views at Amazonia Lodge

(E) Koepcke’s Hermit - Phaethornis koepckeae A Peruvian endemic and a specialty at Amazonia Lodge, named for German Ornithologist and author resident in Peru Maria Koepcke. She wrote Birds of the Department of Lima and was killed tragically in a plane crash in Peru in 1977. NEAR-THREATENED

Needle-billed Hermit – Phaethornis philippii One individual seen at the Anttrhush trail near Manu Wildlife Center

Reddish Hermit - Phaethornis ruber Seen couple of times near Manu Wildlife Center

Green-fronted Lancebilled - Doryfera ludovicae Super views at the resting branch bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge

Gray-breasted Sabrewing - Campylopterus largipennis Daily at the Amazonia Lodge feeders

White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora Seen commonly at Amazonia Lodge feeders and also at Manu Wildlife Center

Green Violet-ear – Colibri thalassinus

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Two had seen one near the Pillahuata area bellow Wayqecha Research Center and one other at Rocotal Manu road

Sparkling Violet-ear - Colibri coruscans Seen at Huacarpay Lake and on our way to Wayqecha Lodge and also at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Violet-headed Hummingbird - Klais guimeti One seen at Amazonia Lodge

Rufous-crested Coquette - Lophornis delattrei Male and females seen at Amazonia Lodge; Stunner! Named after French naturalist/collector Henri de Lattre (1838)

Festive Coquette - Lophornis chalybeus Male and females seen at Manu Wildlife Center

Wire-crested Thorntail - Popelairia popelairii A spectacular male seen at Cock of the Rock lodge near the entrance gate

Blue-tailed Emerald - Chlorostilbon mellisugus Common at the Butterfly bushes at Amazonia Lodge

Fork-tailed Woodnymph - Thalurania furcata Common understory Hummer in the Amazonian lowlands and Manu Wildlife Center

Golden-tailed Sapphire - Chrysuronia oenone Common at the Butterfly bushes at Amazonia Lodge

Buff-thiged Puffleg – Haplophaedia assimilis One seen at Rocotal area. Haplophaedia assimilis (Buff-thighed Puffleg) was formerly (e.g., Peters 1945, Meyer de Schauensee 1970) considered a subspecies of H. aureliae (Greenish Puffleg), but Schuchmann et al. (2000) provided rationale for treating it as a separate species, representing a return to the classification of Cory (1918). Treated as full species by the IOC and SACC

Many-spotted Hummingbird - Taphrospilus hypostictus Excellent sightings at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Sapphire-spangled Emerald - Amazilia lactea Fairly common at Amazonia Lodge

Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys Fairly common in the cloud forest Cock of the Rock Lodge

Gould’s Jewelfront - Helidoxa aurescens A gorgeous hummningbird seen on the feeders at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Commonest Hummer at the Cock of the Rock Lodge feeders

Shining Sunbeam – Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonotus Seen around Wayqecha Research Stations

Bronzy Inca - Coeligena coeligena Seen around the Rocotal area

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Violet-throated Starfrontlet - Coeligena violifer osculans Seen several times around Wayqecha Research Station

Sword-billed Hummingbird - Ensifera ensifera One briefly view by Philip bellow Acjanaco on our way to Wayqecha Research Center

Chestnut-breasted Coronet – Boissoneaua matthewsii Seen bellow Wayqecha Lodge

Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis Common in the higher cloud forest Wayqquecha Reserch Station

Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii annae Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge feeders

Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia vitoriae Seen on the Huacarpay and Manu road furts section

Scaled Metaltail - Metallura aeneocauda Seen at Wayquecha of a male individuals greats views

Tyrian Metaltail - Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis Common in the Cloud forest; named after the color Tyrian purple. Variously known as Royal purple, Tyrian purple, purple of the ancients, this ancient dyestuff, mentioned in texts dating about 1600 BC, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gland of various species of marine mollusks, notably Murex. Although originating in old port of Tyre in modern day Syria (hence the name), man's first large scale chemical industry spread throughout the world. With the decline of the Roman Empire, the use of the dye also declined and large scale production ceased with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was replaced by other cheaper dyes like lichen purple and madder

Rufous-capped Thorntail – Chalcostigma ruficeps Nice views at Wayquecha Reserch Station

Long-tailed Sylph – Aglaiocercus kingi Seen at Amazonia Lodge and around Cock of the Rock Lodge

(E) Bearded Mountaineer - Oreonympha nobilis Three individuals seen in the Nicotine (Wild tabaco plant) one around Huacarpay lakes and two more on the way to Paucartambo Manu Road - Paucartambo

Wedge-billed Hummingbird - Schistes geoffroyi Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Black-eared Fairy - Heliothryx aurita Briefy seen at Manu Wildlife Center

Long-billed Starthroat - Heliomaster longirostris Great views through the scope in the Lowlands at Manu Wildlife Center

White-bellied Woodstar - Acestrura mulsant Seen in three different occasion around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Glitering-bellied Emerald – Chlorostilbon aereoventris Seen at the gardens at Amazonia very uncommon humminbirds visitor to the foothillls

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TROGONS & QUETZALS Crested Quetzal - Pharomachrus antisianus Wonderful views near the LEK up the road from Cock of the Rock Lodge feeding from a avocado trees

Golden-headed Quetzal - Pharomachrus auriceps Gorgeous encounter of three individuals at Buenos Aires and Rocotal above Cock of the Rock Lodge

Pavonine Quetzal – Pharomachrus pavoninus Excellent views of one male bird along the creek-trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Black-tailed Trogon - Trogon melanurus Seen around Manu Wildlife center

Green-backed Trogon – Trogon viridis*

Collared Trogon – Trogon collaris Fairly common in the Lowland rainforest at Manu Wildlife Center

Masked Trogon Trogon personatuts The only Trogon in the Cloud Forest Manu road such a great bird

Blue-crowned Trogon – Trogon curucui Quiet common Trogon in the Lowlands rainforest

Amazonian Trogon – Trogon ramonianus Seen from the Canopy Platform of Manu Wildlife Center

KINGFISHERS Ringed Kingfisher - Megaceryle torquata Common in the lowland rainforest along the Rivers and ox-bow lakes

Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona Common along the rivers and lakes in the lowland rainforest

Green Kingfisher - Chloroceryle americana Common in the lowlands, seen at Cocha Blanco and Cocha Camungo

American Pygmy Kingfisher - Chloroceryle aena Seen in one occasion at the water pond at Amazonia Lodge

MOTMOTS So there are now 6 recognized species (one is not treated in the mentioned paper and map)

Momotus coeruliceps Blue-crowned Motmot – NE and Central Mexico Momotus lessoni Blue-diademed Motmot – South Mexico to Central Panama Momotus subrufescens Whooping Motmot - E Panama to NC Venezuela and the Magdalena Valley of Colombia; SE Ecuador and extreme NW Peru. Momotus bahamensis Trinidad Motmot – Trindad & Tobago Momotus momota Amazonian Motmot - Venezuela (S of the Orinoco) and the Guianas S through the entire Amazon basin to extreme N Argentina and Paraguay. Momotus aequatorialis Andean Motmot – The Andes from NC Colombia to NE Bolivia.

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Distributions of the forms of the “Momotus momota” complex treated in this study: From northwest to southeast, LE = lessonii; CO = conexus; RE = reconditus; SU = subrufescens; OL = olivaresi; SP = spatha; OS = osgoodi; BA = bahamensis; AQ = aequatorialis; AR = argenticinctus; MI = microstephanus; MO = momota. Note the high degree of geographical replacement among taxa; only conexus, reconditus and subrufescens overlap appreciably (and olivaresi is indistinguishable from subrufescens).

Broad-billed Motmot – Electron platyrhynchum Seen and heard around Manu Wildlife Center

Amazonian Motmot - Momtus momota Seen at Manu wildlife Center. The SACC says - All Momotus were treated as a single species in most recent classifications since Peters (1945), but see Stiles (2009) for rationale for recognizing five species, four of which occur in South America. SACC proposal passed to revise species limits. The subspecies aequatorialis, venezuelae, subrufescens, microstephanus, and argenticinctus were all formerly (e.g., Ridgway 1914, Cory 1919) considered separate species from M. momota, as were two Middle American taxa. Chapman (1923) recognized four species in South America: M. subrufescens (including "venezuelae") of the Caribbean rim of northern South America, M. bahamensis of Trinidad, M. aequatorialis of the Andes, and M. momota (including microstephanus) of the rest of South America, including argenticinctus of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Peters (1945) considered them all conspecific, and this was followed by Meyer de Schauensee (1970) and AOU (1983, 1998). Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) proposed that the Andean form aequatorialis was a separate species from M. momota, and this was followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Dickinson (2003), and Schulenberg et al. (2007), thus returning to the classification of Cory (1919) and Chapman (1923, 1926). However, no formal analysis had ever been published, and the published evidence in support of treating aequatorialis as a species-level taxon is weak. SACC proposal passed for treating aequatorialis as conspecific with M. momota. The latter decision was reversed, however, by the more recent proposal to revise species limits based on new data

Andean Motmot – Momotus aequatoriales In the Manu Cloud Forest;

JACAMARS RR Purus Jacamar - Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus Several of them seen well on Cocha Blanco and Cocha Camungo and also at Pto Maldonado; Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis and G. purusianus were formerly (e.g., Cory 1919, Pinto 1937) treated as 20 separate species, but Peters (1948) and Meyer de Schauensee (1970) considered them conspecific ("Chestnut Jacamar"). Haffer (1974) noted that they are parapatric in the Río Ucayali area with no sign of interbreeding and that they differ in plumage to the same degree as other jacamars currently ranked as species; they constitute a super species (Haffer 1974, Sibley & Monroe 1990, Tobias et al. 2002).

RR White-throated Jacamar – Brachygalba albogularis An isolated population at La Cachuela and Pastaro near Pto Maldonado super view betther we could not ask for!!!

Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula cyanescens Common in the Amazonian lowlands, seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center

Great Jacamar – Jacamerops aureus Super views at Collpa trails at Manu Wildlife Center

PUFFBIRDS Chesnut-capped Puffbird - Notharchus macrodactylus Two seen in the trail of Amazonia Lodge, super scopes views.

Striolated Puffbird – Nystalus striolatus One seen from the MWC canopy platform

Black-streaked Puffbird – Malacoptila fulvogularis*

Black-fronted Nunbird - Monasa nigrifrons Common in the Lowland; Monasa is Greek for solitary or a monk a reference to the plain plumage and quiet behavior of the Nunbirds.

White-fronted Nunbird – Monasa morphoeus Common in the lowland terra firme forest

Swallow-winged Puffbird - Chelidoptera tenebrosa Common along the lowland rivers

BARBETS & TOUCANS Gilded Barbet - Capito auratus Wonderful views from canopy platform of Camungo and Manu Wildlife Center canopy tower

Lemon-throated Barbet – Eubucco richardsoni Once seen at Amazonia Lodge in the trails and the canopy platform Camungo at Manu Wildlife Center

Scarlet-hooded Barbet - Eubucco tucinkae A gorgeous birds traveling and feeding with a flock of birds at Amazonia Lodge, this was around the edge of the garden

Versicolored Barbet – Eubucco versicolor Twice seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge a multicolor bird

Black-throated Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis*

RR Blue-banded Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis A couple of times seen around the Pillahuataand Rocotal area in the cloud forest Manu road

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Lettered Aracari - Pteroglossus inscriptus Seen from the canopy platform Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center

Brown-mandibled Aracari – Pteoglossus mariae*

Chestnut-eared Aracari – Pteroglossus castanotis Seen around Amazonia and Manu Wildlife Center

Curl-crested Aracari – Pteroglossus beauharnaesii Seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center

Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan – Andigena hypoglauca*

Golden-collared Toucanet - Selenidera reinwardtii Seen on the Collpa trails at Terra Firme forest near the Tapir clay lick trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Channel-billed Toucan - Ramphastos vitellinus Very good views around Manu Wildlife Center; Cory (1919) and Meyer de Schauensee (1966, 1970) considered R. culminatus ("Yellow-ridged Toucan") and R. citrolaemus ("Citron-throated Toucan") as separate species from Ramphastos vitellinus. Haffer (1974) treated these as a subspecies of R. vitellinus, and this treatment, actually a partial return to the classification of Pinto (1937) and Peters (1948), has been followed by most subsequent authors (but not Sibley & Monroe 1990, Hilty 2003). Haffer identified broad hybrid zones between vitellinus and culminatus wherever they meet; see Short & Horne (2001) for additional information

White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center in the lowland rainforest; Haffer (1974) showed that R. cuvieri ("Cuvier's Toucan") and R. tucanus form a broad hybrid zone in northern and eastern Amazonia, and, therefore, treated cuvieri (with inca, also considered a separate species by Peters 1948) as a subspecies of Ramphastos tucanus; see also Short & Horne (2001); this treatment has been followed by most subsequent authors, but Sibley & Monroe (1990) continued to treat cuvieri as a species, following earlier classifications (e.g., Cory 1919, Peters 1948, Meyer de Schauensee 1970).

WOODPECKERS AND PICULETS Rufous-breasted Piculet – Picumnus rufiventris Great views in the bamboo forest of Cocha Nueva trail

E Fine-barred Piculet - Picumnus subtilis*

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker - Melanerpes cruentatus Common

Little Woodpecker – Veniliornis passerinus Seen a couple of times at Amazonia Lodge and MWC

Golden-green Woodpecker - Piculus chrysochloros*

Golden-olive Woodpecker - Piculus rubiginosus* Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker - Piculus rivolii Excellent views around Buenos Aires area bellow Wayqecha Research Station

Spot-breasted Woodpecker – Colaptes punctigula 22

Seen in the trails of Amazonia lodge

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

Andean Flicker – Colaptes rupicola Seen at Huacarpay Lake and the mountain Manu road near Cusco

Scaly-breasted Woodpecker – Celeus grammicus latifasciatus Great encounter at the trails around Manu Wildlife Center Chesnut Woodpecker – Celeus elegans One nice view of an individual at Cocha Nueva around Manu Wildlife Center

Cream-colored Woodpecker – Celeus flavus Beautiful pair seen at the Macaw clay lick around Manu Wildlife Center

Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus One of the common woodpeckers in the Lowland rainforest

Red-necked Woodpecker - Campephilus rubricollis In a couple od opportunities along the trails at Manu Wildlife Center

Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center

OVENBIRDS Cream-winged Cinclodes – Cinclodes albiventris Good views along the Manu road near Cusco

Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus tricolor Common at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Puna Thistletail – Asthenes helleri 23

Vaurie (1980) considered all Schizoeaca conspecific, but see Remsen (1981, 2003), Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), and Ridgely & Tudor (1994) for maintaining traditional species limits, as, for example, in Peters (1951) and Meyer de Schauensee (1966, 1970). Sibley & Monroe (1990) considered them to form a superspecies, but Derryberry et al (2010b, 2011) found that they do not form a monophyletic group and are highly polyphyletic with respect to Asthenes. SACC proposal passed to merge Schizoeaca and Oreophylax into Asthenes.

Azara’s Spinetail - Synallaxis azarae urubambae Common in the Manu cloud forest

Dark-breated Spinetail - Synallaxis albigularis Seen and heard near the Macaw clay lick near Manu Wildlife Center

Cabani’s Spinetail – Synallaxis cabanisi*

Plain-crowned Spinetail - Synallaxis gujanensis Very nice view around the garden at Amazonia Lodge

E Marcapata Spinetail – Cranioleuca marcapatae marcapatae* Great views around the TUNNELS bellow Wayqecha research Station Manu road

E Creamy-crested Spinetail – Cranioleuca albicapilla albicapilla Brief views on the Andean forest along the Paucartambo valley on the Manu road

Speckled Spinetail - Cranioleuca gutturata Super sightings around the garden of Amazonia Lodge and the creek side trails near Manu Wildlife Center

E Rusty-fronted Canastero – Asthenes ottonis Seen at Huacarpay lakes, a Peruvian endemic! Great looks

Streak-fronted Thornbird – Phacellodomus striaticeps Seen at Huacarpay

Plan Softtail-Thripophaga fusciceps dimorpha Seen at Amazonia Lodge

Wren-like Rushbird – Phleocryptes melanops Excellent views a reeds specialist at Huacarpay lakes

Spotted Barbatail – Premnoplex brunnescens Seen at Cloud forest Manu Road

Pearled Treerunner - Margarornis squamiger Seen in the Tree line forest Cloud Forest near Wayquecha

Streaked Tuftedcheek - Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii Seen in the cloud forest around Wayquecha Reserch Station

Chestnut-winged Hookbill - Ancistrops strigilatus Seen around Manu Wildlife Center

Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis Fairly common in the Cloud forest

Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner - Philydor ruficaudatus 24

Seen at Amazonia Lodge traveling a long with the Mix-specie flock

Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner – Philydor erythropterum Great views from the canopy platform around Manu Wildlife Center

RR Peruvian Recurvebill - Simoxenops ucayalae Brief and excellent views at Cocha Nueva (bamboo) trail

Buff- throated Foliage-gleaner – Automolus achrolaemus Seen at the Collpa trail around Manu Wildlife Center with understory mix-specie flock

Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner – Automolus infuscatus Seenat Manu Wildlife Center with understory mix-specie flock along the Creekside trail

Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner – Automolus rufipileatus*

Dusky-cheeked (Bamboo) Foliage-gleaner – Anabazenops dorsalis A bamboo specialist; one seen at Amazonia Lodge

Black-tailed Leaftosser – Sclerurus caudacutus One seen along the Creek side trail great views at Manu Wildlife Center

Slender-billed Xenops – Xenops tenuirostris Twice seen at Amazonia Lodge

Plain Xenops – Xenops minutus Seen at Manu Wildlife Center system trail

Plain-brown Woodcreeper - Dendrocincla fuliginosa Wonderful views of oneindividuals at the terra firme forest of the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Long-tailed Woodcreeper – Deconychura longicauda pallida*

Olivaceous Woodcreeper – Sittasomus griseicapillus Seen twice in the lowland rainforest

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper – Glyphorynchus spirurus Common in the lowland rainforest

Long-billed Woodcreeper - Nasica longirostris Gorgeous views around the garden at Manu Wildlife Center

Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper - Dendrexetastes rufigula Seen sevral times at the canopy platform at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Amazonian-barred Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes certhia One seen along the trails at Manu Wildlife Center

Black-banded Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes picumnus Great views Seen at Amazonia Lodge

Straight-billed Woodcreeper – Dendroplex picus Nice views La Cachuela near Pto Maldonado

Elegant (Jurua) Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus elegans juruanus 25

Seen in two occasions at Manu Wildlife Center; we saw the jurua subspecies. Note that Zimmer (1934d), Pinto (1937), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered Xiphorhynchus elegans and X. spixii (Spix‟s Woodcreeper) conspecific, but see Haffer (1997) for rationale for treating them as separate species, as in Peters (1951) and Meyer de Schauensee (1970). Aleixo (2002) also found molecular support for treating nominates spixii as a separate species from all other taxa in the group. Cory & Hellmayr (1925) treated the subspecies juruanus and insignis as separate species from X. spixii (Jurua Woodcreeper), and Pinto (1947) also maintained juruanus as a separate species; but they were considered conspecific by Zimmer (1934d) and Peters (1951).

Buff-throated Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus guttatus The commonest lowland rainforest Woodcreeper; some authorities consider Buff throated Woodcreeper of SE Brazil as distinct but some authorities consider the reason for splitting weak; seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Olive-backed Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus triangularis Seen twice in the cloud forest above Cock of the Rock Lodge

Montane Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Fairly common in the cloud forest

Lineated Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes albolineatus Seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center

Red-billed Scythebilled – Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Great views on the trails of Amazonia Lodge and Cocha nueva

ANTBIRDS Fasciated Antshrike – Cymbilaimus lineatus Seen from the canopy platform of Manu Wildlife Center

Bamboo Antshrike – Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae One pair seen near Chontachaca community on the Manu road on our way to Amazonia Lodge

Great Antshrike – Taraba major Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Barred Antshrike – Thamnophilus doliatus Wonderful viewsof a pair at La Cachuela near Pto Maldonado

Chestnut-backed Antshrike – Thamnophilus palliatus Seen along the road at the Cloud forest down from the Cock of the rock Lodge

Uniform Antshrike – Thamnophilus unicolor*

Plain-winged Antshrike – Thamnophilus schistaceus Fairly common heard and seen at the lowlands

Spot-winged Antshrike – Pygiptila stellaris A canopy flock member seen several time traveling with at Manu Wildlife Center

Dusky-throated Antshrike – Thamnomanes ardesiacus Understory mix-species flock seen in thevery active a couple of times at the trails at Manu Wildlife Center

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Quiet common in the understory mix-specie flock, seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Pygmy Antwren – Myrmotherula brachyura Common seen around Amazonia Lodgeand Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform

Amazonian-streaked Antwren – Myrmotherula multostriata Seen around Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes

Sclater´s Antwren – Myrmotherula sclateri Seen at the creek side trail near the terra frime forest Manu Wildlife Center

Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda One of the commoner Myrmotherula in the foothills seen bellow CORL

Plain-throated Antwren – Myrmotherula hauxwelli Seen around the GRID trails at Manu Wildlife Center

Stipple-throated Antwren – Myrmotherula haematonota A pair seen up hill trail at Amazonia Lodge

Ornate Antwren – Myrmotherula ornate meridionalis Gorgeous views at the Manu road near Chontachaca foothills

White-flanked Antwren – Myrmotherula axillaris Fairly common lowland rainforest Antwren, seen once at Manu Wildlife Center

Long-winged Antwren – Myrmotherula longipennis garbei Another common lowland rainforest Antwren in the under-story mix-specie flocks

Gray Antwren – Myrmotherula menetriesii The commonest Antwren in the understory mix-species flock in the lowland rainforest

Yellow-breasted Antwren – Herpsilochmus axillaris*

Dot-winged Antwren – Microrhopias quixencis Wonderful views of a pair at the Manu road at hteh foothills

Striated Antbird – Drymophila devillei Great views at the bamboo forest in the Cocha Nueva near Manu Wildlife Center

Gray Antbird - Cercomacra cinerascens Super views at the Terra firme forest collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Blackish Antbird – Cercomacra nigrescens Seen on the road down to Amazonia lodgeand Macaw clay lick trail at the lowlands

RR Manu Antbird – Cercomacra manu Great view of one pair at the Antthrush in the bamboo at Manu Wildlife Center, one of the bamboo specialists!

White-backed Fire-Eye – Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis Seen at the Manu road down from the Cock of the rock Lodge likes the bushes

White-browed Antbird – Myrmoborus leucophrys Common in the Lowland rainforest 27

Black-faced Antbird – Myrmoborus myotherinus Seen on the Tapir trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Peruvian Warbling Antbird – Hypocnemis peruviana One seen at the Tapir trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird – Hypocnemis subflava Seen in three occasions in the Cloud forest and bamboo patches forest at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Band-tailed Antbird - Hypocnemoides maculicauda Good views of one individual a long the edge of the lagoon at Amazonia Lodge

Silvered Antbird – Sclateria naevia One pair seen nicely around the Cocha Blanco oxbow lake

RR White-lined Antbird – Percnostola lophotes Another bamboo specialist! Range just creeps over the border into NW Bolivia; Seen at Amazonia Lodge in the small bamboo forest and second ary forest at Amazonia lodge trails and at Manu Wildlife Center

Chesnut-tailed Antbird – Myrmeciza hemimelaena Great views of two individuals at Amazonia Lodge

Plumbeous Antbird – Myrmeciza hyperythra Nice view at the trails near Cocha Blanco oxbow lake at Manu Wildlife Center

RR Goeldi’s Antbird – Myrmeciza goeldii Seen and heard several times at Amazonia Lodgeand Manu Wildlife Center; Likes Bamboo but is not restricted to it. Named for Emil August Goeldi, German naturalist resident in Brazil and author of “Aves do Brasil” 1894

Sooty Antbird – Myrmeciza fortis Hard to see at the Amazonia Lodge and then great views along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Black-throated Antbird – Myrmeciza atrothorax Seen well at Macaw clay lick trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Hairy-crested Antbird – Rhegmatorhina melanosticta*

Spot-backed Antbird - Gymnopithys salvini Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center; one of the army ants followers!

Black-spotted Bare-Eye – Phlegopsis nigromaculata Profesional army ant follower seen at Cocha Nueva near Manu Wildlife Center

ANTTHRUSHES Rufous-capped Antthrush – Formicarius colma Great views at the Tapir trail terra firme forest at Manu Wildlife Center

Black-faced Antthrush – Formicarius analis Common to hear and seen at Amazonia Lodge and another one at Manu Wildlife Center

Rufous-breasted Antthrush – Formicarius rufipectus thoracicus* 28

ANTPITTAS Undulated Antpitta – Grallaria squamigera Seen at the valley de Paucartambo pretty good view for some of us

Scaled Antpitta – Grallaria guatimalensis sonoria One seen pretty well down from de Cock of the rock Lodge at the cloud forest

White-throated Antpitta - Grallaria albigula*

E Red-and-white Antpitta – Grallaria erythroleuca A Peruvian endemic restricted to the Department of Cusco; Seen once on the Manu road near Pillahuata

Rufous (Urubamba) Antpitta – Grallaria rufula occabambae Excellent views near Acjanaco in the Manu road above Wayqecha Research Station

Amazonian Antpitta – Hylopezus berlepschi Very nicely responding individual along the old jeep track trail at Amazonia Lodge

Thrush-like Antpitta – Myrmothera campanisona*

Rusty-breasted Antpitta - Grallaricula ferrugineipectus leymebambae*

GNATEATERS Slaty Gnateater - Conopophaga ardesiaca* One seen really well bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge

TAPACULOS Rusty-belted Tapaculo – Liosceles thoracicus The biggest Tapaculo from the Manu, one seen quite well at Manu Wildlife Center and one other time at Amazonia Lodge

Trilling Tapaculo – Scytolopus parvirostris*

White-crowned Tapaculo – Scylotopus atratus Super views of one individual at Rocotal area

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Wing-barred Piprites – Piprites chloris*

Streak-necked Flycatcher – Mionectes striaticollis Quiet common in the cloud forest

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher – Mionectes oleagineus Seen in two individuals one at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

E Inca Flycatcher – Leptopogon taczanowski Seen above Rocotal area near Pillahuata in the Manu cloud forest; a scarce Peruvian endemic; Named for Wladislaw Taczanowskii, Polish ornithologist and author of “Ornithologie du Perou” 1884

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Slaty-capped Flycatcher - Leptopogon superciliaris Quiet common around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus latirostre*

E Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus pulchellum We got some good views but it was not that cooperative a bird,

Ochre-faced Tody-flycatcher – Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps*

Flammulated-bamboo Tyrant – Hemitriccus flammulatus Super views at the Bamboo trail in the Cocha Nueva another bamboo (In Peru) specialist

Johannes’s Tody-Tyrant - Hemitriccus iohannis Great sightings at the Manu road and in the lowlands

White-bellied Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus griseipectus One individual seen along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Black-throated Tody-tyrant – Hemitriccus granadensis Seen one at the Wayqecha Research Station

Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher – Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum Seen in the garden at Manu Wildlife Center

Ringed Antpipit – Corythopis torquata It took us time at Amazonia lodge later we got to seen quite well at Manu Wildlife Center

RR Bolivian Tyrannulet – Zimmerius bolivianus Good views in the cloud forest

Slender- footed Tyrannulet – Zimmerius gracilipes Seen near Manu Wildlife Center forest

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet – Tyrannulus elatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge

Forest Elaenia – Myiopagis gaimardii Seen in the canopy platform of Camungo oxbow lake

White-crested Elaenia – Elaenia albiceps Seen on the way to Manu Cloud forest and Wayquecha

Small-billed Elaenia – Elaenia parvirostris Seen in the Cloud forest near Cock of the rock Lodge

Sierran Elaenia – Elaenia pallatangae Several individual seen in the higher cloud forest around Wayqecha Research Station

White-throated Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus leucophrys Common in the cloud forest

White-banded Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus strictopterus Another common Tyrannulet in the canopy mix-specie flock in the cloud forest 30

Torrent Tyrannulet – Serpophaga cinerea Seen in along the river at Paucartambo valley and few other times at the cloud forest

Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant – Anairetes flavirostris Seen along the Manu road in the humid Montane forest on our way in to Wayqecha Research Station

Many-colored Rush-Tyrant – Tachuris rubrigastra Seen well at Huacarpay lakes

Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant – Prognotriccus ophthalmicus Quiet common in the cloud forest, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant – Myiornis ecaudatus Two seen quite well at Amazonia lodge

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant – Lophotriccus pileatus Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Large-headed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon megacephala*

Rufous-tailed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon ruficauda Nice views of one pair seen in the fig pass trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Olivaceous Flatbill - Rhynchocyclus olivaceu*

Fulvous-breasted Flatbill – Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus Uncommon in humid montane forest, one individual seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge

Yellow-olive Tolmomyias – Tolmomyias sulphurescens Two seen at Amazonia Lodge

Golden-crowned Spadebill – Platyrinchus coronatus Great views at Cocha Nueva bamboo

Ornate Flycatcher – Myiotriccus ornatus Seen bellow Wayqecha Research Station

Unadorned Flycatcher – Myiophobus inornatus*

Handsome Flycatcher - Myiophobus pulcher Seen above from the Cock of the rock Lodge

Bran-colored Flycatcher - Myiophobus fasciatus Brief view at Amazonia Lodge

Cinnamon Flycatcher – Pyrrhosmyias cinnamomea Common in the Cloud Forest

Smoke-colored Pewee – Contopus fumigatus Quiet common in the cloud forest

Western wood Pewee – Contopus fumigatus Seen in the cloud forest

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Eastern wood Pewee – Contopus fumigatus Seen at the foothills coming dowm from cloud forest

Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans latirostris Fairly common on rushing streams along the road to Manu; this is the southern race Sayornis nigricans latirostris. The change from the darker-winged nominate n. nigricans to the white-winged latirostris is a north-south cline, with larger amounts of white gradually appearing further south.

Maroon-belted Chat-Tyrant – Ochthoeca thoracica Great views at the waterfalls bellow Wayqecha Research Station

Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis rufipectoralis Pretty bird of the roadside, in the cloud forest

Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor*

White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys Twice seen around Huacarpay lakes and on the way to Wayqquecha

Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis Common along the Amazonian rivers; Not at all Drab! It’s pretty!

Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant - Agriornis montana Seen at the highlands Manu road

Rufous-webbed Tyrant – Polioxolmis rufipennis Seen at the highlands Manu road

Rufous-napped Ground-Tyrant – Muscisaxicola rufivertex Seen at Huacarpay lakes and on the roadside of the Manu road

Andean Negrito – Lesonia oreas Fantastic views at Huacarpay Lake

Long- tailed Tyrant – Colonia colonus Great view at Amazonia lodge before and later locations

White-eyed Attila – Attila bolivianus Excellent sighting at the Cocha Nueva trail

Grayish Mourner – Rhytipterna simplex Seen at Manu Wildlife Center

Short-crested Flycatcher – Myiarchus ferox* Common in the lowland rainforest

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Common

Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Boreal visitor for the season at the lowlands

Sulphury Flycatcher – Tyrannopsis sulphurea Nice view of one individual near Manu Wildlfie Center

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Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua Seen just from the garden at Amazonia Lodge

Lemon-browed Flycatcher – Conopias cinchoneti Very nice views around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Golden crowned Flycatcher – Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Seen several times at the Cock of the roack lodge

Streaked Flycatcher – Myiodynastes maculatus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Amazonia Lodge

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher – Myiodynastes luteiventris Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Amazonia Lodge

Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Myiozetetes cayanensis Pretty good view at Pto Maldonado

Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis Common

Gray-capped Flycatcher - Myiozetetes granadensis Good views around Amazonia Lodge

Piratic Flycatcher – Legatus leucophaius Seen at the canopy platform of Cocha Camungo and cloud forest

Lesser Kiskadee - Philohydor lictor Fairly common alongside Ox-bow lakes

Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus Seen several times in the Manu lowland rainforest

COTINGAS Red-crested Cotinga – Ampelion rubrocristata Quiet common around Wayqecha Research Station

Barred Fruiteater – Pipreola arcuata Great views around the tunnels, bellow Wayqecha Research Station

Screaming Piha – Lipaugus vociferans Commonly hear at Manu Wildlife Center; super view through scope at MWC

Plum-throated Cotinga – Cotinga maynana Two good opportunities from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo and another one from the MWC canopy platform

Spangled Cotinga – Cotinga cayana A gorgeous male seen from the Manu Wildlife Center canopy tower

Bare-necked Fruitcrow – Gymnoderus foetidus Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center

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Seen at Manu Wildlife Center

Amazonian Umbrellabird – Cephalopterus ornatus One beautiful female seen at the Cock of the rock Lodge

Andean Cock-of-the-Rock – Rupicola peruviana We had visited the LEK so we found up to 8 males restless displaying energetically what a show that was!!!

MANAKINS Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda Very nice views finally at Manu Wildlife Center

Round-tailed Manakin – Pipra chloromeros Seen up by the canopy tower at Amazonia Lodge and collpa trail Manu Wildlife Center

Blue-crowned Manakin – Pipra coronata exquisita Seen pretty well around Manu Wildlife Center terra firme forest

Blue-backed Manakin – Chiroxiphia pareola regina Seen and heard briefly along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Yungas Manakin – Chiroxiphia bolivianus*

White-bearded Manakin – Manacus manacus Great views at the leking place near Chontachaca at the foothills

Fiery.capped Manakin – Machaeropterus pyrocephalus*

Dwarf-tyrant Manakin – Tyranneutes stolzmanni Great views around Manu Wildlife Center specially at collpa trail

TITYRAS AND BECARDS In this classification, the genera Tityra through Phibalura were formerly placed tentatively in the Cotingidae, following Prum et al. (2000). They had formerly been scattered among the Tyrannidae, Cotingidae, and Pipridae. Prum and Lanyon (1989) and Sibley & Ahlquist (1990) found that Tityra, Schiffornis, and Pachyramphus formed a distinct group, separate from the rest of the Tyrannidae; Sibley & Ahlquist (1990) proposed that they were most closely related to core Tyrannidae than to other tyrannoid families such as the Cotingidae or Pipridae. More recent genetic data (Johansson et al. 2002, Chesser 2004, Barber & Rice 2007) confirm that the genera Tityra through at least Pachyramphus form a monophyletic group, but Chesser (2004) found that this group is more closely related to the Pipridae than to the Cotingidae or Tyrannidae. SACC proposal passed to remove from Cotingidae (and place as Incertae Sedis or as separate family, Tityridae). Barber & Rice (2007) not only confirmed the monophyly of the group but also proposed elevation to family rank. SACC proposal passed to recognize Tityridae. Within this group, Barber & Rice (2007) found genetic evidence for two major groups: (a) Laniisoma, Laniocera, and Schiffornis, and (b) Iodopleura, Tityra, Xenopsaris, and Pachyramphus.

Black-tailed Tityra – Tityra cayana Quiet common in the Manu lowland rainforest, seen around Manu Wildlife Center

Masked Tityra – Tityra semifasciata Quiet common in the Manu lowland rainforest, seen around Manu Wildlife Center

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Black-crowned Tityra – Tityra inquisitor Seen in the Cocha Blanco

Barred Becard – Pachyramphus versicolor Seen bellow Wayqecha Research Station

White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus Seen well around the garden of Amazonia Lodge and Macaw clay lick

Pink-throated Becard – Pachyramphus minor Nice view at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center

VIREOS & GREENLETS Chivi (Red-eyed) Vireo - Vireo chivi (olivaceus) A few of the resident non red eyed form seen at Amazonia Lodge; Some classifications (e.g., Pinto 1944) have considered the South American chivi group as a separate species ("Chivi Vireo") from V. olivaceus, or as conspecific with V. flavoviridis (Hamilton 1962), but see Hellmayr (1935), Zimmer (1941d), Eisenmann 1962a, Johnson & Zink (1985), and Ridgely & Tudor (1989). Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested, however, that more than one species may be involved within the South American chivi group.

Brown-capped Vireo – Vireo leucophrys Seen at Rocotal area

Tawny-crowned Greenlet – Hylophilus ochraceiceps*

JAYS RR White-collared Jay - Cyanolyca viridicyana Great views even with rain bellow Wayqecha Research Station

Purplish Jay - Cyanocorax cyanomelas Fairly common in the Manu Lowland rainforest

Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus Common in the Lowland rainforest

Inca (Green) Jay - Cyanocorax yncas Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge in several occasions

SWALLOWS White-winged Swallow – Tachycineta albiventer The commonest Swallow of the lowland rainforest rivers and oxbow lakes

Brown-chested Martin – Phaeoprogne tapera Few seen a long the river Madre de Dios

Brown-bellied Swallow - Notiochelidon murina Seen at Paucartambo Townn most around the river sytems in high elavation

Blue-and-white Swallow - Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Common

White-banded Swallow - Atticora fasciata Common on lowland rivers 35

White-thighed Swallow – Neochelidon murina Very uncommon around Wayquecha

Andean Swallow – Stelgidopteryx andecola Seen at Acjanaco high pass

Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Common lowland Swallow

Bank Swallow – Riparia riparia Seen at Huacarpay Lake

Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica Seen at Huacarpay Lake

Black-capped Donocobius DONACOBIUS Black-capped Donacobius – Donacobius atricapillus Common on the ox-bow lakes and marshes of the lowlands – seen around Amazonia and Manu Wildlife Center ox-bow-lakes

WRENS Thrush-like Wren – Thryothorus Campylorhyunchus turdinus Heard several times but seen at least twice in the bamboo forest of Antthrush trail around Manu Wildlife Center

Fulvous Wren – Cinnycerthia fulva Seen near Wayquecha Reserch Station

Mustached Wren – Thryothorus genibarbis*

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Buff-breasted Wren – Thryothorus leucotis One seen very active at La Pastora near Pto Maldonado pretty good views

House Wren – Troglodytes aedon Common in the highlands, seen at Huacarpay lakes; Many authors (e.g., Hellmayr 1934, Pinto 1944, Phelps & Phelps 1950a) formerly treated Neotropical mainland populations as a separate species T. musculus; see also Brumfield and Capparella (1996); this treatment was followed by Brewer (2001) and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005). The Falklands population, T. a. cobbi, might also be best treated as a species (Wood 1993), as was done by Brewer (2001), Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005);

Mountain Wren - Troglodytes solstitialis Seen in two consecutive days in the upper Cloud Forest, Wayquecha

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren – Henicorhina leucophrys Commonly hear in the cloud forest, but seen at the cloud forest

Southern Nightingale-Wren – Microcerculus marginatus Wonderful views in the trail to the tower at Amazonia Lodge

Chestnut-breasted Wren – Cyphorhinus thoracicus Seen at the cloud forest near Cock of the rock Lodge

THRUSHES Andean Solitaire – Myadestes ralloides Seen at the Cloud forest gorgeous views

White-eared Solitaire – Entomodestes leucotis*

Chiguanco Thrush – Turdus chiguanco chiguanco The common Andean Thrush seen at Huacarpay and along the Manu road

Great Thrush – Turdus fuscater ockenderi The common Thrush of the higher Cloud Forest

Swainson´s Thrush – Catharus ustulatus Seen at Coud forest and Amazonia lodge

Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis The common Amazonian garden Thrush

Hauxwell´s Thrush Turdus hauxwelli*

White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis Seen at Manu Wildlife Center

DIPPERS White-capped Dipper - Cinclus leucocephalus Very nice views at the river San Pedro bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge

FINCHES Golden-bellied Euphonia – Euphonia chrysopasta

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Seen several at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Bronzy-green Euphonia – Euphonia mesochrysa Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Orange-bellied Euphonia – Euphonia xanthogaster brunneifrons The commonest Euphonia in Manu cloud forest and lowlands

Hooded Siskin – Carduelis magellanica urubambensis Seen around Huacarpay Lakes and along the Manu road

Olivaceous Siskin – Carduelis olivacea Several individulas at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia

NEW WORLD WARBLERS Tropical Parula – Parula pitiayumi Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Blackburnian Warbler – Dendroica Fusca Seen at Pillahuata and Buenos Aires upper Cloud forest

Slate-throated Whitestart – Myioborus miniatus Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Spectacled Whitestart – Myioborus melanocephalus Fairly common in the higher cloud forest on the Manu road

Two-banded Warbler – Basileuterus bivittatus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and down bellow from it

E Cuzco Warbler – Basileuterus chrysogaster Seen at Amazonia Lodge uphill trail

Pale-legged Warbler – Basileuterus signatus signatus Seen near Wayquecha Reserch Station

Citrine Warbler – Basileuterus luteoviridis striaticeps A small group seen near the tunnels in the cloud forest

Two-banded Warbler – Basileuterus bivittatus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Russet-crowned Warbler – Basileuterus coronatus A cloud forest specie

Buff-rumped Warbler- Basileuterus fulvicauda* Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS Casqued Oropendola – Psarocolius oseryi Seen from the canopy platform of Manu Wildlife Center

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Crested Oropendola – Psarocolius decumanus maculosus Several times seen in the Manu lowlands

(NE) Dusky-green Oropendola – Psarocolius atrovirens Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge; Just sneaks into Bolivia. Replaces Russet-backed Oropendola in the Cloud Forest

Russet-backed Oropendola – Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi The commonest Oropendola in the Lowlands

Olive Oropendola – Psarocolius bifasciatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center

Yellow-rumped Cacique – Cacicus cela Common

Southern Mountain Cacique – Cacicus chrysonotus*

Solitary Cacique - Cacicus solitarius Great views at the Macaw Clay lick

Epaulet Oriole – Icterus cayanensis*

RR Pale-eyed Blackbird – Agelaius xanthophthalmus Good views of this near-endemic at Cocha Blanco and Camungo

Yellow-winged Blackbird – Agelaius thilius Seen at Huacarpay Lakes

Red-breasted Blackbird – Sturnella militaris A few seen in the pastures along the the route to Puerto Maldonado

Giant Cowbird – Molothrus oryzivorus Common in the lowlands

Bobolink – Dolichonyx oryzivorus Seen in the Macaw clay lick one individual feeding at the reed excellent view

BANANAQUIT Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola Cloud forest and hill forest in Manu, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge

NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonatrichia capensis Only seen in the Andes; it is well adapted species from the coast to the Andes

Yellow-browed Sparrow – Ammodramus aurifrons Seen a long the open areas near pasture land and seen againat Tambo Blanquillo Macaw clay lick

Grassland Sparrow – Ammodramus humeralis Seen two individulas, one in the Interoceanic high way route to Pto Maldonado and near to the city at the pasture land

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RR Grey-eared (Black-faced) Brush-Finch – Atalaptes melanolaemus Quite common in the Manu cloud forest; The Atlapetes genus has been completely revamped based on bio-chemical data and work done at Copenhagen Field Museum. Formerly considered part of Rufous- napped Brush-Finch complex A. rufinucha. Atlapetes melanolaemus was formerly (Hellmayr 1938, Paynter 1970a, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Sibley & Monroe 1990) considered a subspecies of A. rufinucha, but see García-Moreno & Fjeldså (1999).

Red-capped Cardinal – Paroaria gularis Common in the lowlands, especially around the ox-bow lakes

TANAGERS & ALLIES Magpie Tanager – Cissopis leveriana The biggest Magpie in Amazonian Lowland, and fairly common at pasture land

Grass-green Tanager - Chlorornis riefferii Wonderful view a couple of ocasions around Wayqecha Research Station

Common Bush-Tanager – Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Common between Pillahuata and Cock of the Rock Lodge

Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager – Chlorospingus parvirostris Traveling in small groups and below Cock of the Rock Lodge

Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager – Chlorospingus flavigularis Nice looks around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager - Cnemoscopus rubrirostris Seen between Pillahuata and Wayqecha Research Station Manu road

E White-browed Hemispingus – Hemispingus auricularis Seen by the TUNNELS bellow Wayqecha Research Station

Superciliaried Hemispingus – Hemispingus superciliaris urubambae Seen also around Wayquecha and Buenos Aires Manu road

Oleaginous Hemispingus – Hemispingus frontalis Seen near Rocotal area in the Cloud Forest

Three striped Hemispingus – Hemispingus trifasciatus Seen around Wayquecha

Black-eared Hemispingus – Hemispingus melanotis berlepschi Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge and around Rocotal

Rust and Yellow Tanager – Thlypopsis ruficeps Usually in the cloud forest with mixed-species flocks

Rufous-chested Tanager – Thlypopsis ornata Rare specie of tanager at Wayquecha Reserch Station

Carmiol’s Tanager – Chlorothraupis carmioli Seen up hill trail to the tower at Amazonia Lodge

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White-winged Shrike-Tanager – Lanio versicolor Seen at Manu Wildlife Center with canopy mix-species flocks in the creek side trail

Slaty Tanager – Creurgops dentata Seen around the Rocotal area cloud forest

Flame-crested Tanager – Tachyphonus rufiventer Seen in the creek side trail around Manu Wildlife Center

Paradise Tanager

Yellow-crested Tanager – Tachyphonus rufiventer Great and excellent views one individual further down from Cock of the rock Lodge

White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus Seen around Manu Wildlife Center

Red-crowned Ant-Tanager – Habia rubica Nicely seen in the trails around Manu Wildlife Center

Masked Crimson Tanager – Ramphocelus nigrogularis Stunning Tanager common at Amazonia Lodge

Silver-beaked Tanager – Ramphocelus carbo Another common good-looker

Blue-gray Tanager – Thraupis episcopus Common

Palm Tanager – Thraupis palmarum Common

Blue-capped Tanager – Thraupis cyanocephala

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Fairly common in the Manu cloud forest

Blue-and-yellow Tanager – Thraupis bonariensis Unlike most Peruvian Tanagers this likes arid and semi arid areas; seen at Huacarpay Lakes and along the Manu road

Hooded Mountain-Tanager – Buthraupis montana Quite common in the flocks of birds around Wayqecha Biological Station; the display is pretty acrobatic for such a large Tanager specie

Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Anisognathus igniventris igniventris Fairly common around Wayqecha – such a colorful bird

Yellow-throated Tanager – Iridosornis analis Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge and Rocotal area

Golden-collared Tanager - Iridosornis jelskii Great views after all in the Wayqecha Research Station

Fawn-breasted Tanager –Pipraeidea melanonota A beautiful tanager seen near the tunnels and Wayquecha Manu road

Orange-eared Tanager – Chlorochrysa calliparaea Very beautiful smallTanager; seen several times above and around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Turquoise Tanager – Tangara mexicana A lowland species, seen at Amazonia and third time at Manu Wildlife Center

Paradise Tanager – Tangara chilensis What a colorful bird it is a pleasure to watch it in the Cloud forest.

Green-and-gold Tanager – Tangara schrankii Another lowland Tanager present in most canopy flocks; great views at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Golden Tanager – Tangara arthus Great looks around Cock of the Rock Lodge Manu road

Saffron-crowned Tanager – Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis It was Christmas we got such beautiful bird! Super views around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Golden-eared Tanager – Tangara chrysotis Not a common Tanager, quite special good looking one at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Yellow-bellied Tanager – Tangara xanthogastra Specie that replace the spotted one at lower elevation

Spotted Tanager – Tangara punctata Seen several days around Cock of the Rock Lodge in the Mix flock specie

Bay-headed Tanager – Tangara gyrola Seen three times around Cock of the Rock Lodge

Golden-naped Tanager – Tangara ruficervix Nice view around Cock of the Rock Lodge 42

Blue-necked Tanager – Tangara cyanicollis Christmas bird specie - another common at Amazonia Lodge

Beryl-spangled Tanager – Tangara nigroviridis Fairly common around Cock of the Rock Lodge and higher elevation

Blue and black Tanager – Tangara vassori atracaerulea Seen near Waqyquecha and tunnels

Opal-rumped Tanager – Tangara velia Seen from the Canopy tower at MWC close views

Opal-crowned Tanager – Tangara callophrys Seen from the Canopy platform Camungo scope´s views near Manu Wildlife Center

Swallow Tanager - Tersina viridis Seen at the foothills bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge

Rusty Flower-piercer - Diglossa sittoides Very good views at the dirty road from Cusco to Manu road

RR Moustached Flower-piercer – Diglossa mystacalis albilinear Nice view at Acjanaco high passes

Black-throated Flower-piercer – Diglossa brunneiventris Quiet common

Deep-blue (Golden-eyed) Flower-piercer – Diglossopis glauca Seen one occasions around Cock of the Rock Lodge very cooperative bird

Bluish Flower-piercer – Diglossopis caerulescens One excellent sighting

Masked Flower-piercer – Diglossopis cyanea Very common around Wayqecha Research Station

Cinereous Conebill – Conirostrum cinereum cinereum Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Research Station

White-browed Conebill – Conirostrum ferrugineiventre Seen near Acjanaco above Wayqecha Research Station

Blue-backed Conebill – Conirostrum sitticolor Great view near Pillahuata bellow Wayqecha Research Station Manu road

Capped Conebill – Conirostrum albifrons Quiet common with mix-species flocks in the cloud forest Wayquecha and Pillahuata

Black-faced Dacnis – Dacnis lineate Very nice view at Manu Wildlife Center

Yellow-bellied Dacnis – Dacnis flaviventer Wonderful views male and females at Amazonia and at Manu Wildlife Center canopy

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Blue Dacnis – Dacnis cayana Fairly common at the lowlands rainforest

Green Honeycreeper – Chlorophanes spiza Seen up from the Canopy platform Camungo and MWC

Purple Honeycreeper – Cyanerpes caeruleus Seen at Cock of the rock Lodge several ocasions

Mourning Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus fruticeti Good views in highlands

Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus plebejus A common Finch of the Andes

Band-tailed Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus alaudinus A common Finch of the Andes

E Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch - Poospiza caesar Limited range, endemic found only in the Departments of Cusco and Puno; very good views just before Huancarani town of three individual

Saffron Finch - Sicalis flaveola Several individuals seen at the city of Pto Maldonado

Greenish Yellow-Finch - Sicalis olivascens Several individuals seen around Huacarpay Lakes

Blue-black Grassquit – Volatinia jacarina Seen in disturbed habitat along the road on our way to Puerto Maldonado

Black-and-white Seedeater – Sporophila luctuosa Seen every days at Amazonia Lodge garden

Double-collared Seedeater - Sporophila caerulescens Seen around Pto Maldonado city

Chesnut-bellied Seedeater - Sporophila castaneiventris Seen several individuals at Pto Maldonado city

Black-billed Seed-Finch – Oryzoborus atrirostris Seen at Cocha Blanco and Camungo ox-bow Lake

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch – Oryzoborus angolensis One seen on our way down to Amazonia Lodge and a couple times at the lowlands Manu

Band-tailed Seedeater – Catamenia analis analis Common in the Andes where some vegetation, several birds at Huacarpay lakes and the Manu road Plain-colord Seedeater – Catamenia analis analis Common in the Andes where some vegetation, several birds at Huacarpay lakes and the Manu road

GROSBEAKS, SALTATORS AND ALLIES Slate-colored Grosbeak - Pitylus grossus* 44

Buff-throated Saltator – Saltator maximus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge

Grayish Saltator – Saltator coerulescens Seen at the lowlands and Cocha Blanco and Camungo ox-bow lakes around MWC

Golden-billed Saltator – Saltator aurantiirostris Seen in the humid montane forest on the Manu road near Huancarani

Blue-black Grosbeak - Cyanocompsa cyanoides One seen on our way up to the tower at Amazonia Lodge

Giant River Otter

The Mammal List

OPOSSUM Mouse Opossum spp – Marmosa sp. Seen at the Cock of the Rock Lodge

ANTEATERS Giant Anteater – Myrmecophaga tridactyla Wonderful views from the entire groups in the Grid trail 8 feet in from of us super

SLOTHS Brown-throated three toed Sloth – Bradypus varigatus Great views at the Camnungo oxbow lake

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MARMOSETS Brown-mantled Tamarin – Saguinus fuscicolis Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center

NEW WORLD MONKEYS Brown Titi-Monkey – Callicebus brunneus*

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey – Saimiri boliviensis Seen around Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Tufted Capuchin Monkey – Cebus apella Several troops around Manu Wildlife Center

White-fronted Capuchin – Cebus albifrons Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center best place to see them!!!

Venezuelan Red-Howler Monkey – Alouatta seniculus Seen ansd heard around Manu Wildlife Center; in Cocha Blanco, the roaring call is very characteristic dawn sounds of the Amazon

Gray Wooly Monkey – Lagothryx cana Wonderful monkey troop we found just a Monkey above Cock of the Rock Lodge

Peruvian Spider Monkey – Ateles chamek Seen at least three occasion around Manu Wildlife Center

RACOON FAMILY South American Coati – Nasua nasua Seen by Alison near MWC

Giant Otter – Pteronura brasilensis A solitary one at Cocha Blanco and a family at Cocha Camungo oxbow Lakes super views DEER South American Red brocket Deer – Mazama americana Seen by Kevin at Amazonia Lodge

SQUIRRELS Southern Amazon Red Squirrel – Sciurus spadaceus Seen several times around Amazonia and Manu Wildlife Center

Bolivian Squirrel – Sciurus ingnitus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge common

LARGE RODENTS Capybara – Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris THE largest rodent! Seen along the Madre de Dios river bank on the way to Camungo oxbow lake

Brown Agouti – Dasyprocta variegata

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Seen in several occasion in the Lowland very active day time rodent

BATS Long nosed – Rhynchonycterys naso Seen at Cocha Blanco

The Reptile List

Black Caiman - Melanosuchus niger Seen at Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Center

White Caiman – Caiman crocodilus Common along the Rivers in the Lowland rainforest

Side-neck (Amazonian River) Turtle – Podocnemis unifilis Common on sunny logs along the rivers and lakes

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