Bolivia Specialities
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from Trinidad to La Habana -
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....Birding
in Bolivia - Squarely placed in the heart of South America,
landlocked
Bolivia supports more than 40% of the total number of bird species found
in South America, making it the richest landlocked country in the world
in terms of bird diversity. To this point, some 1300 species have been
identified, however, considering that it is one of the least studied countries
on the continent (with sizeable areas of its northern tropics yet
to be visited by ornithologists) Bolivia could easily yield another 100
species. This site includes some sample itineraries of birding activities
in Bolivia from the major Bolivian equippers/guides who operate these tours.
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....Birder's
Guide to Bolivia: Part 1: the Bolivian Highlands, by
Lawrence Rubey and A. Bennett
Hennessey. October, 2005. Bolivia is a huge country the size of France
and Spain combined. Compared to other countries in South America, the birdlife
is relatively under-studied. Seasonal and altitudinal movements of many
species are still poorly understood. Many promising sites are somewhat
inaccessible to all but the "expedition-ready" birder. And more than a
few birds are likely to be added to the Bolivia list in the coming years.
As a result, this guide is an attempt to capture the richness of just a
small part this fascinating country.
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....Site
Descriptions, Trip Reports etc. from Bolivia - by
Sjoerd Mayer. This
excellent site contains
a number of downloadable reports, maps and photos of many of the key birding
areas in Bolivia.
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....Amboro
National Park, Bolivia - An ecological masterpiece
with over
700 birds, jungle cats and
the rare spectacled bear by Jonathan Derksen
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....Madidi
National Park - Up in the far north-west of the
country, in a
remote region close to the
Peruvian border, lies the newly-declared Madidi National Park - nearly
two million hectares of spectacularly lush Andean rainforest, home to jaguars,
ocelots, pink river dolphins and over 300 species of birds.
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....Bolivia's
Threatened Savannah Birds at the Beni Man and
Biosphere
Reserve, Bolivia - this
Earthwatch site is primarily about volunteering to work on ecological projects
in the reserve - Take care, in part it says...Volunteers should be able
to hike, work in hot weather, and swim short distances.
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....Wetlands
of La Puna - At an altitude of 3,500 - 4,000m, La Puna or
the High Andean Plateau
of the Central Andes, is shared by Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.
It is a cold, desert region with intense solar radiation and strong winds
which cause extreme temperature variations. Yet in the middle of this desert
landscape, the greatest explosion of life is without a doubt associated
with the lakes and 'salares'; the great variety and number of birds, many
of them endemic to La Puna, is particularly striking.
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....Serrania
de Huanchaca: Bolivia's Island in Time - by Steve Hilty.
In
Venezuela it would be known as a tepui. In Wyoming we would call it a mesa.
In Bolivia it is known as the Serrania de Huanchaca-a long, low, and flat-topped
mountain with vertical sides and great waterfalls plunging over its cliffs.
The mystique is irresistible.
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....Bolivia
- Directory of Wetlands of International Importance -
includes information on
all Bolivia's Ramsar designated sites, including:
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....Bird
Bolivia - with Bennett Hennessey. This web page is dedicated
to
Bolivian bird tour news,
conservation news, research news and other information that might be helpfull
to birdwatchers including notes on how to design a custom Bolivia birding
tour.
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....Birding
in Bolivia - Trip Report by Rolf A. de By and
Sjoerd Mayer -
November 1991-January 1992
- this outstanding (and lengthy) trip report contains seperate sections
on:
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Santa Cruz area
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Buena Vista and surroundings
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Sajta lowland forest
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Cochabamba Yungas
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Cochabamba and surroundings
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Takesi trek
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Sorata village
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Coroico Road
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Oruro and vicinity
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Siberia rainforest
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Comarapa and surroundings
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....Trip
Report: Bolivia, March 5-25, 1992 by Niels Poul
Dreyer
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....Trip
Report:Bolivia - August 21 - September 5, 1999 by A. Bennett
Hennessey
& Alvaro Jaramillo. I think we were all surprised how well everything
worked out, with a tour total of 458 birds identified (442 seen) in 15
days. This trip had some spectacular birds!
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....Bolivia
and the Blue Throated Macaw - How to get there and see
them
on the cheap, as researched by your roving reporter Harold Armitage! Our
fourth expedition 1999 to see Blue Throated/ Red Fronted /Green Wing /Severe
/Blue & Gold Macaws.
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....Birdwatching
in Bolivia and Chile - August, 1999. By Erik MØlgaard,
Jesper
Meedom & Ulrik Andersen, Danish Ornithological Society, Birdlife, Denmark.
(NOTE:
this is a downloadable report in WORD format from the Danish
Ornithological Society´s website). In August
1999, the excursions committee of the Copenhagen chapter of the Danish
Ornithological Society (DOF) carried out its first tour to Bolivia. The
tour was designed to give the participants a good coverage of the most
typical habitats and of the biodiversity of the country. The time of the
year was selected to minimize the amount of rain and here we actually succeeded
too well - we didn’t have any rain on the entire tour and the very dry
conditions kept the bird song at a minimum and was probably part of the
reason we missed quite a few of the species normally associated with Bolivia.
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....Trip
Report: Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Bolivia - November
30th
to December 14th, 2000 - by A. Bennett Hennessey. Neblina forest held its
first organized December tour to Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (N Kempff)
this year, 2000, from November the 30th to December 14th. The park
contains some of Bolivia’s most pristine and well protected tropical forest
and cerrado habitat. The area is exceptional for its diversity of
habitat all in a small area, from river edge, marshes, inundated forest,
Gallery forest, bamboo, tall forest, foothill forest and a series of variable
savannas from pure grassland to heavily treed cerrado. All this habitat
diversity makes for fun birding with lots of different birds around every
corner.
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....Trip
Report for Bolivia May 30-June 14, 2001- by Roger L. Boyd.
There
was a total of 5 of us in the group; Jan and Roger Boyd and Clyde Ferguson
from Kansas, David Pantle from Colorado, and Roma Lenehan from Wisconsin.
We were very pleased with our experience, accommodations, food, transportation,
and most of all, that Barry was able to be our guide for the trip. We recorded
408 species in total.
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....Trip
Report: Riberalta, Bolivia - 15-20 July 1997. By Jon Hornbuckle.
Includes
links to an October 1998 Trip Report by Barry Wright, as well as Notes
on Additional Sites by Jon Hornbuckle. The town of Riberalta in the far
north of Bolivia lies at the confluence of the rivers Beni and Madre de
Dios, at the boundary on Pando and Beni, some 80km from the border with
Brazil. It is easily reached by air from La Paz or Trinidad, although flights
are not daily.
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....Birdwatching
in Bolivia - this is a commercial site offering
adventure
tours. Nevertheless, it
provides an outline of the key birding locations which are of most interest
to birders.
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....Biosphere
Reserves in Bolivia - map showing the location
of Biosphere
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